Art collector, lifelong educator and now curator Elaine Schmidt provides an overview of her life and career, and the vision she shares with husband Steven Bennett of encouraging women figurative realist painters through The Bennett Prize and The Bennett Collection.
Voyage Chicago
Call for entries are now open until Sept. 28, 2018, for the first-of-its-kind $50,000 prize to propel the careers of women artists.
Supersonic
Created in 2018, The Bennett Prize awards $50,000 to a woman artist in order to help her create a solo exhibition of figurative realist paintings, which will then travel the country.
Wilshire Detroit
Created in 2018, The Bennett Prize awards $50,000 to a woman artist in order to help her create a solo exhibition of figurative realist paintings, which will then travel the country.
Aworkstation.com
Created in 2018, The Bennett Prize is the largest ever Prize offered solely to women painters. The accolade aims to give recognition to women artists who paint in the figurative realist style and who have not yet realised their full professional potential. The Prize, with the call for entry open from 13 April to 28 September 2018, awards $50,000 to allow the winning artist to create her own solo exhibition.
Le Journal
The Muskegon Museum of Art is proud to be the inaugural venue for THE BENNETT PRIZE, a one-of-a-kind juried art exhibition designed to propel the careers of women figurative realist painters. Entry begins April 13.
Grand Valley Artists
The Bennett Prize, created in 2018, awards $50,000 to a woman artist to create her own solo exhibition of figurative realist paintings, which will travel the country.
Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs
The Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art expects to host its biggest show yet, bringing in the work of contemporary figure painters from around the world.
City Pages
Passionate, approachable and smart, the Bennetts were a pleasure to chat with. Dr Elaine Melotti Schmidt and her husband Steven Bennett have gathered a collection of over 150 artworks by figurative artists all of whom are women. The discussion with the Bennetts includes collecting as artistic expression, building a collection, choosing paintings, and much more.
John Dalton, "Gently Does It" podcast- Episode 109
