AWARDS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
The 1961 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Dept. of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1961 (Awarded 2nd Prize)
30th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Painters at The Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C., 1967 (Corcoran Gold Medal and William A.C. Clark Prize).
The 1975 Award for Distinction in the Arts, University Union, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. 1975
The Milton & Sally Avery Distinguished Professorship, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, 1987
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Inducted in1991
National Academician, National Academy of Design, New York, Inducted in 1993
Distinguished Artist, Arkansas Celebration of the Arts, Hot Springs, Arkansas 1996
Honorary Doctorate of Arts, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Ct 1997
Honorary Doctorate of Arts, Keene State College, University of New Hampshire 1998
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH 2003
Member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, Inducted in 2006
Skowhegan Award for Painting, 2007
SYMPOSIUMS, LECTURES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS
First Annual International Distinguished Artists Symposium and Exhibition- CARO, NOLAND, OLITSKI, Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School,
University of Hartford, West Hartford, Ct. April 28-June 15, 1994
Abstraction: A Tradition of Collecting In Miami, Jan 5. 1995 Center For the Fine Arts Miami, Fl
The Colors of Invention: A Fall Festival, The Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Nov 13-16, 1997.
The Artist's View: Color, Technology, and Style in Postwar Art, Jules Olitski, Mark Golden, Harry Rand, Sunday, Nov. 16, 1997
Art and Culture, (Barley Soup and Art: High and Low) Partisan Review Symposium, Boston, Ma. May 10-12, 2002
High and Low Culture- a lecture by Jules Olitski, The Wexner Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Oh November 14, 2002
Jules Olitski Interview with Molly Barnes, Artists Talk on Art, Soho20 New York, NY May 2, 2003
Jules Olitski an Interview with John Walters, The Front Porch, NH Public Radio, Keene State College Sept 20, 2003
Jules Olitski on His Work, Evening Lecture Series, New York Studio School, New York, NY May 4, 2004