Artists supporting artists

The Artists’ Legacy Foundation stewards estates of Legacy Artists,
promotes new scholarship, and awards outstanding artists.

Legacy Artist Stewardship

A Legacy Artist donates their artwork and archives
for posthumous management by Artists’ Legacy Foundation.
Our Legacy Artist is Viola Frey.

The Artist Award

Since 2007, Artists’ Legacy Foundation has granted more than $450,000
to anonymously nominated painters and sculptors.

Congratulations to Mildred Howard, the 2026 Artist Award winner!

Left: Viola Frey in her Third Street studio, Oakland, California, 1986. Image: M. Lee Fatherree.
Right: Mildred Howard, Untitled, 2000, photo emulsion and mixed media on glass with wood, 23 7/8 x 26 inches. Image: Franklin Parrasch Gallery.