The Rasmuson Foundation selected 10 artists to receive Fellowship Awards ($18,000 each) and 25 who will receive Project Awards ($7,500 each). Of those, three are artists from Juneau.
2016 Fellowship Awardee
Ben Huff, a photographer, will be starting Ice Fog Press, an independent publisher that will make art and photography books about Alaska by Alaskans. Ice Fog Press’ first book will be a small edition of his work titled “Transmission,” a series of pictures of satellite dishes at night.
2016 Project Awardees
Christy NaMee Eriksen, a spoken word artist, will document her work through the production of three videos featuring new and revised poems, and will use the videos to gain exposure and pursue more teaching and performance opportunities.
Patrice Aphrodite Helmar, a photographer, will purchase a large-format camera and complete a body of work titled “Dirty Old Town,” photographs of a familiar circle of hometown haunts in Juneau. She will mount an exhibition in 2017.
