Photo: JerSean Gollatt, 2023
Paula Cooper Gallery is pleased to announce that Ja’Tovia Gary has received the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA) in Film/Video.
Gary was selected by the Film/Video panel for her “courageous, dignified work of exceptional beauty, connection to legacies and histories of Black women throughout the diaspora; for situating herself within the collective experience she is describing while maintaining her role and responsibility as witness.”
The HAAIA is an award that is given to ten risk-taking, mid-career artists who are challenging and transforming art. Fifteen highly regarded leaders in the arts review the candidates and selected two award recipients in five disciplines: dance, film/video, music, theatre, and visual arts.
The awards were founded by legendary musician, philanthropist and artist Herb Alpert, and his Grammy-winning vocalist wife, Lani Hall. Now in its 31st year, the HAAIA has to date been awarded to 184 artists. Each award includes a $75,000 unrestricted prize and residency at CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) which administers the prize on behalf of the Herb Alpert Foundation.
Among the past HAAIA winners are noted artists: Carrie Mae Weems, Suzan-Lori Parks, Julia Wolfe, Kerry James Marshall, Ralph Lemon, Arthur Jafa, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Okwui Okpokwasili, among others.
Visit here for additional information on the 2025 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts winners.