Morrissey Wins Creative Development Award from Heinz Endowment

16 artists received Creative Development Awards from the Heinz Endowment including Studio Arts' own Sean Morrissey. They have been granted $20,000 to establish an artistic publication studio that focuses on creative experimentation with printmaking media. A trained painter and printmaker, Mx. Morrissey’s work examines questions of access and equity in the context of the American Dream, and draws inspiration from the connections and barriers of suburban and commercial sprawl, examinations of personal identities including class and queerness, and the constructs of societal markers of success.

The Endowments launched the Creative Development Awards in 2021 to celebrate the region’s professional artists and widen their national profile, with a special focus on those whose artistic achievements show great promise. The announcement of these awardees brings the program’s support of regional artists to a total of nearly $1 million in the past 30 months. The awards aim to help advance the artists’ careers through increased visibility and professional partnership To learn more about the award and the other grantees, please visit the Heinz Endowment’s website.