2002-05-20 - United States
ArtsLink Announces 2002 Independent Projects Awards
ArtsLink has announced awards for the fourth cycle of its Independent Projects program. This initiative allows Central and Eastern European artists and arts managers to build upon established contacts with U.S. arts organizations. This year's awards, selected by panel review from 20 proposals, will enable 6 artists and arts managers to undertake projects in the United States.

Awards went to: Boris Bakal of Zagreb, Croatia and Katarina Pejovic of Ljubljana, Slovenia who will work with The Kitchen in New York City on a multimedia performance project; Jaroslaw Flicinski of Gdansk, Poland who will be in residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas; video artist Kai Kaljo of Tallinn, Estonia who will work with the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts at the University of California, San Diego; visual artist Andreja Kuluncic of Zagreb, Croatia who will undertake a project at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and dance arts manager Cosmin Manolescu of Bucharest, Romania who will work with dance companies and presenting organizations in Pittsburgh, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
Since 1999 ArtsLink has awarded 27 Independent Projects grants. ArtsLink also provides ArtsLink Projects awards that enable U.S. arts professionals to undertake projects in Central and Eastern Europe and Residencies awards to U.S. arts organizations to support residencies for East and Central European artists and arts managers.

ArtsLink is a public-private partnership of CEC International Partners, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, and the Ohio Arts Council with additional funding from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Kettering Fund, and the Milton and Sally Avery Foundation. ArtsLink is managed by CEC International Partners, a not-for-profit organization with over 35 years experience in building relationships in Russia and Eastern and Central Europe.

The entire list of this year's grants is available on CEC's website, http://www.cecip.org, or upon request from ArtsLink.
contact: Jennifer Gullace
phone: 212-643-1985 ext. 22
email: MT