Tuesday, February 24, 2009
News Artadia announces 15 Atlanta finalists
Posted by Debbie Michaud @DebsMichaud on Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Nonprofit arts foundation Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue added Atlanta to its roster of grant-eligible cities in 2008. Today, the organization announced the 15 local finalists in the running for this year's awards: Tristan Al-Haddad, Corrine Colarusso, Don Cooper, Ruth Dusseault, Sarah Emerson, Scott Ingram, Benjamin Jones, Stuart Keeler, Alexander Kvares, Fahamu Pecou, Rocio Rodriguez, Danielle Roney, Jerry Siegel, Larry Walker and Angela West.
The 15 finalists were chosen by Jeffrey Grove (Wieland Family Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga.), Naomi Beckwith (Assistant Curator, Studio Museum Harlem, NY), and Lisa Cremin (director, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund) from a pool of 292 applicants. Jurors Grove, Clara Kim (gallery director and curator, REDCAT, Los Angeles, Calif.), and Hamza Walker (associate curator and director of education, the Renaissance Society, Chicago, Ill.) will whittle the number down to seven during studio visits Thurs.-Sat., March 26-28. Ultimately, two awards of $15,000 and five awards of $3,000 will be announced in early April.
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