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FY08 Artists Fellowship Awards
ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES FY08 ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
State of Illinois Recognizes and Rewards Artistic Talent
The Illinois Arts Council is honored to announce the fiscal year 2008 Artists Fellowship Award recipients. Non-matching fellowships in fixed amounts of $7,000 are awarded to Illinois artists in recognition of their outstanding work and commitment within the arts. This year, thirty-eight Illinois artists will receive Fellowships totaling $266,000. Finalist Awards of $700 were also awarded to fourteen Illinois artists for a total of $9,800. The Finalist Award category recognizes and encourages additional applicants who demonstrate considerable talent.
The Artists Fellowship Program offers funding for twelve artistic disciplines on a two-year rotating cycle. This year's Fellowship and Finalist Award recipients were selected from 496 creative artists working in the disciplines of Choreography, Crafts, Ethnic and Folk Arts, Media Arts, New Performance Forms, Prose, and Scriptworks. In FY09, awards will be offered in the seven other disciplines of Interdisciplinary/Computer Art, Music Composition, Photography, Poetry, and Visual Arts.
Announcing the IAC FY08 Artists Fellowship and Finalist Award recipients, listed by discipline and followed by this year’s jurors:
CHOREOGRAPHY
| Jan Bartoszek | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Rachel Bunting | Chicago | $ 700 |
| Shirley Mordine | Evanston | $ 7,000 |
| Dmitri Peskov | Plano | $ 7,000 |
| Mary Shanahan | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
The following jurors reviewed this year’s Choreography applicants: Ms. Yin Mei Critchell, Port Washington, NY; Jennifer Tsukayama, Phoenix, AZ; Kevin Ward, Santa Fe, NM
CRAFTS
| Jerry Bleem | Cicero | $ 7,000 |
| Darlys Ewoldt | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Anke Loh | Chicago | $ 700 |
| Mitchel T Martin | Lake In The Hills | $ 7,000 |
| Jamie Obermeier | Naperville | $ 7,000 |
| Ann Coddington Rast | Champaign | $ 700 |
| Kristina Sparks | Arlington Heights | $ 7,000 |
The following jurors reviewed this year’s Crafts applicants: Myung Jin Choi, Philadelphia, PA; Donald Friedlich, Madison, WI; Tracy Krumm, Raleigh, NC
ETHNIC AND FOLK ARTS
| Tatsuyuki Aoki | Oak Park | $ 7,000 |
| Hector Duarte | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Gustavo Lopez | Chicago | $ 700 |
| Victor Pichardo | Oak Park | $ 7,000 |
| Hema Rajagopalan | Oak Brook | $ 7,000 |
| Dennis Stroughmatt | Albion | $ 7,000 |
The following jurors reviewed this year’s Ethnic and Folk Arts applicants: Sue Eleuterio, Highland, IN; Elena Martinez, New York, NY; Lisa Rathje, Harrisburg, PA
MEDIA ARTS
| John C Arndt | Forest Park | $ 7,000 |
| Melika Bass | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Sadie Benning | Chicago | $ 700 |
| Jodie Mack | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Miguel B Silveira | Chicago | $ 700 |
| Peter Thompson | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Wenhwa Ts'ao | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
The following jurors reviewed this year’s Media Arts applicants: Christopher DeLaurenti, Seattle, WA; Narcel Reedus, Dallas, TX; Robyn Tomlin, Lafayette, NY
NEW PERFORMANCE FORMS
| Tekki Lomnicki | Chicago | $ 700 |
| Joseph Ravens | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Hoyun Son | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Marvin Tate | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
The following jurors reviewed this year’s New Performance Forms applicants: Dan Kwong, Santa Monica, CA; Tracie Morris, Ann Arbor, MI; Mei-Yin Ng, New York, NY
PROSE
| Pinckney Benedict | Carbondale | $ 7,000 |
| Nancy Burke | Evanston | $ 7,000 |
| Cristina Carrera | Summit Argo | $ 700 |
| Marianne Chubb | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Giano Cromley | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Kass Fleisher | Normal | $ 700 |
| Kimberly Foote | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Matthew Gavin Frank | Buffalo Grove | $ 7,000 |
| Elizabeth J Liwazer | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| J. Adams Oaks | Chicago | $ 700 |
| Martin Perdoux | Chicago | $ 700 |
| Paula W Peterson | Evanston | $ 7,000 |
| Lee Reilly | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Jacinda Townsend | Carbondale | $ 700 |
| Elizabeth Wetmore | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Mike Zapata | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
The following jurors reviewed this year’s Prose applicants: Kathleen Alcala, Bainbridge Island, WA; Matthew Eck, Kansas City, MO; Ira Sukrungruang, Oswego, NY
SCRIPTWORKS
| Janis Craft | Chicago | $ 7,000 |
| Wendell Etherly | Chicago Heights | $ 7,000 |
| Ronald Falzone | Chicago | $ 700 |
| M. E. H. Lewis | Evanston | $ 7,000 |
| Sharon Evans | Chicago | $ 700 |
| John Reeger | Riverside | $ 7,000 |
| David Rush | Murphysboro | $ 7,000 |
The following jurors reviewed this year’s Scriptworks applicants: Max Bush, Hamilton, MI; Diane Lake, Boston, MA; Dominic Taylor, St. Paul, MN
About the Illinois Arts Council: The Illinois Arts Council was created by the Illinois General Assembly in 1965 to survey and assess the needs of the arts throughout the state; identify existing legislation, policies, and programs which affect the arts and evaluate their effectiveness; stimulate public understanding of the importance of cultural institutions; promote an encouraging atmosphere for creative artists in Illinois; and encourage the use of local resources to develop and support the arts.