Awardees

Cathy Akers

For lighting and diorama-making supplies to expand the scale of the Evolution installation at Honor Fraser Gallery in Culver City, California in spring 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Richard Alger

To engage a graphic designer and add a video component to the premier of the theater work, Monster of Happiness, at the 24th Street Theatre in Los Angeles in summer 2007.

First Quarter

Kirsten Alker

To engage a dramaturg, lighting designer and for costuming for the movement-theater piece A Little of More at the Theatre of Yugen in San Francisco in April 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Ronald Allen

To engage a director, designers and musicians for the production of the play Eyemouth Graffiti Bodyshop at Theatre of Note in Los Angeles in spring 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Ana Maria Alvarez-Lowe

For the production of a video backdrop for the performance I Dream America by Contra-Tiempo dance company at the Unknown Theater in Los Angeles in summer 2007.

Second Quarter

Jacki Apple

To create a digital photo montage to add to the exhibition Women Artists of Southern California: Then and Now, at Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica, California in summer 2007.

First Quarter

Deborah Aschheim

To extend a solo sculpture exhibition at the Laumeier Sculpture Park into an outdoor garden space, in the winter and spring of 2008.

Third Quarter

Dave Hullfish Baily

To make a handcrafted lamp and to ship work for exhibition in the Biennale D’Art Contemporain de Lyon in the fall of 2007.

Third Quarter

Kelly Barrie

To manufacture and install a mural and to travel to New York for the exhibition Nina in Position at Artists Space in January 2008.

Third Quarter

Natalie Bookchin

To hire sound and title designers for the enhancement of a work of video projections to be included in the Ingenuity Festival in Cleveland in summer 2007.

Second Quarter

Joyce Campbell

For construction of a custom shelf and production of a guidebook in association with the solo exhibition LA Botanical at Gallery 727 in Los Angeles in summer 2007.

First Quarter

Amy Campion

To engage a graffiti artist, a DJ and a costume designer for the multimedia breakdancing performance, Breaking the Cypher, at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angleles in fall 2007.

Second Quarter

Leilani Chan

To engage a martial artist/choreographer and a scenic designer for the theatrical premier of Refugee Nation at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center in Massachusetts in the fall of 2007.

Third Quarter

YaYa Chou

To fabricate 25 hand-blown brown glass bottles for the sculpture installation, Color Based, at Dangerous Curve Gallery in Los Angeles in summer 2007.

Second Quarter

Kevin Cooper

To add percussion, organ and harp to a musical concert at the Ruth B. Shannon Center for Performing Arts in Whittier, California in spring 2008.

Fourth Quarter

To engage a video collaborator and produce of a documentary video for the electronic installation of PigeonBlog as part of the Inter-Society for Electronic Arts Festival at the Andalusian Centre of Contemporary Art in Sevilla, Spain in…

First Quarter

Sandra De la loza

To engage an animator and illustrator for a video installation as part of the exhibition Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in April 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Steven Deo

To rent a truck to transport the installation “Bare Trees” to the exhibition Weather Report: Art & Climate Change at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in Colorado in the fall of 2007.

Third Quarter

Arthur Dong

For Dolby soundtrack mastering of the film Hollywood Chinese to be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Goteborg International Film Festival in the fall of 2007 and winter of…

Third Quarter

Carol Es

To travel to Houston to oversee installation of fragile pen and ink works in a solo show at the Koelsch Gallery in Houston in fall 2007.

Second Quarter

John Espinosa

To make special clear resin castings and to build storage tanks for Odd Sympathy, a one-person exhibition at Sandroni Rey Gallery in Los Angeles in fall 2007.

Second Quarter

Tobias Forrest

For construction of special set elements for the production of the theater work Pyretown at Playwrights Arena in Los Angeles in summer 2007.

First Quarter

Wanda Gala

For live music and the construction of handcrafted puppets for the performance of Les Biches at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, California in spring 2007.

First Quarter

Geoff Gallegos

For rehearsal fees for additional rehearsal in preparation for a concert by the artist's Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra at Bovard Auditorium at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in spring 2007.

