ANY PUBLICATION

ANY PUBLICATION: General criticism

(67 entries)

Judge: Elizabeth Maupin, theater critic, Orlando Sentinel
Maupin spent the 1995-96 theater season as a fellow of the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University. She also was a fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut.

First Place
MARGARET REGAN
Tucson Weekly
"Images of Arcady: TMA Takes 'Roads Less Traveled' Into America's Mythic Landscapes"
"The writer takes an under-appreciated period in American art and illuminates it, giving the reader both an interesting lesson in art history and a vivid sense of these paintings as tactile objects. Through crisp, simple writing, I felt I had seen the paintings myself, and I felt both calmed and broadened by the experience."

Second Place
MARGARET REGAN
Tucson Weekly
"Interior Motive: Photographer Myriam Babin Gives Dives a Divine Touch in 'Interior/Motel'."
"Like the artist whose work she is reviewing, the writer brings clarity and substance to a subject that could be considered mundane."

Third Place
DAVE WALKER
The Arizona Republic
"Raiders of the Ark!! 'Noah' knows no limits."
"The 'Noah's Ark' TV movie was ripe for skewering, and this writer did it with glee and with a wonderful use of Biblical phrases and religion-based jokes."

Honorable Mention
KYLE LAWSON
The Arizona Republic
"Young playwright shuns 'rituals' of forced nudity, profanity: ASU student shows promise amid flaws. "
"The reviewer brings sympathy to a difficult task -- encouraging a young playwright whose work is uneven but promising."