Awardees

Susan Allen

For travel costs related to extending a series of musical concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, following a performance as part of the Novosibirsk College of Music in Novosibirsk, Russia in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Robert Allen

To add live performance and video to the installation “Hangmen Also Die” for the exhibition OSCENE 10 at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna, California in spring 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Ana Maria Alvarez-Lowe

For travel costs and fees for live musicians to accompany a dance performance by CONTRA-TIEMPO at Casa del Caribe in Santiago de Cuba in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Justin Beal

For the completion of a secondary sculpture for the exhibition “Not Cooperative” at the Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Art Center Arts Complex in Los Angeles in February 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Maria Bodmann

To extend the rehearsal period and to engage live musicians for a shadow performance at Springstep in Medford, Massachusetts in January 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Holly Boruck

For costs related to porcelain casting and animation in preparation for a solo exhibition at Moorpark College Art Gallery in Moorpark, California in fall 2009.

Second Quarter

Jenni Brandon

For additional rehearsals in preparation for a concert in association with the California Association of Professional Music Teachers in the City of Industry, California in February 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Jane Brucker

To engage sewing professionals to craft large fabric works for the installation “Generation” at the Galerie Califia in the Czech Republic in spring 2009.

First Quarter

Dolce Capadocia

To engage set and costume designers for the performance of the dance drama “Bihag”for CounterPULSE’s Performing Diaspora 2009 program in San Francisco in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

César Castro

To bring a master laudero (instrument maker) from Veracruz, Mexico and for travel to Mexico to collect instruments and interviews for an exhibition at Homegirl Café and Imix Bookstore in Los Angeles as part of Fandango Sin Fronteras/Expo…

Second Quarter

Esther Chae

To engage a dramaturg and moderator for the performance of “Esther in Otherland” at CUNY’s Martin Siegal Theater in New York City in spring 2009.

First Quarter

Stacy Chaiken

To engage a videographer and to purchase a digital projector for the performance of the play “The Dig: death, Genesis & the double helix” at the Untitled Theatre Co. as part of the International Festival of Jewish Theatre and…

First Quarter

Damon Chua

For sets and costumes for the play “The Ghost Building,” produced by A Company of Angels at the Alexandria in Los Angeles in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Robin Conrad

To engage a rehearsal director and musicians for dance performances at DUMBO in Brooklyn, New York in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Patsy Cox

For truck rental to transport a large ceramic wok to the Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita, Kansas for an installation in the exhibition “On the Verge: Contemporary Ceramics” in spring and summer 2009.

First Quarter

Marsian Delellis

To engage a puppet builder and for sound equipment for the performance of the “Bride of Wildenstein – The Musical” at the Velaslavasay Panorama in Los Angeles in early 2010.

Third Quarter

Michelle Dizon

For the purchase of video projectors and blackout drapery for the exhibition “Civil Society” at CUE Art Foundation Gallery in New York City in spring 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Jeremy Drake

To extend a performance run by the musical trio Team Up in Berlin, Germany in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Marcus Eley

To extend his stay and for lodging with rehearsal space for performance at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Simone Forti

To engage a lighting designer and stage manager for an installation at The Box Gallery in Los Angeles in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Geoff Gallegos

For microphones and preamp for a concert of his compositions for strings to be performed by Sonos Quartet, at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, California in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Rosanna Gamson

For set construction for the premiere of the dance theater work “Tov” at REDCAT in Los Angeles in March 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Janie Geiser

To support onsite collaboration with a composer for the diorama/performance of “The Reptile Under the flowers” at the Foshay Masonic Lodge in conjunction with the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles in spring 2009.

First Quarter

Keith Glassman

To engage a videographer, costume designer and purchase costume materials for the performance of the dance work “Far From Home” at Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, California in summer 2009.

