Past Individual Artist Grant Recipients
The Individual Artist Program Grant supports individual artists for specific project-related costs. Eligible projects are purposely left flexible to respond to artists' ideas, dreams, and needs; however, the goal of this program is to aid the artists' career development.
David Allen, West Lafayette, 2006
For the purchase of an archival digital printer and supplies needed for printing multiple copies of a series of 12” x 18” computer generated 3-D images.
William Allison, Indianapolis, 2006
To assist the artist with childcare expenses required for the artist to complete a collection of interrelated short stories.
Michael Amis, Kokomo, 2006
To purchase a digital camera and digital camcorder needed to develop a multi-media presentation CD documenting and promoting the artist’s mixed media installations.
Kimberly Anderson, Hartford City, 2003
To support the purchase of gas burners to complete an outdoor gas kiln, allowing the artist to create large-scale high fire figurative pieces.
Kimberly Andert, South Bend, 2006
To assist the artist with travel and other expenses related to attending the International Quilt Market in Houston, Texas and promotion of the artist’s work.
Scott Anderson, Hartford City
The 2007 Individual Artist grant funded Scott's painting supplies as well as travel to museums to conduct research. He plans to develop new imagery and surface applications and a more collective abstract language.
Becky Archibald, Indianapolis, 2004, 2006
2004: To defray the costs of the artist's marketing and media tools for her upcoming original piano compositions concerts. Ms. Archibald's first CD, Searching, was a set of 10 original piano pieces.
2006: To assist the artist with costs related to staging a recital at Carnegie Hall in New York City including reserving the venue, promotion, and distribution of marketing materials.
Anthony Artis, Indianapolis, 2003
To support the creation of drum shells, the purchase of wood carving tools, and costs to study with Felix Eboigbe, a Nigerian wood sculptor in order to acquire the skills of wood sculpture design and execution and apply those skills to the folk art of African drummaking by adding designs to the drum shells.
Iveta Asons, Fishers, 2005, 2007
2005: To help with the purchase of three types of Lithuanian lap-zither, called "kankle" for the artist to use with the Indianapolis Baltic Folk Music Ensemble.
2007: The grant allowed Asons to preserve traditional Latvian-American music. She purchased equipment to enhance the audio for use in live performances, including the 2007 U.S. Latvian Song and Dance Festival, held in Indianapolis.
Pamela Ayres-McCue, Terre Haute, 2004
Travel and material costs for a series entitled, "Stitching and Sewing Things That Grow.
William Baer, Evansville, 2007
The grant funded three weeks of uninterrupted translating. William has translated the modern Brazilian sonnets of Vinícius de Moraes, who wrote The Girl from Ipanema.
Ruth Baker, Fort Wayne, 2006
For costs related to producing a staged reading of the drama Rapture, including pre-rehearsal conference; selecting audition, rehearsal, performance space; and post-production conference with the director.
Karen Baldner, Bloomington, 2005, 2007
2005: To attend verbal dialogue meetings, pay for material costs, and a technical consultant for a project entitled Reconciliation Dialogue.
2007: A grant facilitated a workshop for children at Baldner's studio and the documentation the event in a short movie, which aired on local television.
Nel Bannier, Evansville, 2006
For costs related to the acquiring and transporting of items to be featured in the exhibition, Bodies of Clay, and the Evansville Museum of Arts, Science, and History
Victoria Barrett, Indianapolis, 2005, 2007
2005: To allow four weeks of concentrated, full time writing to complete part II (of three) of a novel in progress, Four Points Gin.
2007: The IAC funded two weeks of full-time writing for author Victoria Barrett to complete 2 chapters for a new novel, Mrs. Boone County.
Charlotte Battin, Columbus, 2005
To professionally film and produce a video/DVD of a one-woman drama the artist has been performing for the past year.
Steve Beai, Farmersburg, 2004
To assist with travel and supplies relating to the completion and solicitation for a publisher of a novel called, "The Monk."
James Bednarski, Fishers, 2005
To attend a two-week internship with Michael Fortune at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking (MASW) in Franklin, Indiana.
James Beckel, Indianapolis, 2003, 2007
2003: To support the creation and recording of a work for solo horn, solo percussion, and synthesized tape.
2007: The Individual Artist grant funded composer James Beckel for the preparation of a new orchestral work, Toccata for Orchestra, played by the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra in 2007. This support included marketing the work for future performances.
Rosalie Becker, Fort Wayne, 2007
Rosalie is a classical soprano who has recorded Yiddish Art songs. The grant was to finish editing, and prepare a multi-lingual booklet and a CD for distribution.
Grace Benedict, Lafayette, 2005
To create fully developed drawings and works on paper based on studies from life and photographs of views of monuments and statuary from several historic and architectural sites in Indiana.
Zackery Bent, Muncie, 2005
To support the creation and exhibition of 15-20 digital photographic art montages with the purchase of a Minolta 35mm digital camera.
Edward Bernstein, Bloomington, 2005
To help with the expenses of two solo exhibitions of the artist's work at Anchor Graphics, Chicago in October 2004 and the School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington in January 2005.
Cynthia Blasingham, Indianapolis, 2003, 2006
2003: To support costs associated with creating a suite of etchings based on the flora and fauna of the endangered wetlands of Indiana and to exhibit a framed traveling show of these pieces in several facilities related to natural resources and education.
2006: For the creation of a series of hand-pulled, non-toxic intaglio prints based on the flora and fauna of newly constructed and reclaimed wetlands within urban areas of Indiana.
Janet Bloch, Chesterton, 2007
Janet created a series of paintings of the Northwest Indiana landscape. She used the grant to fund the custom built wood panels and to document the paintings on slides and CD to submit for exhibitions.
Gerald Bodine, Lafayette, 2006
For costs related to composing Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra #2, and possible recording of a promotional sample for marketing purposes.
Daniel Bollock, Lafayette, 2006
To purchase a bowl coring system and larger capacity chuck needed to turn larger wooden bowls more efficiently, proficiently, and more safely.
Charles Borowicz, Greenfield, 2007
Borowicz won an grant to compile Priests, a photographic essay that highlights the humanity that resides alongside the vows of any priest.
Patrice Bovo, South Bend, 2004
Materials for the creation of an art installation called, "The Game."
John Bower, Bloomington, 2004, 2006
2004: To assist with printing costs for a book based on images from Indiana Locations titled, "Lingering Spirit: Photographs of Indiana's fading, forlorn, and forgotten places."
2006: For costs related to printing 5,000 copies of a book of photography entitled “2nd Stories: a Hoosier Photographer Explores What’s Upstairs, On Top, and Overhead.”
Cary Boyce, Bloomington, 2004, 2006
2004: To defray the costs associated with the production, and distribution of a professional quality CD of his oratorio, "Dreams within a Dream."
2006: For direct mailing costs of sample scores and CDs to conductors, artistic directors, and musical leaders around the state of Indiana and the U.S.
Craig Brenner, Bloomington, 2007
Pianist Craig used his grant to study under two preeminent boogie woogie and blues piano players, Bob Seeley and Big Joe Duskin. He also joined them in performance at a festival in Bloomington.
Benita Brewer, Carmel, 2006
For costs related to the completion of a series of nine digital images depicting scenes of physical and emotional changes experienced by those with loved ones in hospice.
Scott Brewer, Indianapolis, 2005
To publish 150 copies of a 45 page book of the artist's poems with a working title of "Indiana Instinct and Everyday Blues."
Kalynn Brower, Ellettsville, 2004
To assist with childcare costs allowing the artist to revise "River Cats," a feature length screenplay.
Dayle Brown, Mishawaka, 2007
Dayle used the grant to research, write and illustrate her next book from series Skylore from Planet Earth. Dayle has been a planetarium education specialist for 20 years, and this book will teach children about the Milky Way.
