Alaska State Arts Council Support Grants Panel
Yesterday I wore the hat of Alaska State Arts Council Board member and Co-Chaired an all-day meeting at the British Petroleum Energy Center, Anchorage, to evaluate biennial and annual support grant applications from non-profit arts organizations. The hard-working panel included (from left to right) Michele Miller of Anchorage, June Rogers from Fairbanks, Co-Chair Ben Brown of Juneau, myself, Charlotte Fox the AKSAC director Anchorage, (not shown) Annette Evans Smith of Anchorage, Roger Schmidt from Sitka, and sitting in front on the right, Vivian Kinnaird of Anchorage. The public was invited to attend and a teleconference phone connection remained open for grant applicants to listen to the discussion. The applications filled a four inch thick book that was sent in advance to each member to review. I’m really glad to be finished lugging around that big, fat, heavy notebook.
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska wilderness artist
