The Rasmuson Foundation has announced awards to 36 Alaska artists. Weaver Teri Rofkar of Sitka received the 2013 Distinguished Artist Award, which includes a grant of $40,000.
This is the 10th year of the foundation's Individual Artist Awards program, which this year provided grants of up to $7,500 to 25 artists. Ten Artist Fellowships, worth $18,000 each were also awarded.
The fellowship recipients are:
Maria Shell, textiles, Anchorage
Joan Kane, poetry, Anchorage
Clarissa Rizal, craft work, Douglas
Erin Hollowell, poetry, Homer
Sharon Kay, craft work, Anchorage
Arlitia Jones, scripts, Anchorage
Becky Kendall, modern/contemporary choreography, Anchorage
Norman Jackson, visual arts, Ketchikan
Annie Duffy, fiber crafts, Fairbanks
Ahna Iredale, ceramics, Homer
Twenty-five project grants of $7,500 each were awarded to:
Anna Lynch, folk music composition, Anchorage
Christine Byl, creative nonfiction, Healy
Deborah Schildt, media arts, Anchorage
Alice Bassler Sullivan, modern/contemporary choreography, Chugiak
Nathan Shafer, multidiscipline/new genre, Anchorage
Constance Baltuck, painting, Juneau
Karl Pasch, instrumental performance, Anchorage
Christy NaMee Eriksen, spoken word, Juneau
Lucian Childs, fiction, Anchorage
Vaughn Eide, craft work, Ward Cove
Christofer Tayler, combined/multiple, Juneau
Sara Tabbert, combined, multiple, Fairbanks
Etsuko Kimura Pederson, classical music composition, Fairbanks
Linda Infante Lyons, painting, Anchorage
Holly Nordlum, printmaking, Anchorage
Joan Nickels Wilson, creative non-fiction, Anchorage
George Overpeck, wood crafts, Homer
Ricky Tagaban, craft work, Anchorage
Keeley Boyle, folk music composition, Soldotna
Charles Renfro, photography, Anchorage
Leighan Falley, painting, Talkeetna
Kathie Cook, fiber/textiles, North Pole
Kendra Nichols-Takak, media arts, Nome
John Whittier, media arts, Homer
Merry Ellefson, screenplay, Juneau
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