First Quarter

Megan Geckler

To support enhanced lighting of a window installation to be exhibited by Bert Green Fine Art at the corner of 5th and Main Streets in Los Angeles for the 2008 year.

Fourth Quarter

Maria Gillepsie

To upgrade costumes and lighting design for Oni Dance’s presentation at Joyce SoHo in New York City in January 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Alexandra Grant

For materials to expand the scale of an installation for the exhibition Double-Take: The Poetics of Illusion and Light at the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore in winter 07 – spring 08.

Fourth Quarter

Jesus Guzman

To hire a director, lighting and graphic designers and for set construction for a performance by Mariachi Los Comperos de Nati Cano at UCLA Live in Los Angeles in November of 2007.

Third Quarter

Fritz Haeg

To hire a photographer and a videographer to document the growth of an edible garden in London, linking it to the exhibition Global Cities in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern in London in summer 2007.

Second Quarter

Kelly Hargraves

For color correction and sound editing of the film CARGO, to be screened at the Dance on Camera Festival in Salt Lake City, the Cypress International Film Festival in Greece, and the American Dance Festival-Screendance in Raleigh, North…

First Quarter

Mary Beth Heffernan

To produce four posters for The Solider’s Skin: An Endless Edition, to be exhibited at the Pasadena City College Art Gallery as part of the Arts and Ideas Festival in fall 2007.

Second Quarter

Alison Heimstead

To engage a composer and two live musicians for the puppetry piece, The Saint Plays, to be performed at Open Eye Theater in Minneapolis in summer 2007.

Second Quarter

Kiel Johnson

To purchase a saw, motors and other materials related to the completion of a large-scale installation for exhibition at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum in fall 2007.

Second Quarter

Annetta Kapon

For the purchase of a wireless digital video projector and to engage a writer in association with a 25-year video retrospective of the artist's work in Camac Art Gallery in Marnay Sur Seine in France in spring 2007.

First Quarter

Carole Kim

For video monitors, cable and sharktooth scrim for an interdisciplinary performance as part of the Spring Wave Festival in Seoul, Korea in spring 2007.

First Quarter

Regina Klenjoski

For additional dancers and live musicians for the dance work The Museum Project, Triptych: Feet on Concrete at the Long Beach Museum of Art in California February 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Karen Koblitz

To engage a calligrapher and a weaver in Azerbaijan to fabricate a carpet for inclusion in the exhibition Facing East at L2kontemporary Gallery in Los Angeles in fall 2007.

Second Quarter

Joyce Kohl

For video editing of a companion piece to the artist's public art mobile installation at the Bakersfield airport in Bakersfield, California in spring 2007 and running continuously thereafter.

First Quarter

Dan Kwong

For fees to collaborators for production of the play, Show Me Some Stuff by Cedar Grove Productions and the Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theater Center in November of 2007.

Third Quarter

Melissa Lambert

For custom face mounts of self-portraits to be included in Newtown's Medical/Arts Show at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, California and also for exhibition at the Jazz Bakery in Culver City, California in spring 2007.

First Quarter

Thomas Leabheart

To engage a scenic painter, a lighting designer and to ship costumes for the mime ensemble performance, The Apple Tree, at REDCAT in Los Angeles in summer 2007.

Second Quarter

Elizabeth Leister

To engage a collaborator for sound design and technical assistance in the production of the multimedia performance Without Risk of Excessive Loss at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California in October of 2007.

Third Quarter

Karen Liebowitz

To expand a studio door and purchase supplies to enable the production of large-scale paintings for a solo exhibition at the Rosamund Felsen Gallery in Los Angeles in the winter of 2008.

Third Quarter

Jacob Kujo Lyons

To engage live musicians for a performance by Lux Aeterna at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California in March 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Jennifer Maisel

To engage lighting and scenic designers for the production of the theater work Birds at the Rorschach Theater in Washington DC in summer 2007.

