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    Providing Grant Money for Island Artists

    The MVCVA’s program centers on grant giving to Vineyard artists. Each year it awards a wide range of grants. The Visual Arts, public performances, broadcast media, recordings and…

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  • Peggy Turner Zablotny (2016 Grant)

    Towards having fine art prints created of her work.

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  • Liz Witham (2016 Grant)

    Material for documentary

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  • Ken Wentworth (2016 Grant)

    Towards camera

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  • Nina Violet (2016 Grant)

    for multi-media project

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  • Heather Tilton (2016 Grant)

    Towards computer for Boys and Girls Club camera club #1.  An exhibit of Nature Themed Portraits, By Edgartown Boys & Girls Club Camera Club kids, shot in a…

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  • Taylor Stone (2016 Grant)

    To build an exhibit booth.

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  • Jeanne Staples (2016 Grant)

    Art supplies

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  • Amy Size (2016 Grant)

    Art supplies

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  • Tiffany Shoquist (2016 Grant)

    Art supplies

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  • Zack Pinerio (2016 Grant)

    Towards building a kiln

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  • Alex Palmer and Sean O’Malley (2016 Grant)

    Supplies for Giant Maze.

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  • Katrina Nevin (2016 Grant)

    Painting supplies

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  • Amy Nevin (2016 Grant)

    Kiln supplies

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  • Lily Morris (2016 Grant)

    Camera and hard drive

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  • MV Library Association (2016 Grant)

    Space rental for Mini Maker Fair.

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  • Cynthia McGrath (2016 Grant)

    Jewelry welding materials

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  • John Holladay (2016 Grant)

    Printing a coloring book of Martha’s Vineyard.

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  • Elizabeth Harrington (2016 Grant)

    Towards a creative retreat.

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  • Rebecca Gilbert (2016 Grant)

    Show of family paintings and photographs.

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  • Althea Freeman-Miller (2016 Grant)

    Towards a laser printer.

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  • Chelsea Counsell (2016 Grant)

    Grant for microphone and cds.

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  • Abby Bender (2016 Grant)

    2016 Built on Stilts

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  • Ellie Bates (2013+2014+2016 Grant)

    2016 Workshop to publish word collages 2014 To create a 2015 calendar with her photos and poetry for each month. 2013 Image inspired Writing, writing workshops at Anchors.

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  • Basia Jaworska Silva (2014+2016 Grant)

    2016 For screenplay software 2014 To design and print a line of glassware. basiaArtist.com

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  • Katie June Fournier (2014+2016 Grant)

    2016 Silkscreening materials 2014 To silkscreen original drawings onto fabric to be marketed globally.

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  • Jennifer Langhammer (2014+2016 Grant)

    2016 Ceramic materials 2014  To create ceramic sculpture on the theme of the forest floor http://jenniferlanghammer.com

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  • Lynn Christoffers (2015 Grant)

    To photograph and videotape the children and animals of the island.

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  • Kanta Lipsky (2015 Grant)

    To continue private tutoring with a professional abstract painter.

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  • April Knight (2015 Grant)

    To produce a book of poems.

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  • Elizabeth Cecil (2015 Grant)

    For a photography exhibit of a series of Mounds around the world.

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  • Caitlin Cook (2015 Grant)

    For an evening-length dance project.

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  • Charles Moreno (2015 Grant)

    To film and edit a documentary about a “Round-the-Vineyard Swim,” a fundraiser for the non-profit NoticeAbility.

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  • Washington Ledesma (2015 Grant)

    To replace a kiln. http://washingtonledesma.com

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  • Enos Ray (2015 Grant)

    For a series of abstract expressionist painting.

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  • Steve Dunayer (2015 Grant)

    For post-production costs for a sci-fi-horror-comedy

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  • David Adams Atwood (2015 Grant)

    For supplies for a library show of large oil paintings and collages.

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  • L A Hart (2015 Grant)

    For materials to launch Vineyard inspired wedding bands and rings.

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  • Minnesingers Parent Group (2015 Grant)

    For costumes, sets and equipment for spring productions. http://www.minnesingersparentgroup.com

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  • Jane Dreban (2015 Grant)

    To create a multi-media project about Vineyard artists.

