United Arts of Central Florida awarded $33,025 to 37 artists and arts administrators selected as recipients of its 2010 Professional Development Grants. The goal of these awards is to strengthen artistic excellence and management expertise among emerging or established artists and arts administrators in Central Florida. United Arts received 50 eligible applications with requests totaling $45,088 to the grant program, now in its eighth year. Since the inception of the program in 2003, United Arts has awarded a total of $248,723 in professional development support.
Individual artist applicants may request up to $1,000 and arts administrator applicants up to $500. Applications were received in the categories of Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Mixed Media, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction, Theater, Dance, Film, and Arts Administration. For a detailed listing of individual award amounts, contact information and project titles please refer to the attached appendix. Also attached are work samples and corresponding artist identification from selected grantees. Additional samples are available upon request.
United Arts is appreciative of the time and talent invested by the review panel. The 2010 Professional Development Grant Advisory Panel was comprised of the following esteemed colleagues:
Advance my studies in the Black-and-White Master Print
FIELDS, JACK Media $749
Happy Memories: televised avant garde puppetry created with local talent and resources
NASH, JILL Arts Administration $500
Attending the AAM Advocacy Days in 2010 and visiting museums
MONTGOMERY, KATHRYN Visual Arts & Design $1,000
A kiln purchase for production of a public art installation
THOMAS, VALERIE Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Digital projector, marketing materials, and mentoring to locate larger jobs
NELSON, ELIZABETH ST. Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Exhibit of collages that tie music and visual art together
JORDAN, PENNY Visual Arts & Design $1,000
The Central Florida Barbershops and the Barber Story
DEHAAS, JOHN Performing Arts $1,000
Halloween: The Musical, a parody of the 1978 film
MARTINEZ, WENDY Visual Arts & Design $1,000
"El Vejigante - The Masqueradar," carnival-style masks from Puerto Rico
ALFSON, ZACHARY Arts Administration $500
Completing certificate programs in Proposal Writing and Volunteer Management
BACH, STEPHEN Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Assistance in preparing for out of state solo gallery show
BITNER, DONNE Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Purchase digital camera and frame new paintings for solo exhibition
CASTERLINE, ROSE THOME Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Surface and substrate - reliable surfaces for large scale work
CHAFFEE, DEWEY Performing Arts $1,000
The Screw You Revue : Part Talk Show. Part Improv. Offensive Comedy at its Best!
HELSINGER, JAMES Arts Administration $500
Shakespeare Theatre Association of America Annual Conference 2010
LANGLEY, ELIZABETH Performing Arts $1,000
Two one-act plays, both female-centric comic/fantasies, for Fringe Festival production
MCGEOCH, DOUGLAS Performing Arts $1,000
The Screw You Revue : Part Talk Show. Part Improv. Offensive Comedy at its best!
NEAL, MARY Literature $1,000
The project is a memoir tentatively titled, Road Songs
POLEY, MICHAEL Media $1,000
Thomas Thorspecken: 2009 Orlando Retrospective
RICE, FATIMA Visual Arts & Design $1,000
"Les Troyennes" art installation based on Euripides' The Trojan Women
RUIZ, CHRISTINA Arts Administration $488
Earn a Certificate in Leadership Practice to maximize potential growth
SCHNEIDER, HELAINE Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Cremation urns shown as unique artistic sculptural vessels
SHIN, HYE Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Exhibition at Haskell Gallery & Art Kiosks in Jacksonville International Airport
SIMMONS, RACHEL Visual Arts & Design $1,000
The creation and display of mixed media works about Antarctica
STEDMAN, MARGO Arts Administration $500
2010 Chorus America Conference
THROWER, ARIN Arts Administration $488
Rollins College Certificate in Leadership Practice
TIWARI, ARADHANA Performing Arts $1,000
Strengthening Central Florida's artists with new and eclectic techniques: Viewpoints
YOW, ERIC Performing Arts $1,000
Self-produced performances at the Orlando International Fringe Festival
KNICKERBOCKER, CARL Media $800
A Dog Goes From Here to There film fest application fee help
ALEXANDRES, STEFANIS Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Purchasing special tools and equipment for making jewelry and repousse
ROSEBUSH, AMY Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Use of art as a tool in activism through painting
NEWMAN, JOANN Arts Administration $500
CEO attendance at 2010 Association of Science-Technology Centers
MILLER, HANNAH Performing Arts $1,000
"Thunder Hag": Puppet pop music videos for adults locally/internationally
SMITH, RANDALL Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Alternate printing technique for producing large scale imagery
STEPE, MEGAN Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Framing Outside of the Box: Acquiring Fundamentals for Further Invention
HURT, JAN Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Attend Charles Reid workshop and produce eight Parramore paintings
LACEY, SANDI Performing Arts $1,000
Pre-production and staged reading of the original musical "Quesqueya!"
