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Anchorage $795,220 

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)
Artist fellowship (literary/scriptwork) to work on writing a novel
$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

Katzke, Mary (www.affinityfilms.org, www.aboutfacefilm.org)
Artist Fellowship (Media Arts) to devote time to complete three documentary films in progress
$12,000

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

Schildt, Deborah (www.alaskafilmservices.com)
Project award (media arts) to complete production of a documentary
$7,500

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

Wedekind, Mark William (www.blackstonedesign.com)
Project Award (Crafts) to expand studio space
$5,000

Wilson, Joan M (www.secondtreefromthe.blogspot.com)
Project award (literary/scriptworks) to work on the novel 'The Book of Timothy.'
$7,500

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

Barrow $24,000 

Itta, Bobby Lynn
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to create new mukluks, parkas and purchase new equipment
$12,000

Rexford, Catherine Anne (www.cathyrexford.com)
Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts) to support completion of manuscript of poetry "Counterpoint," the digitalization of historical photographs from Kaktovik, and the completion of her stage-play "The Namesake."
$12,000

Bethel $25,000 

Ho, Christopher
Project Award (Media Arts) to produce a short fiction film, "Trust."
$5,000

Ho, Christopher
Project Award (Media Arts) to shoot a short documentary film, "The Bionic Eskimo."
$5,000

McIntyre, John
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to purchase additional equipment and tools to produce new work and explore different techniques
$5,000

McIntyre, Michael F (www.myspace.com/frozenwhitefish)
Project Award (Music Composition) for technical studio equipment to produce and publish an album in Yup'ik in modern musical genre
$5,000

Nicolai, Maria Alice
Project award (visual arts) to create a graphic novel
$5,000

Chevak $5,000 

Atchak, Earl
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to collect materials and construct "Nepcetaq" (Shaman's) masks
$5,000

Chugiak $15,500 

Lindenfelser, Judith
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to buy computer equipment to finish book
$3,000

Sullivan, Alice B (www.eagleriverballet.com)
Project award (choreography) to travel and train at dance centers
$7,500

Worthington, Monty M
Project Award (Media Arts) to create a short film using lapse photography, communicating the experience of the passage of time on film
$5,000

Cordova $39,145 

Keogh, Denis Coyle
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to take time to create new work
$12,000

McGuire, Rosemary
Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) for literary trip and time to complete short story collection
$12,000

McGuire, Rosemary
Project Award (Literary Arts) to spend seven weeks in Arctic Alaska in order to complete background research for her second novel
$3,145

Rosenthal, David (www.rosenthalpaintings.com)
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to continue exploration of landscape painting by visiting remote places
$12,000

Craig $12,000 

Head, Deborah Ann
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to build a studio
$12,000

Delta Junction $9,851 

Oliver, Jane
Project Award (Visual Arts) to create a large piece in stained glass
$4,851

Whipple, Brooke (www.brookelynbellinger.com)
Project Award (Media Arts) to attend the Gulf Islands Film and Television School near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and purchase an HD video camera
$5,000

Douglas $16,580 

Baxter, Diane L
Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to purchase equipment to incorporate sound into her clay sculptures
$4,080

Ellefson, Merry
Project award (literary/scriptworks) to develop a script about homelessness
$7,500

Mahaffey, Mary Montgomery
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to assist with expenses in self-publishing and promoting "Mythic Resonance," a collection of short stories
$5,000

Eagle River $27,000 

Flanders Crosby, Jill
Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to complete development of Performance-Based Video for Secrets under the Skin installation
$5,000

Harris, Katherine
Project Award (Visual Arts) to travel to do research on owls at bird rehab centers, to purchase a new laptop, software, and digital camera in order to complete illustrations for a new book about owls
$5,000

High, Allen M (alliehigh.com)
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) for studio upgrades, travel and training in silver carving, printmaking and maskmaking
$12,000

