2003 Grant Recipient List
Artist Assistance
Career Opportunity Grants
Elizabeth A. Carlson, Minneapolis
Photography; $1,500 for lodging, transportation, and supplies
to work with Jay Dusard at "The West in Black & White"
workshop
Howard Christopherson, New Brighton
Photography; $1,100 for travel expenses to participate in
a portfolio review at the Buhl Foundation in New York
Mickey Cunningham, Saint Cloud
Visual arts; $800 for expenses associated with mounting her
first major painting exhibition at the Paramount Gallery in
Saint Cloud
Liza A. Davitch, Minnetonka
Media arts, video; $1,500 for travel and promotional expenses
to attend the 2003 Festival and Market of International Audiovisual
Programmes in Biarritz, France, the event will feature Davitch’s
work.
Kathleen G. Freeborn, Minneapolis
Literature/non-fiction; $1,100 for travel expenses to attend
the Association Writing Conference in Baltimore, Maryland,
to moderate a panel presentation, “Beyond Cultural Voyeurism”
Stephen J. Hilyard, Duluth
Visual arts/sculpture; $700 to transport work for a one-man
exhibition at Cherry de le Reyes Gallery in Los Angeles
Susan L. Johnston, Minneapolis
Theater/playwriting; $1,500 for expenses associated with three
world premieres of three different plays: Old Woman Flying,
premier in Virginia, Spring Thaw, premiere in Texas, and One
Girl Drummer, premiere in New York
Matthew Keefe, Minneapolis
Dance/ballet; $1,500; for expenses related to the presentation
of Keefe’s choreography, Facet, selected for the Ballet
Builders 2003 Showcase in New York City
Eugene D. Larkin, Minneapolis
Visual arts/graphics; $1,500 to underwrite framing expenses
for a solo exhibition of 25 recent woodcuts at Groveland Gallery
in Minneapolis
Vincent A. Leo, Minneapolis
Photography; $1,500 for time and materials to complete photographs
for a solo show, consisting of 25 years of his work, for the
Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program at the Minneapolis Institute
of Arts
Erin McGonagle, Scandia
Literature; $1,500 for time and travel expenses associated
with a residency at the Ragdale Foundation, an arts colony,
where the artist will revise and finish two chapters of a
novel
Zaraawar Mistry, Minneapolis
Theater; $1,500 for travel expenses related to the presentation
of the artist’s play, Sohrab and Rastums at Asia Society
in New York City
Pamela Nice, Saint Paul
Media arts; $1,500 for travel expenses to Cairo, Egypt, to
film location shots for a documentary, Letter From Egypt
Ranee Ramaswamy, Minneapolis
Dance; $1,500 to work with Speaking in Tongues, a local multicultural
music group, for a dance and music performance, “Aavya,”
at the Ted Mann Concert Hall in Minneapolis
Jordan Sramek, Saint Paul
Music; $1,500 for travel expenses to Trinity College in Dublin,
Ireland, to research a fifteenth-century manuscript containing
ancient Celtic chants and hymns in preparation for concert
performances of this music
Suzanne E. Szucs, Duluth
Photography; $1,300; for funding to print, frame, publicize,
and document digital photographic work for a solo exhibition
at the Tweed Museum in Duluth
Sandra A. Taylor, Saint Paul
Visual arts; $1,100 for travel and material expenses to make
and exhibit work for the Domestic Violence in Rural and Tribal
Communities National Conference
Andrew A. Turpening, Lakeville
Music; $1,100 for lessons and travel related for an intensive
three week study of Afro-Cuban percussion in Santiago de Cuba
Brian D. Wicklund, Marine on Saint Croix
Music; $1,500 for travel and tuition expenses to study jazz
violin with Paul Anastasio
Daniel C. Yang, Inver Grove Heights
Photography; $1,500 for printing and framing black and white
prints for a solo show at Minnesota Center for Photography,
Minneapolis
Cultural Collaborations
3 Legged Race, Inc., Minneapolis
$6,000; Laurie Carlos (director, playwright, and multidisciplinary
performer) and Chamindika Wanduragala (visual artist) will
collaborate with 3 Legged Race to create an evening-length
dance-theater piece titled Marion’s Terrible Time of
Joy
Ghanaian Association of Minnesota, Minneapolis
$6,000; Francis Kofi (drummer and dancer) will collaborate
with the Ghanaian Association of Minnesota to teach various
dances, cultural drumming, and music to the youth of this
community. The collaboration will culminate in a performance
to be presented at the “Taste of Ghana” event.
