RISCA GRANT WINNERS
Photo from left to right: Aleksandra “Sasha” Azbel, Bob Dilworth and Edwige Charlot. Photos provided by the artists.
Congratulations!
Artists Aleksandra Azbel, Bob Dilworth,
They are this year’s recipients of our multi-year General Operating Support for Artists Grant. This program provides unrestricted funding for a three year period to support individuals in their artistic practice. The program includes the opportunity to participate in a cohort, facilitated by Assets for Artists and Mollie Flanagan, RISCA’s Individual Artists Program Director.
More about the awardees (bios provided by the artists):
Aleksandra “Sasha” Azbel is the founder and creative director of Sashoonya, a textile art and design company, specializing in sustainable textile products using local materials and dyes derived from nature. An immigrant from Kazakhstan, Sasha studied architecture at Texas A&M and RISD, and teaches part time in the architecture department at Roger Williams University.
Bob Dilworth is a nationally and internationally recognized artist who has exhibited all over the world. Dilworth works on canvas and paper and has won many awards. His work is included in corporate and private collections.
Edwige Charlot is a French-born Haitian immigrant artist and designer. As a descendant of Ayiti, Charlot’s work explores the complexities, tensions, and challenges of the indigenization process in the Caribbean and Creole contexts, using nature-based motifs. In their transdisciplinary practice, Charlot questions, reflects, and represents the relationships between people, land, and culture.
