SHEARWATER FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES HOLOGRAPHY GRANTS FOR 2002
FT. Lauderdale, Florida, December 31st 2002 - - The Shearwater Foundation announced today that its Board of Directors has awarded $97,400.00 in grants through its Holography Program this year. The Shearwater Foundation provides funding to groups, institutions and associations that contribute to the understanding and appreciation of art holography world-wide.
The Center for the Holographic Arts, Long Island City, USA, received a maintaining grant of $50,000.00 towards the running and developmental costs of its Artist-in-Residence program. This program was inaugurated in 1998 and has, over the past four years, provided a venue for artists, from around the world, to explore the creative aspects of holography. Part of this grant will be used to continue the program into its 5th cycle of residencies during 2003.
The New Media Program, St Mary’s College, Indiana, USA, received a grant of $3,000.00 towards the cost of producing printed documentation for their exhibition “Women in Holography” (working title), which will take place during February 2003. Curated and organised by Professor Douglas E. Tyler, this exhibition aims to bring together the pioneering work of several women artists who have worked consistently with holography.
The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)/Practical Holography XVII, Bellingham, USA, received a grant of $10,000.00 to support artists attending the Practical Holography meeting, held as part of Photonics West, in California, during January 2003. Chaired by Professor Tung H. Jeong, the Practical Holography meeting aims to encourage artists to present papers, display their work and interact with a broad range of holography professionals.
Al Razutis, La Crescenta, California, USA, received a grant of $10,000.00 towards the cost of archiving, editing and producing a two disk interactive DVD video. This will update earlier videos from his production ‘West-Coast Artists in Light’ and include new, previously unseen footage, of several internationally renowned artists, as well as interviews and documentation of holographic art works and exhibitions.
Dr. Sean Johnston, University of Glasgow, Scotland, received a grant of $5,300.00 towards the cost of researching ‘Holography, Holographers and their history’. This funding will be used to interview key artists working in the field and gather material and research relating to the creative aspects of the medium as part of a larger research project into the history of holography.
Georges Dyens, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada, received a grant of $3,800.00 towards the finishing stages of production, copying and distribution of their interactive CD-Rom “Art Holography: The Real Virtual 3D Images. An Interactive Encyclopaedia of Holographic Art”. This has been under development for several years and includes text, images, audio and video footage of creative holography and the artists who make it. Available in both French and English, this digital archive has been produced by GRAM (Groupe de Recherche en Arts Médiatiques), under the direction of Georges Dyens, and will be distributed internationally during 2003.
The Holography Purchase Project has assisted two institutions with the purchase of holographic art for their collections this year. The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth, UK, received a grant of $3,100.00 towards the purchase of “Rock Garden: Dorset Markers”, a work made up of film reflection holograms and stones by Margaret Benyon. The Museum is particularly interested in collecting work by local artists which have a relevance to the coastal area in which the collection is situated.
University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art, Colchester, UK, received a grant of $4,000.00 to assist with the acquisition of “Holo/Olho”, a reflection hologram produced by Eduardo Kac in 1983. This collection concentrates on Latin American Art and provides exhibitions, education and research material on the subject. This is the first hologram to be included in their collection which includes work in a variety of traditional and mixed media.
Paula Dawson, Sydney,Australia and John Gage, Petrino, Italy, received a grant of $8,200.00 towards the writing, printing and distribution of a catalogue to accompany the exhibition “Light from Shadows” which will tour venues in Australia, Italy and the USA. The exhibition is based on Dr. Paula Dawson’s Australian Research Council research project on the characteristics of darkness in imaging. The catalogue will be written by author and art historian Dr. John Gage and is to be produced in association with the Ivan Dougherty Gallery, part of the University of New South Wales, Australia.
