Each year, the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts selects an accomplished Arkansas woman-identified visual artist each year to receive the ACNMWA Artist Award. The award assists the artist in realizing her vision and makes her achievements more visible to the art community and the public.
This $4,000 award helps the artist to support and further her studio practice. Applicants must be woman-identified visual artists residing in Arkansas for at least one year by January 31, 2025. The Artist Award grant provides for artist expenses related to professional development or pursuit of new creative work: workshop training, research, travel, and/or essential equipment or supplies. It may be used for any need or purpose, including studio expenses, equipment or supplies, childcare, research, travel, or study. Award selection is made by a committee of the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The winner will be included in the next online Artist Registry and featured on ACNMWA social media posts during the year.
A link to the online application will be available here starting December 1, 2024.
Application Requirements
- Applications must be submitted by January 31, 2025.
- Applicants must be woman-identified visual artists residing in Arkansas for at least one year by January 31, 2025.
- Image files must be JPEG only. They must be no larger than 1200 pixels on the longest side, with a file resolution of 72 ppi/dpi and a file size not exceeding 5 MB. Images must be correctly oriented, and digital enhancements are not allowed.
- Have all documents and images available when you start the application to ensure that the form does not "time out" before you submit the information.
Eligibility Criteria
- Student work is not eligible.
- Previous winners of the Artist Award are not eligible.
- Members of the Arkansas Committee of NMWA are not eligible.
- The winner will be notified in March 2025.
- The winner will complete a W-9 form and maintain current contact information with the Committee.
- The winner will provide a brief biography and recent photograph and actively assist in publicizing the Award through social media and interviews.
- The winner will report periodically to the Award committee and, in 2026, make an audiovisual or in-person presentation to the ACNMWA board.
2024 Artist Award Winner: Lisa Krannichfeld
Lisa Krannichfeld is an award-winning, multi-media figurative artist from Little Rock, Ark. Her work challenges traditional representations of women with a maximalist approach through the combination of seemingly incompatible materials. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado College and Master of Education degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She has exhibited work around the United States, parts of Europe, Australia and Asia. Her work belongs to prominent collections including the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, The Historic Arkansas Museum, Hot Springs National Park, The Bennett Collection, The Argenta Mural Project and The Oz Collection. Her work has received numerous juried art awards, the most recent being the 2023 Women United Art Prize in Painting/Drawing. Her work has been published extensively and is collected by art patrons worldwide.
From Lisa:
I have recently entered the world of mural painting and would like to increase my knowledge of technique and process through enrollment in courses led by master muralists. I also have a goal to write, illustrate, and publish a children’s book in the near future, and want to learn as much as I can about doing this through enrollment in online courses by authors and illustrators.
Gravitas
ink, watercolor, acrylic, paper collage, cyanotype, resin
46 x 41 x 2 in.
2023
My Body Was Hers and Mine
ink, watercolor, acrylic, graphite, concrete, resin on multi-layered shaped panels
30 x 25 x 3 in.
2023
Be Everything At All Moments
acrylic, concrete, resin on multi-layered shaped panels
38 x 28 x 3 in.
2023
3 Figures Mural
mural
approx. 14 x 30 ft.
2023
Bedtime Routine, Step 1
ink on Yupo paper
8 x 10 in.
2023
She's A Rainbow
ink, watercolor, acrylic, paper collage, cyanotype, resin
35 x 47 x 2 in.
2023
Past Recipients
2001
Ramona Wood
2000
Debora Warren
1998
Kathleen Holder
1996
Brandy Banks, Jerri Miller, Lynn Hackney
1995
Cynthia Powell, Lisa Brumbelow