# @hyperallergic on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWHJ1vvFdLx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/60668167-hyperallergic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-20T15:46:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

## Caption

This Women’s History Month, The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters is thrilled to announce the jurors for Round 5 of its prestigious biennial competition.

Dr. Tiffany E. Barber (tiffanyebarber), award-winning scholar, curator, and critic reshaping conversations around race, gender, and representation.
 
Julie Heffernan (julie_heffernan), nationally recognized painter and educator known for luminous figurative work and decades of mentorship.
 
Miranda Lash (mirandailash), leading contemporary curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.

Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt (eschmidt3400) and Steven Alan Bennett (bennett897), co-founders of thebennettprize and The Bennett Collection®.

With distinct talents, backgrounds, and perspectives, they’ll select 10 finalists to be featured in “Rising Voices,” a traveling exhibition opening at the muskegonartmuseum in 2027. One finalist will receive $75,000 for a solo exhibition, and one runner-up will receive $10,000.

This is your moment to break through. Entries open April 13, 2026.
 
To learn more, visit the link in bio.
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1 - Chloe Chiasson (chloechiasson_), “Smoke Break” (2024), acrylic, oil, resin, canvas on shaped panel (©Chloe Chiasson) 

2 - Deng Shiqing (demodemoooo), “Shell Game” (2023), oil and acrylic on linen (©Deng Shiqing)

3 - SuSu (susu_public), “Space Jems” (2020), oil on canvas (©SuSu) 

4 - Tanmaya Bingham (tanmayabingham), “Sexy Snuggles” (2020), colored pencil and mixed media on panel (©Tanmaya Bingham)

5 - Sara Lee Hughes (sara.lee.hughes), “My Two Selves on the Backyard Swing” (2021) (©Sara Lee Hughes)

#TheBennettPrize #BennettPrizeJurors #WomenArtists #FigurativeArt #WomenInArt #ArtPrize #Sponsored

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