ACNMWA Announces 2024 Artist Award Recipient

The Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts announces Lisa Krannichfeld, of Little Rock, as the Artist Award recipient for 2024. The purpose of the award is to assist an accomplished woman artist to realize her vision and help to make her achievements more visible to the art community and the public. “Most art students today are women and 90 percent of museum purchases are art by men,” said ACNMWA President MaryRoss Taylor. “We know women earn less and have myriad obligations, so our award has no conditions attached. We aim to help an established woman artist move to the next level.” An award-winning, multi-media figurative artist, Krannichfeld’s work challenges traditional representations of women with a maximalist approach through the combination of seemingly incompatible materials. Krannichfeld intends to put the funds toward several crucial needs regarding her current artistic practice and creative goals, including monthly studio rent, educational opportunities to enhance her skills and abilities in mural painting and writing/illustrating children’s books, and purchasing a software program specifically catered to muralists and illustrators to aid in the creation of mockups for future mural and illustration projects. “I have recently entered the world of mural painting and...