Awards & Prizes

Winning Artist presentation at a Library Fellows Meeting
Winning Artist presentation at a Library Fellows Meeting

The Library and Research Center facilitates knowledge creation about the history and achievements of inspirational women artists worldwide by providing a number of awards and prizes.

  • Mellor Book Prize
    The Suzanne and James Mellor Prize of $50,000 is awarded annually to the best proposal for a scholarly book on a woman artist.

    View Mellor Book Prize
  • Library Fellows' Award
    The Library Fellows support the Artists’ Books Program and Exhibitions and LRC. Every other year, the Fellows award a grant to publish a limited edition artist’s book.

    View Library Fellows' Award
  • Dettre Archival Internship
    The Dettre Graduate Archival Internship allows one budding archivist a year to put their theory into practice by supporting our Archives of Women Artists.

    View Dettre Archival Internship