Emerging Artists Grant Recipients 2017-2018 – Durham Arts Council

Emerging Artists Grant Recipients 2017-2018

Anna Barker, dance
Stacy Bloom Rexrode, installation
Rebecca Bossen, theater
Jeanette Brossart, craft
Candy Carver, painting
Anna Jones, film
Scott Latimore, painting
Rissi Palmer, music
Katina Parker, photography
David Mayer, film
Zap McConnell, dance
Annie Mountcastle, literature
Julie Tinsley Jones, craft
Ross White, literature
Christopher Williams, prints

A female dancer wearing street clothes performs alone on a dark stage, her leg and arms in the air and hair flying beside her face

Anna Barker

A woman in sunglasses smiles at the camera, a train passes her on tracks in the background

Anna Jones

A woman writes at a desk

Annie Mountcastle

A musician sits on a swing with legs crossed and holds a woodwind instrument

Annalise Stalls

A woman sits on a large circular mosaic on the floor

Jeanette Brossart

Digital art of a bear-like creature looking at a screen with bright streaks of color emanating from the back of its head. There is a helmet and 6 pack of bottles on the ground

Chris Williams

A man stands on a ladder and adjusts a light hanging overhead. He appears to be inside an abandoned building

David Mayer

An artist sits on a cushion on the ground with painting supplies in front of her and some finished canvasses behind

Candy Carver

A woman holds a wooden plank in front of a hand built kiln. There is fire inside which can be seen through a small opening

Julie Jones

A woman stands in front of bright wooden window shutters. She wears decorative necklaces and holds a hand over her chest

Katina Parker

A woman in a dark bar looks down at something that is illuminating her face

Rebecca Bossen

An artist stands with arms folded between two large bundles of chunky fibers hanging from the wall

Stacy Bloom Rexrode

A woman sings into a microphone and plays guitar

Rissi Palmer

Closeup of a man sitting in front of a very full bookcase

Ross White

A man stares at the camera holding a rifle. There are paintings on the wall behind him and on the floor leaning against the wall

Scott Latimore

Four dancers perform. The image has a very small area of focus in the middle and gets very out of focus at the edges

Zap McConnell

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.