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For Immediate Release Artist Trust Supports 52 Artists with GAP Awards! Artist Trust is proud to support 52 recipients through the 2006 Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Program. The GAP Program provides up to $1,400 to individual artists for various projects. This year, Artist Trust received 690 applications from artists working in all disciplines across Washington State. 52 Awards totaling $70,033 were distributed to recipients in June. This year’s recipients were selected by review panels made up of artists, past Artist Trust grant recipients, and arts professionals from Eastern, Central and Western Washington. A complete list of 2006 recipients and selection panelists can be found below. The GAP Program is one of three annual grant programs offered by Artist Trust to individual Washington State artists. The foremost criterion for selection is the artistic excellence of an applicant’s artwork. Panelists are also asked to respond to an applicant’s project proposal and the feasibility of their project. Selection panels rotate annually. GAP recipients and their projects will be featured in the upcoming 2006 summer edition of the Artist Trust Journal and on Artist Trust’s website at www.artisttrust.org/grants/recipient_profiles/GAP/current. In addition to the GAP Program, Artist Trust administers the Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship Program and the Twining Humber Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. Artist Trust is also a vital information resource for artists, providing professional development information through print, website, telephone and email. Support for the 2006 Artist Trust GAP Program is generously provided by the Edie Adams, Kenneth and Marleen Alhadeff. Charitable Foundation, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Eve and Chap Alvord, Nancy and Buster Alvord, Joan Alworth and Peter Ackroyd, ArtsFund, Robert Bayersdorfer, Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, Paul and Debbi Brainerd, Joan Broughton, Michael and Cathy Casteel, K. Bradford Claypool and Esther Luttikhuizen, T. Samuel Coleman, Betsy and Peter Currie, Carole D'Inverno and Bill Frisell, Ellen Ferguson, Robert E. Frey, Helen Gamble, Katharyn A. Gerlich, Paul Goode, Marlow Harris and Jo David, Horizons Foundation, Florence B. Kilworth Foundation, Diane Lasko and Clint Diener, Stephen Lindstrom, Mia McEldowney and Bill Mitchell, Michael and Michele Miller, Robin Naughton, Nancy Skinner Nordhoff and Lynn Hays, Sarah Novotny and John Kintz, Linda and Jerry Paros, Judy Pigott, PONCHO, Catherine Eaton and David Skinner, Loren Smith, Greg Sorensen, Linda and David Strout, David and Dana Persson Taft, Robert and Betty Tull, Lorraine W. Vagner, Vulcan Inc., Merrill Ryman Wagner, Washington State Arts Commission, Marsha Wolf and Ken Linkhart, Howard and Barbara Wollner, Woods & Associates, Merrill Wright and donors to the Artist Trust Benefit Art Auction and the Fund-a-Grant program.  2006 GAP Recipients: EMERGING & CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ARTS (33 Applicants) Tania Kupczak - King County Jesse Paul Miller - King County James Van Leuven - King County LITERARY ARTS (112 Applicants) Wendy Call - King County Johnny Horton - King County Jenifer Lawrence - Kitsap County Erin Malone - King County Melanie Noel - King County Gary Parks - King County Maria Cristina Rangel - Grant County Annette Spaulding-Convy - Kitsap County MEDIA ARTS (38 Applicants) Webster Crowell - King County Stefan Gruber - King County Matt Wilkins - King County VISUAL ARTS (389 Applicants) Mark Abrahamson - Snohomish County Candace Beardslee - King County Sami Ben Larbi - King County Ben Beres, Zac Culler, John Sutton - King County Leo Berk - King County Cris Bruch - King County Eduardo Calderón - King County Drew Daly - King County Marc Dombrosky - Pierce County Natalie Dotzauer - Kittitas County Victoria Haven - King County Christopher Hoff - King County Mary Iverson - King County Amanda Koster - King County Michelle Lamanet - Thurston County Allison Manch - King County Rachel Maxi - King County Anna McKee - King County Brad Miller - King County Saya Moriyasu - King County Brian Murphy - King County Linda Peschong - King County Teresa Redden - King County Jodi Rockwell - King County Samantha Scherer - King County Todd Simeone - King County Elizabeth Smith - Kitsap County PERFORMING ARTS (118 Applicants) Byron Au Yong - King County Jherek Bischoff - King County Bill Horist - King County Brian Kooser - King County Amy O’Neal - King County Peggy Piacenza - King County Tikka Sears - King County Jami Sieber - Kitsap County Stephanie Timm - King County Deborah Wolf - King County 2006 GAP Selection Panelists:  Liahna Armstrong - Kittitas County  Howard Barlow - Kittitas County  Gretchen Bennett - King County  Ann Christenson - Whitman County  Blake Haygood - King County  Patrick Holderfield - King County  Rebecca Hoogs - King County  Jessica Jobaris - King County  Michael Lent - Pierce County  Stacey Levine - King County  Sam Ligon - Spokane County  Yuki Nakamura - Pierce County  Rosemary Pham - King County  Steve Peters - King County  Joseph Powell - Kittitas County  Barbara Shaimain - King County  Sasha Su-Ling Welland - King County  Curtis Taylor - King County  Christine Wallers - King County  Brent Watanabe - King County |