Two residents are among 25 individuals chosen by the Rasmuson Foundation for a 2017 individual artist’s project award. Some 335 applications were received.

Christy Tengs Fowler and Jessica Meadowlark Plachta each won a “project award” worth $7,500.

The awards are to be used on a specific, short-term project that has clear benefits to the artist’s growth and development, according to the foundation.

Tengs Fowler will use the money to hire local musicians to record 25…