The Awardees for the Scholarship-Program 2010/11 of the Lepsien Art Foundation
Online, October 1, 2010 (Newswire.com) - As every year the Lepsien Art Foundation again awarded five scholarships to international artist for the art-scholarship-program 2010/11.
The Art-Scholarship holders for the program 2010/11 are:
Claudia Marcela Robles: Sculpture
(geb. 1971 in Tucuman, Argentine)
Verena Freyschmidt: Painting
(geb. 1975 in Frankfurt a. M., Germany)
Oxana Jad: Photography
(geb. 1976 in Kasan, Russia)
Katy Feuersenger: Drawings/Paper-Works
(geb. 1976 in Stendal, Germany)
Jeannette Schnuttgen: Multimedia Installations
(geb. 1978 in Olpe, Germany)
In total more than 150 highly interesting applications have been received by the Lepsien Art Foundation from artists all over the world for the Art-Scholarship-Program 2010/11.
All applications were evaluated and rated in a multi-level process over more than 4 weeks by the jury:
Dr. Necmi Soenmez: Curator Lepsien Art Foundation
Dr. Stefanie Kreuzer: Curator Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Marcus Ludkemeyer: Art Historian, u. a. Schloss Ringenberg
Christian Lepsien: Director Lepsien Art Foundation
Cindy Tereba: Ass. Director Lepsien Art Foundation
„We are delighted regarding the very positive outcome of the whole award process. The number of relevant applications increased by more than 50% compared to 2009. A great success, which shows the importance of private initiatives to support art and culture in a constructive and sustainable way. We do congratulate all scholarship holders for their success and we are looking forward to an interesting scholarship program 2010/11."
The Scholarship Program 2010/11 started in September 2010 and runs till September 2011.
Lepsien Art Foundation
Dusseldorf - Abu Dhabi
www.lepsien-art-foundation.com
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