05/23/2026
A Gee’s Bend quilter is among the recipients of $100,000 grants honoring artists “for their unique and visionary approach” to traditional crafts.
Loretta Pettway Bennett is among five people receiving the 2026 Maxwell/Hanrahan Awards in Craft. The grant program, which has awarded up to $500,000 annually since 2018, is conducted by the Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation and administered by United States Artists.
The foundation says its Awards in Craft are intended “to celebrate artists and craftspeople for their unique and visionary approach to material-based practice, stewardship of cultural traditions, and craft’s potential to connect people, places and ideas.”