Susan Brown, Valparaiso, 2004
To allow the artist to research perform and market, "Songs and stories of the Great Lakes."
Maurice Broaddus, Indianapolis, 2003
To support costs associated with finishing the novel 'Strange Fruit,' including the purchase of supplies, a research trip to Madison, Ind., membership costs for two writers' organizations, and attending the World Horror Conference.
Maurice Broaddus, Indianapolis, 2005
To finish a collection of short stories tentatively titled "Tales from the Terrordome."
Katherine Burke, Lafayette, 2007
Funded by a 2007 IAC grant, Burke will represent Indiana as a presenter demonstrating methods of using theatre to create dialogue about violence. The presentation will take place at the Conference on New Directions in the Humanities in Tunisia.
Mary Burks, Indianapolis, 2005
To have a web site designed and implemented for the artist's work as well as the purchase of a digital camera for the artist.
Duane Busick, Bloomington, 2004
To assist with costs relating to the updating of the artist's digital tools allowing for greater distribution once "The Old Brick," a documentary, is completed.
Rosemary Butterbaugh, Rising Sun, 2003
To support the purchase of a press in order to create water-based monotypes and to teach classes and workshops.
Douglas Calisch, Crawfordsville, 2005
To purchase a dust collection system for the artist's studio.
Wendy Calman, Bloomington, 2003
To support the design and construction costs to create custom crates in order to safely shop "Ties" to multiple exhibitions.
James Campbell, Bloomington, 2007
James expanded his wall sculptures to include materials such as hardwoods, aluminum and glass. The grant funded higher density tools, including a drill press, to facilitate the incorporation of these new materials into his work.
Stacy Campbell, Indianapolis, 2005
To conduct research at a mental facility in Georgia, secure an editor for critique and editing for a novel detailing one African-American woman's battle with clinical depression.
Denise Caraher, Indianapolis, 2006
To assist the artist with hiring an illustrator and musical talent required to complete a combination of children’s literature, art and opera in book and accompanied CD.
Melodie Carr, Muncie, 2005
To create a dual-vision book for Braille and sighted readers to be presented in a touchable exhibition.
Bernie Carreño, Indianapolis, 2005, 2007
2005: To create a sculpture installation piece in the Clowes Gallery at the Indianapolis Art Center running from September 3 through October 10, 2004.
2007: What artist doesn't need a belt grinder? Bernie is an accomplished iron caster who developed the technique of using hardware, rather than welding, to join segments of sculpture. The IAC funded a belt grinder for him to perfect this process.
Alice Carver-Kubik, Lafayette, 2007
The grant funded a video camera for Alice's contemporary art project. She created a series of videos that confront relationships between social minorities and our mainstream visual culture.
Derek Chalfant, South Bend, 2003
To support purchasing supplies and materials, as well as promotional costs, associated with creating several cast bronze sculptures that allude to objects which shelter and cover the human body.
Jessica Chalmers, South Bend, 2003
To support the artist's time during the writing of a play about the demise of the Studebaker automotive corporation and the effects on its hometown, South Bend, Ind.
Patricia Cole, Bloomington, 2004
Purchase of studio time allowing the artist to create 12 drawings.
Suzie Coles, West Lafayette, 2005
To attend an advanced level field workshop with Doug Johnson at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography.
Robert Conn II, Portage, 2007
Conn completed the photography project "Roadside Crosses", a series of memorials on the sides of Indiana roads. The grant funded a digital camera.
Jason Connel, Franklin, 2004
To assist with the costs of purchasing a new computer with the technological capacity to host digital images and web sites.
Steve Cooke, Noblesville, 2003
To support attending the Austin Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition.
Scott Cooper, Fillmore, 2006
For costs incurred to build a Soda Kiln for firing ceramic work.
Joseph Cox, Indianapolis, 2006
To assist with costs related to research feasibility and development of a strategic plan for a book arts center in Central Indiana.
Curtis Crisler, Fort Wayne, 2007
Curtis used the funding to finalize his poetry project high notes/low ceilings. These poems chronicle the voices, personas, and characters through Gary and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Catherine Crouch, Indianapolis, 2006
For costs related to research and development of “Sunshine Sally,” a short screenplay for a satirical film.
Charlie Cummings, Fort Wayne, 2007
Charlie used the grant to fund the creation and solo exhibition of his ceramic artwork in his Fort Wayne gallery.
Elizabeth Dalton, Farmland, 2005
To revise and submit for publishing a novel "Cabin Creek," about a woman coming to terms with herself once she relocates to a small Indiana town following an estrangement from her husband.
Ronald Davey, Jeffersonville, 2003
To support purchasing supplies and an intaglio/relief printing press to do a series of color woodcuts.
Bertie David, Kokomo, 2006
To assist the artist with costs related to attending seminars and other classes at the Indiana Porcelain Art School.
Douglas David, Indianapolis, 2003, 2005
2003: To support further the artist's painting skills with targeted instructions and learning institutions.
2005: To take instruction in a forty plus hour plein air landscape class with John Osborne.
Pamela de Marris, Muncie, 2003
To support costs associated with building a life-size set of a 'Pink People' scene.
Dawn Deahl, Granger, 2005
To enroll in summer and fall sessions of advanced ballet and other dance classes at the Lou Conte Studio, home of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
D. DelReverda-Jennings, Indianapolis, 2005, 2007
2005: To create a series of seven 3' x 4' to 4' x 6' 3-dimensional mixed media portraits of Indianapolis minority artists entitled "Distinct Perspectives" for exhibition through the spring of 2005.
2007: With help from a grant, this visual artist developed promotional materials documenting her mixed media textural abstract work to market her work professionally.
Daniel Dempster, Floyds Knobs, 2004
To purchase a vibration reduction lens and photograph and exhibit Southern Indiana's wild and scenic areas.
Ellen Denham, Indianapolis, 2003
To support the artist, who conceived the project and will serve as librettist and production dramaturgist, for the world premiere of a ballet based on an epic story from J.R.R. Tolkien’ “he Silmarillion.”
Marilyn Derwenskus, Muncie, 2004
2004: Travel and training costs for the artist to learn egg tempera techniques. Additional costs include: apprentice time, studio time, materials and supplies, and promotion.
2006: For travel expenses and supplies needed to attend a month-long artist residency at the Vermont Studio focusing on watercolor.
M. Travis DiNicola, Indianapolis, 2006
To assist the artist with costs related to attending a two week retreat as a Professional Artist in Residence at the Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, and completion of a novel.
Madge Dishman, Muncie, 2004
To assist with costs allowing the artist to direct and present a public reading of "Shedtown." Costs will include payment for six actors, marketing and publicity, and submission fees for Shedtown to be entered into contests and conferences.
John Domont, Indianapolis, 2004
Purchase of linen and stretcher bars to assist with costs of creating eight Indiana landscapes for the artist's one man museum show at the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, IN.
Elizabeth Donahue, Indianapolis, 2004
To continue private study lessons with a certified Irish stepdancer and to cover a portion of the artist's costs relating to becoming a certified stepdancer.
Melinda Douglass, Muncie, 2003
To support the purchase of gold sheet, gold wire and gold solder to create a series of jewelry using gold in combination with other metals and materials, and to promote an exhibit of these new pieces.
Lenny Dowhie, Evansville, 2005
To purchase and install a professional slab roller and tile maker.
Ruth Droppo, Bloomington, 2007
Ruth used the grant to build a musical instrument used by Sudanese refugees in Kenya during the Sudanese Civil War, and to document the making process.
Miriam Eck, Osceola, 2007
Miriam compiled a photo essay about how water has accomplished the Midwest's natural beauty. The grant funded travel, printing and matting.
Peg Eiya, Bloomington, 2007
Peg developed a unique art form that she calls WoodArt. She is continually experimenting with new techniques and the 2007 grant provided her with an archival quality printer to further this process.