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  • Jack Schimmelman (2015 Grant)

    2015 To help produce a musical folk-opera of the year 1854 on the island.

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  • Tony Lombardi (2015 Grant)

    To create an outdoor mural at Alex’s Place at the YMCA.

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  • Heather Goff (2015 Grant)

    For equipment to print limited edition prints of drawings. http://heathergoffdailysketches.com

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  • Greg Martino (2015 Grant)

    To create an eco-friendly visual art illumination installation on the oyster farm waters.

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  • Emma Young (2014 Grant)

    To print a chapbook of original poems, letterpress printed. ENYprintedwork.com

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  • Jennifer Tseng (2014 Grant)

    To create an original broadside as part of a fund-raising effort for victims of the Marathon bombing. jennifertseng.weebly.com

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  • Richard Skidmore (2014 Grant)

    To continue production of a film which will be shown at the MV Film Center.

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  • Randi Sylvia and Marlene DiStefano (2014 Grant)

    To create a line of leather goods.  

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  • Lucinda Sheldon (2014 Grant)

    To restore a shed as show space for visiting artists. lucindasheldon.com

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  • Shannon Rynd-Ray (2014 Grant)

    To produce a show of her photographs printed on glass.

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  • Denise Blair Rhone (2014 Grant)

    To put on a summer Jazz/Gospel concert.  www.preciousrubys.com

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  • Alida O’Loughlin (2014 Grant)

    To develop a ceramic studio trail for potters on the island.

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  • Kate Medeiros (2014 Grant)

    To create a furnace to melt metal and hold an event to cast iron into artwork. http://kaboomartistry.weebly.com

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  • Richard Limber (2014 Grant)

    To participate with two other artists in the Oak Bluffs Arts District annual stroll. richardlimber.com 

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  • Jillian Guest (2014 Grant)

    To participate in classes at Featherstone.

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  • Maybelle (Bella) Felipe (2014 + 2015 Grant)

    To print a children’s activity coloring book based on her character of Arakataka, the puppet from her weekly TV program. The book will be an educational tool about…

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  • Lenston Dougherty (2014 Grant)

    To mount a show of paintings highlighting the African American Heritage Trail as well as other MV landmarks.

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  • Gabriella Camilleri (2014 + 2015 Grant)

    2015 To create an online portfolio of original clothing designs. 2014 To develop her website, train an assistant and purchase fabric for clothing design. Gabriella-Designs Facebook Page

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  • Joan LeLacheur (2014 Grant)

    Joanie Lelacheur’s wampum jewelry and mosaic tiles on Facebook: To create tiles for a show.  

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  • Valentine Estabrook (2014 + 2015 Grant)

    2014, 2015 Toward a lighting system and exhibition panels to display her paintings at the weekly Artisan Festival. http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/valentine-estabrook.html

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  • Tony Balis (2013 Grant)

    To create a worldwide game, the Humanity Initiative www.humanity.org 

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  • John Hagen (2013 Grant)

    to paint portraits of renowned Vineyard artists, past and present http://www.granarygallery.com/searchresults.php?artistId=10452&artist=John+Philip+Hagen&start=1

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  • Benjamin Jones (2013 Grant)

    Equipment for new recording studio, a collaboration of Island musicians, to produce CD’s

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  • Gimili Glavin (2013 + 2015 Grant)

    2015 To create “Jellyfish Lamps” and “Boat Rudder Tables” using locally found materials. 2013 Nature Imitates Art,  Sculpture from articles found on beach

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  • Lisa Vanderhoop (2013 Grant)

    Cards with a Cause, printing SeaDog cards to benefit animal shelter and Gay Head Lighthouse. www.vineyardseadogs.com

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  • Kathy Rose (2013 + 2015 Grant)

    2015 To make a trailer for her film “Detroit”. 2013 Completing DVD “The Breach” about coastal erosion on MV This trailer is a short version of my 30min…

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  • Fae Kontje Gibbs (2013 + 2015 Grant)

    http://www.faekontje-gibbs.com/ 2015 To continue work on a book of words and pictures about the creative life of a woman on the island. 2013 To create book of words…

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    Ted Box (2013 Grant)

    Material for 70 ft. scow-schooner

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  • Windemere Dept of Recreation, B. Burmeister (2013 Grant)

