Prizes awarded to institutions with budgets greater than $500,000
| The Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for Excellence in Publication Design (“Best in Show”) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. America’s Art Book |
Exhibition Catalogue
First Prize
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede
Second Prize
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Dual Vision: The Simona and Jerome Chazen Collection
Yeshiva University Museum, New York, A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry, 1860-1960
Honorable Mention
Freer/Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Hokusai
Mingei International Museum, San Diego, Calif., Elemental Art in the Indonesian Archipelago: Selections from the Collection of Mingei International Museum
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Eirik Johnson: Borderlands
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oreg., Mysterious Spirits, Strange Beasts, Earthly Delights: Early Chinese Art from the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Collection
Posters
First Prize
Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Tex., Technologies of Writing
Second Prize
Hammer Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Masters of American Comics
John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Cooler by the Lake
Honorable Mention
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, N.C., Billie Ruth Sudduth
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Mo., Missouri Botanical Garden Japanese Festival 2005
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History, Baltimore, Distant Echoes: Black Farmers in America
SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., Between Fences
SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, The Getty Villa, Malibu: Statue of the Lansdowne Herakles
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, CHANEL: Decade by Decade
Annual Reports
First Prize
Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Asiatica
Second Prize
Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria Annual Report ’04-’05
Honorable Mention
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Annual Report 2003-2004
Books
First Prize
Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, N.Mex., Passions in Print
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Strong Stuff: Herakles and His Labors
Honorable Mention
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, The Downtown Book: The New York Art Scene, 1974-1984
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ont., Canada, High Style: Masterworks from the Bernard and Sylvia Ostry Collection in the Royal Ontario Museum
SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Courbet and the Modern Landscape
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Luxury Arts of the Renaissance
The Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Miami Beach, Fla., Grand Hotels of the Jazz Age: The Architecture of Schultze and Weaver
Newsletters
First Prize
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wis., Artscene
Second Prize
Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Ill., Garden Talk, spring 2006
Honorable Mention
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Summer 2005
SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., Siteline No. 51, fall/winter 2005
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., Mixed Media
The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, First Draft, Issue #4
Magazines
First Prize
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Visions Magazine, Vol. 11: Race, Class, Gender
Second Prize
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Tex., Articulate
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Plateau: Land and People of the Colorado Plateau
Honorable Mention
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., Program, September 2005-February 2006
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., Program, March-August 2006
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Calif., Art Letter
George Eastman House - International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, N.Y., Image Magazine, Southworth and Hawes issue
Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, Mass., Historic Deerfield Magazine, summer 2005
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Warhol
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, Carolina Naturalist
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, Artlines, Issues 2 and 3, 2005
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, SFMOMA Exhibition and Program Guide
Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, Studio, fall/winter 2005-2006
Scholarly Journals
First Prize
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Okla., The Journal of Gilcrease Museum, Vol. 13, Nos. 1 and 2
Honorable Mention
Art Institute of Chicago, Conservation at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies, vol. 31, no. 2
Calendars
First Prize
Pope John Paul II Cultural Center, Washington, D.C., The Illuminated Year: Manuscript Pages from the Borso d’Este Bible
Second Prize
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Fairies: Library of Congress 2006 Engagement Calendar
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Women Who Dare
Honorable Mention
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Shakespeare’s Insults
Invitations to Events
First Prize
Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Annual Meeting
Second Prize
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Sippin’ in Seersucker spring fundraiser
Honorable Mention
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic Gala
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Modern Ball 2005
Press Kits
First Prize
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Chanel
Second Prize
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Americans in Paris, 1860-1900
Honorable Mention
Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Pritzker Family Children’s Zoo
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, David Hockney
Fund-raising and Membership Materials
First Prize
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, O Say Can You See eye chart membership drive
Second Prize
John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Aquarium Council brochure
Honorable Mention
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, RUSSIA! direct mail membership program
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Fund for the Met
Calendars of Events
First Prize
Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Ill., summer 2006
Second Prize
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
Honorable Mention
Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Tex., Program Calendar, fall 2005 and spring 2006
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., winter/spring 2006
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, New York, Seasonal Programs and Exhibitions Calendars, May 2005 - April 2006
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Art After 5 series of brochures
Educational Resources
First Prize
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., Big/Small Family Guide
Second Prize
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, RUSSIA! A Guide to the Exhibition for Teachers
Honorable Mention
National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., Bridge Basics Program Kit
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Medieval Art: A Resource for Educators
Supplementary Materials
First Prize
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Retail Shopping Bag (series of 3)
Second Prize
SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., 381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story
Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, The Museum at FIT Fashion and Textile History Gallery brochure
Honorable Mention
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Del., Centuries of Progress: American World’s Fairs, 1853 to 1982
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass., Destination Dinotopia - A Visitors Guide
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History, Baltimore, Distant Echoes: Black Farmers in America brochure
SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change
Smithsonian, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., Born of Clay: Ceramics from the National Museum of the American Indian, brochure
The Octagon, the Museum of the American Architectural Foundation, Washington, D.C., The Initiated Eye: Secrets, Symbols, Freemasonry and the Architecture of Washington, D.C., with Paintings by Peter Waddell
CD-ROMs
First Prize
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Museum Dialogues educational DVD
Second Prize
Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, Williamstown, Mass., Art In Nature DVD
Marketing and P.R. Materials
First Prize
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C., Sudan Poster Series (set of 5)
Second Prize
Freer/Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Style and Status Metro poster
Freer/Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Asian Games Metro poster
SITES - Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey brochure
Honorable Mention
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Grant Wood at 5 Turner Alley, sponsor ad series
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Contemporary Opening ad campaign (series of 4)
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass., Share the Warmth advertisement
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, N.C., Earth Day promotional material
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, N.C., Reptile and Amphibian Day promotional material
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, N.C., First Friday movie series promotional material
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, N.C., CSI, promotional material