Tania Elsesser (Shepard), Noblesville, 2004
To assist the artist with purchasing the supplies and tools to create 12 images exploring the metaphor between flowers and emotions.
Kerry England, Indianapolis, 2006
For costs related to development of a new education website for beginning French Horn students at the middle school, junior high, and high school age level.
Diana Ensign, Indianapolis, 2004
To assist with travel costs allowing the artist to travel and collect stories for a book of essays entitled, "Voice of Hope: Veteran Stories of Faith and Healing."
Katherine Ehrman, Columbus, 2006
To help promote a continuing series of novels by seeking representation from a professional literary agent.
Sabrina Falls, Indianapolis, 2003
To support paying the artist to provide live harp music at the bedside of patients on the Methodist Hospital Yellow Rose Unit in order to demonstrate the value of “music medicine” for healing or transition at the bedside of sick or dying hospital patients.
Frank Felice, Indianapolis, 2003
To support costs associated with writing a new piece of chamber music for the Chicago 21st Century New Music Ensemble.
Dixie Ferrer, Nashville, 2004
Designing a web site, developing marketing materials, and purchasing two months of advertising in South West Art for the "Artful Spirits" Wise Women Dolls.
Brad Ferrier, Fort Wayne
To assist the artist with costs related to the completion of a series of black and white photographs of prominent Fort Wayne area structures and landmarks as viewed from alternate perspectives.
Katherine Ferrucci, Bloomington, 2004
To assist the artist in researching and creating a book based on the past and present stories of people in Bloomington who are or were integral to the music community.
Barbara Fields Timm, Reelsville, 2007
Barbara used the grant to fund marketing and supplies for a series of paintings on movement through water. She used sketches from her kayaking trips featuring the Indiana landscape.
John Fillwalk, Muncie, 2005
To support the design and production of two single-channel video art works and one sculptural video installation to be exhibited locally and in several state and regional venues.
Alisa Fox, Indianapolis, 2006
To cover costs associated with research, supplies, and studio development needed to complete “Objects and Process,” a series communicating ideas and emotions through everyday objects and symbolism.
Edward Francis, Lafayette, 2003, 2005
2003: To support the purchase of an air compressor in order to increase the productivity and range of the artist's studio.
2005: To purchase 5 blowpipes and upgrade the burner system on the glass furnace in the artist's studio.
Maria Freese, Amboy, 2004
To purchase materials and supplies allowing the artist to create a series called, "Passages," made up of mixed media assemblage.
Jacqueline Frey, Bloomington, 2007
The grant sent Jacqueline to an outdoor watercolor workshop in Maine to study under Fredrick Graff. She enhanced her traditional techniques with impressionistic influence and landscapes beyond her native Indiana.
Scott Frankenberger, West Lafayette, 2005
To create a 30' x 6' tile mural for permanent installation at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) in Berkeley, CA.
Helen Frost, Fort Wayne, 2003, 2005
2003: To support the artist's time and other costs associated with visiting an artist retreat center in order to work on a book of poetry about the inner lives of children.
2005: To go on a research trip to Barra and Mingulay for a novel about two sisters who are separated during highland clearances in Scotland.
Carol Gabany, Terre Haute, 2005
To increase the level of public knowledge of the art of egg carving by developing an egg carving demonstration program for children, a color brochure and to purchase an air compressor, a high speed carving tool and eggshells.
Michael Gard, Valparaiso, 2004
To assist with the costs of creating a photographic exhibition and website of the unique biodiversity of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Lydia Gerbig-Fast, Fort Wayne, 2003, 2005, 2007
2003: To support the purchase of equipment needed to expand and improve the capabilities of the artist's studio, and then to produce a body of work utilizing this new equipment.
2005: To purchase enameling equipment and supplies to expand and improve the capabilities of the artist's studio.
2007: As a jewelry artist, Lydia used the grant to study under master enamelist Linda Darty at the Touchstone Center for Crafts. She made a new series of work with the techniques.
Joshua Gilley, New Albany, 2005
To complete 2-3 outside murals in downtown New Albany, IN by purchasing paint, brushes, rollers and other supplies for involved artists.
Eugene Gloria, Greencastle, 2007
Eugene's manuscript focuses on the dual theme of diaspora and cultural identity which required travel for research. The IAC funded part of his travel, encouraging him to take risks with his writing.
Jill received funding from the IAC to make the final cut of her short film The Student and the Colonel. The film is a melodramatic parable of animal activism told in a whimsical style.
Linda Goodine, Indianapolis, 2003
To support costs associated with using photography to record the America beef farmer's relationship to shifting evaluation criteria wrought by technological advances in genetic science.
Brooke Grace, Evansville, 2007
The grant funded the framing and matting of Brooke's solo photography exhibit at Synchronicity Gallery in Evansville, Indiana. The series was self-portraits taken in local abandoned spaces.
Timothy Gray, Carmel, 2004, 2006
2004: Use of materials for an art installation in an existing historic barn, marketing, and publicity.
2006: To assist the artist with costs related to creating a monograph of work documenting both art and architecture projects.
Marie Greenlee, Indianapolis, 2007
Dance Kaleidoscope dancer Mariel received grant to study at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance.
Kay Grimm, Indianapolis, 2005
To capture in book form the stories of those who live, work and play on the Massachusetts Ave of downtown Indianapolis told using their own words, their images and the found objects which together inspired the artist's "installation" art.
Elizabeth Guipe Hall, Indianapolis, 2007
Elizabeth uses an ancient method of painting with wax called encaustic painting and combines it with modern and digital techniques and materials. The grant allowed her to attend an encaustic workshop and complete two series of this unique artform.
Cheryl Hanley, Monroeville, 2003
To support the study and research of the development of glazes that grow crystals, including the purchase of supplies, study with a Master Crystallier, the creation of vessels and platters or tiles, and project documentation to support the final written research report.
Hannah Haas, Bloomington, 2003
To support costs associated with writing a young adult novel, including visiting English classes at various middle and high schools in order to solicit student reaction, and purchasing reference books in order to research potential agents and submit queries.
Kathleen Hacker, Camby, 2005
To present a two concert series of the works of Joseph Marx to be presented at the National Association of Teachers of Singing National Convention in New Orleans in 2004 and also at the Christel DeHann Fine Arts Center in November 2004, with possibilities of presenting at campuses throughout Indiana.
Kenton Hall, Muncie, 2004
Purchase of the materials needed to create 5 outdoor sculptures based on the symbolism of Stupas and the costs to photograph the completed work.
Michael Hall, Indianapolis, 2005
To create a series of five abstract limestone sculptures approximately four feet high by purchasing carving tools, sandpaper, Indiana limestone, heating for the artist's studio, photocopying services and postage, and to support the artist's time to create the sculptures.
Jean Harper, Fountain City, 2004
To provide a stipend and travel assistance during the summer allowing the artist to work on a documentary, in writing, of the people and places in Wayne County, IN.
Kelly Harrington, South Bend, 2007
Everyone needs a spot of their own. The IAC has granted funding for materials for Kelly to convert her garage into a painting studio, increasing her productivity.
Greg Harris, Tell City, 2007
The grant helped fund a power drill and site preparation for Greg's public sculpture. It will stand at the entrance of Eagle's Bluff park in Perry, Indiana.
Jack Hartigan, Indianapolis, 2006
For the purchase of photographic printing materials and supplies required for a one month residency at the Vermont Studio Center.
Nasrin Hekmat-Farrokh, Bloomington, 2004
To assist the artist in traveling to Tehran to do research on classical Persian poetic images. This research will assist the artist in her rewrite of "The Dawn of Peace."
Jessica Held, West Layfayette, 2007
Jessica discovered new painting techniques and has expanded her portfolio and used the grant to buy a digital camera to document her new works.
Abner Hershberger, Goshen, 2005
To develop a brochure for the artist's work, titled "Field Notes: The Art of Abner Hershberger" to accompany an upcoming art exhibit in Spring 2005 at the Midwest Museum of American Art (MMAA) in Elkhart, Indiana.
