Press Room2021 Scult Award and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient to present lecture at Phoenix Art Museum
2021 Scult Award and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient to present lecture at Phoenix Art Museum
Sep, 01, 2022
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2021 Scult Award and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient to present lecture at Phoenix Art Museum
PHOENIX (September 1, 2022) – On September 28, 2022, Phoenix Art Museum will host an awards presentation celebrating the 2021 Arlene and Morton Scult Artist Award and the 2021 Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artists Awards recipients. The evening will also feature an artist lecture presented by Scult Award and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient Sama Alshaibi, who will discuss her work and process.
Alshaibi’s practice interrogates the social codes found in images, texts, and artifacts to question the construction of history and its impact on a speculative future. Shaped by photography’s historic and outsized role in generating the gendered and flattened representations of Middle Eastern and North African people and their spaces, Alshaibi reframes this legacy by presenting the Arab female figure as a complex site that embodies the physical and psychic realms of the individual and community when resources, land, mobility, and political agency are compromised. Alshaibi’s solo exhibition Sama Alshaibi: Generation After Generationwill be on view at PhxArt from September 17 through May 14, 2023, alongside the 2021 Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards exhibition, featuring works by Gloria Martinez-Granados, Chris Vena, and Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Frésquez.
Seating for the Scult Award artist lecture on September 28 is limited, and advance registration is required. For more information on the lecture and to reserve tickets, please click here.
If you have any questions or would like to interview any of the Scult and Lehmann Award recipients, please don’t hesitate to reach out. If you need high-resolution images, please click here.
About the Exhibition Sama Alshaibi: Generation After Generation and the 2021 Lehmann Emerging Artist Awardsexhibitions will be on view from September 17 through May 14, 2023 in Marshall and Hendler galleries. Sama Alshaibi: Generation After Generation is organized by Phoenix Art Museum. It is made possible through the generosity of Arlene and Morton Scult Contemporary Artist Award Fund. The 2021 Lehmann Emerging Award Recipients exhibitionis organized by Phoenix Art Museum. It is made possible through the generosity of Sally and Richard Lehmann, with additional support from Cattryn Somers and Michael Cafiso.The Arlene and Morton Scult Award Lecture and Lehmann Award Exhibition Opening is made possible through the generosity of Arlene and Morton Scult Contemporary Artist Award Fund, and Sally and Richard Lehmann, with additional support from Cattryn Somers and Michael Cafiso.
Admission is free for Museum Members, veterans, and active-duty military. Entrance to the exhibition is included in general admission for the general public. During voluntary-donation times, the exhibition is offered to the general public with pay-what-you-wish admission. Voluntary-donation times include Wednesdays from 3 – 9 pm and the first Friday of each month from 3 – 9 pm. For a full breakdown of general admission prices and hours, seephxart.org/visit/.
To request interviews and high-resolution photography, contact the Communications Office of Phoenix Art Museum at 602.257.2117 or samantha.santos@phxart.org.
About Phoenix Art Museum Since 1959, Phoenix Art Museum has provided millions of guests with access to world-class art and experiences in an effort to ignite imaginations, create meaningful connections, and serve as a brave space for all people who wish to experience the transformative power of art. Located in Phoenix’s Central Corridor, the Museum is a vibrant destination for the visual arts and the leading art museum in the southwestern United States. Each year, more than 300,000 guests engage with critically acclaimed national and international exhibitions and the Museum’s collection of more than 20,000 works of American and Western American, Asian, European, Latin American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design. The Museum also presents a comprehensive film program, live performances, and educational programs designed for visitors of all ages, along with vibrant photography exhibitions made possible through the Museum’s landmark partnership with the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. To learn more about Phoenix Art Museum, visit phxart.org, or call 602.257.1880.
