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  • Linda Arreola

    For the purchase of wood blocks to augment the solo exhibition “Vaguely Chicana” at Tropico de Nopal Gallery in Los Angeles in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Adriana Astorga-Gainey

    To engage Mariachi Los Torros to create and record music for a performance by Pacifico Dance Company at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Lisa Auerbach

    For materials and to construct custom-made mannequins for the group exhibition “Nine Lives” at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in spring 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • David Avshalomov

    For music engraving in preparation for the premiere of the commissioned work “Tryptich” for the Los Angeles Clarinet Choir in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter


  • Esther Baker-Tarpaga

    To support the travel and participation of Amadou Kiendou, a master griot drummer and singer from Burkina Faso, in the premiere of the dance work “Gnama Gnama Mana Mana Kono/Disorder Inside Order” at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles…
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Stephen Berens

    To make a companion calendar for the exhibition of his photographic series “Every Time I Answered My Door in 2007 (Some Portraits)” at SolwayJones Gallery in Los Angeles throughout 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Benita Bike

    For new costumes, props and artist accommodations related to the performance of an evening of dance at the Oldham County Arts Center Performance Series in Louisville, Kentucky in February 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Portrait

    Mani Bolouri

    Master Musician Fellowship


  • Natalie Bookchin

    For printing and installation of three large-scale images as part of the exhibition “Narrow Cast: Reframing Global Video 1986/2008” at Pitzer Art Gallery in Claremont, Califorinia and LACE in Los Angeles in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Andrea Bowers

    To hire a professional quilter to finish and back two monumental quilts for an exhibition at the Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT) in Mexico in fall and winter 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Terry Braunstein

    To add an installation component to a solo retrospective exhibition at El Camino College in Torrance, California in spring 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Janet Mitsui Brown

    For high resolution printing and technical assistance in preparation for an exhibition at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter


  • Claudia Bucher

    For additional 3-D printing and a video component for the performative installation “Skinray” to be part of the exhibition “Threads” a thte Ameircan Textile History Museum in Lowell, MA in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Sarah Cain

    To hire assistants for the preparation of a large-scale ephemeral work at the Five Thirty Three Gallery in Los Angeles, hosted by LAX Art, in February and March 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Portrait

    César Castro

    Master Musician Fellowship

  • John Castro

    To engage a production manager for the performance of “The Cooking Show con Karini y Castro” at the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center in San Francisco in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter


  • Portrait

    Ho Chan

    Master Musician Fellowship

  • Maire Clerkin

    To engage a director and sound designer in preparation for the solo show “The Bad Arm: Confessions of a Dodgy Irish Dancer” at Bang Theater in Hollywood, CA in summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Zoe Crosher

    For materials to add “The Folds Cluster” to the visual exhibition of “The Reconsidered Archive of Michelle du Bois at the Eleanor Harwood Gallery in San Francisco in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Joyce Dallal

    To expand the scale of the installation “Descent,” and for related construction and shipping costs, for exhibition in the Visitor’s Lobby of the United Nations in New York in January 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter


  • Mara De Luca

    To create an additional “Altar Piece” for the exhibition of “Stations” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego as part of the Cerca Series in fall 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Ken Ehrlich

    To purchase a high-definition camcorder in preparation for a site-specific exhibition at FIT Gallery in Berlin in summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Dan Froot

    To engage a puppeteer for the rehearsal and performance of “Who’s Hungry?” at Fiesta Hall in Plummer Park in West Hollywood, California in summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Rosanna Gamson

    For equipment rental and to hire a projectionist for the performance of the dance work “Ravish” to be presented by ODC Theater at Project Artaud in San Francisco in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter


  • Nataki Garrett

    To hire a dramaturge, support a playwright’s participation, and improve technical components of “Black Women: State of the Union,” a theatrical work, at Company of Angels in Los Angeles in February and March 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Portrait

    Marvin Gross
    Union Station Homeless Services,

    Sabbatical

  • Ahila Gulasekaram

    For additional rehearsals, to engage a director and for costumes for the performance of “Sangamam,” an evening length Bharata Natyam (South Indian Classical Dance) at the Cerritos Public Library, produced by the Ektaa Center in January…
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Joyce Guy

    For live music and to engage a choreographer and videographer for the performance of the solo theater work, “War Stories,” as part of the Face of the World Theater Festival, presented by the Latino Theater Company at the New LATC in Los…
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter


  • Portrait

    Gilda Haas
    Strategic Actions for a Just Economy

    Stanton Fellowship

  • Marc Herbst, Robby Herbst, Christina Ulke

    For the cost of producing additional copies of the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest for inclusion in the 2008 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art in fall and winter 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Portrait

    Elwood Hopkins
    Emerging Markets, Inc.

