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Charles C. Eldredge Prize for outstanding scholarship in American art
DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS:  December 1, 1999

Nominations are invited for the Charles C. Eldredge Prize, awarded annually =
by
the National Museum of American Art 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: www.nmaa.si.edu/study/opportunities-eldredge.html.

Single-author, book-length publications =2A including monographs, exhibition
catalogues, catalogues raisonnes, and collected essays =2A in the field of
American art history appearing in the three previous calendar years are
eligible.  No work written by an employee of the National Museum of American=
 Art
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 National Museum of American Art 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 National Museum of American Art.  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
National Museum of American Art - MRC 210
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C.  20560

fax: 202/786-2583
email:  plynagh=40nmaa.si.edu
phone:  202/357-1886 (Pat Lynagh)