Frost Essay Prize

JoAnne Mancini, an interdisciplinary historian of the United States and its colonial antecedents at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, is the winner of the 2011 Patricia and Phillip Frost Essay Award. Mancini's award-winning essay, "Pedro Cambon's Asian Objects: A Transpacific Approach to 18th-Century California," appeared in the Spring 2011 issue (vol. 25, no. 1).

The Frost Award carries a $1,000 prize and is intended to recognize excellence in scholarship in the field of American art history. It is especially meant to honor an essay that advances our understanding of the history of the arts in America, demonstrates original research, and expresses fresh ideas. The essay must be clearly written, accessible in its language, and marked by a gracefulness of exposition. Funding for this award is made possible by the generous contribution of the Patricia and Phillip Frost Endowment. The prize was instituted in 2004 by the American Art Editorial Board. Each year, a rotating jury of three members of the board reviews articles appearing in the relevant volume and selects the winner.

For information, please see http://www.americanart.si.edu/research/awards/frost/