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Greater
Pittsburgh Alcoa Foundation Leadership Grantees
| Grantees
from the August 1, 2008 deadline |
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Camilla
Brent Pearce |
Director
of Individual Support, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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$1000 |
To
attend a 2 year Leadership Program for Development and Marketing
Professionals sponsored by the League of American Orchestras. |
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Kathryn
Heidermann |
Senior
Manager of Education and Community Engagement/Director of First
Night Operations, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust |
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$1000 |
To
attend Leadership Pittsburgh's Leadership Development Initiative,
a nine-month program for high-potential young professionals in
the Pittsburgh Area. |
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Melissa
Hiller |
Director,
American Jewish Museum |
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$1000 |
To
attend the Council of Americacn Jewish Museum's 2009 conference,
which will address topics including ways to keep museums relevant,
developing new approaches to exhibitions, ways to enhance technological
services, and shifting trends in philanthropy. |
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Grantees
from the May 1, 2008 deadline
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Carlyn
Aquiline |
Literary
Manager/Dramaturg, City Theatre Company |
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$900 |
To
attend the 2008 summer conference of the Literary Managers
and Dramaturgs of the Americas, the national organization
for free-lance and institutionally-based literary staff. |
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Joshua
Green |
Director
of Arts & Education Strategies, MCG Youth & Arts,
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG) |
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$900 |
To
attend an international symposium on Chinese/American ceramic
art and education in Jingdezhen, China in October of 2008,
which will allow him to exchange ideas with ceramic artists
and historians from both the U.S. and China. |
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Dana
Payne |
Manager
of Community Affairs, August Wilson Center for African American
Culture |
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$900 |
To
attend and participate in the Association of African American
Museums' 2008 Annual Conference. |
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Melinda
Poellot Harkiewicz |
Publications
Associate, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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$900 |
To
attend the 13th Annual National Museum Publishing Seminar
in Chicago in June 2008, where she will learn from experts
in the field of museum publishing, including editors, curators,
publishers and directors, and network with colleagues in
the field. |
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Wrenn
White |
Managing
Director, Bach Choir of Pittsburgh |
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$900 |
To
attend the National Performing Arts Convention and breakout
sessions with Chorus America, held in Denver CO on June
10-14, 2008. |
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Grantees
from the February 1, 2008 deadline |
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Diane
Hines |
Production Manager, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust |
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$500 |
To
fund costs associated with attending the annual USITT (United
States Institute for Theatre Technology) Conference and
Stage Expo, held this year in Houston, TX, March 19-22,
2008. |
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Chris
Tayor |
Associate
Director, Three Rivers Arts Festival |
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$750 |
To
attend the 2008 IEG Sponsorship Conference in Chicago
from March 16-19, 2008. |
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Kim
Baker |
Public
Art Division Manager, City of Pittsburgh |
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$750 |
To
cover registration fees and accommodations for the Americans
for the Arts 2008 Annual Convention, American Evolution:
Arts in the New Civic Life. |
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Tamara
Goldbogen |
Education
Director, Shakespeare-in-the-Schools, University of Pittsburgh
Theatre Arts Department |
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$1,000 |
To
participate as a Delegate and Presenter in the 16th ASSITEJ
World Congress and Performing Arts Festival (that celebrates
theatre for children and young people made by artists from
across the globe) on May 9-18, 2008, in Adelaide, Australia. |
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Rachel
Delphia |
Assistant
Curator of Decorative Arts, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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$1,000 |
To
support participation in the Attingham Summer School in
England from July 4-22, 2008, where I will study renowned
English country houses and their collections, hear lectures
from leading decorative arts scholars, and network with
fellow museum professionals and collectors from around the
world. |
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| Grantees
from the December 1, 2007 deadline |
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Krista
Campbell |
Assistant
Director of Foundation Relations, Carnegie Mellon University |
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$450 |
To
underwrite registration for The Grant Institute's "Grants
101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop"
to be held in Pittsburgh, January 23-25. |
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Jessica
Schmidt |
Senior
Director of Community Programs, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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$610 |
To
attend the annual Education and Community Engagement Mid-Year
Meeting of the League of American Orchestras taking place
in Detroit on February 21-23. |
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Sara
Radelet |
Executive
Director, New Hazlett Theater |
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$940 |
To
attend the "Under the Radar" performance festival
and symposium in New York in January 2008. |
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Jan
Ripper |
Director
of Finance, City Theatre Company |
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$1,000 |
To
participate in the spring 2008 LORT meeting, hosted by Berkeley
Repertory Theatre, which will focus on human resources and
benefits administration issues. |
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Andrew
Swensen |
Director,
Pittsburgh Filmmakers |
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$1,000 |
For
travel expenses to conduct benchmarking observations and
peer interviews at regional film festivals, to gain knowledge
