The 2010 regional panel was comprised of Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Norton Museum; Carol Damian, Director and Chief Curator, Frost Museum of Art; Jane Hart, Curator of Exhibitions, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood; Ruba Katrib, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art; Anthony Lauro, Deputy Director, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale; Rene Morales, Assistance Curator, Miami Art Museum; and Gavin Perry, 2009 Fellowship recipient. The national panel consisted of: Luis Gispert, visual artist (and 1997 Fellowship recipient), Brooklyn, NY; Shamim Momin, Director, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Los Angeles, CA; and Vasela Sretenovic, PhD, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. 

An alliance of the local arts agencies of Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Dade and Monroe counties, the Consortium assists artists through direct grants awarded solely on the basis of creative excellence to improve artists' skills and encourage career development.

This exhibit is an essential feature of the fellowship program and enables artists to be shown in a flagship visual arts institution of the region. The artists included in this exhibit are COOPER, Michael Genovese, Francie Bishop Good, Nolan Haan, Sibel Kocabasi, Beatriz Monteavaro, Glexis Novoa, Jonathan Rockford, Bert Rodriguez, FriendsWithYou, TM Sisters and Tonietta Walters.

"Waveland and Troy, 2009, is a minimalist sculpture based, to begin with, on memory. Inspired by a resourceful solution to standard fence fabrication, of decades ago, wherein plumbing pipes connected in a particular configuration and planted on property lines to define one’s territory, the piece serves as memoir to this dated DIY practice, but more aptly as visual symbol translating its intended message – Stay Out. Through the topical treatment of nickel-plating commercially manufactured steel pipes, coupled with their linearly concentrated, symmetrical arrangement, the artist’s literal memory (a “fence” on the corner of Waveland and Troy in Chicago) transforms into an exaggerated expression of space and obstacle, as well as a glorification of convention.

Defying the territorial declaration made by fences, and the distance etiquette expected when interacting with fine art, Construction instruction deconstruction construction, 2009, is a performance video which serves to not only negate the terms of confines, but also to activate a sedentary object, infusing it with history, movement, and experience. The video monitor’s placement on a pedestal continues the dialogue of province and separation. The summation of concept lies in the questioning of boundaries, the enjoyed freedom of crossing them, and the cumulative value and resonance that results from interaction."  (SFCC Exhibition at the Frost Art Museum, 2011)

Videos

Waveland and Troy
Electroplated nickel pipes, and chains
Construction instruction deconstruction construction, 2009
Video 5:42 on standard screen on rubber coated plinth