Artists Selected for Ohio Arts Council Residency Opportunity in Provincetown
by Kathy Burgan

Visual artist Laura Sanders of Columbus and writer Rachel Eve Moulton of Yellow Springs have been selected for residencies at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, June 1 through August 31, 2006. Each year, this unique opportunity is open to creative writing, visual arts and photography Individual Excellence Award (formerly Individual Artist fellowship) recipients in the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Creativity program.

Laura Sanders is a painter who primarily paints oil images of figures immersed in water. Her use of water imagery originated in a longtime interest in figures engaged in movement or activity. She was the recipient of the Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Excellence Award in 2006 and earned the Best of Show and People’s Choice awards at the Zanesville Art Center’s 59th Annual May Art Show in 2005. Sanders holds a B.F.A. from The Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus.

While in Provincetown, Sanders plans to take full advantage of the physical landscape, the community of artists and the space and time to focus on creating artwork. She embraces the opportunity to meet other artists and learn other approaches to her art.

Rachel Eve Moulton is a member of the faculty at Miami Valley School in Yellow Springs. She received an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist fellowship in 2004. Moulton earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch College and a M.F.A. from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.

Moulton is currently working on the final revision of a novel, The Removable Virgin: An Advanced Course in the Revision of Claire Turner as well as a novel in progress, titled Beatrice was Never Lonely. While she hopes to dedicate her time to work on her novel, she hopes to also immerse herself in work outside her genre, spending time working on poetry, or at the very least, among poets.

The Ohio Arts Council’s Individual Artist Residency Program was established in 1989 to give artists opportunities to develop new work and ideas in a creative atmosphere. In a field where time to work often is more valuable than money, residencies nourish and enrich the creative lives and careers of Ohio’s artists. Connections between artists, audiences and professionals from other fields are made through public programs, special events, communal dinners, salons and informal discussions.

The Fine Arts Work Center was founded in 1968 by a group of eminent artists and writers. It is an internationally known art center and the oldest continuous art colony in North America. The Center has offered studio space to artists since 1914 and has hosted many well known American artists, writers and poets.

The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically.

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