Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt are serving as curators of the "Painting the Figure Now 2021" exhibition at Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition is on view Sept. 2 to Oct. 30, 2021. The deadline to submit work is July 11. Details are available at Poets & Artists.
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Muskegon, Michigan (May 27, 2021)– Painter Ayana Ross, of McDonough, Georgia, has won the prestigious 2021 Bennett Prize. Ross’s work explores identity and cultural awareness in the everyday lives of African Americans in the American South.
Ross will be awarded $50,000, giving her the opportunity to create new work in the figurative realist style for a solo exhibition that ultimately will travel the country. The Bennett Prize is the largest prize offered solely to women figurative painters.
Watch a recording of Rising Voices 2 - The Bennett Prize awards ceremony on May 27, 2021 in Muskegon, Michigan.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Nov. 30, 2020 – Today 10 women from across the country who paint in the figurative realist style were named finalists for the $50,000 Bennett Prize, the largest art award ever offered solely to women figurative realist painters, and now in its second round of awards.
