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The Tanne Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2008 awards. Now in its tenth year, the foundation has awarded almost a half-million dollars to individual artists and artist-run organizations.

In keeping with the foundation’s mission to support individual artists with unrestricted funds, this year’s awards, totaling $21,000, honor two artists for outstanding artistic achievements and recognize an outstanding arts organization for its presentation of exceptional work for over 30 years.

The 2008 Tanne Award recipients are:

Haddon Givens Kime, Atlanta, Georgia, a composer and sound designer. Kime composes music for theatrical, multimedia, and film projects. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Kime worked on over twenty-five theatrical productions in Boston over a two-year span. In 2004 and 2008 he received an award from the Independent Reviewers of New England award for outstanding sound design and composition. Kime has written scores and sound designs for many regional and Off-Broadway productions. In addition to his composing and sound design work, he is now in the early stages of developing his skill as a filmmaker.

Kristina Lenzi, Salt Lake City, Utah, a painter and performance artist. Katrina’s art creates an ongoing dialogue between painted images and live actions in which she explores such issues as traumatic stress and the struggles between individualism and conformity. Lenzi utilizes mundane materials partially transformed but metaphorically used to convey the commonality of these complex issues. Lenzi has presented her work in festivals and exhibitions across the U.S. and has recently acquired international reputation with a performance in Warsaw, Poland.

Mobius, Inc. Boston, MA, a multi-media arts organization. Mobius, recognized as one of the seminal alternative artist-run organizations in the United States, produces and presents performance art, video, sound art, dance, installation and multimedia works by the Mobius Artists Group, their collaborators and guest artists. Negotiating the space between creative people, between creative people and the general public, between art and public space, and among artistic media, has been the basis of its artistic investigations since it was founded in 1977. The artists have presented their work throughout the United States and at venues and festivals in Canada, South America, Europe and Asia. Mobius received the Tanne Award in 2007.

About the Foundation

The Tanne Foundation was founded by an artist to enrich the artistic experience and broaden horizons for artists and audiences alike. The foundation’s primary interest is in the support of individual artists. Led by a board comprised of a majority of artists, the foundation is guided by the philosophy that in the creation of art, however unrecognized or obscure the voice, the sound may be extraordinary and it is vital that it be heard.

Since its inception the foundation has made awards to fifty-one artists and nine organizations in recognition of outstanding achievements in a variety of fields in the visual and performing arts, including performance art, poetry, music, acting, and dance. Nominations for awards are made by the trustees of the Tanne Foundation. The foundation does not accept unsolicited requests. For more information, contact Michelle Jenney at the Tanne Foundation,  care of GMA.