I’m thrilled to be a recipient of a 2021 American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Prize. Annie Patterson (2021), part of my project, Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott , has been selected to be placed in the permanent collection of an American museum. Big congratulations to my fellow awardees; I’m honored to be in such stellar company. Thank you to Exhibitions and Collections Curator, Souhad Rafey, and Award Committee Members Catherine Murphy, Nicole Eisenman, Ann Hamilton, Philip Pearlstein, Judy Pfaff, Joel Shapiro, Amy Sillman, Kiki Smith, and Terry Winters. The awardees include Laylah Ali, Suzanne Bocanegra, A.K. Burns, Peter Charlap, Jennifer Coates, Lisa Corinne Davis, R.M. Fischer, Chie Fueki, Coco Fusco, Jerrell Gibbs, Lauren Halsey, Maren Hassinger, EJ Hauser, Leslie Hewitt, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Katherine Hubbard, Adam Hurwitz, Suzanne Joelson, Forest Kirk, Savannah Knoop, Aspen Mays, Thaddeus Mosley, Jennifer Packer ,Erin Riley, Aki Sasamoto, Dread Scott, Elena Sisto, Juane Quick-To-See Smith, Ming Smith, Jessica Stockholder, Simon Tosky, Elizabeth Tubergen, William Villalongo, Susan Jane Walp, Marie Watt, Peter Williams, Dyani White Hawk, and Carmen Winant. I’m honored to be in such stellar company.