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Greater
Pittsburgh Artist Opportunity Grantees
Grantees
from the April 1, 2009 Deadline
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Teena
Custer |
$1,350 |
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To
attend the Illadelph Legends hip
hop dance festival in Philadelphia,
PA in order to study with pioneers
such as the Electricboogaloos,
Rock Steady Crew, and Rennie Harris/Puremovement. |
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Kira
Bokalders |
$970 |
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I
have been accepted into the Aspen
Music Festival and School this
summer where I'll be studying
with Principal Clarinet of the
Detroit Symphony, Theodore Oien;
I am requesting funds for tuition
and travel. |
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Beth
Corning |
$560 |
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To
be able to realize an invitation
to be a SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE at
Watermill, Robert Wilson's internationally
known retreat in Watermill, New
York. |
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Amy
Galbraith |
$560 |
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To
participate this summer (June
22-July 3) in a new music festival,
Music09, in Blonay, Switzerland
as an invited performer. |
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Jill
Larson |
$560 |
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I
have been invited by GEDOK (www.gedok-muenchen.de)
a non-profit art group to attend
an artist residency, from June
15 - July 5, 2009 in Munich, Germany. |
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Grantees
from the January 1, 2009 Deadline
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Nayda
Llorens |
$1,250 |
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To
support presentation, shipping
and travel costs related to participation
in the 10th Havana Biennial art
exhibition, dedicated to the visual
arts from Latin America, Africa
and Asia, and to artists from
these regions in the diaspora,
taking place in Havana, Cuba March
27-April 30, 2009. |
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Ann
Rosenthal |
$1,250 |
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To
accept an invitation from Ms.
Susanne Flesche, Director of kunsthaus
kaufbeuren, an art museum in the
city of Kaufbeuren, Baveria, to
exhibit our installation, "Carbon
Café," from February
19 through June 14, 2009, as part
of an exhibition titled "Klimavandel"
(Climate Change). |
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Lori
Hepner |
$1,250 |
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To
provide finishing costs, including
frames, site-specific installation
hardware and documentation for
an invited solo exhibition at
the Melwood Gallery at Pittsburgh
Filmmakers that will premiere
installations from the Code Words
series that have not been previously
exhibited. |
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Grantees
from the October 1, 2008 Deadline
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Marcia
Jones-Washington |
$1,100 |
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For
travel expenses to interview two key
individuals who are vital additions
to a documentary film she is producing. |
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Tavia
La Follette |
$900 |
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To
attend the La Pocha Nostra's International
Performance Intensive Workshop taught
by performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña. |
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Paula
Bohince |
$900 |
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To
give four out-of-state, invited readings
from her debut poetry collection, Incident
at the Edge of Bayonet Woods (Sarabande
Books, 2008.) |
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Bovey
Lee |
$900 |
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To
participate in "Beautifully Crafted,"
a group exhibition featuring international
contemporary artists and designers that
celebrates the 10th anniversary of the
National Glass Centre in Sunderland,
United Kingdom.
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Amy
Williams |
$400 |
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For
travel expenses associated with a CD
to be recorded in Cologne,
Germany by the Wergo record label, in
which she will perform works for multiple
pianos by Edgard Varese and Morton Feldman. |
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Teresa
Foley |
$400 |
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To
attend a master artist residency at
the Atlantic Center for the Arts
(ACA) in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
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Monica
Gaydos |
$400 |
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To
attend a unique three-day dance workshop
to study with her mentor,
Gabriele Roth, founder of the 5Rhythms
dance technique, at Kripalu Center for
Yoga and Health in Massachusetts February
13-16 2009. |
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Grantees
from the July 1, 2008 Deadline
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Allyson
Holtz |
$950 |
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To
make a short video (5-7 minutes) about
her art, using the dramatic relocation
of my sculpture, "Star and Sea"
(Cor-Ten steel, 25ftx25ftx12ft) to the
Lyman Allyn Museum of Art, New London,
CT as the focal point of the film. |
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Renee
Piechocki |
$950 |
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To
accept an invitation from the Shanghai
Zendai Museum of Modern Art to be a
part of their international program
"Intrude: Art & Life 366"
in October 2008. |
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Emily
Herdeman |
$950 |
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To
attend the Beijing International Musical
Festival, a selective two-week program
which provides high-level music training
through private lessons, group coachings
and ensemble performances. |
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Eileen
Maxson |
$950 |
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To
attend De Ateliers, an artist residency
located in Amsterdam. |
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Mary
Tremonte |
$700 |
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For
travel expenses to two related, consecutive
artist residencies to which she has
been accepted. |
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Emily
Pinkerton |
$750 |
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To
support her transition from a local
to regional/national artist, she is
requesting funding for the mixing and
mastering of original songs that fuse
North and South American acoustic styles. |
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