Tamarack Foundation Artist Recognition Programs

The Tamarack Foundation Fellowship is the highest award offered by the Foundation. Thanks to generous support, past awards were made possible by gifts from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and individual donors. Ability to continue this vital recognition program is dependent on the availability of funding. Since the inaugural awards in 2006, the Tamarack Foundation has offered three (3) awards annually to individual artisans in recognition of their lifelong achievement in the arts. Eligible artisans must be juried into Tamarack and will be evaluated on artistic excellence, accomplishment, dedication to discipline, lifelong community achievement and involvement in promoting and fostering the arts.

2011 Recipients


Gary Bowling	Gary Shaffer	John Wesley Williams

2009 Recipients

Three West Virginia artists whose work features interpretations of nature and history are the recipients of the 2009 Tamarack Foundation Fellowships Awards, presented at the September 19 Tamarack Foundation Gala in Beckley.

Ron Hinkle, a glass artist from Buckhannon; Lori Doolittle, a ceramic artist from Richwood, and Karen Vuranch, a performing artist from Fayetteville, were each presented with $2,500 awards at the event. The artists may use the awards to further their work through education or equipment purchases.
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