Marfield Prize Online Award Event 

Friday, June 5th, at 7:00 PM

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Please join us on Friday, June 5th as the Arts Club of Washington hosts the 14th Annual Marfield Prize with an online award event honoring Andrew McConnell Stott, the recipient of the Marfield Prize, the National Award for Arts Writing for his book What Blest Genius?: The Jubilee That Made Shakespeare.

The online event via Zoom includes a program, an interview by Washington Post Theater critic Peter Marks, and a virtual presentation of the award.

6:50-7:00 PM: Log in to Zoom (download required)

7:00 PM: Program and virtual award presentation

 7:45-8:00 PM: Event completion 

Please register by June 4 to receive the link and other technical information for the event.

This free event is open to all, so feel free to invite friends!

For more information about the Marfield Prize awards, please visit: TheMarfieldPrize.com.

Due to the current crisis of the coronavirus pandemic, the traditional in-person evening gathering at the Arts Club to give the award to Mr. Stott has been postponed.

Please contact Ito Briones itobriones@gmail.com for any problems registering for this event.

Marfield Prize Online Event date and details are subject to change.

THE NATIONAL AWARD FOR ARTS WRITING

The Marfield Prize, sponsored by the Arts Club of Washington, recognizes the author of an outstanding nonfiction book about the arts published during the previous calendar year. This $10,000 prize is designed to highlight excellence in arts writing for a general audience. The Marfield Prize's 2019 award judges are Edwidge Danticat, National Book Award finalist, 2009 MacArthur fellow, and winner of the 2018 Neustadt International Prize; Louis Bayard, New York Times Notable author and board member of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation; and Peter Marks, chief drama critic of The Washington Post. 

 ABOUT THE ARTS CLUB OF WASHINGTON

Headquartered in the James Monroe House, a National Historic Landmark, the Arts Club of Washington was founded in 1916 and is the oldest nonprofit arts organization in the city. The club's mission is to generate public appreciation for and participation in the arts in the nation's capital. More information about the Marfield Prize and the Arts Club of Washington is available at www.artsclubofwashington.org.