Arts Awards Archives - KCAW https://www.kcaw.org/tag/arts-awards/ Community broadcasting for Sitka and the surrounding area Fri, 24 May 2019 18:08:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Sitka’s Rasmuson hat trick https://www.kcaw.org/2019/05/20/three-sitkans-bring-home-a-rasmuson-hat-trick/ https://www.kcaw.org/2019/05/20/three-sitkans-bring-home-a-rasmuson-hat-trick/#respond Tue, 21 May 2019 02:10:30 +0000 https://www.kcaw.org/?p=92300

Sitkans John Ingman, Ellie Schmidt, and Richard Nelson were honored at the Rasmuson Foundation’s annual reception in Anchorage last Friday (5/17/19, where each of them accepted awards for their artistic work.  (Berett Wilber photo)

Sitkans John Ingman, Ellie Schmidt, and Richard Nelson were among 35 artists selected by the Rasmuson Foundation this month for Individual Artist Awards. Ingman, who performs on the Uillean pipes (a Celtic bagpipe), and Schmidt, a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker, each received project awards of $7,500. Nelson, an author and radio producer, was selected as the 2019 Distinguished Artist, which comes with a $40,000.

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Sitka Fine Arts Camp students in 2011. (Photo by Clark Mishler)

Sitka Fine Arts Camp students in 2011. (Photo by Clark Mishler)

The Sitka Fine Arts Camp is the 2015 Arts Organization of the Year in Alaska. Director Roger Schmidt discusses how his organization has evolved and grown into a statewide institution.

Downloadable audio.

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