Carol Emmons and Tory Folliard lead the list of recipients of the 2024 Wisconsin Visual Art Achievement Awards.
Folliard, founder and managing director of the 25-year-old Tory Folliard Gallery, and Emmons, an artist specializing in site-specific installations, received Legacy Awards.
The awards, in seven categories, are presented biennially to individuals and organizations for significant contributions to the visual arts in Wisconsin.
Three founding organizations – Museum of Wisconsin Art, Wisconsin Visual Artists and Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters – collaborate to recognize exceptional educators, writers, visual artists, exhibitions and advocates in the state’s creative communities.
This year’s 10-person nominations committee convenes to review nominations and select recipients included Rafael Salas, Fred Stonehouse, Della Wells and Laurie Winters. The awards ceremony will be held from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. The event is open to the public and free to attend.
This year’s award categories and honorees are:
Legacy Awards
Carol Emmons and Tory Folliard
Educator Award (K–12)
Daniel Klewer
Educator Awards (College/University)
Kristy Deetz
Arts Writing Award
Tom Lidtke and Annemarie Sawkins, for A Creative Place: The History of Wisconsin Art
Exhibition Awards
Portrait Society Gallery for Art Against the Odds: Wisconsin Prison Art, co-curated by gallery Director Debra Brehmer and Manager Paul Salsieder in collaboration with Wisconsin’s incarcerated artists.
Museum of Wisconsin Art for Legends of Drag: Portraits by Harry James Hanson and Devin Antheus, curated by Assistant Curator Ally Wilber in collaboration with artists Harry James Hanson, Devin Antheus and America’s drag queens.
Community Arts Advocate Award
David Wells
Emerging Artist Award
Phoenix Brown
