The following Bush Fellows were recently in the news:

NEW... Cheryl Kary ('13) is highlighted for receiving a Bush Fellowship in the Bismarck Tribune.

• Zahra Aljabri (‘12) is building an online shop for women who want to look fashionable and be modest.
• Zahra Aljabri (’12) discusses her path to becoming a Bush Fellow.
• The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) has elected William D. Allen, Ph.D. ('95), as its President-Elect.
• Christine Baeumler ('11) creates a rooftop bog for Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
• Nan Baker ('13) talks with South Dakota Public Broadcasting about her new Bush Foundation fellowship and what she'll be doing to engage her community.
• Philip Blackburn ('03) and his music label, Innova Recordings, are highlighted in the Twin Cities Daily Planet.
• Three Bush Fellows (Kevin Brooks ('13), Cheryl Kary ('13) and Ryan Taylor ('13)) are featured in the Grand Forks Herald for their work as the first cohort of 2013 Fellows.
• Poet John Caddy ('89) wins McKnight Artist Award
• Joel Carter's ('02) sculpture, The Healing, is featured at the Edina Art Center - Sculpture Promenade and is up for the People's Choice Awards.
• Asian American Press and Little Laos on the Prairie shine a light on Lao community leader, Sunny Sinh Chanthanouvong ('12).
• Lao Minnesotan Artist Heritage Month recognizes and celebrates the artistic contributions of Bounxou Chanthraphone ('02) and Mali Kouanchao ('10).
  
• The Ananya Dance Theatre performed “Moreechika: Season of Mirage,” choreographed by Dr. Ananya Chatterjea (‘02), at the Harare International Festival of the Arts in Zimbabwe.
  
• Ananya Chatterjea (’02) receives one of the McKnight Artist Fellowships for Choreography.
• Joe Chvala (’94) is directing the Carleton Players, along with the renowned dance/theater company the Flying Foot Forum, in an exciting new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. Performances will be held in the Weitz Center for Creativity Theater on April 11, 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m and April 14 at 2:00 p.m.
• Mary Ellen Childs ('89 & '99) and Morgan Thorson ('00) were among 50 artists selected from across the nation to receive prestigious $50,000 United States Artists fellowships.
• Dave Ellis ('13) aims to start a serious conversation among African-American men and boys that he says will jump-start social change.
• Shirl Chouinard’s (‘12) artwork was featured at the Pearl Crisis Center Fashion Show and aims to draw attention to domestic violence.
• Shirl Chouinard's ('12) work to educate about domestic abuse is featured on the Twin Cities Daily Planet.
• Steve Couture ('95) steps out of retirement to become the principal at American Indian Magnet School.
• Robert Derus ('88) became the interim city administrator for Annandale, MN in November.
• Kathryn Draeger ('99) appointed to Minnesota Pollution Control citizen board.
• Chris Eyre ('07) to chair film department at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design’s film department.
• St. Cloud Public Library river exhibit features the work of photographer Chris Faust ('95).
  
• An essay on Emory Douglas by Colette Gaiter ('96), “The Revolution will be Visualized,” will be published in West of Center: Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965–1977. In 2011, Delaware Division of the Arts (DDA) named her an Established Artist Fellow in Visual Art: Works on Paper. Her solo exhibition at the DDA Mezzanine Gallery, in Wilmington runs through March 30.
• Melissa Goodwin ('12) profiled by Argus Leader.
• Carol Grabowski ('04) is recognized by the Twin Cities Meical Society as a metro physican who has made a huge contribution to moving Honoring Choices Minnesota this past year.
• Lance Hegland ('12) profiled by the Crosby-Ironton Courier.
• Patrick Hicks ('09) is quoted in an Argus Leader article about the "rebirth of poets, of writers" in South Dakota.
• Anne Hornickel Yuska (’11) was recently interviewed about her recent Minnesota State Fair appearance regarding STEM.
• Gao Hong ('04) joins Grammy-winning performers for the "Lutes Around the World" concert on Sunday, October 7, 2012.
• Laurie Jacobi ('08) and fourteen other artisits were featured at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design's exhibition, In the Field: Artisits from Greater Minnesota, which showcased artisits who live in rural areas of the state.
• The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder publishes op-ed by Andrea Jenkins ('11).
• The play “Nice Fish” is currently running at the Guthrie Theater and is authored by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins (‘79, ’84).
• The music of Dan Jerome (’10) is featured in Off the Map, a play that tells the story of 50 small towns across North Dakota. (In addition, playwright Kathy Coudle-King and musician Robert Sackman are each 2009 recipients of Dakota Creative Connection support, a 2008-2009 Foundation program that made small grants to North Dakota and South Dakota artists at early stages of their careers to support their development.)
• Minot Daily News reports on the release of a book about the work of Native flutemaker Dan Jerome ('10).
• An exhibit celebrating the work of artist Daniel Kaniess ('94) was held at Third Floor Gallery 332. 
• Gülgün Kayim ('04) works to qualitatively measure impact of the arts on Minneapolis.
• The Bismarck Tribune highlights Cheryl Kary's ('13) work to develop a research tool to find out what the assets are of the Native American Community in Bismarck-Mandan and set up programs that utilize these skills throughout the community.
• Vesna Kittelson (‘90) has an upcoming exhibition at the College of Visual Arts.
• Kevin Kling ('03) and Simone Perrin bring humor and accordion music to Crossings audience in Zumbrota, MN on October 12.
• The Rapid City Journal features a highlight on Gayle Kocer's ('12) annoucement as a Bush Fellow.
• Gayle Kocer (’12) discusses the need for rural lawyers and a new law passed to help attract and retain them in rural South Dakota.
• Dr. Cynthia Lindquist ('99) is honored with an alumni achievement award from the University of North Dakota.
• Poet Roseann Lloyd ('99) recently published a new book, The Boy Who Slept Under the Stars: A Memoir in Poetry.
• Jimmy Longoria ('10) builds community through Mentoring Peace Through Art, a program he co-founded to help low-income and troubled Minneapolis teens toward better lives and to foil criminal activity.
• The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) announces Jimmy Longoria ('10) as the 2013 recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. “Living the Dream” Award.
  
