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Awards Archives

YEAR

BEST OF SHOW WINNER

JUROR (S)

PRIZE MONEY:

BEST OF SHOW/TOTAL

1971

BRUCE MARSH

PIERRE APRAXINE
MOMA, NYC

BOS: $750

TOTAL: $3,900

1972

BRUCE MARSH

DEAN SWANSON
WALKER ART CENTER/MINNEAPOLIS

BOS: $800

TOTAL: $4,700

1973

OSCAR BAILEY

BARBARA ROSE
ART CRITIC, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

BOS: $1,000

TOTAL: $4,900

1974

RIK TRAWEEK

HARRY LOWE
SMITHSONIAN/WASHINGTON

BOS: $1,500

TOTAL: $5,400

1975

THOMAS KETTNER

MAURICE TUCHMAN
LOS ANGELES CTY MUSEUM

BOS: $1,500

TOTAL: $5,400

1976

CLAUDE R. FIDDLER

MARCIA TUCKER
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMER ART/NYC

BOS: $2,000

TOTAL: $7,000

1977

JEFFREY KRONSNOBLE

WALTER HOPPS
SMITHSONIAN/WASHINGTON

BOS: $2,500

TOTAL: $9,000

1978

DOT BOOTH

GENE BARO (deceased)
BROOKLYN MUSEUM

SAME

SAME

1979

SUSAN LIVINGSTON

DOROTHY MILLER (deceased)
MOMA, NYC

BOS: $2,500

TOTAL: $10,000

1980

JAMES BASSHAM

PATTERSON SIMMS
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMER ART/NYC

SAME

SAME

1981

STEVE HOLM

ROBERT HUGHES
CRITIC/AUTHOR"SHOCK OF THE NEW"

BOS: $3,000

TOTAL: $13,000

1982

JACK ELLIS

DUANE HANSON
SCULPTOR

BOS: $3,000

TOTAL: $15,000

1983

MIKE MCMAHON

TED POTTER
SOUTHEAST CTR CONT ART/WINSTON SALEM

SAME

SAME

1984

TOM PHARDEL

NANCY HOFFMAN
HOFFMAN GALLERY/NYC

BOS: $5,000

TOTAL: $17,500

1985

MARY JO SINCLAIR

LINDA CATHCART
CONT. ART MUS/HOUSTON

SAME

SAME

1986

JOE PILCHER

LINDA SHEARER
ARTIST SPACE, NYC

BOS: $5,000

TOTAL: $20,000

1987

BRAD COOPER

VIVIEN RAYNOR
CRITIC, NEW YORK TIMES

SAME

SAME

1988

THEO WUJCIK

ROY SLADE
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART/DETROIT

SAME

SAME

1989

JUDITH POWERS JONES

DAVID A. ROSS
INSTITUTE CONT ART/BOSTON

BOS: $5,000

TOTAL: $21,500

1990

JAMES MICHAELS

MICHAEL AUPING
ALBRECHT-KNOX MUSEUM/BUFFALO

BOS: $7,500

TOTAL: $30,000

1991

CARL GROMOLL

JANET KARDON
AMER CRAFT MUSEUM

BOS: $21,000

TOTAL: $53,500

1992

THOMAS KOOLE

WILLIAM J. COWART
NAT'L GALLERY OF ART/WASHINGTON

BOS: $15,000

TOTAL: $60,000

1993

UNMARID EITHARONG

DENNIS R. BARRIE
CONT ART CENTER/CINCINNATI

SAME

SAME

1994

JEAN-JACQUES GAUDEL

NED RIFKIN
HIGH MUSEUM/ATLANTA

SAME

SAME

1995
(25th ANNIV)

THEO WUJCIK

LISA PHILLIPS
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMER ART/NYC

SAME

SAME

1996

HOANG VAN-BUI

SUZANNE DELEHANTY
CENTER OF FINE ARTS/MIAMI

SAME

SAME

1997

JEAN YAO

CHARLES COWLES
CH. COWLES GALLERY/NYC

BOS: $15,000

TOTAL: $60,500

1998
(TONY)

