Committed to promoting women figurative painters and their work, Steven Alan Bennett and Elaine Melotti Schmidt, themselves collectors of figurative paintings of women by women, established The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters. Beginning in 2014, the couple worked with artists, The Pittsburgh Foundation, and the Muskegon Museum of Art in Michigan to launch this biennial prize that selects 10 finalists in a juried
Initiatives in Art and Culture (IAC) stands with Toby Pomeroy and Mercury Free Mining (MFM), an initiative that exists to create a mercury-free gold supply chain. Over 15 million members of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) community in developing countries eke out a meager existence without an alternative to using toxic mercury as part of their gold-extraction process. MFM exists to find a
We gratefully acknowledge funding from CollisArt LLC; Conner Rosenkranz; Debra Force Fine Art; D. Wigmore Fine Art; Gill & Lagodich; Graham Shay; Hawthorne Fine Art, LLC; Hollis Taggart Galleries; Kenneth R. Woodcock; The Louis and Lena Minkoff Foundation; Marty O’Brien; The Steven Alan Bennett Foundation, Susan Lueck, and anonymous donors, as well as support received from Bonham’s and ACA Galleries (as of November 30, 2022).
A review of Thursday's proceedings at IAC’s 27th Annual American Art Conference. Warmest thanks to all who joined!
A review of Wednesday at IAC’s 27th Annual American Art Conference. Warmest thanks to all who joined!
A review of Tuesday at IAC’s 27th Annual American Art Conference. Warmest thanks to all who joined!
Initiatives in Art and Culture celebrates Moyo Gems (@moyogems). Building on a gemology education initiative developed by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in collaboration with NGO Pact, Moyo Gems provides the world’s first sustainable market for colored gemstones from artisanal sources. Meaning 'heart' in Swahili (the dominant language in Tanzania) and in some other languages on the African continent, Moyo Gemstones is an ethical
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