Variety: Princess Grace Awards announces 18 winners and 12 honoraria recipients for 2025 gala
September 17, 2025

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By Leia Mendoza, Variety
The Princess Grace Foundation-USA has announced 18 Princess Grace Award winners and 12 Honoraria recipients into the Princess Grace community.
This year’s recipients have been named within 5 prestigious award programs: Princess Grace Award, Special Project Grant, the inaugural Princess Grace Artist Fellowship, Grace Kelly Scholarship, and the Princess Grace Statue Award. This year’s recipients include Isabella Boylston, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, and Sky Hopinka, MacArthur Fellow, filmmaker, and artist will each receive a $25,000 unrestricted cash grant, career development, and networking opportunities.
“We are proud to welcome the 2025 Princess Grace Award winners and Honoraria recipients. Each of these extraordinary emerging artists brings a distinctive voice and remarkable artistic technique,” said Diana Kemppainen, President of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA. “Our deepest thanks to the Arts Advisory Council and panelists for their thoughtful guidance in the selection process. We look forward to supporting these artists as their careers unfold and being part of their continued creative journey.”