QUICK TAKES - April 10, 2009
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced Wednesday the recipients of its annual fellowship in the fields of arts, science and general scholarship. The organization awarded 180 fellowships from a pool of nearly 3,000 applicants.
Seven of the artists receiving a grant this year are from the Southern California area.
Thomas Lawson, dean of the School of Art at the California Institute of the Arts, said he will use his fellowship to complete a series of life-size oil paintings that he began last summer at his Echo Park studio.
Billy Childs, a composer who lives in South Pasadena, said his fellowship will be dedicated to completing a series of seven to nine pieces that bring together classical music and jazz.
The foundation didn’t disclose the dollar amount of each fellowship.
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David Ng
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