Oh, Leslie Hsu (www.lesliehsuoh.com)
Project Award (Literary Arts) for time to complete a memoir and further develop an existing body of work
$5,000

Ester $32,000 

Dowdy, Rachelle Lea
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to complete the construction of a studio building to produce larger scale works
$12,000

Gillespie, Sandra Katherine
Project Award (Visual Arts) to install a water system and monitor heater in her studio
$5,000

Lewandowski, Alexander (www.etsy.com/shop/alexmetalarts)
Project Award (Crafts) to purchase equipment and materials for silver and gold jewelry fabrication
$5,000

Reily, Sheryl M
Project Award (Visual Arts) to create several large mixed-media pieces executed in a variety of disciplines
$5,000

Schiesl, Adam (www.adamottavi.com)
Project award (visual arts) to create and complete a traveling exhibit
$5,000

Fairbanks $341,195 

Adams, John Luther (www.johnlutheradams.com)
2010 Distinguished Artist (Music Composition)
$25,000

Adams, John Luther (www.johnlutheradams.com)
Project Award (Music Composition) to support recording a new full-length orchestral work for release on compact disc
$5,000

Amason, Alvin Eli
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to take time to return to spiritual and cultural roots to explore, revisit, and create new work
$12,000

Aronson, Caleb (www.calebaronson.com)
Project Award (Music Composition) to record and produce a second CD
$5,000

Biden, Ruth
Project Award (Visual) to purchase studio equipment and training with portrait artist, and prepare eight new paintings
$5,000

Brashear, James J (www.uaf.edu/art/ceramics.html)
Project Award (Crafts) to bring water and ventilation into ceramics studio
$5,000

Carlo, Kathleen
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to develop a new body of work
$12,000

Draper, Melina
Project Award (literary arts/scriptworks) to publicize "Two Shores" publication
$5,000

Duffy, Anne (www.annieduffy.com)
Artist fellowship (crafts) to create a new larger scale body of work
$18,000

Duffy, Anne (www.annieduffy.com)
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to devote time and resources to a group exhibition
$12,000

Farnham, Susan
Project Award (Visual Arts) to travel to and paint the mystical environments of the Tibetan Buddhist area of the Kingdom of Upper Mustang
$5,000

Ford, Robin (www.10thplanet.com)
Project Award (Music Composition) to produce a CD of original songs for release in spring 2011
$5,000

Haines, John
2005 Distinguished Artist Award (Literary Arts)
$25,000

Hedden, Jessie
Project Award (Visual Arts/Painter) to develop a series of drawings and paintings and prepare for an exhibit
$5,000

Irving, Elizabeth Eero
Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase art supplies to create 25 - 35 art works for three exhibitions in 2007
$5,000

Klass, Margo (www.margoklass.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to create eight three-dimensional found-object works representing transitions between seasons in Alaska
$5,000

La Montagne, Robert A
Project Award (Crafts) to rent time at the Warwick glass studio in Fairbanks and purchase supplies to further develop skills and techniques
$5,000

Lord, Erica (www.ericalord.com)
Project Award (Performance Arts) to purchase equipment to document and present performance work
$5,000

Marusek, David (www.marusek.com)
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to attend the World Science Fiction Convention in the United Kingdom and to promote new work through a national book tour
$5,000

Mason, Charles (www.masonphotos.com)
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Photographer) to purchase materials to create large-format prints; travel; take workshops; and produce new work
$12,000

Mason, Charles (www.masonphotos.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase a large-format printer
$5,000

Matthews, Mary
Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase a new computer and supplies to document the process of creating large sculptures of natural materials
$2,500

McWayne, Barry (www.mcwayne.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) for photographic supplies and travel expenses for an exhibit at Kenai Peninsula College
$5,000

Mehner, Da-ka-xeen (www.da-ka-xeen.com)
Artist fellowship (visual arts) to purchase all the material needed for an installation
$12,000

Mehner, Da-ka-xeen (www.da-ka-xeen.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase equipment. travel, and meet with artists to explore a variety of visual art forms
$5,000

Morgan, John (www.johnmorganpoet.com)
Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to compile a comprehensive collection of new and selected poems
$12,000

Nakoneczny, Michael M
Project Award (Visual Arts) to support a trip to Bangkok, Thailand to produce material for a series of hand-pulled prints
$5,000

Palter, Morris (www.morrispalter.org)
Artist fellowship (presentation/interpretation) professionally record and release a high definition double-CDR recording
$12,000

Pederson, Etsuko Kimura (www.etsukokimura.com)
Project award (music composition) to produce and record original music
$7,500

Pederson, Etsuko Kimura (www.etsukokimura.com)
Project Award (Music Composition) to perform her modern piano compositions for a larger audience
$5,000

Placeres, Ginger Lee
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to design and complete a traditional Koyukon Athabascan moose skin regalia for a one-year-old child
$5,000

Putman, William E (www.trillmusic.net)
Project Award (Music Composition) to record 10 original songs
$5,000

Robb, Timothy Allan (rootsguitar.com)
Project award (music composition) to learn to play the oud
$5,000

Schandelmeier, Linda Ann
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to write a series of poems about growing up during the 1950s and 1960s on a 160-acre family homestead
$5,000

Schneider, Brian
Project Award (Visual Arts/Photographer) to purchase and work with a 7" x 17" ultra-large format view camera and related supplies
$5,000

Shannon, Teresa (www.tsceramics.com)
Project Award (Crafts) to build a propane-fired soda kiln, which will allow her to continue an exploration of surface in her art
$5,000

Stellon O'Donnell, Nicole (www.nicolestellon.com)
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to complete a book of persona poems based on the life of Sarah Ellen Gibson, a Fairbanks pioneer
$5,000

Stiewing, Lacie (www.laciestiewing.com)
Project Award (Visual) to build and equip spray booth and ventilation system
$5,000

Tabbert, Sara (www.saratabbert.com)
Project award (folk and traditional art) for studio space and to work with other woodworkers
$7,500

Thompson, Marge Ann
Project Award (Visual Arts) to attend Alaska Photographic Center Workshop and purchase materials to create work for exhibition
$4,695

Woodward, Kesler E (www.keswoodward.com)
2012 Distinguished Artist (Visual arts)
$25,000

Zhikhartsev, Vladimir
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to produce a new body of work in plein air watercolor painting, with a unifying theme of "Seasons in Russian America," including travel to regions of Alaska where Russian heritage has left its strongest mark
$12,000

Fort Yukon $4,998 

Beaty, Sarah
Project Award (Crafts) to build a kiln
$4,998

Galena $10,000 

Pavish Anderson, Karrie (www.karriepavishanderson.com)
Project award (presentation/interpretation) for Summer 2012 Once Blind Tour expenses
$5,000

Pogrebinsky, Jake (picasaweb.google.com/jakesiron)
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to purchase blacksmithing tools
$5,000

Girdwood $4,500 

Mallory, Kathryn C
Project Award (Visual Arts) to visit a village four times over a year to create and share a series of paintings based on village life
$4,500

Glennallen $5,000 

Link, Kristin (www.kristinillustration.com)
Project award (visual arts) for travel and field sketching in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
$5,000

Goodnews Bay $5,000 

Bavilla, Vernon Samuel
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to upgrade his studio space and purchase additional tools
$5,000

Haines $27,000 

Cohen, Sarah
Project Award (Visual) to create separate glassworking studio with equipment and ventilation
$5,000

Goldberg, Rob (www.robgoldberghandmadeguitars.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to travel throughout Alaska, paint 25 major pieces, and frame work for exhibition in Anchorage
$5,000

Hotch, Lani S
Project Award (Folk & Traditional/Weaver) to participate in a contemporary textile arts show, "Time Warp."
$5,000

Power, Byrne (gravityfromabove.wordpress.com)
Artist Fellowship (Performance Art) to create and travel a larger, more challenging puppet theater show
$12,000

