Rude Osolnik master woodturner

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RUDE OSOLNIK AWARD

This award, granted by the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft and the Kentucky Arts Council�s Kentucky Craft Marketing Program, is named in honor of Rude Osolnik, the nationally acclaimed wood turner from Berea, Kentucky, who devoted his life to the development and teaching of his craft.

 

This prestigious award recognizes artists for their contributions to the craft community, preservation of craft traditions through teaching and sharing, and exemplary workmanship.

The Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft annually recognize an artist with the Rude Osolnik Award.
 

Previous recipients: 2009 will be announced in August 2009

 

Gwen Heffner

Sarah Frederick 2007

Wayne Ferguson 2006

Marie Emlen Hochstrasser 2005

Lysbeth Wallace 2004

Tim Glotzbach 2003

Byron Temple 2002

Stephen Rolfe Powell 2001

Joseph Molinaro 2000

Homer Ledford 1999

Arturo Alonzo Sandoval 1998

Emily Wolfson 1997

Alma Lesch 1996

Last updated: 12/27/2009                            

Contact: Joseph Osolnik
email : osolnikj@osolnikmachinery.com
Photography by: Chipp Jamison