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Faculty member Jacci denHartog wins Guggenheim Fellowship
04/12/12
The John S. Guggenheim Foundation named faculty member Jacci denHartog as one of its 2012 fellows. The Foundation awarded fellowships to 81 scholars, artists, and scientists from a group of 3,000 applicants in the U.S. and Canada. The award is based on prior achievement and exceptional promise.Jacci, Program Director of Sculpture/New Genres in Fine Arts, is a sculptor whose work is inspired by the fleeting qualities of the landscape. Rosamund Felsen Gallery represents her work. She received her MFA from Claremont Graduate School.
Otis faculty and alumni who have won Guggenheim Fellowships in the past include faculty members Meg Cranston (Chair, Fine Arts) and Carole Caroompas; former faculty members Peter Voulkos and Emerson Woelffer; and alumni John Baldessari ('58), Sandow Birk ('89), Robert Irwin ('50), Dorothy Jeakins ('36), John Lees ('67 MFA), Ruben Ochoa ('97), Alison Saar ('81 MFA), and Jeffrey Vallance ('81 MFA).