UNMARID EITHARONG

THELMA GOLDEN
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMER ART/NYC

BOS: $15,000

TOTAL: $61,500
Includes Emerging Artist

1999

JAMES SPIROFF

CHRISTINE SWENSON
TOLEDO OH MUSEUM OF ART
MARK LEACH
MINT MUSEUM/CHARLOTTE NC

SAME

SAME

2000
(30th ANNIV)

GRANT SILVERSTEIN

DAVID REVERE MCFADDEN
AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM/NYC
SUSAN LUBOWSKY TALBOTT
DES MOINES ART CENTER
PreJurors - Kevin Dean, Director, Selby Gallery/Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota
Ellen Fischer, Curator, Collections & Exhibitions, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach

SAME

SAME

2001

LES SLESNICK

WILLIAM FAGALY
NEW ORLEANS MUS OF ART
JACQUELYN DAYS SERWER
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART/WASHINGTON
PreJurors - Jeffrey Spaulding, Director, Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala
Mark Ormond, Art Historian & Independent Curator, Sarasota

SAME

SAME

2002

TOM HANEY

DOUGLAS DREISHPOON
ALBRIGHT-KNOX ART GALLERY, BUFFALO NY
LLOYD HERMAN
FOUNDER RENWICK GALLERY WASH DC/SEATTLE WA
PreJurors - Peter Brown, Teacher, Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota
Karen Valdes, Director, Art Center @ Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Pensacola

SAME

SAME

2003

FONG CHOO

MICHAEL W. MONROE
CURATOR, WRITER & ADVISOR
DR. JOHN H. NEFF
NAPLES MUSEUM OF ART, NAPLES FL
Pre-Jurors - Jennifer Hardin and Frank Holt

SAME

SAME

2004

ANDREW NORTON WEBBER

ALAN DUBOIS
ARKANSAS ARTS CENTER, LITTLE ROCK AR
MARTI MAYO
CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, HOUSTON TX
PreJurors - Dr. George Pappas, USF College of Arts, Tampa
Richard Heipp, Art Dept., University of Florida, Gainesville

SAME

SAME

2005

SUZY SCARBOROUGH

LYNDEL KING
WEISMAN ART MUSEUM, MINNEAPOLIS MN
PreJurors - Lucinda Gedeon, Director, Vero Beach Museum of Art
Marilyn Mars, Arts Impact, Inc., Tampa
Lynn Whitelaw, Director, Leepa Rattner Museum, Tarpon Springs

SAME

SAME

2006

KIM RADATZ

NEIL WATSON
KATONAH MUSEUM, KATONAH NY
PreJurors - Jennifer Hardin, Museum of Fine Art, St Petersburg
Steve Reynolds, Tampa
Michele Tuegel, Director, Pinellas County Arts Council, Clearwater

SAME

SAME

2007

GUILLERMO PORTIELES

TIM CLOSE
MUSEUM OF GLASS, BOISE ID
PreJurors - Maria Emilia, Director, Florida Craftsmen, St Petersburg
Barbara Hill, Arts Consultant
Daniel Stetson, Director, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland

SAME

TOTAL $67,500
Includes Emerging Artist

2008

MICHAEL WEBER

JOHN B. HENRY III
FLINT INSTITUTE OF ARTS, FLINT MI Includes Emerging Artist
Selection Jurors - Todd Behrens, Curator, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland
Karen Valdes, Director, Art Center @ Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Pensacola
Delores Coe, Artist, formerly with Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota

SAME

SAME

2009

NANCY CERVENKA

MARTHA CONNELL
CONNELL GALLERY, ATLANTA GA Includes Emerging Artist
Selection Jurors - George Ellis, former Director of Honolulu Academy of Arts
Mark Ormond, curator, writer and former art museum director
Joanna Weber, curator and art consultant

SAME

TOTAL $75,000

2010

JAMES MICHAELS

JACK F. BECKER, Ph.D.
JOSLYN ART MUSEUM, OMAHA, NEBRASKA
Selection Jurors - Catherine Chastain-Elliott, historian of modern & contemporary art, University of Tampa
Erika Greenberg Schneider, master printmaker & owner, Blue Acier Gallery, Tampa FL
Tom Southall, curator of Photography, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville

SAME

TOTAL $74,500
Includes Emerging Artist