South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship Exhibition

Each year, the South Florida Cultural Consortium awards twelve $15,000
or $7,500 Visual and Media Arts Fellowships. Artists residing in Florida’s
five southeastern counties are eligible to compete for this nationally
significant individual artist award which means the “Consortium”
fellowship is hotly contested each year by the region’s best visual and
media artists. The exhibition presents recent work by the 12 artists
awarded a 2018 fellowship and marks the fifth time since 2001 that the
University Galleries have had the honor of presenting this prestigious
annual contemporary art exhibition. The University Galleries will publish
a catalogue to document the exhibition. Artists in the exhibition and
their respective counties of residence: WE ARE NICE N EASY LLC (Alison
Matherly & Jeffrey Noble), Eddie Arroyo, Cristine Brache, Leo Castaneda,
Rosa Garmendia, Kat Hernandez, Joseriberto Perez (Miami-Dade);
Marielle Plaisir, Samantha Salzinger, Keisha Witherspoon (Broward);
Rick Newton (Palm Beach); Linda Finch (Martin). Public Programs will be
presented in association with this exhibition. Dates to be announced.

Schmidt Center Gallery: Saturday, September 15 – Saturday, October 27, 2018 

Ritter Art Gallery: Saturday, September 15 – Saturday, October 27, 2018 

Opening: Friday, September 14, 2018, 6:30 pm