The National Academy Museum & School of Fine Arts is pleased to announce the 2010 recipients of The Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship. The twelve artists selected are each awarded a stipend and are currently participating in an intensive, four-week mural workshop at the National Academy. The primary objective of the workshop is to prepare the artists to compete for mural commissions.

The 2010 Recipients of The Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship:

MELANIE BAKER, Brooklyn, NY BETH CLEVENSTINE, Newton Square, PA YVETTE COHEN, New York, NY DARIA DOROSH, New York, NY DAVE EPPLEY, Brooklyn, NY ROBERT FRANCA, Brooklyn, NY SOL KJOK, Brooklyn, NY CHARLES PRINTZ KOPELSON, New York, NY DEANNA LEE, Brooklyn, NY ALEXANDER MOSLEY, Larchmont, NY CAROL SALMANSON, Brooklyn, NY JULIA WHITNEY BARNES, Brooklyn, NY

Led by Grace Graupe-Pillard, the 2010 Abbey Mural Workshop includes critiques and lectures provided by several noted artists, architects, art historians and public art administrators including Louise Dunn, R.M. Fischer, Andrew Ginzel, Rory Golden, Richard Haas, Dean Hartung, Amy Hausmann, Keir Johnston, Joyce Kozloff, Ellen Lanyon, Tom Moran, Bernard Olshan, Kelly Pajek, Alberto Quinones, Dorothea Rockburne and Janet Zweig.

There will be an exhibition of the artists’ maquettes and two-dimensional designs with a reception on Friday, July 30, 5-7 p.m., at the National Academy School of Fine Arts located at 5 East 89th Street. The works will remain on display through September 1, 2010.