AWA is pleased to announce the award winners for our Breaking Through: The Rise of American Women Artists exhibition at Customs House Museum & Cultural Center. AWA again awarded the Grand Prize winner with $10,000 cash! The Awards Presentation took place online March 12, 2022, and can be viewed on our YouTube Channel at this link.

We’d like to thank our Selection and Awards Jurors: 

“It was a privilege to be invited as a juror for the American Women Artists exhibition and to see the contributions of so many accomplished and proficient artists. I hope that the exhibition will demonstrate the wide range of production and high technical skill of female artists and encourage more women to pursue their talents and passions. My congratulations to all the artists.” Marianne Wardle, Director and Curator, College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH.

To view all 125 pieces in the exhibition, click HERE. 

Works are available for purchase unless noted as SOLD, contact Sandra Harris, sharris@americanwomenartists.org.

GRAND PRIZE WINNER – $10,000 Cash Award

Woman with Turban

by Ellen Buselli (Master-Signature Member, NY), Oil on Linen,12″x 10″. $3,500

AWA PRESIDENT’S AWARD

Daffodil

by Nancy Boren (Master-Signature Member, Texas), Oil, 20″ x 16″. $3,000

NAMED AND MEMORIAL AWARDS (4)

CLARKSVILLE – MONTGOMERY COUNTY ARTS & HERITAGE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AWARD

Court Square Diner

by DeAnn L. Prosia (Signature Member, NJ), Line Etching, 8″ x 12″. $450

KIM MINICHIELLO MEMORIAL EXCELLENCE IN WATERCOLOR AWARD

by Sandy Delehanty (Master-Signature Member, CA), Watercolor, 18″ x 24″. $1,550.

FRANCES TRACHOK MEMORIAL AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Jessica’s Shadow Dance

by Kim Taggart (Signature Member, KS), Graphite, 28″ x 22″. $2,500

KATHLEEN J. SMITH HUMANITY IN ART AWARD

Poems Looking for a Seat

by Gayle Madeira, (Signature Member, NY), Oil on linen on aluminum panel, 24″ x 12″. $2,880 

PUBLISHER FULL PAGE AWARDS (5)

AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR

Mug Shot 

by Farshid Namei (Signature Member, CA), Oil, 16″ x 12″. $1,600

ART OF THE WEST

Sierra Lake

by Lori Putnam (Associate with Distinction Member, TN), Oil on linen, 30″ x 40″. $12,000

FINE ART CONNOISSEUR

Liberty

by Julie Howard (Associate Member, TX), Organic Soft Pastels on Canvas, 32″ x 16″. $1,800

SOUTHWEST ART

     
American Boy

by Mary Ann Cherry (Associate with Distinction Member, ID), Oil, 30″ x 30″. $7,500

 WESTERN ART & ARCHITECTURE

Shape Shifter

by Liz Wolf (Master-Signature Member, NM), Bronze, 12.25″ x 4″ x 5.5″. $6,800

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS(6)

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN LANDSCAPE, SEASCAPE OR CITYSCAPE (ANY MEDIUM)

Late Afternoon, North Point

by Laurie Kersey (Master-Signature Member, CA), Oil, 24″ x 30″. $6,300

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN FIGURATIVE OR PORTRAITURE (ANY MEDIUM)

Pandemic Head Study of David

by Nicole Moné (Associate with Distinction Member, NY), Oil on Panel, 9″ x 6″. $4,500

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN STILL LIFE

Egg Noodles

by Heather Lynn Gibson (Signature Member, NJ), Oil on linen, 18″ x 18″. $2,400

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN ABSTRACT OR MIXED MEDIA

Something Cosmic This Way Comes

by May Klisch (Associate with Distinction Member, WI), Acrylic/Mixed Media, 12″ x 12″. $488

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT IN SCULPTURE

Lullaby for Earth and Sky Opus 4

by Louise Solecki Weir (Associate with Distinction Member, British Columbia), Polymer Gypsum & Oils, 18” x 7” x 6″. $2,500

DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT OPEN FOR JUROR DESIGNATION

Two Green Chairs

by Mary B. Lynch (Associate Member, MN), Oil, 12″ x 16″. $1,025

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN MEDIUM (6)

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2D SOFT PASTEL

Storm Interlude

by Terri Ford (Signature Member, CA), Soft Pastel 18″ x 24″. $4,200

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2D

Transmigration

by Annie Murphy Robinson (Associate with Distinction Member, CA), Sanded Charcoal on Paper 22″ x 29″. $3,000 SOLD

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2D

Whispers of Yesterday

by Holly Bedrosian (Associate with Distinction Member, TX), Oil, 34″ x 24″. $3,500 SOLD

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2D

Crescendo

by Christine Graefe Drewyer (Master- Signature Member, MD), Oil on Linen, 24″ x 36″. $8,200

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 3D SCULPTURE

Selected by American Art Collector Magazine

Eveready

by Ruth Green (Associate Member, CA), Bronze, 7.5″ x 6.5” x 3.75″.  $1,200

AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 3D

Pedro, the Luis Lopez Tool Bat

by Sharon Fullingim (Master-Signature Member, NM), Indiana Limestone, 12″ x 12″ x 12″. $1,200