Studio Art Professor Kira Dominguez Hultgren Receives Award!
January 24, 2024
Assistant Professor, Kira Dominguez Hultgren received a Berresford Prize from United States Artists. Please visit here.
The Berresford Prize is an unrestricted $50,000 award given annually to a cultural practitioner who has contributed significantly to the advancement, well-being, and care of artists in society.
Introduced in 2019, the award was conceived of by several USA Fellows in response to the lack of acknowledgment for those who have dedicated their careers to the betterment of artists. Named for our co-founder Susan V. Berresford, this prize reinforces our commitment to artists by acknowledging the remarkable administrators, curators, scholars, and producers who are building platforms and creating conditions for artists to thrive. Each year’s recipient is selected by an internal nomination and review process.
Chicago Sun Times article here.
![[ID: A multimedia textile where the artist has handwoven brown threads into the shape of a large spider. The artist has incorporated elements of the loom to add to the body and structure of the spider.]](https://web.faa.illinois.edu/app/uploads/sites/6/2024/01/Kira-Dominguez-Hultgren-Work-Sample-1-Split-from-Center-1-1000x859-1-432x248-c-default.jpg)
Split from Center, 2022. Handspun brown wool, skins, fleeces, straps, fabrics, yarns, silks, loom bars, zip ties, sticks, and other hardware, dimensions variable. Photo by Daniel Kukla.