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ILLINOIS ARTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES 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
$700
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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


   
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