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Bush Artist Program Introduces 2010 Fellows
June 14, 2010—The Bush Artist Program today introduced its 2010 Bush Artist Fellows at an event at Central Library in Minneapolis. Each of the 15 fellows, chosen from a competitive field of more than 500 applicants, will receive a total of $50,000 in unrestricted funds and professional development support.
The Bush Artist Fellowships provide strong and promising artists with resources to deepen and advance their work, to foster their careers as artists and to explore work that stimulates community dialogue. One of the largest artist grants in the Upper Midwest, it is one of only two open-application artist fellowships of this size in the United States. This year’s fellowships focused on visual arts, media arts, and traditional and functional craft arts.
The 2010 Bush Artist Fellows
Visual Arts
Cedric N. Chatterley (Sioux Falls, SD)
Nancy Ann Coyne (Minneapolis, MN)
Lori Greene (St. Paul, MN)
Michael Kareken (Minneapolis, MN)
Mali Kouanchao (Minneapolis, MN)
Jimmy R. Longoria (Hopkins, MN)
Dean Lucker (St. Paul, MN)
Megan Rye (Edina, MN)
Star Wallowing Bull (Moorhead, MN)
Nate Young (St. Paul, MN)
Beatrix*JAR – Bianca Pettis and Jacob Aaron Roske (St. Paul, MN)
John Whitehead (St. Paul, MN)
Traditional and Functional Craft Arts
Dan F. Jerome (Belcourt, ND)
Debra Lyn Korluka (Stillwater, MN)
Delina L. White (Deer River, MN)
“Artists are some of our most talented and creative leaders, provoking us to perceive the world differently so we see new ways forward,” says Vice President Pamela Wheelock. “Artists have been at the forefront of important change work across Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. We believe the Bush Artist Fellowships are an investment in ensuring the future broad engagement of all segments of the community.”
A Competitive Application
Bush Artist Fellows are selected through a rigorous, national peer-panel review process. Applicants submit a written application with work samples that are reviewed by national panelists who are experts in the fields of visual arts, media arts, and traditional and functional craft arts. A final panel made the selection of 15 fellows from a field of 38 finalists. (Panelists noted below.)
A Career- and Community-Changing Award
For many recipients, the fellowship is an award that has enormous impact on their careers and communities. For example, during his 1996 fellowship, photographer Wing Young Huie documented 600 residents from a broad range of socioeconomic, ethnic and cultural backgrounds living in 12 neighborhoods connected by Lake Street. The photos from his Lake Street USA were displayed in storefronts along that busy, urban stretch. His University Avenue project in St. Paul recently opened as a six-mile long public gallery. Sandy Spieler’s study of national identity and multiculturalism during her fellowship continues to inform her work as founder and creative director of In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater, including the May Day Parade, a ritual of community renewal bringing together more than 50,000 people annually.
See photos and bios of the 2010 Bush Artist Fellows
About the Bush Foundation The Bush Foundation, established in 1953 by 3M executive Archibald Bush and his wife Edyth, strives to be a catalyst to shape vibrant communities in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography, by investing in courageous and effective leadership that significantly strengthens and improves the well-being of people in these three states. The Bush Foundation, through its Goals for a Decade, is focused on developing courageous leaders and engaging entire communities in solving problems, supporting the self-determination of Native nations and increasing educational achievement. www.bushfoundation.org
The Bush Artist Program was established in 1976. Since then, 504 grants have been awarded to 453 different artists. The program provides financial and professional development support for artists to advance their work, stimulate dialogue and contribute to deeper community engagement through the Bush Artist Fellowships and the Enduring Vision Awards—$100,000 grants awarded annually to three mature artists.
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2010 Bush Artist Fellowships Final Panelists
- Bruce W. Pepich, executive director and curator of collections, Racine Art Museum and the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Racine, WI)
- Faith Ringgold, painter and professor of art, University of California-San Diego (Engelwood, NJ)
- Chris Simon, documentary filmmaker (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Mary Ellen Strom, video and performance artist; professor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA)
- Elizabeth Woody, writer and visual artist (Portland, OR)
2010 Bush Artist Fellowships Preliminary Panelists
Traditional and Functional Craft Arts- Amy Kitchener, executive director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts (Fresno, CA)
- Gwendolyn Magee, textile artist (Jackson, MS)
- Bruce W. Pepich, executive director and curator of collections, Racine Art Museumand the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Racine, WI)
- Andrew Garrison, documentary and fictional filmmaker; instructor, University of Texas (Austin, TX)
- Hye-Jung Park, independent filmmaker and media activist (Jackson Heights, NY)
- Mary Ellen Strom, video and performance artist; professor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA)
- Dawoud Bey, artist and associate professor of art, Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, IL)
- Tom Finkelpearl, executive director, Queens Museum of Art (Queens, NY)
- Faith Ringgold, painter and professor of art, University of California-San Diego (Engelwood, NJ)
- Tere Romo, independent curator and scholar; art projects coordinator, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (Sacramento, CA)
Ka Vang
David Larson
Bill Allen
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