Charmin M. Hill, Minneapolis
$6,000; Charmin Hill will collaborate with Ragamala Music
and Dance Theater (a performing company rooted in Bharatanatyam,
the ancient classical dance of southern India), to celebrate
the life of jazz legend Billie Holiday
Mizna, Minneapolis
$6,000; Dipankar Mukherjee (director) and Juliana Pegues (playwright)
will collaborate with Mizna to create and present an interdisciplinary
play, With Love from Ramallah
Pangea World Theater, Minneapolis
$6,000; Pangea World Theater will work with playwright Dwight
Hobbes to develop and present SHELTER, a play about homelessness,
in its premiere production
The SteppingStone Theatre, Saint Paul
$6,000; Jerrie Steele (playwright, composer, lyricist, and
storyteller) will collaborate with SteppingStone Theatre for
Youth Development to write and participate in the production
of a new play for youth, River of Grass: A Child’s Journey
to Freedom in the Everglades
Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theater, Minneapolis
$6,000; Zorongo will collaborate with composer/singer JD Steele
to develop a major new gospel/flamenco work that will capture
the zest and creative spirit of the Harlem Renaissance of
the late 1920s
Fellowships
Dance
Joseph M. Chvala, Minneapolis
$4,000
Beth A. Corning, Cottage Grove
$4,000
Film/Video/Screenwriting
Sayer S. Frey, Minneapolis
$8,000
Melody Gilbert, Saint Paul
$8,000
Craig R. Schlattman, White Bear Lake
$8,000
Music
Linda N. Chatterton, Minneapolis
$8,000
Anthony Gatto, Minneapolis
$8,000
Janika L. Vandervelde, Saint Paul
$8,000
Preston D. Wright, Saint Paul
$8,000
Photography
Beth A. Dow, Minneapolis
$8,000
Robert J. Murphy, Roseville
$8,000
Richard C. Sennott, Long Lake
$8,000
Christopher M. Smiar, Minneapolis
$8,000
Prose
Paulette B. Alden, Minneapolis
$4,000
Mary F. Dahlquist, Saint Paul
$4,000
Pamela S. Davies, Minneapolis
$4,000
Eric J. Dregni, Saint Paul
$4,000
Cathy Dybiec Holm, Cook
$4,000
Neal S. Karlen, Minneapolis
$4,000
Norah P. Labiner, Minneapolis
$4,000
Jay A. Orff, Stillwater
$4,000
Sima A. Rabinowitz, Minneapolis
$4,000
John S. Reimringer, Saint Paul
$4,000
Patricia E. Schmatz, Minneapolis
$4,000
Poetry
Dana Curtis, Minneapolis
$4,000
Lightsey Darst, Minneapolis
$4,000
April Lott, Minneapolis
$4,000
Patrick McKinnon, Duluth
$4,000
Juliet Patterson, Minneapolis
$4,000
Thien-bao Phi, Minneapolis
$4,000
Yuko Wenzel, Rochester
$4,000
Theater Arts
Marcus J. Dillard, Minneapolis
$4,000
Carolyn J. Goelzer, Minneapolis
$4,000
Daniel F. Pinkerton, Minneapolis
$4,000
Two- and Three-Dimensional Visual Arts
Carol L. Chase, Saint Paul
$8,000
Sean P. Connaughty, Minneapolis
$8,000
Elizabeth A. Delatore, Rochester
$8,000
Stella V. Ebner, Minneapolis
$8,000
Colin M. Gatling, Minneapolis
$8,000
Diane S. Hanson, West Concord
$8,000
Valerie S. Jenkins, Minneapolis
$8,000
Adam P. Johnson, Minneapolis
$8,000
Helena Y. Keeffe, Minneapolis
$8,000
David H. Lefkowitz, Saint Paul
$8,000
Dean Lucker, Saint Paul
$8,000
Colleen Mullins, Minneapolis
$8,000
Nori Pao, Minneapolis
$8,000
Skip Steinworth, Stillwater
$8,000
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