Hi PAN Listserv,

Today, Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce a generous gift of $250,000 from The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation establishing a first-of-its-kind national program, the Jorge and Darlene Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design. The program, which includes an award benefitting an artist, public art administrator, or representative from the civic design field on a rotating basis annually, seeks to celebrate and highlight the work of individuals who support, develop, and manage the incorporation of art into the design of places and spaces across the United States.

Designed to empower all stakeholders in the public art process and to create a powerful platform to develop greater national visibility and appreciation of the unique role that the arts play in shaping our experience of the built environment, the Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design program – which bears the names of internationally recognized philanthropists, Jorge M. Pérez and his wife, Darlene Boytell-Pérez – will support and champion the work and contributions of artists, public art administrators, and representatives from the civic design field.

Americans for the Arts will award all recipients of the Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design, including the 2020 winner, with a grant package worth upwards of $50,000. The award will include a cash stipend, as well as additional financial support covering continued learning opportunities as well as dialogue and discussion about their work with national leaders in the arts and other allied fields. The winner will be announced in December during the 2020 edition of Miami Art Week.

Read the full press release.

Learn more about the Prize and how to apply.

Deadline for applying is Friday, August 14^th at 11:59 PM ET

Patricia Walsh

Public Art and Civic Design Senior Program Manager

Americans for the Arts

1000 Vermont Ave NW 6^th Floor

Washington, DC 20005-4940

202.371.2830 x2024