The Sacred Fire by Chester Beach
as seen through the Glass Link
Photo: Cody Upton

Announcements

Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts
March 8 - April 15, 2012
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Composer James Matheson wins $200,000 Charles Ives Award
James Matheson has won the Charles Ives Living, and will receive $200,000 over the two-year period of the award, beginning July 2012.
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Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards
Work by architects, artists, composers, and writers will be on display in the Academy's galleries from May 19 to June 12, 2011 (closed for Memorial Day Weekend).
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2011 Gold Medals and Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts
Eric Bentley receives the Gold Medal in Belles Lettres and Criticism, Cy Twombly receives the Gold Medal in Painting, and Zelda Fichandler receives the Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts.

2011 Art Award Winners
Seven Artists Receive Awards and Works by Twelve Artists are Purchased.
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2011 Literature Award Winners
Nineteen Writers Receive Awards Totaling $185,000, including the inaugural John Updike Award.
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2011 Architecture Award Winners
Five Awards in Architecture Announced.
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2011 Newly Elected Members
Nine Members, One American Honorary Member, and Three Foreign Honorary Members Elected to the Academy.
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Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts
March 10 - April 10, 2011
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2011 Music Award Winners
Fifteen Composers Receive Awards Totaling $165,000.
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2011 Richard Rodgers Award Winners
One musical awarded a stage reading, another a studio production.
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GLASS LINK
The Academy completed a Glass Link on Audubon Terrace to connect its Administration Building to the former Numismatic Society.
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J. D. McClatchy Elected 55th President of the Academy
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