APG / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Purchase Award
Lisa Volpe, curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), and Chip Standifer, Chairman of the Board of Atlanta Photography Group (APG) are proud to announce a new print purchase award program.
The purchase award cash prize of $3,000 will be awarded each year to an artist or artists picked by the photography curators at MFAH from among those exhibiting in APG’s annual Selects exhibition. The chosen work will become part of the permanent collection at MFAH if approved by the museum’s reviewing committees.
The MFAH/APG Purchase Award is generously sponsored by Edwin Robinson, and Julin Maloof and Stacey Harmer in memory of Gloria and Ted Maloof.
2024
Astrid Reischwitz
Astrid Reischwitz “Egg Pancakes and Yarn – The Fabric of Memory”
From the exhibition, Aline Smithson Selects 2024, juried by Aline Smithson, Founder and Editor-at-Large Lenscratch.
2023
Quintavius Oliver
Quintavius Oliver “At Play #1, 2017”
Quintavius Oliver “Not A Game, 2018”
From the exhibition, Coco Conroy Selects 2023, juried by Coco Conroy, Director Jackson Fine Art.