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`Do continue the great impactful work."Jai Winston,Director,Knight Foundation
<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.
<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), Vbite
<br /> Truffles in Vinter(W.W.Norton)and The New York Times bestseller In the Company of Angels.She has been translated into 21 languages worldwide.
<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.
<br /> EDUCATION:
<br /> •Milfield Foundry,Belfast,N.Ireland.2012.
<br /> -Bath Spa University.B.A.in Studio Arts.Sculpture.1999.
<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 r:sidence(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,Fondaione 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.
<br /> EDUCATION:
<br /> -PhD Philosophy,Creative Writing,Bath Spa University.Bath,England. (2015)
<br /> •M.F.A.Fiction,Hamlin University,Minneapolis,Minnesota. (1998)
<br /> •Playwriting Fellow,Derek Walcott,Boston University. (1996)
<br /> -B.A.Studio Arts,Metropolitan State University,Minneapolis,Minnesota. (1989)
<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 Culturellrlandais,Paris,France,2016.Project featured on BBC Radio"Arts Extra,"The Guardian,Belfast Telegraph,and
<br /> others.Bronze and wood.20'x 20'.
<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)
<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)
<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'"x 20'M.Landmark Plaza.Forthcoming. (2020)
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