2019 CASETA Award Winners
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2019 CASETA Awards:

The Bill and Mary Cheek Patron Award - Heritage Auctions of Dallas, Texas
William and Linda Reaves Lifetime Achievement Award - David Adickes
The Distinguished Service Award - Mark Kever
The Exhibition Award - El Paso Museum of Art for the exhibition, Early West Texas: Waypoint and Home 
The Publication Awards - Pete Gerson for the book, Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985 edited by Thom Lemmons and published by Texas A&M University Press in 2018
-- The Houston Public Library and The Heritage Society for the dual exhibition catalogue, South and North of the Border: Houston Paints Houston/South and North of the Border: Houston Paints Mexico.
-- Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985, edited by Thom Lemmons:
Texas A&M University Press of College Station, Texas, received an award as publisher of this book.
-- Houston Public Library and The Heritage Society  for the exhibition catalogue, South and North of the Border: Houston Paints Houston/South and North of the Border: Houston Paints Mexico

 Click here to read more about the 2019 CASETA Symposium Award Winners

 

2018 CASETA Award Winners
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2018 CASETA Awards:

The Bill and Mary Cheek Patron Award - Jill Wilkinson and the Still Water Foundation
of Austin, Texas
The William and Linda Reaves Lifetime Achievement Award -
Henri Gadbois and Leila McConnell
The Distinguished Service Award - Tam Kiehnhoff
The Publication Awards  -  Given for the book, Sense of Home: The Art of Richard Stout, edited by William E. and Linda J. Reaves
The Publication Awards - The Houston Art Group for the exhibition catalogue,
Planned, Organized, and Established: Houston Art Cooperatives in the 1930s
The Exhibition Awards - Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum for the exhibition,
Mentoring a Muse: Charles Umlauf & Farrah Fawcett

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2017 CASETA Award Winners
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2017 CASETA Awards:

The Bill and Mary Cheek Patron Award - William J. Hill
The Lifetime Achievement Award - Morris Matson
The Lifetime Achievement Award - George Palmer
The Distinguished Service Award - Randy Tibbits
The Publication Awards  -  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Harry A. Halff and Elizabeth Halff; Michael R. Grauer; University of North Texas Press; The Heritage Society, Houston
The Exhibition Awards - Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, & Art Museum of South Texas

The Nancy and Ted Paup CASETA RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENTS
Congratulations to the 2016-2017 Nancy and Ted Paup CASETA Research Initiative Award recipients

Jenna Cooper, Austin, Texas

Brush Square Museums (O. Henry Museum, Susanna Dickinson Museum)

For recognition in the advancement of scholarship and our understanding of early Texas art
through her original research in an article entitled, Where Neoclassicism Meets Romanticism:
The Sculptures of Elisabet Ney, which will be submitted for publication in a scholarly journal.

 

Wendy Earle, Midland, Texas

Curator of the Museum of the Southwest

For recognition in the advancement of scholarship and our understanding of early Texas art
through her original research and curating of the exhibition, Three Millennia of Art in West Texas,
to be shown at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas, July through September, 2017.
The exhibition includes components on Ancient Rock Art, Texas Regionalism, and contemporary
art in West Texas since the 1970s.

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2016 CASETA Award Winners
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2016 CASETA Awards:

The Bill and Mary Cheek Patron Award - Bill and Cynthia Gayden
The Lifetime Achievement Award - Bill Reaves
The Publication Awards  -  Light T. Cummins, A&M University Press; Peter Mears, University of Texas Press; The Grace Museum
The Exhibition Awards - The Grace Museum, Abilene; Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas

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2015 CASETA Award Winners

The Bill and Mary Cheek Patron Award - Bobbie and John Nau
The Lifetime Achievement Award - J. P. Bryan, Holly Thurston Cox, Sanford Cox, Jr.
The Distinguished Service Award - Francine Carraro 
The Publication Awards  -  Katie Robinson Edwards, The University of Texas Press
The Exhibition Awards - University of Houston-Downtown, The Grace Museum, Abilene

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Awards were funded through the 2014-2015 CASETA Matching Grant and additional gifts from CASETA supporters

2015 - 2016 The Nancy and Ted Paup
CASETA RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENT 

Congratulations to the CASETA 2015-2016 Research Award recipient 
$1,500 Award

Linda East, Denton, Texas

2016 MA, University of North Texas

Ms. East’s thesis focuses on Texas architect O’Neil Ford (1905-1982) and Texas artist Thomas M. Stell, Jr. (1898-1981) and the work they completed for Texas Instruments in Dallas. The thesis is entitled, “Semiconductors and Symbolism: Thomas Stell’s Ceramic Murals and the Story of Texas Instruments.”

2014 - 2015 CASETA RESEARCH AWARDS
Congratulations to the CASETA 2015 award recipients!

$1500 Award 
Carmen M. Champion, Houston, Texas 
2015 MA, University of Houston 
Thesis: The Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition: An Early Staging of Texana Identity
Thesis examines the Catalogue of the Exhibition of Art of the Americas: Pre-Columbian and Contemporary, which stems from the Greater Texas and Pan-American Exposition held in Dallas, Texas in 1937.

