Lucie Foundation Scholarship

The Lucie Foundation Scholarship Program
Bewerbungen um ihre jährlichen Stipendien nimmt die Lucie-Stiftung in Los Angeles vom 15.09.2010 bis 31.01.2011 an. Bewerber müssen Mitglied der Stiftung sein, d.h. sich zum Zwecke der Bewerbung um eine Mitgliedschaft bemühen.
http://www.luciefoundation.org/joinsupport/index.php

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The 2010 Lucie Foundation Scholarship Professional Grant goes to Jennifer Wilkey for a visually poetic documentation of her brother who is developmentally disabled.
Jennifer Wilkey says…”By tracking James through his everyday processes, I allow his behavior to determine the imagery I create. There are periods of intense focus, observation, and organization when he is by himself, working in his shed or playing with his toy animals. With a skill for remembering, James understands and discerns much of what passes unnoticed. With a desire to make decisions on his own, James struggles between being an adult and a child, and with our mother in the process. Their continual contact is part of what defines his state of existence. While James is able to do many things on his own, like dress himself and ride a bike, our mother is still responsible for tying his shoes and shaving his face. Instances of affection, as well as frustration come to the surface. He is a person full of tenderness, intensity, force and determination”.
Jennifer has been granted a cash award of $5,000.00 to finalize the project and prepare it for exhibiton in Syracuse, New York.
Jennifer’s project
http://www.luciefoundation.org/education/special.php

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The 2010 Lucie Foundation Scholarship Emerging Grant goes to Julie Glassberg for her photographic project entitled Bike Kill.
Ms. Glassberg says…” I am often attracted by what repulses or scares the others. I like misfits, outcasts, eccentrics, those who don’t fit in the norms. Although I look quite normal and common, I identify in a way with those who do not fit in society and I would like to help give them a voice. I’m attracted by the abnormal, nonetheless I try not to fall in a stereotypical way to represent them. I want to be as true as possible to what they are. For that reason, I have been documenting a number of subcultures”. I keep having this thought that creative, artistic minds used to gather regularly, share their art and ideas, inspire each other, feed each other; yet today, the youth seems uninspired and disengaged. When I find subcultures like the Black Label Bike Club, a creative group, using very little technology, interested in defending causes and resisting the main stream, it gives me hope, and I think it could be very encouraging for today’s youth”.
Julie has been granted a cash award of $2,500.00 to complete this project.
Julie’s project
http://www.luciefoundation.org/education/special.php

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The Lucie Foundation is a 501(c) 3 non-profit, charitable foundation whose mission is to honor master photographers, discover and cultivate emerging talent and promote the appreciation of photography worldwide. The Lucie Foundation, 550 N. Larchmont Boulevard, Suite 100, Los Angeles, California 90004 U.S.A
http://www.luciefoundation.org

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