JMU Professor Receives Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Award
September 20, 2024
September 20, 2024
HARRISONBURG, Virginia, Sept. 20 -- James Madison University issued the following news:
By Sarahy Rincon
James Madison University art history professor, Dr. Laura Katzman, has been awarded the 2024 Director's Essay Prize for Scholars by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
The annual award recognizes leading research that expands both the notion of portraiture itself and the parameters of what is considered portraiture in the United States.
By Sarahy Rincon
James Madison University art history professor, Dr. Laura Katzman, has been awarded the 2024 Director's Essay Prize for Scholars by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.
The annual award recognizes leading research that expands both the notion of portraiture itself and the parameters of what is considered portraiture in the United States.