Resident Receives Art Fellowship

HARTFORD — The Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism (CCT) has awarded fellowships to 36 visual artists to support their continuing artistic development and enable them to devote substantial time to the creation of new work, including one award to a Sandy Hook resident.

Grants in the amounts of $5,000 and $2,500 were awarded in the categories of craft, new media, sculpture/installation, works on paper, painting, and photography. The single review criterion was artistic merit. 

Sandy Hook resident Liz Alpert Fay ha been awarded a $2,500 fellowship for sculpture.

Ms Fay is an award-winning fiber artist. She has been associated with Brookfield Craft Center, has taught children’s classes, and led workshops for adults. Her hand-hooked rugs have been displayed at C.H. Booth Library and she, along with Newtown resident Sherry Paisley, is the co-coordinator of the Newtown Hooked Rug Show, which will have its seventh presentation later this year.

Mrs Fay’s rugs are use hand dyed and recycled wool, which is woven into cotton, burlap, or linen. Pieces also incorporate rayon, novelty yarn, antique buttons, and other ornamentation.

“The Commission on Culture & Tourism is firmly committed to furthering the professional development of individual artists,” said An-Ming Truxes, director of CCT’s Arts Division. “Artists are at the core of Connecticut’s rich cultural heritage and make notable contributions to their communities. Supporting artists in the creation of exciting new work ultimately benefits everyone.”

Panels of experts in their respective fields reviewed images of approximately 400 applicants’ work during this highly competitive process.