Wynn Newhouse Award
The Wynn Newhouse Award is an annual prize given to disabled artists in recognition of their artistic merit.[1]
History
The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, a charitable organization founded by newspaper entrepreneur Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr., inaugurated the award in 2006 at the suggestion of the late Wynn Newhouse, to draw attention to the contributions of artists with disabilities to contemporary art.[2] Wynn Newhouse, himself disabled, was a prominent New York City art collector and grandson of the newspaper magnate.[3]
Recipients
Recipients share an annual award totaling $60,000, allocated by the judges. The selection committee changes each year. It is made up of four prominent members of the arts community including artists, curators and critics.
To be eligible for the Wynn Newhouse Awards, nominees must be artists of professional standing, and have a disability as recognized by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The awards are made in late December of each year.
In addition to the grants, many winning artists are offered an exhibition at the Palitz Gallery, a gallery space on East 61st Street in New York City. This exhibition is donated by Syracuse University in their Lubin Center in New York. An annual reception for winners attracts many persons in the arts community.
The Wynn Newhouse Awards will be offered through 2016. They are currently coordinated by consultant Bill Butler of Alford, MA and by artist Gordon Sasaki of New York. Information can be obtained and artists can be suggested via the website wnewhouseawards.com
Awards
Source: Wynn Newhouse]
2014
- Park McArthur
- Carol Es
- Marlon Mullen
- George Widener
- Kerry Damianakes
- Willian Scott
2013
- Carmen Papalia
- Rusty Shackelford
- Ken Grimes
- Christopher Knowles
- Jason Lazarus
2012
- Chuck Bowdish
- Laura Swanson
- Robin Antar
- Martin Cohen
- Laura Ferguson
- Alexis Mackenzie
- Katherine Sherwood
- Jennifer Lauren Smith
2011
- Barton Lidice Benes
- Mark Parsons
- Christine Sun Kim
- Sunaura Taylor
- Dawoud Bey
- John Fago
- Randy Gelber
- Corban Walker
- Peter Williams
2010
- Willard Boepple
- Bill Shannon
- Tom Shannon
- Emily Eifler
- Emmet Estrada
- Doug Hilson
- Mamie Holst
- Ben Schonzeit
2009
- Tom Kovachevich
- Paul Laffoley
- Ralph Mindicino
- Edward Shalala
2008
- Barbara Bloom
- Isabella Kirkland
- Stephen Lapthisophon
- Katie Miller
2007
- Joseph Grigely
- Lihua Lei
- Harriet Sanderson
- Linda Sibio
2006
- Riva Lehrer
- Terrene Karpowicz
- Jonathan Sarkin
- Darra Keeton
- Sunaura Taylor
References
- ↑ http://wnewhouseawards.com/Pages/About.html
- ↑ Art in America, May 2007; http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1248/is_5_95/ai_n25439083/
- ↑ New York Times, Jul 4, 1989. p. 9