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THE INDEPENDENCE FOUNDATION

ANNOUNCES 2013 RECIPIENTS OF FELLOWSHIPS

IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

The Independence Foundation Fellowships in the Arts is pleased to announce that fellowships of up to $10,000 have been awarded to 8 local performing artists. These fellowships will support research and development projects in a wide-variety of disciplines. The Fellowships in the Arts were created to help individual artists take the next step in their personal artistic growth and development. 

The Board of Directors of the Independence Foundation selected the recipients, with the assistance of a Peer Panel comprised of regional artists and leaders of arts organizations.

Fellowship recipients for the fourteenth round in the Performing Arts are:       

Since the Independence Foundation Fellowships in the Arts program began fourteen years ago, well over $1,800,000 has been awarded to 248 local visual and performing artists. 

To be eligible for a Fellowship, an artist must be nominated by an official Nominating Organization.  The Nominators are arts organizations that have been grantees of the Independence Foundation.

 The deadline for the next round in the Visual Arts is Thursday, April 11, 2013.