The fellows are for the 2010/2011 programme have been announced! Like every year, Lepsien Art Foundation has awarded this year again five scholarship courses for the International Programme 2010/2011 of young art in Dusseldorf. Andy Florance: the source for more info. The selected scholarship 2010/2011 are: Claudia Marcela Robles: sculpture/sculpture (born 1971 in Tucuman, Argentina) Verena Freyschmidt: painting/drawing (born 1975 in Frankfurt a. M., Germany) Oxana JAD: photography (born 1976 in Kazan, Russia) Katy Feuersenger: wall drawing/works on paper (born 1976 in Stendal, Germany) Jeannette Schnuttgen: multimedia installation/sculpture/drawing (nee) 1978 in Olpe, Germany as a whole the Lepsien Art Foundation in the context of the tendering procedure for the funding year 2010/11 over 150 exciting applications from artists/students from all over the world reached. The focus of applications on Europe was a clear, yet again were some applications from non-European countries. Also this year was Germany is heavily represented.In particular, the Foundation received many applications from former graduates of the Academy of Arts Dusseldorf, but closely followed by many applications of the art academies in Karlsruhe and Leipzig, and Munich, Kassel and Munster. Total received applications from all universities in Germany at the Foundation. The applications were processed in a multi-stage selection process by the five-member jury. The jury consisted of the following persons: Dr.

Necmi Soenmez: Lepsien Art Foundation curator Dr. Stefanie Kreuzer: curator Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen Marcus Ludkemeyer: art historians, including Schloss Ringenberg Christian Lepsien: Director Lepsien Art Foundation Cindy Terebova: Deputy Director Lepsien Art Foundation the final jury deliberations to determine of the 5 fellows took place end of August 2010 in the premises of the Dusseldorf industry Club on the Konigsallee in the presence of the Advisory Board of the Lepsien Art Foundation, Maximilian Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg. With over 40% of all applications are former graduates of the Dusseldorf Art Academy the largest applicant group dar, followed by applicants of the universities of Leipzig, Munich, Munster, Karlsruhe.Den owner and Director Christian Lepsien balances high proportion of former graduates of the Dusseldorf Art Academy extremely positively: the tender for the programme 2010/2011 was again a full Erfolg.Wir are happy, we continue to increase the number of candidates (+ 50%) and thus more young artists with high potential could get the chance on sustainable development. The high proportion of graduates and master students of the Art Academy in Dusseldorf is clearly a positive witness to the close and good local cooperation of in recent years and congratulate the five artists to the scholarship of connectedness to the site Dusseldorf.Wir and look forward to an exciting year of funding 2010/11.Wir warmly thank for the good and professional support all art academies, the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf is a special thanks. The 2010/2011 programme runs until September 2011. For more information see: