Contact: Victoria Lord
Fall 2007 Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Project Awards announced: 13 Alaskan artists receive grant awards
Anchorage - Thirteen Alaskan artists, reflecting Alaska's unique creative environment, received cash grants from the Rasmuson Foundation's Individual Artist Award program.
The awardees are:
• Kevin Foster, $5,000, a blacksmith from Talkeetna.
• Lael Gordon, $3,440, a furniture maker from Seward.
• Christopher Hanson, $4,950, a jeweler from Ketchikan.
• Susan Serna, $5,000, a jeweler from Anchorage.
• Ginger Placeres, $5,000, a folk and traditional artist (Athabascan beadwork) from Fairbanks.
• Joan Kane, $5,000, a poet from Anchorage.
• Keith Liles, $4,950, also a poet from Anchorage.
• Vlad Basarab, $5,000, a performance artist in Anchorage.
• Asia Freeman, $5,000, a mixed-media artist from Homer.
• Ben Huff, $5,000, a photographer from Fairbanks.
• Bonnie Landis, $5,000, a photographer from Anchorage.
• Da-ka-xeen Mehner, $5,000, an artist exploring visual art mediums from Fairbanks.
• Sheary Suiter, $2,961, a painter from Anchorage.
The Individual Artist Awards is part of a 10-year $20 million investment by The Rasmuson Foundations, the largest charitable trust in Alaska, to increase the impact of arts in Alaska. The awards are intended to provide artists with the resources to immerse themselves in their work and to experiment, explore, and develop their artistry more fully. To date, the Foundation has awarded over $802,000 for 4 Distinguished Artist Awards; 25 Fellowship Awards; and 84 Project Awards. Click here to view details for all 113 Individual Artists Awards.
The next deadline for Individual Artist Award applications is March 1, 2008 (postmark deadline). Artists working in visual arts, media arts, multidiscipline - new genre, or music composition may apply for an Artist Fellowship and artists working in any artistic discipline may apply for a Project Award.
March 1 is also the deadline for nominations and/or applications for the Distinguished Artist Award. More information is available at the Foundation's web site or by calling Victoria Lord at 907-297-2827 or toll-free 1-877-366-2700.
About the Foundation
The Rasmuson Foundation was created in May 1955 by Jenny Rasmuson to honor her late husband "E.A." Rasmuson. The Foundation is a catalyst to promote a better life for all Alaskans.
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