“Women’s Work” – All applicants for this year’s Forward Art prize were invited to submit one piece to be included in this show. All art is by Dane County Women visual artists.

The Forward Art Prize offers two annual, unrestricted $10,000 awards for women visual artists living in Dane County, WI who show exceptional creativity in their work and compelling prospects for the future. Selections are made through an open, juried, competitive application process each summer.

This award is designed to provide recipients with the flexibility to pursue their own artistic, intellectual, and professional activities in the absence of specific obligations and only minor reporting requirements. The Forward Art Prize is specifically given to individual artists, not organizations. We feel that the discoveries, actions, and ideas that shape our community and society often begin with the ground-breaking efforts of individual creative people. The prize is award to women identifying visual artists who are deeply engaged in artistic practices that inspire new ways of thinking, new behaviors, or new ways of engaging communities.