2011 charlotte street generative performing awards fellows selected!

Composer James Mobberley and playwright/director Kyle Hatley have been selected as the 2011 Charlotte Street Foundation Generative Performing Awards Fellows.   Selected through a competitive, two-phased process by a panel of performing arts professionals from 29 nominated artists, Mobberley and Hatley will receive unrestricted cash Awards of $7,500 each. A public performance of their work is planned for fall, 2011.

Since launching in 2008, the Charlotte Street Generative Performing Artist Awards have now recognized 9 Kansas City based artists creating outstanding, innovative, original work in the fields of dance, theater, music, experimental music performance, theater/performance art, and hybrid/interdisciplinary versions thereof, with a total of $58,000 in unrestricted funds distributed to these 9 artists. Recipients are selected based on the quality of their work and accomplishments to date, for their promise for continued creation and development as generative artists, and for the relevance of their work in relation to the broader field of contemporary art and performance.

Read full press release for more about the 2011 Fellows.