DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: December 1, 2000
Nominations are invited for the Charles C. Eldredge Prize,
awarded annually by the Smithsonian American Art Museum for
outstanding scholarship in the field of American art. The
prize was instituted by the American Art Forum to honor
Charles C. Eldredge who founded the membership group during
his tenure as the museum's director. Additional details and
previous award winners can be found online at:
nmaa-ryder.si.edu/study/opportunities-eldredge.html.
Single-author, book-length publications-- including
monographs, exhibition catalogues, catalogues raisonnes, and
collected essays-- in the field of American art history
appearing in the three previous calendar years are eligible.
No work written by an employee of the Smithsonian American
Art Museum or produced by its publications' office is
eligible.
Publications devoted to all aspects of the visual arts of
the United States collected or exhibited by the Smithsonian
American Art Museum may be nominated. This includes the
fields of painting, sculpture, graphic arts, photography,
decorative arts, craft and folk art. Books focusing on
methodology, criticism, patronage, iconography, and social
history may also be nominated. Studies of architecture,
film, or the performing arts will not be considered.
Books will be judged by three scholars of American art,
appointed by the director of the Smithsonian American Art
Museum. Nominated books will be reviewed for originality
and excellence of research, writing, and methodology, as
well as for their significance to the field.
To nominate a book, send a letter explaining the work's
importance to the field of American art history and
discussing the quality of the author's scholarship and
methodology. Publications may be nominated in more than one
competition if published in the eligible years. Nominations
by authors or publishers for their own books will not be
considered.
Send letters of nomination to:
The Charles C. Eldredge Prize
Research and Scholars Center
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C. 20560-0210
fax: 202/786-2583
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phone: 202/357-1886 (Pat Lynagh)
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