for the expansion of the Three Rivers Film Festival. |
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Christopher
McGlumphy |
Executive
Director, Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the 2008 Chamber Music America 30th Anniversary Conference,
in January 2008 in New York City. |
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Janice
Parks |
Executive
Director, Young Men & Women's African Heritage Association |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Philadelphia
on June 20-22. |
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| Grantees
from the August 1, 2007 deadline |
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Lea
Donatelli |
Program Manager, Office of Public Art |
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$750 |
To
travel with a cultural and professional exchange trip to
Beijing, Harbin and Shanghai, China, where she will explore
public art programs, meet with public art professionals
and visit studios of artists working in the field of public
art. |
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Beth
Corning |
Executive/Artistic
Director |
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$750 |
To
attend two cutting edge dance theater productions and to
meet with key dance theater studio directors, teachers and
choreographers to further advance her artistic and leadership
skills.. |
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Will
Real |
Director
of Technology, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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$800 |
To
attend the Museum Computer Network annual conference, Building
Content, Building Community: 40 Years of Museum Information
and Technology, Novemeber 7-10, 2007 in Chicago.. |
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Jason
Busch |
Curator
of Decorative Arts, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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$1000 |
To
support his participation in the American Ceramics Circle
symposium in Seattle, and to study recent installations
of museum collections, building expansions and storage facilities
in selected cities nationwide in preparation for the renovation
and installation of the Ailsa Mellon Bruce Galleries of
Decorative Arts at the Carnegie Museum of Art. |
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Grantees
from the May 1, 2007 deadline
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Laura
Domencic |
Director,
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh Center
for the Arts |
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$500
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For
travel and hotel expenses to visit Philadelphia art
organizations, particularly The Center for Emerging
Visual Artists, to cultivate a traveling exhibition
exchange program of regional Pittsburgh artists for
PF/PCA. |
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Jonathan
Eaton |
General
& Artistic Director, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh |
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$1,000
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To
attend the Prague Quadrennial Stage Design exhibition--the
world's leading such event, on June 14-24, 2007. |
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Kathryn
Heidemann |
Senior
Manager of Education and Community Engagement/Director
of First Night Operations, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust |
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$1,000
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To
defray costs of travel to Edinburgh, where I will
work as an Edinburgh Fringe Venue Manager (professional
development opportunity), while also researching festival
acts (at the Fringe, Children's International Theatre,
and Jazz Festivals, etc.) for potential bookings at
our forthcoming Trust Eduation Center. |
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Heather
Pesanti |
Assistant
Curator of Contemporary Art, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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$730
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To
travel to three major contemporary art exhibitions
in Europe during summer 2007 to gain leadership skills
and knowledge of comparable exhibitions for the 2008
Carnegie International. |
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Martha
Schloetzer |
Departmental
Assistant, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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$500 |
To
support her travel to Oxford, England to attend an
international conference about plaster casts. |
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Laura
Willumsen |
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$500 |
To
help cover travel expenses and registration fees for
her upcoming trip to the Target Resource Group 2007
Revenue Summit. |
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| Grantees
from the February 1, 2007 deadline |
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Kristen
Archbold |
Communications Specialist, Pittsburgh CLO |
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$500 |
To
attend five on-demand, web-based seminars through The Public
Relations Society of America that focus on email marketing
campaigns, web blogs, podcasts and website trends. |
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Anna
Fitzpatrick |
Education
Director, Mattress Factory |
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$500 |
To
participate in the American Association of Museums 2007
annual meeting, Why Museums Matter. |
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Ann
Fortescue |
Director
Education & Visitor Services, Senator John Heinz History
Center |
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$500 |
To
participate in the American Association of Museums 2007
annual meeting, Why Museums Matter. |
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Andrew
Paul |
Artistic
Director of Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre |
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$775 |
To
attend the Theatre Communications Group 2007 Conference
in Minneapolis/St. Paul on June 7-9. |
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Maureen
Rolla |
Deputy
Director, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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$775 |
To
participate in the annual course, Legal Issues in Museum
Administration, which is co-sponsored by the Smithsonian
Institution with the cooperation of the American Association
of Museums, in March 2007. |
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Marilyn
Russell |
Curator
of Education, Carnegie Museum of Art |
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$500
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To
participate in the American Association of Museums 2007
annual meeting, Why Museums Matter. |
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Ellen
Sheppard |
Development
Director, Pittsburgh Opera |
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$775 |
To