• Jimmy Longoria (‘10), co-founder of the nonprofit Mentoring Peace Through Art, recently received the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s 2013 Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. “Living the Dream” Award and also the Ordway’s Sally Vision Award for his contributions to creating a sense of community centered on art and youth leadership development.
• Jess Luce ('09) is the new Supervisor of Communities for a Lifetime Initiative with the Dakota County (MN) Public Health Department.
• Abdirizak Mahboub ('10) is interviewed in a Minnesota Public Radio story about what it's like for immigrants in Minnesota.
  
• Neeraj Mehta ('11) is the new Director of Community-Based Research at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
• Kristine Miller ('12) received the 2013 University of Minnesota Outstanding Community Service Award - Faculty.
• Amy Miner ('04) takes the reins as executive director of Yankton Area Arts.
• Frank Moe's ('08) soon-to-be-released documentary Sled Dogs to Saint Paul: The Race for Clean Water  raises awareness about the environmental impacts of mining sulfide ore bodies in northern MN.
• Zoran Mojsilov's ('96) new show, "Storm," is exhibited at Bockley Gallery from September 8 - October 6, 2012.
• Poet Jim Moore ('76 & '82) receives a Guggenheim Fellowship.
• Clarence Morgan ('98) has received the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts Distinguished Alumni Award for 2012.
• Kari Nidfeldt-Thomas (‘07 ) is featured in Minnesota Business’  “The (Real) Power 50.”
• Ireland’s Irish-language television station TG4 has awarded Paddy O’Brien ('09) its Gradam Ceoil Traditional Composer of the Year Award.
• Sheila O’Connor (’01) is featured in Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts’ next reading series on Feb. 8.
• Patricia Ohmans ('11) received the City of Saint Paul's Gardening Advocate award, which is given "to an individual whose actions have been exemplary in promotion and supporting gardening efforts in Saint Paul." Pioneer Press highlights the  work of this urban gardener.
• Patricia Ohmans ('11) and Frogtown Gardens volunteers cultivate a garden to remember 2-year-old killed in fire.
• Patricia Ohmans ('11) is working on a memoir chronicling her childhood and family history through the lens of gardening.
  
• Joann O'Leary ('01) was added to the Fulbright Specialty Award list and will be traveling to Australia in 2013 to conduct research in the area of pregnancy and parenting.
• Brent Olson’s ('12) “Inadvertent Café” is now open in Clinton, MN and has many goals for its present and future use.
• Bianca Pettis ('10) and Jacob Aaron Roske ('10), who together form Beatrix*JAR, to teach kids D.I.Y sound art.
• Keri Pickett's (‘92, ’10) documentary “The Fabulous Ice Age” was selected as “Best of Fest” at the Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival and will be screened again on Thursday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. For more information, visit mspfilmfest.org.
• During March, Nirmala Rajasekar (’06) will be performing at the Golden Valley Public Library, Hosmer Public Library and at Hamline University.
• President Barack Obama announced his plans to nominate Ragamala's Artistic Director, Ranee Ramaswamy ('96), to the National Council on the Arts.
• Star Tribune names Ranee ('96) and Aparna ('02) Ramaswamy Artist of the year for 2011.
• Rama Ramaswamy (‘96) and Aparna Ramaswamy (’02) receive one of the McKnight Artist Fellowships for Choreography.
• Ranee Ramaswamy ('96) has been named a United States Artists Fellow and awarded a $50,000 USA Fellowship grant for artistic excellence.
• Aparna Ramaswamy ('02) awarded a competitive touring grant by NDP to tour (Sacred Space), a solo evening of her choreography.
  
