Persons prominent in the arts and disabilities fields will nominate candidates, select winners and allocate all awards.

Awards will be made in December of each year.




2011 SELECTION COMMITTEE

Jeffrey Hoone - curator, Syracuse University Art Museums,
Director - Light Work Gallery

Barbara Novak - art historian, artist

Brian O'Doherty - artist, critic

Thomas Shannon - sculptor

Ursula Von Rydingsvard - sculptor




2010 SELECTION COMMITTEE

Kristen Hileman - Curator, Baltimore Museum of Art

Thomas Kovachevich - Artist, New York

Charles Riley - Author, Critic, CCNY/Baruch, New York

Peter Plagens - Artist, Critic, New York




2009 SELECTION COMMITTEE

Barbara Bloom - Artist, New York

Frank Del Deo - Curator, Knoedler Gallery, New York

Rita Freed - Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Isabella Kirkland - Artist, Sausalito

Wynn Newhouse - Collector, New York




2008 SELECTION COMMITTEE

Phong Bui - Publisher, Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn

Chuck Close - Artist, New York

Donna DeSalvo - Curator, Whitney Museum, New York

Joseph Grigely - Artist, Chicago

Wynn Newhouse - Collector, New York



2007 SELECTION COMMITTEE

Riva Lehrer - Artist, Chicago

Stephanie Moore - VSA Arts, Washington DC

Mark Rosenthal - Independent Curator, New York

Patterson Sims - Director, Montclair Museum, New Jersey

Wynn Newhouse - Collector, New York



2006 SELECTION COMMITTEE

Cheryl Brutvan - Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Bill Newman - Artist, Washington DC

Olivia Raynor - National Arts and Disability Center, Los Angeles

Dorothea Rockburne - Artist, New York

Wynn Newhouse - Collector, New York