help cover travel expenses and registration fees for her
upcoming trip to the Opera America Conference in Miami,
FL. |
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| Grantees
from the December 1, 2006 deadline |
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Pamela
Quatchak |
Director of Marketing, August Wilson Center for African
American Culture |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the 50th annual members conference of the Association
of Performing Arts Presenters, "Presenting America:
Perspectives & Dialogue," in New York City. |
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Jenny
Strayer |
Director,
Regina Gouger Miller Gallery at CMU |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the annual conference of the American Association
of Museums in Chicago. |
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Jodi
Greenwald-Golomb |
Assistant
Director of Development, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh |
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$1,000 |
To
cover registration and travel expenses for the American
Association of Museums Conference in Chicago. |
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John
Federico |
Development
Director, City Theatre Company |
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$1,000 |
To
attend management level discussions about board governance
and fundraising at the League of Resident Theatres Conference. |
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| Grantees
from the August 1, 2006 deadline |
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Pam
Lieberman |
Executive Director, Pittsburgh International Children's
Theatre |
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$1,000 |
To
attend classes and performances at CINARS International
Exchange for Performing Arts in Montreal, Canada in November,
2006. |
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Andie
Markijohn |
Pittsburgh
International Children's Theater |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the 2007 International Performing Arts for Youth
Showcase and Education Day, January 10-13 in Cleveland,
OH. |
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Ann
Mason |
Executive
Director, Renaissance & Baroque Society |
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$1,000 |
To
support her participation in the 2006-2007 Leadership Pittsburgh
program, September to June. |
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Laura
Rundell |
Education
Programs Manager, Society for Contemporary Craft |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the New England Museum Association's annual conference,
"Great Expectations: What Audiences Really Want,"
in Hartford, CT, in November. |
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Andrew
Swensen |
Director,
Pittsburgh Filmmakers |
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$1,000 |
To
conduct site visits and benchmarking at four nonprofit film
centers that have recently conducted capital campaigns. |
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Carol
Wolfe |
Education
Director, Gateway to the Arts |
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$750 |
To
attend the Arts Education Partnership forum in Washington,
DC, on evaluating arts education. |
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| Grantees
from the April 1, 2006 deadline |
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Wayne
Brinda |
Artistic
Director, Prime Stage Center for the Arts in Society |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the International Conference of the Arts in Society
in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 15-18, 2006. |
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Krista
Campbell |
Center
for the Arts in Society |
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$1,000 |
To participate in the American Craft Council's national
leadership conference on October 19-21, 2006, in Houston,
TX. |
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Janet
McCall |
Program
Manager,
Pittsburgh Glass Center |
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$1,000 |
To
participate in the American Craft Council's national leadership
conference on October 19-21, 2006, in Houston, TX. |
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Lori
Monnier |
Managing
Director, Classical Theatre |
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$1,000 |
To attend the Theatre Communications Group Annual Conference
in Atlanta, Georgia, June 8-10, 2006. |
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Eileen
Morris |
Managing
Director, Kuntu Repertory Theatre |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the Black Theatre Network's 20th Anniversary Conference
in Louisville, Kentucky, July 26-30, 2006. |
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Maura
O'Neill |
Development
Director, WYEP-FM |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the 2006 Public Radio Development and Marketing Conference
in New Orleans, July 27-29, 2006. |
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Heather
Pesanti |
Assistant
Curator of Contemporary Art, Carnegie
Museum of Art |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the Summer Curators' Conference at the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Chicago, July 13-15. |
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| Grantees
from the February 1, 2006 deadline |
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Ellen
Baxter |
Chief
Conservator & Paintings Conservator, Carnegie Museum
of Art |
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$1,000 |
To
attend "Modern Paint Uncovered" research symposium
at Tate Modern, London, May 16-19, 2006. |
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Julie
Farr |
Executive
Director, Society for Contemporary Craft |
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$1,000 |
For
funding to attend the 2006 National Leadership Conference,
"Shaping the Future of Craft," allowing SCC to
have a voice in an important dialogue about future trends
in the contemporary craft field. |
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Kate
Lydon |
Director
of Exhibitions, Society for Contemporary Craft |
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$1,000 |
To
attend the 2006 National Leadership Conference which will
allow SCC to have a voice in this important dialogue about
future trends in the contemporary craft field. |
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Kevin
Patterson |
Pittsburgh
Opera |
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$1,000 |
To
attend a two-day executive seminar on Negotiating Labor
Agreements at Harvard University. |
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Kathryn
Spitz |
Executive
Director, Pittsburgh Jewish-Israeli Film Festival |
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$500 |
To
attend the 5th Conference of Jewish Film Festivals in Toronto
Canada, May 4-7,2006, sponsored by the National Foundation
for Jewish Culture in cooperation with the Toronto Jewish
Film Festival. |
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