Fairchild Award recognizes literature in translation
Kaija Straumanis ’12 (MA) has received the Lillian Fairchild Award—which recognizes artists for their commitment to the Rochester community—for her work bringing world literature to new audiences.
Fairchild Award honors mural artist Sarah C. Rutherford
A tribute to five Rochester women who work to lift others’ voices in the community, the “Her Voice Carries” art project has earned local artist Sarah C. Rutherford this year’s Lillian Fairchild Memorial Award.
Composers, choreographer win Lillian Fairchild Award for community commitment
Composers Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon—both professors of composition at the Eastman School of Music—and choreographer Darren Stevenson, the director of PUSH Physical Theater, were honored for their contributions to the original opera Don’t Blame Anyone.
Artist Nate Hodge Receives Lillian Fairchild Award
“The most inspiring thing about public art is its ability to reach a wide spectrum of people,” says Nate Hodge, local mural artist and this year’s recipient of the English department’s award.
Rochester choreographers receive Lillian Fairchild Award for commitment to community
The Department of English has named N’jelle Gage and Guy Thorne of FuturPointe Dance the recipients of the 2014 Lillian Fairchild Memorial Award.
Digital artist receives Lillian Fairchild Award
The selection committee chose Cary Peppermint for his portfolio of innovative and collaborative projects exploring connections between industry and nature.
Poet Jennifer Grotz Receives Lillian Fairchild Award
Grotz’s second selection of poems, The Needle, “is one of the most affecting poetic explorations of locale and loss that I know,” says English department chair John Michael.