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<br />“Do continue the great impactful work.” Jai Winston, Director, Knight Foundation
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<br />Artists in this partnership have worked closely with a wide variety of communities and their councils, governmental and education concerns, in
<br />addition to architects, builders, structural engineers, historical preservationists, and city planners to create Public Art in the United States, United
<br />Kingdom, Ireland, and Paris.
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<br />Sculptor Alan Milligan is known for the Samuel Beckett Chess Set, which recently was exhibited in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France. Historian and
<br />visual artist Nicole Mary Milligan, writing as N.M.Kelby, is the critically acclaimed author of eight novels including The Pink Suit (Little, Brown), White
<br />Truffles in Winter (W.W.Norton) and The New York Times bestseller In the Company of Angels. She has been translated into 21 languages worldwide.
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<br />SELECTED HONORS, RESIDENCIES, GRANTS FOR ALAN MILLIGAN:
<br />•CERF+ Grant, 2020
<br />•PEN AMERICA support grant for Public Art Project Lake of Dreams, 2018.
<br />•The Artist Fellowship, support grant for visual artists, Artist Fellowship Foundation, NYC, 2017.
<br />•International Artist Exchange, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France, 2016.
<br />•Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Artist Grant, Travel Award Scheme, 2016.
<br />•Artist in Residence, 30th Annual University of Minnesota Thanksgiving Iron Pour, Minneapolis, 2016.
<br />•Hot Metal Artist in Residence, Franconia Sculpture Park, Franconia, MN, 2016.
<br />•Artist in Residence, Drop Forge & Tool: A Maker’s Workshop, Hudson, NY, 2016.
<br />•Artist in Residence, Murphy’s House, West Cork Ireland, October 2015-March 2016.
<br />•Associate Artist, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida, 2015.
<br />•Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary from County Fermanagh Arts Council, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland. 2015.
<br />•Artist in Residence, Butley Mills Studios and Foundry, Suffolk, England. 2009.
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<br />EDUCATION:
<br />•Milfield Foundry, Belfast, N. Ireland. 2012.
<br />•Bath Spa University. B.A. in Studio Arts. Sculpture. 1999.
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<br />SELECTED HONORS, RESIDENCIES, GRANTS FOR NICOLE MARY MILLIGAN:
<br />•Yaddo. Saratoga Springs, New York. 2016.
<br />•International Writer status, Republic of Ireland.
<br />•Named “Outstanding Southern Artist” by the Southern Arts Federation.
<br />•Subject of Documentary Film, Ecrire en résidence (Writer in Residence).
<br />•Bush Artist Fellowship for Literature, 2000.
<br />•Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Fellowship, Fiction, 2001.
<br />•Writer-in-Residence at Passa Porta: International House of Literature; Brussels, Belgium, May 2015.
<br />•Tyrone Guthrie Centre Bursary, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland, 2015.
<br />•Scholar in Residence, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy, 2014.
<br />•Writer in Residence, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland, March/April 2014.
<br />•The Whiting Foundation, 2016.
<br />•Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Fellowship, Fiction, 2015.
<br />•Florida State Arts Board Artist Fellowship, Fiction, 2009.
<br />•Millay Colony for the Arts Fellowship, 2007.
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<br />EDUCATION:
<br />•PhD Philosophy, Creative Writing, Bath Spa University. Bath, England. (2015)
<br />•M.F.A. Fiction, Hamline University, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (1998)
<br />•Playwriting Fellow, Derek Walcott, Boston University. (1996)
<br />•B.A. Studio Arts, Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (1989)
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<br />SELECTED RECENT COMMISSIONS:
<br />• The Samuel Beckett Chess Set
<br />32 unique sculptures commissioned by The Samuel Beckett Estate and Arts Without Borders. The series of figurative bronzes based on the writer’s
<br />work has been exhibited at The Metropolitan Arts Centre in Belfast, the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin, and The Jardin du Luxembourg, as part of
<br />a cultural exchange for Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France, 2016. Project featured on BBC Radio “Arts Extra,” The Guardian, Belfast Telegraph, and
<br />others. Bronze and wood. 20’x 20’.
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<br />•Cloud Horses
<br />Sited on SD Hwy 10 roundabout to serve as the entrance to the Cultural Corridor, this Public Works Project is commissioned by the South Dakota
<br />Dept. of Transportation, City of Sisseton and its Arts Council. 2020. Wild running mustangs made of “clouds.” Bronze, Steel 10’ (H) x 15’ (L) x 10’
<br />(W) . (Current)
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<br />•The Marvellous
<br />European Cultural Centre Public Art commission for Venice Biennale of Architecture. 2020. Based on the form of a curragh (an Ancient Irish boat),
<br />this sculpture celebrates The Marvellous, our Earth, and a time when the sky and sea were one. Bronze, Steel, 8’ (H) x 22’ (L) x 10’ (W), Forthcoming.
<br />(2021)
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<br />•Better Angels
<br />Installation inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s call for Americans to embrace their “better angels” and unite as country. Commissioned by city of St. Paul
<br />and Landmark Center. 40’ (L) x 14’ (H) x 20’ (W). Landmark Plaza. Forthcoming. (2020)
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