{"id":30171,"date":"2022-02-19T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-19T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=30171"},"modified":"2022-02-19T08:58:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-19T14:58:35","slug":"customs-house-museum-opens-rising-voices-2-the-bennett-prize-for-women-figurative-realist-painters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2022\/02\/19\/customs-house-museum-opens-rising-voices-2-the-bennett-prize-for-women-figurative-realist-painters\/","title":{"rendered":"Customs House Museum opens Rising Voices 2: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CustomsClarksville, TN<\/strong> – Rising Voices 2: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters<\/em> has made its way to the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center\u2019s gallery walls and is open to the public for viewing.<\/p>\n

The exhibit is organized by the Muskegon Museum of Art and The Pittsburgh Foundation and is held in conjunction with The Bennett Prize.<\/p>\n

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Aneka Ingold<\/p><\/div>\n

The $50,000 Bennett Prize is awarded biennially to a woman fine art painter whose principal artistic focus is figurative painting in a primarily realistic style.<\/p>\n

The Bennett Prize seeks to encourage the pursuit of figurative realism by women painters and will provide support over two years to a select painter whose work demonstrates excellence in the genre.
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\nThe Customs House Museum is the only stop in Tennessee for the traveling exhibition. \u201cWe are thrilled to be one of six museums in the country to showcase this fabulous exhibition of talented women figurative artists,\u201d says Exhibits Curator Terri Jordan.
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\nRising Voices 2<\/em> is comprised of paintings by the ten 2021 Bennett Prize finalists, 2021 Prize winner Ayana Ross and 2019 Prize winner Aneka Ingold.<\/p>\n

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Ayana Ross<\/p><\/div>\n

Aneka Ingold\u2019s dramatically staged paintings present mysterious allegories informed by the stories and lives of women.<\/p>\n

Drawn from self-reflection and the shared experiences of peers and women throughout history, her narratives are relayed through symbols and patterns that culminate in a central, goddess-like figure.<\/p>\n

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Also on display are paintings by the 10 women figurative realist painters named last fall as finalists for the second Bennett Prize, including winner Ayana Ross of McDonough, Georgia.<\/p>\n

The other nine finalists are:<\/h4>\n