FY02 Artists Fellowship Awards Round One
Illinois Arts Council Announces FY02 Artists Fellowship Award Recipients
The Illinois Arts Council (IAC) is pleased to announce the first round of fiscal year 2002 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 40 Illinois artists in the four categories of crafts, ethnic and folk arts, playwriting/screenwriting and visual arts will receive Fellowships totaling $280,000.
Finalist Awards of $700 were also awarded to 22 Illinois artists in these four disciplines for a total of $15,400. The Finalist Award category recognizes and encourages additional applicants who demonstrate considerable talent.
This year's Fellowship and Finalist Award recipients were selected from 500 creative artists working in these disciplines.
The second round of fiscal year 2002 Artists Fellowship Awards covering the remaining seven disciplines of choreography, interdisciplinary/performance art, media arts, music composition, photography, poetry and prose, will be announced in late April 2002.
The following jurors reviewed this year's applications:
- CRAFTS: Jon Kuhn, Winston-Salem, NC; Eva Kwong, Kent, OH; Rebecca Medel, Glenside, PA
- ETHNIC AND FOLK ARTS: Clark Halker, Chicago, IL (in-state advisor); Mary MacGregor-Villarreal, Pasadena, CA; Mark Puryear, Takoma Park, MD; Rachelle Saltzman, Des Moines, IA
- PLAYWRITING/SCREENWRITING: Kirstin Donnan, Hill City, SD; Edward Bok Lee, Minneapolis, MN; Lisa Schlesinger, Iowa City, IA
- VISUAL ARTS: Isabel Farnsworth, Cleveland Heights, OH; John Outterbridge, Los Angeles, CA; Ann Pachner, West Hurley, NY; T.L. Solien, Madison, WI; Takeshi Takahara, Ann Arbor, MI
Following are the Fiscal Year 2002 Artists Fellowship and Finalist Award recipients listed by discipline.
| Crafts | ||
| Daniel J Anderson | Edwardsville | $ 700.00 |
| Mark Bokesch-Parsons | Bloomington | $ 7,000.00 |
| Catherine Chow | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Barbara F Factor | Galesburg | $ 7,000.00 |
| Indira Freitas Johnson | Evanston | $ 700.00 |
| Donna June Katz | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Andrew S Macdonald | DeSoto | $ 700.00 |
| Marlene S Miller | Washington | $ 7,000.00 |
| Laura Strand | Edwardsville | $ 700.00 |
| Billie Jean Theide | Champaign | $ 7,000.00 |
| Jeremy Waak | Murphysboro | $ 7,000.00 |
| ETHNIC AND FOLK ARTS | ||
| James P Conway | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Amira Millicent Davis | Champaign | $ 700.00 |
| Kevin Henry | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Richard Jaminski | Orland Park | $ 700.00 |
| Dan Keding | Urbana | $ 700.00 |
| Aashish Khan | Naperville | $ 7,000.00 |
| Oba William King | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Kimosha Murphy | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Priya Venkataraman | Rockford | $ 7,000.00 |
| Qiu Yue Jin-Wong | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| PLAYWRITING/SCREENWRITING | ||
| David Barr III | Matteson | $ 7,000.00 |
| Glenn W Bowen | Schiller Park | $ 7,000.00 |
| Mark Glinski | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Luther Goins | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| Susan Lee Hahn | Highland Park | $ 700.00 |
| David Scott Hay | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| Keith R Huff | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Patricia Jang | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Joel Drake Johnson | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Jonathan Mastro | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| James Sherman | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| VISUAL ARTS | ||
| Jessica R Bader | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| Deborah Boardman | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Jeff Carter | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Barbara Cooper | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Ben Dallas | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Daniel Devening | Evanston | $ 7,000.00 |
| Marie Dutka | Champaign | $ 700.00 |
| Yale Factor | DeKalb | $ 700.00 |
| John Fraser | Saint Charles | $ 7,000.00 |
| Oscar Jay Gillespie | Peoria | $ 700.00 |
| Stephen Hokanson | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Gary Justis | Bloomington | $ 7,000.00 |
| Anne Karsten | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Carrie Lassman | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| KathleenMcCarthy | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| John Dean Neff | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Martina Nehrling | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| Kimberly Piotrowski | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| John Pittman | Saint Charles | $ 7,000.00 |
| Judith Raphael | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| David Richards | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Julia Rooney | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Ellen Rothenberg | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
| Rebecka Sexton | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| Joel C Sheesley | Glen Ellyn | $ 7,000.00 |
| Rebecca Shore | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| Bill Smith | Lebanon | $ 7,000.00 |
| Tom Thayer | Tinley Park | $ 7,000.00 |
| Frank Trankina | Chicago | $ 700.00 |
| Clay Woodruff | Chicago | $ 7,000.00 |
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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