Halibut Cove $12,000 

Bellamy, Annette Elizabeth
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to expand her creative work through residencies, collaboration with other ceramic artists, and exploring casting techniques
$12,000

Healy $5,000 

Byl, Christine
Project Award (Literary Arts) to continue editing and revising a completed manuscript, "Dirt Work: An Education on the Ground," and attend the Breadloaf Writer's Conference
$5,000

Homer $190,000 

Bohrer, Caressa (caressastarshine.com)
Project Award (Music Composition) to purchase music recording equipment for CD production
$5,000

Boyan, Katherine M (livingbeadwork.blogspot.com)
Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to prepare beadwork pieces for a solo show about dip netting for red salmon on the Kasilof River
$12,000

Co, Kevin Climaco
Project Award (Media Arts) to make an experimental documentary on the salmon of Bristol Bay
$5,000

Dickerson, Scott (www.scottdickerson.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase a paramotor (essentially a powered paraglider) to allow him to increase his aerial photography opportunities
$5,000

Freeman, Asia (www.asiafreeman.org)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to support costs of an installation piece at Out North Gallery
$5,000

Gerard, David R
Project award (folk and traditional arts) to purchase shop power tools and hand tools
$5,000

Hilsabeck, Andrew R
Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to support the creation and production of an original music composition using the voices recorded during a community dialogue
$5,000

Hollowell, Erin S (www.erincoughlinhollowell.com)
Artist fellowsip (literary/scriptworks) to work on a collection of poems for a manuscript entitled 'Every Atom.'
$18,000

Iredale, Ahna
Artist fellowship (crafts) to build a wood burrning kiln to produce a body of work for a solo show at the Anchorage Museum
$18,000

Lind Sr., Peter
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to upgrade and improve the environmental quality of his studio
$12,000

Lord, Nancy J
Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to take time to complete more creative nonfiction
$12,000

Muller, Mavis (www.mavismullerart.com)
Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to upgrade equipment and software and time to learn new skills
$12,000

Muller, Mavis (www.mavismullerart.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to upgrade technical tools
$4,000

Overpeck, George
Project award (crafts) to purchase wood working equipment
$7,500

Saulitis, Eva Lucia
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to travel to Latvia in 2007 to work on a poetry collection focused on themes of exile and return - displacement and place
$5,000

Senungetuk, Ron
2008 Distinguished Artist Award (Visual Arts)
$25,000

Smogor, Linda
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to acquire the tools and have the time to transition into the digital world of photography
$12,000

Thompson, Wayne D (www.journeysendphotography.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to travel to and photograph the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes in Alaska and prepare images for exhibition
$5,000

Walsh, Michael
Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to purchase a computer, LCD monitors, projector, and other equipment to support his installation entitled, Backyard, Alaska
$5,000

Weiss, Miranda
Project Award (Literary Arts) to complete her second work
$5,000

Whittier, John (www.alaskamotionpictures.com)
Project award (media arts) to purchase a computer and editing software
$7,500

Juneau $257,189 

Baltuck, Constance (www.constancebaltuck.com)
Project award (visual arts) to produce paintings for an exhibit at the Juneau Douglas City Museum
$7,500

Behnke, Megan I
Project Award (Presentation/Interpretation) to attend Shakespeare summer acting course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
$5,000

Conarro, Ryan
Project Award (Performance Arts) to attend Eugene O’Neill National Puppetry Conference from June 11 to 19 at the University of Connecticut, and Juniper Tree School for Puppetry Arts in Boulder, Colorado
$5,000

Criswell, Janice Lynn
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to create larger woven works and upgrade studio space
$12,000

Daughhetee, Mark (www.daughhetee.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to prepare for three solo exhibitions and to buy a large-format printer
$4,990

Davis, Roblin Gray (www.roblingray.net)
Project Award (performance art) to attend a Shakespere's Rhetoric workshop and begin a collaborative show
$5,000

