The Women's Caucus for Art 2011 Lifetime Achievement Awards February 12, 2011

Join the Women's Caucus for Art in honoring the 2011 recipients for the Lifetime Achievement Awards: Beverly Buchanan, Diane Burko, Ofelia Garcia, Joan Marter, Carolee Schneemann, and Sylvia Sleigh; and the recipient for the 2011 President's Art & Activism Award, Maria Torres.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards celebration will be held during the annual Women's Caucus for Art and College Art Association conferences. The awards ceremony, open free of charge to the public, will take place from 6:00 -7:30 p.m. in the Beekman/Sutton rooms at the Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, followed by a ticketed gala from 8:00-10:00 p.m. at the American Folk Art Museum. The gala event, LIVE SPACE, will include a walk-around gourmet dinner, open bar, the opportunity to meet the awardees, networking and tours of the American Folk Art Museum.

The Lifetime Achievement Awards were first awarded in 1979 in President Jimmy Carter's Oval Office to Isabel Bishop, Selma Burke, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Past honorees have represented the full range of distinguished achievement in the visual arts professions.

The Women's Caucus for Art was founded in 1972 in connection with the College Art Association (CAA). It is a national member organization unique in its multi-disciplinary, multicultural membership of artists, art historians, students, educators, and museum professionals. The mission of the Women's Caucus for Art is to create community through art, education and social activism. We are committed to recognizing the contribution of women in the arts, providing women with leadership opportunities and professional development, expanding networking and exhibition opportunities for women, supporting local, national and global art activism and advocating for equity in the arts for all.

Official Website: http://www.nationalwca.org/awards/currentLAA.php