S.O.S. Recipients 2002-2003

(For Opportunities between March and June 2003)

Janet Lipp Buehler, Monroe, Visual Arts, $500
For materials to create a sculpture of "Kinetic Fish" for the Charlotte Art Gardens on Lake Avenue, Rochester.

Monica Katherine Duncan, Monroe, Media, $400
For travel and lodging to screen her solo and collaborative video projects at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

Shawn Dunwoody, Monroe, Visual Arts, $400
For materials to exhibit 25-30 pieces as part of the National Conference of Artists exhibition at the Wintergarden, One Bausch and Lomb Place, Rochester.

Charles Flowers, Monroe,Visual Arts, $500*
For framing and materials expenses for a juried show at the Center at High Falls, and a solo show at the Rochester Public Library, Lincoln Branch.

Marsha Jones, Monroe, Literature, $600
For child care during preparation for a reading of her manuscript, "Life Begins with Truth", at Mood Makers Books in the Village Gate Square, Rochester.

Clare Mann, Monroe, Visual Arts, $500*
For mentor fees for twelve weeks to study painting techniques with artist Chuck Haas.

Deborah McAfee, Livingston, Visual Arts, $500
For materials and moving expenses to create and install a sculpture in the Charlotte Art Gardens on Lake Avenue, Rochester.

Jim Morris, Genesee,Visual Arts, $500
For travel, accommodations, and materials to frame and exhibit two new lithographs at the International Print Center, NYC.

Karen Pelc, Monroe, Visual Arts, $500
For materials for the creation of two bird sculptures for the Charlotte Art Gardens on Lake Avenue, Rochester.

Rachel Siegel, Monroe, Visual Arts, $600
For travel to participate in a month-long rediency and solo exhibition with a site-specific installation at the Great River Arts Association, Little Falls, Minnesota.

Christine Sevilla, Monroe, Visual Arts, $500
For framing expenses for twenty new images to be exhibited in a solo show at Rochester's Link Gallery.

Peter Sucy, Monroe, Visual Arts, $500
For costs relating to the presentation of artwork in an exhibition at the Greater Rochester Branch of the American Association of University Women.

*Emerging Artist Fund

Special Opportunity Stipends(SOS)

SOS grants are designed to help individual artists of all disciplines
take advantage of unique opportunities that may significantly benefit
their work or career development. Visual, literary, media and
performing artists may request support ranging from $50 to $500 for
specific forthcoming opportunities.

The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester administers the
program for artists who live in the following counties of New York:
Cayuga, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne,
Wyoming and Yates.

SOS is a project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, working in
collaboration with local arts councils. Funds are provided by the New
York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

For information call 473-4000.

For information about other regional SOS programs in New York State,
contact New York Foundation for the Arts (www.nyfa.org).

Guidelines & Applications:
Guidelines and application are available at the Arts & Cultural Council
or you may download the application by clicking on this link to the
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) web site.

Spring 2002
for opportunities between
March 2002 and June 2002

Douglas Anderson, Livingston, Visual Arts $275
For shipping and crating to exhibit 15 paintings in the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago, IL.

Janet Baxter, Monroe, Theater $300
For set materials for performance of Hanover's "A Day in the Life", her new play at the Nazareth College Arts Center, Rochester, NY.

Robin Cass, Monroe, Crafts $480
For documentation of her solo exhibition at the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville, TN.

Reenah Golden, Monroe, Folk Arts $400
For travel and lodging to attend the Roswell Magnolia Storytelling Festival in Roswell, GA.

Judith Olson Gregory, Monroe, Visual Arts $185
For materials to create an installation piece titled "GRACE" at the Castellani Art Museum at Niagara University in New York.

Jeff Kell, Livingston, Crafts $577
For travel and lodging to present his proposal: "Three Dimensional Computer Aided Design" at the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO.

Roberto Lebron, Monroe, Visual Arts $486
For travel expenses to attend the opening for a solo exhibition in the Gallery of Puerto Rico Tourism Corporation in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Donna McPike, Wayne, Crafts $600
For lodging and supplies to study special basketry techniques with mentor and basket maker Bill Smith.

Veronica Morgan, Orleans, Photography $500 218
For framing and matting for a one-person photography exhibition "Stationary Bridges Along the Erie Barge in Orleans County" at the Go Art Gallery, Batavia, NY.