Monika Herzig, Bloomington, 2004, 2007
2004: To allow the artist the opportunity to write, produce, and market a 45-minute humorous, educational video for the purpose of introducing basic elements of jazz to young children through an entertaining and interactive setting.
2007: The grant allowed this jazz musician to document her repertoire in a traditional jazz trio. She produced a CD and performed live release concerts to promote her work.
Kevin Hiatt, Fort Wayne, 2004
To assist the artist costs in composing two 3 to 4 minute works for a string quintet specifically conceived for K-6th graders.
Loran Hill, Indianapolis, 2004
To assist with costs relating to building a 54 cubic foot catenary arch kiln.
David Hochoy, Indianapolis, 2007
As Artistic Director of Dance Kaleidoscope, David needs to be in tune with the dance world at large. The grant helped fund his trip to NYC where he took classes and attend performances.
Sean Hoffman, Syracuse, 2007
The IAC funded the mixing, mastering, and replication for a CD collection of original Irish dance music. This project was a collaboration of Sean (violin) and Nolan Ladewski (Irish whistles).
Kevin Holladay, Bloomington, 2004
To assist with the costs relating to recording and reproducing an original CD for children in the style of a 1930s radio broadcast.
Ray Horton, Floyds Knobbs, 2007
2005: To create a musical composition for speaker and symphony orchestra using Robert Kennedy's speech in Indianapolis on the night of Martin Luther King's assassination.
2007: The grant funded Horton's composing time and marketing materials for The Indiana Amish: A Musical Quilt. This will be woven from the musical heritage of Indiana Amish and written for British-style brass band.
Kalynn Huffman Brower, Ellettsville, 2007
Writing time for Kalynn to draft a feature-length screenplay called "Green Tara". The futuristic setting is a fantastic storyworld for high drama.
Michael Husain, Zionsville, 2003
To support the editing of a three- to five-minute video for the Center for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (CHIP).
Jeanne Hutchinson, Poland, 2003, 2005, 2007
2003: To support the development of a website to promote the artist's bronze sculpure both locally and nationally.
2005: To set up desktop publishing to produce brochures and postcards for promotion of the artist's work locally and nationally.
2007: To purchase a hydraulic lift table for moving 50 to 550 pound bronze sculptures. The lift allows her both to apply the patina, as well as transport the piece.
Rebecca Hutton, Indianapolis, 2006
For the purchase of a digital camera needed to convert existing video documentation to a digital format, as well as for documenting future work.
Liza Hyatt, Indianapolis, 2007
Liza Hyatt worked with poet Fran Quinn for a year to fine-tune her poetry book, Sudden Vistas. The grant helped to send her to New York for a workshop with Quinn and for opportunities to work with other poets.
Dennis Ichiyama, West Layfayette, 2004, 2007
2004: To assist with costs relating to the restoration and display of a collection of color wood blocks currently housed in Earl Park, IN.
2007: Typography and printing expert Dennis Ichiyama used the grant to document and exhibit a historic wood type collection owned by a Hoosier native.
Andrea Jackson, Coatesville, 2005
To create eight jewelry pieces influenced by the classic car, street rod and Indy race car designs.
Jean Jackson, West Lafayette, 2006
For costs association with participating in the Turkey Run Plein Air Project, and creation of a series of watercolor studies and paintings at Turkey Run State Park.
Martha Jacobs, Bloomington, 2004
To assist with costs relating to the staging of "Happy Days," a Samuel Beckett piece.
Petar Jankovic, Bloomington, 2005, 2007
2005: To arrange music by three prominent Latino-American and Spanish classical music composers, hire musicians, record and publish a CD of the arrangements.
2007: Recording equipment for Petar's live classical guitar CD. The CD highlights 25-30 concerts in his 2006-2007 season.
Wes Janz, Indianapolis, 2007
The IAC funded Wes' research and travel for preparation for an installation exploring society's "leftovers". The travel included a visit to Dempster Dumpster company in Knoxville and meetings with co-designer Al Frakes in Tulsa. More on the project.
Jennifer Jensen, Zionsville, 2005
To complete a children's novel, intertwining a historical setting, time travel and mystery and submit it for publication.
Molly Jeon, Bloomington, 2004
To purchase Japanese musical insturments and offset costs related to conducting a workshop on how to sing Japanese folk songs.
Corey Jefferson, Indianapolis, 2005
To create a body of 15 pieces of work in sculpture and wall pieces composed of found objects and fabricated clay elements based on the theme of "Urban Fossils."
Alonzo Johnson, Indianapolis, 2005
To develop a series of lectures regarding "Life on the Avenue" (Indiana Avenue) for youth and adults by funding guest musician/lecture fees, facility rental and presentation material.
Candace Johnson (Decker), Bloomington, 2003
To support the research, development, and rehearsal of a cabaret specifically for children.
David Johnson, Bloomington, 2006
To assist the artist in development of a five-art radio series and accompanying website on the history of Indiana jazz from pre-World War I to modern day jazz education programs at Indiana University.
Joshua Johnson, Indianapolis, 2003, 2005
2003: To support the creation of illustrated poems, an exhibition of the poems, and costs to conduct a cartooning and illustration workshop for middle-school children.
2005: To explore and develop the use of letterpress in the creation of a handmade book about "The Spidletons".
Sarojini Johnson, Muncie, 2005
To create five color 16" x 20" intaglio prints of the influence of the artist's cultural heritage.
Willie Johnson, Georgetown, 2007
Photographer Willie Johnson used his grant to print the images for his upcoming photography exhibit: "Freedom's Struggle, the Underground Railroad along the Ohio River in Indiana and Kentucky".
Tim Kennedy, Bloomington, 2003, 2006
2003: To support the creation and marketing of oil paintings and watercolors that depict the domestic world as a kind of American Pastoral and continue the tradition of painting which views private life as a kind of Eden.
2006: For production of promotional materials for a series of paintings entitled: “Inside / Outside,” including 15 new oil paintings and up to 10 watercolors.
Chyrisse Kerley, Indianapolis, 2003
To support costs associated with editing a memoir about living with mental illness and sending the book proposal to literary agents.
Joseph Kerschbaum, Bloomington, 2007
Peter's project, How I Lost My Arm, is a chapbook of poems dealing with change and loss. The grant funded his participation at the Hill House Writers Retreat to guide this project to completion.
Sarah Kilfoil, Indianapolis, 2007
The grant allowed her to attend two writer's conferences to workshop and promote her children's fantasy fiction novel titled By Salt and Stone.
Sharon Kirk Clifton, North Vernon, 2007
Sharon is an award-winning story teller who developed a program on Indiana's Underground Railroad. She translated her research into a young adult novel entitled "The Second Celler". The grant funded a computer.
Betsy Knotts, Indianapolis, 2006
To assist the artist with costs for researching firing methods needed to create six sculpture pieces incorporating small metal sculptures inside glass vessels.
Kelly Koehler, Indianapolis, 2005
To convert an available space into a professional studio for the artist.
Noel Koontz, Indianapolis, 2006
For expenses related to attending the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference including workshops, lecture groups and readings focused on the business aspects of writing.
Susan Koper, Muncie, 2004
To hire a noted choreographer to create a modern dance piece for the artist and her colleagues.
Robin Kraft, Lafayette, 2005
To make a teapot from a new silver material recently developed in Japan.
Elizabeth Krajeck, Indianapolis, 2006
To assist the artist with costs related to the completion of a neighborhood-based interview and prose poem project, and publication of the poems in chapbook and postcard form.
Mary Kramer, Terre Haute, 2004, 2006
2004: Purchase of materials and promotion tools for a series of new works based on ideas about memory and text turned inside out. Additional dollars will go toward the exhibit reception in New Mexico and the shipping of the works.
