San Antonio Artist Wins Hunting Art Prize
Leigh Anne Lester, San Antonio-based artist and co-founder of the cactus bra SPACE, won the prestigious Hunting Art Prize on Saturday Night.
The Hunting Art Prize is a $50,000 award granted annually to Texas artists 18 years and older. Originally, the Hunting Art Prize was based in the United Kingdom, beginning in 1981, but relocated to Houston in 2006.
For more information about Lester’s momentous achievement, read here.
Congratulations, Leigh Anne.
By Ryan Sachetta
Ryan Sachetta
Ryan Sachetta is Artpace's Grant Writer. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009 with a degree in Journalism. Ryan enjoys YouTubing videos of a more svelte Shawn Kemp, eating Honeycrisp apples, and puns.
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