5 ARTISTS GET ALPERT AWARDS AT CALARTS.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. and the Herb Alpert Herbert "Herb" Alpert (born March 31, 1935 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass or as Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass or just TJB Foundation have named the recipients of their prestigious Alpert Award fellowships. Also, for the first time, the Alpert Award is sponsoring 11 residency prizes. The winners are filmmaker Jem Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , composer and sound artist David Dunn David John Ian Dunn (born December 27, 1979 in Great Harwood, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers as a midfielder. Playing career Blackburn Rovers , visual artist Harrell Fletcher Harrell Fletcher is an artist in Portland, Oregon who creates socially engaged interdisciplinary projects.[1] Harrell now is on the faculty of Portland State University[2] in the Art Department. , playwright Naomi Iizuka Naomi Iizuka is a playwright. Iizuka's works often have a non-linear storyline and are influenced by her multicultural background. Her plays are written without the use of capital letters. Iizuka's mother is an American Latina and her father is a Japanese banker. and choreographer Donna Uchizono. ``We are very pleased that CalArts is part of the process of getting funding, time and opportunity into the hands of these gifted artists,'' CalArts President Steven D. Lavine said. ``We look forward to welcoming all five to our campus for the residency portion of the fellowships.'' Building on an ongoing collaboration with the Ucross Foundation, the Alpert Award will offer three pilot programs to help it recognize a larger number of award nominees. Each artist chosen for a residency prize will be awarded a one-month stay at CalArts in Valencia. Established in 1994, the Alpert Award in the Arts provides five $50,000 fellowships each year to ``early midcareer'' artists in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theater and visual arts - five of the six disciplines taught at CalArts. Each fellowship includes a weeklong residency at CalArts. The award is funded by the Herb Alpert Foundation and administered by CalArts on behalf of the foundation. Ten judges choose two people in each discipline for a total of 100 nominations, 20 in each area. Then five independent three-person review panels each select one recipient. ``Panelists are charged with identifying a risk-taking, early midcareer artist, one who is moving work forward, and compels their curiosity,'' said Irene Borger, director of awards program. ``The 2005 recipients' work differs greatly in terms of arena of investigation and temperament; what Jem, David, Harrell, Naomi and Donna share is imaginative independence, fierce commitment and the gift for asking deep questions.'' Fifty-five artists have received the Alpert Award since the fellowship's inception. Past winners include playwright Susan-Lori Parks, choreographers Rennie Harris and John Kelly, the film, video and performance collective RTMark, composer-performers Miya Masaoka, Anne Le Baron and Steve Coleman, visual artists Carrie Mae Weems Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953) is an award winning photographer. Her photographs have been displayed in over 50 exhibitions in the United States and abroad and focus on serious issues that face African Americans today, such as racism, gender relations, politics, and personal identity. , Shirin Neshat and Catherine Opie and filmmakers Peggy Ahwesh and Lourdes Portillo. |
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