ArtsLink International Fellowships​: US Projects

2008 Participants

Armenia
Yerevan
Music

The project award was to support research on Zen Buddhism’s influence on contemporary American music and two concert performances of contemporary American and Armenian music, one at Purchase College and one at Symphony Space.

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Georgia
Tbilisi
Visual

The project award was to support travel and artist’s expenses for a group exhibition at Abrons Art Center, a series of lectures at Lower East Side high schools and middle schools, and research concerning digital documentation and historic preservation at the Museum of Chinese in the Americas.

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Russia
Yakutsk
Music

The project awards was to support a tour of concerts, workshops, and master classes of traditional and contemporary Sakha (Yakutian) music in schools and performing arts centers in eastern Massachusetts.

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Poland
Poznan
Visual

The project award was to support the creation of a new body of work, through an artist residency program, of pinhole photography and drawings inspired by the cultural landscape of Montana.

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Romania
Targoviste
Theater

Stefan Peca was able to observe a production taking shape from rehearsals to opening night. He met with writers, directors and actors in Connecticut and New York and was introduced to the Hartford Stage Theatre, Yale Rep. New York Theatre Workshop, and the Public Theatre. In addition, with the help of Long Wharf artistic staff, he developed a new play, which was given a public reading at Long Wharf.

Serbia
Belgrade
Crafts (applied)

The project award was to support the study and exchange of cultivation practices surrounding art- and craft-based economic systems: cultural tourism, arts business training, village revitalization, and use of craft in home decor.