Deadline: 7-Jun-21
Nominations are now open for the Twining Humber Award to support and encourage artists working in all disciplines to enrich community life throughout Washington State.
The Twining Humber Award is an unrestricted award of $10,000 given annually to a Washington State female-identified visual artist, age 60 or over, who has dedicated 25 years or more to creating art.
The award is made possible by a generous gift from the painter Yvonne Twining Humber (1907-2004), who established the Irving and Yvonne Twining Humber Fund for Artistic Excellence to support the grant through Artist Trust in recognition of female-identified artists who oftentimes must interrupt or postpone art-making in order to answer the demands of family life.
The award recognizes artistic excellence, professional accomplishment, and longstanding dedication to the visual arts.
The SOLA (Support Old Lady Artists) Awards are three unrestricted awards of $3,000 given annually to Washington State female-identified visual artists, age 60 or over, who have dedicated 25 years or more to creating art.
The awards were created by artist Ginny Ruffner.
Funding Information
- Amount Awarded: $10,000
- Number of Awards: 1
Eligibility Criteria
- The Twining Humber Award and SOLA Awards are open to female-identified visual artists, age 60 or over, who have dedicated 25 years or more to creating art. These awards recognize artistic excellence, professional accomplishment, and longstanding dedication to the visual arts. Artists may apply themselves or be nominated for these awards.
- Applicants must be:
- A female-identified visual artist; 60 years of age or older by June 28, 2021;
- Washington State residents at the time of application and payment;
- A practicing artist who has dedicated 25 years or more to creating art.
- Applicants must not be:
- Graduate or undergraduate students enrolled at the time of both application and payment (payment will be made October 2021)
- Recipients of another Artist Trust grant in 2021;
- Applying on behalf of a company, nonprofit, organization, or community group.
- Current Artist Trust staff, Board of Trustees, honorary committee, consultants, contractors, current Twining Humber / SOLA panelists, or their immediate family
- The Twining Humber Award and SOLA Awards may only be received once. Previous recipients of the Twining Humber Award may not apply for the SOLA Awards. Previous recipients of SOLA may apply for the Twining Humber Award.
Selection Criteria
- All applications are reviewed by one panel consisting of three artists and arts professionals with expertise in the visual arts.
- Panelists review all eligible applications online through Submittable and meet online via Zoom to discuss applications and recommend recipients. Panelists are asked to review all applicants through a lens of racial equity and consider geographic diversity.
- The panel selects the recipient based on:
- Artistic excellence
- The background & accomplishments of the artist
- Evidence of continuing dedication to artistic practice
For more information, visit https://artisttrust.org/awards/twining-humber-award/