Two members of 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网’s faculty — Abigail Lucien and Kyrae Dawaun — are among a trio of finalists for the 19th annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize. Lucien, who teaches sculpture, is a Haitian-American interdisciplinary artist working in sculpture, literature, and time-based media. They were named to the 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and is a recipient of a 2021 VMFA Fellowship and 2020 Harpo Emerging Artist Fellowship. Dawaun, who teaches in the First Year 澳门金沙投注_任你博-官网 program, has been invited to work, reside, and exhibit in Los Angeles, Italy, Toronto, and Berlin. He is a Hamiltonian Artists Fellow and recipient of a 2017 DC Commission on Arts and Humanities Fellowship and 2016 Denbo Fellowship at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center.

The winner of this year’s Sondheim Art Prize will gain $30,000, while the two other finalists will be awarded residences — a residency at Civitella Ranieri in Italy and at the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower in Baltimore.

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