Congratulations to Mali Kouanchao for receiving the prestigious Archibald Bush Fellowship for Visual Art, and to Bounxou Chanthraphone for the Bush Foundation's Enduring Vision award: $100,000 in recognition of her life's work as a Lao weaver to preserve our heritage. They both received their awards on Monday, June 15th at the Minneapolis Public Library.
The Star Tribune ran an article on Bounxou Chanthraphone:
http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/art/96334279.html
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/state-of-the-arts/archive/2010/06/bush-foundation-announces-enduring-vision-awards.shtml
Some additional pictures up at flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thaoworra/sets/72157624281004984/?photo_deleted=4702818899
Since 1976, the Bush Artist Fellowship has supported more than 400 different artists to enable them to further their work and their contributions to their communities. Each year, up to 15 artists receive unrestricted grants of $48,000 to deepen and advance their work, to foster their artistic careers and to contribute to community dialogue through their work.
The goal of the Enduring Vision Awards is to support artists at a time in their careers when they're often neglected by funders. The money is intended to carry them through what could be the most productive part of their lives, when they're in their 50's, 60's and beyond.
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