NUVO Notes Fellowship Received by "Intriguing Artist," Prof. Lori Miles

April 23, 2011

94756 April 23, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "The Arts Council of Indianapolis announced the recipients of the 2011 Creative Renewal Arts Fellowships last week, and I was delighted to find visual artist Lori Miles among the winners," opines NUVO's Dan Grossman. "Miles, an assistant professor of art at DePauw University, is an intriguing artist with a whimsical take on all things extraterrestrial who I remember as part of the [Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art's] show 'Phenomenon' back in October, 2009, in which she seamlessly merged her interest in UFOs and aliens with a humorous pop sensibility." (at left: The Lost Weekend (thanks, Yoko), 2009, by Lori Miles)

The fellowship provides $10,000 to an artist "to refresh and renew their artistic work," writes Grossman. "Miles is pleased to find herself on the list of winners and the possibilities it will provide. 'I think the timing of it was really appropriate. I have my first sabbatical coming up next year. This will help me take advantage of the time in a really special way.' The fellowship will enable Miles to apprentice in an auto body shop, learn the art of shoemaking with a cobbler, and explore industrial techniques of replication like mold making. 'I'm also taking a welding certification class,' she says. I look forward to finding out how mastery of these assorted earthy tradecrafts affect Miles' far-flung artistic explorations." 93343