The Center for the Holographic Arts, Long Island City, USA.
$50,000.00

Provided to support their international Artist-In-Residence program which is open to new and established artists in the field of creative holography.

This is cycle 7 of their long-running residency program, which has produced more than 250 works of art using holography.   Artists are selected by an independent panel of experts and a number of exhibitions have taken place during the year.

www.holocenter.org

The Royal Photography Society, Holography Group, UK.
$10,000.00

Provided to support an international symposium on the understanding of holography in the museum world.  This will take place on 19th September at De Montford University, UK.

www.holography.co.uk

Frank DeFreitas, HoloTalk, USA.
$5,000.00

Awarded to fund the recording of a number of interviews with artists and those working with creative holography.  These are being made available, free of charge, as part of the ongoing HoloTalk service and will be archived indefinitely.  A dedicated website is now available where each of the new interviews will be accessible.

 

www.profilesinholography.com

 

 

River Valley Technologies, India.
$10,000.00

This grant has been awarded to support two interrelated projects: Funding will be used to distribute copies of the full-colour proceedings from the 7th International Symposium on Display Holography, which was held in Wales, UK, during July 2006.  These will be distributed to art, gallery and museum collections that might not normally consider holding this type of publication.

The rest of the grant will be used to allow video recordings of the symposium presentations, which are being made available free of charge online.  Many artists, students and creative workers were not able to attend the event due to financial restrictions, so this service will allow them to 'follow' the presentations at no cost.  These videos can be accessed now at:

 

www.holographer.org

 

 

The Butler Institute of American Art, USA.
$10,000.00

Awarded to assist with the purchase of “Crevasse 2006”, by American artist Sally Weber. This is the first grant within the IHF's Holography Purchase Project and has allowed the Butler Institute to include this white-light transmission hologram in their permanent collection. 

 

www.butlerart.com

 

 

Jeanne Benton, USA.
$5,000.00

Provided to assist with the cost of preparation, research, organisation, production of illustrations and photographing of key holograms which are included in the new book "Holographic Imaging", by Stephen A. Benton and  V. Michael Bove, Jr.   This publication is based on Steve Benton's teaching at MIT and covers many hands-on aspects of holographic imaging.  The publication can be pre ordered at:

 

Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

 

 

Banbury Museum, Banbury, UK.
$10,000.00

This grant is part of a two-year award towards the costs of curating the creative section of a touring exhibition “Holograms, the First 60 Years” which will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the invention of holography in the UK.

Work is being selected from the London-based Jonathan Ross Hologram Collection, with additional pieces selected from prominent artists which will help complement this survey exhibition.

Opening at Banbury Museum on 1st March and continuing until 4th May 2008, the exhibition will then tour to:

The Oxfordshire Museum, 10 May - 6 July 2008;
Rugby Museum & Art Gallery, 6 – 31 August 2008;
Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury, 6 Dec 2008 to mid-March 2009.

 

www.cherwell-dc.gov.uk/banburymuseum

 

All of these venues will offer free entrance to the exhibition and several educational activities are planned.