Emerging Artist Award: Music

“The St. Botolph award allowed me to meld some of my biggest passions: traveling, new music and culture. Coming at just the right time, the Emerging Artist Grant allowed me to perform contemporary music in the 180 Degrees Festival, a groundbreaking, multidisciplinary arts fest in Sofia, Bulgaria. Covering not only my travel and performing fees, the Grant also allowed me to design and lead a lecture presentation for Bulgarian audiences focused on the music of African American composers, a topic which I am knee-deep in exploring through my concert and educational series Castle of our Skins. With the generosity of the St. Botolph Club, I was fortunate to further develop my craft with new artists and audiences in new territory. Thank you for the invaluable opportunity, and the support and encouragement to continue exploring new music, locations and cultures!”

Emerging Artist Award: Visual

“I was awarded St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artists Award in 2015. Thanks to this award, I was able to take the time to build and establish my artist website, a critical asset to my portfolio and network. The grant not only allowed me to ground my cloud identity, but financed the addition of a big quality camera for myself to record professional documentation and use as an extended creative tool in my art practice. These two assets have been critical and continue to be in my life and art.”

2015 Emerging Artist Award: Visual Arts

Anthony Bragg, Amelia Peabody Award for Sculpture

Emerging Artist Award: Literature

“The Emerging Artist grant I received from the St. Botolph Club Foundation provided me with much-needed funding for a research trip, but perhaps even more importantly, it made me feel that I could and should keep going with my novel. As all writers know, writing a novel is a long and solitary slog, and it’s crucial to feel supported along the way. I couldn’t be more grateful to the St. Botolph Club Foundation for their belief in my work.”

2014 Emerging Artist Award:  Visual Arts

Nathan Miner, Nellie Taft Winner for Painting

Chimera
2014
90″ x 198″
Pencil, watercolor, gouache, airbrush and acrylic paint, with shellac and oil paint on paper with digital printing, for a curved wall.

2014 Emerging Artist Award: Visual Arts

Samantha Fields, Amelia Peabody Award for Sculpture

Lady of leisure

2014

Approx. 13’hx10’wx6’d, recovered afghans, beads, acrylic yarn, fabric, stretcher frames, sequins.

2013 Emerging Artist Award: Visual Arts

Kelly Goff, Amelia Peabody Award for Sculpture

Crates
2014
Alaskan timber harvested and processed by hand at its origin.

2013 Emerging Artist Award: Visual Arts

Paul Endres, Jr., Nellie Taft Award for Painting

Hail Ocampo, 2014. Oil on panel, 36 × 36 in (91.4 × 91.4 cm)

 Emerging Artist Award: Music

“The SBCF Emerging Artist grant arrived at a time when I needed it most. Within a precarious window between completing a degree and establishing meaningful and sustaining work, it was like a friend reaching out to provide a hand. Thanks to my award, I was able to purchase equipment that has been vital in developing my voice as a cellist, helping me take full advantage of everyone opportunity that comes my way. I could not be more grateful!!”