Arts

A notable voice in Cuban-American art, Garcia Ferraz has received many of this country’s prestigious art awards. They include a Ford Foundation grant in media arts, a MacArthur Foundation media grant, and a Richard Diebenkorn teaching fellowship.

The Simon Prize carries a $250,000 award, which goes to a charity of the winner's choice.

What that means, in a profession that is notoriously short on financial remuneration, is that the designated playwrights will receive full-time salaries and benefits for three years, along with “artistic development funds’’ that they can use for...

The National Gallery of Art is such a fixture in Washington that it’s hard to remember that it didn’t open until 1941, thanks to the vision of Andrew Mellon.