Abraham, Jack Ayap'run (www.blackwing.cjb.net) Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to take time to expand a body of work | $12,000 |
Abraham, Margaret Agnes Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to continue creating dolls, mukluks, yo-yos, and baskets | $12,000 |
Armstrong, Audrey A Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to make fish-skin baskets, with a goal of having about 10 pieces ready for exhibit in 2009 | $5,000 |
Basarab, Vlad (www.basarab-art.com) Project Award (Performance Art) for electronic equipment to expand work to a more professional level | $5,000 |
Battreall, Carl (www.photographalaska.com) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to complete the photographs for "An Intimate Portrait of Alaska's Glaciers" and a limited edition book and print set | $12,000 |
Benning, Karen Project Award (Literary Arts) to write her first book "The Third Element: A Memoir." | $5,000 |
Blankenship, Elizabeth S Project award (crafts) to attend a one-week Haystack Mountain School beading workshop | $2,800 |
Boyechko, Yaroslav Project award (media arts) to produce more documentaries about Alaskans | $5,000 |
Brown, Kim A Project Award (Visual Arts) to create and show new work in collaboration with photographer Maria Martinez-Canas, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, Florida | $5,000 |
Carroll, Alisa Christine Project Award (Visual Arts) to build a Minnesota Flat Top Car Kiln for high firing porcelain and stoneware | $5,000 |
Childs III, Lucian A Project award (literary/scriptworks) to participate in writers conferences | $7,500 |
Conti, Michael (www.mikecontiphotos.com) Project Award (Visual Arts) to create photo illustrations of two short stories by Hemingway and London | $5,000 |
Cover, Beverly Jean Project Award (Visual Arts) for photographic and framing supplies to prepare for a solo exhibit at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art | $4,800 |
Dalton, Jack J (www.ravenfeathers.com) Artist fellowship (presentation/interpretation) to document and archive storytelling | $12,000 |
Damberg, John (www.johndamberg.com) Artist Fellowship (Music Composition/Jazz) to study Brazilian and Afro-Cuban musical styles | $12,000 |
Daoust, Andrew Project Award (Visual Arts) to build a state-of-the-art kiln to produce large-scale architectural art glass pieces | $5,000 |
Davis, Olena Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to continue to create work | $12,000 |
Davis, Olena Kalytiak Project Award (Literary Arts) to support living expenses while she focuses on writing poetry | $5,000 |
Demientieff, Daisy Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to gather willow roots and other natural materials for her basket weaving | $4,535 |
Ennis, Sharon (www.galleryennis.com) Project Award (Visual Arts) to create 22 digital paintings with poems to be placed on People Mover busses in Anchorage and develop a project website | $5,000 |
Evans, Mei Mei Project Award (Literary Arts) to take time to finish her novel, "Spill," and work with a development editor | $5,000 |
Gage, Hal (www.halgage.com) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Photographer) to catalog and scan negatives, create a second book, and prepare for three exhibitions | $12,000 |
Gage, Hal (www.halgage.com) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to tour "Ice" photographic exhibition and publish an exhibit-related catalogue | $12,000 |
Godfrey, Steven Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to renovate studio | $12,000 |
Golden, J. Ramsey Project Award (Literary Arts) to revise, complete, and submit a manuscript of poetry for publication | $3,871 |
Gray, Lisa Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase a large format printer, inks, frames, crates, etc. to create new work for a solo exhibit at the Alaska State Museum in Juneau | $5,000 |
Gray, Stephen Project Award (Visual Arts) to prepare for an upcoming solo exhibition, entitled "Real-Life Make-Believe," at the Anchorage Museum | $5,000 |
Guttu, Yngvil (www.yvgmusic.com) Project Award (Music Composition) to purchase equipment to develop new compositions in electronic music and create music for media | $5,000 |
Hopfinger, Tony Joseph Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to complete research and several chapters of a nonfiction book about the rise and fall of the Eskimo village of Wales, Alaska | $5,000 |
Johnson, Carl (www.carljohnsonphoto.com) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Photographer) to explore and photograph the Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve | $12,000 |
Johnson, Paul Matthew Project Award (Visual Arts) to prepare for a solo exhibition in 2007 | $4,915 |
Jones, Arlitia M Artist fellowship (literary/scriptworks) to work on a new script 'Hellraiser." | $18,000 |
Kane, Joan Marie (thecormoranthunterswife.com) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to continue work on a poetry manuscript and to participate in two 10-week online writing workshops | $5,000 |
Kaulitz, Garry C (art.uaa.alaska.edu/kaulitz) Project Award (Visual Arts) to participate in international printmaking exhibition and workshop in China | $5,000 |
Kay, Sharon P Artist fellowship (folk and traditional arts) to travel to the Aleutian Islands to gather the traditional rye grass used for weaving | $18,000 |
Kelliher-Combs, Sonya Artist fellowship (visual arts) to explore use of traditional and modern materials and create two large bodies of work | $12,000 |
