Applications are accepted online only and are due by 11:59 p.m. MST on Dec. 17. The selection committee will award up to two grants of $10,000 each, and each recipient will be invited to present work in the 2024 Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards recipients’ exhibition. There is no fee to submit to the open call.
Phoenix Art Museum has opened the annual call for submission for the institution’s Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards (Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards).
The juried grant program provides recognition and financial support for emerging, professional, Arizona-based artists. For the 2024 Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards open call, Phoenix Art Museum is collaborating with Artlink, a Phoenix-based arts organization that will host and help promote the call for artwork submissions. The call is open now through Dec. 17 to local artists who wish to present their work for consideration.
There is no cost to submit an application. Up to two Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards recipients will be announced on Feb. 23, 2024, with each receiving a $10,000 grant (previously $5,000) and the opportunity to participate in a group exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum in fall 2024. This increase in monetary support is made possible through the generosity of the Cohn Fund for Arts & Culture, a component fund of the Arizona Community Foundation.
The Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards foster the creation of contemporary art by encouraging emerging artists working in Arizona through grants and annual exhibitions as well as by providing additional programming opportunities for artist talks with the community and hosted at Phoenix Art Museum. Two artists are selected as award recipients by a jury assembled by Christian Ramírez, Cohn assistant curator of contemporary and community art initiatives at Phoenix Art Museum. The jury includes curators, artists and other visual-arts experts from inside and outside Arizona.
In addition to a $10,000 prize, Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards recipients also receive a lifetime museum membership and an invitation to present work in a group exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum.
Applications are accepted online only and are due by 11:59 p.m. MST on Dec. 17. The selection committee will award up to two grants of $10,000 each, and each recipient will be invited to present work in the 2024 Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards recipients’ exhibition. There is no fee to submit to the open call.
Eligibility requirements
Artists must be considered emerging artists to apply, meeting at least one of the following criteria:
• Artists with at least five years of professional experience who are currently making and exhibiting new work.
• Artists whose work has been shown in Arizona but not extensively outside of the state.
• Individuals returning to art after a hiatus.
• Artists must have been living in Arizona for at least one year at the time of application.
• Artists working in all media, including painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, new media, performance,
photography, and video, may apply.
• Submitted artwork must have been produced within the past three years.
• Artists must be registered as an Artlink Articipant.
Email curatorial@phxart.org with questions.
