Arts Writing Awards in Digital Art Recipients

From 2015 to 2020, the Foundation conferred two annual Arts Writing Awards in Digital Art, including an award to an established arts writer in the U.S. who has made significant contributions to the field and an award to an emerging arts writer in the U.S. who demonstrates great promise. Recipients in 2018 and 2019 also receive fully-funded Robert Rauschenberg Residencies of 5-6 weeks in duration.

The annual merit-based awards were no-strings-attached and by nomination only, recognizing the achievements that the writers had contributed to new dialogues and growth of the field. The Arts Writing Awards recognized sustained and innovative work, from general audience criticism to academic scholarship, in articles, books, blogs and alternative media. Winners addressed important issues in the field, such as Internet art; software art; locative media; mixed, augmented and virtual reality; installation environments; and device art, and art addressing evolving technologies.

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Arts Writing Awards in Digital Art Recipients
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Joanne McNeil, Emerging Digital Arts Writer

Joanne McNeil received the $15,000 award for an emerging arts writer in the U.S. who demonstrates great potential in writing in the digital arts. Joanne McNeil is a New York based writer ...

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Jon Ippolito, Established Digital Arts Writer

Jon Ippolito received the $30,000 award for an established arts writer in the U.S. who has made significant contributions to writing in the digital arts. Jon Ippolito is Professor of New Media ...

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Nora Khan, Emerging Digital Arts Writer

Nora Khan received the $20,000 award ($15,000 award plus the opportunity for a $5,000 project grant) for an emerging arts writer in the U.S. who demonstrates great promise in writing about digital art. Nora ...

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Christiane Paul, Established Digital Arts Writer

Christiane Paul received the $40,000 award ($30,000 award plus the opportunity for a $10,000 project grant) for an established arts writer in the U.S. who has made significant contributions to writing about digital art. Christiane ...

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Dawn Chan, Emerging Digital Arts Writer

With an early background in computer vision and artificial intelligence research, Dawn Chan uses art criticism to confront the identity politics embodied in digital art. Underlying Chan’s work is the understanding that ...

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Legacy Russell, Emerging Digital Arts Writer

Emerging writer who advocates black excellence in digital art Legacy Russell is a writer and curator. Born and raised in New York City, she is the Associate Curator of Exhibitions at The Studio ...

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McKenzie Wark, Established Digital Arts Writer

Established writer who challenges the value systems of internet culture McKenzie Wark is an Australian-born media theorist who teaches at The New School in New York City. Among their books are A Hacker Manifesto (Harvard, ...

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Mary Flanagan, Established Digital Arts Writer

Mary Flanagan has been writing about digital art since the 1990s, with a particular focus on virtual spaces and games. She has long investigated the impact of feminist and alternative performances on ...

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Ed Halter, Emerging Digital Arts Writer

Ed Halter received the $20,000 award ($15,000 unrestricted, merit-based award + $5,000 project grant) for an emerging arts writer in the U.S. who demonstrates great promise in writing about digital art. Ed Halter is ...

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Rudolf Frieling, Established Digital Arts Writer

Rudolf Frieling received the $40,000 award ($30,000 unrestricted, merit-based award + $10,000 project grant) for an established arts writer in the U.S. who has made significant contributions to writing about digital art. Rudolf Frieling is ...

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