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Photo by Marcellina.

It’s been a banner week for Christon “Christylez” Bacon, who last week joined Muhsinah as the second D.C. artist to receive a Grammy nomination for 2010. He is also one of the artists that the D.C. Commission on the Arts recognized with a Young Artist Award for 2010. DC CAH awarded more than $59,000 to a combined 29 artists, whose ranks include performance artist Mary Coble, fashion/able photographer Nicole Aguirre, and one-man band Matthew Hemerlein.

Community service was a factor for all the Young Artist awards, though another roughly $19,000 was allocated for Community Service Program grants to six grantees who met an even higher bar for work that benefited the public interest. About twice as many artists applied for awards as received them.

There is no release available from the DC CAH newsroom, but you can see the recipient and genre breakdowns for both the Young Artist and Community Service grant categories by clicking on those links.

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