Past Grantmaking
Explore our grantmaking history:
Individual Artist Award
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| Abdihodzic, Armin Artist Fellowship (Performance Presentation/Interpretation) for a concert-level classical guitar and coaching | $18,000180002018 |
| Abraham, Jack Ayap'run(site) Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to take time to expand a body of work. | $12,000120002005 |
| Abraham, Margaret Agnes Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to continue creating dolls, mukluks, yo-yos, and baskets. | $12,000120002007 |
| Adams, Brian Caleb(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to travel to Canada, Greenland, and Russia to create photographs for a book "I Am Inuit" | $18,000180002018 |
| Adams, John Luther(site) 2010 Distinguished Artist (Music Composition) | $25,000250002010 |
| Adams, John Luther(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to support recording a new full-length orchestral work for release on compact disc. | $5,00050002005 |
| Agopian, Maite Project Award (Performance Arts) to create wooden puppetry and shadow theater silhouettes for a performance titled 'In A Time of Change' | $7,50075002021 |
| Akagi, Sydney Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to create a full size Tlingit ceremonial robe that includes both Revenstail and Chilkat techniques | $7,50075002021 |
| Allison, Christiane Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to self-publish a second children's picture book, "Where Is Uncle?" | $7,50075002018 |
| Amason, Alvin Eli 2018 Distinguished Artist Award | $40,000400002018 |
| Amason, Alvin Eli Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to take time to return to spiritual and cultural roots to explore, revisit, and create new work. | $12,000120002004 |
| Amore, Martha Jean Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to write short stories and attend two Alaskan conferences. | $7,50075002015 |
| Anderson, Carmel Irons(site) Project award (visual arts) to create a body of work that focuses on foster children. | $7,50075002017 |
| Anderson, Emily(site) Project award (music composition) to compose, and produce an album. | $7,50075002016 |
| Anderson, Keara Project Award (Media Arts) to create a short film set in rural Alaska about a young woman’s relationship with her mother as she finds her own freedom | $7,50075002022 |
| Anderson, Robert Hall(site) 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. | $12,000120002006 |
| Andrews, Polly Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to develop an Alaska Native traditional and contemporary album | $7,50075002021 |
| Anjum, Shehla C. Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete series of essays. | $7,50075002014 |
| Arciniega, Kendra Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to create a local web series that tells the unique interwoven connections of LGBTQ+ BIPOC communities | $7,50075002021 |
| Armamento, Rejoy Project Award (Visual Arts) to create a 300 square foot mural as part of the Mountain View Mural Walk | $7,50075002021 |
| 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. | $5,00050002008 |
| Aronson, Caleb(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to record and produce a second CD. | $5,00050002006 |
| Arriaga, Indra Project Award (New Genre) to complete 'Opaque Etymologies,' a work that includes poetry, intaglio prints, and performance | $7,50075002019 |
| Atchak, Earl Artist fellowship (folk and traditional art) to exhibit work outside of Alaska and to build a studio. | $18,000180002017 |
| Atchak, Earl Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to collect materials and construct "Nepcetaq" (Shaman's) masks. | $5,00050002011 |
| Athorp, Everett Project award (folk and traditional arts) to build a traditional Haida canoe. | $7,50075002017 |
| Athorp, Everett Project award (folk and traditional arts) to build a studio. | $7,50075002014 |
| Aube, Anne(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to support travel and living expenses in Tokyo, Japan to promote work with Galeria de Muerte and visit textile museums. | $4,92549252009 |
| Ayek, Sylvester 2004 Distinguished Artist Award (Visual Arts) to return to Nome and build a studio space | $25,000250002004 |
| Bader, Tracy Anna(site) Project award (visual arts) for studio space and art supplies. | $7,50075002014 |
| Ballas, Teeka(site) Project award (multidiscipline/new genre) to purchase video equipment and travel for research. | $7,50075002014 |
| Baltuck, Constance(site) Project award (visual arts) to produce paintings for an exhibit at the Juneau Douglas City Museum. | $7,50075002013 |
| Barker, James(site) 2022 Distinguished Artist Award | $40,000400002022 |
| Baron, Jennifer Elizabeth Project Award (Visual Arts) to rent studio space, set up darkroom, and take time to create new work. | $5,00050002006 |
| Bartholomew, Annie Project Award (Music Composition) will commission an open-back banjo and record an album inspired by women of the Klondike Gold Rush | $7,50075002020 |
| Basarab, Vlad(site) Project Award (Performance Art) for electronic equipment to expand work to a more professional level. | $5,00050002007 |
| Basile, Katie Project Award (Visual Arts) to explore the changing climate in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta through photography and interviews with elders | $7,50075002019 |
| Battreall, Carl(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to complete the photographs for "An Intimate Portrait of Alaska's Glaciers" and a limited edition book and print set | $12,000120002008 |
| Bavilla, Vernon Samuel Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to upgrade his studio space and purchase additional tools. | $5,00050002006 |
| Baxter, Diane L. Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to purchase equipment to incorporate sound into her clay sculptures. | $4,08040802007 |
| Beaty, Sarah(site) Project Award (Crafts) to build a kiln. | $5,00050002005 |
| Becker, Karl(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to produce paintings of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and the Kennicott mine landscapes | $7,50075002019 |
| Behnke, Megan I. Project Award (Presentation/Interpretation) to attend Shakespeare summer acting course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. | $5,00050002011 |
| Bellamy, Annette Elizabeth Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to expand her creative work through residencies, collaboration with other ceramic artists, and exploring casting techniques. | $12,000120002006 |
| Benning, Karen Project Award (Literary Arts) to write her first book "The Third Element: A Memoir." | $5,00050002010 |
| Bernard, Mandy Project Award (Crafts) will create diptych sculptures employing dissonant fibers and textiles, and a wearable art collection integrating paper-cut accessories | $7,50075002020 |
| Berryman, Sabrena Artist fellowship (choreography) to produce a new dance piece that represents the four seasons on film. | $18,000180002017 |
| Berryman, Sabrena Project award (choreography) to create a dance production in Homer. | $7,50075002014 |
| Biden, Ruth Project Award (Visual) to purchase studio equipment and training with portrait artist, and prepare eight new paintings. | $5,00050002011 |
| Bielawski, Kathleen Project Award (Music Composition) to produce 'The Arctic Question,' a collection of 12 original songs | $7,50075002019 |
| Birdsall, Sarah J. Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to build a portable writing studio and complete a draft of her novel, "Wild River, Wild Rose." | $7,50075002015 |
| Blanchett, Phillip Artist fellowship (presentation/interpretation) to develop a theatrical performance that communicates Yup'ik cultural values. | $18,000180002016 |
| Blanchett, Stephen Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to focus on creation of Alaska Native music and dance, storytelling and teaching | $18,000180002019 |
| Blanchett, Stephen Artist fellowship (music composition) to create a solo production of Yup'ik, Tsimshian, and English songs. | $18,000180002016 |
| Blankenship, Elizabeth S. Project Award (Crafts) to create a new body of textile-based work incorporating natural dyeing, felting and basketry techniques | $7,50075002022 |
| Blankenship, Elizabeth S. Artist fellowship (crafts) to attend conferences and residencies. | $18,000180002017 |
| Blankenship, Elizabeth S. Project award (crafts) to attend a one-week Haystack Mountain School beading workshop. | $2,80028002012 |
| Bohrer, Caressa(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to purchase music recording equipment for CD production. | $5,00050002011 |
| Boyan, Katherine M.(site) Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to prepare beadwork pieces for a solo show about dip netting for red salmon on the Kasilof River. | $12,000120002011 |
| Boyechko, Yaroslav Project award (media arts) to produce more documentaries about Alaskans. | $5,00050002012 |
| Boyle, Keeley Project award (music composition) to purchase recording equipment. | $7,50075002013 |
| Brashear, James J. Project Award (Crafts) to bring water and ventilation into ceramics studio. | $5,00050002011 |
| 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. | $5,00050002005 |
| Brown, Patricia "Tricia" Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to write a nonfiction book on Californian-born gold prospector Irene titled "Queen of Fairbanks" | $18,000180002021 |
| BrownEhlers, Anna 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. | $12,000120002009 |
| Brunner, Bridget Kathryn(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to construct a stained glass studio | $7,50075002021 |
| Butler, Emily C. Dba Marian Call(site) Project award (music composition) to write original songs. | $7,50075002017 |
| Byl, Christine Project award (literary/scriptworks) for a book tour following 'Dirt Work's' publication. | $7,50075002013 |
| 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. | $5,00050002009 |
| Campen, Sarah Project Award (Choreography) to create a multimedia dance performance based on connection to salmon | $7,50075002020 |
| Carlin, Christopher E.(site) Project award (crafts) for safety improvements to his Anchorage Studio where he makes bamboo fly rods. | $7,50075002015 |
| Carlo, Kathleen Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to develop a new body of work. | $12,000120002005 |
| Carpenter, Laura Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to research and write a LGBTQ+ young adult fantasy novel | $18,000180002021 |
| Carpenter, Nicholas Project Award (Music Composition) to go on tour performing his albums in the Lower 48 | $7,50075002020 |
| Carroll, Alisa Christine Project Award (Visual Arts) to build a Minnesota Flat Top Car Kiln for high firing porcelain and stoneware. | $5,00050002005 |
| Catherino, Dolores(site) Artist Fellowship (Music Composition) to expand her work in experimental polychromatic musical composition using immersive audio formats | $18,000180002022 |
| Catherino, Dolores(site) Artist Fellowship (Music Composition) to create a video documentation and publication of a polychromatic music composition | $18,000180002018 |
| Chadwick, Jerah E. Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to take time to work on a manuscript-in-progress, "Village Beneath the Pavement." | $5,00050002004 |
| Chen, Jeff Project Award (Visual Arts) to photograph and interview Taiwanese families living in rural and urban Alaska | $7,50075002022 |
