Art Collector Launches Award for New York City Teachers
ARTnews Top 200 Collector and FLAG Art Foundation founder Glenn Fuhrman has established a new prize recognizing public school teachers of grades K-12 who “inspire learning through creativity, passion, and commitment,” according to a release. The inaugural FLAG Award for Teaching Excellence, which will be given for the 2019-2020 school year, will confer an unrestricted $100,000 purse to one grand-prize winner, whose school will receive an additional $20,000 to be used for arts-based initiatives developed by the winner. Four finalists will each be given $10,000, and their respective schools will get $2,000. In its first year, teachers working in Manhattan will be eligible for the award, and it plans to expand to other New York City boroughs and American cities in future iterations. Teachers can be nominated by students, parents, principles, and colleagues through January 13, 2020, and the winners will be announced in May. Fuhrman said in a statement, “In New York City, teachers face tremendous challenges, including low budgets and large class sizes, and we wanted to reward the fabulous teachers who are initiating positive action and serving as inspirational role models.”
