Artadia is pleased to announce the 2020 Atlanta Artadia Awardees:
Yanique Norman and Zipporah Camille Thompson will each receive $10,000 in unrestricted funds, as well as access to the ongoing benefits of the Artadia Award program.
The decision followed an extensive jury process, culminating in a virtual studio visit. The 2020 Atlanta Artadia Award application was open to visual artists working in any visual media, at any stage in their career, who have been living and working within the 24 eligible counties for a minimum of two years. In addition to Norman and Thompson, this year’s finalists for the award included Grace Kisa & Maurice Evans NU AFRICANS Project, Artemus Jenkins, and Jamele Wright Sr.
This year’s final jurors were Lauren Tate Baeza, Fred and Rita Richman Curator of African Art, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and Faron Manuel, Independent Curator and Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellowship Program Coordinator at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
Of the process, Faron notes, “Being a part of this selection process has really been meaningful—as a juror, being in these artists’ spaces, in dialogue about their process has reassured how hopeful I am about the future of the art scene in Atlanta. I’m excited to see what this year’s Atlanta Awardees will do next!” Speaking to the newest Awardees, Lauren states. “Zipporah Camille Thompson and Yanique Norman each have exciting and conceptually strong bodies of work that are ripe for even further exploration and development at this stage in their respective careers.”
The decision followed an extensive jury process, culminating in a virtual studio visit. The 2020 Atlanta Artadia Award application was open to visual artists working in any visual media, at any stage in their career, who have been living and working within the 24 eligible counties for a minimum of two years. In addition to Norman and Thompson, this year’s finalists for the award included Grace Kisa & Maurice Evans NU AFRICANS Project, Artemus Jenkins, and Jamele Wright Sr.
Since its founding in 1999, Artadia has awarded over $5 million in unrestricted funds to almost 350 artists. Celebrating visual artists and the foundational role they play in shaping society, the Artadia Award benefits two artists annually in each of six major US cities with high concentrations of creative workers—Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. Beyond the grant, the Award includes lifelong access to a community of fellow artists and patrons. The Artadia Award is designed to provide essential funding and recognition to artists at pivotal points in their careers, strengthen their communities, and spur new levels of career achievement.
The 2020 Atlanta Artadia Award is generously supported by Mailchimp, Artadia Board of Directors, Artadia Atlanta Council members, and individual donors from across the country.