Uncategorized | April 5, 2009
The Wyoming Arts Council announced the winners of the 2009 visual arts fellowships at the Public Art & Community Symposium Saturday night in Laramie.
Fellowship recipients are Florence Alfano McEwin, Green River; Leah Hardy, Laramie; and David Henderson of Worland. They each will received a $3,000 award and their work will be featured in the Fellowship Biennial Exhibit this fall at the Wyoming State Museum in Cheyenne.
Honorable mentions went to Bart Fetz, Green River, and Jill Hartley, Rock Springs.
Fellowship judges were Lawrence Argent, Denver; Gina Ruggeri, Brooklyn, N.Y.; and Greg Esser, Phoenix.
The WAC received 53 applications for this year’s fellowship competition. The judging session was held as part of the Public Art & Community Symposium co-sponsored by the WAC and the UW Art Museum.
Wyomingarts will feature samples of the fellowship recipients’ and honorable mentions’ work during the next two weeks.
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.
