CALARTS FACULTY, ALUMS AWARDED GUGGENHEIMS.Byline: Daily News SANTA CLARITA - Two California Institute of the Arts faculty members and six alumni were awarded 2002 Guggenheim Meyer Guggenheim, 1828–1905, b. Aargau canton, Switzerland, emigrated (1847) to the United States, prospered as a retail merchant in Philadelphia, and in time built up a flourishing business importing Swiss embroidery. When nearly 60 he purchased from friends some Colorado mining property. Sensing that sure profits were in processing rather than in mining, he built large smelters in Colorado and Mexico and a refinery at Perth Amboy, N.J. Fellowships in fine arts and film and video. ``I'm thrilled. I doubt that any college the size of CalArts has ever been recognized with eight Guggenheims in a single year,'' CalArts President Steven D. Lavine said in a written statement. ``It's a tribute to CalArts' style of education as we seek to help students identify what is most individual and creative within themselves, then provide the guidance and environment to nurture their vision to the fullest.'' Rita McBride, Stephen Prina, Alexander Ross and Adrian Saxe received awards in Fine Arts. Rebecca Baron, Susan Mogul, Sheila M. Sofian and Naomi Uman Uman (  män`), city (1989 pop. 91,000), central Ukraine, at the confluence of the Kamenka and Umanka rivers. It is a rail junction and has plants producing scientific instruments. Mentioned in 1659 as a strongpoint, Uman was the seat of the wealthy Potocki nobility until 1834. received awards in Film and Video. The 184 artists, scholars and scientists receiving fellowships this year in the 78th annual competition were chosen from a pool of 2,800 applicants from the United States and Canada, and will receive awards totaling $6,750,000. Recipients can spend the money on their work as they choose. The Guggenheim Fellowships, widely acknowledged as one of the most prestigious forms of recognition a working artist can receive, are awarded based on past distinguished achievement and the candidate's potential for future accomplishments. Since 1925, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has granted more than $200 million in fellowships to more than 15,000 recipients including photographer Ansel Adams, poet Langston Hughes, novelist Vladimir Nabokov and dancer and choreographer Martha Graham. |
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