Ann Bartek and the Milk Can Theatre Company Awarded 2009 Princess Grace Award

On August 11th The Princess Grace Foundation-USA announced their 2009 award winners in theatre, dance & film. Set designer Ann Bartek, who has worked extensively with Milk Can (Galileo, Running, The 5 Borough Plays, The Science Plays, P.O.V., and By Oscar Micheaux), in conjunction with The Milk Can Theatre Company, has been awarded the Theater Fellowship, Pierre Cardin Theater Award.  With this award Ann will become The Can's resident set designer for the 2009-2010 season.

The Princess Grace Foundation-USA is a not-for-profit, publicly-supported foundation, headquartered in New York City and founded more than 25 years ago by Prince Rainier III of Monaco in honor of his wife, Princess Grace [Kelly]. The Foundation's mission, that mirrors Princess Grace's in her lifetime, is to support emerging artists in theater, dance and film through the awarding of scholarships, apprenticeships and fellowships. Each year, the Foundation presents the Princess Grace Awards to artists who show excellence and promise in the areas of theater, dance, and film. Emerging artists working in companies qualify for apprenticeships and fellowships.

The 2009 Princess Grace Awards winners represent 22 colleges, universities, and not-for-profit theater and dance companies throughout the United States. The Awards winners exemplify both classical and alternative artistic disciplines and, while still considered emerging talent, already show exceptional promise in their areas of expertise. The Foundation's support assists their theater and dance studies, helps pay their artistic fees at non-profit theater and dance companies and helps support their thesis film projects. In addition to the Awards, the Princess Grace Foundation-USA extends general operating monies to companies hosting an Awards winner.

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