| Cherry, Jessica Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to complete her memoir “The Rigging,” about women in science and transformation | $7,50075002022 |
| Childs III, Lucian A. Project award (literary/scriptworks) to participate in writers conferences (Anchorage). | $7,50075002013 |
| Christianson, Susan Stark Artist Fellowship (Media Arts) to develop a new documentary film that expands on concepts in the film "The Wisdom of the Grandmothers" | $18,000180002018 |
| Chung, Thomas Project award (visual arts) to travel around Alaska to gather stories and to produce ten large scale oil paintings. | $7,50075002016 |
| Churchill, Delores E. Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to film and edit the process of finishing baskets on a DVD to be included in a book about basket weaving | $7,50075002018 |
| Churchill, Delores E. 2006 Distinguished Artist Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to write and publish a book on traditional weaving | $25,000250002006 |
| Co, Kevin Climaco Project Award (Media Arts) to make an experimental documentary on the salmon of Bristol Bay. | $5,00050002007 |
| Cohen, Sarah Project Award (Visual) to create separate glassworking studio with equipment and ventilation. | $5,00050002011 |
| Compton, Amanda Tatter Kulik Project award (media arts) to produce an hour long radio show about Alaskans. | $7,50075002014 |
| 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. | $5,00050002011 |
| Conti, Michael(site) Project Award (Media Arts) to complete a five-year film project “Tupik Mi” documenting Inuit women and traditional chin tattoo | $7,50075002022 |
| Conti, Michael(site) Project award (multidiscipline/new genre) to work on a solo exhibit for the Anchorage Museum. | $7,50075002015 |
| Conti, Michael(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to create photo illustrations of two short stories by Hemingway and London. | $5,00050002005 |
| Cook, Corinna Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to complete a collection of lyric essays built around research into the art, history and changing ecology in Northern regions | $7,50075002020 |
| Cook, Kathie L. Project award (crafts) to purchase fabric, dyes and printing equipment. | $7,50075002013 |
| Corbett, Joshua Project award (visual arts) to travel to St. Lawrence Island to document the impacts of climate change on rural subsistence lifestyles. | $7,50075002016 |
| 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. | $4,80048002006 |
| Craney, Katie Project Award (Visual Arts) to create two-dimensional visual representations within a body of work that focuses on ableism, bodies, and boundaries | $7,50075002021 |
| Cranston, Kristina M. Project award (folk and traditional arts) for travel and purchase art supplies. | $7,50075002014 |
| Criswell, Janice Lynn Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to create larger woven works and upgrade studio space. | $12,000120002007 |
| Crowley, Kevin Edward(site) Project Award (Multidisciplinary) to create books entirely of Alaskan-based materials that focuses on accessibility and reducing outsourcing | $7,50075002021 |
| Dalthorp, Pedar Roy(site) Project award (visual arts) to travel to an art symposium in the Czech Republic. | $7,50075002014 |
| Dalton, Jack J.(site) Artist fellowship (presentation/interpretation) to document and archive storytelling. | $12,000120002012 |
| Damberg, John(site) Artist Fellowship (Music Composition/Jazz) to study Brazilian and Afro-Cuban musical styles. | $12,000120002010 |
| Danner, Michele Project Award (Multidiscipline) to create 100 digitally drawn coloring pages illustrating traditional Iñupiaq cultural practices | $7,50075002022 |
| Daoust, Andrew Project Award (Visual Arts) to build a state-of-the-art kiln to produce large-scale architectural art glass pieces. | $5,00050002004 |
| Daughhetee, Mark(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to prepare for three solo exhibitions and to buy a large-format printer. | $4,99049902005 |
| Davies, Sarah Elizabeth(site) Fellowship (Multidiscipline) Absolute Zero to create a sound based sculptural installation breaking the silence on sexual violence | $18,000180002020 |
| Davies, Sarah Elizabeth(site) Project award (visual arts) to complete a public art installation consisting of 100 life-sized figures. | $7,50075002015 |
| Davis, Olena Artist fellowship (literary arts/scriptworks) to turn a new hybrid form of writing into a novella. | $18,000180002017 |
| Davis, Olena Project Award (Literary Arts) to support living expenses while she focuses on writing poetry. | $5,00050002009 |
| Davis, Olena Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to continue to create work. | $12,000120002005 |
| Davis, Roblin Gray(site) Project Award (Performance Art) to create and perform a new solo show, "Soaked" | $7,50075002018 |
| Davis, Roblin Gray(site) Project Award (performance art) to attend a Shakespere's Rhetoric workshop and begin a collaborative show. | $5,00050002012 |
| DeRocchi, Alanna Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to invest in materials and training in welding and glaze chemistry, website development and documentation of her work | $18,000180002022 |
| DeRocchi, Alanna Project award (visual arts) to research, travel, and purchase materials required to create a new, expansive body of sculptural work for a solo exhibition. | $7,50075002017 |
| DeSmith, Kristin Project Award (Crafts) to create "Evolution: Three," a story in ceramics that explores damage, heartbreak and hope | $7,50075002019 |
| DeTemple, Rachel Project Award (Music Composition) will record a bluegrass album of original songs confronting the "grass ceiling" about claiming voice and the experiences of women | $7,50075002020 |
| Decker, Donald D. 2016 Distinguished Artist Award. | $40,000400002016 |
| Dee, Jacob Project Award (Music Composition) to write, record and mix a full-length studio quality album of dream pop music | $7,50075002022 |
| Dee, Jacob Project Award (Music Composition) for equipment, post production of an album, and touring to promote the album | $7,50075002018 |
| Demery, Brandon C. Project Award (Presentation/Interpretation) to direct, design, and perform in a one-person production to tour in Alaska. | $5,00050002011 |
| Demientieff, Daisy Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to gather willow roots and other natural materials for her basket weaving. | $4,53545352006 |
| Demientieff-Worl, Rico Rodolfo(site) Project award (visual arts) to expand from two-dimensional work into three dimensions, using bronze and 3-D printing. | $7,50075002015 |
| DiGennaro, James Henry Project award (crafts) for training and studio upgrades. | $7,50075002014 |
| Dickerson, Michael Project Award (Music Composition) to hold and film concerts performing original music in Alaska’s abandoned military structures | $7,50075002020 |
| Dickerson, Scott(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase a paramotor (essentially a powered paraglider) to allow him to increase his aerial photography opportunities. | $5,00050002009 |
| Diemer, Gretchen Project Award (Literary Arts) to promote her first book, a full-length volume of poetry. | $3,94839482008 |
| Dommek, James Fellowship (Media Arts) to develop the podcast "The Fantastic Alaskan," reinterpreting the artist's great-grandfather's Inupiaq stories | $18,000180002020 |
| Dowdy, Rachelle Lea Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to complete the construction of a studio building to produce larger scale works. | $12,000120002006 |
| Draper, Melina Project Award (literary arts/scriptworks) to publicize "Two Shores" publication. | $5,00050002012 |
| Duffy, Anne(site) Artist fellowship (crafts) to create a new larger scale body of work. | $18,000180002013 |
| Duffy, Anne(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to devote time and resources to a group exhibition. | $12,000120002006 |
| Durr, Steve Robert Project Award (Multidiscipline) to build a new music and visual art studio closer to his home in Talkeetna | $7,50075002022 |
| Eads, Emerson William(site) Project award (music composition) to write a children's opera based on an adaption of Yeat's Pot of Broth. | $7,50075002015 |
| Eissler, Richard Alan Project award (visual arts) for more shows and publish a book highlighting black and white work. | $4,50045002012 |
| Ellefson, Merry C. Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) for time and travel to develop a performance piece inspired by a story of a man lost on an ice floe | $7,50075002018 |
| Ellefson, Merry C. Project award (literary/scriptworks) to develop a script about homelessness. | $7,50075002013 |
| Enfield, Sean Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to develop and publish an essay collection “Who Be Our Teacher”, attend workshops and update his website | $7,50075002022 |
| Ennis, Sharon(site) 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. | $5,00050002008 |
| Eriksen, Christina(site) Fellowship (Presentation/Interpretation) to explore spoken word, performance, and novel-in-verse | $18,000180002020 |
| Eriksen, Christina(site) Project award (presentation/interpretation) to produce three spoken word videos of spoken poems. | $7,50075002016 |
| Eriksen, Christina(site) Project award (presentation/interpretation) to produce a spoken album. | $7,50075002013 |
| Evans, Mei Mei Project Award (Literary Arts) to take time to finish her novel, "Spill," and work with a development editor. | $5,00050002009 |
| Falley, Leighan Project award (visual arts) to travel in Alaska and produce art for an Anchorage solo show. | $7,50075002013 |
| 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. | $5,00050002004 |
| Farnsworth, Bruce 2011 President's Award | $5,00050002011 |
| Fierro, Bryan Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) Huitzilin to write an original screenplay for a biopic based on Saúl Armendáriz, or Cassandro el Exotico | $7,50075002020 |
| Fierro, Bryan Project award (literary) for technology and to attend creative writing workshops. | $7,50075002016 |
| Filyaw, Sharon Project Award (Crafts) for purchasing lapidary tools, camera equipment, and a lightbox | $7,50075002021 |
| Firth, Silas Project award (Media Arts) to produce a documentary on the SS Princess Sophia that sunk southbound of Skagway in October of 1918 | $7,50075002021 |
| Fisak, Arthur Project Award (Crafts/wood turner) to purchase supplies and equipment to turn and finish 100 bowls. | $4,26542652010 |
| Flanders Crosby, Jill Artist Fellowship (Multidiscipline) to create a dance film “Bureau of Memories” and participate in workshops with choreographers, filmmakers and projection artists | $18,000180002022 |
| Flanders Crosby, Jill Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to complete development of Performance-Based Video for Secrets under the Skin installation. | $5,00050002011 |
| Ford, Aurora Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to write a creative non-fiction book about female mixed martial arts pioneers | $18,000180002019 |
| Ford, Rachel Natalie(site) Project award (visual arts) to create a book of graphic short stories depicting life in a small, isolated community in the North. | $7,50075002015 |
| Ford, Robin(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to produce a CD of original songs for release in spring 2011. | $5,00050002010 |
| Foster, Kevin John(site) Project Award (Crafts) to continue education as a blacksmith, work with a master blacksmith, and learn new techniques. | $5,00050002007 |
