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FOR RELEASE #08-146
June 12, 2008
Spring 2008 Advanced Artist Award Recipients Announced
WHITEHORSE - Minister of Tourism and Culture Elaine Taylor announced 13 Yukon artists will share $40,000 in Advanced Artist Awards.
"Yukon government is pleased to fund the ongoing development of artists who have specialized training and who desire to further improve and expand their level of artistic expression," Taylor said. "The role and value of the arts in the community is central to the creation of a balanced and thriving quality of life for all Yukoners."
The Advanced Artist Award program is funded by Lotteries Yukon and is administered by the Department of Tourism and Culture.
Artist Moira Sauer received funding for advanced study with internationally renowned puppet master, Eric Bass, towards the creation of a new theatre piece.
"Receiving the Advanced Artist Award will enable me to study, train and create with one of the world's top puppet masters for a series of weeks," said Sauer. "I will then begin the writing process for a sequel to my puppet play Dirty Life.
"This award is essential for my growth as a professional artist. Isolation in the North requires an advanced artist to seek further training and growth from other parts of the world."
For information on the Advanced Artist Awards contact the Department of Tourism and Culture, Cultural Services Branch at (867) 667-3535.
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List of recipients attached.
Note to media: If you wish to contact any of the recipients directly to discuss their projects, please contact Alicia Debreceni.
| Contact: | |
| Matthew Grant Cabinet Communications (867) 633-7961 matthew.grant@gov.yk.ca |
Alicia Debreceni Communications, Tourism and Culture (867) 667-5318 alicia.debreceni@gov.yk.ca |
ADVANCED ARTIST AWARD RECIPIENTS, SPRING 2008
|
Applicant |
Project name and description |
Allocated | |
| 1 | Anthony Trombetta | to rehearse with a director and further develop a series of comedy sketches to take to Fringe Festivals, summer 2008 | $1,500 |
| 2 | Jesse Mitchell | to create an on-site drawing installation over the course of a one-month solo exhibition at the ODD Gallery in Dawson City, May–June 2008 | $2,000 |
| 3 | Morgan Whibley | to create a series of black and white photographs: portraits of Yukon artists in their creative environments | $2,000 |
| 4 | Owen Williams | to create a performance-based installation exploring unity and variety in contemporary calligraphic practice | $2,300 |
| 5 | Marcelle Dubé | to participate in the Oregon Coast Professional Writers Short Story Workshop in September 2008 | $2,000 |
| 6 | Kim Barlow and Father/Daughter | to prepare an experimental banjo-electronica piece and perform at the experimental music festival Sound Symposium XIV in St. John’s, Newfoundland, July 2008 | $4,000 |
| 7 | Nicholas Mah | to broaden his musical skill set by studying with musicians in specific styles: blues, jazz, flamenco and old time | $4,500 |
| 8 | Moira Sauer | to study with internationally renowned puppet master, Eric Bass, and to use that work to begin the creation of an original play | $4,000 |
| 9 | Jude Wong | to attend Decidedly Jazz Danceworks: Jazz Immersion in Calgary and create a new solo dance performance piece | $2,500 |
| 10 | Valerie Hodgson | to create a body of work 50 over 50 – painted portraits of 50 Yukon women over 50 years old | $3,200 |
| 11 | Jane Isakson | to create a new body of work based on her participation in the Gros Morne National Park Artist in Residency program | $4,500 |
| 12 | Monica Melnychuk | to create a new series of pen and ink mixed media paintings based on her “outsider” observations of Yukon life | $3,000 |
| 13 | Valerie Salez | to create a cohesive body of work for a solo exhibition at the ODD Gallery in Dawson City, October 2008 | $4,500 |
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TOTAL: | $40,000 |