2022 Municipal Art Society of Baltimore Travel Prize Recipients
The Municipal Art Society of Baltimore announces Jackie Milad and Elena Volkova as recipients of the 2022 Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize. Each artist receives $6,000. The prize is intended to function as funding for travel essential to an artist’s studio practice that an artist may not otherwise be able to afford. Jackie and Elena were selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants. The seventh annual Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City Artist Travel Prize is managed by the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts and sponsored by the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore City.
Daughter of Shu and Tefnut
Jackie Milad
Jackie Milad will use her prize to support a research trip to London to visit the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside of Egypt at The British Museum. Participating in the museum’s Study Program, she will have the unique opportunity to handle and draw antiquities from life.
Anacostia Portrait - Terence
Elena Volkova
Elena Volkova’s travel project, “Ukrainian Portraits” is a community arts project aiming to create an archive of portraits using a historic photographic process to bear witness to the Ukrainian people affected by war. Her goal is to engage the community in the creation of artifacts and facilitate an artistic experience which focuses on empowerment and healing.