First Quarter

Julie Hebert

For set construction, and collaborators fees for designers, for production of the play “Tree” at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Alberto Ibarra

To engage a papier mache artist for the production of masks and props for the play “Cyber Barrio Zone” at the Festival Internacional Cervantino Callejero del CLETA in Guanajuato, Mexico in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Mariah Johnson

To ship materials for an exhibition at CentralTrak, University of Texas at Dallas and the Satellite Space at University of Texas at San Antonio in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Allison Adah Johnson

To integrate two DJ’s and add a visual component to a work commissioned by the Sonic Possibilities ensemble to be performed at the Between the Cracks Forum in Corvallis, Oregon in spring 2009.

First Quarter

William Jones

To support costs of video compilation and film to video transfer for exhibition at the Venice Biennale in Italy in summer and fall 2009.

First Quarter

Stanya Kahn

To purchase speakers and software, and for the cost of framing for a solo show at the Susanne Vielmetter Gallery in Los Angeles in February 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Ajay Kapur

To engage experts in networked laptop architecture and for set design for the performance of KarmetiK Machine Orchestra at REDCAT in Los Angeles in January 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Kineya Kichikazu

For equipment rentals and accommodations for master shamisen artists from Japan for a performance at the Japan America Theater in Los Angeles in January 2010.

Third Quarter

Olga Koumoundouros

To hire string players and to purchase surround sound equipment for the solo exhibition “Demand Management” at REDCAT in Los Angeles in June 2009.

First Quarter

Robert Larson

For packing and shipping of photographs for a solo show at the California State Polytechnic University Downtown Center for the Arts in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Karen Lofgren

To purchase materials to expand the scale of an installation in a solo show at Pitzer Art Galleries in Claremont, California in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

John McDonald

For final color correction and sound mix of the feature documentary “On the Day” to be screened at the Piping Live! Music Festival in Glasgow, Scotland in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Michael McMillen

To hire an assistant and for film editing for the installation “Asylum of Lost Thoughts” at the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles in spring 2009.

First Quarter

Josh Melnick

For projector rental and materials for the installation “The 8 Train” at Art in General in New York City in spring 2009.

First Quarter

Susan Mogul

For fabrication of three “Time Pieces” for a solo exhibition at the Jancar Gallery in Los Angeles in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Jude Narita

To engage a technical director and stage manager for the performance of the one-woman play “From the Heart” at Vashon Allied Arts on Vashon Island in Washington in spring 2009.

First Quarter

Sara Newey

For photo backdrop and materials for a collaborative installation with Christy McCaffrey at Machine Project in Los Angeles in April 2009.

First Quarter

Michele O’Marah

For the fabrication of light boxes and to purchase a video projector for simultaneous exhibitions at Cottage Home and Sister in Los Angeles in January 2010.

Third Quarter

Anna Oxygen

To add live music to the multimedia performance project “Under Polaris” by Cloud Eye Control at REDCAT in Los Angeles in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Nate Page

To engage a collaborator and expand the scale of an installation at Woodbury Hollywood Exhibitions in Los Angeles in January 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Taisha Paggett

To hire a professional fabricator for set construction for the solo show “Instruments of Risk” at Sea and space Explorations in Los Angeles in January 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Rudy Perez

To engage a composer and to support additional rehearsal time and lighting design for the performance of the choreographic work “open suite/Whoosh the Traffic” for the 20th anniversary exhibition “Installations Inside/Out” at the…

Third Quarter

Paula Present

To add three dancers to the performance of the dance wok “Joie de Vivre” at Celebrate Dance at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California in March 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Sohini Ray

To engage an additional dance, to ship drums and for video editing in preparation for a tour of Manipuri Dance Visions Ensemble in England, Germany and Poland in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Marco Rios

For fabrication of a 7-part mold for the sculpture “Paxil Boy (The Nightmare)” to be included in the exhibition “This is Killing Me” at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts in spring 2009

First Quarter

Arturo Romo

To build free-standing walls for a solo exhibition at Tropico de Nopal Gallery and Art Space in Los Angeles in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Ian Ruskin

To engage an editor for final cut editing of the film “From Wharf Rats to the Lords of the Docks,” to be screened on KQED and other PBS stations in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Analia Saban

For materials and sculpture fabrication for a solo exhibition at the Thomas Solomon Gallery @ Cottage Home in Los Angeles in fall 2009.

