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Fw: [MF-USA] News: Mad Arts Artist Wins $500,000
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Oryx Cohen
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MindFreedom News - 19 September 2006
http://www.MindFreedom.org - please forward
MAD ARTS ARTIST WINS HALF MILLION DOLLARS
An NYC-based artist who works on transforming abandoned psychiatric
institutions into memorials with art (such as Northampton State
Hospital in Massachusetts) won a MacArthur "Genius Award" of $500,000:
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excerpt:
"Anna Schuleit, 32, artist, New York. Her installation pieces
commemorate the lives of patients in mental-health institutions by
transforming abandoned facilities into memorials that incorporate
music, flowers, and other elements."
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from:
Chronicle of Philanthropy - 19 September 2006
MacArthur Foundation Names Recipients of 'Genius Awards'
By Marty Michaels
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago, on
Tuesday announced the 25 recipients
The fellowships, often referred to as "the genius awards," recognize
people in a broad range of disciplines who show exceptional
creativity and the potential for continued innovative work.
Each award provides $500,000 over five years and comes with no
stipulations, allowing each fellow to use the money as he or she sees
fit. No one may apply for the MacArthur Fellowships. Each year the
foundation chooses several hundred people from diverse fields who
serve anonymously as nominators. A 12-member selection committee then
recommends final candidates to the foundation's Board of Directors.
Including the recipients announced today, the foundation has named a
total of 732 fellows since the program's inception in 1981.
Recipients must be U.S. citizens or residents and may not be elected
officials or hold high government positions.
Sixteen of the new fellows work for academic institutions or other
nonprofit groups, including two nonprofit officials whose work
harnesses cutting-edge technology to aid poor people.
more at:
http://philanthropy.com/free/update/2006/09/2006091901.htm
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an artist web site:
http://www.1856.org/anna/default.html
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