2006: To cover fees of a professional photographer hired to document the artist’s work and provide the artist with materials needed in marketing and promoting the work.
Charlotte Kroeker, Notre Dame, 2006
To assist with costs incurred to produce a professional piano CD recording of 35 chorale preludes by J.S. Bach, and will accompany the intended re-publication of early 20th century, edited scores of the same music.
Merridee LaMantia, Bloomington, 2006
To assist the artist with researching imagery and symbolism of other cultures in preparation for a series of eight sculptural pieces reflecting an international visual vocabulary for peace.
Dwandra Lampkin, Muncie, 2007
As a theatre professor at Ball State, Dwandra directed the racially sensitive play The Colored Museum. She used the grant to visit Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem in preparation for this project.
Grey Larsen, Bloomington, 2004
To allow the artist to work with a consultant who will assist him in expanding his web presence.
Louie Laskowski, Brookston, 2003, 2005
2003: To support designing and printing a promotional color brochure and color business cards.
2005: To purchase materials, pay for shipping artwork and partial payment for an artist retreat at Ranchito San Pedro in Espanolo, New Mexico where the artist will create 20 Plein-air paintings.
William Lawson, Indianapolis, 2003, 2006
2003: To support the purchase of supplies and materials to create a series of paintings and drawings of urban scenes in Indianapolis and the surrounding communities, as well as costs associated with promoting an exhibition of these works.
2006: For the purchase of printmaking press more ideally suited for producing etchings, relief monotypes, linoleum and woodcut prints.
Linda LeMar, West Lafayette, 2004
Purchase of an electric kiln including shipping and handling from Florida.
Daniel Leathersich, Bloomington, 2003
To support the purchase of materials and studio time to create large-scale intaglio monoprints that will use composite imagery of memories and symbols from Pennsylvania and Indiana.
Myra Levine, Carmel, 2006
To assist with childcare costs required to provide the artist opportunity to attend two writing conferences and finish writing a novel.
Debra S. Levy, Fort Wayne, 2005
To finish writing and editing several long stories, to be added to the artist's short story collection, "Numerology and Other Stories," to submit the manuscripts and a revised collection containing the new stories for publication.
Janet Lindholm, Evansville, 2003
To support the purchase of supplies and materials and travel to thoroughbred racetracks to photograph female jockeys, as well as costs to promote an exhibit of the works.
Barbara Litkowski, Zionsville, 2006
For costs related to research, revision, documentation, and publishing of a manuscript entitled: “The Ruby Garden, the story of Isabella Thoburn,” founder of the first Christian college for women in India.
Amy Locklin, Indianapolis, 2005
To draft a collection of related stories also marketable as a novel entitled "A Market for Blondes" and submit the works for publishing.
Tamara Loewenthal, Bloomington, 2003, 2005
2003: To support costs to produce a musical CD and booklet to accompany the artists's traditional dance workshops taught in the schools.
2005: To take workshops and private lessons in French Canadian step dance, at a weekend event called "Danse-Niege."
Jeanne Logan, Notre Dame, 2006
For research and purchase of materials needed to create digital and nondigital presentation portfolios of various fabric dying techniques.
John Lustig, Terre Haute, 2004
Purchase of modeling time, art materials, and publicity costs allowing the artist to create a series of 12 paintings focusing on, "Archetypes."
Doris Lynch, Bloomington, 2004
To assist with costs allowing the artist the resources to travel and research information about the Holocaust. The project will culminate with 15 new poems and a workshop for other artists on researching memoirs and other personal accounts.
Patrick Mack Indianapolis, 2003
To support the design and printing of a full-color, two-fold marketing brochure highlighting the artist's sculptures.
Martha MacLeish, Bloomington, 2006
For costs related to creation, documentation, and marketing of a new series of visual art pieces
Harry Maginity, Brazil, 2004
To assist with the artist's living and research costs while he completes a sight-sound docudrama on Marshall W. Taylor's Indiana years.
Linda Mann, Merom, 2006
To assist the artist in the purchase of a clay mixer and clay needed for the artist’s work and for workshops given by the artist at local schools.
Patrick Manning, Indianapolis, 2005
To create a series of digital and daguerreotype photographic artworks of sites of historical or memorial importance to Indiana.
Brigid Manning-Hamilton, Zionsville, 2003
To support costs associated with the creation of textile-based mixed-media works exploring the technique of solvent transfer of photocopied images onto fabric, including the purchase of an analogue copier, and preparing a reference sample book of transfers from copies onto a variety of fabrics.
Mary Markley, Yoder, 2003
To support costs associated with creating color block prints inspired by the historic town of Goshen, Indiana.
Amber Marks, Indianapolis, 2006
To assist the artist with travel, research and production of a photographic documentary about the American personification of the cowboy aesthetic including narratives by the subject matter revealing their political persuasions.
Brooke Marks Swanson, Indianapolis, 2007
Brook specializes in copper wall hangings and used the grant to translate her works into porcelain. She gained knowledge and produced the pieces during the International Porcelain Symposium.
Charlene Marsh, Nashville, 2003, 2005, 2007
2003: To support exhibiting and marketing the tufted fiber artworks at an American Craft Council show.
2005: To design four tufted fiber rugs featuring the mandala.
2007: The grant funded the framing 30 of Charlene's new plein air oil paintings, which feature the forest in Brown County along Sciscoe Creek, painted on location.
Lilly Marsh, West Layfayette, 2004, 2007
2004: Purchase of slides, print photography, and the creation of a color catalog of the artist's 3-D sculptural work entitled, "Pallbearers."
2007: Lilly used the grant to take courses on the AVL loom (purchased in 2005) to exploit its full capacities and of production and design.
Nina Marshall, Selma, 2005
To create six oil paintings, three 4' x 6' and three 3' x 4' of objects placed in landscapes on the artist's farm in Muncie.
Mark Massé, Muncie, 2007
The grant funded writing time for Mark to work on his next novel, "Whatever Comes", a mainstream comedic novel set in the Midwest.
Don Marvel, Bloomington, 2005
To build three copies of an original music instrument, called "Bass Box."
Michael McCauley, Bloomington, 2006
To assist the artist with costs related to casting three new sculpture works into bronze finish.
Susan McCord, Vincennes, 2006
To assist the artist with costs associated with attending classes offered by a distributor of stained glass supplies, and purchase of a small kiln and tools required for working with hot glass.
Craig McCormick, Indianapolis, 2005
To create 24-30 photomontage images of a body of work to reflect memories and emotions of life specific to the 20th century.
Kaz McCue, Terre Haute, 2004, 2007
2004: To assist with the production of large-scale digital mural prints on canvas entitled, "Freaks of Nature: A Parody of Elements."
2007: To produce a professional catalogue take the next step in her career. She hired author and art critic Judy Collischan to write an essay and print the publication.
Katie McDonald, South Bend, 2005
To help with the distribution of a 16mm black and white silent film, "You Knew Me Once Before."
Tony McDonald, Indianapolis, 2003
To support costs associated with creating a stage play about firefighters.
Sherry McFaden, Gosport, 2004
To assist with costs relating to taking classes at the Royal School of Needlework in Surrey, England.
Nicholas McGill, Bloomington, 2003
To support the purchase of an air compressor and plasma torch.
Kevin McKelvey, Lebanon, 2006
For costs related to research, revisions and submission of a poetry manuscript entitled, “Brute Neighbors.”
Caroline Mecklin, Indianapolis, 2006
For the purchase of canvas, gesso, canvas stretching pliers, brushes and paint needed to complete a series of large scale paintings.
Lynne Medsker, Brownsburg, 2004, 2006
2004: To assist with the training expenses, and supplies to create a series of artistic prints using the techniques of Polaroid transfer and emulsion lifts.
