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Announcing The Bennett Prize Winner....
Watch a recording of Rising Voices 2 - The Bennett Prize awards ceremony on May 27, 2021 in Muskegon, Michigan.
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Reigning (raining?) confusion: what is figurative realism?
As co-founders of The Bennett Prize for Women “Figurative Realists,” Doctor Schmidt and I often confront confusion about the meaning of “figurative realism,” especially among would-be contestants. “My work is too abstract,” one will say, while another says “the Bennetts only support photorealism,” and a third says “the Bennett Prize seeks only depictions of nudes.” Of course, all of this is incorrect, but you can hardly blame the authors of these observations, as the lack of understanding of the term “figurative realism” is extensive.