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Kansas City Art Gallery News Kansas City Front Page is a weekly news publication spotlighting attractions, jobs, events, business and hotels in downtown Kansas City.  Art Adds a Brighter Green to Missouri's Bottom LineArtsKC Fund Inspiration Awards AnnouncedArts Council Awards $243,500 in Stimulus Funding Grants |
ArtsKC Fund Announces New Inspiration Awards KANSAS CITY, (kansascityfrontpage.com) - The Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City Board of Directors has approved $6,079 in new ArtsKC Fund Inspiration Award funding for eight projects by local artists. Inspiration awards from the ArtsKC fund, a united arts fund, support projects by individual artists which assist with their overall professional growth in specific creative endeavors. This is the last of three rounds of Inspiration awards for the 2009 grant cycle. In the first two rounds of funding, artists were awarded a combined total of $14,070. In an announcement, Arts Council CEO and President Harlan Brownlee commented, "Through the ArtsKC Fund we have awarded $20,149 this year to 23 arts projects that involved the work of dozens of local artists. We'd like to thank all the donors to the ArtsKC Fund for their generous support which is fueling the creative ambitions and imaginations of some of Kansas City's finest artists. This is another reason why we are developing a reputation as a community where the arts and artists can thrive." Final Round of Inspiration Grants, 2009: Julia Cole: ($1,200) Public artist and arts educator Julia Cole requests funding for equipment for public programs and community arts projects to be offered through the Southeast Community Center, as an extension of her earlier, collaborative installation of public art at Swope Park, and in conjunction with a new teaching internship program. Nathan Granner and Jeffrey Rukaman: ($500) Tenor Nathan Granner and composer/musician Jeffrey Rukaman will travel to Florida for a month long residency during which they will be collaborating on a new opera based on the "Gospel of Judas." Inspiration funding will help pay for their travel expenses to the residency. Robert Chase Heishman: ($800) Robert Chase Heishman will purchase a high definition video camera to use in recording his personal reconstruction of an episode of the 1980's prime time soap opera "Falcon Crest" that aired on the day he was born; it inspired his mother to name him after the actor who portrayed the main character. Peregrine Honig: ($250) An Inspiration award to visual artist Peregrine Honig will help cover promotional expenses for the launch of a major new print project with Landfall Press at the Nerman Museum of Art, January 15th. "Widow", a limited-edition piece formatted as a high-end fashion magazine, features selections of her work and curated images of eighteen artists and photographers she collaborates with locally and internationally. Linda Lighton: ($1,200) Funding for ceramicist Linda Lighton will help pay for special lighting equipment to be incorporated into dozens of hanging ceramic sculptures created for a new exhibition, "Luminous," at the Rockhurst College Greenlease Gallery in the spring. Michael Schonhoff: ($700) Michael Schonhoff is curating an exhibition titled "You're Such a Good Sport" on the themes of 'arts' and 'sports' as experiences to be shared, critiqued, celebrated and explored. It features the work of over a dozen diverse artists from multiple disciplines. Inspiration funds will be used for gallery installation costs and special equipment rental. Cheryl Gail Toh: ($729) Visual artist Cheryl Toh will use funds for expenses associated with developing a new body of work for installation in gallery and museum settings. The award will aid in covering expenses associated   The Kansas City Front Page is owned and maintained by the Moore Design Group for the sole purpose of disseminating news and information about the Metropolitan Kansas City area. Text or graphics may not be copied, rewritten or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission. For more information, contact editor@slfp.com All rights reserved world wide © 2007 - 2010 Moore Design Group. |
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