2014 Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize

The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, Inc. (BOPA) announces the ninth edition of the Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize, which awards a $25,000 fellowship to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Baltimore region. Eligible artists must be living and working in Maryland; Washington, DC; Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William counties and the city of Alexandria in Virginia; and Adams, Chester, Franklin, Lancaster and York counties in Pennsylvania.

Approximately six finalists will be selected for final review. Finalist work will be exhibited in the Special Exhibition Gallery at The Walters Art Museum. Semi-finalists' work will be shown in the Decker, Meyerhoff and Pinkard galleries of MICA during the Artscape weekend (July 18-20, 2014). The fellowship winner will be selected after review of installed art and interviews with each finalist by the jurors. Artist collaborators who win will receive a single $25,000 prize divided equally among group members.

The selection process occurs in three phases: First, jurors independently review submissions (five digital images or up to ten minutes of time-based work and a resume) to select approximately 40 semi-finalists. Second, semi-finalists submit an expanded submission of up to 30 images or time-based works and a description of how they will use the fellowship. Jurors convene to select approximately six to eight finalists. Third, finalists' work is exhibited at The Walters Art Museum, and jurors meet with each artist for up to 30 minutes for a final interview on Saturday, July 12, 2014. The award winner is announced that evening at the award reception. Entry fee: $30.00. Work sample requirements: 1-5 images.