• Matt Rasmussen ('09) receives the 2012 Walt Whitman Award
• Tim Reardon ('01) named executive director of Open Arms of Minnesota.
• Peyton Scott Russell’s ('12) sculptures are on display at Franconia Sculpture Park and featured in a two-part video documentary (one & two).
• Peyton Scott Russell ('12) involved with first ever hip hop festival debuting in Stillwater, MN.
• Megan Rye (‘10) co-chaired Art 4 Shelter and the event raised over $55,000 for Simpson Housing Services homeless shelter.
• Honor Schauland ('12) works to stabilize the economy in her hometown of Finland, MN.
• Honor Schauland (‘12) is working to bring diversity, sustainability to Finland, MN's economy.
• The James Sewell ('02) Ballet Company returns to the Historic Holmes Theatre in Detroit Lakes.
• Sun Yung Shin's ('07) second poetry collection, Rough, and Savage, from Coffee House Press garners praise.
• Deborah Stein's ('09) play, Chimera,  is set to run in New York.
• The Inforum profiles the fellowship projects of two Bush Fellows from ND, Dr. Read Sulik ('12) and Noreen Thomas ('12).
• Dr. Read Sulik ('12) and the Sanford and Avera are working to bridge cultural gaps between tribal and mainstream healthcare by hiring traditional healers.
• Susan Sveda-Uncapher ('96) marks the 20th anniversary of her first public exhibit with an exhibit at the Eau Claire Regional Arts Center from August 3-August 31.
• Cathy ten Broeke ('04) is named one of three special advisors added to staff in Washington DC by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. 
• Mary Tingerthal ('84) is named as one of the top women in finance by Finance and Commerce.
• Three Bush Fellows won MN Book Awards this past weekend. David Treuer (‘08) won the general fiction award for "Rez Life," Patricia Kirkpatrick (‘90) in the poetry for "Odessa" and Robert Hedin ('97) received the Kay Sexton Award for lifelong contributions to our wonderful literary community.
• Dr. Anton Treuer (’08) will be featured as a mini keynote speaker at the 2013 Education Minnesota Professional Conference held on October 17, 2013 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre.
• Anton Treuer ('08) was a guest presenter at the Grand Rapids Area Library on Thursday, September 20th to discuss his recently published book, "Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians but Were Afraid to Ask."
  
• Anton Treuer ('08) appointed to Minnesota State Arts Board.
• Dr. Anton Treuer ('08) named director of Bemidji State’s American Indian Resource Center (AIRC).
• Dr. Anton Treuer (‘08) wins 2012 Ken Hale Prize for linguistics. 
• David Treuer ('03) recently published his fifth book, Rez Life.
• David Treuer's ('03) opinion piece, "Kill the Indians, Then Copy Them," featured in The New York Times.
• Sean M. Virnig (‘06) leads an internationally renowned bilingual school for the Deaf and is featured as a 2013 Rising Alumni at the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development.
• Chuck Waibel ('13) to pursue growth of deep winter, local foods economy.
• Tene Wells (‘12) will be part of a panel discussion focusing on transitioning into encore careers at the University of Saint Thomas on Monday, April 29, 2013.
• Performances and gallery installation for Laurie Van Wieran ('85).
• Milkweed Editions recently published Katrina Vandenberg's ('05) book of poems, The Alphabet Not Unlike the World. Garrison Keillor will read one poem on The Writer's Almanac on July 11, 2012.
• Artist Delina White ('10) attended a reception at the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth on June 11, 2012, where her artisan dress was on exhibit.
• John Whitehead (’10) and Keri Pickett (‘92) took honors at the Midwest Regional Emmys. Whitehead received the award for Best Cultural Documentary forFirst Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language. The episode of Minnesota Original focused on Pickett received the Emmy for Best Single Story/Feature/Segment.
• Karen M. Wirth ('91 & '10) appointed Vice President of Academic Affairs at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
• Fore, the fourth exhibition in The Studio Museum in Harlem’s “F” series, features Nate Young's ('10) Closing No. 1 (2012).RaneeR