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FY02 Artists Fellowship Awards Round Two
Illinois Arts Council Announces FY02 Artists Fellowship Award Recipients
Chicago ---The Illinois Arts Council (IAC) is pleased to announce the second round of fiscal year 2002 Artists Fellowship Awards recipients. "In completing this round of Artists Fellowships for fiscal year 2002, the Illinois Arts Council continues its commitment to provide Illinois artists of exceptional talent with financial support, enabling them to pursue their artistic goals," said IAC Executive Director, Rhoda A. Pierce.
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 54 Illinois artists in the seven categories of choreography, interdisciplinary/performance art, media arts, music composition, photography, poetry and prose will receive Fellowships totaling $364,000.
Finalist Awards of $700 were also awarded to 29 Illinois artists in these seven disciplines for a total of $20,300. The Finalist Award category recognizes and encourages additional applicants who demonstrate considerable talent. This year's Fellowship and Finalist Award recipients were selected from 597 creative artists working in these disciplines.
The first round of fiscal year 2002 Artists Fellowship Awards covering the disciplines of crafts, ethnic and folk arts, playwriting/screenwriting and visual arts were announced in December, 2001.
The following jurors reviewed this year’s applications:
- CHOREOGRAPHY: HT Chen, New York, NY; Beth Corning, Cottage Grove, MN; Doug Hamby, Silver Spring, MD
- INTERDISCIPLINARY/PERFORMANCE ART: Alison Cornyn, New York, NY; Mark Fox, Cincinnati, OH; Gabriel Martinez, Philadelphia, PA
- MEDIA ARTS: Zeinabu Irene Davis, San Diego, CA; Dwight Frizzell, Kansas City, MO; Chris Hill, Yellow Springs, OH
- MUSIC COMPOSITION: David Froom, California, MD; Gerry Hemingway, Plainsboro, NJ; Chen Yi, Kansas City, MO
- PHOTOGRAPHY: Will Larson, Collegeville, PA; Maria Martinez-Cañas, Miami, FL; Harvey Stein, New York, NY
- POETRY: Oliver de la Paz, Utica, NY; Denise Duhamel, Hollywood, FL; Roger Mitchell, Bloomington, IN
- PROSE: Jeff Allen, Far Rockaway, NY; Ken Meter, Minneapolis, MN; Mary Helen Stefaniak, Omaha, NE
Following are the Fiscal Year 2002 Artists Fellowship and Finalist Award recipients listed by discipline.
| CHOREOGRAPHY | ||
| Gary Abbott/Kevin Iega Jeff (collaboration) | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Paul Christiano | Bartlett | $7,000 |
| Margi Ann Cole | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Paula Frasz | Plano | $7,000 |
| Jeffery M Hancock | Chicago | $700 |
| Linda Lehovec | Urbana | $7,000 |
| Cynthia Pipkin-Doyle | Urbana | $700 |
| Lisa Wymore | Chicago | $7,000 |
| INTERDISCIPLINARY/ PERFORMANCE ART | ||
| Katherine Behar | Chicago | $700 |
| Paul Dickinson | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Lauren Kelley | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Mary Patten | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Jason Salavon | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Elyce Semenec | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Blair Thomas | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Dolores Wilber | Chicago | $700 |
| MEDIA ARTS | ||
| Jerry Blumenthal/ Gordon Quinn (collaboration) | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Robin Cline | Chicago | $700 |
| Michael Filimowicz | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Steven J Foley | Chicago | $700 |
| Robert Hercules | Evanston | $7,000 |
| Andrea E Leland | Evanston | $7,000 |
| Eric Leonardson | Chicago | $7,000 |
| David E Simpson | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Deborah Stratman | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Carl Wiedemann | Chicago | $700 |
| Chi-Jang Yin | Chicago | $700 |
| MUSIC COMPOSITION | ||
| Stacy Garrop | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Rudolf Haken | Champaign | $7,000 |
| Joan M Kessel | Chicago | $700 |
| Robert Lombardo | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Nicole Mitchell | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Malcolm Palmer | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Thomas R Paynter | Arlington Hgts | $700 |
| Howard Sandroff | Wilmette | $7,000 |
| Michael Zerang | Chicago | $7,000 |
| PHOTOGRAPHY | ||
| Liz Chilsen | Oak Park | $7,000 |
| Paul Clark | Arlington Hgts | $700 |
| Norah Delaney | Wilmette | $700 |
| Elizabeth Ernst | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Robert Heinecken | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Laura L Letinsky | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Bill O'Donnell | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Claire Pentecost | Chicago | $700 |
| Jean D Perkins | Chicago | $700 |
| Suzy E Poling | Chicago | $700 |
| Christopher Schneberger | Chicago | $700 |
| Celeste Sotola | Berwyn | $7,000 |
| Rebecca L Walz | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Corrie Witt | Geneva | $7,000 |
| POETRY | ||
| Jenny A Burkholder | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Mark Caughey | Chicago | $700 |
| Deborah Cummins | Evanston | $7,000 |
| Traci Dant | Bolingbrook | $7,000 |
| Rachel Flynn | Evanston | $700 |
| Janice N. Harrington | Champaign | $7,000 |
| Duriel E Harris | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Richard Jones | Evanston | $700 |
| Li-Young Lee | Chicago | $700 |
| Amanda Leigh Lichtenstein | Chicago | $700 |
| John Mann | Macomb | $7,000 |
| Patricia McMillen | Oak Park | $7,000 |
| Beth Copeland Vargo | Cary | $700 |
| Leslie Williams | Chicago | $7,000 |
| PROSE | ||
| Janet Desaulniers | Evanston | $700 |
| Dina Elenbogen | Evanston | $7,000 |
| Michele Fitzsimmons | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Gina Frangello | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Billy Lombardo | Forest Park | $7,000 |
| Stephen J Lyons | Monticello | $7,000 |
| Marylee MacDonald | Evanston | $7,000 |
| Michael McColly | Chicago | $700 |
| Patricia Ann McNair Lewis | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Susan Messer | Oak Park | $7,000 |
| Rosemary Z Monaco | Edwardsville | $7,000 |
| Annalise Raziq | Chicago | $700 |
| Peggy Shinner | Chicago | $7,000 |
| Lauren B Smith | Champaign | $700 |
| Suzanne Tague | Chicago | $700 |
| Julie Weary | Northfield | $700 |
| Sandra L Wisenberg | Chicago | $700 |
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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