Gulf Coast is now accepting entries for the 2025 Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing.
Established in 2017, the Toni Beauchamp Prize in Critical Art Writing provides a platform for the thoughtful exchange of ideas in visual arts scholarship, criticism, and research. Named in honor of Toni Beauchamp—board president of Art Lies from 2002 to 2004 and a lifelong supporter of the arts in Houston and across Texas—the prize celebrates her legacy by supporting emerging and mid-career writers who demonstrate a distinctive voice, combine scholarship with journalistic insight, and exemplify literary excellence.
This year’s judge is Natalie Hegert, an award-winning writer, curator, and arts editor at Southwest Contemporary. Based between Lubbock, Texas and Colorado Springs, Colorado, she is also co-founder and director of the artist-run space CO-OPt Research + Projects in Lubbock. Her writing appears in Southwest Contemporary, Glasstire, Elephant Magazine, Artsy, ArtSlant, THE SEEN, Huffington Post, and ArtCritical, among others. She has also contributed essays, reviews, and op-eds to Papersafe Magazine, Dazed, Brooklyn Rail, Rhizomes, Photography and Culture, and various exhibition catalogues and artist books.