| Fowler, Christy Tengs(site) Project award (music composition) to record demos for 20 new songs. | $7,50075002017 |
| Fowler, Quentin James(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Painter) to provide time to paint, and professionally document his work. | $12,000120002010 |
| Frankenstein, Ellen Project award (media arts) to take a workshop in cinematography. | $7,50075002017 |
| Fredrick, Bryce Project Award (Visual Arts) Tent City to purchase equipment and supplies to enhance artistic quality and expand self-publishing capacity for printmaking collective | $7,50075002020 |
| Freeman, Asia(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to support costs of an installation piece at Out North Gallery. | $5,00050002007 |
| Gage, Hal(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Photographer) to catalog and scan negatives, create a second book, and prepare for three exhibitions. | $12,000120002010 |
| Gage, Hal(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to tour "Ice" photographic exhibition and publish an exhibit-related catalogue. | $12,000120002004 |
| Galanin, David J. Artist fellowship (visual arts) to work on larger carvings. | $18,000180002014 |
| Galanin, Jerrod Marcus(site) Project award (folk and traditional arts) to travel and purchase art equipment. | $7,50075002014 |
| Galanin, Nicholas(site) Artist Fellowship (Multidisciplinary Folk and Traditional Arts & Visual Arts) to create traditional Tlingit copper chasing and repousse work | $18,000180002018 |
| Galanin, Nicholas(site) Artist fellowship (multidiscipline/new genre) to develop a large traveling body of work. | $18,000180002014 |
| Galanin, Nicholas(site) Project Award (Visual) to purchase equipment to create and document a series of outdoor petroglyphs in southeast Alaska. | $5,00050002011 |
| Galanin, Nicholas(site) 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. | $12,000120002008 |
| Gamradt, Raymond W.(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to create charcoal pieces depicting contemporary Alaskan subsistence activities from the perspective of traditional fish camps in Kotzebue | $7,50075002021 |
| Garrett, Patricia "Patt" Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to upgrade a writing studio, travel, research, and produce a manuscript about a historical figure in McCarthy, Kate Kennedy. | $7,50075002017 |
| Gates, Michael(site) Project award (visual arts) to purchase art equipment. | $7,50075002014 |
| Gauthier, Amber Project award (presentation/interpretation) to attend an International Music Festival. | $7,50075002015 |
| Gerard, David R. Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) for training and building a stringed instrument with a master luthier | $7,50075002018 |
| Gerard, David R. Project award (folk and traditional arts) to purchase shop power tools and hand tools. | $5,00050002012 |
| Gillespie, Sandra Katherine Project Award (Visual Arts) to install a water system and monitor heater in her studio. | $5,00050002007 |
| Gilmour, Travis Project award (media arts) to complete a short documentary about Alaska Native carvers. | $7,50075002014 |
| Gingrich, Erin Project award (visual arts) to upgrade studio space. | $7,50075002017 |
| Goade, Michaela Project Award (Visual Arts) to research and develop ideas for picture book projects | $7,50075002019 |
| Godfrey, Steven Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to renovate studio. | $12,000120002011 |
| Goldberg, Robert S.(site) Project award (crafts) to build studio space. | $7,50075002014 |
| Goldberg, Robert S.(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to travel throughout Alaska, paint 25 major pieces, and frame work for exhibition in Anchorage. | $5,00050002005 |
| Golden, J. Ramsey Project Award (Literary Arts) to revise, complete, and submit a manuscript of poetry for publication. | $3,87138712009 |
| Gomez, Karinna(site) Project award (visual arts) to participate in several artist residencies in Norway and create a new series of prints and drawings. | $7,50075002015 |
| Gordon, Laël Ki Project Award (Crafts) to purchase equipment and time to construct large-scale cabinets and furniture pieces. | $3,44034402007 |
| 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. | $5,00050002005 |
| Gray, Stephen Project Award (Visual Arts) to prepare for an upcoming solo exhibition, entitled "Real-Life Make-Believe," at the Anchorage Museum. | $5,00050002007 |
| Grebe, Todd(site) Project award (music composition) to tour and promote "Citizen," his third full-length compilation of original music. | $7,50075002015 |
| Green, Rhonda Project Award (Crafts) to purchase equipment to create kinetic metal sculptures | $7,50075002019 |
| Griffin Jr., Peter M.(site) Project award (presentation/interpretation) to develop a solo, one-hour performance from his collection of personal stories. | $7,50075002015 |
| Gutierrez-Scholl, Ana Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to travel and purchase equipment for documenting the history of the Anchorage-based Mexican folkloric dance troupe Xochiquetzai-Tiqun | $7,50075002018 |
| Hackbarth, Andrea Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to write a full-length collection of prose poetry exploring sounds’ effects on human experience | $7,50075002022 |
| Hagberg, Quinn Christopherson Project Award (Music Composition) to purchase musical equipment and record first album | $7,50075002019 |
| Hagen, Desiree Project Award (Crafts) to purchase a hand papermaking tool and travel to a papermaking studio | $7,50075002019 |
| Hagen, Desiree Project award (crafts) for attending workshops and to harvest and process plant fibers to make them into paper and natural dyes. | $7,50075002016 |
| Hagen, John S.(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to travel to Ugashik, AK and Bristol Bay seeking out and photographing natural inspirations for indigenous art | $7,50075002019 |
| Hagen, John S.(site) Project award (visual arts) to travel to workshops in Santa Fe and Maine, where he will focus on digital printing and developing his artistic vision. | $7,50075002015 |
| Hahm, Somer Project Award (Visual Arts) to add three barn quilt paintings to the Far North Quilt Trail in Fairbanks | $7,50075002020 |
| Haines, John 2005 Distinguished Artist Award (Literary Arts) | $25,000250002005 |
| Hakenberg, Stefan(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to purchase computer hardware and software to master and edit recordings, assist in his composition process, and to produce CDs. | $5,00050002007 |
| 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 | $5,00050002008 |
| Hamar, Glenn P. Project Award (Fold and Traditional Arts) for equipment and a red cedar log to make a Haida style canoe | $7,50075002018 |
| Hannigan, Arlo(site) Artist fellowship (music composition) to produce an Alaskan, world-folk album. | $18,000180002014 |
| Hannigan, Arlo(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to produce a CD of original music based on his life in Nome. | $4,50045002010 |
| Hanson, Christopher Alan Project Award (Crafts) for studio improvements to the artist's jewelry workshop, including safety upgrades for better ventilation. | $4,95049502007 |
| Harrington, Brendan M. Artist fellowship (visual arts) to finish setting up a better studio space and buy supplies. | $12,000120002012 |
| 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. | $5,00050002009 |
| Haukaas, Derek Project Award (Music Composition) to produce and release an extended play album of collaborative Indigenous music | $7,50075002022 |
| Hawkins, Lisa Artist Fellowship (Presentation/Interpretation) Pipeline Vocal Project to design an immersive a cappella performance, record their music and tour Alaska and lower 48 | $18,000180002022 |
| Hayden, Mary Project Award (Crafts) will purchase an industrial sewing machine and invest in training to expand upon her hand-sewing skills and increase the range of her work | $7,50075002020 |
| Hayes, Ernestine 2021 Distinguished Artist (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) | $40,000400002021 |
| Hayes, Ernestine Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to attend annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. | $2,20022002005 |
| Head, Deborah Ann Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to build a studio. | $12,000120002011 |
| Hedden, Jessie Project Award (Visual Arts/Painter) to develop a series of drawings and paintings and prepare for an exhibit. | $5,00050002010 |
| 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 | $5,00050002008 |
| 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. | $5,00050002011 |
| Helmar, Patrice(site) Project award (visual arts) to complete a photographic body of work titled "Dirty Old Town." | $7,50075002016 |
| Henrikson, Mary Ida(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) for art supplies and to focus time on painting | $18,000180002018 |
| High, Allie M.(site) Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) for studio upgrades, travel and training in silver carving, printmaking and maskmaking. | $12,000120002011 |
| Hildebrand, Emma Fellowship (Visual Arts) to purchase tanned hides, quills, and beads to create works and teach traditional knowledge and craftsmanship | $18,000180002020 |
| Hill, Emma M.(site) Fellowship (Music Composition) to produce a cohesive work called, "Park Songs," incorporating music, poetry, and images | $18,000180002020 |
| Hill, Emma M.(site) Project award (music composition) for travel and musical performances in Europe. | $7,50075002015 |
| 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. | $5,00050002006 |
| Ho, Christopher Project Award (Media Arts) to produce a short fiction film, "Trust." | $5,00050002010 |
| Ho, Christopher Project Award (Media Arts) to shoot a short documentary film, "The Bionic Eskimo." | $5,00050002006 |
| Hoagland, James Artist Fellowship (Performance Art) to further develop as a drag queen performer through vocal training, costume design, and scriptwriting | $18,000180002019 |
| Hobson-George, Anastasia Project Award (Crafts) to travel and study Chilkat weaving, and design and weave a transitional tunic blanket | $7,50075002019 |
| Hollowell, Erin S.(site) Artist fellowship (literary arts/scriptworks) to develop a third collection of poems and travel to Ireland to attend a residency. | $18,000180002017 |
| Hollowell, Erin S.(site) Artist fellowship (literary/scriptworks) to work on a collection of poems for a manuscript entitled 'Every Atom.' | $18,000180002013 |
| Holly Jr., George D. Artists fellowship (multidiscipline/new genre) to study the Deg Xinag language and culture. | $18,000180002014 |
| Hook, Robert John Project Award (Crafts) to attend training opportunities at the Ozark School of Blacksmithing and Texarkana College/Bill Moran School of Bladesmithing. | $4,83048302007 |
| Hoover, Anna Project award (media arts) to create a documentary film exploring the history of an abandoned village on the Alaskan Peninsula. | $7,50075002016 |
| Hope, Ishmael Charles Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptwork) to write a fictional narrative in Tlinigt and English about a Native man and his family titled "This is How It Ends" | $7,50075002021 |
| Hope, Ishmael Charles Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to support the development and public presentation of a musical theatre script. | $5,00050002006 |
| Hope, Lily(site) Project Award (Multidiscipline) to elevate her weaving through research on traditional Chilkat design for her upcoming show will feature ancient and original robe patterns | $7,50075002020 |