Cris Riedel, Livingston, Literature $374
For travel and lodging to attend "Creativity through Writing and Storytelling" led by storyteller and author Jay O'Callahan.

Masha Ryskin, Monroe, Visual Arts $590
For travel and framing for a three-person exhibition at the CACP Gallery in Cleveland, OH.

Zerbe Sodervick, Wayne, Visual Arts $514
For travel and supplies to participate in a Centrium Arts and Creative Education Artist residency in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA.

Melissa Stidd, Monroe, Crafts $500
For travel to exhibit in her first three-person show at Rogers State University in Tulsa, OK.

Kathryn Anderson, Monroe (County), Literature, $235
28 Arlington Street
Rochester, NY 14607
716-473-5064
for travel and lodging for a residency at the Dorset Colony House (artists' colony) in Dorset, VT.

David Anderson, Monroe, Interdisciplinary, $230
181 Royleston Rd.
Rochester, NY 14609
716-428-5192
for materials and frames for an exhibition at the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh, PA.

Roberley Bell, Monroe, Visual Arts, $400
9446 Francis Rd.
Batavia, NY 14020
716-343-5946
for materials to prepare a site-specific installation for the exhibition, Welcome, at Wave Hill in the Bronx, NY.

Robin Cass, Monroe, Visual Arts, $400
1 Weldon Street
Rochester, NY 14611
716-436-3513
for travel and lodging for a solo exhibition at the Gallerie Raphael Essegbag in Montreal, Quebec.

Maryanne Connelly, Monroe, Interdisciplinary, $250
38 Westwood Dr.
E. Rochester, NY 14445
716-248-3906
for documentation fees for a solo performance at the Goldberg Auditoriuim at the Jewish Community Center, Rochester, NY.

Daniel Eaton, Monroe, Crafts, $350
395 Benton Street
Rochester, NY 14620
716-256-0671
for travel to attend a wood-fire workshop, led by potters Takashi Nakazato,
Doug Casebeer, and David Pinto, at the Anderson Ranch in Falmouth, Jamaica.

Minhhang Huynh, Livingston, Visual Arts, $300
8 Wadsworth Street
Geneseo, NY 14454
716-243-1226
for framing and supplies for a solo exhibition at Casa Italiana Center, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.

Anthony Leuzzi, Monroe, Literature, $300
P.O. Box 10692
Rochester, NY 14610
716-241-9632
for travel to study poetry writing techniques with San Francisco-based novelist and poet Kevin Killian.

Joan Lyons, Monroe, Visual Arts, $250
176 Rutgers Street
Rochester, NY 14607
716-473-3046
for materials for an installation of 70 new digital prints at the Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY during the 30th anniversary of the Visual Studies Workshop.

Raphaela McCormack, Monroe, Visual Arts, $300
121 Boardman Street
Rochester, NY 14607
716-442-1239
for materials for an exhibit of 30 three-dimensional works at the Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY.

Donna McPike, Wayne, Crafts, $400
126 Willow Street
Palmyra, NY 14522
315-597-5018
for mentor fees and lodging to study traditional ash splint basketry with veteran craftsman Bill Smith of Colton, NY.

Audrey Powers, Monroe, Visual Arts, $400
33 Crawford Street
Rochester, NY 14620
716-473-0527
for travel for a two person exhibition with Ugo Conti at the Baluardo San Colombano sponsored by the Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri in Lucca, Italy.

Jim Morris, Genesee, Visual Arts, $400
9446 Francis Rd.
Batavia, NY 14020-9790
716-343-5946
for travel and lodging to attend a 4-day industrial metal casting workshop for visiting artists offered by the Department of Arts and the School of Industrial Engineering at Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA.

Jane Notides-Benzing, Monroe, Visual Arts, $245
397-17 Alexander Street
Rochester, NY 14607
716-546-6243
for framing for a two-person exhibition with fiber artist Mary Anne Scarborough at the Little Café, Rochester, NY.

Allen Topolski, Monroe, Visual Arts, $300
100 Van Bergh Avenue
Rochester, NY 14610
716-654-5053
for shipping for a solo exhibition at Gallery: Untitled in Dallas, TX.

