Past
Grantees

Eduardo Sandoval, host and producer, Fresh Air Radio, Inc. was awarded a grant of $1,100 to attend the Fifth World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters conference in Oaxtepec, Mexico. The conference's theme is All the Voices, focusing on the role that community radio plays in the promotion, development and consolidation of the cultural identities of communities they serve. Sandoval hopes to attain skills to help give voice to Minnesota Hispanics and to organize Minnesota Chicano, Mexican and Latino community broadcast journalists. He intends to investigate what other community broadcasters are doing to develop community radio, especially for minorities who do not speak the dominant language.

Independent media arts consultant I. Karon Sherarts received $5,000 for travel and study in Australia and New Zealand for three months. The purpose of the trip is to study media arts education in contrasting settings and develop an understanding of Aboriginal-made video. In Australia, she plans to observe and teach in several primary and secondary schools, observe university teacher preparation programs and meet with artists, education departments and members of Australian Teachers of Media. In New Zealand, she'll observe at school sites and visit an innovative teacher education program in Hamilton.

Dane Stauffer, actor and playwright, received $4,000 to spend four weeks in London, England, and Edinburgh, Scotland. His purpose is to observe the London-based theater collective Gloria, as it creates a new piece, and attend company performances at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. Stauffer hopes to expand his range as a singer, actor and writer, and help strengthen his professional network outside of the state.

Draper Pat Sullivan received $4,308 to spend twelve weeks in New York City working in the studio of costumer Barbara Matera. By assisting Matera in the creation of costumes for a Broadway production, Sullivan will enhance her own dressmaking skills.

Ballet instructor Marjorie Thompson was awarded $2,370 to spend three weeks in New York City studying the Pilates method with master teacher Romana Kryzanowska. The purpose of Thompson's trip is in-depth training that will lead to certification, qualifying her to teach the Pilates method in the Twin Cities.