2006: To assist with the purchase of a laptop computer for public demonstrations, workshops and creative retreats related to digital design techniques
Peggy Melchior Pearson, Greenwood, 2007
Peggy grant funded postage and printing of marketing and educational materials for her new puppet theatre production. The show "Peewinkle Meets Punch" guides children through the history of puppetry.
Mary Ann Michna, Terre Haute, 2006
For framing costs related to exhibition of 20 new paintings at the National Road/Zane Grey Museum in Zanesville, Ohio featuring explorations of old American roads.
Larry Mickow, Highland, 2004
To allow the artist to document the dying ruins of Gary, IN in a series of photographs entitled, "Dead Gary."
Lori Miles, Greenfield, 2005
To purchase a drawing machine for an installation titled "Accumulations".
Anne Miller, Nashville, 2006
For the purchase of manuals and products needed to learn new techniques incorporating photography and sandblasting images.
Natalie Miller, Indianapolis, 2004
To assist with costs relating to the creation, editing, and publisher search for a novel entitled, "Higher Ground."
Tyagan Miller, Bloomington, 2006
For photographic supplies and services needed to complete a photo essay project entitled, “One Hundred Percent Club,” profiling combat veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and Panama.
K G Miracle, Birdseye, 2005
To create a series of paintings, the BAAB project, by funding a Platt map of the country, driving expenses, painting supplies and the printing costs of a brochure for exhibition at local libraries, starting in Crawford county.
Susan Moore, South Bend, 2007
The IAC funded the film, processing, printing, and travel for Susan to compile a series of photography highlighting the Southwest US. This took a nod from her most recent Midwest landscape project.
Cathy Morris, Indianapolis, 2006
To assist the artist with costs related to converting original compositions for full and string orchestras to a format permitting students to learn and play solo parts along with a recorded accompaniment CD.
Lorna Mundy, Bedford, 2004
To allow the artist to print 250 copies of a collection of her newspaper columns that rain in the Mitchell Tribune.
Owen Mundy, Bloomington, 2004
To assist with the costs of documenting and researching Indiana fesitvals and fairs.
Andrea Murrill, Muncie, 2006
For costs related to PhotoShop training needed to create a series of four iris inkjet prints on sheer fabric.
Sally Myers, Muncie, 2004, 2006
2004: To assist with the purchase of a plasma cutter which will assist in the creation of ten large metal sculptures based on Yoruba Osanyin Healing Staffs.
2006: To assist the artist in purchasing a forge and anvil required to create a series of six large metal sculptures of the Great Blue Herons.
Robert Nance, Fort Wayne, 2003
To support the cost of videotaping sessions, and travel and lodging, in order to study with Dr. Robert Page, a preeminent professional choral conductor.
Marcy Neiditz, Bloomington, 2005, 2007
2005: To purchase a "clay slab roller" for the artist's ceramic studio to facilitate the production of ceramic sculptures and hand built functional vessels for a new body of work.
2007: Marcy used the grant to purchase a computerized electric kiln, kiln shelves, and wiring to give her more accuracy in firing her work. She creates ceramic vessels and sculptures with a multiple glazing process.
Patrica Nelson, Muncie, 2003, 2007
2003: To support costs associated with making animal and insect encrusted platters in metal, describing aspects of our contemporary natural environment.
2007: As a jewelry designer and metal artist, Patricia used her grant to purchase sheet metal and wire for a new series of pieces. The pieces combine plant, animal, and mathematics elements in enamel and silver.
Nancy Nichols, Terre Haute, 2004
Development of marketing packets of the artist's work including brochures, slides, photographs, and other related publicity pieces.
Robert Nowalk, Culver, 2006
To purchase a computer and scanner hardware and supplies needed to complete a series of computer generated photographs for a portfolio.
Kathleen O'Connell, Indianapolis, 2005
To create four pieces of 30" x 40" watercolor and color pencil panels that use human figures as allegories for the four seasons.
Cynthia O'Dell, Greencastle, 2003, Fillmore, 2006
2003: To support the creation of a video installation and the projection of 'Residue of Memory' into the Marengo Quarry.
2006: To assist the artist with purchasing inks and paper to complete a series of digitally based landscapes and documentary collage photographs derived from research in Ireland.
Peter O'Keefe, South Bend, 2004, 2006
2004: To assist in purchasing materials needed to create a forty minute digital film entitled "Infidel."
2006: For costs associated with editing and post production of a digital video adaptation of the artist’s play entitled: “Race Memory.”
James Obermeier, Bloomington, 2004
To assist with the purchase of precious metals which will be used to create a solo exhibition entitled, "The Absence of Beauty."
Robert Palmer, Muncie, 2006
To provide the artist with training resources needed to learn, master, and perform a newly composed piano concerto with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, including an “informance” of the work given prior to the actual performance to educate the audience about the new work.
Mark Parmenter, Spencer, 2003
Proposal: To buy time on a stereo lithography machine, cast the resultant objects into silver, and document the process and post it on the artist’s Web site.
Charlotte Paul, Bloomfield, 2005
To print a full color brochure-CD package of the artist's stained glass art.
Sarah Pearce, Bloomington, 2004
Purchase of studio time, materials, and promotional costs for a series of paintings exploring a new vision of the landscape.
Elke Pessl, Bloomington, 2005
To create three large-format digital prints that incorporate photographic imagery generated through a camera-less technique.
Jennifer Petro, Indianapolis, 2007
Due to impassable roads caused be Indiana's blizzard of 1978, Jennifer was born on the living room floor of her parent's house. With the 2007 IAP grant, she documented memories of those who experienced it.
Nadine Pinede, Bloomington, 2006
To assist the artist with costs related to attending the 2005 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and completion of a travel memoir entitled, “Hope in the Forest.”
Yelena Polyanskaya, Bloomington, 2005
To create a website promoting the artist's work.
Daniel Powers, W. Terre Haute, 2005
To professionally record several of the artist's compositions for eventual production and release of a CD.
Shobana Ram, Bloomington, 2006
For travel and research costs required to study the South Indian classical dance form of “Bharata Natyam” and production of a local dance recital.
Gautam Rao, Indianapolis, 2007
Full of civic pride for his West Indianapolis neighborhood, Gautam painted a series of the subject onsite, rain or shine. The grant funded the canvas and oil paint.
Yelena Rasolka Yahontova, Bloomington, 2007
Yelena used the grant to hire a designer to create a website for her fine art photography. She wants her art, specifically her Woman-Goddess series, to be separate from her portrait photography business.
Rich Remsberg, Bloomington, 2003
To support costs associated with traveling to demolition derbies throughout the Midwest, photographing the events, drivers' areas, crowds, and the ephermera of the culture as well as conducting interviews for background information and then compiling these works into a documentary photo essay which will be submitted to galleries.
Patricia Rhoden-Bartels, Nashville, 2005
To purchase building materials for screens, and to publish brochures and cards to promote the artist's work.
Mark Richardson, Indianapolis, 2005
To do testing of materials and processes that would be used at Earthbound Potteries (New Zealand), including hiring a technical assistant and purchasing materials to conduct research.
Mark Rigney, Evansville, 2004
To assist with costs in writing a mystery novel about wildlife forensics.
Nicholas Ring, Jasper, 2005
To develop a website in order to reach a larger audience and client base.
Shana Ritter, Bloomington, 2006
For costs related to attending an advanced writing workshop to improve editing and revision skills needed to complete a themed chapbook of poetry.
Stephanie Robertson, Indianapolis, 2006
For research costs to create and install a piece of multi-fabric panels that address the issue of childless women, men, and couples.
Beverly Roche, Indianapolis, 2004
To assist with costs relating to the design and creation of the set, props, costumes, masques, soundtrack, and visual effects for a show examining the history of silent theatre and its impact today.
Richard Rodgers, Fountain City, 2005
To produce a photographic documentary with a working title of "Traveling Close to Home: Wayne County, Indiana" about the people and places in Wayne County, Indiana.
