The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America announces a call for submissions for the 2008 Arthur Ross Awards for Excellence in the Classical Tradition.

On Monday, May 5, 2008, The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America will hold its annual Arthur Ross Awards at New York’s historic University Club. The ICA&CA is now accepting nominations for consideration by this year’s Ross Awards jury, to be chaired by Allan Greenberg.

The ICA&CA has a policy of keeping past applications on file for future consideration. We welcome submissions from both first-time applicants as well as those who have submitted in previous years.  Should a past applicant wish to send updated materials or have their previous submission removed from consideration please contact ICA&CA Managing Director Henrika Taylor at: ht@classicist.org

The 2008 Jury will select five recipients for awards from among the following categories:

AWARD CATEGORIES
* Architecture
* Artisanship/Craftsmanship
* Community Design/Civic Design/City Planning
* Education
* History/Journalism/Criticism/Writing/ Editing/Publishing
* Landscape Design/Gardening
* Patronage (for the support of a new project, collection, or body of work)
* Fine Arts: Painting/Rendering/Sculpture/Mural Design
* Stewardship: Good Manners, a.k.a. Historic Preservation (for the upkeep and maintenance of an existing entity)
* Graphics/Photography/Illustration

Please note that Awards are not given in every category every year, however, in exceptional circumstances, more than one award may be given in a given category.

AWARD CRITERIA

The Arthur Ross Awards jury considers several factors in selecting each year’s recipients:

*          The Arthur Ross Awards are not given for individual projects, but rather for a career or body of work by the nominee. Although the recipient need not be at the end of their career, the Awards honor a body of work. The exceptions are for the categories of "Patronage" and "Stewardship: Good Manners," where single works are honored.

*          Awards are given to practitioners or advocates of the classical tradition who are deserving because their work represents excellence in their field, or they have been working without national exposure over the course of their career because of their geographical location or lack of media exposure, or because they are rising practitioners whose work the jury hopes will be encouraged by the Award.

*          In the domain of Fine Arts, the body of work should have a public character, or have been created in association with architectural projects, or be related to design and placemaking, or the depiction of the built environment.

2008 JURY

The jurors for the 2008 Arthur Ross Award who will select five recipients for the prestigious Arthur Ross Awards this year include the following:

* Jury Chairman: Allan Greenberg, Architect and Author, New York, NY; Greenwich, CT; and Alexandria, VA
* Christopher H. Browne, Investment Banker and Author; Treasurer ICA&CA Board of Directors, New York, NY
* Michael Cannell, Journalist and Author, New York, NY
* Linda Shapiro Collins, Author and Philanthropist, New York, NY
* Elizabeth Dowling, Professor, College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, and Author, Atlanta, GA
* Anne Fairfax, Architect and Author; Chair, ICA&CA Board of Directors, New York, NY
* Suzanne Tucker, Interior Designer, President of the Northern California Chapter of the ICA&CA, San Francisco, CA
*Foster Reeve, Plaster artisan and businessman, Brooklyn, NY
*Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, Author, Scholar; founding President of The Foundation for Landscape Studies; and founding President of the Central Park Conservancy, New York, NY
* Jury Coordinator: Phillip James Dodd, Residential Designer and Editor, Wadia Associates LLC; ICA&CA Fellow; Greenwich, CT        

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS

* The nominee can be an individual, firm, or organization from the United States or abroad.
* The nominee may submit him or herself.
* Others can suggest the nominee, but must deliver a complete submission. Email suggestions for nominees will not be considered without materials. Instructions follow below.

FORMAT FOR SUBMISSIONS

1.         We request a single binder or folder (of standard size) of images that illustrate the range and depth of the nominee’s work.  It is not necessary to submit elaborate or time-consuming and expensive-to-produce presentations. In the interest of space constraints, large format portfolios are discouraged.

2.         The binder or folder should also include captions that identify and briefly explain the work. Slides, electronic files, or CD’s should NOT be sent and cannot be considered.

3.         Current CV or biography

REGISTRATION FEE
FREE for current ICA&CA members and professional members; $25 for non-members.
SUBMISSION DATE & INSTRUCTIONS

Applications must be received in the ICA&CA office no later than Friday, December 14, 2007, 5PM, and should be sent to:

The Arthur Ross Awards
c/o ICA&CA
20 West 44 Street
New York, NY 10036

QUESTIONS

Please email questions concerning the Awards to ICA&CA Managing Director Henrika Taylor at: ht@classicist.org

BACKGROUND OF THE ARTHUR ROSS AWARDS

Established in 1982 by Classical America Chairman of the Board Arthur Ross and its President, Henry Hope Reed, the Arthur Ross Awards were created to recognize and celebrate excellence in the classical tradition. For the last 23 years, the awards have recognized the achievements and contributions of architects, painters, sculptors, artisans, landscape designers, educators, publishers, patrons, and others dedicated to preserving and advancing the classical tradition.

Past honorees for architecture have ranged from well-known practitioners such as Allan Greenberg and Quinlan Terry, to relatively unknown but no less accomplished ones such as A. Hayes Town and Harold H. Fisher. The awards have also recognized excellence in the work of artisans such as Historical Arts and Casting and Decorators Supply Company, painters such as Richard Piccolo and Edward Schmidt, sculptors such as Frederick Hart and Alexander Stoddart, and patrons such as Chauncey Stillman, the Citizens of Greater Kansas City, and H. R. H. The Prince of Wales.

The awardees are chosen each year by a selection committee made up of members of the ICA&CA Board of Directors, Advisory Council, Fellows, and distinguished members of related professions and are drawn from nominations received by the committee during the course of the year.