Artists supporting
The Artists’ Legacy Foundation
stewards estates,
promotes new scholarship,
and awards outstanding artists.
learn more about our mission
What is a Legacy Artist?
A Legacy Artist donates their artwork and archives
to the Foundation for posthumous management.
Our Legacy Artist is Viola Frey. Read about her art and life here.
learn more about Viola Frey
The Artist Award
Our $25,000 award is given to an
outstanding painter or sculptor.
Congratulations to Marie Watt,
2024 Artist Award Recipient
Marie Watt, Singing Everything: Crescendo (Flood), 2023, reclaimed wool blankets, tin jingles, embroidery floss, and thread, 102 x 144 inches. Embroidered in sewing circles at the Whitney Museum of American Art, March 8-12, 2022. Photo: Kevin McConnell. Image courtesy of the artist.
