Caught this down at EastWest magazine and wanted to post up a snippet of it here, because if there's one thing we all need at times - it's a little inspiration - especially for the struggling artists just trying to make it their own:
USA Fellowships Honor Innovative ArtistsRead it in full here.
The artists chosen include Beth Lo, a ceramist from Montana who merges together traditional Asian techniques like origami and calligraphy with contemporary souvenirs and toys; Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, a choreographer and dancer from California who mixes Cambodian dance with current content; Hokulani Holt-Padilla, a hula master who teaches and promotes the dance form to a younger generation; Renee Tajima-Pena, a documentary filmmaker and writer who explores class, race, and gender; and Danongan Kalanduyan, one of the most prominent kulintang musicians in the country.
