2012 Redd Award was presented to the Utah State University Museum of Anthropology. Elizabeth Sutton, Deputy Director/Curator, accepted the Award. Picture with Mike Nelson and Redmond Barnett of the WMA Board.

The Western Museums Association (WMA) is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2013 Charles Redd Center for Western Studies Award for Exhibition Excellence. This annual award honors excellence for a temporary exhibition that furthers the study and understanding of the American West, and is generously funded by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University. The recipient of the award will present an overview of the exhibition during the Storytellers Luncheon at the 2013 Annual Meeting.

And the nominees are:

• Anchorage Museum – True North
• Craft & Folk Art Museum – This Is Not A Silent Movie: Four Contemporary Alaska Native Artists
• Fullerton College Centennial – Legends and Legacies: The First 100 Years of Fullerton College
• J. Paul Getty Museum – Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990
• La Plaza de Cultura y Artes – LA Starts Here!
• Museum of History and Industry – Celluloid Seattle: A City at the Movies
• Natural History Museum of Utah – Weaving a Revolution: A Celebration of Contemporary Navajo Baskets
• San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery – A Moment for Ink
• Tucson Museum of Art – Elements in Western Art: Water, Fire, Air, and Earth

Stay tuned to see which of these exhibitions is presented with the 2013 Charles Redd Award for Exhibition Excellence!

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