During this year’s week-long scholarship and grant competition, judges reviewed the work of 254 applicants to award 14 grants, 33 merit scholarships, and 3 work-study supplemental merit scholarships. The judges were artists Eric Aho, Joianne Bittle, Michael Davis, Iona Fromboluti, Morton Kaish, Marc Mellon, Amy Park, and Sarah Walker and gallerists Chip Holman and Sally Lehman Morgan. Presented here are the winners of the top grants.
Takeshi Uesugi, Untitled, 2015. Watercolor, 18 x 20 in. Recipient of a Nessa Cohen Grant for 2015
David Tumblety, Slave, 2015. Plaster cast from clay, life-size, 18 x 8 x 9 in. Recipient of the Ann and Bruno Lucchesi Grant for 2015
Susie M.M. Amato, Playing Cards, 2014. Oil on linen, 52 x 36 in. Recipient of a Xavier Gonzalez & Ethel Edwards Travel Grant for 2015
Naomi Lee Baumol, Betty, 2015. Graphite, 17 x 14 in. Recipient of a Nessa Cohen Grant for 2015
RM Gallinari, Triangle Jam, 2015. Woodcut, 12 x 9 in. Recipient of the Kuniyoshi Award for Printmaking for 2015
Sabine Blohm, All Around the Fireplace, 2013. Triptych of acrylic on canvas, 24 x 22 in. each. Photo: Alex Trautwig Recipient of the Kuniyoshi Award for Painting for 2015
Nina Heath, Saint, 2015. Graphite and chalk, 11 x 14 in. Recipient of the Marilyn Laurie Grant for 2015
Robert Clark, Yield Yellow, 2015. Oil on linen, 32 x 40 in. Recipient of the Marianne Brody Gaston Grant for 2015
Ramon Sierra, Tania, 2015. Plaster, 32 x 24 x 40 in. Recipient of the League Residency at Vyt Grant
Yoshfumi Ito, Untitled, undated. Fabric on strings, 15 x 24 x 8 in. Recipient of the Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant for 2015
Joaquin Croxott, Head of John the Baptist, 2015. Oil, 40 x 40 in. Recipient of the Will Barnet Grant for 2015
Anne Richter, In Her Studio, 2013–14. Acrylic, 50 x 50 in. Recipient of a Xavier Gonzalez & Ethel Edwards Travel Grant for 2015
Yolande Heijnen, Lies, 2015. Oil on canvas, 24 x 66 in. Recipient of the Gregory Lysun Grant for 2015
David Tumblety, Slave, 2015. Plaster cast from clay, life-size, 18 x 8 x 9 in. Recipient of the Ann and Bruno Lucchesi Grant for 2015
Susie M.M. Amato, Playing Cards, 2014. Oil on linen, 52 x 36 in. Recipient of a Xavier Gonzalez & Ethel Edwards Travel Grant for 2015
Naomi Lee Baumol, Betty, 2015. Graphite, 17 x 14 in. Recipient of a Nessa Cohen Grant for 2015
RM Gallinari, Triangle Jam, 2015. Woodcut, 12 x 9 in. Recipient of the Kuniyoshi Award for Printmaking for 2015
Sabine Blohm, All Around the Fireplace, 2013. Triptych of acrylic on canvas, 24 x 22 in. each. Photo: Alex Trautwig Recipient of the Kuniyoshi Award for Painting for 2015
Nina Heath, Saint, 2015. Graphite and chalk, 11 x 14 in. Recipient of the Marilyn Laurie Grant for 2015
Robert Clark, Yield Yellow, 2015. Oil on linen, 32 x 40 in. Recipient of the Marianne Brody Gaston Grant for 2015
Ramon Sierra, Tania, 2015. Plaster, 32 x 24 x 40 in. Recipient of the League Residency at Vyt Grant
Yoshfumi Ito, Untitled, undated. Fabric on strings, 15 x 24 x 8 in. Recipient of the Edward G. McDowell Travel Grant for 2015
Joaquin Croxott, Head of John the Baptist, 2015. Oil, 40 x 40 in. Recipient of the Will Barnet Grant for 2015
Anne Richter, In Her Studio, 2013–14. Acrylic, 50 x 50 in. Recipient of a Xavier Gonzalez & Ethel Edwards Travel Grant for 2015
Yolande Heijnen, Lies, 2015. Oil on canvas, 24 x 66 in. Recipient of the Gregory Lysun Grant for 2015