NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem awarded the fifth annual Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize to Leslie Hewitt. Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden announced the award to over 700 supporters and friends, including honoree George Wein, at the Museum’s Gala 2010. Jazz impresario, musician and philanthropist George Wein established the Prize in 2006 to honor his late wife Joyce Alexander Wein, a woman whose life embodied a commitment to the power and possibilities of art and culture. Joyce was a dedicated Trustee of The Studio Museum in Harlem and was deeply involved with philanthropy and the arts throughout her life. Inspired by Joyce’s lifelong support of living artists and envisioned as an extension of the Studio Museum’s mission to support experimentation and excellence in contemporary art, the Wein Prize recognizes and honors the artistic achievements of an African-American artist who demon