 Artist Trust just named 21 artists in Washington state the recipients of the 2004 distinguished artist fellowship awards ($6,000 each) given in the categories of visual art, dance, design and theater. Of the 339 artists who applied, a large majority [273] were visual artists. Dancers, designers and theatrical innovators are, as a sign of the times, comparatively less visible. The image on the left is by Dawn Cerny a 2004 State Fellowship winner from her spring 2004 exhibit at Crawl Space.
 The most pleasing surprise of the awards was Dawn Cerny. She makes drawings and prints with scribbled-in plotlines, as in a print of a sectional sofa with lithographed narratives of who was at the party. Her off-beat sense of humor was seen last spring at Crawl Space on Capitol Hill. Using both visual images, and text, she creates warped metaphors which amuse and delight the viewer. Her training at the Cornish Print Lab and at =+Studio Blu+= allows her to command the medium in any way she wants to.
Howard House was represented by a several fellowship winners.
Joseph Park's paintings are a post-Derridian marvel of both crossing culture and crossing time. The oil on canvas work "Dream Boat" from 1998 combines the visual experience of 1930's cinema with the color sense of a graphic novel. Park is notorious for subverting known iconic imagery into his own artistic agenda.
Dan Webb is a phenomenal installation artist who uses wood carving as his metier. Lately he has branched out extending his production into duct tape and various plasters. His work is both humorous and filled with biting social satire. His work "School Desk 1" from 1999 is a carved trip down memory lane complete with bubble gum on the underside of the piece.
These three artists are but a small selection of the 21 fellowship winners for 2004.
*Note to Victoria Haven, congratulations on the first ever clean sweep of all the major grants and awards in the Seattle Area in 2004.
For more about this years awards read
Area artists receive bulk of Artist Trust awards
By REGINA HACKETT
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER ART CRITIC
Friday October 22, 2004
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