The Tanne Foundation
The Tanne Foundation

Tanne Foundation awards recognize outstanding achievement and are an expression of gratitude to artists for their passion and commitment to their work.

  • Jill Wells

    Jill Wells is an interdisciplinary artist, advocate, and mentor. Wells’ narrative-driven, multisensory work is fueled by lived and shared experiences and critical examinations of accessibility, disabi… Read more >

  • Andrea Pensado

    Andrea Pensado is a musician, educator and concert organizer. Originally from Argentina, she continued her studies in Poland where she graduated in Composition with honors in 1995. She has been based… Read more >

  • Chris Kayser

    Chris Kayser is a southern based actor dedicated to classical, contemporary and French Theater. He has worked for five decades at theaters in Atlanta, up and down the East coast, and in France. He was… Read more >

  • Bob Devin Jones

    Bob Devin Jones has been a theater worker for the last fifty years. As a playwright, his work includes “Uncle Bends: a home-cooked negro narrative”, Further Down the Road, and C - a Water Narrative. H… Read more >

  • Jennie Gottschalk

    Jennie Gottschalk is a composer and writer based in Boston. She is interested in using the parameters of sound and composition to rethink and reframe everyday life. For the past 20 years she has been… Read more >

  • Katherine Doughty

    Katherine Doughty studied visual art, postmodern dance and somantics at Hampshire College. She works in painting, drawing, printmaking, art jewelry, ivory free scrimshaw, poetry, and performance. For… Read more >

  • Landry Butler

    Landry Butler is a multidisciplinary American artist known for his visual art, spoken word and music. He was born in Memphis, Tenn., and identifies as a cis-het Large Black GuyTM who is very comfortab… Read more >

  • Mike Battaglia 

    Mike Battaglia is particularly known for his extensive incorporation of microtonality into his music, and in studying and drawing inspiration from musical traditions worldwide. Mike made his imprint a… Read more >

  • Brandon Bae

    Brandon discovered his passion for guitar at 13 and began performing professionally by 16. Brandon has established himself as a sought-after session player and touring musician, collaborating with art… Read more >

2024 Tanne Award Recipients:

Created in 1998 by an artist with a long-established interest in the arts, the Tanne Foundation has interests in filling cultural voids, enriching the artistic experience and broadening horizons for artists and their audiences.

2024 Tanne Award Recipients:

Created in 1998 by an artist with a long-established interest in the arts, the Tanne Foundation has interests in filling cultural voids, enriching the artistic experience and broadening horizons for artists and their audiences.