Illinois Arts Council Announces FY05 Artists Fellowship Award Recipients
Chicago ---The Illinois Arts Council (IAC) is pleased to announce the fiscal year 2005 Artists Fellowship Awards 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 49 Illinois artists will receive Fellowships totaling $343,000.
Finalist Awards of $700 were also awarded to 26 Illinois artists for a total of $18,200. The Finalist Award category recognizes and encourages additional applicants who demonstrate considerable talent.
The Artists Fellowship Program offers funding for 12 artistic disciplines on a two-year rotating cycle. This year's Fellowship and Finalist Award recipients were selected from 845 creative artists working in the disciplines of Interdisciplinary/Computer Art, Music Composition, Photography, Poetry and Visual Arts. In fiscal year 2006, awards will be offered in the seven other disciplines of Choreography, Crafts, Ethnic and Folk Arts, Media Arts, New Performance Forms, Prose and Scriptworks.
The following jurors reviewed this year’s applications:
- INTERDISCIPLINARY/COMPUTER ART: Kevin Daniel, Seattle, WA; Cynthia Pachikara, Ann Arbor, MI
- MUSIC COMPOSITION: May-tchi Chen, Langhorne, PA; Kip Haaheim, Lawrence, KS; D.D. Jackson, Forest Hills, NY
- PHOTOGRAPHY: Terry Boddie, New York, NY; Susan Carr, Kalamazoo, MI; Celeste Nelms, St Paul, MN
- POETRY: Susan Aizenberg, Omaha, NE; Anthony Butts, Pittsburgh, PA; Maura Stanton, Bloomington, IN
- VISUAL ARTS: Richard Heipp, Gainesville, FL; Yumi Janairo Roth, Boulder, CO; Jill Reynolds, Beacon, NY; Sergio Soave, Morgantown, WV; Lynn Tomaszewski, Milwaukee, WI
Following are the Fiscal Year 2005 Artists Fellowship and Finalist Award recipients listed by discipline.
| INTERDISCIPLINARY/COMPUTER ART | ||
| Derek Hoffend | Chicago | $700 |
| Judd Morrissey/Lori Talley** | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Wanda Perry | Chicago | $700 |
| Sabrina Raaf | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Matthew Steinke | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Deborah R Stratman | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Siebren Versteeg | Chicago | $7,000 |
| **Collaborative Award | ||
| MUSIC COMPOSTION | ||
| David Boykin | Chicago | $7,000 |
| William Coble | Chicago | $700 |
| Orbert Davis | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Frank Ferko | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Gregory J. Hutter | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Eric P. Mandat | Carbondale | $7,000 |
| Nicole M. Mitchell | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Virgil Moorefield | Evanston | $700 |
| Frank Stemper | Carbondale | $7,000 |
| Ben Vida | Chicago | $7,000 |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Jessica Almy Pagan | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Nathan Baker | Chicago | $700 |
| Rachel E Bank | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Kevin A Craig | Chicago | $700 |
| Paul D'Amato | Riverside | $7,000 |
| Sarah Faust | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Scott D Fortino | Chicago | $700 |
| Ben Gest | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Sarah Hadley | Chicago | $700 |
| Patricia Pena | Chicago | $700 |
| Jason P Reblando | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Matt Siber | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Doug Travis | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Jay Wolke | Chicago | $700 |
| POETRY | ||
| Monica Berlin | Galesburg | $700 |
| David Bond | Carbondale | $7,000 |
| Brenda Cárdenas | Chicago | $700 |
| Deborah Cummins | Evanston | $7,000 |
| Joanne Diaz | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Eileen Favorite | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Alice George | Evanston | $7,000 |
| Lucia Cordell Getsi | Bloomington | $700 |
| Lorraine Harrell | Chicago | $700 |
| Glenna Holloway | Naperville | $7,000 |
| Barry Silesky | Chicago | $700 |
| Shirley Stephenson | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Alpay Ulku | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Judith Valente | Chicago | $700 |
| VISUAL ARTS | ||
| Conrad Bakker | Urbana | $7,000 |
| Bradley Bullock | Carterville | $700 |
| Max King Cap | Chicago | $700 |
| Jeff Carter | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Cat Chow | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Andrea DeMers | Evanston | $7,000 |
| Gabriel Fowler | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Anne Harris | Riverside | $7,000 |
| Steven L Heilmer | Greenville | $700 |
| Gisela Insuaste | Chicago | $700 |
| Michiko Itatani | Chicago | $700 |
| Carol Jackson | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Kevin Kaempf | Chicago | $700 |
| Maire Kennedy | Chicago | $7,000 |
| BJ Krivanek | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Judith Caroline Leemann | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Tim Lowly | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Shona Macdonald | Chicago | $700 |
| Melissa Oresky | Bloomington | $7,000 |
| John Parot | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Melissa Pokorny | Urbana | $7,000 |
| Steve Reber | Chicago | $700 |
| Scott Roberts | Evanston | $7,000 |
| Scott Short | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Douglas Smithenry | Highland Park | $7,000 |
| Deb Sokolow | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Chris Uphues | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Michelle Wasson | Oak Park | $700 |
| Constance D White | Chicago | $700 |
| Chris Wildrick | Murphysboro | $7,000 |
The Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, is committed to the cultural, educational and economic growth of the diverse people and communities of our state through support and encouragement of artists and the arts.
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