| Hope, Lily(site) Project award (folk and traditional arts) to travel to Vancouver’s Museum to study Chilkat robes and to study under Chilkat weaver, Evelyn Vanderhoop. | $7,50075002017 |
| 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. | $5,00050002006 |
| Hornig, Joan Ellen Project award (visual arts) for training and kiln installation. | $7,50075002014 |
| Hotch, Lani S. Project Award (Folk & Traditional/Weaver) to participate in a contemporary textile arts show, "Time Warp." | $5,00050002010 |
| Howard, Michael(site) Project award (music composition) to produce his second full-length studio album. | $7,50075002015 |
| Huff, Ben(site) Artist fellowship (visual arts) to start independent publishing imprint and move into larger studio space. | $18,000180002016 |
| Huff, Ben(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to photograph the people and landscape of the Dalton Highway to exhibit in galleries and ultimately publish a book. | $5,00050002007 |
| Infante Lyons, Linda(site) Fellowship (Visual Arts) to create a new body of work celebrating the strength and spiritual power of contemporary rural Alaska Native Youth | $18,000180002020 |
| Infante Lyons, Linda(site) Artist fellowship (visual arts) to explore ways to link art projects that address social issues. | $18,000180002016 |
| Infante Lyons, Linda(site) Project award (visual arts) to provide studio equipment and work space. | $7,50075002013 |
| Ingman, John Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to advance skills and knowledge as an Uileann Piper | $7,50075002019 |
| Iredale, Ahna Artist fellowship (crafts) to build a wood burning kiln to produce a body of work for a solo show at the Anchorage Museum. | $18,000180002013 |
| Irving, Elizabeth Eero(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase art supplies to create 25 - 35 art works for three exhibitions in 2007. | $5,00050002006 |
| Itta, Bobby Lynn Project award (folk and traditional arts) to build a website, document and purchase supplies for her art. | $7,50075002015 |
| Itta, Bobby Lynn Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to create new mukluks, parkas and purchase new equipment. | $12,000120002011 |
| Ivey, Eowyn L. Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to purchase equipment and travel on Copper River for research for novel. | $5,00050002011 |
| Jackson, Gail Fellowship (Performance Arts) to record Southcentral Alaska soundscapes during a five-week residency program and to expand online presence | $18,000180002021 |
| Jackson, Gail Project award (performance art) to purchase two gongs, then perform at the Polar Artist exhibit at the Anchorage Museum. | $7,50075002017 |
| Jackson, Nathan P. 2009 Distinguished Artist (Folk and Traditional Arts). | $25,000250002009 |
| Jackson, Norman G.(site) Artist fellowship (folk and traditional arts) to travel to New Zealand to participate in an exhibit and work with the Maori artists. | $18,000180002013 |
| Jackson, Norman G.(site) 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. | $12,000120002007 |
| Jans, Nick A. Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts) to take time to write a novel. | $12,000120002009 |
| Jeffries, Joshua Project Award (Music Composition) to record a full-length album using sounds recorded form various parts of Alaska's wilderness | $7,50075002021 |
| Johnson, Amy(site) Artist fellowship (multidiscipline/new genre) to produce a new film in Alaska. | $18,000180002014 |
| Johnson, Carl(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Photographer) to explore and photograph the Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve. | $12,000120002010 |
| Johnson, Janissa Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to purchase a skin sewing machine for the production of sea otter fur clothing, with mentorship from a master skin sewer | $7,50075002022 |
| Johnson, Matt Project Award (Visual Arts) to prepare for a solo exhibition in 2007. | $4,91549152006 |
| Johnson, Merritt Project Award (Visual Arts) to create a body of woven sculptures reflecting the connections between female-identifying bodies and the resistance of historical struggle | $7,50075002021 |
| Jones, Arlitia M. Artist fellowship (literary/scriptworks) to work on a new script 'Hellraiser." | $18,000180002013 |
| Jones, Ruby Project award (multidiscipline/new genre) to restage and expand two previous performances. | $7,50075002016 |
| Joseph, Tommy L. Artist fellowship (visual arts) to complete Tlingit battle dress/body armor exhibit. | $12,000120002012 |
| Joyce, Scott Group project award (Music Composition) for purchasing recording equipment to record a full-length album | $7,50075002021 |
| Kahn, Anne M.(site) Artist fellowship (Literary arts/scriptworks) to write short story fiction and a novel set in Southwest Alaska. | $18,000180002015 |
| Kahn, Anne M.(site) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to print and market first full-length collection of poetry, "Bone-Strings." | $5,00050002004 |
| 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." | $5,00050002007 |
| Kane, Jeremy Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/porcelain/clay) to build a home studio and kiln(s). | $12,000120002010 |
| Kane, Joan Marie(site) Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to revise two manuscripts into full-length books and to continue developing early-stage prose projects | $18,000180002019 |
| Kane, Joan Marie(site) Project award (literary) for technology and time to work on three writing projects. | $7,50075002016 |
| Kane, Joan Marie(site) Artist fellowship (literary/scriptwork) to work on writing a novel. | $18,000180002013 |
| Kane, Joan Marie(site) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to continue work on a poetry manuscript and to participate in two 10-week online writing workshops. | $5,00050002007 |
| Kantner, Seth(site) Project award (literary) to complete a book about the Western Arctic caribou herd and the people of the region. | $7,50075002016 |
| Kantner, Seth(site) Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to research and write next novel. | $12,000120002005 |
| Katzke, Mary(site) Artist Fellowship (Media Arts) for photography equipment and for travel costs to attend photography and media campaign workshops | $18,000180002018 |
| Katzke, Mary(site) Artist Fellowship (Media Arts) to devote time to complete three documentary films in progress. | $12,000120002004 |
| Kaulitz, Garry Charles 2015 Distinguished Artist Award. | $40,000400002015 |
| Kaulitz, Garry Charles Project Award (Visual Arts) to participate in international printmaking exhibition and workshop in China. | $5,00050002008 |
| Kay, Sharon P. Artist fellowship (folk and traditional arts) to travel to the Aleutian Islands to gather the traditional rye grass used for weaving. | $18,000180002013 |
| Keller, Chloe Project award (folk and traditional arts) for equipment to design and sew Alaska Native inspired shoes for children. | $7,50075002016 |
| Kelliher-Combs, Sonya Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to develop four exhibits as an Indigenous studio artist and curator working in the circumpolar north | $18,000180002022 |
| Kelliher-Combs, Sonya Artist fellowship (visual arts) to explore use of traditional and modern materials and create two large bodies of work. | $12,000120002012 |
| 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 | $12,000120002008 |
| Kempf, Nelson Project Award (Music Composition) to produce an album of original songs described as sonic exploration | $7,50075002020 |
| Kendall, Rebecca(site) Artists fellowship (choreography) to develop the production 'Light Brigade.' | $18,000180002013 |
| Keogh, Denis Coyle(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to take time to create new work. | $12,000120002006 |
| Kim, Ted Project Award (Visual Arts) to support the creation of large-scale and easily accessible hand-drawn murals in and around Anchorage | $7,50075002022 |
| Kizzia, Thomas W. Artist fellowship (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete an essay about the Alaska community, McCarthy, and to travel to Arkansas to learn about family lore. | $18,000180002017 |
| Klass, Margo(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to create eight three-dimensional found-object works representing transitions between seasons in Alaska. | $5,00050002008 |
| Klein, Ronald E.(site) Project Award (visual arts) to build and operate a huge camera. | $5,00050002012 |
| Knapp, Mark(site) Artist fellowship (Folk and traditional arts) to build five knives for submission to the 2016 Blade Show in Atlanta. | $18,000180002015 |
| Kokai, Abigail Project Award (Crafts) to travel, observe people, and sketch ideas for producing illustrated quilts | $7,50075002018 |
| 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 | $5,00050002008 |
| Kuhar, George Christopher Project award (media arts) to create an electronic music film. | $5,00050002012 |
| Kurn, Emily G.(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to produce a CD of original songs focused on her family's history. | $5,00050002008 |
| La Montagne, Robert A. Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to construct a hot glass studio, and create wood and glass sculpture work | $18,000180002019 |
| La Montagne, Robert A. Project award (crafts) to create a body of work comprised of individual pieces that weave together a narrative of northern issues. | $7,50075002015 |
| 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. | $5,00050002009 |
| 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). | $5,00050002007 |
| Langton, Wendy Project award (choreography) to study under two prestigious dance companies. | $7,50075002017 |
| Lauesen, Ethan Project Award (Visual Arts) to create prints for a solo exhibition exploring Alaska Native and LGBTQ+ identity, using Tlingit formline images | $7,50075002020 |
| Lawrence, Paul Andrew(site) Project Award (Media Arts) to study and produce the final sound mixing of the documentary film, "The Boneyard" | $7,50075002018 |
| Lekander, Lance J.(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase an etching press to create print editions and explore new artwork. | $5,00050002008 |
| Leo, John Ingram(site) Project Award (Performance Art) to attend three Fringe Festivals and the Clown Theatre Festive in New York City. | $5,00050002007 |
| Lewandowski, Alexander(site) Project Award (Crafts) to purchase equipment and materials for silver and gold jewelry fabrication. | $5,00050002011 |
| Liles, Keith (K.P.) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) for time to create a first manuscript of poems. | $4,95049502007 |
| Lincoln, Noah Project Award (Media Arts) for equipment to make a video about teen issues and suicide | $7,50075002018 |
| Lind Jr., Peter(site) Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to upgrade workspace and expand carving work | $18,000180002019 |
| Lind Sr., Peter Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to upgrade and improve the environmental quality of his studio. | $12,000120002009 |
| Lindenfelser, Judith Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to buy computer equipment to finish book. | $3,00030002005 |
| Link, Kristin(site) Project award (visual arts) for travel and field sketching in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve. | $5,00050002012 |
| Loewen, Mary Project award (choreography) to attend dance and choreography workshops. | $7,50075002017 |
