Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo is a Chilean-American documentary filmmaker and artist engaging rural communities in southern Minnesota in a multilayered exploration of home. Locally rooted yet globally minded, her work examines notions of belonging and the immigrant experience while exploring the traces of historical trauma on people and places. An inaugural recipient of the 2020 McKnight Fellowship for Community-Engaged Artists, Cecilia’s work has received support from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Forecast for Public Art, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, the Jerome Foundation and others. Her film work has been shown at multiple venues, nationally and abroad, and is currently distributed by Women Make Movies. In addition to her artistic practice, Cecilia teaches at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, the occupied ancestral land of the Wahpekute Band of the Dakota Nation. sonicarchive.thewanderinghouse.com/

Cecilia Cornejo Sotelo was a Forecast 2022 Mid-Career Project Grantee.

The McKnight Foundation generously enables Forecast to provide Professional Development Grants for mid-career artists seeking to expand their work in the field of public art. Forecast mid- and early-career grants are designed to support independent projects, leadership development, professional development, risk-taking, multidisciplinary approaches, and collaborative problem-solving in the field of public art.