Thursday, January 22, 2009

Judges announced for visual arts fellowships

Judges for the Wyoming Arts Council’s 2009 visual arts fellowships are:

Lawrence Argent, Denver, artist, sculptor and arts professor at University of Denver
Gina Ruggeri, Brooklyn, N.Y., painter and visiting professor in the Vassar College art department
Greg Esser, Phoenix, artist, arts advocate and director of the Roosevelt Row Artists' District in downtown Phoenix

Fellowship applications will be mailed next week to everyone on the WAC visual arts mailing list. By Feb. 2, it will be available as a printable file on the WAC web site at wyoarts.state.wy.us.

Postmark deadline is March 6, 2009. The judging session will be held in conjunction with the Public Art Symposium April 2-4 at the UW Conference Center in Laramie. The fellowship winners will be announced at the symposium, which is co-sponsored by the University of Wyoming Art Museum and the Wyoming Arts Council.

More info available later on this site. Stay tuned…