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.
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