| Logan, David Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to rent workspace to build his first Iñupiaq skin-on-frame qayaq (kayak), expanding his knowledge of traditional qayak types | $7,50075002022 |
| Lohr, Ashley Kyle Project award (visual arts) to prepare for two upcoming solo shows. | $5,00050002012 |
| London, Alyssa Project Award (Media Arts) will produce episodes of “Culture Story,” featuring Alaska Native people from various cultures and regions | $7,50075002020 |
| Lord, Erica(site) Project Award (Performance Arts) to purchase equipment to document and present performance work. | $5,00050002011 |
| Lord, Nancy J. Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to take time to complete more creative nonfiction. | $12,000120002007 |
| Losinski, Joseph L. Project award (visual arts) to purchase art equipment. | $7,50075002014 |
| Lovelace-Smith, Robin Project Award (Folk & Traditional/carver) to purchase tools, materials, and time (daycare) to concentrate on completing three masks. | $4,99349932010 |
| Lowe, K.C.(site) Project Award (Crafts) to purchase a roller to assist in the felting process. | $5,00050002006 |
| Lowell, Keren E.(site) Artist fellowship (visual arts) to expand body of work through travel, research, and professional development. | $18,000180002016 |
| Lukin, Maija Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to create and document a full length traditional Inupiaq fur parka in traditional methods | $7,50075002021 |
| Lukina-Shelt, Elena P.(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to present a concert at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts. | $5,00050002011 |
| Lynch, Anna Margarita Project award (music composition) to record an album. | $7,50075002013 |
| Lyon, Rebecca A. Artist fellowship (visual arts) to travel to Europe, visit museums and attend the "Facing Forward: Contemporary Alaskan Art Goes Abroad" show in France. | $18,000180002016 |
| Macheras, Dimitrios Konstantinos Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to purchase art supplies and cover expenses to create a graphic "Alaskan Manga" novel. | $5,00050002006 |
| Mackey, Maegan Ann(site) Project award (music composition) to purchase a professional sound system. | $5,00050002012 |
| Macomber, Kendell Project Award (Choreography) for additional aerial arts space and safety equipment | $7,50075002021 |
| Madsen, Jacqueline(site) Project award (visual arts) to produce a dozen Alutiiq dolls. | $7,50075002016 |
| Mahaffey, Mary Montgomery Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to assist with expenses in self-publishing and promoting "Mythic Resonance," a collection of short stories. | $5,00050002005 |
| Maisch, Klara Project Award (Visual Arts) to work on location to create a series of paintings and drawings depicting the rapidly receding Gulkana Glacier | $7,50075002022 |
| Malapanis, Thomas(site) Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to devote 100% of his time to guitar building. | $12,000120002005 |
| Maldonado-Patrick, Carmen Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to rebuild writing studio, publish a collection of poetry and attend conference | $7,50075002019 |
| 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. | $4,50045002006 |
| Manewal, Larisa Project award (Visual Arts) to create a body of photography, conversations, and interviews to showcase the panhandle perspective of the Pacific herring | $7,50075002021 |
| 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. | $5,00050002011 |
| Mannino, Darius Project award (performance art) to develop a body of self-generated puppetry work. | $7,50075002016 |
| Manriquez, Sarah Project Award (Visual Arts) to expand a documentary photography project challenging stereotypes around homelessness in Alaska | $7,50075002020 |
| Marks, Alison Project Award (Art Folk and Traditional Arts) for studio space, art supplies and cedar to carve a bentwood box | $7,50075002018 |
| Marrari, Vincenza Artist fellowship (performance art) to develop a series of multimedia performance works, studio time, and to travel to Ireland for an artist residency | $18,000180002017 |
| Marrari, Vincenza Project award (visual arts) to design and construct three wearable art pieces. | $5,00050002012 |
| Marusek, David(site) 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. | $5,00050002005 |
| Mason, Charles(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Photographer) to purchase materials to create large-format prints; travel; take workshops; and produce new work. | $12,000120002010 |
| Mason, Charles(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase a large-format printer. | $5,00050002005 |
| Mathias, Neva Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to prepare seal skin for making traditional Alaskan dolls, travel to acquire supplies, and teach her craft | $18,000180002019 |
| Matthews, Mary Catherine(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase a new computer and supplies to document the process of creating large sculptures of natural materials. | $2,50025002006 |
| McCoy, Tamara(site) Artist Fellowship (Presentation/Interpretation) to study the music, history and performance practice of classical musical compositions of Johannes Brahms | $18,000180002022 |
| McCoy, Tamara(site) Project award (presentation/interpretation) to collaborate with a classical guitarist and commence with a two-country tour. | $7,50075002015 |
| McGilton, Kandi Project award (crafts) to learn new skills and techniques from master weavers and culture bearers. | $7,50075002017 |
| McGuire, Rosemary Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) for literary trip and time to complete short story collection. | $12,000120002011 |
| McGuire, Rosemary Project Award (Literary Arts) to spend seven weeks in Arctic Alaska in order to complete background research for her second novel | $3,14531452008 |
| McIntyre, John Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to purchase additional equipment and tools to produce new work and explore different techniques. | $5,00050002009 |
| McIntyre, Michael F.(site) Project Award (Music Composition) for technical studio equipment to produce and publish an album in Yup'ik in modern musical genre. | $5,00050002011 |
| McKinstry, Erin Project Award (Media Arts) for an audio storytelling project about Alaska farmers, their connection to the land, and the impact of climate change | $7,50075002019 |
| McNett, Kimberlee Project Award (Visual Arts) to create a mural for the Homer airport about peatlands, integrating her love of watercolor illustration with digital media | $7,50075002022 |
| McNett, Kimberlee Project Award (Visual Arts) to enhance the realism of nature illustrations through dedicated time and practice | $7,50075002018 |
| McWayne, Barry(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) for photographic supplies and travel expenses for an exhibit at Kenai Peninsula College. | $5,00050002006 |
| Meade, Marie Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to produce a music album that features traditional Yup'ik songs accompanied by modern instruments | $7,50075002019 |
| Mehner, Da-ka-xeen(site) Artist fellowship (visual arts) to purchase all the material needed for an installation. | $12,000120002012 |
| Mehner, Da-ka-xeen(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase equipment. travel, and meet with artists to explore a variety of visual art forms. | $5,00050002007 |
| Meissner, Amy(site) Project award (visual arts) to produce work for the solo exhibition “Inheritance: makers, memory, myth,” at the Anchorage Museum. | $7,50075002017 |
| Meissner, Amy(site) Artist fellowship (visual arts) to create a new body of work. | $18,000180002014 |
| Melms, Carolyn D.(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Fiber Arts) to experiment with new surface design techniques, and create a new body of work. | $12,000120002010 |
| Menzia, Rebecca Project Award (Music Composition) to create a digital audio workspace and compose a set of songs for performance and digital release inspired by circumpolar landscapes | $7,50075002019 |
| Menzia, Rebecca Project award (music composition) to produce an album of original compositions. | $7,50075002016 |
| 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. | $5,00050002006 |
| Messick, John Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to complete and promote his first book “Compass Lines,” a collection about the journeys that let him to Alaska | $7,50075002022 |
| Michael, Andrew Lawrence Project award (visual arts) for construction of a small personal workshop. | $5,00050002012 |
| Miller, Christopher(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to photograph and document the commercial fishery in Bristol Bay during the summer (2008) | $4,99949992008 |
| Miller, Erica Michelle Project Award (Visual Arts) to replace the roof on her 50-year-old painting studio to allow the creation of large work and space for workshops and private lessons | $7,50075002022 |
| Mills, Robert Project Award (Art Folk and Traditional Arts) to study and research the masks of the Northwest Coast masters | $7,50075002018 |
| Mitchell, Melissa(site) Artist fellowship (music composition) to travel and attend songwriting workshops. | $18,000180002016 |
| Mitchell, Melissa(site) Project Award (Music Composition) for equipment, CD production, and live performance costs. | $4,94849482011 |
| Mitchell, Melissa(site) 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. | $12,000120002006 |
| Mitchell, Sarah Project award (presentation/interpretation) to produce an album of songs by long-time Alaska composer James Bell. | $7,50075002016 |
| Moeller, Karina(site) Artist fellowship (music composition) to compose and record songs. | $12,000120002012 |
| Monroe, Kelly Ann Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to develop traditional beadwork and skin-sewing skills. | $4,95049502004 |
| Morelli, Cynthia Fellowship (Visual Arts) to advance clay firing techniques through study with female mentors as well as enhance her online presence | $18,000180002020 |
| Morgan, John(site) Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to compile a comprehensive collection of new and selected poems. | $12,000120002007 |
| Moss, Jennifer(site) Project Award (Multidiscipline) to publish an edition of boreal forest-inspired story cards for upcoming exhibitions of the collaborative program "In a Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories" | $7,50075002022 |
| Mouffe, Eric(site) Project award (crafts) for tools and a course in guitar making. | $7,50075002016 |
| Muller, Mavis(site) Artist fellowship (visual arts) to create larger scale basket sculptures and document the artistic process. | $18,000180002014 |
| Muller, Mavis(site) Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to upgrade equipment and software and time to learn new skills. | $12,000120002011 |
| Muller, Mavis(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to upgrade technical tools. | $4,00040002005 |
| Munger, Philip A. Artist fellowship (music composition) to create an orchestral work based on Elizabeth Peratrovich's 1945 speech. | $12,000120002012 |
| Munger, Philip A. Artist Fellowship (Music Composition) to complete three projects and undertake three new projects | $12,000120002008 |
| Muñoz, Rie(site) 2007 Distinguished Artist Award (Visual Arts). | $25,000250002007 |
| Nakoneczny, Michael M. Project Award (Visual Arts) to support a trip to Bangkok, Thailand to produce material for a series of hand-pulled prints. | $5,00050002006 |