Demery, Brandon C
Project Award (Presentation/Interpretation) to direct, design, and perform in a one-person production to tour in Alaska
$5,000

Ehlers, Anna (www.chilkatweaver.com)
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to explore applications of metalwork and mixed media with artists Richard Beasley and Nick Galanin to create new original Chilkat work
$12,000

Eriksen, Christina (www.tsunamee.com)
Project award (presentation/interpretation) to produce a spoken album
$7,500

Fowler, Quentin James (www.jimfowler.us)
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Painter) to provide time to paint, and professionally document his work
$12,000

Hakenberg, Stefan (www.stefanhakenberg.com)
Project Award (Music Composition) to purchase computer hardware and software to master and edit recordings, assist in his composition process, and to produce CDs
$5,000

Hayes, Ernestine
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to attend annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities
$2,200

Heist, Andrew
Project Award (Crafts) to purchase equipment and attend a six-week residency at the Red Lodge Clay Center (RLCC) in Red Lodge, Montana
$5,000

Hope, Ishmael Charles
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to support the development and public presentation of a musical theatre script
$5,000

Huff, Ben D (www.huffphoto.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to photograph the people and landscape of the Dalton Highway to exhibit in galleries and ultimately publish a book
$5,000

Jans, Nick A
Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts) to take time to write a novel
$12,000

Kane, Jeremy
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/porcelain/clay) to build a home studio and kiln(s)
$12,000

Klein, Ronald E (www.ronkleinphotos.com)
Project Award (visual arts) to build and operate a huge camera
$5,000

Kuhar, George Christopher
Project award (media arts) to create an electronic music film
$5,000

Leo, John Ingram (www.johnleo.net)
Project Award (Performance Art) to attend three Fringe Festivals and the Clown Theatre Festive in New York City
$5,000

Little Tagaban, Richard Elias Little
Project award (folk and traditional arts) to purchase a loom and weaving materials
$7,500

Manning, Kylie
Project Award (Visual) for travel and residency for painting with the New Leipzig School and studying Karl May's literature in Leipzig, Germany
$5,000

Miller, Christopher (www.csmphotos.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to photograph and document the commercial fishery in Bristol Bay during the summer (2008)
$4,999

Muñoz, Rie (www.riemunoz.com)
2007 Distinguished Artist Award (Visual Arts)
$25,000

Parker, Kay Field
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to study Ravenstail and Chilkat tunic weaving and produce tunic and educational booklet for other weavers
$5,000

Race, Patrick (akrobotics.com)
Project Award (Media) to research and produce a documentary film on colonialism in Alaska
$5,000

Race, Patrick (akrobotics.com)
Project Award (Media Arts) to attend intensive directing and screenwriting session in Seattle
$5,000

Rizal, Clarissa (www.clarissarizal.com)
Artist fellowship (folk and traditional arts) to work on an exhibit for the opening of the Kwaan Lin Dun Cultural Center in Whitehorse, Yukon
$18,000

Rohrbacher, Phoebe
Project Award (Visual Arts/Mixed Media) to rent studio space for one year, purchase materials and supplies, and document work in preparation for an exhibit at the Juneau Douglas City Museum, February 2011
$5,000

Taylor, Christofer Charles (www.christofercharles.com)
Project award (visual arts) for painting supplies and model fees
$7,500

Tracey, Sean (www.myspace.com/seanetracey)
Project Award (Music Composition) to record a collection of sixteen of his songs
$5,000

Walen, Tasha (www.basementstudiosalaska.com)
Project Award (Crafts) for studio equipment, including a kiln, and to upgrade electrical wiring; also furnance rental and lessons at a glass studio in Seattle or Skagway
$5,000

Walker, David
Project award (crafts) to enter a garment into the World of Wearable Art show in Wellington, New Zealand
$5,000

Walker, David
Project Award (Crafts) to fund shipment of a wearable art entry and to attend the 2007 New Zealand World of Wearable Art show
$5,000

