We are watching the Greenfield Prize Weekend grow right before our eyes, and it couldn't be more exciting. The Greenfield Prize Weekend, 2013 will keep the expansion going. In 2011, playwright John Guare won the prize. The prize weekend will kick-off with a reading of his commissioned play at the Historic Asolo Theater on the grounds of the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art on Thursday evening, April 18th. A second performance of the reading will take place on Friday afternoon, April 19th.

The Greenfield Prize Weekend culminates with the dinner celebrating the 2013 winner - a $30,000 commission for a new work from a major American visual artist. As in the past, the dinner features great food, and inspiring national speakers. In between the play reading and the dinner will be a series of "Creative Conversations" involving national arts leaders discussing provocative issues related to the American arts scene. Return to this page to learn more about the schedule as it evolves.

Just remember to save these dates on your calendar: April 18 - 21, 2013.
 
2013 GREENFIELD PRIZE WINNER  |  Trenton Doyle Hancock

Trenton Doyle Hancock was born in 1974 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Raised in Paris, Texas, Hancock earned his BFA from Texas A&M University, Commerce, and his MFA from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia. Influenced by the history of painting, especially Abstract Expressionism, Hancock transforms traditionally formal decisions—such as the use of color, language, and pattern—into opportunities to create new characters, develop sub-plots, and convey symbolic meaning. Hancock’s paintings often rework Biblical stories that the artist learned as a child from his family and local church community. Balancing moral dilemmas with wit and a musical sense of language and color, Hancock’s works create a painterly space of psychological dimensions.

Trenton Doyle Hancock was featured in the 2000 and 2002 Whitney Biennial exhibitions, one of the youngest artists in history to participate in this prestigious survey. His work has been the subject of one-person exhibitions at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, the Seattle Art Museum, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh. The recipient of numerous awards, Hancock lives and works in Houston, where he was a 2002 Core Artist in Residence at the Glassell School of Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. (Biography info – www.pbs.org)
 
2013 KEYNOTE SPEAKER  |  Jerry Saltz

The Hermitage Artist Retreat, along with the Greenfield Foundation, is very pleased to announce that Jerry Saltz, senior art critic and columnist for New York Magazine, will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Greenfield Prize Award Dinner being held on Sunday, April 21, 2013 in Sarasota, FL. Mr. Saltz joins a list of impressive speakers that have appeared at the dinner, including Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang, Public Theatre Artistic Director Osker Eustis, renowned American Painter James Rosenquist, and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Conductor and Music Director for Aspen Music Festival and School Robert Spano. The prestigious $30,000 Prize rotates among three arts disciplines: theater, music and visual art. The 2013 Greenfield Prize will be presented in visual art to an American painter. Past winners were Playwright Craig Lucas, Composer Eve Beglarian, Visual Artist Sanford Biggers, Playwright John Guare, and Composer and Jazz Pianist Vijay Iyer.

Jerry Saltz, has been senior art critic and a columnist for New York magazine since 2006. Before that, Saltz was senior art critic for The Village Voice newspaper. His criticisms have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize three times and featured in two books, Seeing Out Loud and Seeing Out Louder. Saltz was the sole advisor for the 1995 Whitney Biennial and has served as a visiting critic to many schools and universities including The School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, Yale University, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

If you would like to see a video of Jerry talking about art, click HERE.

To vist the archive of Jerry's writing for New York Magazine, click HERE.

Event Details

Play Reading
Eddie in the Andes by John Guare
Presented as part of the Asolo Repertory Theatre's
"Unplugged" Series.


Date
April 18, 2013

Time
8:00pm

Location
Historic Asolo Theater
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243-2161

Price
$7

Reservations
941-351-8000 or asolorep.org
 
Creative Conversation
John Guare
"My Life - My Work"

Date
April 19, 2013

Time
11:00am

Location
Ringling Museum Education Center
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243-2161

Price
Free

Reservations Required
941-360-7399
 
Play Reading
Eddie in the Andes by John Guare
Presented as part of the Asolo Repertory Theatre's
"Unplugged" Series.


Date
April 19, 2013

Time
2:00pm

Location
Historic Asolo Theater
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243-2161

Price
$7

Reservations
941-351-8000 or asolorep.org
 
Creative Conversation
Trenton Doyle Hancock
"My Life - My Work"

Date
April 20, 2013

Time
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Location
Ringling Museum Education Center
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243-2161

Price
Free

Reservations Required
941-360-7399
 
Creative Conversation
"Painting in the 21st Century"

Dan Cameron - Curator, Orange County Museum of Contemporary Art
Valery Cassel Oliver, Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Matthew McLendon, Associate Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Steven High, Director - John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

Date
April 20, 2013

Time
3:15pm - 4:15pm

Location
Ringling Museum Education Center
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243-2161

Price
Free

Reservations Required
941-360-7399
 
Creative Conversation
"Contemporary Arts In America"

Jerry Saltz - Chief Art Critic - New York Magazine
Joseph V. Melillo - Executive Producer, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Linda Golding - former CEO, Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers
Wayne Lawson, Moderator - former Director, Ohio State Arts Council / President, Alliance of Artist Communities

Date
April 21, 2013

Time
2:00pm

Location
Ringling Museum Education Center
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243-2161

Price
Free

Reservations Required
941-360-7399
 
Greenfield Prize Dinner
Jerry Saltz, Keynote Speaker

Trenton Doyle Hancock, Prize Winner

Joy Rogers, Chair
Gerri Aaron, Honorary Chair

Date
April 21, 2013

Time
6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location
The Francis Ballroom
1289 N. Palm Ave.
Sarasota, FL


 

Purchase Tickets/Sponsorships

Select from the options below to join in celebrating the accomplished artists honored with receiving this prestigious award.
GOLD SPONSOR — $5,000
  • Table for ten guests
  • Preferred Seating
  • Acknowledgment on stage, screen and program
  • Six tickets to the Asolo Repertory reading of John Guare's 2011 commission; Eddie in the Andes at the Historic Asolo Theater
SILVER SPONSOR — $3,500
  • Table for ten guests
  • Preferred Seating
  • Acknowledgment on stage, screen and program
  • Four tickets to the Asolo Repertory reading of John Guare's 2011 commission; Eddie in the Andes at the Historic Asolo Theater
PATRON TABLE — $2,500
  • Table for eight guests
  • Preferred Seating
  • Acknowledgment on stage, screen and program
  • Two tickets to the Asolo Repertory reading of John Guare's 2011 commission; Eddie in the Andes at the Historic Asolo Theater
TABLE HOST — $1,750
  • Table for ten guests
SPONSOR — $1,000
  • Two seats at dinner
  • Preferred Seating
  • Two tickets to the Asolo Repertory reading of John Guare's 2011 commission; Eddie in the Andes at the Historic Asolo Theater
PATRON — $300
  • One dinner seat
  • Preferred Seating
  • One ticket to the Asolo Repertory reading of John Guare's 2011 commission; Eddie in the Andes at the Historic Asolo Theater
GENERAL — $175
  • Seat for one at the Greenfield Prize Dinner
ENTER ANY AMOUNT:
  • I'm unable to attend but would like to make a donation
 
You can also make reservations by calling Janet Hunter at 941-371-6798 or download the Greenfield Prize Dinner sponsorship form to pay by mail.