ASA Rocky Mountain Division Announces New Prize

Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Posted by: Julie Van Camp

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The ASA Rocky Mountain Division is pleased to announce the O’gah’poh geh Owingeh Essay Prize, generously funded by long-time supporters of the Division.

Because of their commitment to the traditions and history of Santa Fe, the Division has a specific interest in the aesthetics of indigenous and Latinx communities geographically adjacent to our division. To this end, the Division is excited to announce the O’gah’poh geh Owingeh Essay Prize. We are interested in essays of 3000 words in length devoted to Latinx and/or Native American indigenous art practice and cultural thought.

This prize is not merely devoted to traditions and peoples of the American Southwest, as our division extends into the Rocky Mountain region of Canada; we encourage submissions devoted to Canadian First Nation aesthetics as well. Essays may draw from a wide variety of disciplinary perspectives, but they should advance and advocate for greater representation from these communities and to promote allyship and shared understanding, both within the academy and beyond.

Prize: Winners of this prize will receive a $500 award and their conference fee will be waived.

Presentation: The winner will be asked to read their essay in a special session of the conference program.

Submission Deadline: Those who wish to submit their essay for the prize should provide both an abstract via EasyChair by March 15 and a full, complete essay for consideration (pdf, .doc, .docx format) by May 15 to Jeremy Killian ( jkillian@memphis.edu ).