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Welcome to Artist Alley,
Washington County Arts Council's electronic newsletter. We hope this publication will engage you with the arts in your community.
WCAC welcomes your ideas and support as it continues to take the lead in bringing together the community's art organizations to strengthen our region's arts culture.
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MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES
2021 INDEPENDENT ARTS AWARD RECIPIENTS
66 artists recognized for artistic achievement and promise
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"We Shall Pass through the Combahee"
Natural and synthetic fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, metallic thread, crystal glass beads, buttons, 2019. By Stephen Towns, one of the two 2021 Independent Artist Awards state winners.
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BALTIMORE, MD (April 5, 2021) - The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) announced today that $266,000 has been awarded to 66 Maryland artists through the 2021 Independent Artist Awards (IAA). With this year’s awards focused on visual and media arts, 2021 awardees represent a wide range of artistic talents from all across the state, from painting, ceramics, and works on paper to digital media, film, and installation. Click here for the full list of winners (also listed below).
“As Maryland continues to recover from the global pandemic, it is important to recognize just how important a role the arts play in our lives,” said First Lady Yumi Hogan. “As we look to brighter days ahead, we know the arts community will be there to help us reflect, heal, and celebrate. All the artists in Maryland contribute to this creative ecosystem. I want to congratulate all the awardees for their incredible contributions to the arts and our communities.”
This year’s awardees were chosen from a pool of 540 applicants through a public panel process. MSAC worked with 38 panelists, made up of multidisciplinary artists and practitioners from across the state, to review and evaluate each eligible application. Panelists received training on the IAA program, including scoring using a published rubric and implicit bias in the panel process.
Panelists reviewed all 540 eligible applications, which included 311 from Baltimore Metro region, 166 from Washington Metro region, and 63 from the Eastern, Southern, and Western regions.
Panelists then recommended 86 applications to move forward to the public Regional Panel Meetings for further review. From here, 66 were recommended for Regional Awards. See list below.
In addition to the recognition, awardees receive grants to support their continued artistic growth. 53 artists will receive a regional grant of $2,000 to recognize promise, and 13 artists will receive an award of $10,000 to recognize notable artistic achievement. Two state awardees, chosen from the $10,000 regional winners, were also named: Stephen Towns of Baltimore City and Mia Rollow of Prince George’s County will receive an additional award of $15,000 to recognize outstanding artistic achievement.
"It’s a privilege to be recognized by my artistic peers. This award gives me more motivation to continue the work that I have been creating," says Stephen Towns.
In 2022, the IAA program will recognize artists in the literary arts, and in 2023 the awards will highlight the performing arts. Applications for the 2022 awards will be accepted beginning later this spring and due this summer. For more information, please visit our website at msac.org.
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2021 Independent Artist State Awardees ($25,000) |
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Prince George's
Baltimore City
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2021 Independent Artist Regional Awardees ($10,000) |
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Tristan Cai
Kenneth Clark
Gabriel Dinsmoor
Karen Fitzgerald
Phylicia Ghee
\Heather Harvey
David Ibata
Jason Patterson
Mike Pugh
Rachel Schmidt
strikeWare Collective
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St. Mary's
Prince George's
Baltimore City
St. Mary's
Baltimore County
Talbot
Prince George's
Kent
Kent
Montgomery
Baltimore City
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2021 Independent Artist Regional Awardees ($2,000) |
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John Aquilino
Desmond Beach
Caroline Blizzard
Jack Boul
Michael Bowman
Michael A. Buckley
Cintia Cabib
Elizabeth Casqueiro
Shanthi Chandrasekar
Min-Jung Cheon
Schroeder Cherry
Graham Coreil-Allen
Ellen Cornett
Alyscia Cunningham
Cynthia Daignault
Sara Dittrich
Liz Donadio
Margaret Dowell
Andrea Evans
Thomas Faison
Jenn Figg
Anna Foer
Lesley Giles
Susan Goldman
Charity Harris
Elyse Harrison
Shanelle Harrison
Hedieh Ilchi
Kate Kretz
Rosa Leff
Laurel Lukaszewski
Dean Lynes
Antonio Mcafee
Gregg Morris
Adrienne Moumin
Jill Orlov
John Paradiso
Carrie Patterson
Nancy Pirtle-Connelly
Sonia Pratt
Beverly Ress
Kevin Rohde
John Ruppert
Nicole Salimbene-Bauman
Paula Saneaux
Kenneth Schiano
Amare Selfu
Yann Seznec
Chris Shea
Annie Simcoe
Michael Hunter Thompson
Lynn Tomlinson
Fahimeh Vahdat
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Montgomery
Baltimore County
Garrett
Montgomery
Baltimore City
Kent
Montgomery
Talbot
Montgomery
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
Prince George's
Montgomery
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
Calvert
Baltimore City
Frederick
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
Dorchester
Montgomery
Montgomery
Montgomery
Howard
Montgomery
Montgomery
Baltimore City
Prince George's
Baltimore City
Baltimore City
Cecil
Montgomery
Baltimore City
Prince George's
St. Mary's
Baltimore County
Garrett
Montgomery
Baltimore County
Baltimore County
Montgomery
Washington
Kent
Howard
Anne Arundel
Prince George's
Garrett
Allegany
Baltimore County
Howard
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