LUTHERAN QUILTERS – Members of the Quilts for Comfort Group stand between pews draped with some of the 205 quilts they made, in the Sitka Lutheran Church Tuesday. The group made the quilts for five local non-profits and one in Anchorage. The remaining quilts are sent to Lutheran World Relief which distributes them to places around the world in need, such as Ukraine, as part of Personal Care Kits. Pictured are, from left, Helen Cunningham, Kathleen Brandt,Vicki Swanson, Paulla Hardy, Kim Hunter, Linda Swanson and Sue Fleming. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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Sitka filmmaker Ellen Frankenstein has been awarded a $7,500 Rasmuson Foundation project grant, one of 34 artists to be honored this year.
“I’m very thankful to Rasmuson for the support of artists across the state,” Frankenstein said.
Ellen Frankenstein (Sentinel Photo)
The foundation gave out nine fellowships at $18,000 each and 25 project awards of $7,500 each to artists as part of its Individual Artists Awards program. Gertrude Svarny of Unalaska was named 2017 Rasmuson Foundation Distinguished Artist, and received $40,000.
All of the artists attended an awards event over the weekend in Anchorage, which Frankenstein said was an added bonus.
“It’s a great opportunity for artists across the state to spend time with each other and inspire each other,” Frankenstein said. “I had so much fun being with the artists.”
Frankenstein, the executive director of Artchange Inc., said she plans to use the funds to “sharpen my tools.”
“All of my work is about storytelling, public art – and connecting people,” she said. “It will give me tools to think about how to tell stories. ... It will help me keep my eyes fresh. I want to make sure whatever work I do I try to go deep. I have a fear of being on the surface.”
Her organization, headquartered in Sitka, has a goal of delving “into contemporary issues and articulate experiences, struggles and aspirations to inspire reflection and action.”
Frankenstein’s most recent films, “Tracing Roots” about Haida weaver and artist Delores Churchill; and “Driving on Rain in Sitka,” a film about electric cars here, were featured at the North by North Circumpolar Film Festival at the Anchorage Museum Saturday.
Raised in Rochester, N.Y., Frankenstein has lived in Sitka for 23 years. She is a 1984 graduate of Vassar College, and earned her master’s in film and anthropology from the University of Southern California.
She was the only Sitka artist honored this year in the annual awards, whose honorees include poets, choreographers, writers, multi-disciplinary artists, carvers, composers, folk and traditional artists and performance artists. The 34 selected this year were chosen from 450 applicants.
The Rasmuson Foundation was created in May 1955 by Jenny Rasmuson to honor her late husband E.A. Rasmuson, a news release from the foundation said. “The Foundation is a catalyst to promote a better life for all Alaskans,” the organization said.
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Photo caption: National Republican Chairman George Bush takes a drink of water offered by Jan Craddick, Sitka delegate, during the Republican convention held here. Mrs. Craddick explained to Bush that the water was from Indian River, which means, according to local legend, that he will return.