Emerging Artists Grant Recipients 2016-2017 – Durham Arts Council

Emerging Artists Grant Recipients 2016-2017

Pamela Baggett, Literature
Martha Clippinger, Craft
Rodrigo Dorfman, Film
Charlie Evergreen, Film
Josh Hockensmith, Mixed media
Candace Howze, Literature
Doreen Jakob, Craft
Nelson Johns, Music
Kate Medley, Photography
Alyssa Miserendino, Installation
Chieko Murasugi, Painting
Erin Oliver, Installation
Jihyun Park, Music
Jeri Lynn Schulke, Drama
Meg Stein, Sculpture
Yholima Vargas-Pedroza, Painting

A woman in front of a bookcase reads into a microphone from a book resting on a pedestal

Pamela Baggett

A woman stands in front of a pole suspended from the ceiling from which bundles of dyed wool hang

Martha Clippinger

Text on image reads "Melloweb Multimedia, This Taco Truck Kills Fascists. A film by Rodrigo Dorfman". There is a truck in the picture and a man holding a flag with his tongue sticking out menacingly

Rodrigo Dorfman

A man holds a small camera at a work bench

Charlie Evergreen

Three images from an art exhibit. Prints hanging on a wall, and two books open on pedestals

Josh Hockensmith

Black and white closeup of a woman writing in a notebook

Candace Howze

A woman sits at a patio table holding a mug and laughing

Doreen Jakob

A man sits on a stool in a recording studio tuning a guitar

Nelson Johns

A woman stands in a field with a group of black cows in the background

Kate Medley

Someone kneels in front of a box holding wires. He is in front of a heavily graffitied wall and surrounded by wooden pallets and three microphones on stands

Alyssa Miserendino

An artist stands in her studio holding a brush

Chieko Murasugi

A woman standing in front of an art installation laughs at something off camera

Erin Oliver

A woman and a group of children have their hands raised in the air

Jihyun Park

Four women sit together in a stone alcove laughing

Jeri Lynn Schulke

A woman paints on a canvas in front of her. There are finished paintings behind her

Yholima Vargas-Pedroza

The Emerging Artists Program is made possible by grants from The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation; the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; the Anika James Foundation; the Linda A. Ironside Fund for the Arts of the Triangle Community Foundation; the Orange County Arts Commission; Chatham Arts Council; Granville Education Foundation; Person County Arts Council; the Ella Fountain Pratt Fund; the Ruth Carver Fund; the Wainwright Fund for New Works and by individual donations and gifts to the Durham Arts Council Annual Arts Fund.