Danny Wilcox Frazier's Driftless: Photographs from Iowa is the winner of The Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography
Gregory Pardlo's Totem is the recipient of the 2007 APR/Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry Award.

At the heart of the mission of The Honickman Foundation is the belief that creativity enriches contemporary society, because the arts are powerful tools for enlightment, equity and empowerment, and must be encouraged to help effect social change, as well as personal growth.

Currently, The Honickman Foundation provides support to projects where there is an emphasis on two underserved disciplines—photography and poetry. With the exception of two national competitions, THF directs its support to organizations in the Philadelphia area.

CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography

The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and The Honickman Foundation created a partnership in 2001 to establish a biennial publishing award. The prize offers publication of a book of photography, a $3,000 award and inclusion in an exhibition of prizewinners every third year. The prize honors work that is visually compelling, that bears witness, and that has integrity of purpose. Danny Wilcox Frazier, a freelance photographer who also teaches at the University of Iowa, was selected to receive the third CDS/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography for his black-and-white images of rural Iowa.

View guidelines for the fourth biennial prize competition; materials to be submitted between June 9 and September 5, 2008.

APR/Honickman First Book Prize in Poetry

The annual American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize encourages excellence in poetry, and provides a wide readership for a deserving first book of poems. Working as partners since 1995, APR and THF have already become a meaningful force within the poetry community, as evidenced by the poets' careers that have advanced as a result of this prestigious award.

Digital Photography Comes to Fleisher Art Memorial

A gift from The Honickman Foundation has helped to transform an underused space at the Fleisher Art Memorial into the new Lynne and Harold Honickman Digital Photography Studio. The film photography program which was established in the late 1960's has always been one of the most popular offerings at Fleisher. Classes and workshops in black and white photography consistently fill up in record time. The expansion to digital photography reflects the popularity of the medium and the influence technology now has in art. While traditional film courses are still offered, the addition of digital photography allows the Fleisher Art Memorial to continue their mission to make art accessible for all. as initiated to commemorate Stulberg International String Competition's 30th Anniversary.

Current THF-Funded Projects in Photography

Past THF-Funded Projects in the Arts