Allen Vogel, Monroe, Visual Arts, $240
1237 East Main Street
Rochester, NY 14609
716-288-5895
for travel and lodging to participate in a group show, In Transita, at Gallery@49, NY, NY.

S.O.S. Recipients
for Opportunities between
November 1999 and February 2000:

Elizabeth Agte
306 Pennsylvania Avenue
Rochester, NY 14609
716-232-8317
$400, Monroe, Crafts, for materials for a solo exhibit of new jewelry work at Gateway & Company, Rochester.

Frank Anders
115 Glenhill Drive
Rochester, NY 14618-3933
716-442-8227
$300, Monroe, Visual Arts, for framing and matting of his art work for a three-person exhibit at the First Unitarian Church, Rochester.

Robert Eidschun
12 Strathallan Park, Apt. #4
Rochester, NY 14607-1514
716-242-9029
$150, Monroe, Music, for travel and lodging to attend the premiere performance of his composition Air de Cour at the Highwire Gallery and Bantam Masai at the Philadelphia Ethical Society, both in Philadelphia, PA.

Colleen Hendrick
111 Terrace Park
Rochester, NY 14619
716-235-9082
$400, Monroe, Dance, for travel and documentation to rehearse and perform a newly choreographed work by Randy James of Randy James/Dance Works.

Mary Ila Houston
5000 Kelly Rd.
Wyoming, NY 14591
716-786-3715
$350, Wyoming, Visual Arts, for framing and matting for a solo exhibition at Gallery 25, Perry, NY.

Shi-ling Hsiang
16 Stonebridge Lane
Pittsford, NY 14534
716-244-9148/248-8262
$400, Monroe, Visual Arts, for study with ceramic artist Rick Hirsch, Rochester Institute of Technology.

Cynthia Iannaccone
9 Sandcastle Drive
Rochester, NY 14622
716-288-0868
$400, Monroe, Visual Arts, for framing and matting for a solo exhibition of watercolors at the Little Gallery, Nazareth College.

LaMar Jackson
204 Rugby Avenue
Rochester, NY 14619
716-328-3222
$400, Monroe, Design Arts, for travel and lodging to the 12th Annual International Designs of the Year Contest, Newark, NJ.

Sharon Locke
183 St. Paul Street, Suite 503
Rochester, NY 14604
716-454-7046/230-4842
$400, Monroe, Interdisciplinary, for van rental and travel for exhibition of a large book work (installation) at Goddard College, Plainfield, VT.

Alan McAllister
1115 E. Main Street, Box 48
Rochester, NY 14609
716-442-8837
$400, Monroe, Music, for travel expenses to study with Flamenco guitarist Jurgen Breustedt in Mexico.

David Schirm
3602 Rose Rd.
Batavia, NY 14020
716-343-4988
$200, Genesee, Visual Arts, for transportation of work to Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva, NY and Baldwin Wallace College, OH.

Wendy Smith
475 East Broad St., Apt. #18J
Rochester, NY 14607
716-546-3063
$350, Monroe, Visual Art/Computer Design, for mentor fees and supplies to study multimedia programs with Brian Managan, Digital Sight Werks.

Allen Vogel
1237 East Main Street
Rochester, NY 14609
716-288-5895
$200, Monroe, Visual Arts, for archival mats for a photography exhibition at the William Marten Gallery, Rochester.

Karen Ward
1081 S. Plymouth Avenue
Rochester, NY 14608
716-235-2976
$200, Monroe, Literature/Visual Arts, for travel and lodging for a reading at Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY.

Judith Wesley
1161 Ayrault Rd.
Fairport, NY 14450
716-223-5581
$250, Monroe, Visual Arts, for framing and matting for an exhibit at the St. Mary's Dugan Center, Rochester.

Benjamin Williams
36 St. Paul Street, Suite 501
Rochester, NY 14604
716-454-3898
$200, Monroe, Visual Arts, for framing and matting for an exhibition of animation clips and cartoon strips at the Frederick Douglass Museum, Rochester.

S.O.S. Recipients
for Opportunities between
July 1999 and October 1999:

Roberley Bell, Genesee (County), visual arts, $375
9446 Francis Road
Batavia, NY 14020
716-343-5949
for shipping, lodging and installation materials for an outdoor sculpture exhibit at Its Sculpture, Washington, D.C sited in front of the National Public Radio Building.