Individual artist applicants may request up to $1,000 and arts administrator applicants up to $500. Applications were received in the categories of Sculpture, Painting, Photography, Ceramics, Mixed Media, Playwriting, Creative Nonfiction, Theater, Dance, Film, and Arts Administration. For a detailed listing of individual award amounts, contact information and project titles please refer to the attached appendix. Also attached are work samples and corresponding artist identification from selected grantees. Additional samples are available upon request.
United Arts is appreciative of the time and talent invested by the review panel. The 2010 Professional Development Grant Advisory Panel was comprised of the following esteemed colleagues:
Bonnie Hubbard, Chair, Standards & Allocations Committee; Grants Manager, Elizabeth Morse Genius FoundationDAUM, PAMELA Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Terry Hummel, Arts Columnist for Orlando Sentinel, Artist & Past President of OVAL
Rick Lang, Director of Photography, Crealdé School of Art
Keith Lay, Full Sail University
Mitzi Maxwell, Advisory Panel Facilitator; General Manager, Mad Cow Theatre
Dario J. Moore, Co-Founder & Artistic Director, The Center for Contemporary Dance
Advance my studies in the Black-and-White Master Print
FIELDS, JACK Media $749
Happy Memories: televised avant garde puppetry created with local talent and resources
NASH, JILL Arts Administration $500
Attending the AAM Advocacy Days in 2010 and visiting museums
MONTGOMERY, KATHRYN Visual Arts & Design $1,000
A kiln purchase for production of a public art installation
THOMAS, VALERIE Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Digital projector, marketing materials, and mentoring to locate larger jobs
NELSON, ELIZABETH ST. Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Exhibit of collages that tie music and visual art together
JORDAN, PENNY Visual Arts & Design $1,000
The Central Florida Barbershops and the Barber Story
DEHAAS, JOHN Performing Arts $1,000
Halloween: The Musical, a parody of the 1978 film
MARTINEZ, WENDY Visual Arts & Design $1,000
"El Vejigante - The Masqueradar," carnival-style masks from Puerto Rico
ALFSON, ZACHARY Arts Administration $500
Completing certificate programs in Proposal Writing and Volunteer Management
BACH, STEPHEN Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Assistance in preparing for out of state solo gallery show
BITNER, DONNE Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Purchase digital camera and frame new paintings for solo exhibition
CASTERLINE, ROSE THOME Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Surface and substrate - reliable surfaces for large scale work
CHAFFEE, DEWEY Performing Arts $1,000
The Screw You Revue : Part Talk Show. Part Improv. Offensive Comedy at its Best!
HELSINGER, JAMES Arts Administration $500
Shakespeare Theatre Association of America Annual Conference 2010
LANGLEY, ELIZABETH Performing Arts $1,000
Two one-act plays, both female-centric comic/fantasies, for Fringe Festival production
MCGEOCH, DOUGLAS Performing Arts $1,000
The Screw You Revue : Part Talk Show. Part Improv. Offensive Comedy at its best!
NEAL, MARY Literature $1,000
The project is a memoir tentatively titled, Road Songs
POLEY, MICHAEL Media $1,000
Thomas Thorspecken: 2009 Orlando Retrospective
RICE, FATIMA Visual Arts & Design $1,000
"Les Troyennes" art installation based on Euripides' The Trojan Women
RUIZ, CHRISTINA Arts Administration $488
Earn a Certificate in Leadership Practice to maximize potential growth
SCHNEIDER, HELAINE Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Cremation urns shown as unique artistic sculptural vessels
SHIN, HYE Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Exhibition at Haskell Gallery & Art Kiosks in Jacksonville International Airport
SIMMONS, RACHEL Visual Arts & Design $1,000
The creation and display of mixed media works about Antarctica
STEDMAN, MARGO Arts Administration $500
2010 Chorus America Conference
THROWER, ARIN Arts Administration $488
Rollins College Certificate in Leadership Practice
TIWARI, ARADHANA Performing Arts $1,000
Strengthening Central Florida's artists with new and eclectic techniques: Viewpoints
YOW, ERIC Performing Arts $1,000
Self-produced performances at the Orlando International Fringe Festival
KNICKERBOCKER, CARL Media $800
A Dog Goes From Here to There film fest application fee help
ALEXANDRES, STEFANIS Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Purchasing special tools and equipment for making jewelry and repousse
ROSEBUSH, AMY Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Use of art as a tool in activism through painting
NEWMAN, JOANN Arts Administration $500
CEO attendance at 2010 Association of Science-Technology Centers
MILLER, HANNAH Performing Arts $1,000
"Thunder Hag": Puppet pop music videos for adults locally/internationally
SMITH, RANDALL Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Alternate printing technique for producing large scale imagery
STEPE, MEGAN Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Framing Outside of the Box: Acquiring Fundamentals for Further Invention
HURT, JAN Visual Arts & Design $1,000
Attend Charles Reid workshop and produce eight Parramore paintings
LACEY, SANDI Performing Arts $1,000
Pre-production and staged reading of the original musical "Quesqueya!"