The Bennett Prize is a grant program established to support women painters working in figurative realism. The prize provides $25,000 annually for two years ($50,000 total) to the winning artist. Ten finalists participate in a traveling exhibition and ongoing promotion in print media. I was one of the lucky ten finalists this year. The exhibition of the finalists started in Michigan at the Muskegon Museum of Art and will travel throughout two years in 4 museums and galleries across the country. I had the pleasure of meeting the 10 finalists, fabulous women painters in figurative realism from across the country.
With the Steven Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt, founders of the Bennett Prize.