Red Rohall, Indianapolis, 2004
Travel costs and supplies related to seeking out funky roadside attractions along the Wabash to be captured in an oil painting series and the costs for marketing and promoting the series.
Tracy Rongers, Valparaiso, 2003
To support costs associated with developing a live performance piece containing space design, projected imagery, poetry reading, and simultaneous interpretive performance by a musician and a dancer.
Malke Rosenfeld, Bloomington, 2004
To pay for travel and supplies for study at Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, in step dancing.
Lynn Rowe Reed, Fort Wayne, 2007
Lynn used the grant to purchase a laptop and projector for her elementary school presentations. Her presentations explain the making of a children's book from the author's point of view.
Timothy Ryan, Indianapolis, 2005
To fund capital improvements to the artist's studio, specifically a high capacity American Art Clay Company Excel electric kiln with cone-10 firing capacity and all peripheral shelving and stilts.
Douglas Sanders, Indianapolis, 2006
For expenses related to attending a convention of the International Netsuke Society, an international group of collectors, dealers and professional carvers of an art form with historical roots in Japan.
Betty Scarpino, Indianapolis, 2003
To support the purchase of equipment and wood in order to create larger-scale wood sculptures.
Maura Schaffer, Lafayette, 2005, 2007
2005: To complete three life-sized dinner table sculpture pieces.
2007: To project a video element on her sculptures that she created with the help of a 2005 IAP grant. She purchased a projector and experimented with the medium to create the video images.
Timothy Schirack, Aurora, 2006
For entry, booth fees and other marketing expenses related to exhibiting at several Indiana arts festivals
Adam Schwartz, Bloomington, 2004
To assist the artist in purchasing recording equipment to use in high-quality news features and documentaries
Khabir Shareef, Indianapolis, 2003
To support costs associated with the development of a character who is a time traveling West African griot of the 15th century
Andrew Scott, Indianapolis, 2005, 2007
2005: To purchase a laptop computer for researching, revising and writing a novel These Little Town Blues.
2007: Andrew used the grant to fund a concentrated period of writing time for making the final revisions to a short story collection, Welcome to the Moon. The stories explore the private lives of Hoosiers.
Robin Scott, New Castle, 2004
To allow the artist the time to develop educational materials for a Rivercane workshop. This grant will also allow the artist to purchase the Rivercane in both processed and natural formats and to finish the Rivercane for educational workshops.
David Schanker, Indianapolis, 2003
To support paying for time for the artist to write and for research in and around Benton County in order to write three linked novellas set in a west central Indiana farm community.
Susan (Anjali) Sengupta, South Bend, 2006
For expenses related to photography, printed materials, and other promotional materials for marketing a line of Indian mantra scarves through creation of “portable” portfolios.
Julia Sermersheim, Santa Claus, 2003
To support attending a class geared to painting/dying fabric and purchasing dyes and other materials in order to complete a series of abstract-collaged pieces on fabric.
Carol Sexton, Richmond, 2007
Sculptor Carol Sexton used the grant to purchase an air compressor and tools, allowing her to expand her body of work to include techniques she learned at the Limestone Carving Symposium.
Lawrence Sexton, Richmond, 2007
Customarily a studio painter, Lawrence used the grant to increase his skill set by attending a plein air workshop in Maine.
Elizabeth Shea, Bloomington, 2005
To create a choreographic work while working collaboratively with a composer, musicians, dancers and a visual artist.
Chizoma Sherman, Indianapolis, 2006
For production of a short collection of prose, poetry, and black and white photographs entitled, “Not An Other,” that explores experiences of biracial women.
John Sherman, Indianapolis, 2003, 2005
2003: To support costs associated with a series of speaking engagements/book signings for "War Stories: A Memoir of Nigeria and Biafra.”
2005: To produce a book of short fiction and creative nonfiction with a working title of "Truth and Lies: Fiction and Nonfiction of a Hoosier Childhood" and to apply for a residence at the Mary Anderson Center in Southern Indiana.
James Sholly, Indianapolis, 2003
To support the creation of a series of 10 to 12 Iris prints (high resolution, digital output).
Barbara Shoup, Indianapolis, 2005, 2007
2004: To assist with travel costs allowing the artist to travel to schools and libraries throughout the state promoting her third Young Adult novel, "Vermeer's Daughter."
2007: Barbara used an IAC grant to travel to St. Petersburg, Florida, where her novel Looking for Jack Kerouac is set. The novel focuses on the disconnect between Kerouac's image and his life, setting the main character on his own road to a meaningful life.
Artur Silva, Indianapolis, 2007
Artur used the grant to purchase a projector and materials to continue his series of portraits depicting the urban side of Indiana. The process was more detailed than the previous works, which were created using a tracer.
Sharon Sklar, Bloomington, 2004
To allow the artist to showcase the Chinese culture via a large-scale photographic exhibition.
Theodore F. Skreko, Indianapolis, 2007
Award-winning violin maker Skreko represented Indiana at the 2006 Violin Society of America Conference. He used the IAC grant to obtain quality raw materials to produce a violin and a viola to enter into their competition.
EP Slick, Cicero, 2007
The grant helped fund Slick's series of paintings based on historic Indiana racetracks of the 1920's and 1930's.
Rachel Slick, Aurora, 2006
For costs of materials needed to convert an outbuilding to a studio and public gallery space for exhibition of the artist’s work.
Moira Smiley, Bloomington, 2003
To support researching and developing a repertoire of women's music and poetry, accompanied by paintings, of 17th century Italy, culminating in a performance of the music, which will be produced on a CD, accompanied by dramatic readings of the poetry and projection of the paintings.
Barbara Smith, Kokomo, 2007
Photographer Barbara Smith used the grant to research and test alternative non-silver methods of image making and study embroidery. The final product was an artists book combining photography and collected objects.
Shari Smith-LeMonnier, Munster, 2004
Production of a video showcasing upcoming exhibition paintings and techniques.
Elizabeth Smith-Meyer, Fort Wayne, 2005
To write a fictional, novel-length manuscript for middle-grade readers.
Sheila Sowder, Indianapolis, 2006
For costs associated with attending the Antioch Writers’ Workshop, and completion of a mystery novel entitled: “O’Toole’s Irregulars.”
Arlyne Springer, Noblesville, 2005
To secure a studio, purchase art supplies, and transportation expenses in searching for resource materials.
Amelia Stamps, Monroe, 2005
To purchase a small computer test kiln to conduct experimental glaze research.
Robert Stanley, Beverly Shores, 2004
Costs surrounding a website allowing the artist to document his previous works and market new works.
L. Dene Stephens, Evansville, 2007
Stephens created a series of glass vessels using an updated version of Venetian technique combining filigree pick-up with glassblowing. The IAC granted funding for an optic mold, hot plate, and a kiln to make this project possible.
Freddi Stevens-Jacobi, Indianapolis, 2003
To support the purchase of supplies and materials, as well as travel around Indiana to photograph and interview migrant teenage laborers to be used to create 'Today's Teenage Migrant Farmworkers,' a 35mm still photography and oral history exhibit.
Tom Stio, Bloomington, 2005
To photograph professional and academic dance companies by funding travel, printing and framing costs so that the photographs may be exhibited in Bloomington and at least two other Indiana cities.
Elizabeth Stirratt, Bloomington, 2006
To assist the artist with training costs to expand technical skills required in creation of a series of limited edition prints using state-of-the-art color printing technology.
Michael Strauss, Indianapolis, 2003
To support costs associated with producing and playing in a recital program and recording the live performance.
Ben Stutzman, Goshen, 2006
To assist the artist with a portion of the materials needed to create work for an exhibit of his work and marketing materials for that exhibit.
Susan Suraci, Fort Wayne, 2005
To paint a series of ten large (36x36 inches or larger) acrylic-on-canvas paintings that feature vintage trailers still found in the lake communities of Northeast Indiana.