| Nancarrow, Ree Project Award (Visual Arts) to create a series of large art quilts that interpret the complexities and impact of climate change | $7,50075002020 |
| Nichols-Takak, Kendra(site) Project award (media arts) to travel and purchase recording equipment. | $7,50075002013 |
| Nicolai, Maria Alice Project award (visual arts) to create a graphic novel. | $5,00050002012 |
| Nolan, Maia K. Project Award (Literary Arts) to take four months off her full-time employment to complete her first novel. | $5,00050002008 |
| Nordlum, Holly F.(site) Fellowship (Multidiscipline) to visit Inuit communities expanding on knowledge of traditional tattooing and documenting stories | $18,000180002020 |
| Nordlum, Holly F.(site) Project award (visual arts) to travel, train, and purchase printing equipment. | $7,50075002013 |
| Northover, Sean Project Award (Music Composition) to produce an album of original songs, incorporating a range of musical influences | $7,50075002020 |
| Nott, Keeper Theodore(site) Project award (visual arts) to set up a glass making studio. | $7,50075002016 |
| Nudson, Oralee Project Award (Visual Arts) Northwoods Book Arts Guild to support Alaska’s first group inclusion in the international Art-o-Mat | $7,50075002022 |
| O'Donnell, Nicole Stellon(site) Artist fellowships (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete a collection of poems, "Everything Never Comes Your Way." | $18,000180002015 |
| O'Donnell, Nicole Stellon(site) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to complete a book of persona poems based on the life of Sarah Ellen Gibson, a Fairbanks pioneer. | $5,00050002007 |
| O'Loughlin, Katie Project Award (Choreography) to travel, train, and focus on growth as a technical dancer and emerging choreographer | $7,50075002018 |
| O'Tierney, Maris Maeve(site) Project award (music composition) to explore the concept of the "space between" in musical and geographic terms through music composed between Alaska and Ireland. | $7,50075002015 |
| Odden, Mary Elaine Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete a collection of creative non-fiction essays with the working title of "Kith and Kin." | $7,50075002015 |
| Oden, Laura Project award (performance art) to produce a video of 'The Pied Piper Project.' | $7,50075002014 |
| Oh, Leslie Hsu(site) Project Award (Literary Arts) for time to complete a memoir and further develop an existing body of work | $5,00050002008 |
| Oliver, Jane Project Award (Visual Arts) to create a large piece in stained glass. | $4,85148512004 |
| Olson, Bjorn Project Award (Media Arts) for equipment to be utilized in video and audio documentation while traveling through Alaska | $7,50075002021 |
| 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. | $5,00050002007 |
| Opheim, Tracy Edward Project award (folk and traditional arts) to build a workshop. | $5,00050002012 |
| Oscar, Golga Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to create and document Yup'ik clothing that explores decolonization, resilience, and colonialism | $7,50075002021 |
| Osier, Jill Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to create a second full-length poetry collection featuring winter landscapes and its role in self-identity | $18,000180002021 |
| Osier, Jill Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete a book of poems. | $7,50075002014 |
| Overpeck, George Project award (crafts) to purchase wood working equipment. | $7,50075002013 |
| Palter, Morris(site) Artist fellowship (presentation/interpretation) professionally record and release a high definition double-CDR recording. | $12,000120002012 |
| Pardue, June Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to harvest, improve sewing skills, and study ethnographic fish skin pieces and traditional stitching | $18,000180002021 |
| Parizo, Jason Project Award (Multidiscipline) to purchase a camcorder and attend a five week digital film making workshop. | $5,00050002010 |
| Parker, Kay Field Artist fellowship (folk and traditional arts) to study two rare sleeved tunics on the East Coast and in Canada. | $18,000180002015 |
| 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. | $5,00050002011 |
| Pasch, Karl D. Project award (music composition) to compose and perform a jazz concerto for a clarinet and small orchestra. | $7,50075002016 |
| Pasch, Karl D. Project award (presentation/interpretation) to travel to Brazil and produce music. | $7,50075002013 |
| Pavish Anderson, Karrie(site) Artist fellowship (music composition) for technology and time to write new songs. | $18,000180002016 |
| Pavish Anderson, Karrie(site) Project award (presentation/interpretation) for Summer 2012 Once Blind Tour expenses. | $5,00050002012 |
| Peckham, Lucy C. Project Award (Presentation/Interpretation) for travel and training in new theatre sound design and mixing systems | $7,50075002018 |
| Pederson, Etsuko Kimura(site) Project award (music composition) to produce and record original music. | $7,50075002013 |
| Pederson, Etsuko Kimura(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to perform her modern piano compositions for a larger audience. | $5,00050002010 |
| Pence, Chantelle M.(site) Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to self-publish the first in a series of Homestead Girls books subtitled Alaska Grown Prose. | $7,50075002015 |
| Perelli, Tony Project Award (Crafts) for purchasing equipment to expand production of sustainably sourced eating utensils and other woodcraft objects | $7,50075002021 |
| Peterson, Charlotte Project Award (Visual Arts) for photography equipment and workshops in preparation of a series of self-portraits for a solo exhibition | $7,50075002018 |
| Phillips, Aaron Project Award (Crafts) to purchase materials and equipment for carving, and study with mentors to advance his artistry | $7,50075002020 |
| Phillips, Alexandra Project Award (Visual Arts) to create work for exhibition and to purchase equipment and supplies. | $4,55045502005 |
| Phillips, Evan Project award (music composition) to write and record an album of songs. | $7,50075002017 |
| 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. | $5,00050002007 |
| Plachta, Jessica Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to travel and write about childhood experiences. | $7,50075002017 |
| Pogrebinsky, Jake(site) Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to purchase blacksmithing tools. | $5,00050002005 |
| Pollock, Erin B.(site) 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. | $5,00050002009 |
| Porco, Peter Project Award (Literary Arts) to travel to Adak Island to research and complete his full-length play. | $4,85048502010 |
| Porco, Peter Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to take time off work to revise and expand play, "The Hanging of Marlon Brando." | $5,00050002005 |
| Potter, Carla Marie(site) 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. | $12,000120002004 |
| Poulson, Rebecca(site) Project award (media arts) to produce a film about the historic Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka. | $7,50075002014 |
| Power, Byrne(site) Artist Fellowship (Performance Art) to create and travel a larger, more challenging puppet theater show. | $12,000120002009 |
| Prescott Martindale, Vivian Faith(site) Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to write a full-length poetry manuscript on the changing climate in Alaska through indigenous S'ami values | $18,000180002019 |
| Prescott Martindale, Vivian Faith(site) Artist fellowship (literary arts/scriptworks) to do research and complete a poetry manuscript. | $18,000180002015 |
| Priday, Gail Project Award (Visual Arts) to create and ship artwork for an upcoming exhibit at the Alaska State Museum, to attend a printmaking workshop and to purchase tools and materials | $7,50075002022 |
| Putman, William E.(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to record 10 original songs. | $5,00050002009 |
| Race, Patrick(site) Project Award (Media) to research and produce a documentary film on colonialism in Alaska. | $5,00050002011 |
| Race, Patrick(site) Project Award (Media Arts) to attend intensive directing and screenwriting session in Seattle. | $5,00050002005 |
| Ramirez, Angela Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to develop new material for the stage, both written and visual. | $5,00050002005 |
| Ramos, Mollie G. Project Award (Literary/Scriptworks) to attend the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, and to research a new novel. | $5,00050002011 |
| Rearden, Donald(site) Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete a screen adaption of 'The Raven's Gift.' | $7,50075002014 |
| 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. | $12,000120002007 |
| Reily, Sheryl(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to create "ReWilding," a series of large-scale, site-specific installations that merge human activity with expanses of wilderness, using projected images and video | $7,50075002019 |
| Reily, Sheryl(site) Artist fellowship (visual arts) for creative reflection and experimentation. | $18,000180002014 |
| Reily, Sheryl(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to create several large mixed-media pieces executed in a variety of disciplines. | $5,00050002008 |
| Renfro, Charles Michael(site) Project award (visual arts) to purchase lens, computers and large format printers. | $7,50075002013 |
| Rexford, Catherine Anne(site) 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." | $12,000120002009 |
| Rice, Kyra R. Project Award (Visual Arts) to support the purchase of photography lighting equipment and the processing, development and printing of film images. | $5,00050002009 |
| Richard Nelson 2019 Distinguished Artist Award | $40,000400002019 |
| Riemann, Kurt Project Award (Music Composition) to complete a multimedia composition music with visual accompaniment, entitled "MARS", to be presented in planetariums with a live orchestra | $7,50075002019 |
| Riordan, James(site) Project award (visual arts) to focus on a 96-page graphic novel that uses fiction and autobiography to address mortality and how one compartmentalizes personal trauma. | $7,50075002015 |
| Riordan, James(site) Project Award (Visual/Printmaker) to document the remains of gas stations along the Alaska Highway. | $5,00050002010 |
| Ritchie, Cinthia Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to research and write about spasmodic dysphonia. | $5,00050002012 |
| Ritchie, Cinthia Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to support completion of a novel, "Hunger." | $4,24042402006 |
| Rizal, Clarissa(site) Artist fellowship (folk and traditional arts) to work on an exhibit for the opening of the Kwaan Lin Dun Cultural Center in Whitehorse, Yukon. | $18,000180002013 |
| Robb, Timothy Allan(site) Project award (music composition) to learn to play the oud. | $5,00050002012 |
| Roderick, Elizabeth Artist fellowship (music composition) to record new videos, songs and expand on existing spoken word/musical projects. | $18,000180002016 |
| Roesch, Mattox Damien(site) Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to finish drafting and researching current novel project. | $5,00050002012 |
| Rofkar, Teresa(site) 2013 Distinguished Artist (Folk and Traditional Arts). | $40,000400002013 |
| Rofkar, Teresa(site) 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. | $12,000120002009 |
| 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. | $5,00050002010 |
