Forward Art Prize Exhibit reception

media release: An exhibition of work by the appliciants to this year's Forward Art Prize, an initiative sponsored by the Women Artists Forward Fund, will be on display at Aubergine Gallery, a Willy Street Co-op Community Space at 1226 Williamson Street, from Saturday, November 2 through Sunday, December 1, 2024. Gallery hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00am to 2:00pm and by appointment.

A reception, which will include the announcement of this year's Forward Art Prize recipients, will be held at Aubergine Gallery on Friday, November 1, 2024 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm (announcement at 5:30pm).

The Forward Art Prize offers two annual, unrestricted $10,000 awards for women visual artists living in Dane County, WI who show exceptional creativity in their work and compelling prospects for the future. Selections are made through an open, juried, competitive application process each summer.

This award is designed to provide recipients with the flexibility to pursue their own artistic, intellectual, and professional activities in the absence of specific obligations and only minor reporting requirements. The Forward Art Prize is specifically given to individual artists, not organizations. The discoveries, actions, and ideas that shape our community and society often begin with the ground-breaking efforts of individual creative people. The prize is award to women identifying visual artists who are deeply engaged in artistic practices that inspire new ways of thinking, new behaviors, or new ways of engaging communities.