The Bennett Prize is a biennial competition for women figurative realist painters. The competition aims to promote the careers of women painters who have not yet realized full professional recognition. The prize is awarded by a five-member jury comprising painter Julie Heffernan, a Professor of Fine Arts at Montclair State University; Miranda Lash, Ellen Bruss Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; Dr. Tiffany E. Barber, scholar, curator, and Assistant Professor of African American Art at UCLA; and co-founders Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt, who are participating together as jurors for the first time. The jury will select 10 painters from among the entrants, and from those 10, the winner of both the $75,000 Prize and the $10,000 award. The winner receives $37,500 each year for two years to create a solo show. The exhibition will be on display during the summer of 2027 at the Muskegon Museum of Art (MMA) in Muskegon, Michigan.
Restricciones
The Prize is not open to hobbyists, students, or artists whose work has been sold for $35,000 or more, or who have received an award, prize, or other recognition for their art in that amount.