Bridgeport Artist Among Recipients Of Artist Fellowship Grant

From the CT Department of Economic and Community Development Office of the Arts: A total of thirty-nine (39) Connecticut artists have been awarded grants through the Artist Fellowship Program:

• 5 artists have been recognized for the $5,000 Artist Fellowship Excellence Award
• 30 artists for the $3,000 Artist Fellowship Award
• 4 artists have been identified for the $1,000 Emerging Recognition Award

The Artist Fellowship Program recognizes the artistic excellence of individual Connecticut artists in a variety of disciplines and allows these artists the opportunity to pursue new works of art and to achieve specific creative and career goals. The program is highly competitive: over 235 applicants were received for the 2018 round with applications reviewed by 48 professional panelists representing a wide array of artistic disciplines.

The following artists have been awarded an Artist Fellowship Excellence Award in the amount of $5,000:

Mara Lieberman, West Hartford
Discipline(s): Dramatic Writing, Playwriting

Olive Alice, Branford
Discipline(s): Performing Arts, Songwriting, Music Composition, Soundscape and Folk Music

Ted Thomas, Norwalk
Discipline(s): Performing Arts, Choreography, Ballet, Modern/Contemporary Dance

Camille Eskell, Norwalk
Discipline(s): Visual Arts, Mixed Media, Works on Paper, and Sculpture

Marcela Staudenmaier, New Haven
Discipline(s): Visual Arts, Illustration, Children’s Book Illustration, and Works on Paper

The following artists have been awarded an Artist Fellowship Award in the amount of $3,000:

In the Community/Teaching Artist category:

• Anna Sanko, Rockville
• JeAndra Davis-Marcellin, Windsor

In the Digital Media & Film category:

• Jenifer McShane, Guilford
• Jeff Bemiss, Enfield

In the Literary Arts category:

• Tricia Bauer, West Redding
• Leslie Bulion, Durham
• Melanie Faranello, West Hartford
• Benjamin Grossberg, West Hartford
• Lynn Houston, North Haven
• Leslie Johnson, Coventry
• Linda Zajac, Vernon

In the Performing Arts category:

• Jim Allyn, Newtown
• Noah Baerman, Middletown
• Amy Beth Kristen, New Haven
• Tawnie Olson, New Haven
• Steven Raider-Ginsburg, New Haven
• Tarishi Shuler, West Haven
• Nicole Stanton, Amston
• Carl Testa, New Haven

In the Visual Arts category:

• David Borawski, Hartford
• Gary Burnley, Ridgefield
• Robert Calafiore, West Hartford
• Jan Cunningham, New Haven
• Geoffrey Detrani, Hamden
• Joseph Fucigna, Weston
• Caroline Guimarey, Bridgeport
• Leeah Joo, Middlebury
• KK Kozik, Sharon
• Sabrina Marques, Hamden
• Mari Skarp-Bogli, Bristol

The following artists have been awarded an Emerging Recognition Award in the amount of $1,000:

• Amanda Bloom, New Haven (Literary Arts, Fiction, Poetry)
• Monique Atherton, New Haven (Visual Arts, Photography, Peformance Art)
• Joe Bun Keo, Hartford (Visual Arts, Installation, Sculpture, Mixed Media)
• Destiny Palmer, East Haven (Visual Arts, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Painting)

Congratulations to the 2018 Artist Fellowship awardees!

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