Woodie, David J
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to complete a new series of paintings for exhibition
$12,000

Kenai $7,500 

Boyle, Keeley
Project award (music composition) to purchase recording equipment
$7,500

Ketchikan $148,950 

Anderson, Robert Hall
Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to focus on completion of photography book which highlights the last 25 years of his documentation of the daily life in Ketchikan, Alaska
$12,000

Churchill, Delores Elizabeth
2006 Distinguished Artist Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to write and publish a book on traditional weaving
$25,000

Hanson, Christopher Alan
Project Award (Crafts) for studio improvements to the artist's jewelry workshop, including safety upgrades for better ventilation
$4,950

Jackson, Nathan P
2009 Distinguished Artist (Folk and Traditional Arts)
$25,000

Jackson, Norman G (www.normanjackson.com)
Artist fellowship (folk and traditional arts) to travel to New Zealand to participate in an exhibit and work with the Maori artists
$18,000

Jackson, Norman G (www.normanjackson.com)
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to make improvements to his studio, buy tools and equipment, and to travel to museums to study Tlingit art and culture
$12,000

Troll, Raymond M (www.trollart.com)
2011 Distinguished Artist (Visual Arts)
$25,000

Varnell, Donald M
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Tradtional Arts) to document a trip studying Northwest Coast Native artifacts in Europe and North America, following the route of ethnographer Franz Boas
$12,000

Varnell, Teresa M
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to support traveling to gather and prepare spruce rools and time to weave
$5,000

Whalen, Teague Michael (teaguewhalen.com)
Project award (music composition) to purchase audio recording equipment to record high-quality, professional album
$5,000

Zerbetz, Evon (www.evonzerbetz.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to expand and upgrade studio space
$5,000

Kodiak $17,000 

Harrington, Brendan M
Artist fellowship (visual arts) to finish setting up a better studio space and buy supplies
$12,000

Opheim, Tracy Edward
Project award (folk and traditional arts) to build a workshop
$5,000

Kotzebue $17,000 

Kantner, Seth (www. sethkantner,com)
Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to research and write next novel
$12,000

Schaeffer Sr., Roswell L
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to supplement the costs of a small turbine wind generator to power tools used in making his craft at his remote cabin seven miles north of Kotzebue
$5,000

Manley Hot Springs $4,265 

Fisak, Arthur
Project Award (Crafts/wood turner) to purchase supplies and equipment to turn and finish 100 bowls
$4,265

Nenana $4,950 

Monroe, Kelly Ann
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to develop traditional beadwork and skin-sewing skills
$4,950

Nome $37,000 

Ayek, Sylvester
2004 Distinguished Artist Award (Visual Arts) to return to Nome and build a studio space
$25,000

Hannigan, Arlo (www.arlohannigan.com)
Project Award (Music Composition) to produce a CD of original music based on his life in Nome
$4,500

Nichols-Takak, Kendra (www.snowflakemm.com)
Project award (media arts) to travel and purchase recording equipment
$7,500

North Pole $13,330 

Cook, Kathie
Project award (crafts) to purchase fabric, dyes and printing equipment
$7,500

Hook, Robert John
Project Award (Crafts) to attend training opportunities at the Ozark School of Blacksmithing and Texarkana College/Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing
$4,830

Woldstad, Theresa
Project award (folk and traditional arts) to explore contemporary and traditional native regalia
$1,000

Palmer $21,925 

Aube, Anne (www.annieaube.com)
Project Award (Visual Arts) to support travel and living expenses in Tokyo, Japan to promote work with Galeria de Muerte and visit textile museums
$4,925

Ivey, Eowyn L
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to purchase equipment and travel on Copper River for research for novel
$5,000

Malapanis, Thomas (www.malapanis.com)
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to devote 100% of his time to guitar building
$12,000

Petersburg $7,000 

DuRoss, Ashley Kyle (ashleyduross.webs.com)
Project award (visual arts) to prepare for two upcoming solo shows
$2,000

