The Bennett Prize will spotlight women artists who paint in the figurative realist style, and who have not yet reached full professional recognition – both new artists and those who have painted for many years.
Art League blog
Live wedding painter talks about current projects, entering the Bennett Prize, commission work for patrons through patreon, seeking Utility Box Art programs like the SLO Box Art movement.
Atascadero on Youtube
Researchers studied nearly 2 million art auction sales and found paintings by women fetched less money than paintings by men. Disparities that plague parts of the economy also affect the art world.
National Public Radio
Conversations with art-world instigators by Victoria Selbach. Collector Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt and her husband, Steven Allen Bennett, are amassing a significant collection of work by female realist painters. Elaine exemplifies the connected collector. Her art historical foundation, fierce intellect and an unquenchable curiosity create a base for her emotional connection to her selections.
Poets & Artists
The Bennett Prize is a stipend/grant-in-aid program established by American art collectors Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt, to support the fine art practice of a woman painter working in figurative realism.
Bmoreart.com
The Pittsburgh Foundation & The Muskegon Museum of Art (MMA) in Muskegon, MI announce a call to artists for The Bennett Prize. Ten (10) finalists will each receive $1,000 to participate in a traveling exhibition. One woman receives $50,000 and a solo exhibition. J
Indy Arts Guide
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.
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