ANNUAL EXHIBITION AWARDS
Each year, thanks to the generous donations given to the organization, the National Association of Women Artists, Inc. (NAWA) is able to award talented professional women artists with monetary prizes at the Annual Members Exhibition Reception. NAWA is also able to give out award prizes during the year at other exhibitions.
NAWA’S 135th ANNUAL MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION AWARD WINNERS
ANY MEDIUM
The Bernadette Award
Delaney Conner, Think Again
Cecile Adler Cliffer Memorial Cutting Edge Award
Yuan Butler, A Gift of Darkness
Bobbi Mastrangelo Environmental Art Award
Leslie Tejada, Forest Inscape #28
The Matilde and Mark Memorial Award
Arlene Robbins, The Falls
Gloria Devereaux, AWS Memorial Award
Randy Globus, Support Group
NAWA Merit Award
Melissa Elliot, Saint Side-Eye
NAWA Merit Award
AnaMarie Liddell, Blue Ridge Sonnet #48
NAWA Merit Award
Denise Cormier Mahoney, Becoming What was Discovered at the Beach
NAWA Merit Award
Janice Mauro, It’s a Man’s World III
NAWA Merit Award
Barbara O’Shea, Sea Trance
NAWA Merit Award
Carmen Schaefer, Rome Rememberance
NAWA Merit Award
Catherine Toulsaly, Nyami Nyami
PAINTINGS
Elizabeth Stanton Blake Memorial Medal of Honor Award
Margaret Montgomery, Lazy Day South Philly
Helen Stark Andrey Memorial Award
Karlene McConnell, Window With Flower Pot
Raissa Ageeva Award
Rosemary Cotnoir, Twisted Vine #1
Miriam Russo Enders Award
Elise Beattie, Doorways to Alternate Universes
The Liana Moonie Memorial Award for an Innovative Abstract Landscape
Shelley Holtzman, Rebound
Solveig Stromsoe Palmer Memorial Award for Conservative Portraits
Elizabeth Myers Castonguay, Tree of Knowledge (Tapestry of Nature/Endangered)
Audrey Hope Shirk Memorial Award for Figure Painting
Julia Christian, Woman on Cell Phone
Caroline M. Lupori Fund Memorial Award
Linh Vivace, Fool’s Gold
Sandi DeFranco Giannini Memorial Award
Marilyn Orner, Syllables
WORKS ON PAPER
Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Medal of Honor Award
Carol Baum, Veil 2
Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Award
Jocelyn Benford, Flourishing
Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Award
Despina Zografos, Strolleroptera
Eve Helman Memorial Award
Debra Arter, Pond Song
Miriam Shorr Memorial Award for Watercolor Works on Paper
Christie Devereaux, Always Follow the Light
Dorothy Cochran Award
L.L. Erdman, Winter Walk 3
Olivia Koopalethes Memorial Award
Christina Williams, Sunset Rays
PHOTOGRAPHY/DIGITAL
Judith Cantor Memorial Medal of Honor Award
Cynthia Fleury, Sheldon Ruins
Elizabeth Horman Memorial Award
Roz Dimon, QR CODE FOR LINCOLN
Virginia Stukey Memorial Award
Carolyn McLeod, Rustic Barn
Clara Viau-Deluca Memorial Award
Mayya Bork, Pastel Pink Hands
Mary E. Slocum-King Memorial Award
Carolyn Rogers, Canal Dreaming
MIXED MEDIA/COLLAGE
Anna Walinska Memorial Medal of Honor Award
Claude Larson, Closing the Gap
Judith Cantor Memorial Award
Rhonda Urdang, Sadako Sasaki (Hiroshima, Japan, 1955)
Harry L. Coleman, Documentary Film Producer, Memorial Award
Melanie Reim, Modern Day Odalisque
Globus Family Award in Loving Memory of Ric Globus
Julie Weaverling, No Tension
Elsie G. Hammond Memorial Award
Lynne Kroll, She-Tree
SCULPTURE
Caroline M. Lupori Fund Memorial Medal of Honor Award
Maidy Morhous, Bondage
David and Leon Antar Memorial Award
Raisa Nosova, Squeeze Like a Sandwich
Virginia Hammond Memorial Award
Yoko Cohen, Afterthought
Anne Harter Appleby Memorial Award
Georgette Veeder, The Cost of a Penny
Kaufman Award For Ceramic Sculpture
Colleen Sweeney Gahrmann, Domestic Duties Strained
Linda Stein Award
Tricia Adler, Together
FIBER ARTS
Elise Wiarda Award for Healing in Fiber Arts
Sandra Giunta, Coral Group 3
Dame Vivienne Westwood Memorial Award
Muffy Clark Gill, Wash Day! Pink and Green House
NAWA’S 135th Annual Members’ Exhibition Jury Panel
KSENIA NOURIL
Ksenia Nouril is a New York-based art historian and curator specializing in global contemporary art. Her projects have been grant-funded by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, William Penn Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation, among others. Currently, she is the Gallery Director and Curator of Exhibitions & Programs at The Art Students League of New York, which will celebrate its 150th anniversary of providing alternative art education in 2025. She holds a BA, MA, and PhD in Art History.
CHRISTINA MOSSAIDES STRASSFIELD
Christina Mossaides Strassfield took on the role of Executive Director of the Southampton Arts Center in January 2023 leading and advancing the organization’s mission of community building through the arts. Strassfield leads all aspects of the organization, including artistic vision and programming, leading development and fundraising initiatives, and cultivating and maintaining the many partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders, among other management functions. Previous to this position she was at Guild Hall Museum for 29 years, having served as museum director and chief curator for the past 20 years.
GRACE YEONSOOK JI
Grace Yeonsook Ji currently serves as a curator at One Art Space, a member of the organizing committee for the Seoul Han River Biennale, Director in charge of exhibitions at the International Multicultural Association, and Chairperson of the Planning Committee for the AKUS Korea-US Alliance Association. She has served as a board member of KAFA.US, supporting and sponsoring Korean artists in the United States. She has also worked as a weekly columnist for the Korea Daily and as a panelist on Radio Korea’s arts program. Actively participating in various art fairs, she is dedicated to introducing Korean artists to the United States and promoting American artists in Korea.
