Oakland Locals Guggenheim Fellows

JOHN S I M ON
GUGGENHEIM
MEMORIA L
FOUNDAT I ON

Fellowships to Assist Research and Artistic Creation

Keith Terry, Choreographer, Musician, and Dancer, Oakland, California; Artistic Director, Crosspulse: Choreography.
World culture, dance and percussions across continents

More about his life’s work.
http://www.crosspulse.com/index.html

Mason Bates, Composer, Oakland, California: Music composition.
Electronica and DJ

More about his life’s work.
http://www.masonicelectronica.com/

The John Simon Guggenheim memorial foundationwas established by United States Senator Simon Guggenheim and Mrs. Guggenheim as a memorial to a son who died April 26, 1922. The Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.

From the Press Release
4/3/08

…Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of stellar achievement and exceptional promise for continued accomplishment. One of the hallmarks of the Guggenheim Fellowship program is the diversity of its Fellows, not only in their fields of endeavor but in their geographic location and ages. This year’s Fellows continue that tradition. Composer Mason Bates from Oakland, California, is thirty-one; New Jersey resident Harry Bernstein, whose career as a writer stretches back to the 1930s, is ninety-eight. Another composer, Janet Maguire, will work at her residence in Venice, Italy, while Canadian Andrew Weaver will conduct his study of biogeochemical feedbacks on polar climate stability at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Denise L. Herzing plans to continue her twenty-three-year study of wild dolphins during her Fellowship term, while Mark I. Friedman will further explore the link between diet and obesity.