Three Puget Sound Faculty Members Receive Grants from Tacoma Arts Commission for new art
March 22, 2007

Tacoma, Wash. - The Tacoma Arts Commission recently announced funding recommendations to support the contributions of 16 individual artists, including three Puget Sound faculty members -Janet Marcavage, Betty Ragan, and Elise Richman.

The Tacoma Arts Commission creates this type of financial support through its Tacoma Artists Initiative Program. This program was established in 1999 to assist artists in generating new work and sharing their talent with the public.

“There was a prominent change in the applications we received this year, specifically in film, the performing arts and especially dance,” said Phillip Hill, Tacoma Arts Commission chair. “We seem to have crossed an important artistic threshold due to the variety of individuals and the unique and important works that they’re creating in our city.”

The Tacoma Arts Commission received 24 applications requesting $106,123 in funding. Sixteen artists spanning visual, media, literary, performance and interdisciplinary arts were funded at a total of $45,000.

Other funded artists include: Carla Barragan, Terese Cuff, Kyle Dillehay, Justin Gorman, Scott Gruber, Chad Hagedorn, Justin Hahn, Kevin Miller, Holly Senn, Lucas Smiraldo, Katherine Stricker, Josephine A. Zmolek, and Paul Zmolek.

Their proposed new artwork includes the compilation and reading of a book of poems, a short film to be screened at the Grand Cinema, the creation of a new dance and theater production to be performed at Barefoot Studios, the creation of an outdoor public garden and sculpture, and a series of embossed lithographic prints.

The Tacoma Artists Initiative Program is one of three funding programs administered by the Tacoma Arts Commission. For more information about these programs, visit www.tacomaculture.org/arts/funding.asp.

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