The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA) proudly announces the semifinalists for the 19th annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, awarded by BOPA in partnership with the Walters Art Museum and supported by the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC). This year’s panel of accomplished jurors — Noel W. Anderson, Connie H. Choi, and Aaron Levi Garvey — have selected 18 visual artists and visual artist collaborators for the semifinal round. Each semifinalist will receive an exhibition at MICA’s Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries at Artscape, August 2–4, 2024.
Clarissa Pezone, 2021/2022 Lormina Salter Fellow, has been announced as one of the semifinalists for the 19th annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize.
About the Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize
Started in 2006, the Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, which is is supported in part by the generosity of the Maryland State Arts Council, awards $30,000 to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Baltimore region. Approximately three finalists will be selected for the final review for the prizes and their work will be exhibited in the Walters Art Museum.
The purpose of the Sondheim Art Prize, and the finalists’ exhibition, is to assist in furthering the careers of visual artists or visual artist collaborators living and working in the greater Baltimore region. The prize is named in honor of Janet & Walter Sondheim, both of whom were instrumental in furthering arts & culture in Baltimore City. Janet Sondheim danced with the pioneering Denishawn Dancers, a legendary dance troupe founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. Walter Sondheim, Jr. was one of Baltimore’s most important civic leaders for over 50 years. He was deeply involved in the development of Charles Center and the Inner Harbor and continued to be civically active until his death in 2007, serving as the senior advisor to the Greater Baltimore Committee.