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In the spirit of the partnership between
The Herb Alpert Foundation and CalArts, the Alpert Award has
developed collaborative relationships with four residency
programs, all of whom honor and support talented artists,
and their forays into the unknown.
Alpert/Hedgebrook Residency
Prize
awarded to a woman playwright
Rha Goddess, Brooklyn, NY
Hedgebrook, a non-profit organization inspiring women to author
change, runs a retreat for women writers on Whidbey Island, an hour
north of Seattle. The retreat is known for the talent and mix of its artists,
charming individual wood frame cottages on 48 wooded acres, and providing
time in which to write, as well as take part in a vital writing community. With
their days free, the seven writers-in-residence join one another for a
communal dinner in the farmhouse dining room, sharing produce from
Hedgebrook's organic garden and from local farmers.
Hedgebrook's investment in women writers continues after their residency,
with readings, festivals, a poetry series and events designed to connect
alumnae writers with readers and audiences worldwide.
www.hedgebrook.org
Selected by the AAIA Theatre panel
The recipients of the
Alpert/MacDowell Fellowship
Film/Video
Deborah Stratman, Chicago
Theatre
Dan LeFranc, Providence
Kevin Kling, Minneapolis
Founded in 1907 and situated on 450 acres of woodlands and fields in
Peterborough, New Hampshire, the MacDowell Colony nurtures the
arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring
environment in which they can produce enduring works of imagination.
Fellows include architects, composers, film and video makers, writers
and interdisciplinary and visual artists.
www.macdowellcolony.org
Recommended by AAIA panels in their discipline and chosen by MacDowell panelists
Alpert/Ragdale Prize
in music composition
Lisa Bielawa, New York
Located in Lake Forest, Illinois, one hour north of Chicago, Ragdale is
the fourth largest artist community in the country, serving 200 writers,
visual artists and composers a year. Housed in the 1897 buildings which
were Chicago architect Howard Van Doren Shaw's summer home, Ragdale
is known for its combination of welcoming domestic spaces, open
prairie and supportive artistic community. Twelve residents at a time
enjoy uninterrupted time in which to think, renew and create new work
away from the demands of daily life.
www.ragdale.org
Selected by the AAIA Music panel
Alpert/Ucross Residency Prize
Music
Eve Beglarian, New York
James Newton, Santa Monica
Matana Roberts, Brooklyn, NY
Visual Arts
Anne Chu, Jackson Hts., NY
Michael Rakowitz, Chicago
Susan York, Sante Fe
Located on a 20,000-acre working cattle
ranch in northeastern Wyoming, the Ucross Foundation is an
internationally known retreat for artists, writers, and composers
working in all creative disciplines. Founded in 1981, it provides
living accommodations, studio space, uninterrupted time, and
the experience of the extraordinary High Plains landscape
to approximately 90 individuals each year. Twenty-two visual
artists and composers have been supported by Ucross/Alpert
Residency Prizes during the past five years. A recipient of
the Wyoming Governor's Arts Award for Excellence in the Arts,
Ucross aims to cast a reflection into the future from the
cultural mirror of our lives and times.
www.ucrossfoundation.org
Selected by respective AAIA panels
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