The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to announce the 2022 Artist and Patron Awards, presented at the Annual Meeting on Monday, August 15. Chosen by their peers and voted on by AAN Trustees and Board members, the awards were presented to those in attendance by AAN executive director Courtney Bridges and board president Patty Keneally. Many of the awards are named after long-time artist members, and loyal supporters of the AAN. The awards truly reflect the numerous talents of the organization and represent both patrons and long-established artist members, as well as more recently accepted artist members. And for the first time in our AAN history, we introduced a Lifetime Achievement Award.

“It was such a delight to present these awards at the Annual Meeting, and we are so grateful for the enthusiasm and support of both our artist members as well as our dedicated and robust board. These awards are truly one of the highlights of our meeting, and we congratulate each one of our loyal and devoted winners,” said Courtney Bridges.

And the awards went to:

Lifetime Achievement Award
John and Judy Lochtefeld 

Robert C. McDougall Promising New Artist Award
Allison Hudson

William Welch Painting Award
Jocelyn Sandor Urban

Hal Gomeau Patron Award
Courtney Muller

George Smith Artist Volunteer Award
Erika Christensen Scully

Randy M. Goldberger Teaching Award
Elizabeth Congdon

Liz Schaeffler Sculpture/3D Award
Jodi Levesque

Pat Gardner ‘En Plein Air” Award
Sandra Flavin

C. Robert Perrin Watercolor Award
David Sharpe

Photography Award
Barbara Clarke

Mixed Media Award (2-way tie)
Tricia Deck and Elizabeth Nicholson

To learn more about the AAN, visit the website at www.nantucketarts.org . or follow our Instagram @ackartists. For information about AAN’s 2022 carefully crafted programs, call 508-228-0722