# List of American art awards

This list of American art awards covers some of the main art awards given by organizations in the United States. Some are restricted to Visual artists of the United States in a particular genre or from a given region, while others are broader in scope.

## Awards

| Award | Sponsor | Notes |
| Herb Alpert Award in the Arts | California Institute of the Arts | Given annually in Art, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals | American Academy of Arts and Letters | Various categories |
| Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Award | University of Washington Libraries | A public lecture is given by the artist |
| Art Interview – International Online Artist Competition | Art Interview Online Magazine | |
| Art of the Can | Red Bull | |
| ArtPrize | ArtPrize non-profit organization | |
| Beck Gold Medal | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Best oil portrait by an American artist. Defunct 1969 |
| Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realists | The Pittsburgh Foundation | |
| Biennial of Hawaii Artists | Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House | Hawaii artists |
| Blumenthal Prize | Franco-American Florence Blumenthal Foundation | |
| Bonnie Bronson Fellowship | Bonnie Bronson Fund | Named after American painter and sculptor Bonnie Bronson |
| Carnegie Art Award | Carnegie Investment Bank | |
| Carnegie Prize | Carnegie Museum of Art | |
| Catharine E. B. Cox Award for Excellence in the Visual Arts | Cox Family | For Hawaii artists. Named for Catharine Elizabeth Bean Cox |
| Charles Lang Freer Medal | Smithsonian Institution | |
| Chesley Awards | Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists | Named after astronomical artist Chesley Bonestell |
| Clio Awards | Evolution Media | Advertising, design and communication |
| Cresson Traveling Scholarship | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | |
| Cresta International Advertising Awards | Creative Standards International | Advertising |
| Factor Prize for Southern Art | Society 1858 | now renamed the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art) (Society 1858) |
| Guggenheim International Award | Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation | |
| The Homiens Art Prize | Homiens | |
| Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist | World Science Fiction Society | |
| Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist | World Science Fiction Society | |
| Hugo Boss Prize | Guggenheim Museum | |
| Hunting Art Prize | Hunting plc | |
| The Irish American Arts Awards | Irish Consulate General in New York | Defunct |
| Logan Medal of the Arts | Art Institute of Chicago Society for Sanity in Art | Defunct |
| National Arts Awards | Americans for the Arts | |
| PBS Kids Writers Contest | PBS | |
| Ordway Prize | New Museum | |
| SECA Art Award | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | |
| Mary Smith Prize | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | |
| The Sheridan Prize for Art | The Sheridan Prize for Art | Given annually for the Visual Arts in the San Francisco Bay Area |
| Spectrum Award for Grand Master | Spectrum Fantastic Art | |
| Temple Gold Medal | Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Defunct 1968 |
| William E. Harmon Foundation Award | William E. Harmon Foundation | Defunct |
| Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award | Women's Caucus for Art |
| World Fantasy Award—Artist | World Fantasy Convention | |
| Wynn Newhouse Award | Samuel J Newhouse Foundation | |