We are pleased to announce the release of Hayes Prize 2023: Reggie Burrows Hodges, the publication accompanying the Addison’s inaugural Hayes Prize exhibition featuring artist Reggie Burrows Hodges. In this 2023 exhibition, Hodges presented a new body of work that contemplated the notion of turning a big ship—of marshalling collective will and labor to resist a powerful current.
The richly illustrated publication includes a new essay on Hodges’s work by Addison Assistant Curator Rachel Vogel, a poem by Imani Elizabeth Jackson inspired by the paintings, and beautiful full-color photography of the paintings and exhibition, as well as images from Sea Change, a related exhibition of works from the Addison’s permanent collection.
The publication retails for $25 and can be purchased in the Addison’s museum shop or ordered by phone at 978.749.4015.
The Bartlett H. Hayes Jr. Prize is awarded every other year by the Addison Artist Council (AAC). The AAC builds on the Addison’s nearly century-long commitment to supporting living artists. The museum’s storied history includes many “firsts” with exhibitions, acquisitions, or residencies by such highly regarded artists as Josef Albers, Ruth Asawa, Dawoud Bey, Sheila Hicks, Hans Hofmann, Andy Warhol, and Francesca Woodman. The Hayes Prize continues this extraordinary tradition by providing an emerging and/or under-recognized artist their first ever solo show at a collecting museum, along with a publication, acquisition of art for the collection, and an artist’s residency on campus.
The AAC recently selected photographer Tommy Kha to be the second recipient of the Hayes Prize. Kha’s exhibition will open in September 2025.