Read abstract of Champion's thesis

 

 $1000 Award
Susannah Aquilina, El Paso, Texas
PhD Candidate in History, 2016
The University of Texas at El Paso
Dissertation: Biography of Manuel Gregorio Acosta
Dissertation examines the iconic El Paso artist, whose prolific career began in the1940s and included paintings, drawings and sculptures depicting people on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Read abstract of Aquilina's dissertation

 

$250 Award
Hannah Joan Wilson, Denton, Texas
Junior, Honors College 
University of North Texas, Denton
Research project examining the State of Texas Building within Fair Park as a functioning monumental object in hopes of illustrating Texas identity through visual analysis and historical memory.  

 Read more about the 2014-2015 CASETA Research Awards

About the CASETA Awards:

CASETA annually gives awards to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement and study of early Texas art.  The awards and the criteria used making the awards are as follows:

• Bill and Mary Cheek Patron Award - to be presented to an individual or couple who has distinguished himself, herself or themselves by providing substantial leadership, resources, and inspiration in advancing our understanding and appreciation of the rich visual arts heritage in the state of Texas.

          Criteria: Must be a patron collector who has provided longtime leadership and resources in
          collecting and promoting early Texas art. 

• William and Linda Reaves Lifetime Achievement Award - to be presented to an individual (or group of individuals) who has distinguished himself, herself or themselves with a lifetime involvement with Texas art as an artist, a patron, collector or scholar of early Texas art.
  Criteria: Must be an artist, patron collector, scholar or group that has had a lifetime of involvement with early Texas art.  Must be retired or near the end of their career.
• Distinguished Service Award - to be presented to an individual who has given long-time and distinguished service to CASETA and the promotion of early Texas art.
  Criteria: Must have given long-time and distinguished service to CASETA and the promotion, preservation, study, and appreciation of early Texas art either within or outside the organization.  Activities may include board service, committee work, educational work, fundraising or other activities such as collecting, writing,or speaking about CASETA when such activities promoted CASETA and/or the preservation, study and appreciation of early Texas art.
• Publication Award - to be presented to an individual or individuals who have made the most important contribution to the published literature on early Texas art during the previous calendar year.  The publication may be in the form of a journal article, an exhibition catalogue, a monograph, or a book.
  Criteria: Must be a publication about the preservation, study or appreciation of early Texas art that was published in the calendar prior to the award.  Must be a published work by a recognized press or organization; no self-published materials will be considered.  Must demonstrate a high quality writing that is engaging and accurate.
• Exhibition Award - to be presented to an institution that has organized and presented the most outstanding exhibition on early Texas art during the previous calendar year.
  Criteria: Must be an exhibition of work by early Texas artists that was opened to the public in the calendar year immediately preceding the award.  Must be in a recognized, not-for-profit venue such as a museum or art center.  Exhibitions in commercial venues will not be considered.
• Nancy and Ted Paup CASETA Research Initiative Award - to be presented to an eligible upper level undergraduate or graduate student from the states of Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma in History, Art History, Education, or other related fields to pursue original academic research related to the history of early Texas art and artists. Curatorial staff at any art museum located in Texas and independent curators/researchers working on projects related to early Texas art are also eligiable to apply.  This award carries a monetary award.

 In the fall and spring semesters and the summer session of the academic year a detailed proposal is sent from CASETA to art departments at Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma universities; university libraries; curators at Texas art museums; and any interested independent curators or researchers.  There is a rolling deadline and submissions are accepted any time of year.  All proposals are reviewed by the CASETA Research Awards Review Committee.  Anyone submitting a proposal are notified within two weeks if they have been chosen for an award.  Monetary awards are mailed wtihin a reasonable time after notification.  Award winners also receive a complimentary CASETA membership and registration to the next CASETA Symposium.     

Criteria: Promote and reward original research on early Texas art and artists by young and emerging scholarship in public and private institutions of higher learning in Texas,Colorado, Louisiana, and New Mexico, as well as curators in Texas art museums, and independent curators/researchers.  Promote the development of curriculum materials related to early Texas art and artists for use in public schools throughout the State of Texas. Contribute to the literature on early Texas art and artists.

 

2017 CASETA Award Nominations (except CASETA Research Award) may be submitted either by email to [email protected] or by mail by March 1, 2018

Att: Award Nominations, CASETA, PO Box 3726, San Angelo, TX 76902  

Process for Making Nominations for all Awards, except the CASETA Research Award

All nominations must be made in writing (electronic nominations are acceptable) and should indicate what it is about the person, the event or the publication that in their opinion warrants consideration for a CASETA Award.

 All written nominations must be received by the Chair of the CASETA Awards Committee by March 1st.

All nominations for individuals must be accompanied by an electronic copy of the individual's CV or Bio statement.

All nominations for exhibitions must be accompanies by any catalogues or other material produced in relation to the exhibition.  The material will be returned if a pre-addressed postage paid envelope is included.

All nominations for publications must be accompanied by three copies of the publication.  The material will be returned if a pre-addressed postage paid envelope is included.

All nominations for the research award must be accompanied by three copies of the research project; electronic submissions are acceptable.  The material submitted will be returned if a pre-addressed postage paid envelope is included.

Selection Process:

Prior to January 1, the Chair of the CASETA Board will appoint a three member Selection Committee, chaired by a member of the CASETA Awards Committee, to review all materials and prepare recommendations to the CASETA Board.

The Board will review the recommendations of the Selection Committee in advance of its March meeting and make the final selections at that meeting.