Wisconsin Arts Board Awards Fellowships in
Visual Arts and Media Arts

Eight Wisconsin artists will receive fellowships for work in visual arts and media arts from the Wisconsin Arts Board as a part of its 2004 Artist Fellowship Awards program. The recipients are:

Media Arts

• Jennifer Montgomery, Filmmaker
  Milwaukee

Visual Arts

• Terese Agnew, Fiber
  Milwaukee
• John Balsley, Sculpture
  Brown Deer
• Kim Cridler, Sculpture
  Sheboygan
• Susan Dupor, Painting
  Lake Geneva
• Briony Jean Foy, Crafts
  Madison
• Nancy Mladenoff, Painting
  Madison
• Mark Mulhern, Painting
  Milwaukee

This statewide program provides $8,000 awards to outstanding professional artists in recognition of their significant contributions to their field. These funds are intended to be used to create new work, complete work in progress, and/or pursue activities that contribute to their artistic growth. [Click here to read the biographies of the fiscal year 2004 recipients.]

The Wisconsin Arts Board received 124 applications from visual artists, and 12 applications from media artists throughout the state.  Awards were determined by two panels of arts professionals, based on the artistic quality of the applicants’ work samples. Panelists recommended the eight artists to members of the Wisconsin Arts Board for its final approval.

The Artist Fellowship Awards program offers fellowships in a variety of disciplines over a two-year cycle (click on this link to read more about the program). Application deadlines for the upcoming fellowship cycle, available in literary arts, music composition, and dance choreography/performance art, will be September 15, 2004. Wisconsin’s professional literary artists, music composers, and choreographers are eligible to apply. Applications will be available on-line by August 4, 2004. Artists may call 608/266-0190 or email the Wisconsin Arts Board at artsboard@wisconsin.gov to include their name on the electronic mailing list which will automatically send notice when the grant cycle opens.

 

Contact: Mark Fraire, 608/264-8191
Date Posted: 2/4/04