Yolanda Daliz/Anita Welych, Monroe, visual arts, $400
339 Sawyer Street
Rochester, NY 14619
716-328-9155
for van rental and installation materials for a collaborative exhibit at El Museo Francisco Oller and Diego in Buffalo, NY.

Annie Dunsky-Kalnitz, Monroe, visual arts, $318
124 South Landing Road
Rochester, NY 14610
716-381-2776
for shipping and lodging for an exhibit at Caelum Gallery, NYC.

Diane Genovese, Wayne, media, $250
4378 Witherden Road
Marion, NY 14505
315-926-6185
for mentor fees and equipment rental to study digital non-linear editing with Rick Bowley.

Syble Green, Monroe, visual arts/illustration, $260
10 Manhatten Square Dr.
Rochester, NY 14607
716-423-0408
for framing for a solo exhibit for Key Bank's Cultural Diversity Program at the Bausch & Lomb Building, Rochester.

Donna Gustina, Monroe, visual arts, $350
43 Woodridge Trail
Henrietta, NY 14467
716-475-6255 716-359-2373
for mentor fees to study photography with mentor Dawn Tower DuBois.

Loree Harpole, Monroe, visual arts, $252
278 Sagamore Drive
Rochester, NY 14617
716-266-5078
for travel to her exhibit at the Broome Street Gallery and Cedar Tavern in NYC.

Michael Harris, Monroe, visual arts, $100
19 Buckingham Street
Rochester, NY 14607
716-244-3821
for framing and matting for a solo exhibit at Mercer Gallery, MCC, Rochester.

Kitty Hubbard, Monroe, visual arts, $200
476 Alexander Street
Rochester, NY 14605
716-442-8676 716-423-0603
for glazing, matting and hardware for a solo exhibit at Pyramid Arts Center, Rochester.

Cinda Kelly, Monroe, visual arts, $195
291 Barrington Street
Rochester, NY 14607
716-271-0979 716-442-6823
for printing and mailing expenses to produce a postcard for an exhibit at the University of Rochester Art Library during the Summer Institute in Art History and Visual Studies.

Sarah Manya, Monroe, dance, $350
104 Shepard Street
Rochester, NY 14620
716-244-9491
for travel to participate in the Dance Web of the 1999 Internationale Sommertazwochen in Vienna, Austria.

Jim Morris, Genesee, visual arts, $375
9446 Francis Road
Batavia, NY 14020
716-343-5946
for local travel during his 1999 Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad in Singapore and Malaysia.

Thomas Rivers, Genesee, visual arts, $200
11 South Lake Street, Apt. #6
Bergen, NY 14416
716-494-1536 716-343-8000
for framing for an exhibit at the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council.

Candice Sanders, Monroe, visual arts, $190
35 Park View Dr.
Pittsford, NY 14534
716-455-2706 716-249-9124
for Iris prints on watercolor paper for a solo show at Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester.

Jeremy Sarachan, Monroe, theater, $250
135 Glen Ellyn Way
Rochester, NY 14618
716-244-8107
for travel and lodging to present his play, The Taking of Simon Red's Glass Door Emporium, at the Toronto Fringe Festival, Ontario,Canada.

Patricia Sears, Monroe, visual arts, $136
18 HighManor Drive, #2
Henrietta, NY 14467
716-334-6504 716-473-7720
for materials to maintain her work during the 57th Biennial Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery.

Yelitza Serrano, Monroe, visual arts/painting, $150
Strathmore Circle, Apt. 8-C
Rochester, NY 14609
716-266-7836
for framing and supplies for an exhibit at the IBERO American Action League's new family facility, Rochester.

Thomas Ward, Wayne, literature, $125
1054 Stafford Road
Palmyra, NY 14522
315-597-1155 716-546-3410
for travel and lodging for public poetry readings on the Mid-Atlantic coast at Richard Stockton College, NJ and Salisbury State University, Maryland.

Sarah Webb, Monroe, visual arts, $101
290 Hollywood Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
716-256-2924
for supplies and childcare during her installation, in a delicate condition, at the Harnett Gallery, University of Rochester.

