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2004 FELLOWSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS ($7500)

VISUAL ARTS

 
photo of Letitia Quesenberry artwork
1207 x 1200
4.15M
Letitia Quesenberry - Louisville
Mixed Media 2-D

E-mail: qupiter@hotmail.com

Letitia Quesenberry has exhibited artwork in multiple galleries and museums, including Speed Art Museum, Zephyr Gallery, and Actor's Theatre. In 2001, the Sister Cities Artists Enrichment Program chose her to represent Louisville artists in Mainz, Germany, where her drawings won 3rd prize.
 
photo of Gayle Williamson artwork
1354 x 1800
6.98M
Gayle Williamson - Louisville
Mixed Media 2-D

E-mail: quickstitchgayle@aol.com

Gayle Williamson has traveled all over the world in order to broaden her chosen art form of embroidery. She has exhibited nationally over the past 13 years and has been featured in several publications, including Fiber Arts, The Flying Needle, and Needle Arts. Her work hangs in the White House, St Luke's Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas, as well as several churches and museums.
 
photo of Yvonne Petkus artwork
1117 x 1200
3.84M
Yvonne Petkus - Bowling Green
Painting

E-mail: yvonne.petkus@wky.edu

Presently a professor at Western Kentucky University, Yvonne Petkus has studied artwork in cities that range from New York to Madrid and many places between. Her paintings have been exhibited in Washington, New York, and Kentucky, among other states. She has also given several lectures on art and the artistic process.
 
photo of Gary Noland artwork
1800 x 1397
7.2M
Gary Noland, Jr. - Lexington
Painting

E-mail: gjnoland2@yahoo.com

Gary Noland, Jr. received his MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Kentucky in 1999. Born and raised in Kentucky, he has been included in regional and national art exhibitions and contests from which he has received awards of merit.
 
photo of Mary Tortorici artwork
1800 x 1412
7.28M
Mary Tortorici - Richmond
Photography

E-mail: mary.tortorici@eku.edu

A photographer for over 30 years, Mary Tortorici attended the graduate program in photography at Yale University. She has received numerous grants and awards for her photographs, including a Film in the Cities/ McKnight Fellowship and a Ford Foundation Grant.
 
photo of Rebekka Seigel artwork
1462 x 1800
7.53M
Rebekka Seigel - Owenton
Craft

E-mail: quiltartz@kih.net

Rebekka Seigel's Paper Doll series of quilts depicting historically significant women has won her much acclaim and has been exhibited in galleries and museums all over the United States. Her quilts have been featured in many quilting publications and books, such as The Quilting Quarterly, Living With Quilts, and Contemporary Pictorial Quilts.
 
photo of Judith Pointer Jia artwork
1800 x 1503
7.75M
Judith Pointer Jia - Danville
Craft - Ceramics

E-mail: jia@centre.edu

Head of the ceramics department at Centre College, Judith Pointer Jia has been teaching and demonstrating ceramics for nearly 10 years. She has exhibited her work at multiple Lexington, Kentucky galleries, as well as galleries in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and California.
 
photo of Tom Bartel artwork
1229 x 1800
6.34M
Tom Bartel - Bowling Green
Craft - Ceramic

E-mail: tom.bartel@wku.edu

A professor at Western Kentucky University, Tom Bartel has exhibited his work regionally, nationally, and internationally. His work has been featured in several ceramics publications such as Ceramics Monthly and Ceramics Art & Perception, as well as several textbooks.
 
photo of Valerie Fuchs artwork
1500 x 1200
5.16M
Valerie Fuchs - Shelbyville
Video Installation

E-mail: valeriefuchs@msn.com

Valerie Fuchs combines video and sculpture in exciting ways, and she has worked with Actors Theatre of Louisville on multiple productions, including Macbeth in 2002. She is the only regional artist included in the upcoming Speed Art Museum exhibit Presence.
 
photo of Scott Massey artwork
1312 x1800
6.74M
Scott Massey - Louisville
Mixed Media 3-D

E-mail: s.massey@louisville.edu

Currently an instructor and the area head for Sculpture at the University of Louisville, Scott Massey has participated in exhibitions across the United States. He has also taught sculpture at a study abroad program in Scotland.
 
photo of Suzanne Mitchell artwork
1188 x 1800
6.12M
Suzanne Mitchell - Louisville
Mixed Media 3-D

E-mail: Heather.Lyons@ky.gov

A photographer turned sculptor, Suzanne Mitchell has exhibited art in dozens of group exhibitions and several solo exhibitions in multiple countries, including the United States, Ireland and Germany. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Speed Art Museum, Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY), and the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University.
 
photo of Travis Townsend artwork
1188 x 1188
5.18M
Travis Townsend - Richmond
Mixed Media 3-D

309 General Smith Dr
E-mail: travis.townsend@eky.edu

Travis Townsend has shown his wood and mixed-media sculptures in several exhibitions all over the United States and as far away as Taiwan (part of the International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition). He currently teaches art at Eastern Kentucky University.
 
photo of Matthew Weddington artwork
1188 x 1800
5.99M
Matthew Weddington - Lexington
Experimental

1R Gallery
119 N Peoria St #3D
Chicago, IL 60607
E-mail: info@1rgallery.com
or
Linda Schwartz Gallery
315 West Forth Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
E-mail: lsgallery@fuse.net

Matthew Weddington received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has been involved in several group shows in Chicago, Huntington, West Virginia, and Austin, Texas. This year he will have a solo exhibit at 1R Gallery in Chicago, featuring his unique view of society's obsession with fame and the famous.
 


  MEDIA
  Ron Schildknecht - Louisville
Media

E-mail: ron@germantownfilms.com

Ron Schildknecht has worked in film and media for two decades as a producer, director, editor and instructor. His film Borderlines won a merit award at the Louisville Film and Video Festival and a Certificate of Merit at the North Carolina International Film and Video Festival.
 


2004 PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE AWARD RECIPIENTS ($1000)
 

Reba Rye
Visual Art Mixed Media 2-D

Lockport
 
Brent Oglesbee
Visual Art Mixed Media 3-D

Bowling Green
 
Gerald Ferstman
Visual Art Painting

Lexington
 
Keiko Akiyama
Visual Art Mixed Media 3-D

Louisville
 
Connie Noyes
Visual Art Painting

Paducah
 
Louis Larson
Visual Art Mixed Media 3-D

Covington
 
Steve Armstrong
Visual Art Craft

Lexington
 
Elizabeth Barrett
Media

Pikesville
 
Arturo Sandoval
Visual Art Craft

Lexington
 
Morgan Atkinson
Media

Louisville
 
Felicia Szorad
Visual Art Craft

Richmond
 
Tom Hansell
Media

Whitesburg
 


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