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Topic: Congratulations to Rob Ickes! |
Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 7 Dec 2010 3:54 pm |
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Rob Ickes Awarded United States Artists Fellowship
United States Artists, an organization dedicated to supporting America’s finest artists working across diverse disciplines, announced the selection of Rob Ickes as the 2010 United States Artists Cummings Fellow at a celebration at The Lincoln Center on Dec. 7.
The USA Fellows program awards a $50,000 grant to fifty artists each year in the disciplines of music, theater arts, visual arts, dance, literature, media, crafts/traditional arts, and architecture/ design. United States Artists was formed in 2005 with seed funding from The Ford, Rockefeller, Rasmuson and Prudential Foundations, with a mission “to invest in America’s finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.”
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 7 Dec 2010 4:41 pm Hip Hip Hurray
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Bravo and Congratulations to Rob and the Arts Foundations in General.
With so many political attempts to squash the Arts funding - don't get me started - this is Fantastic News.
Especially in the Steel Guitar Universe.
Thanks for this exciting Post Brad.
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Ted Smith
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Idaho - shot of Jeff Peterson, Ted and Smith Curry "Nothing but the taillights tour"
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Posted 7 Dec 2010 6:38 pm
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| Wow! |
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Mark van Allen
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Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 7 Dec 2010 8:40 pm
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| Yeah, I saw that on another forum. Fantastic news, and hard to find a more innovative and deserving player. |
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 8 Dec 2010 4:20 pm
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I do love his music.
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Tom Pettingill
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California, USA (deceased)
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