ARTISTS
AWARDED GRANTS

 PLRAC/MCKNIGHT
FELLOWSHIP GRANTEES 

Mark Hall, Kasota.  Mark creates original glass pieces using contemporary equipment and traditional methods of glass working.  The fellowship will be used to participate at the Pilchuck School of Glass, Seattle, WA as a teacher’s assistant in leaded stained glass and also to take a class in glassblowing. 

Jackie May, North Mankato.  Jackie’s water media paintings are developed by interweaving layered images with areas of textural interest.  The work is abstract expressive, influenced by the Southwest, and often with recognizable images.  The fellowship will be used for supplies, travel and study at the 10 day Intensive Studies Seminar in Taos, New Mexico.

Rea Mingeva, Good Thunder.  Rea has spent the last four years painting in acrylics and creating “The Cancer Series”, inspired by her sister’s cancer treatment.  The elaborate assemblages combine portraits with found objects and interactive elements.  The fellowship will be used for supplies to continue this series.  She has two solo exhibitions scheduled at the Minnesota West Community College, Worthington, MN November 2002 and the Ty Stokes Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, in early 2003.

 

Fellowship and Individual Artist recipients:  Front row (L to R) Jackie May, Erika Lo, Jennifer Randel and Barbara McKee.  Back Row:  Robin Sand Anderson, Ann Judkins, Lori Tews, Rachael Hanel, Thomas Jessen and Lori Buoen. 

 

PLRAC/MCKNIGHT

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANTEES

 

Lori Buoen, Mankato - Oil Painting.  To create a series of landscape oil paintings focusing on the seasons.

 Deane Curtin, St. Peter - Photography.  To create photographs in medium format and to mat and frame the work.

 Jennifer Fandel, Mankato - Literature.  To complete a book-length manuscript of poetry.  

Rachael Hanel, Madison Lake - Literature.  To work on a non-fiction essay collection about death and its impact on the living. 

Thomas Jessen, Mankato - Instrument craftsman.  To construct an instrument, the kora, an African gourd harp.           

 Ann Judkins, North Mankato - Drawing & Photography.  Matting and framing of three series of recent works to be displayed locally. 

Barbara McKee, New Ulm - Drawing.  To create a series of crayon and gel pen drawings, and to mat and frame the work. 

Robyn Sand-Anderson, New Ulm - Watercolor Painting.  Attendance at a week-long watercolor workshop in northern Wisconsin. 

Lori Tews, Springfield - Calligraphy.  Attendance at a week-long calligraphy workshop at St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN. 

Steve Wilson, North Mankato - Oil Painting.  To create a new series of abstract oil paintings to exhibit in a regional gallery and to document the work with slides. 

Erika Yi-teng Lo, Mankato - Oil Painting.  To create a new series of fifteen oil paintings that will be small in scale and will work together to form a larger whole.   

 
 Steve Wilson

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