Don Swartzentruber, Winona Lake, 2004
Purchase of the artist's time, materials, and promotion costs allowing him to create a series of works entitled, "Facing the Grotesque and Sublime.
Denise Szocka, Indianapolis, 2006
To assist the artist with fees related to attending a six-day class at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography focusing on PhotoShop techniques needed to develop a series of multi-image photographic pieces.
Susanna Tanner, Richmond, 2007
Susanna used the grant to attend the Maine Photographic Workshop, concentrating on increasing her skills in location lighting.
Neil Taylor, Bloomington, 2004
Purchase of traditional Japanese woodcut tools and the supplies to create a series of 10 woodcut prints.
Rob Taylor, Nashville, 2004
To assist with the costs of creating holographic plates that will image, record, and document the current artists and craftspeople in Brown County Indiana.
Ginny Taylor-Rosner, Indianapolis, 2005
To attend a workshop "Creating Your Own Photographic Book," by Joyce Tenneson at the Maine Photographic Workshops in Rockport, Maine from August 1-7, 2004.
Carmen Tellez, Bloomington, 2005
To help defray the cost of the first of several musical performances in distinguished Indiana buildings.
R. Thomas Tedrowe, Columbus, 2005, 2007
2005: To purchase a 5 horse power professional wood shaper for the creation of a group of three different blanket chests.
2007: To purchase a drum sander to design and produce unique wood vessels and expand his operation in his Brown County shop and gallery.
Jo Throckmorton, Bloomington, 2003
To support attending a workshop on 16mm film camera production that will supply the necessary background to offer 16mm film workshops at the John Waldron Art Center.
Diane Timmerman, Brownsburg, 2004
To allow for research costs to explore the Linklater voice workshop for area teachers.
Joanne Titolo, Battle Ground, 2006
To assist the artist in the purchase of a small metals kiln that will heat harden jewelry and allow the artist to expand work into small sculptures.
Kevin Titzer, Evansville, 2007
The grant provided Kevin the funds to fly to Germany to collaborate with Berlin based artist April Gertler. The exhibition was featured in both Berlin and Evansville.
Patrick Titzer, Terre Haute, 2004
Purchase of an electronic kiln controller and materials including glass and steel to create 10-15 metal wall-sculptures incorporating slumped and/or cast glass. Additional dollars will be used to create brochures and for maintenance.
Hakan Toker, Bloomington, 2005
To perform solo piano recitals around Indiana.
Rosemary Trubitt, Bloomington, 2005
To purchase a sewing machine, and produce 4 quilted pieces to be donated to Monroe County teachers through their Resource Center.
Lauri Turpin, Roanoke, 2007
Lauri received IAC funding to attend a writer's conference of her choice to workshop, polish, and present a final manuscript of a novel set in Indiana with the working title Sisters to the Rain for publication.
Danielle Urschel, Bloomington, 2006
To purchase a small printing press and other equipment needed to create a printmaking workshop studio capable of producing lithographs, intaglio and relief prints.
Karen Van De Walle, Indianapolis, 2004
To assist with costs relating to marketing and hosting a national exhibit entitled, "Tea Bowl Exhibit," in conjunction with the National Council for Education of Ceramic Arts' conference.
Dante Ventresca, Indianapolis, 2005
To purchase toolboxes and materials to be used in workshop instruction and in rehearsals for the artist's theatre projects.
Jane Vickers, Evansville, 2004
To assist with marketing and web site development costs for a show entitled "Earthen Vessels."
Aventino Victa, Warsaw, 2006
For costs related to researching, writing, production and distribution of a feature length documentary exploring the post-war Filipino-American journey through personal accounts, archive material and reenactment.
Jaclyn Virgin, Indianapolis, 2007
As a dancer and a choreographer, Jaclyn used the grant to travel to the American Dance Festival in North Carolina. Jaclyn dances with the Motus Dance Theatre.
Bronislava Volkova, Bloomington, 2005
To produce a book of poetry, create a CD from the book and to perform the poetry for audiences at the John Waldron Arts Center in Bloomington as well as in Indianapolis.
Shari Wagner, Carmel, 2004, 2006
2004: To provide support, materials and travel expenses allowing the artist to write 8-10 personal poems about women with Indiana connections.
2006: To assist the artist with research and travel expenses incurred during preparation for writing a group of eight persona poems from the viewpoints of historical men with ties to Indiana.
Mark Wallis, Spencer, 2004
Produce and print a brochure allowing the artist to build his business of leasing his outdoor sculpture.
Lisa Walsh, Lafayette, 2004
To assist with expenses, allowing the artist to attend a two week class in France specializing in lampworking and wireworking.
Ralph Ward, Lafayette, 2003
To support the purchase of tools and consumables to create hand blown art glass.
Jake Webster, Elkhart, 2007
Jake developed a large body of work in his 30 years of sculpting. He used this grant to purchase art management software and a slide scanner to create a digital inventory.
Kate Welsh, Indianapolis, 2007
After co-writing and starring in the Indiana film "The Waiter", screenwriting has been a passion of Kate's. The grant allowed her to attend a screenwriting seminar to augment the skill set needed to write her next piece.
James Werner, Delphi, 2005
To sponsor a studio space at the Lafayette Renaissance Academy for one year for establishing a not-for-profit realistic drawing and painting educational program named Lafayette Atelier.
Kay Westhues, Walkerton, 2007
Kay has been photographing contemporary rural life in Indiana for two years. The IAC funded the supplies to print, mat, and frame these photos for display.
Jackie White, Bloomfield, 2006
For costs associated with purchase of a slab roller and extruder required for more efficient and consistent completion of projects.
Lynette Whitesell, Hartford City, 2007
Lynette used the grant to purchase a computer and printer to complete a series combining digital print transfers and acrylic painting. The series depicts the simplicity of small town life in a progressively digital world.
Carrie Wild, Indianapolis, 2004
Creation of three large postcard mailers, and mailing fees allowing the artist to market herself as an illustrator.
Peter Williams, Indianapolis, 2007
The IAC will help fund Peter's project Shoot from the Hip, a series of video-enhanced belts, each with an LCD-embedded buckle and a pinhole camera at the rear.
Denise Wilson, West Lafayette, 2003, 2005
2003: To support the time to research and select appropriate songs, learn lyrics and create arrangements for accompanying instruments, as well as write an original composition and market a musical program that celebrates the history and accomplishments of American women from colonial days to the present.
2005: To produce a recording (CD) of traditional French music.
Dylan Wissing, Indianapolis, 2003
To support costs to participate in the Ten Week Full Time Private Study Program at New York's Drummers Collective.
Judy Wojcik, Muncie, 2006
For purchase of equipment, materials and promotional funding to expand a recent series of ceramic sculptures and pottery forms.
Sala Wong, Terre Haute, 2007
Sala's contemporary video art project, Persistance of Absence is an interactive installation using GPS and live-feed video to investigate intersections of technology and human experience.
Charles Wood, Martinsville, 2004
To assist with travel costs relating to the development of scenes for a screenplay. Additional costs include fees for entrance into screening writing contests.
Cheryl Yun, Lafayette, 2005
To produce 10 sculptures completing a series entitled "Cheryl Yun Collection: Fragmented Identities" and show the artist's work at the VPA Gallery at Purdue University and in Indianapolis.
Sigrid Zahner, Zionsville, 2006
Installation of concrete slabs and other hardware for an outdoor kiln, relocation of the kiln, and installation of a roof over the kiln.
Sulaiman Zai, Bloomington, 2006
To cover costs for recording, editing and marketing of a CD of classical guitar music which includes original compositions.
Li Zhang, West Lafayette, 2006
For costs related to the creation of a series of posters dealing with cultural diversity issues, and preparation for public exhibition of the series.
Mei Zhong, Muncie, 2006
To assist the artist with travel and music production expenses to create a serialized anthology of Chinese folk and art music.
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