Art professor wins national award | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Art professor wins national award Art professor wins national award Published: December 18, 2003 Author: Erik Runyon Nyame O. Brown, assistant professor of art, art history and design at the University of Notre Dame, has received a 2003 Painters and Sculptors Grant Award from The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc.p. Brown is among just 10 artists nationwide to be selected for this year’s award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize. He was nominated by a panel of anonymous nominators from the art community who were chosen by the Mitchell Foundation.p. The grant competition included a review by the panel of selected works by the nominated artists. For Brown, the panel reviewed “John Henry Choosing Between Sacred and Profane Love,” a 54-by-40-inch piece of charcoal and pastels.p. Brown, who teaches painting and drawing, received his master of fine arts degree from Yale University.p. The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. was established in 1993 in honor of the late abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell to assist the needs of contemporary artists. TopicID: 4106 Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn