Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
Dance
1.
Brian Webb
PROJECT SUMMARY: "Nine Points to Navigate" with Sheri Sommerville involving original music,
video and design
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings
2.
Heidi Bunting
PROJECT SUMMARY: Phase 3 & 4 of new choreography towards production scheduled for April
2008 at Timms Centre for the Arts as part of BWDC season
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): DVDs, news clippings
3.
Tania Alvarado
PROJECT SUMMARY: Creation of a dance film in collaboration with other Edmonton artists
2007 Grant Request: $12,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Letter of support,
DVD/VHS
4.
Kathy Ochoa
PROJECT SUMMARY: Creation of a 50 min multi-media dance performance to be presented at
EXPANSE Dance Festival 2008
2007 Grant Request: $17,950
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Photos, letters of support,
DVD
Visual Arts
5.
Mindy Yan Miller
PROJECT SUMMARY: Create 6 collapsible house forms built of recyclyed pop cans and packing
tape
2007 Grant Request: $10,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD imagees, news
clipping, promotional material
6.
Duncan Johnson
PROJECT SUMMARY: Production of a body of paintings and drawings based on cumulative studio
and exhibition experience of the past two years
2007 Grant Request: $7,335
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD images
7.
Izabella Orzelski-Konikowski
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
PROJECT SUMMARY: A series of 10 diptych protraits highlighting exceptional people with
disabilities from all walks of life
2007 Grant Request: $21,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, letters of
support, book, photos
8.
Misa Nikolic
PROJECT SUMMARY: A series of 12 oil paintings depicting every church in the Boyle Street district
of Edmonton
2007 Grant Request: $9,200
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Slides
9.
Tammy Salzl
PROJECT SUMMARY: Produce a new body of work that will be displayed during a solo exhibiton in
June 2008
2007 Grant Request: $6,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Slides
10. Tim Rechner
PROJECT SUMMARY: Collect abstract artwork created by children and use as reference material for
large scale paintings and drawings
2007 Grant Request: $11,100
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Slides, news clippings,
letter of support
11. Lyndal Osborne
PROJECT SUMMARY: Creation, production, research and travel for two large scale installation
projects
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD images, catalogues,
promotional material
12. Shelley Rothenburger
PROJECT SUMMARY: Mural size installation of 70+ canvasses joined to form one lens-based
abstraction of hockey violence
2007 Grant Request: $7,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD images, news clippings
13. Ania Trzecieski
PROJECT SUMMARY: Mixed media works on circular canvases invoking issues of equality and
masculine/feminine Jungian archetypes, also incorporating Baha'i quotations
2007 Grant Request: $18,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Photos, letter of support
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
14. C.W. Carson
PROJECT SUMMARY: "raconteur-stories of the Inner City" a six month art project developing a
book of narrative photocollages and an art exhibition based on the images produced
2007 Grant Request: $9,600
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Photos, news clippings
15. Candace Makowichuk
PROJECT SUMMARY: To produce a strong body of work for exhibition purposes using the historical
photographic process called Bromoil
2007 Grant Request: $5,215
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD images
16. Timothy Atherton
PROJECT SUMMARY: Producing a visual document exploring the various hidden and unnoticed
routes and pathways through Edmonton
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, photos
17. Elsa Robinson
PROJECT SUMMARY: Researching women leaders and healers throughout the world, creating batiks
and acrylic paintings and mixed media works that celebrate these women and spread their positive
message
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD images, letter of
support
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
18. Ash Zvakavapano
PROJECT SUMMARY: Carve seven sculptures in seven months, two that will require community
participation. Subjects reflected will include social, political, and economic issues that affect Africa
and Canada alike
2007 Grant Request: $10,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD images
19. Jeff Collins
PROJECT SUMMARY: Create traditional landscape paintings and juxtapose them against cutting
edge abstract works to comment on the effects a boom economy, fed by the oil and gas industry is
having on the social, political and natural environment of Alberta
2007 Grant Request: $14,230
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Promotional material,
news clippings, letter of support, CD powerpoint
20. Cynthia Gardiner
PROJECT SUMMARY: Spend 6 months producing 25 large scale figurative paintings for public
exhibit at the Fringe Gallery in Edmonton in Dec 2008
2007 Grant Request: $4,025
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, CD
images
21. Marian Sinkovics
PROJECT SUMMARY: A visual arts interdisciplinary project for performance scheduling in 2008
