CU Council for the Arts awards project grants to students, staff members

The Cornell Council for the Arts has selected 28 Cornell students and six staff members to receive grants to complete and present their arts projects now through the spring semester. Proposals for 2000-01 projects by individual students and staff will be accepted before April 30, 2000. Numerous performances and shows, including current exhibits by two of last year's grant winners, are scheduled over the year.

• "Circle Squared," an art installation by Aulia Tisch, former Cornell staff member, is on view at the Hartell Gallery in Sibley Hall through Sept. 3. Tisch's works follow an exhibit by Carlos Rodriguez '99, whose sculptures of Taino artifacts were displayed earlier this month.
• Julia Featheringill, a Johnson Museum staff member, has a photography exhibit currently on display at the Clinton House Art Gallery through Aug. 31.
• Vanessa Domico and Brian Dupont, both M.F.A. candidates in visual arts, will exhibit awarded projects in Tjaden Gallery in September. Domico's work will be displayed Sept. 11-17; Dupont's work will be exhibited Sept. 18-24.

  Other visual arts grant recipients: Chloe Benetatos '99, art, and MFA candidate Brian Dehart; Rebecca Messineo '02, fine arts; Claire Topal '99, college scholar in arts and sciences; and MFA candidate Yoko Matsuno.

• On Oct. 8, Ellen London '01, dance and history, will perform a choreographed, interactive performance in the Center for Theatre Arts.

  Seniors Lena Magee and Tatiana Thieme also will choreograph and perform a dance concert in the CTA Nov. 11 and 12. Spring 2000 performances will include works by Scott Cronick '00, theatre arts; Harvey Young, a graduate student in theatre; and Cheryl Hunt '00, dance and economics.

• Photography project grants were awarded to: Alba Cabral '00, fine arts and psychology; Lisa Shenouda '99, psychology; Anne Sterret '01, fine arts and art history; Frank DiMeo and Thomas Hoebbel, staff members in University Photography; and Keith Millman, photography lab manager in Tjaden Hall.
• Music project grants: Damon Lee and Robert Paterson, both doctoral candidates in music composition. Lee will compose a film score; Paterson will compose a chamber work for performance in April 2000.
• Apparel design project grants: Amanda James '99 and Mario Roman '99, both in textiles and apparel; Carol Young, a graduate student textiles and apparel; Lauren Berke '01, anthropology; Elise Ferer '01, chemistry; and Kishmere Carter, building-care staff member. Fashion lines designed by the students will be presented in the spring Cornell Design League Fashion show.
• Creative writing project grants: Aoife Naughton, Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature, and Kristine Newhall, a Campus Life staff member.
• Film project grants: Kenneth Lin '99, philosophy, and Drew Hildebrand '99, theatre, film and dance, will collaborate on a film. Beth O'Brien '99, fine arts, plans a film based on a narrative poem.
• Individual project grants: Louis Chugranis '00, design and environmental analysis, and Ju-Ping Tseng, graduate student in landscape architecture.