Kay WalkingStick at home in Easton, Pa, 2023. Photo credit Hannah Yoon
Hales is delighted to announce that Andrea Geyer and Kay WalkingStick have been named recipients of the 2026 Anonymous Was A Woman award, recognising their significant contributions to contemporary art.
Founded by artist Susan Unterberg, Anonymous Was A Woman is an unrestricted grant of $50,000 awarded each year to 15 woman, gender non-conforming, and trans artists over the age of 40 and at a critical junction in their career. The name of the grant program refers to a line in Virginia Woolf’s "A Room of One’s Own." The award was begun in 1996 in response to the decision of the National Endowment of the Arts to cease support of individual artists. To date, Anonymous was a Woman has awarded over $10 million to more than 400 artists.