Billi Jo Wolf, Monroe, visual arts, $200
132 South Union Street, Apt. 12
Rochester, NY 14607
716-325-3726
for framing and matting for an exhibit of social documentary photography at Silkwood Book Store, Rochester.

Cynthia Young, Monroe, visual arts, $225
779 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607
716-242-9856 716-442-8676
for shipping for a solo photography exhibit at the SPEOS Paris Photographic Institute, France.

S.O.S. Recipients
for Opportunities between
March 1999 and June 1999:

Kath Anderson and Woody Packard
28 Arlington Street
Rochester, New York 14607
Phone: (716)473-5064
$298, Monroe, literature/visual arts, for framing, matting and printing supplies for an exhibition of their collaborative work at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery sponsored by the Saltonstall Foundation through April 1, 1999.

Sarah E. Cole
541 McGrath Road
Attica, New York 14011
Phone: (716343-0055 ext. 6345/(716)591-0305
$260, Wyoming, visual arts, for travel to study with mentor calligrapher John Stevens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Zena Collier
83 Berkeley Street
Rochester, New York 14607
Phone: (716)442-6941
$353, Monroe, literature, for travel for an artist residency at the Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia.

Sari Gaby
305 Oxford Street, #1
Rochester, New York 14607
Phone: (716)288-7870/(716)244-4157
$250, Monroe, visual arts, for travel & lodging to attend the Portrait Society of America's The Art of the Portrait Conference, Washington, D.C., from April 30 - May 5, 1999.

Jill Gussow
153 Averill Avenue
Rochester, New York 14620
Phone: (716)232-1802
$500, Monroe, crafts, for travel to study tile making with ceramic artist Elizabeth Olivella in Oaxaca, Mexico during June 1999.

Cheryl Longyear
RD #1 Denman Road
Port Byron, New York 13140
Phone: (315)776-8632
$327, Cayuga, crafts, for travel to attend the 1999 American Quilt Society Show in Paducah, Kentucky from April 20 - 25, 1999.

Barbara Lussier
95 Mill Hollow Crossing
Rochester, New York 14626
Phone: (716)477-3008/(716)225-0193
$484, Monroe, dance, for travel & lodging to attend the world championship in Irish Dancing in Ennis, Ireland from March 27 - April 4, 1999.

Glenn McClure
19 Wadsworth Street
Geneseo, New York 14454
Phone: (716)243-0324/(716)243-1692
$250, Livingston, music, for travel & lodging to accompany the Nazareth College Choir to Mexico City for the international premier of his composition, St. Francis in the Americas, from March 25 - 29, 1999.

Ben Northern
14116 Ridge Road
Albion, New York 14411
Phone: (716)292-4910
$400, Orleans, visual arts, for framing & matting for an exhibition at the Genesee Orleans Council on the Arts during Summer 1999.

Thomas O'Rourke
159 South Fitzhugh Street
Rochester, New York 14608
Phone: (716)546-6101
$400, Monroe, visual arts, for framing & matting for a solo exhibition of his watercolors titled, Blues, Jazz, and Big Bands, at the Weider Hall Gallery.

Marjo Riggs
153 S. Fitzhugh Street
Rochester, New York 14608
Phone: (716)454-5235
$500, Monroe, visual arts, for van rental and loading assistance to ship her work for her first solo show at the Foundry Gallery in Washington, D.C from April 13 - May 11, 1999.

Rebecca Simmons
68 Winbourne Road
Rochester, New York 14611
Phone: (716)271-3361/(716)436-8087
$300, Monroe, visual arts, for supplies & materials for a one- person exhibition at the Harnett Gallery at the University of Rochester from April 19 - May 9, 1999.

Jean K. Stephens
328 Brett Road
Rochester, New York 14609
Phone: (716)288-8629
$475, Monroe, visual arts, for framing, shipping, and travel to participate in the East Coast- West Coast Group Art Exhibition at the Broome Street Gallery and the Cedar Tavern in NYC from June 29 - July 17, 1999.

Rodney Young
21 Gaslight Lane
Rochester, New York 14610
Phone: (716)381-6700/(716)234-1043
$200, Monroe, visual arts, for framing & matting for his first solo exhibition at My Sister's Gallery, Episcopal Church Home through March 30, 1999.