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Fifteen Artists Receive
Awards from N.C. Arts Council
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10/08/2004
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Thirteen visual and film artists and two choreographers from North Carolina are recipients of the 2004-2005 N.C. Arts Council Fellowship Awards. Panels of experienced artists and art professionals chose the recipients out of 301 applicants. Each artist receives an award of $8,000 to further his or her work.
“The Fellowship Awards were created to recognize outstanding artists because their work is so essential to our cultural and creative vitality,” said North Carolina Arts Council Executive Director Mary B. Regan.
The Artist Fellowship program operates on a two-year rotating cycle by discipline. The next application deadline, which is for composers, songwriters, writers, playwrights and screenwriters, is November 1, 2004. Film and video artists, choreographers and visual artists will be eligible to apply next year. The Fellowship Awards provide resources, equipment, learning experience and time. Since 1980, more than 380 artists have received awards.
Susan Brenner will use her Fellowship Award to develop new works of photography and digital art. Brenner received a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute and a master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Southern California. She is an associate professor in the art department of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she lives. Previously working primarily as a painter, Brenner’s award will allow her to pursue her interest in combining the mediums of photography and painting.
Cristina Córdova will use her Fellowship Award to extend her works of sculpture into unexplored technical and conceptual realms. Córdova received a bachelor’s degree from the Clegio de Agricultura y Artes Mecanicas in Puerto Rico and a master’s degree in Ceramics from Alfred University. She is a resident artist at Penland School of Crafts.
Judith Duff will use her Fellowship Award to experiment with materials used in wood firing techniques, using Shino as a glaze. Duff received a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Wesleyan College. She lives and works in Brevard, and also teaches workshops and writes for ceramic magazines.
Geoffrey Giles will use his Fellowship Award to buy equipment that will allow him to refine and process gold into his works of metal and jewelry. Giles received a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. He lives in Candler, where he is a studio artist.
Joanne Hershfield will use her Fellowship Award to finish the production and editing of her video: “The Gillian Film: An Exceptional Daughter’s Story.” The film focuses on the life of her developmentally disabled daughter. Hershfield received a master’s degree in Documentary Film Production from Stanford University and a doctorate in Radio-Television-Film from the University of Texas at Austin. She is an associate professor of Communication Studies and Curriculum in Women’s Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Neal Hutcheson will use his Fellowship Award to work on his next film, developing his experimental approach to films with a feature-length documentary. Hutcheson received a bachelor’s degree in Multi-Disciplinary Studies from North Carolina State University. An independent producer, director, photographer, and videographer, Hutcheson lives in Raleigh. He has produced several documentaries and music videos.
Anne Marie Kennedy will use her Fellowship Award to develop a large-scale installation, and to help with the costs of fabricating, installing and documenting this type of work. The grant will also help pay for studio costs involved with creating installation and individual works of paper. Kennedy received a bachelor’s degree in Studio Art from the College of the Holy Cross, and both a master’s degree and a master’s of Fine Arts in Intermedia/Sculpture from the University of Iowa. She was a resident artist at Penland School of Crafts from 2001-2004.
Susan Harbage Page will use her Fellowship Award to set aside time and purchase materials necessary for her photography and installation work on the veils worn by Muslim women. Page has documented women’s issues through photography and audio interviews with women of the world for more than 25 years. Page received a master’s degree in Fine Arts from the San Francisco Arts Institute. She lives and works in Chapel Hill.
Michael Salter will use his Fellowship Award to further his work in installation art in terms of scale, format and technology. All of Salter’s current works use technology in some fashion, including commercial sign applications, LCD monitors and digital printing. Salter received a bachelor’s degree from Miami University and a master’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. An assistant professor of Fine Arts at Mount Olive College, Salter lives in Raleigh.
Carlota Santana will use her Fellowship Award to work on a dance project that will integrate the elements of dance, theater and the spoken word with the art form of Flamenco. Santana received a bachelor’s degree from Elmira College and a master’s degree in Social Work from New York University. She has studied extensively in Spain and the U.S. She is a member of the faculty of Dance Departments at Duke University, New York University and Long Island University. She is the co-founder, artistic director, dancer and choreographer of Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana in Durham, where she lives.
Billie Ruth Sudduth will use her Fellowship Award to explore the mathematical elements present in her baskets, including chaos theory and fractals. She will also commission a video detailing her use of the Fibonacci Sequence and mathematics in making baskets that will be shown at her new solo exhibit. Sudduth, a self-taught basketmaker who lives and works in Bakersville, received a bachelor’s degree from Huntingdon College and a master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Alabama.
Linda Sutton will use her Fellowship Award to create a new work that combines folkloric dance traditions with bi-lingual spoken word poetry, interactive video, and original music scores. The fellowship would be used to conduct additional research, to set time aside to complete the storyboard and choreography, studio rental for choreographic development and rehearsals and light, sound, costuming, and video design consultations. Sutton received a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has extensive training in Argentine tango, West African and Flamenco dance.
Mary Tuma will use her Fellowship Award to build a number of large-scale pieces that will form an environmental installation. She plans to photograph the finished works, publish a promotional brochure and store them in a climate-controlled facility. Tuma received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Davis, and a master’s degree in Visual Art from the University of Arizona. She lives in Charlotte, where she is an associate professor of three-dimensional art at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Charles Williams will use his Fellowship Award to create exhibitions designed to improve awareness of the historical impact possible by teaching art as a story. Williams will use the funding to purchase materials for the exhibit. Williams studied commercial art and design at Central Piedmont Community College. He lives and works in Charlotte.
Margaret Yaukey will use her Fellowship Award to pay for materials to create pieces of metal and jewelry. She plans to explore both digital and traditional processes to create a major body of work. Yaukey received a bachelor’s degree from Grinnell College and a master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. She is an assistant professor in the art department at Appalachian State University in Boone, where she lives.
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About the North Carolina Arts Council
The North Carolina Arts Council works to make North Carolina The Creative State where a robust arts industry produces a creative economy, vibrant communities, children prepared for the 21st century and lives filled with discovery and learning. The Arts Council accomplishes this in partnership with artists and arts organizations, other organizations that use the arts to make their communities stronger and North Carolinians—young and old—who enjoy and participate in the arts. For more information visit www.ncarts.org.
The N.C. Arts Council is a division of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities and the vision to harness the state's cultural resources to build North Carolina's social, cultural and economic future. Information on Cultural Resources is available at www.ncculture.com
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