Savage, Monica S (www.studiopicea.com)
Project Award (Crafts) to continue to create glass and metal jewelry, travel to craft shows and build new relationships with galleries and small boutiques
$5,000

Port Alsworth $10,000 

Kahn, Anne Marie (annecorayalaska.com)
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to print and market first full-length collection of poetry, "Bone-Strings."
$5,000

Kahn, Steven
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to work on a manuscript in progress, tentatively titled, "Promises that Pull Me Back: Alaska Stories of Friendship and Adventure."
$5,000

Seward $3,440 

Gordon, Laël Ki
Project Award (Crafts) to purchase equipment and time to construct large-scale cabinets and furniture pieces
$3,440

Sitka $86,000 

Galanin, Nicholas (galanin.com)
Project Award (Visual) to purchase equipment to create and document a series of outdoor petroglyphs in southeast Alaska
$5,000

Galanin, Nicholas (galanin.com)
Artist Fellowship (Multidiscipline) to have time to realize concepts and ideas - and create new work. The concepts involve performance art, video installation, film, sculpture, painting, photography and other creative processes
$12,000

Joseph, Tommy L
Artist fellowship (visual arts) to complete Tlingit battle dress/body armor exhibit
$12,000

Rofkar, Teresa (www.terirofkar.com)
2013 Distinguished Artist (Folk and Traditional Arts)
$40,000

Rofkar, Teresa (www.terirofkar.com)
Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to focus on networking with her artistic peers, complete her studio, attend a spinning retreat, and explore other west coast weaving and fiber arts opportunities
$12,000

Rose, Robert
Project Award (Crafts) to build a studio space
$5,000

Soldotna $4,500 

Eissler, Richard Alan
Project award (visual arts) for more shows and publish a book highlighting black and white work
$4,500

Sutton $5,000 

Smith-Wood, Wendy (www.wendysmithwood.com)
Project Award (Crafts/Potter) to upgrade her remote studio space
$5,000

Talkeetna $17,500 

Baron, Jennifer Elizabeth
Project Award (Visual Arts) to rent studio space, set up darkroom, and take time to create new work
$5,000

Falley, Leighan (www.highcampartstudio.squarespace.com)
Project award (visual arts) to travel in Alaska and produce art for an Anchorage solo show
$7,500

Foster, Kevin John (www.ironcladdesings.com)
Project Award (Crafts) to continue education as a blacksmith, work with a master blacksmith, and learn new techniques
$5,000

Unalakleet $5,000 

Roesch, Mattox Damien (www.mattoxroesch.com)
Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to finish drafting and researching current novel project
$5,000

Unalaska $5,000 

Chadwick, Jerah E
Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to take time to work on a manuscript-in-progress, "Village Beneath the Pavement."
$5,000

Valdez $5,000 

Ramos, Mollie G
Project Award (Literary/Scriptworks) to attend the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, and to research a new novel
$5,000

Ward Cove $7,500 

Eide, Vaughn (https://www.facebook.com/tlingittattoo)
Project award (folk and traditional arts) to transport a log and purchase carving equipment for a Tlingit dugout canoe
$7,500

Wasilla $32,948 

Diemer, Gretchen
Project Award (Literary Arts) to promote her first book, a full-length volume of poetry
$3,948

Heimel, Denise
Project Award (Crafts) to purchase an oval electric kiln to make larger pieces and also fire mixed clay sculptures that require a slow firing over several days
$5,000

Munger, Philip A
Artist fellowship (music composition) to create an orchestral work based on Elizabeth Peratrovich's 1945 speech
$12,000

Munger, Philip A
Artist Fellowship (Music Composition) to complete three projects and undertake three new projects
$12,000

Wrangell $5,000 

Haley, Clara
Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to research traditional weaving from both the Tahltan and Haida tribes; study in Victoria, BC; and gather bark to weave a hat in the Tahltan design
$5,000




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