Highlights
- Alice Leora Briggs received the 2025 Scult Family Artist Award, which carries $20,000 in monetary support.
- Chris Ignacio and Jan Talmadge Davids were named 2025 Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artist Award recipients.
- Shaunté Glover became the inaugural recipient of the Sette/Cohn Artist Award, a program established in 2024.
- Briggs, Ignacio, and Talmadge Davids will exhibit work in solo and group exhibitions premiering summer 2026.
Phoenix Art Museum has named four artists as its 2025 Arizona Artist Awards recipients, distributing honors across three programs and awarding Alice Leora Briggs $20,000 through the Scult Family Artist Award, the museum's top mid-career recognition.
Chris Ignacio and Jan Talmadge Davids were named recipients of the Sally and Richard Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards. Shaunté Glover was named the inaugural recipient of the Sette/Cohn Artist Award, a program the museum established in 2024.
All four recipients receive lifetime Phoenix Art Museum membership. Briggs, Ignacio, and Talmadge Davids will exhibit work in solo and group exhibitions premiering summer 2026, according to the museum.
What are the Arizona Artist Awards?
The Arizona Artist Awards are two annual programs through which Phoenix Art Museum has awarded more than $350,000 to over 200 Arizona-based artists since 1986. The Lehmann Emerging Artist Awards program, which has supported more than 190 Arizona-based artists over nearly 40 years, rebranded in April 2021 to recognize donors Sally and Richard Lehmann. The Scult Family Artist Award rebranded in 2018 to acknowledge support from donors Arlene and Morton Scult.
The full exhibition details for the 2025 award winners are available on the museum's website, with solo and group shows scheduled to open summer 2026.
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