Annabeth Rosen receives the Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Award in Art
Congratulations to Annabeth Rosen for winning the 2018 Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Award in Art. This award is given by The American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Every year, The Academy gives 10 awards which will be presented in New York City in May at the Academy’s annual Ceremonial. The art prizes and purchases, totaling over $250,000, honor both established and emerging artists. The award winners were chosen from a group of 35 artists who had been invited to participate in the Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, which opened on March 8, 2018. The exhibition continues through April 8, 2018, and features over 100 paintings, sculptures, installations, and works on paper. The members of this year’s award committee were: Judy Pfaff (chairman), William Bailey, Mary Heilmann, Richard Hunt, Yvonne Jacquette, Bill Jensen, Catherine Murphy, Martin Puryear, Dorothea Rockburne, and Joel Shapiro.