Kelliher-Combs, Sonya Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to focus on her work; begin building a studio; and return home to rural Alaska to harvest and prepare indigenous materials such as walrus stomach, seal intestine, moose and musk ox hide, and natural dyes | $12,000 |
Kendall, Rebecca (www.momentumdance.org) Artists fellowship (choreography) to develop the production 'Light Brigade.' | $18,000 |
Kroll, Caroline L Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to purchase wood carving tools for her woodworking studio so that she may create complex and large format Tsimshian style carvings | $5,000 |
Kurn, Emily G (www.emilykurnmusic.com) Project Award (Music Composition) to produce a CD of original songs focused on her family's history | $5,000 |
Landis, Bonnie Project Award (Visual Arts) for new equipment to create 20 to 24 prints of the historic Buchner Building in Whittier, Alaska, using High Dynamic Resolution imaging for a scheduled exhibition at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art (Anchorage) | $5,000 |
Lekander, Lance J (www.lancelekander.com) Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase an etching press to create print editions and explore new artwork | $5,000 |
Liles, Keith (K.P.) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) for time to create a first manuscript of poems | $4,950 |
Lovelace-Smith, Robin Project Award (Folk & Traditional/carver) to purchase tools, materials, and time (daycare) to concentrate on completing three masks | $4,993 |
Lowe, K.C (www.kclowe.com) Project Award (Crafts) to purchase a roller to assist in the felting process | $5,000 |
Lukina-Shelt, Elena P (www.lenalukina.com) Project Award (Music Composition) to present a concert at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts | $5,000 |
Lynch, Anna Margarita Project award (music composition) to record an album | $7,500 |
Macheras, Dimitrios Konstantinos Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to purchase art supplies and cover expenses to create a graphic "Alaskan Manga" novel | $5,000 |
Mackey, Maegan Ann (www.megmackey.com) Project award (music composition) to purchase a professional sound system | $5,000 |
Marrari, Vincenza Project award (visual arts) to design and construct three wearable art pieces | $5,000 |
Melms, Carolyn D (www.dianemelms.com) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Fiber Arts) to experiment with new surface design techniques, and create a new body of work | $12,000 |
Merculieff, Ilarion (aka Larry Paul) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to support the completion of a book about the life and wisdom of modern day Aleut and other Alaskan indigenous peoples | $5,000 |
Michael, Andrew Lawrence (mrdrewmichael.net) Project award (visual arts) for construction of a small personal workshop | $5,000 |
Mitchell, Melissa (www.melissamitchell.org) Project Award (Music Composition) for equipment, CD production, and live performance costs | $4,948 |
Mitchell, Melissa (www.melissamitchell.org) Artist Fellowship (Music Composition) to purchase a professional sound system for live performances; professional recording, and equipment for finishing an album; and funds to produce and market the new work | $12,000 |
Moeller, Karina (www.pamyua.com) Artist fellowship (music composition) to compose and record songs | $12,000 |
Nolan, Maia K Project Award (Literary Arts) to take four months off her full-time employment to complete her first novel | $5,000 |
Nordlum, Holly F (www.naniqdesign.com) Project award (visual arts) to travel, train, and purchase printing equipment | $7,500 |
Olson, Ryan Gary Project Award (Visual Arts) to complete an expose of portraits of modern day Alaskans by traveling to rural communities not connected to the road system | $5,000 |
Parizo, Jason (www.jesuslandintorrez.com) Project Award (Multidiscipline) to purchase a camcorder and attend a five week digital film making workshop | $5,000 |
Pasch, Karl D Project award (presentation/interpretation) to travel to Brazil and produce music | $7,500 |
Phillips, Alexandra Project Award (Visual Arts) to create work for exhibition and to purchase equipment and supplies | $4,550 |
Pollock, Erin B (www.erinpollock.30art.com) Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to support her time, studio rent, some materials, installation and documentation related expenses to create and install a new collaborative work at the MTS Gallery in Anchorage | $5,000 |
Porco, Peter Project Award (Literary Arts) to travel to Adak Island to research and complete his full-length play | $4,850 |
Porco, Peter Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to take time off work to revise and expand play, "The Hanging of Marlon Brando." | $5,000 |
Potter, Carla Marie (www.carlampotter.com) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to work as an artist resident at the Archie Bray Foundation experimenting in clay with contemporary firing methods and new glazes | $12,000 |
Ramirez, Angela Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to develop new material for the stage, both written and visual | $5,000 |
Reed, Fran A Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to continue her research in Alaskan/circumpolar fish skin and gut and continue to create and explore her niche | $12,000 |
Renfro, Charles Michael (charlierenfro.zenfolio.com) Project award (visual arts) to purchase lens, computers and large format printers | $7,500 |
