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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Arts / Visual Art / Theater What They're Working On

Posted by Jen Graves on Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:00 AM

Yesterday Artist Trust announced 61 "GAP" grants directly to artists in Washington state—meaning small grants to help cover gaps in project costs. One artist needs a bandsaw, another needs child care. They all are trying to complete one creative project.

The best part about the announcement is that it's always accompanied by a unique sneak preview of what visual, literary, and performing artists are secretly working on in the privacy of their studios and stages.

This one is from Erich Ginder, who will be collaborating with Garek Druss according to “The Alpha Strategy, or How to Prosper in the Crummy Years Ahead."

This is Vesna Pavlovic, who'll be examining "the allure of the glass medium in the Northwest."

This is from Samantha Scherer's project on floodplains and the people living in them.

This is from Brian Kooser's bunraku puppet production of the story of Henry VIII, Blood Henry.

See them all here.

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This is why public funding for the arts is so important. Look at all the cool stuff these people are doing! New novels, new public artworks, new poetry! All for such a low, low pricetag.

Posted by arts&letters on June 2, 2009 at 11:28 AM