2007 Grant Request: $3,500
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): N/A
Theatre
22. Jon Lachlan Stewart
PROJECT SUMMARY: Production of a new play "Think Tank"
2007 Grant Request: $3,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Letters of support, photos,
exerpt from "Think Tank", exerpt from "The Men Who Stare at Goats"
23. Scott Sharplin
PROJECT SUMMARY: Development and production of a solo dramatic piece based on the life of
playwright August Strindberg
2007 Grant Request: $5,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Writing sample "Purity
Test", excerpt from "Inferno Sonata" (first draft)
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
24. Heather Fitzsimmons Frey
PROJECT SUMMARY: "The Grandmother Project" a multi-disciplinary theatre performance project
involving 13 artists create a piece in teams of 2-4 artists that will be connected together
2007 Grant Request: $23,382
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Writing sample by Melissa
Thingelstad, letters of support,
25. James Hamilton
PROJECT SUMMARY: Creation and development of a first draft of "Werewolves of Whitehorse" an
original and modern spin on the classic monster movie of the 1930s and 40s
2007 Grant Request: $6,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, letter of
support
26. Sam Varteniuk
PROJECT SUMMARY: Complete production of a new script "I'm Sticking with Kiefer" as part of the
Indie 5 series
2007 Grant Request: $7,235
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, DVD
27. Cadence Konopaki
PROJECT SUMMARY: A full season of touring across 3 continents, more than a dozen cities
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Letters of support,
28. Kevin Sutley
PROJECT SUMMARY: Produce and direct "Comrades" by Beth Graham and Daniela Vlaskalic at
Catalyst Theatre May 1-10
2007 Grant Request: $15,285
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, script
"Comrades"
29. Rebecca Starr
PROJECT SUMMARY: A full scale professional production of the tragedy of Miss Julie by August
Strindberg
2007 Grant Request: $22,722
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): N/A
30. Cathleen Rootsaert
PROJECT SUMMARY: "Hey Ladies!" an Edmonton women's theatre collective: three performances
of a brand new show each time to be performed at Theatre Network
2007 Grant Request: $9,000
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Writing sample, news
clippings, photos, letter of support, DVD
31. Davina Stewart
PROJECT SUMMARY: "Best Party Ever" a 45 minute children's show performed monthly
incorporating music, puppetry, improv and audience participation
2007 Grant Request: $8,620
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): DVD, letters of support,
news clippings
32. Geoffrey Brumlik
PROJECT SUMMARY: Intensive workshop and public reading of "The Conversion of Axiom
Broddard"
2007 Grant Request: $7,500
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Letters of support, news
clippings, promotional materal
Literary
33. Pat Langner
PROJECT SUMMARY: Adapt a one hour radio drama into a feature length screen play, develop a
pitch kit/pitch plan and secure production agreement
2007 Grant Request: $10,786
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD "The Wimpering
Penguin" radio drama, letters of support
34. Darrin Hagen
PROJECT SUMMARY: Research and creation of new full length play that examines a scandal in
Edmonton's theatre community in 1942
2007 Grant Request: $11,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Letter of support, writing
sample
35. Lewaa Ryan Nasserdeen
PROJECT SUMMARY: Write new dramatic feature length screenplay "Head Above Water"
2007 Grant Request: $17,978
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Writing sample, letters of
support
36. Jasmina Odor
PROJECT SUMMARY: Complete a manuscript of literary short fiction, intended to lead to a book
publication
2007 Grant Request: $9,700
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Writing sample
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
37. Alexis Hillier
PROJECT SUMMARY: Write a feature length original screenplay "The Seven Year Stretch"
2007 Grant Request: $12,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Writing sample
38. Mar'ce Merrell
PROJECT SUMMARY: 6 months of subsistence assistance to complete a publishable draft of a novel
for senior young adults
2007 Grant Request: $4,800
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Writing sample
39. Douglas Elves
PROJECT SUMMARY: "Sculpting Edmonton" a collection of new poems with background materials
on the history of Edmonton, often expressed through the eyes of workers past and present
2007 Grant Request: $24,600
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): "Lovesong on the North
Saskatchewan" collection of poems
40. Susan Phelan
PROJECT SUMMARY: Completion of two literary works with the aim of securing a leading literary
agent and a contract with a major publishing house
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Excerpts from "Dawn" and
"The Cure", media reviews, letters of support
41. Tyler Morency
PROJECT SUMMARY: Two week residency at the Banff Centre to finish and revise novel "Original
Gravity"
2007 Grant Request: $2,475
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Draft of "Original Gravity"
42.
A.S. Woudstra
PROJECT SUMMARY: A 5 month writing project (creative non-fiction) about the a "Keiskamma art
project" in Hamburg, South Africa
2007 Grant Request: $10,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Reviews/quotes, writing
sample
Music
43. Robert Walsh
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2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
PROJECT SUMMARY: Completion of the score for "The Forbidden Phoenix" by Marty Chan and
Robert Walsh-research and study, writing and scoring, and workshops
2007 Grant Request: $23,400
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD audio, letter of support
44. Piotr Grella-Mozejko
PROJECT SUMMARY: A three movement organ sonata commissioned by and written for seven
internationally acclaimed virtuosi. The sonata will premiere during the Royal Canadian College of
Organists series Sundays at 3
2007 Grant Request: $2,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CD audio
45. Jay Murphy
PROJECT SUMMARY: The creation, recording, printing and promotion for the new album of
Edmonton music group Murder City Sparrows
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Lyric sheets, photos, CD
audio, DVD
46. Achol Bilieu
PROJECT SUMMARY: Develop work as a jazz band
2007 Grant Request: $10,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request):
47. George Andrix
PROJECT SUMMARY: Composing or arranging the music for a jazz string quartet concert and the
production of one or more performances, music to be recorded after completion of project
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): CDs audio, news clippings,
letters of support
48. Josephine van Lier
PROJECT SUMMARY: Preparation and performances of the 6 suites for cello solo by Bach on four
different cellos: a baroque cello, a "regular" wooden cello, a carbon fibre cello and a violoncello
piccolo
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Letters of support, CD
audio, newsletter, DVD
49. Richard Monkman
PROJECT SUMMARY: Record a 10 song CD of original material that is a blend jazz, fusion, funk,
folk
2007 Grant Request: $13,650
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, CD audio,
letter of support
50. Glen Erickson
PROJECT SUMMARY: A full length, commercially released studio recording on death & dying,
furthering the development of irony and melancholic subjects
2007 Grant Request: $10,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, CD audio,
letter of support
51. Cory Danyluk
PROJECT SUMMARY: Professional 11 song record of all original acoustic material by Edmonton
duo Danyluk & Card
2007 Grant Request: $8,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Media quotes, letters of
support/intent, CD audio
52. Ceri Jones
PROJECT SUMMARY: Compose a new body of music for the trio No More Shapes. This body of
music will further explore differing textures and sounds through the medium of avant garde
compositions as well as improvised musics
2007 Grant Request: $7,820
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, CD audio
Media Arts
53. Colette Slevinsky
PROJECT SUMMARY: 30 min documentary on Yardbird Suite and Edmonton Jazz Society as they
celebrate their 50th anniversary, shot in HD for archival purposes
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): DVD, letters of support
54. Marie-France Leroyer
PROJECT SUMMARY: Documentary "Behind the Scenes": to unveil and describe the existence of a
micro society living in camps in remote sites in Canada
2007 Grant Request: $21,577
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Photos, letter of support,
book, DVD
55. Robert Moberg
PROJECT SUMMARY: "Alone" a high definition feature film
2007 Grant Request: $23,837
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Photos, sample production
script, DVD, VHS
56. Justin Kowalczuk
PROJECT SUMMARY: "The Right Way To Eat A Bagel" a short film based on the short story of the
same name
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Short story "The Right
Way To Eat A Bagel" by Marshll Moore, storyboard of film, letters of support
57. Beth Wishart-MacKenzie
PROJECT SUMMARY: Documentary of colourful and aging cowboy, Roy Scott, builder of Red
River Carts
2007 Grant Request: $15,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Photos, letter of support,
DVDs
58. Neil Grahn
PROJECT SUMMARY: 12 minute short dramatic film about three middele aged women who are
driven into using whatever means necessary to get respect and satisfaction
2007 Grant Request: $5,053
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Script "Invisible", letters of
support, DVD
59. Michael Maxxis
PROJECT SUMMARY: Direct a music video production for an international/major label bank
produced by Rick Ruben (multi Grammy winner)
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): News clippings, photos,
DVD, letter of support, CD audio
60. Alex Viszmeg
PROJECT SUMMARY: An experimental drama which gets inside the thought patterns of an
individual who is going through a spiritual crisis of which he is unaware
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): DVDs, news clipping
61. Carlo Ghioni
PROJECT SUMMARY: Short film "Guys" delivers an exploration of a major issue in contemporary
society like torture
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Script, letters of support,
DVDs
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
62. Trevor Anderson
PROJECT SUMMARY: Research and develop a feature length documentary film tentatively titled
"Dead Judy!"
2007 Grant Request: $25,000
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Photo, script treatment,
letter of support, CD audio
63. David Morgan
PROJECT SUMMARY: A 5 minute experimental musical film with singer songwriter Wendy
McNeil
2007 Grant Request: $6,591
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): Lyric sheet, CD audio,
DVDs
Attachment 2
2007 Community Investment Program Individual Artist Project Grant – List of
Applicants
64. Lynn Elderrshaw
PROJECT SUMMARY: Produce two documentary videos from footage obtained during the visit of
Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, a senior teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, to Edmonton in June
2006
2007 Grant Request: $4,020
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL (Available from the EAC office on request): DVD