TAO Network VP of International Partnerships, Tonietta Walters, is one of the winners of the 2010 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowships for Visual and Media Artists – View images here
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For Immediate Release Date: September 20, 2010 Media Contact: Jody Horne-Leshinsky Tel: 954-357-7463; E-mail: jleshinsky@broward.org
Four Broward County Artists Win South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship
Francie Bishop Good, Nolan Haan, Jonathan Rockford and Tonietta Walters in the five county—Visual and Media Arts Fellowship
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Broward Cultural Division announces the Broward County winners of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship (SFCC) awards for Visual and Media Artists. Francie Bishop Good; Nolan Haan, Jonathan Rockford and Tonietta Walters were recently named to receive this esteemed, five-county artist fellowship award. This year’s selection is from a group of more than 300 applicants. The Broward Cultural Council will recognize the artists on October 7, 2010 at noon.
The artists are selected during a two-tier panel process which includes the participation of regional and national art experts. The regional panel included: Cheryl Brutvan, Curator of Contemporary Art, Norton Museum, Palm Beach County; Carol Damian, Director and Chief Curator, Frost Museum of Art, Miami-Dade County; Jane Hart, Curator of Exhibitions, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Broward County; Ruba Katrib, Associate Curator, MOCA, Miami-Dade County; Anthony Lauro, Deputy Director, Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Broward County; Rene Morales, Assistant Curator, MAM, Miami-Dade County; and Gavin Perry, Visual Artist, Miami-Dade County, 2009 SFCC Fellowship Recipient.
The regional panel forwarded their recommendations to the national panel, which was comprised of: Luis Gispert, Visual Artist, Brooklyn, New York; Shamim Momin, Director, Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Los Angeles; and Vesela Stretenovic, PhD, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.
Selection by the regional panel is based solely on the quality of the artists’ work as evidenced by slides or video/films submitted. An exhibition featuring the works of the artists will be presented at the Frost Museum of Art, Florida International University in Miami, December 2010 through January 2011.
The South Florida Cultural Consortium, an alliance of the local arts agencies of Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe counties, assists visual and media artists through cash awards solely on the basis of creative excellence to foster artistic development and encourage career advancement.
Formed in 1985, the Consortium operates under an inter-local government agreement to coordinate projects and share resources for the growth of South Florida cultural activities, organizations and artists. It provides regional cultural planning, new project development, statewide cultural marketing, information sharing, regional arts education training and support for ethnic and rural audience development.
2011 SFCC
The 2011 South Florida Cultural Consortium Application Deadline will be Monday, November 1, 2010, and artists will be required to apply on the Café system. There will be a workshop held at ArtServe Inc, Conference Room # 132, 1350 East Sunrise Blvd in Fort Lauderdale, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 5, for interested artists who wish to gain some instruction on applying for this fellowship award. Click HERE to register for the workshop, or go to www.broward.org/arts and click on “Events.”
For additional information on the South Florida Cultural Consortium or these fellowship awards visit www.broward.org/arts.
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