Dear xx,
Thank you for applying for a 2011 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Award. We were pleased to receive 108 applications in response to our first ever open call for applications, allowing for the consideration of a broad pool of artists work. Through a multi-phase process of online reviews, ratings, conference call discussion, and then second round of ratings, the selection panel of 5 curators has narrowed to a group of ten artists with whom they will conduct studio visits in early February. We are sorry to let you know that you are not among this group of artist finalists. We appreciate your time and efforts in submitting your application, and the curators appreciated the opportunity to view your work. Note that many artists who have received Awards applied numerous times before winning, so we hope you will continue to submit new work for consideration in the future. The selection panel this year is comprised of Michael Rooks, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Kris Kuramitsu, independent curator based in Los Angeles/curator for the Collection of Eileen Harris Norton; Stacy Switzer, Artistic Director, Grand Arts, Kansas City, MO; Chris Cook, Director/Curator, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS; and Jeremy Mikolajczak, Gallery Director/Curator, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO. Charlotte Street administers the Awards, but selections are solely determined by the five curator panelists. Consideration was given to accomplishments to date, as well as promise for continued development and relevance of work in relation to local, regional and national contemporary art discourses and to the contemporary moment and culture in which we are living. Thank you again for applying, and best wishes in all of your endeavors.
Sincerely,
David Hughes and Kate Hackman
info@charlottestreet.org
www.charlottestreet.org