Rice, Kyra R Project Award (Visual Arts) to support the purchase of photography lighting equipment and the processing, development and printing of film images | $5,000 |
Riordan, Jimmy (www.leromandulievre.com) Project Award (Visual/Printmaker) to document the remains of gas stations along the Alaska Highway | $5,000 |
Ritchie, Cinthia Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to research and write about spasmodic dysphonia | $5,000 |
Ritchie, Cinthia Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to support completion of a novel, "Hunger." | $4,240 |
Romano-Lax, Andromeda (www.romanolax.com) Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts) to travel to Rome, Italy to do research for a novel in progress and study the culture of Northern Italy | $12,000 |
Romano-Lax, Andromeda (www.romanolax.com) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to complete novel, "The Spanish Bow." | $5,000 |
Rowley, Lucas Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete a full-length stageplay | $5,000 |
Russell, Duke (dukerussell.com) Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase digital camera equipment to advance painting technique and exhibit new work in November 2005 | $3,555 |
Sagan, Gretchen (www.gretchensagan.com) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Printmaker) to create new work for scheduled solo exhibitions in 2010 and 2011 | $12,000 |
Sagan, Gretchen (www.gretchensagan.com) Project Award (Visual Arts) to attend a print residency at the Art House Cheluskinskaya outside of Moscow to study lithography | $4,985 |
Schwall, Buzz (www.buzzoplex.net) Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to produce and perform a puppet show of the opera, "Don Giovanni." | $5,000 |
Serna, Susan R (www.flordelaluna.com) Project Award (Crafts) to purchase an electric rolling mill to advance development as a metalsmith artist | $5,000 |
Sexton, Thomas Project Award (Literary Arts) to offset living expenses while working in Lowell, Massachusetts | $5,000 |
Shafer, Nathan Daniel (www.nathanshafer.org) Project award (multidiscipline/new genre) to purchase computer equipment | $7,500 |
Share, Susan (www.susanjoyshare.com) Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to expand knowledge in the book arts | $12,000 |
Shell, Maria (www.mariashell.com) Artist fellowship (crafts) to create a new work space and take classes to produce three dimensional sculpted pieces | $18,000 |
Shell, Maria (www.mariashell.com) Project Award (Crafts) to attend three workshops with master quilter Nancy Crow, October 12-20, 2009, in Columbus Ohio in order to learn new techniques to advance her creative development | $4,985 |
Shelton, Patricia L Project Award (Crafts) to attend a slate and pebble mosaic workshop in England | $5,000 |
Sherwonit, Bill (www.billsherwonit.alaskawriters.com) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to attend a residency or retreat to work on a book-length project about the deformed-bill chickadees in Alaska | $5,000 |
Silverman, Jeffry L Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to write new screenplay feature documentary about Jewish pioneers in territorial Alaska | $12,000 |
Smith, Brian George Project Award (Media Arts) for post-production resources to edit film, "The Roosevelt Tree." | $5,000 |
Sorensen, Ruth (www.ruthsorensen.com) Project Award (Visual Arts) to devote herself full-time to painting over a three-month period | $5,000 |
Spaan, Laura L Artist fellowship (media arts) to purchase a camera and computer equipment to document the Eyak language story | $12,000 |
Starbard, Vera Project Award (Literary Arts) for time to continue writing her novel, "Devilfish Sleeps," to travel through Southeast Alaska via ferry, attend a writer's workshop, and submit the manuscript for publication | $5,000 |
Strauss, Elise J (www.koicreekbeads.com) Project Award (Crafts) to attend a master beadmaking class in Washington state and the International Society of Glass Bead Makers Conference in Florida | $4,969 |
Suiter, Sheary Clough (www.backdoordesigns.com) Project Award (Visual Arts) to install safety upgrades to convert a garage into a year-round encaustic art studio | $2,961 |
Tetpon, Mark Project award (crafts) for tools and materials | $4,900 |
Thomas, Tim J Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase a high-quality large format printer to create new work | $5,000 |
Tomka, Kathryn A Artist fellowship (visual arts) to prepare new work and develop a website | $12,000 |
Tomka, Kathryn A Project Award (Visual Arts) to attend a video and film residency at the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague, Czech Republic | $5,000 |
Vang, Ricky Project Award (Folk & Traditional/Hmong musician) to learn how to repair a traditional khean (pronounced cane) musical instrument | $4,740 |
Wallin, Harold N Project Award (Media Arts) to purchase equipment to make movies | $4,673 |
Warden, Allison Ann (www.akootchook.com) Project award (performance art) to purchase a digital camera that also records video to document work | $5,000 |
Wyne, Sheila Project Award (Multidiscipline) to supplement her time for a collaborative opportunity: an Outdoor Exhibition of Art and Architecture titled, "Freeze" to be held in January 2009 | $5,000 |
Wyne, Sheila Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to renovate and expand studio space | $12,000 |
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