EDGE AWARD
The Forward Arts Foundation is proud to announce that as of January 2019, their annual award previously known as the Emerging Artist Award has been re-named the Edge Award, in honor of Betty and Bob Edge who helped found the Emerging Artist Award twenty years ago. The newly named award, with new criteria, will be presented this April. Edge Award nominees are juried by a rotating panel who are active participants in the Atlanta arts community. The winner receives a $10,000 prize, a solo show at Swan Coach House Gallery, a two-week residency at The Hambidge Center, and mentorship opportunities. The remaining four finalists receive $2,000 each. The first Edge Award exhibition will take place in April 2020. To learn more, please read our press release.
EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
CURTIS AMES: RECIPIENT OF THE 2018-19 EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
Exhibit opens April 11, 2019, 6-9PM
Finalists: Robert Chamberlin, Krista Clark, Sonya Yong James, and Christina Price Washington.
PAST WINNERS
2017-18 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
