Eight emerging artists are this year’s recipients of grants from the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund for Performing and Visual Arts. Administered by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, it is in its 10th year. Each of these recipients will be awarded a $50,000 fellowship to pursue their artistic careers. The 2017 recipients are mezzo-soprano Samantha Hankey; ballet dancer Cassandra Trenary; actors Ato Blankson-Wood and Ruibo Qian; visual artists Herman Aguirre and Emily Erb; and cellists Khari Joyner and Jia Kim.