First Quarter

David Thorne

For color correction and final audio mix of the documentary video We will live to see these things for screening at the Images Festival in Toronto, Canada and the Impact Festival in Utrecht, Holland in spring 2007.

First Quarter

Juanita Meneses

For supplies for an artists’ book as part of the exhibition Not Here or There / Ni Aqui Ni Alla at the Sam Lee Gallery in Los Angeles in February 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Yong Soon Min

For the purchase of a video projector and related equipment for the presentation of the installation Strangers to Ourselves as part of the exhibition Trauma Interrupted at Metropolitan Museum of Manila in the Philippines in summer 2007.

First Quarter

Susan Mogul

For sound mixing and sweetening of the film Driving Men for screening at the Visions de Reel in Nyon, Switzerland in April 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Ken Narasaki

For set construction and additional rehearsal space in preparation for the production of the play Innocent When You Dream at the Electric Lodge in Venice, California in October of 2007.

Third Quarter

Rebecca Niederlander

To engage two preparators and for window design related to a site-specific storefront installation in Beverly Hills by Phantom Galleries LA in summer/fall 2007.

Second Quarter

Danial Nord

For the purchase of high-tech audio system for the solo exhibition Welcome Home at HAUS Gallery in Pasadena, California in spring 2007.

First Quarter

Stephanie Nugent

To support video and music production for a dance work to premier at New Dance at Saint Joseph Ballet in February 2008.

Fourth Quarter

John Pennington

To add live music to a dance performance of Dancing the Botanical - Cross Pollination in the Arts at the Huntington Library and Gardens in San Marino, California in summer 2007.

First Quarter

Joan Perlman

To add a video installation, From Ice, to a solo exhibition of paintings at the Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Art in Iceland in summer/fall 2007.

Second Quarter

Linda Pollack

To construct a special sculptural seating unit for an interactive performance of Patriot Acts as part of the series, The Future of Nations, at the 19th Street Arts Center’s Project Room in Santa Monica, California from fall 2007 to spring…

Second Quarter

Lionel Popkin

For additional rehearsal of the evening-length choreography, Miniature Fantasies, for performance at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in fall 2007.

Second Quarter

Paula Present

To engage set and costume designers for the premiere of the dance work, The Frame of Mind, by PTERO Dance Theatre at the Unknown Theatre in Los Angeles in summer 2007.

Second Quarter

Phil Ranelin

To engage saxophonist Wendell Harrison for the performance of the jazz work Sweets for Melba at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre in Los Angeles in spring 2007.

First Quarter

Jessica Rath

For additional speakers, sound engineering and the construction of a spiral wall for the installation Bird Knocking at the Torrance Art Museum in Torrance, California in the winter and spring of 2008.

Third Quarter

Jennifer Rochlin

To ship additional paintings and to travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for an exhibition at the Institute of Visual Arts in the fall of 2007.

Third Quarter

Joseph Santarromana

To hire a camera operator, a sound operator and sound sweetening for the installation “Malambing Thang” in the exhibition Humor Us at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park in the fall of 2007.

Third Quarter

Kyungmi Shin

To support a video component of the solo installation Rich in the project gallery at the 18th Street Arts Center in spring 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Susan Simpson

To engage a lighting designer and for additional rehearsal time for the performance of the puppet play Frankenstein: Mortal Toys at HERE Arts Center in New York City in January of 2008.

Third Quarter

Jim Skuldt

For amplifiers, light gels and travel to oversee the installation of Distribution I: 2-ton Speaker Cluster, Cranked at the Sculpture Center in Long Island City, New York in January of 2008.

Third Quarter

Mary Trunk

For color correction and final mix of the film Plain Art to be screened at the Fargo Film Festival in North Dakota in March 2008.

Fourth Quarter

Kristina Wong

To hire a technical director and a dramaturg for the solo show Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, to be performed in New York City for the National Asian American Theater Festival in summer 2007.

Second Quarter

Meeson Pae Yang

For additional materials to expand the installation Encoding as part of the exhibition Systems Theory at the Torrance Museum of Art in California in January 2008.

Fourth Quarter