"Each of them bring a fresh 
and exciting approach to well- traveled 
roads of photography"
 - 2002 Juror Charles Stainback

The 2002 Fellowship fund was juried by Charles Stainback, Director of the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. There were a record number of submissions for the Fellowship Fund and the pool of portfolios showed extraordinary strength, proving once again that the upstate New York region is home to and inspiration for numerous talented artists.

We are pleased to announce this years winners, Marla Sweeney of High Falls and Richard Edelman of Woodstock. Each received $1000 to assist them in pursuing their artistic goals. 

The runner-up for 2002 was Hyla Skopitz, of Red Hook. She will receive a scholarship  to attend one of the Center's Woodstock Photography Workshops in 2003.

In discussing the work of Marla and Richard, Charles Stainback noted "Each of them bring a fresh and exciting approach to well traveled roads of photography."

Marla Sweeney has appeared in many Center exhibitions including Common Boundary juried by Sandi Phillips, Curator of Photography at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1999 and 24/7 Waking, Breaking, Making juried by Barbara Millstein, Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 2001. Most recently she had a solo exhibit of her work at the Yossi Milo Gallery in New York in January, 2003. 

Richard Edelman who recently joined the Woodstock community was a past recipient of the Photographers' Fellowship Fund in 1985.

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The 2002 Photographers Fellowship Fund was made possible by the generous support from: 
The Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Flavia Robinson/Daniele Agostino Foundation, Howard Greenberg Gallery, Susan Fowler-Gallagher, Kenro Izu, Gail LeBoff, David and Gina Maloney, Gloria Nimetz