The Annual Blair Dickinson Prize
The prize seeks to encourage the woman (or woman identifying individual) whose whole person demonstrates a developing consciousness, a personal vision, and a spirit of search, regardless of whether she has evolved a concrete realization of that vision; a woman (or woman identifying individual) who shows promise of fulfilling Blair Dickinson’s (Yale College Class of 1974) concept of an artist as suggested by this passage from her journal:
“Ability to find spiritually rich occurrences in the world. Observer. Critic. Isolator. One who points to a moment and reveals its importance. Ability to cross over between areas of thought and to ascend and descend.”
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Application Submission Instructions
Applicants (Yale Women or woman identifying individual School of Art MFA’s in their final year of study or Yale Women or woman identifying undergraduate students in their final semester) must submit by Monday, April 12th, 2021 a one-page double-spaced 12-point statement of no more than 500 words describing their goals, their work, and the ideas it represents; an MP3 audio file of this statement that should run no more than 3 minutes (at the start of the audio file state your name and department); no more than 15 images of their work (files should be labeled Last Name, First Name, image #) and a thumbnail inventory listing date, dimensions, medium and title, if any. All materials must be submitted via web at http://yaleart.org/2021BlairDickinson
If possible, the images should relate to the statement as the statement will be played to the jury as they are shown. In addition to still images, if work is time-based, a single Quick Time video no longer than one minute in length may be included at the end in place of the last three images (if movie or animation includes sound, label in this fashion: SOUND Title.mov). Images beyond the 15 and/or videos exceeding the time parameters allotted may be cropped or deleted.
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