Local artists receive fellowship awards, WSU seeks input on new apple variety naming; plus, new music

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FELLOWSHIP FUNDING

Four Spokane County artists will each be receiving a $10,000 fellowship award from Artist Trust, a Seattle-based arts nonprofit. Modern-day storyweaver and performer James Pakootas was awarded the Vadon Foundation Fellowship Award for Native Artists. Artists Jiemei Lin (above), Kate Lebo and Maya Jewell Zeller were each also chosen for an Artist Trust Fellowship award. Lin is a visual artist whose work can be seen in children’s book illustrations and public murals. Lebo is a writer whose essay collection The Book of Difficult Fruit won the 2022 Washington State Book Award.

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