Semifinalists Announced

VISUAL ARTS

SEMIFINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR JANET & WALTER SONDHEIM ARTSCAPE PRIZE

The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts announces the semifinalists for the seventh annual Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize. The competition awards a $30,000 fellowship to assist in furthering the career of a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Greater Baltimore region. The 2012 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize is held in conjunction with the annual Artscape juried exhibition and is produced by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts. The finalists and semifinalists’ exhibitions are presented in partnership with The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) and Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). An award announcement and reception takes place Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 7pm (galleries open at 6pm) at the BMA, located on 10 Art Museum Drive.

Approximately six finalists are selected for the final review for the prize. Their work is exhibited in the Alvin and Fanny Blaustein Thalheimer Galleries of the BMA from Saturday, June 16 through Sunday, July 29, 2012. Additionally, an exhibition of the remaining semifinalists’ work is shown in the Decker and Meyerhoff galleries of MICA, located at 1303 West Mount Royal Avenue, on Friday, July 20 through Sunday, August 5, 2012.

Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Semifinalists :
Seth Adelsberger, Baltimore, MD
Laura Amussen, Towson, MD
Keith Bentley, Baltimore, MD
John Bohl, Baltimore, MD
Lauren Boilini, Baltimore, MD
Gabriela Bulisova, Alexandria, VA
Amanda Burnham, Baltimore, MD
Dustin Carlson, Baltimore, MD
Leah Cooper, Baltimore, MD
Robin Croft, Manassas, VA
Brent Crothers, Bel Air, MD
Caitlin Cunningham, Baltimore, MD
Lisa Dillin, Baltimore, MD
Jonathan Duff, Baltimore, MD
Susan Eder & Craig Dennis, Falls Church, VA
Hasan Elahi, College Park, MD
Annie Farrar, Baltimore, MD
Mia Feuer, Alexandria, VA
Shaun Flynn, Baltimore, MD
Carrie Fucile, Baltimore, MD
Clarissa Gregory, Baltimore, MD
Joshua Haycraft, Washington, DC
Artemis Herber, Owings Mills, MD
Ricardo Hoegg, Baltimore, MD
Lillian Hoover, Baltimore, MD
Ryan Hoover, Baltimore, MD
Laura Hudson, Baltimore, MD
Mark Isaac, Alexandria, VA
Matthew Janson, Baltimore, MD
Dean Kessmann, Washington, DC
Bridget Lambert, Washington, DC
Nate Larson, Baltimore, MD
Andrew Laumann, Baltimore, MD
Nicole Lenzi, Baltimore, MD
Katherine Mann, Washington, DC
Ben Marcin, Baltimore, MD
Shalya Marsh, Lancaster, PA
Matthew McConville, Baldwin, MD
John McNeil, Baltimore, MD
Sarah McNeil, Baltimore, MD
Sarah McNeil, Baltimore, MD
Steven Pearson, Westminster, MD
John Ruppert, Towson, MD
Molly Springfield, Washington, DC
Dan Steinhilber, Washington, DC
Renee Stout, Washington, DC
Nora Sturges, Baltimore, MD
Michael Zebrowski, Baltimore, MD

Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Timeline
Announcement of finalists: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
BMA Finalist exhibition installation: Monday, June 4 through Wednesday, June 13, 2012
BMA Finalist exhibition duration: Saturday, June 16 through Sunday, July 29, 2012
Finalist interviews: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Award announcement: Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 7pm
MICA Semifinalist exhibition artwork drop-off: Sunday, July 15 and Monday, July 16, 2012
MICA Semifinalist exhibition duration: Friday, July 20 through Sunday, August 5, 2012
Artscape: Friday, July 20 through Sunday, July 22, 2012

Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize
The Artscape prize is named in honor of Janet and Walter Sondheim who have been instrumental in creating the Baltimore City that exists today. Walter Sondheim, Jr. had been one of Baltimore’s most important civic leaders for over 50 years. His accomplishments included oversight of the desegregation of the Baltimore City Public Schools in 1954 when he was president of the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City. Later, he was deeply involved in the development of Charles Center and the Inner Harbor. He continued to be active in civic and educational activities in the city and state and served as the senior advisor to the Greater Baltimore Committee until his death in February 2007.
Janet Sondheim danced with the pioneering Denishawn Dancers, a legendary dance troupe founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn. Later, she turned to teaching where she spent 15 years at the Children’s Guild working with severely emotionally disturbed children. After retirement, she was a volunteer tutor at Highlandtown Elementary School. She married Walter in 1934, and they were together until her death in 1992.

The 2012 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize is made possible through the support of The Abell Foundation, The M&T Charitable Foundation, Alex. Brown Charitable Foundation, The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation, Charlesmead Foundation, Ellen Dankert, John Sondheim, France-Merrick Foundation, Willard Hackerman, Hecht-Levi Foundation, Legg Mason and an anonymous donor.

For more information on the 2012 Janet & Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize, visit www.artscape.org or call 410-752-8632.