| Romano-Lax, Andromeda(site) Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts) to travel to Rome, Italy to do research for a novel in progress and study the culture of Northern Italy. | $12,000120002009 |
| Romano-Lax, Andromeda(site) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to complete novel, "The Spanish Bow." | $5,00050002004 |
| Rose, Robert Project Award (Crafts) to build a studio space. | $5,00050002006 |
| Rosenthal, David(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to continue exploration of landscape painting by visiting remote places. | $12,000120002004 |
| Rousso, Kathryn(site) Project award (crafts) to create an exhibit exploring "A Sense of Place," featuring photos and textiles made from plant materials used around the world. | $7,50075002015 |
| Rowley, Lucas Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete a full-length stageplay. | $5,00050002012 |
| Russell, Duke(site) 2022 President's Artist Award | $7,50075002022 |
| Russell, Duke(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase digital camera equipment to advance painting technique and exhibit new work in November 2005. | $3,55535552004 |
| Saclamana, Jerome Artist Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to research museum collections in the Lower 48 and study with other carvers to prepare for creating new work in wood. | $18,000180002019 |
| Sagan, Gretchen(site) Project award (visual arts) to travel to Europe to attend "Facing Forward: Contemporary Alaskan Goes Abroad" in France and complete two painting to display with traditional antiquities. | $7,50075002016 |
| Sagan, Gretchen(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts/Printmaker) to create new work for scheduled solo exhibitions in 2010 and 2011. | $12,000120002010 |
| Sagan, Gretchen(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to attend a print residency at the Art House Cheluskinskaya outside of Moscow to study lithography. | $4,98549852005 |
| Sallee, Alex Artist Fellowship (Media Arts) to write and direct a short film about an urban Inuit queer teen’s identity and their intersections with tradition | $18,000180002022 |
| Sara, Ralph Project award (Multidisciplinary) to create an audiobook and soundtrack based on his life experience with recovery from alcoholism titled "The Anonymous Eskimo" | $7,50075002021 |
| Sattler, Samuel Project Award (Music Composition) Seward’s Folly Media to produce a music album and film about harsh life experiences to encourage creative people to seek help | $7,50075002022 |
| 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. | $5,00050002006 |
| Savage, Monica S.(site) Project Award (Crafts) to continue to create glass and metal jewelry, travel to craft shows and build new relationships with galleries and small boutiques. | $5,00050002008 |
| Sazama, Rebecca Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase materials, tools and equipment to further her exploration of contemporary abstract metal sculpture | $7,50075002022 |
| Sazama, Rebecca Project awards (visual arts) to purchase art equipment and supplies. | $7,50075002014 |
| 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 | $5,00050002008 |
| 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. | $5,00050002006 |
| Schiesl, Adam(site) Project award (visual arts) to create and complete a traveling exhibit. | $5,00050002012 |
| Schildt, Deborah(site) Project Award (Media Arts) to create "Losing Ground," an educational podcast and visual series about the global impacts of Alaska's melting permafrost | $7,50075002020 |
| Schildt, Deborah(site) Project award (media arts) to complete production of a documentary. | $7,50075002013 |
| Schmidt, Tessa "Ellie" Project Award (Multidiscipline) to finalize, print and bind a graphic poetry book that explores aging and transformation through a story of Yellowstone's wolves and start a second graphic poetry book about stories of Alaska women | $7,50075002019 |
| Schneider, Brian Project Award (Visual Arts/Photographer) to purchase and work with a 7" x 17" ultra-large format view camera and related supplies. | $5,00050002010 |
| Schwall, Buzz Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to produce and perform a puppet show of the opera, "Don Giovanni." | $5,00050002004 |
| Seine, Kristen (Christina) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) for purchasing a cargo van and renovating it into a writing studio to complete novel 'The Volume of Water' | $7,50075002021 |
| Senungetuk, Ron 2008 Distinguished Artist Award (Visual Arts) | $25,000250002008 |
| Serna, Susan R.(site) Project Award (Crafts) to purchase an electric rolling mill to advance development as a metalsmith artist. | $5,00050002007 |
| Sexton, Thomas Project Award (Literary Arts) to offset living expenses while working in Lowell, Massachusetts. | $5,00050002010 |
| Shaeffer, Michael Thomas Project award (presentation/interpretation) for travel to do performances at schools in Alaska. | $7,50075002014 |
| Shafer, Nathan(site) Artist fellowship (multidiscipline/new genre) to use augmented reality technology to construct three virtual cities in Alaska. | $18,000180002016 |
| Shafer, Nathan(site) Project award (multidiscipline/new genre) to purchase computer equipment. | $7,50075002013 |
| Shaginoff, Melissa Project Award (Multidisciplinary) to create a series of workshops and a performance piece on moose and caribou hide work from an Indigenous experience | $7,50075002021 |
| Shannon, Teresa(site) Project Award (Crafts) to build a propane-fired soda kiln, which will allow her to continue an exploration of surface in her art | $5,00050002008 |
| Share, Susan(site) Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to travel and gather ideas for a new series of artist's books | $18,000180002018 |
| Share, Susan(site) Artist Fellowship (Crafts) to expand knowledge in the book arts. | $12,000120002005 |
| Sheakley Jr., Jeffery P. Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to upgrade studio space and equipment in order to enhance his artistry, efficiency and safety | $7,50075002019 |
| Shell, Maria(site) Artist fellowship (crafts) to work on 12 large non-linear dramatic pieces. | $18,000180002017 |
| Shell, Maria(site) Artist fellowship (crafts) to create a new work space and take classes to produce three dimensional sculpted pieces. | $18,000180002013 |
| Shell, Maria(site) 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. | $4,98549852009 |
| Shelton, Patricia L. Project Award (Crafts) to attend a slate and pebble mosaic workshop in England. | $5,00050002009 |
| Sherwonit, Bill(site) 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. | $5,00050002006 |
| Shields (Horton), Sienna Fellowship (Crafts) to create an immersive bead environment to elicit poetic metaphor of "server room spaghetti" and vital communications | $18,000180002021 |
| Shumaker, Peggy Z. 2014 Distinguished Artist (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) | $40,000400002014 |
| Silverman, Jeffry L. Artist Fellowship (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) to write new screenplay feature documentary about Jewish pioneers in territorial Alaska. | $12,000120002011 |
| Smith, Brian George Project Award (Media Arts) for post-production resources to edit film, "The Roosevelt Tree." | $5,00050002005 |
| Smith, Dawnell Artist fellowship (literary arts/scriptworks) to write a collaborative memoir that examines the impact of sexual abuse on survivors and people who love them. | $18,000180002015 |
| Smith-Wood, Wendy(site) Project Award (Crafts/Potter) to upgrade her remote studio space. | $5,00050002010 |
| Smogor, Linda Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to acquire the tools and have the time to transition into the digital world of photography. | $12,000120002008 |
| Sorensen, Ruth Project Award (Visual Arts) to devote herself full-time to painting over a three-month period | $5,00050002008 |
| Spaan, Laura L. Artist fellowship (media arts) to purchase a camera and computer equipment to document the Eyak language story. | $12,000120002012 |
| 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. | $5,00050002009 |
| Stiewing, Lacie(site) Project Award (Visual) to build and equip spray booth and ventilation system. | $5,00050002011 |
| Stolle, Sandra K.(site) Project award (crafts) for a carving easel and to explore different techniques to compose work. | $7,50075002017 |
| Stomberg, Karen Project Award (Visual Arts) for creating drawings and monoprints for September 2022 group exhibition and book titled 'In a Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories' | $7,50075002021 |
| Stomberg, Karen Project award (visual arts) to complete drawings for a solo exhibition of botanical art. | $7,50075002017 |
| Stone, Steven Fellowship (Crafts) for expanding his shop to pass on traditional knowledge and create bigger community projects | $18,000180002021 |
| Stone, Steven Project award (folk and traditional arts) to build a shop for art production. | $7,50075002016 |
| Strauss, Elise J.(site) Project Award (Crafts) to attend a master beadmaking class in Washington state and the International Society of Glass Bead Makers Conference in Florida. | $4,96949692008 |
| Stroud, Mary Project award (visual arts) to purchase art equipment. | $7,50075002014 |
| Suiter, Sheary Clough(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to install safety upgrades to convert a garage into a year-round encaustic art studio. | $2,96129612007 |
| Sullivan, Alice B.(site) Project award (choreography) to travel and train at dance centers. | $7,50075002013 |
| Summers, Kristy Fellowship (Visual Arts) to construct a home studio, and produce new work influenced by Alaska | $18,000180002020 |
| Svarny, Gertrude 2017 Distinguished Artist Award | $40,000400002017 |
| Swanson, Cody(site) Project award (visual arts) to finish his "cast-head camera" project, exploring altered memories to document the world around us. | $7,50075002015 |
| Sweet, Vanessa Project award (media arts) to finish an animated hand-drawn experimental film. | $7,50075002017 |
| Tabbert, Sara(site) Artist Fellowship (Wood Crafts) to develop new sculptural skills for an upcoming exhibit "Lowland" which will include new prints, painted panels and three large-scale carved wooden structures | $18,000180002019 |
| Tabbert, Sara(site) Project award (folk and traditional art) for studio space and to work with other woodworkers. | $7,50075002013 |
| Tagaban, Richard Elias Little Project Award (Art Visual Arts) for studio space to process large amounts of mountain goat wool for producing a Chilkat robe | $7,50075002018 |
| Tagaban, Richard Elias Little Project award (folk and traditional arts) to purchase a loom and weaving materials. | $7,50075002013 |
| Tahbone, Marjorie Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to create fancy fur parkas using hides from different arctic animals for woman, children, and men using patterns from Wales, Alaska | $7,50075002019 |
| Taylor, Chad David Benjamin(site) Project award (visual arts) for equipment to create larger scale, complex sculptural pieces. | $7,50075002016 |
| Taylor, Christofer Charles(site) Project award (visual arts) for painting supplies and model fees. | $7,50075002013 |
| Tetpon, John F. Artist fellowship (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete work of an autobiography. | $18,000180002015 |
| Tetpon, Mark Project Award (Crafts) to purchase materials to expand creative range and to produce large masks with bronzed clay elements | $7,50075002020 |
| Tetpon, Mark Project award (crafts) for tools and materials. | $4,90049002012 |
