EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
The Forward Arts Foundation supports the work of individual artists in the Atlanta metro area through this annual Award. The winner receives $10,000 and a solo show at the Swan Coach House Gallery. The remaining four finalists receive $2,000 each.
CURRENT WINNER
CURTIS AMES
Exhibit opens April 2019
Finalists: Robert Chamberlin, Krista Clark, Sonya Yong James, and Christina Price Washington.
PAST WINNERS
2018 Winner: Andrew Boatright
Finalists: David Armistead, Wihro Kim, Julianne Trew, Vanessa Brook Williams
2016-17 Winner: Kellie Romany
Finalists: Chris Chambers, Travis Dodd, Rachel Garceau, Nick Madden
2015-16 Winner: Kelly Kristin Jones
Finalists: Dustin Chambers, Antonio Darden, Pastiche Lumumba, Vanessa Brook Williams
2014-15 Winner: Amandine Drouet
Finalists: Jessica Caldas, Chris Chambers, Henry Detweiler, Chantelle Rytter
2013-14 Winner: Morgan Alexander
Finalists: Brendan Danielsson, Rebecca Hanna, Chelsea Raflo, Nikki Starz
2012-13 Winner: Born
Finalists: Kevin Byrd, Andre Keichian, John Paul Floyd, Romy Maloon
2011-12 Winner: S. Patricia Patterson
Finalists: Margaret Fletcher, Born, Seana Reilly and Jessica Blinkhorn
2010-11 Winner: Lucha Rodriquez
Finalists: Meg Aubrey, Chung Fan Chang, Hope Hilton, Dorothy O’Connor
2010 Winner: Cosmo Whyte
Finalists: Morolake Odeleye, Whitney Stansell, Dayna Thacker & Whitney Wood
2009 Winner: Paul S. Benjamin
Finalists: Anita Arliss, Richard Russell, Ruth Stanford & Stan Woodard
2008 Winner: Ben Roosevelt
Finalists: Sarah Emerson, Tindel-Michi, Addison Will & Robert Witherspoon
2007 Winner: Santiago de Paoli
Finalists: Cara Averhart-Reese, Elizabeth Latta, K. Allyson Petty & Ben Wilson
2006 Winner: Ann-Marie Manker
Finalists: Jeremy Chance, Santiago De Paoli, Michi & Jon Rajkovich
2004 Winner: Matt Haffner
Finalists: Susan Cipcic, Will Eccleston, Travis Pack, & Jena Sibille
2003 Winner: Ruth Dusseault
Finalists: Jeff Conefrey, Sarah Hobbs, Deborah Kaszovitz & Sheila Swift
