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Bake sale raises money, awards fellowships to artists
In April, artist Paul Druecke staged a bake sale in Republic Park during Art Week Austin. His project — ‘The Perfect Recipe” — was part of “One swallow doesn’t make a summer,” a series of pop-up galleries and installations curated by Rachel Cook and Claire Ruud.
Druecks’s objective? To raise money to for fellowships for his fellow artists. Hey — the bake sale has worked for so many causes, why not funding the arts too?
On Friday, Druecke’s fellowships were awarded to three artists who have made a significant contribution to Austin.
The winners are founder of the Co-Lab project space Sean Gaullager ($500), DiverseArts founder Harold McMillan ($300), and the artist collective Sodalitas, including Shea Little, Jana Swec and Joseph Phillips ($200). Honorable mentions were awarded to choreographer Ellen Bartel, Fusebox artistic director Ron Berry and printmaker and Mexic-Arte Museum co-founder Sam Coronado.
The fellowship selection panelists included Elizabeth Dunbar, associate director and curator, Arthouse; Robert Faires, arts editor, Austin Chronicle; and Sylvia Orozco, director, Mexic-Arte Museum.
Celebratory cupcakes, anyone?
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