Second Quarter

Gema Sandoval

For van rental and accommodations for artists for a performance by Danza Floricanto/USA as part of the CounterPULSE 2009 Performing Arts Diaspora Program in San Francisco in fall 2009.

Third Quarter

Susan Silton

To engage an arranger and for additional rehearsals in preparation for a whistling performance by The Crowing Hens at LAX-ART in Los Angeles in March 2010.

Fourth Quarter

John Sinner

To engage a lighting and sound designer for the performance of “The Devil Has A Sister: A Sororicidal Tale” at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival in fall 2009.

Second Quarter

Barbara Smith

To engage video camera operators and for a still camera for preparation of imagery for the durational performance piece “A Meditation on Time” as part of the 20th anniversary exhibition “Installations Inside/Out” at the Armory…

Third Quarter

Juliana Snapper

For video projection equipment rental for the underwater opera project “You who will emerge from the flood” to be performed in Manchester, England as part of the Queer Up North Performance Festival in spring 2009.

First Quarter

Wilfried Souly

To engage a master drummer and for lighting design for a dance performance at the Wild Dance West Festival in Albuquerque, New Mexico in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Jeni Spota

To create a silver cast of a painting for the solo exhibition “Don’t Tread on Me” in the Project Room at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in spring 2009.

First Quarter

D’Lo Dilani Srijaerajah

To engage a technical director and dramaturg in preparation for the solo show “Ramble-Ations: A One D’Lo Show” at Brava Theater in San Francisco in March 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Ami Tallman

For scaffolding and opaque projector in preparation of a mural as part of a solo show at Circus Gallery in Los Angeles and summer and fall 2009.

Second Quarter

Kara Tanaka

To produce an artist book, “Considered Ends,” for the exhibition “Death’s Boutique” at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco in March 2010.

Fourth Quarter

P. Frank Olivier Tarpaga

For a collaborator’s travel and lighting design for presentation of the solo dance work “Recto-Verso” at the Abok I Ngoma International Festival in Cameroon in spring 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Carrie Ungerman

For storage and materials to expand the installation “silverflow” for exhibition at the Ben Maltz Gallery at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles in spring 2009.

First Quarter

Mami Watu

For composer fees and additional studio rehearsal time in preparation for a spoken word performance at LKJ Thuringen in Germany in association with International Women’s Day in March 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Richard Wearn

For custom wall fabrication and rear screen projection for the solo video installation “Trouw” at Crisp London in January 2010.

Fourth Quarter

Mary Weatherford

To engage panelists and a translator for a live event in conjunction with the exhibition of “Caves” at Galerie John Tevis in Paris in summer 2009.

First Quarter

Joan Weber

For materials and custom framing for an exhibition at Bandit Gallery in Los Angeles in spring 2009.

First Quarter

Lauren Weedman

For rehearsal space, video editing and to engage a choreographer for a performance at REDCAT NOW Festival in Los Angeles in summer 2009.

Second Quarter

Kristina Wong

To hire a director and media designer for the presentation of performance dialogues at the National Asian American Theater Festival in New York in fall 2009.

Second Quarter

Marianna Yarovskaya

For final editing and subtitling of documentary film “The Shamans of Altai” to be screened in Paris, Belgrade, Amsterdam, Madrid and Brussels as part of the Europe Around Europe Festival in fall 2009.

Second Quarter

Linda Yudin

To engage a costume designer and for costume construction for the presentation of the full-length concert “Feet on the Ground/Aiye” by Viver Brasil at the Ford Amphitheatre in summer 2009.

Second Quarter