    Life Stories with Windemere residents and students of the Chilmark Schoo www.windemeremv.org

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  • David Welch (2013 + 2014 + 2015 Grant)

    2015 To offer a workshop on Alternative Photographic Processes at Featherstone. 2013-2014 Ongoing project of The New Farmers, fine art documentary photography of agriculture on MV. http://leftfork.net

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  • Amy Kurth (2013 Grant)

    The grant was to create an 8 week study of Egyptian or “Saidi” style dance, art, costume and culture.  Two visual dance performance were given at Built on Stilts dance festival…

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  • Mary Thomson (2013 + 2014 + 2015 Grant)

    2015 For materials for metal clay sculpture. 2014 To create jewelry and small scaled assemblages from fine metal clay. 2013 Art to Wear,  jewelry design.

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  • Tracy Thorpe (2013 Grant)

    Water Colors of Martha’s Vineyard

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  • MV Arts District, Marlene Distefano (2013 Grant)

    Marketing/Promotion of Arts District

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  • Daniel Adams (2013 Grant)

    Towards a camera to continue social media websites about the island, MVPBS

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  • Judi Drew (2013 Grant)

    Making Giclee prints  and framing pastel designs

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  • Holly Alaimo (2013+2014 Grant)

    2014 To put on the Artist Ball in October, 2014, a dance party (costume optional) with live band at Dreamland as well as an opportunity for all Island…

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  • Marla Blakey (2013 Grant)

    Afro-Cuban Dance Night, August 2013 http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/marla-blakey-41

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  • Janette Vanderhoop (2013 Grant)

    Wampanoag history presentations in classrooms www.etsy.com/shop/IslandNaturals

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  • Felix Neck Sanctuary (2013 Grant)

    Mass Audubon Outdoor mural www.massaudubon.org/felixneck

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  • April Thanhauser, Spindrift Marionettes (2013+2014 grant)

    2014 To develop a mask making workshop, followed by a puppet parade and family pageant. 2013 For a new large puppet. View all projects at: www.spindriftmarionettes.org

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  • Dan Martino (2013 + 2014 + 2015 Grant)

    http://marthasvineyardproductions.com/ 2015 To document the “Living Shoreline” project. Living Shoreline is a short documentary produced by Martha’s Vineyard Productions, wrote and directed by Dan Martino. The short documentary…

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  • Basia Jaworska & Linda Ziegler (2013 Grant)

    3 Day Art Event, multi-media show in outdoor setting. http://basiaartist.com

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  • Robin Tuck (2013 + 2014 + 2015 Grant)

    2015 To create art therapy workshops for caregivers. 2014 To provide puppet-making classes in an after-school program for children of all abilities. 2013 Puppeteers in Training, free classes…

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  • Ed Schulman (2013 Grant)

    To purchase painting materials. Learn more here.

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  • Lucinda Sheldon (2013 Grant)

    to help buy a new kiln for cloisonné enamels lucindasheldon.com

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  • Friends of Family Planning (2013 Grant)

    HS poster contest for the Annual Show

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  • Susan Johnson (2013 Grant + 2015 Grant)

    2015 For art materials for landscape paintings and exhibition. 2013 for-mv-art1-3 ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 10 Artist Residency and Vermont Studio School.   susanjohnsonart.us

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  • Phil daRosa (2013 Grant)

    To produce a CD with Island musicians.   www.dcla.bandcamp.com   http://www.printshopaudio.com

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  • Thomas Bena (2012 + 2013 + 2014)

    For post-production work on a film about island housing.

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  • Bill O’Callaghan (2012 + 2013 + 2014 Grant)

    To run the Pottery Studio at Jabberwocky

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  • Phyllis Vecchia (2012 + 2013 Grants)

    For a creative drama about women in history

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  • Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival (2012 + 2013 + 2014 Grant)

    To produce an elephant costume for Cinema Circus

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  • Ruth Major (2012 + 2013 + 2015 Grant)

    For a series of paintings of historical scenes in New York

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  • Edward Forbes Smiley (2012 Grant)

    For a one man show of drawings & paintings from prison

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  • Margot Datz (2012 Grant)

    For a mural at the entrance of the Edgartown Public Library

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