    Stanton Fellowship

  • Channa Horwitz

    To travel to Germany to oversee installation of solo exhibition at Aanant & Zoo Gallery in Berlin in winter 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter


  • Paul Humphries

    To expand a women’s choir, improve lighting and increase rehearsals for a concert performance as part of the World Festival of Sacred Music at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Charles Irvin

    To hire a boom operator for the video component of a new documentary/performance work to be included in the exhibition “Nine Lives” at the Hammer Museum in spring 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Lynn Jeffries and Paul Zaloom

    To engage a director and to construct a miniature proscenium theater for a toy theater puppet show at the 8th International Toy Theater Festival in Brooklyn, New York and at REDCAT in Los Angeles in summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Mariah Johnson

    To purchase bedsheets for a large-scale sculptural installation at the Brand Library Art Galleries and the Little Bird Gallery in Los Angeles in spring and summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter


  • Stanya Kahn and Harry Dodge

    To purchase plasma monitors for the installation of new video at the Elizabeth Dee Gallery in New York City in summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Derrick Jones

    For labor and construction of a free-standing structure to enable the integration of aerial elements in the performance of “Catch Me Bird” at the Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Ann Kaneko

    To add a postscript, enhance sound quality and output new version of the documentary film “Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Peru” at the Los Angeles Pacific American Film Festival in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Mateen Kemet

    For high definition transfer/online for the screening of the short film “Oakland b Mine” at the Oakland International Airport in California in fall and winter 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter


  • Nancy Keystone

    To engage a dramaturg and video designer in preparation for the production of the theater work “Apollo (Part 3): Liberation” at the Bovard Theater at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Portrait

    Dong Suk Kim

    Master Musician Fellowship

  • Tina Kronis

    To hire a costume designer and for costume materials for the performance of “Model Behavior, i.e. the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” a theatrical work by Theatre Movement Bazaar at the 24th St. Theatre in Los Angeles in…
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Suzanne Lacy

    For labor and materials to expand the scope of the exhibition “The Performing Archive: Restricted Access” at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter


  • Portrait

    Jorge Lechuga

    Master Musician Fellowship

  • Hae Kyung Lee

    To engage a composer and for performance fees for live music for a program of dance at the State Playhouse at California State University in Los Angeles in summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Paul Livingstone

    For collaborators’ fees and to extend rehearsal time for a performance by the Jugalbandi Trio Ensemble at Grand Performances in Los Angeles in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Renee Lotenero

    To construct custom aluminum pedestals for a solo exhibition of sculpture at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter


  • Rachel Mayeri

    To engage a designer and for set design for the exhibition of “Primate Cinema” at TELIC Arts Exchange in Los Angeles in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Marie Medina

    For the participation of four collaborators for the performance of “Becoming Superfly” as part of the J.U.I.C.E. Hip Hop Festival at the John Anson Ford Amphitheater in Los Angeles in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Patrick Miller

    To engage a composer and purchase materials for a performance by the Bicycle Bell Ensemble at LACE in Los Angeles as part of the LA Freewaves Festival in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Portrait

    Cora Mirikitani
    Center for Cultural Innovation

    Stanton Fellowship


  • Susan Mogul

    For an interactive digital component to be added to the premiere of the performance memoir “The Challenge of Crafting a Life,” a retrospective of film and video to be screened at the Nyon International Film Festival in Switzerland in…
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Jennifer Nocon

    To make an additional site-specific installation for a solo exhibition at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum in spring 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Chris Oatey

    To build a scaffold and hire assistants for the preparation of a large scale wall drawing at the University of La Verne Tall Wall Space from February to November 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Prumsodun Ok

    For costumes and accessories for the performance of “Gestures of the Khmer Soul,” a performance of old and new Cambodian classical dance at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco in May 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter


  • Eamon Ore-Giron

    For the fabrication of a sound-room using mirror for the installation “Migrant Dubs,” to be part of the exhibition “Phantom Sightings” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in spring and summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Paul Outlaw

    To engage a technical director and lighting designer for the solo performance of “Berserker” at the Black and Latino Queer Performance Festival at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Marcella Pabros-Clark

