The Basil H. Alkazzi Award [USA]

The Basil H. Alkazzi Award [USA] was established in 1987 as a travel award to London. Soon after the format was changed, and continued to change as the monetary fund increased. In 1988 in commemoration The Sheldon Bergh Award [USA] was established for the best runner-up to the main award.

Basil Alkazzi himself an established painter has always reached out to help other creative artists, and to this end in 1986 established The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation Awards at the eminent Royal College of Art, London, with an endowment set in trust and perpetuity. Each year the foundation gives a full scholarship award including maintenance for a two year MA course in Painting, as well as three other awards. These awards are granted only after a student has been accepted at the College.

Enamored with America and all that it justly stands for, he reached out to help less fortunate fellow artists in the USA by creating The Basil H. Alkazzi Award (USA) and soon after The Sheldon Bergh Award (USA). As the number of the applicants grew to a little over three hundred each year, and twice as many requests for applications, these awards consumed some three months of Basil Alkazzi's own creative time.

Each artist has been anointed with a creative gift called talent that each recipient of this blessed gift must protect, nurture and nourish.

Basil Alkazzi felt he was neglecting his own creative talent. As he did not wish the awards to run in an impersonal manner, he decided to close them. The first year of the new century is the last year The Basil H. Alkazzi Award (USA) and The Sheldon Bergh Award (USA) were awarded.


	The Basil H. Alkazzi Award [USA] was established in 1987 as a travel award to London. Soon after the format was changed, and continued to change as the monetary fund increased. In 1988 in commemoration The Sheldon Bergh Award [USA] was established for the best runner-up to the main award.

	Basil Alkazzi himself an established painter has always reached out to help other creative artists, and to this end in 1986 established The Basil H. Alkazzi Foundation Awards at the eminent Royal College of Art, London, with an endowment set in trust and perpetuity. Each year the foundation gives a full scholarship award including maintenance for a two year MA course in Painting, as well as three other awards. These awards are granted only after a student has been accepted at the College.

	Enamored with America and all that it justly stands for, he reached out to help less fortunate fellow artists in the USA by creating The Basil H. Alkazzi Award (USA) and soon after The Sheldon Bergh Award (USA). As the number of the applicants grew to a little over three hundred each year, and twice as many requests for applications, these awards consumed some three months of Basil Alkazzi's own creative time.

	Each artist has been anointed with a creative gift called talent that each recipient of this blessed gift must protect, nurture and nourish.

	Basil Alkazzi felt he was neglecting his own creative talent. As he did not wish the awards to run in an impersonal manner, he decided to close them. The first year of the new century is the last year The Basil H. Alkazzi Award (USA) and The Sheldon Bergh Award (USA) were awarded.