2005 Roberts Foundation Awards Announced

The Roberts Foundation has awarded multi-media artists Jeffrey Krieger, Gene Gort and Ken Steen their prestigious New Works Grant to create a collaborative work to celebrate the opening of the new wing at the Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut in 2006. Jeffrey Krieger is Principal Cellist of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and e-cellist. Gene Gort is Media Arts Director at the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford. Ken Steen is composer and faculty member of the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. The work will celebrate the new state-of-the-art performance space as well as the museum community and art collection.