2026 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize

Create Baltimore is proud to announce the 21st edition of the Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize. The $30,000 prize will be awarded to a visual artist or visual artist collaborators living and working in the Baltimore region. Though a multi-tiered approach to reviewing applications, jurors will identify a creative whose work is in conversation with contemporary art nationally & internationally, is an original vision, and is on the cusp of making a leap in their work that this award would support.

Approximately five finalists will be selected for the final review for the prize; their work will be exhibited in the Walters Art Museum June to September 2026. All Sondheim Prize Finalists will be awarded a Finalist Award of $3,000 each, and each semifinalist will receive an exhibition at The Peale Museum at Artscape 2026.