(Photo by Kevin Alvarez Cordoba)
United States Artists (USA) has announced Beth Boone as the recipient of the 2024 Berresford Prize, the organization’s annual award honoring cultural practitioners for their significant contributions to the advancement, wellbeing, and care of artists in society.
As an artist, community leader, as well as artistic and executive director of Miami Light Project, Boone’s dynamic career is one of force, having catalyzed systems of cultural support not only locally, but nationally and internationally.
Across theater direction, program development, and cultural leadership, Boone’s practice is grounded in nurturing artistic exchange at every scale.
The selection process for this year’s Berresford Prize was especially attentive to candidates who demonstrated persistence and iteration throughout the course of their careers. To that end, Boone’s tenacious and enduring work to build community for artists and provide resources for them to make and share their work stood out as a hallmark example of committing to one’s community.
Since 1998, in Boone’s role as artistic and executive director of Miami Light Project, she has distinguished herself as a leader in Miami’s cultural community, developing critical artistic programs and asserting the organization as one of the leading cultural institutions in South Florida.
Boone’s tremendous accomplishments in her role at Miami Light Project have brought her…
