Inside Arts

• Miguel Rivera of Miró Rivera Architects was among five winners of the 2005 American Institute of Architects Young Architects Award announced last week. The award, which goes to architects licensed for 10 years or fewer, honors individuals who have shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers. Among other projects in Austin, his firm has designed a pavilion addition to the Alumni Center at the University of Texas and the conversion of the Austin Theater on South Congress Avenue and Live Oak Street. A native of Puerto Rico, Rivera attended the University of Puerto Rico and Columbia University. Prior to moving to Austin, he worked for New York firms Gwathmey Seigel Architects and Mitchell/Giurgola Architects. The Young Architects Award will be presented at the AIA 2005 National Convention and Design Exposition in Las Vegas in May. -- Jeanne Claire van Ryzin

• Score several for Austin Script Works. Its members are racking up national attention for their work this year.

Abi Basch and Kimberly Burke have each won a 2005/2006 Jerome Fellowship, administered by The Playwrights Center in Minneapolis. The fellowship is awarded to five emerging writers each year, providing funds and services to assist them in the development of their craft. This is Basch's second Jerome Fellowship. University of Texas master of fine arts candidate Sarah Myer has won the Bonderman Award for her science-fiction play 'The Realm.' It is one of four plays that will receive full development and presentation in the Bonderman Playwriting for Youth National Symposium. And 'Nightswim' by Steve Moore is up for the American Theatre Critics/Steinberg New Play Award, given to a new play premiering outside of New York City. 'Nightswim' was produced by the State Theater this past fall. ASW Artistic Director C. Denby Swanson's 'A Brief Narrative of An Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits' is a semifinalist for PlayLabs 2005 at The Playwrights Center. Her play 'Atomic Farmgirl' is an alternate for the Women Playwrights Festival co-produced by Seattle Repertory Theatre and Hedgebrook. -- J.C.v.R.

• The Austin Chord Ranger Chorus has named Russ Adkisson as its new artistic director. Adkisson is a doctoral candidate in voice at UT. -- J.C.v.R.