| Thomas, Colleen Firmin Project Award (Visual Arts) for paint supplies, transportation, and time to paint in preparation for a show in Homer | $7,50075002018 |
| Thomas, Tim J. Project Award (Visual Arts) to purchase a high-quality large format printer to create new work. | $5,00050002007 |
| Thompson, Agnes Artist fellowship (folk and traditional arts) to go to Atka in the Aleutians to process grass for Unangan basket weaving and preserve the traditional knowledge in a publication. | $18,000180002017 |
| Thompson, Marge Ann Project Award (Visual Arts) to attend Alaska Photographic Center Workshop and purchase materials to create work for exhibition. | $4,69546952005 |
| Thompson, Wayne D.(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to travel to and photograph the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes in Alaska and prepare images for exhibition. | $5,00050002008 |
| Tomka, Kathryn A. Artist fellowship (visual arts) to prepare new work and develop a website. | $12,000120002012 |
| Tomka, Kathryn A. Project Award (Visual Arts) to attend a video and film residency at the Center for Contemporary Art in Prague, Czech Republic. | $5,00050002005 |
| Toro, Jennifer Project award (music composition) to compose and record a five song pop album. | $7,50075002016 |
| Tracey, Sean(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to record a collection of sixteen of his songs. | $5,00050002006 |
| Troll, Raymond M.(site) 2011 Distinguished Artist (Visual Arts). | $25,000250002011 |
| Turco, Katherine Artist Fellowship (Multidiscipline) to produce a series of podcasts featuring collaborative spoken-word stories and recordings of wildlife | $18,000180002022 |
| Tuzroyluke, Lily Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete a novel, purchase a laptop, hire a writing coach, and editing service. | $7,50075002017 |
| Twitchell, Lance(site) Fellowship (Literary Arts) to write a collaborative bilingual Tlingit screenplay about two elders who escaped an Oregon boarding school | $18,000180002021 |
| TwoBulls, Jacinthe Project award (folk and traditional arts) to create a contemporary cedar bark outfit. | $7,50075002016 |
| Unin, Lisa N. Project award (folk and traditional arts) to make two full-size traditional Cup'ik parkas based on interviews of elders. The parkas will be donated to museums in Alaska. | $7,50075002015 |
| Van Hemert, Caroline(site) Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) for workshops and to complete a book. | $7,50075002014 |
| Vang, Ricky Project Award (Folk & Traditional/Hmong musician) to learn how to repair a traditional khean (pronounced cane) musical instrument. | $4,74047402010 |
| 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. | $12,000120002009 |
| Varnell, Teresa M. Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to support traveling to gather and prepare spruce rools and time to weave. | $5,00050002009 |
| Vatn Guttu, Yngvil(site) Artist fellowship (music composition) to work on contemporary ensemble pieces. | $18,000180002014 |
| Vatn Guttu, Yngvil(site) Project Award (Music Composition) to purchase equipment to develop new compositions in electronic music and create music for media. | $5,00050002005 |
| Veraart, Christiana (Christel) Anna-Maria(site) Project award (music composition) to complete the music composition, 'Polar Suite.' | $7,50075002014 |
| Vidic, Taylor Project Award (Music Composition) to record her first full-length album of original music and tour Southeast Alaska and lower 48 | $7,50075002022 |
| Waggoner, Sydnee Project Award (Presentation/Interpretation) for travel, professional operatic musical coaching, auditions, and competitions in Europe | $7,50075002018 |
| Walen, Tasha(site) 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 | $5,00050002008 |
| Walker, David Project award (crafts) to enter a garment into the World of Wearable Art show in Wellington, New Zealand. | $5,00050002012 |
| 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. | $5,00050002007 |
| Wall, Emily(site) Project Award (Literary Arts/Scriptworks) for artist residencies, research, and time to write a chapbook of persona poems about Georgia O'Keeffe | $7,50075002018 |
| Wallin, Harold N. Project Award (Media Arts) to purchase equipment to make movies. | $4,67346732010 |
| Walsh, Michael(site) Artist fellowship (media arts) to produce films about Alaskan artists. | $18,000180002014 |
| Walsh, Michael(site) Project Award (Multidiscipline/New Genre) to purchase a computer, LCD monitors, projector, and other equipment to support his installation entitled, Backyard, Alaska. | $5,00050002009 |
| Warden, Allison(site) Artist Fellowship (Music Composition) to create a publishing company to record and distribute her first album of Elder-inspired hip-hop music | $18,000180002022 |
| Warden, Allison(site) Artist Fellowship (New Genre) to create an installation, "Everybody Will Be A Millionaire!," with photography, objects, and video | $18,000180002018 |
| Warden, Allison(site) Artist fellowship (performance art) to focus on her latest work "Unipkaagusiksuguvik," the place of the future/ancient. | $18,000180002015 |
| Warden, Allison(site) Project award (performance art) to purchase a digital camera that also records video to document work. | $5,00050002012 |
| Warren, Heather Project Award (Multidiscipline) to attend a writer's retreat and create a full-length audio poetry book exploring the fluidity of their transgender identity | $7,50075002019 |
| Wass, Zak Dylan Project Award (Music Composition) to complete the final phase of construction of his professional recording studio | $7,50075002022 |
| Wass, Zak Dylan Project Award (Music Composition) for a computer workstation to finish an album of original music | $7,50075002018 |
| Wayne Price 2020 Distinguished Artist Award | $40,000400002020 |
| Webb, Amber Roylee Project Award (Visual Arts) to make a 12 X 10 qaspeq, a traditional Yup'ik garment, with ink portraits of murdered indigenous women and Yup'ik designs for exhibition in Alaska | $7,50075002018 |
| Wedekind, Mark William(site) Project Award (Crafts) to expand studio space. | $5,00050002006 |
| Weiss, Miranda(site) Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to work on a book about snow. | $7,50075002017 |
| Weiss, Miranda(site) Project Award (Literary Arts) to complete her second work. | $5,00050002010 |
| Weiss-Brooks, Gretchen Project Award (Multidiscipline) to attend a writer's workshop and develop a collection of micro-stories with accompanying art about family and life in Southcentral Alaska in the 1980s | $7,50075002019 |
| Whalen, Teague Michael(site) Project award (music composition) to purchase audio recording equipment to record high-quality, professional album. | $5,00050002012 |
| Whalen-Lunn, Sarah Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) for travel and research to focus on traditional tattoos and provide workshops in Alaskan villages | $7,50075002018 |
| Wharton, Merna Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) for researching, replicating, and documenting traditional Yup'ik fur parkas | $18,000180002021 |
| Wharton, Merna Project award (folk and traditional arts) to make traditional Yup'ik adult and child parkas, made with fur, and enter in parka contests at festivals. | $7,50075002017 |
| Whipple, Brooke Project Award (Media Arts) to attend the Gulf Islands Film and Television School near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and purchase an HD video camera. | $5,00050002010 |
| White, Kenneth Fellowship (Folk and Traditional Arts) to invest in studio equipment to share traditional experiences of storytelling, dancing, carving, and drawing through 3D scanning technology | $18,000180002021 |
| Whitten, Bryan Project Award (Media Arts) to produce a documentary detailing the history of the Nenana Ice Classic | $7,50075002019 |
| Whittier, John(site) Project award (media arts) to purchase a computer and editing software. | $7,50075002013 |
| Wilder, Nathaniel(site) Project award (visual arts) to attend workshops and travel to Point Hope to do a story on fishing and hunting in various seasons. | $7,50075002017 |
| Williams, Peter (Ilgavik)(site) Artist Fellowship (Multidiscipline) to research and create new artwork made of fish skin using traditional stitches, tanning methods and construction techniques | $18,000180002022 |
| Williams, Peter (Ilgavik)(site) Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to set up a tanning operation to process hides for hand-stitched wearable art objects | $7,50075002018 |
| Williamson, Anvil Catlin Project Award (Visual Arts) to complete an art studio and purchase a ceramic kiln, and create a new body of animal sculpture for a scheduled solo exhibition at the Bear Gallery in Fairbanks | $7,50075002019 |
| Wilson, Joan M.(site) Project award (literary/scriptworks) to work on the novel 'The Book of Timothy.' | $7,50075002013 |
| Wilson, Tamara(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to complete “The Lemonade Stand,” a retrofitted trailer providing a mobile venue for experimental, installation and performance art | $7,50075002020 |
| Woldstad, Theresa Project award (folk and traditional arts) to explore contemporary and traditional native regalia. | $1,00010002012 |
| Wonchala, Stephanie(site) Artist fellowship (choreography) to attend dance and choreography festivals to teach and create new work. | $18,000180002015 |
| Woodie, David J. Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to complete a new series of paintings for exhibition. | $12,000120002004 |
| Woodward, Kesler E.(site) 2012 Distinguished Artist (Visual arts). | $25,000250002012 |
| Worl, Crystal Project Award (Folk and Traditional Arts) to collaborate with other artists and fellow clan members on a mural of Elizabeth Peratrovich in downtown Juneau | $7,50075002020 |
| 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. | $5,00050002008 |
| 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 | $5,00050002008 |
| Wyne, Sheila Artist Fellowship (Visual Arts) to renovate and expand studio space. | $12,000120002004 |
| Yarger-Zagal, Itzel Project award (literary arts/scriptworks) to complete a manuscript of poetry for publication. | $7,50075002017 |
| Yelverton, Joe Project award (visual arts) to create an environmental portrait of the men and women who are part of the Alaska Air National Guard Rescue Unit. | $7,50075002016 |
| Yoter, Hannah Project award (music composition) to make an album of original Americana music. | $7,50075002017 |
| Young, Timothy J.(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to create a replica of a rare Haida bow using the unusual hardwood, yew | $7,50075002020 |
| Young, Timothy J.(site) Artist fellowship (folk and traditional arts) for studio expansion and new equipment. | $18,000180002015 |
| Younger, Jennifer(site) Fellowship (Multidiscipline) to exhibit new works of art beyond jewelry that honor the artist's heritage | $18,000180002020 |
| Zahn Pristas, Natasha(site) Project Award (Multidiscipline) Kodiak Collective to integrate literature and art, creating a mobile installation that reflects the history and circular nature of life in the Kodiak Archipelago | $7,50075002020 |
| Zelinsky II, Richard L.(site) Artist Fellowship (Music Composition) to compose music for the jazz project "Zelectrik" | $18,000180002018 |
| Zerbetz, Evon(site) Project Award (Visual Arts) to expand and upgrade studio space. | $5,00050002005 |
| Zhikhartsev, Vladimir(site) 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 | $12,000120002008 |