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'[[File:Arts Club of Washington - theater.jpg|thumb|Theater at the Arts Club, after a recital.]] [[File:Arts Club of Washington - interior.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Club before a reception. On the wall is the portrait of [[James Monroe]], who lived at the Cleveland Abbe House at the start of his presidency.]] The '''Arts Club of Washington''' is a club to promote the Arts in [[Washington, D.C.]]. Founded by [[Bertha Noyes]] in May 1916, its first president was [[Henry Kirke Bush-Brown]]; [[Mathilde Mueden Leisenring]] was among its original members.<ref name="youtube1">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4ouVv4ZEx4 |title=Pat Moore on Mathilde Mueden Leisenring Exhibit |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-12-09 |accessdate=2017-01-30}}</ref> It is located at the [[Cleveland Abbe House]]. Since 2006, the Club has awarded the Marfield Prize, also known as the National Award for Arts Writing, for nonfiction books about the arts written for a broad audience. ==The Marfield Prize, National Award for Arts Writing== The Marfield Prize, also known as the National Award for Arts Writing, is given annually by the Arts Club of Washington to nonfiction books about the arts written for a broad audience. Intended to help increase access to the arts, the Prize "celebrates prose that is lucid, luminous, clear, and inspiring—writing that creates a strong connection with arts and artists."<ref name=2014guidelines /> The Prize of $10,000, which the Club asserts is the only one of its kind in the country, honors nonfiction books first published in the U.S., by a single author who is living at the time of the book’s nomination. First given in 2006, the prize’s endowment was established by long-time Arts Club member Jeannie S. Marfield in honor of Florence Berryman and Helen Wharton.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Bob |title=Tale of Folk Hero Wins New Award For Arts Writing |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/25/AR2007042502665.html |accessdate=2013-02-27 |work=The Washington Post |date=April 27, 2007}}</ref> The award is given to the author of a nonfiction book about any artistic discipline (visual, literary, performing, or media arts, as well as cross-disciplinary works. Works of art history and criticism, biographies and memoirs, and essays are all eligible. Anthologies, creative works of fiction or poetry, books for children, exhibition catalogs and self-published books are not eligible.<ref name=2014guidelines>{{cite web |title=2014 Award Guidelines |url=http://artsclubofwashington.org/about/award-for-arts-writing/ |publisher=Arts Club of Washington |accessdate=2014-12-30 }}</ref> ==History and past winners== Members of the club noticed that there was a lack of "good, accessible writing about the arts," according to former award administrator Sarah Browning. Club members decided to use a bequest by longtime member Jeannie S. Marfield to remedy the situation.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> In addition to the annual winners, the Club publishes the names of several finalists. *2006 [[Scott Reynolds Nelson]] for ''Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, The Untold Story of an American Legend''. *2007 [[Jenny Uglow]] for ''Nature’s Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick''. *2008 [[Michael Sragow]] for ''Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master '' and [[Brenda Wineapple]] for ''White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson'' (Anchor Books). *2009 [[Linda Gordon]] for ''Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits''. *2010 [[R. Tripp Evans]] for ''Grant Wood: A Life.''<ref>{{cite news|last=Montgomery|first=David|title=Arts Club of Washington’s quirky downtown haven of clubby culture survives the ages|url=http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2011-05-20/lifestyle/35233534_1_arts-club-club-hosts-black-tie|accessdate=20 May 2013|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 20, 2011}}</ref> *2011 [[Yaël Tamar Lewin]]<ref>[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5218287.Yael_Tamar_Lewin Yael Tamar Lewin (Author of Night's Dancer)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> for ''Night’s Dancer: The Life of [[Janet Collins]]'' (Wesleyan University Press, 2011).<ref>{{cite web|last=Sienkiewicz|first=Henry|title=2011 Marfield Prize|url=http://www.artsclubofwashington.org/about/award-for-arts-writing/2011-winners/|work=The Arts Club of Washington|publisher=The Arts Club of Washington|accessdate=7 February 2013}}</ref> *2012 [[Anne-Marie O’Connor]] for ''The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer''. *2013 [[Sherill Tippins]] for ''Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York’s Legendary Chelsea Hotel'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 2013). == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://artsclubofwashington.org/ Official website] [[Category:Arts organizations based in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Arts organizations established in 1916]] [[Category:1916 establishments in Washington, D.C.]]'