List of American art awards

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This list of American art awards covers some of the main art awards given by organizations in the United States. Some are restricted to Visual artists of the United States in a particular genre or from a given region, while others are broader in scope.

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Awards

AwardSponsorNotes
Herb Alpert Award in the Arts California Institute of the Arts Given annually in Art, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater [1]
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals American Academy of Arts and Letters Various categories [2]
Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Award University of Washington Libraries A public lecture is given by the artist [3]
Art Interview – International Online Artist Competition Art Interview Online Magazine [4]
Art of the Can Red Bull
ArtPrize ArtPrize non-profit organization
Beck Gold Medal Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Best oil portrait by an American artist. Defunct 1969
Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realists The Pittsburgh Foundation
Biennial of Hawaii Artists Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House Hawaii artists
Blumenthal Prize Franco-American Florence Blumenthal Foundation
Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Bonnie Bronson FundNamed after American painter and sculptor Bonnie Bronson
Carnegie Art Award Carnegie Investment Bank
Carnegie Prize Carnegie Museum of Art
Catharine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts Cox FamilyFor Hawaii artists. Named for Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox
Charles Lang Freer Medal Smithsonian Institution
Chesley Awards Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists Named after astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell
Clio Awards Evolution Media Advertising, design and communication
Cresson Traveling Scholarship Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Cresta International Advertising Awards Creative Standards InternationalAdvertising
Factor Prize for Southern Art Society 1858now renamed the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art) (Society 1858)
Guggenheim International Award Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
The Homiens Art PrizeHomiens
Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist World Science Fiction Society
Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist World Science Fiction Society
Hugo Boss Prize Guggenheim Museum
Hunting Art Prize Hunting plc
The Irish American Arts AwardsIrish Consulate General in New YorkDefunct
Logan Medal of the Arts Art Institute of Chicago
Society for Sanity in Art
Defunct
National Arts Awards Americans for the Arts
PBS Kids Writers Contest PBS
Ordway Prize New Museum
SECA Art Award San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Mary Smith Prize Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
The Sheridan Prize for Art The Sheridan Prize for Art Given annually for the Visual Arts in the San Francisco Bay Area
Spectrum Award for Grand Master Spectrum Fantastic Art
Temple Gold Medal Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Defunct 1968
William E. Harmon Foundation Award William E. Harmon Foundation Defunct
Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award Women's Caucus for Art
World Fantasy Award—Artist World Fantasy Convention
Wynn Newhouse Award Samuel J Newhouse Foundation

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References

  1. "The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts". herbalpertawards.org. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  2. American Academy of Arts and Letters. List of Awards Archived 2015-12-19 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  3. Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Series, University of Washington, November 5, 2019, retrieved 2020-02-19
  4. Art Interview, archived from the original on January 17, 2013, retrieved 2020-02-19{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)