    For a projector, p.a. system and additional rehearsal for the multi-media work “Healing Mars,” as part of the TeAda Works New Performance Festival in Los Angeles in March 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Portrait

    Aaron Paley
    Community Arts Resources (CARS)

    Stanton Fellowship


  • Carrie Paterson

    To attend “Less Remote,” a convening of the International Astronautical Congress in Glascow, Scotland in fall 2008 in conjunction with the screening of her film “Several attempts to make the image of the Moon and Mars by landing on…
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Ankica Petrovic

    For sound editing and voice-over narration for the documentary film “John Filcich – Life in a Circle Dance” at the South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Linda Pollack

    For shipping of installation components of the “Habeas Lounge” for exhibition at the City University of New York art gallery in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Endi Poskovic

    To ship wood blocks for inclusion in solo exhibitions at the Academy of Fine Art in in Ghent, and the Frans Masereel Centrum in Kasterlee-Antwerp, both in Belgium, in spring and summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter


  • Pirayeh Pourafar

    To add performers to an ensemble for a performance of Persian folk music at the Persian American Cultural Center in Berkeley in December 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Viji Prakash

    For live musicians and costumes for a dance performance in the Emerging Voices Project as part of the 2008 World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Natasa Prosenc

    To digitally master an analogue video for the video art exhibition “Sounds and Visions” to be held at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Israel in spring 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Dont Rhine

    For equipment and materials to expand the solo installation by Ultra-Red at the Kwazulu Natal Society of Arts in Durban, South Africa in fall 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter


  • Raiford Rogers

    For costume design and construction for the premiere of the dance work “Grosse Fuge” at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at California State University in Los Angeles in summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Sonia Romero

    For master printing and framing of linoleum cut designs for exhibition at Mama’s Hot Tamales in Los Angeles in conjunction with the unveiling of her permanent public art installation of a large mosaic tile mural in the MacArthur Park…
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Portrait

    Angelica Salas
    Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles

    Sabbatical

  • Portrait

    Alexia Salvatierra
    Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) of California

    Stanton Fellowship


  • Eduardo Sarabia

    For the design and creation of a pamphlet in connection to a site-specific installation at the office of the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico in March 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Portrait

    Tom Sauber

    Master Musician Fellowship

  • Kari Rae Seekins

    To purchase hypersonic speakers for a sound installation as part of the exhibition “The Future Imaginary” at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design from January through March 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Fourth Quarter

  • Tammy Singer

    For the production on additional work for inclusion in a solo exhibition by Los Animistas, as part of the series “Future of Nations” at 18th Street Art Center in Santa Monica, California.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter


  • Juliana Snapper

    For live musical accompaniment for the underwater operatic spectacle “5 Fathoms Deep My Father Lies” as part of the series “The Odds Are Against Us” at PS1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City, New York in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Portrait

    Melanie Stephens
    Centro Latino for Literacy

    Sabbatical

  • Renee Tajima-Pena

    For titles and on-line animation of the feature-length documentary film “Calavera Highway” to be screened at the San Francisco Film Festival in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Portrait

    Tzvetanka Varimezova

    Master Musician Fellowship


  • Karina Velasco

    To hire a guitarist and percussionist for a dance performance by Cuatros Caminos Arts & Flamenco as part of Semblanza Latinoamericana at the Ricardo Montalban Theater in Hollywood, California in August 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Second Quarter

  • Portrait

    Lisa Watson
    Downtown Women’s Center

    Stanton Fellowship

  • Portrait

    Pete White
    Los Angeles Community Action Network

    Sabbatical

  • Portrait

    Ian Whitelaw

    Master Musician Fellowship


  • Meg Wolfe

    To engage a composer, musician and lighting designer, and to build out the set for the performance of the experimental dance work “The Lady Has No Name” at the Unknown Theater in Los Angeles in summer 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter

  • Terry Wolverton

    To engage live musicians and a visual artist/collaborator for the workshop production of “Embers,’ a novel in poems, at the Los Angeles Central Library as part of the Aloud Series in January 2009.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    Third Quarter

  • Heather Woodbury

    To engage a lighting designer and a director for the solo comedic play “The Last Days of Desmond ‘Nani’ Reese – A Stripper’s History of the World,” to be performed at The Culture Project in spring 2008.
    Artists’ Resource for Completion
    First Quarter


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