The 2006 recipients of the Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowships ($6,000 each) in visual art are:

Julie Alexander, Cris Bruch, Buddy Bunting, Cat Clifford, Drew Daly, Steve Davis, Ann Gale, Blake Haygood, Jenny Heishman, Ryan Horvath, Tivon Rice, and Alex Schweder.

Now here’s another announcement:

Bruch (pronounced “brew”)

and Clifford

are on the as-yet-unpublished Shortlist for the Stranger’s Genius Awards.

Check next week’s edition of the paper to find out the other two visual artists—plus the theater, film, and literary artists—on the Shortlist for the Genius.

The hot, sweaty party for the awards starts at 9 pm next Saturday, October 21, at the Henry Art Gallery. Visit here to find out more about winners present and past.