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EUREKA FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM
2005 - 2007 Awards Press Release
EUREKA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
For Immediate Release
CONTACT
Christine Elbel Director, Fleishhacker Foundation, (415) 561-5350Fleishhacker Foundation Announces
Eureka Fellowship Recipients for 2005-2007December 8, 2004. San Francisco, CA - Twelve Bay Area artists will receive a Eureka Fellowship, the largest cast prize for individual artists in the Bay Area, sponsored by the Fleishhacker Foundation. Designed to help artists continue making work by supporting more uninterrupted creative time, these prestigious $25,000 awards are based solely on artistic merit evidenced by previous work, and are not restricted to specific projects.
This round's Fellowship recipients include San Francisco artists Thomas Chang, Amy Franceschini, Paul Kos, George Kuchar, Josh Lazcano, Mads Lynnerup, Lourdes Portillo, Rigo 23, Clare Rojas, Philip Ross, and Chris Sollars; and from Sonoma, Chester Arnold. (Please see attached bios.) This award cycle covers three years, with awards given to four of the twelve artists per year in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The prize stipulates that the artists remain in the Bay Area during the year of their award.
One hundred and forty-two artists applied for the Fellowships from a candidate pool created by over 60 local nonprofit visual arts organizations that submitted nominations (see lists of nominated artists and nominating organizations, attached). The nominated artists represent a wide range of the region’s artistic talent, with work reflecting a broad cultural and stylistic variety. Nominees were limited to working artists, 25 years or older, who reside in one of eight Bay Area counties (San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Marin, and Sonoma).
A panel of three nationally-known arts professionals judged the artists’ works, including Bill Horrigan, Media Arts Curator, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus; Eungie Joo, Gallery Director and Curator, The Gallery at REDCAT, Los Angeles; and Lydia Yee, Senior Curator, The Bronx Museum of the Arts. (Please see attached bios.) The panel met in November 2004 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Since 1986, Eureka Fellowships have recognized artistic excellence (please see list of past recipients attached). In addition to providing cash support, the artists’ works have been exhibited at the San Jose Museum of Art. The Berkeley Art Museum will be exhibiting work from the 2004 -2006 Eureka Fellowship artists in 2005, from June 8 through
August 13.“This year we had the largest number of submissions ever, which demonstrated to the national selection panel the diversity and quality of artists in our region,” remarked Foundation Executive Director Christine Elbel. “By providing artists with funds to support their artistic development, we hope to be a catalyst for the creation of new and exciting work, which benefits both the local community and the field as a whole.”
“Our foundation is committed to encouraging individuals who are the source of so much important and enriching visual art,” added David Fleishhacker, Foundation President. “We are glad to contribute to making the Bay Area a viable place for professional artists who have chosen to live and work here.”
Established in 1947, The Fleishhacker Foundation makes grants to organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area in the fields of arts & Culture, and precollegiate Education.
The project’s Co-Directors, Jack Walsh and Andy Moore, say they “appreciate the community’s participation in this process through the great range of nominations received, and for services provided by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Marriott Courtyard San Francisco.”
Fleishhacker Foundation 2009