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August 25, 2008—
Applicants to the Bush Foundation’s 2009 Bush Artist Fellowships will be able to submit online applications for the first time, beginning October 1.
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Past Panelists
The members of the preliminary and final selection panels, all artists and arts professionals, are from outside Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Panelists by year:
2007 PRELIMINARY PANEL MEMBERS
FILM/VIDEO
Abina Manning { SHORT BIO }
Interim Director, Video Data Bank
Chicago, Ill.
Ed Radtke { SHORT BIO }
Filmmaker
Yellow Springs, Oh.
Elizabeth Weatherford { SHORT BIO }
Curator
National Museum of the American Indian – Film Program
New York City, N.Y.
LITERATURE
Rick Bass { SHORT BIO }
Fiction and Nonfiction Writer
Yaak Valley, Mont.
Genny Lim { SHORT BIO }
Poet, Playwright and Performance Artist
San Francisco, Cal.
Honor Moore { SHORT BIO }
Poet, Fiction and Nonfiction Writer
New York City, N.Y.
MUSIC COMPOSITION
Dwight Andrews { SHORT BIO }
Emory University
Atlanta, Ga.
David Gompper { SHORT BIO }
Composer, Conductor and Pianist
University of Iowa
Miya Masaoka { SHORT BIO }
jazz, Western classical, traditional Japanese, free improve
New York City, N.Y.
SCRIPTWORKS
Karl Gajdusek { SHORT BIO }
Playwright, Screenwriter
Los Angeles, Calif.
Michael John Garcés { SHORT BIO }
Playwright, Director
Artistic Director, Cornerstone Theater
Los Angeles, Calif.
Morgan Jenness { SHORT BIO }
Agent, Literary Manager
New York City, N.Y.
2007 FINAL PANEL MEMBERS
Dwight Andrews { SHORT BIO }
Emory University
Atlanta, Ga.
Michael John Garcés { SHORT BIO }
Playwright, Director
Artistic Director, Cornerstone Theater
Los Angeles, Calif.
Janice Giteck { SHORT BIO }
Composer
Kirkland, Wash.
Genny Lim { SHORT BIO }
Poet, Playwright and Performance Artist
San Francisco, Cal.
Ed Radtke { SHORT BIO }
Filmmaker
Yellow Springs, Oh.
2006 PRELIMINARY PANEL MEMBERS
CHOREOGRAPHY/MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE ART-STORYTELLING
Ellen Bromberg { SHORT BIO }
Multidisciplinary artist
Associate Professor, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Jorge Merced { SHORT BIO }
Associate Artistic Director, Pregones Theater
Bronx, NY
Jon Spelman { SHORT BIO }
Storyteller
Silver Spring, MD
VISUAL ARTS: THREE DIMENSIONAL
Kathryn Kanjo { SHORT BIO }
Executive Director, Artpace
San Antonio, TX
Jim Melchert { SHORT BIO }
Artist, educator
Oakland, CA
Bently Spang { SHORT BIO }
Performance and visual artist
Billings, MT
Karen Tsujimoto { SHORT BIO }
Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA
VISUAL ARTS: TWO DIMENSIONAL
Michael Ray Charles { SHORT BIO }
Artist
Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Mary Jane Jacob { SHORT BIO }
Independent curator
Professor and Chair
Department of Sculpture, School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Linda Lomahaftewa { SHORT BIO }
Artist, educator
Sante Fe, NM
Eileen Neff { SHORT BIO }
Artist
Philadelphia, PA
TRADITIONAL AND FOLK ARTS
Hal Cannon { SHORT BIO }
Founding Director of the Western Folklife Center
Salt Lake City, UT
Rachelle H. Saltzman { SHORT BIO }
Folklife Coordinator
Iowa Arts Council
Des Moines, IA
Alexandra Swaney { SHORT BIO }
Director of Folklife Programs, Montana Arts Council
Helena, MT
2006 FINAL PANEL MEMBERS
Hal Cannon { SHORT BIO }
Founding Director of the Western Folklife Center
Salt Lake City, UT
James Bau Graves { SHORT BIO }
Ethnomusicologist
Executive Director of Jefferson Center
Roanoke, VA
Mary Jane Jacob { SHORT BIO }
Independent curator
Professor and Chair
Department of Sculpture, School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Jorge Merced { SHORT BIO }
Associate Artistic Director, Pregones Theater
Bronx, NY
Bently Spang { SHORT BIO }
Performance and visual artist
Billings, MT
2005 PRELIMINARY PANEL MEMBERS
FILM/VIDEO
Craig Baldwin { SHORT BIO }
Filmmaker
San Francisco, Calif.
Gretjen Clausing { SHORT BIO }
Program Director, Scribe Video Center
Philadelphia, Pa.
Herb E. Smith { SHORT BIO }
Filmmaker, co-founder, Appalshop
Whitesburg, Ky.
LITERATURE
Kathleen Alcalá { SHORT BIO }
Fiction Writer
Bainbridge Island, Wash.
Gerald Early { SHORT BIO }
Essayist and Director, Center for the Humanities
Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
Vijay Seshadri { SHORT BIO }
Poet and Essayist
Professor, Sarah Lawrence College
Brooklyn, N.Y.
MUSIC COMPOSITION
Paul de Barros { SHORT BIO }
Jazz Columnist, Seattle Times
Founder of Earshot Jazz and the author of Jackson Street After Hours
Seattle, Wash.
Claire Hopkinson { SHORT BIO }
Producer and General Manager
Tapestry New Opera Works
Toronto, Canada
Pamela Z { SHORT BIO }
Composer and Performer
San Francisco, Calif.
SCRIPTWORKS
Jay Craven { SHORT BIO }
Filmmaker and Artistic Director
Kingdom County Productions
Barnet, Vt.
Jim Grimsley { SHORT BIO }
Novelist and Playwright
Decatur, Ga.
Rosalba Rolón { SHORT BIO }
Artistic Director
Pregones Theater
Bronx, N.Y.
2005 FINAL PANEL MEMBERS
W.S. Di Piero { SHORT BIO }
Poet and Essayist
San Francisco, Calif.
Gerald Early { SHORT BIO }
Director, Center for the Humanities
Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
Claire Hopkinson { SHORT BIO }
Producer and General Manager
Tapestry New Opera Works
Toronto, Canada
Rosalba Rolón { SHORT BIO }
Artistic Director
Pregones Theater
Bronx, N.Y.
Herb E. Smith { SHORT BIO }
Filmmaker, co-founder, Appalshop
Whitesburg, Ky.
Historical List of Artist Selection Panelists (33.1 KB)
Ka Vang
David Larson
Bill Allen
What is a Bush Fellow?