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2022 Yaa Asantewaa Prize recipients
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Gallery 1957 announced the second edition of The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize this summer, an art prize dedicated to women artists living and working in Ghana and its diaspora.We are pleased to announce Priscilla Kennedy as the recipient of the 2022 Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize for Women. Born in 1994, Kennedy lives and works in Kumasi. She is a member of the blaxTARLINES KUMASI collective and is presently pursuing her MFA at the Department of Painting and Sculpture, KNUST-Kumasi, Ghana. She holds a BFA degree from the same Department.Elisabeth Efua Sutherland and Naomi Amevinya as first and second runner up respectively.Named after the prominent Ghanaian queen, the prize launch coincided with the gallery's Cultural Week celebrations, and aims to further strengthen our commitment to supporting and promoting emerging and established artists.The art prize is open exclusively to Ghanaian women and self identifying women artists either living in Ghana or across its diaspora. In the future, we look forward to expanding the prize to include all African and African diaspora identifying artists. The prize will award GH₵40,000 alongside an artist residency and exhibition at Gallery 1957, to one winner. A second and third prize of GH₵20,000 and GH₵15,000 will be offered to runners up.
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Marwan Zakhem, Founder of Gallery 1957:
'Listening and working closely with our local community, we have identified a need to support particularly women artists in Ghana. In creating The Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize, we hope to offer a way in which to address the lack of existing support for women and women identifying artists in the country, and its diaspora. Beyond the financial support, the goal is to give participating shortlisted artists a platform for their work, and exposure worldwide.'
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