The Bennett Prize (2026/2027 Award Cycle)
The Muskegon Museum of Art / Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt
September 19, 2026 (53 publicSeo.openCall.daysLeft)Muskegon, Michigan, USA (with subsequent traveling exhibition throughout the USA)
The grand prize is spread over two years and includes a solo traveling exhibition. The first runner-up receives $10,000. Ten finalists participate in a highly promoted traveling group exhibition.
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The grand prize is spread over two years and includes a solo traveling exhibition. The first runner-up receives $10,000. Ten finalists participate in a highly promoted traveling group exhibition.
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Open exclusively to women (trans and cis) and non-binary individuals aged 18 and over living in the US (at least part-time/studio-based). Artists must work in the figurative realism genre using traditional paints on a two-dimensional surface.
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$75,000