Aesthetica, the international art and culture publication. We are delighted to announce the opening of the Aesthetica Art Prize. The Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world and offers an even greater opportunity for artists to showcase their work and further their involvement in the international art world. It has developed from the Creative Works Competition, which we ran for four years.

It’s a great opportunity for artists to further their reputation overseas and to involve themselves with a leading art and culture publication and we’d love to see your artists’ work in the prize! There are no age requirements for the Aesthetica Art Prize and no formal qualifications needed. Please find more information below and you can also join us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/aestheticamag

Aesthetica Art Prize: Call for Entries

The Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world and is hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, an internationally recognised art and culture publication. Four shortlisted artists and four student artists will be selected for exhibition in spring 2013. Artists working in all forms are welcome to submit work and the categories for entry are as below:

-          Photographic & Digital Art

-          Three Dimensional Design & Sculpture

-          Painting & Drawing

-          Installation & Performance

One overall winner will receive £1000 prize money (apx. $1,570) and editorial coverage in Aesthetica, as well as a place in our exhibition.

The winners and finalists, as well as a longlist of artists will be published in the accompanying publication to the Aesthetica Art Prize. All artists featured will receive a complimentary copy of this publication.

Entry costs £15 (apx. $23) and permits the submission of two pieces into any one category.

The deadline for entry is 31 August 2012.

Please visit http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/artprize.htm for more information and to enter.

Aesthetica Magazine

PO Box 371

York, YO23 1WL, UK

(+44) (0) 1904 629 137

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Triple Canopy: Call for proposals
from artists and writers

Due by February 13, 2012

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Triple Canopy announces its third annual call for proposals by artists and writers
Triple Canopy, the online publication and editorial collective based in New York, Los Angeles, and Berlin, is pleased to announce its third annual call for proposals. Commissions will be considered under six project areas and published in the course of the next year. Artistic, editorial, and technical staff will work closely with contributors as they develop the best approach to realizing their projects on the Web, from the conceptual phase to the design and technological production. Recipients receive:

• Three to six months of artistic, editorial, and technical support
• Honorarium of up to 300 USD as well as material costs
• Opportunity to present the project to an audience in the form of a reading, workshop, or discussion
• Opportunity for inclusion in our annual print publication, Invalid Format: An Anthology of Triple Canopy, as well as our ongoing broadsheet series
• Archiving and long-term maintenance of the final project by technical staff

Triple Canopy welcomes artist projects that treat the Internet as a medium and seek to develop ideas that engage with—but reach beyond—its specific qualities and attendant modes of readership and viewership; artful reporting, intelligible philosophizing, distinctive fictionalizing and the like. Because of Triple Canopy’s unique interface we encourage writers not to be bound by the standard styles of magazine, art, and academic writing.

Applications are due by midnight on Monday, February 13, 2012. Applicants will be notified by March 1 whether their proposals have reached the second round of review. Commission recipients will be announced on April 3. Projects will be developed in collaboration with Triple Canopy for publication in the online magazine (or live presentation in New York) between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.

View our submission guidelines »
View past commission recipients »

About Triple Canopy
Triple Canopy is an online magazine, workspace, and platform for editorial and curatorial activities. Working collaboratively with writers, artists, and researchers, Triple Canopy facilitates projects that engage the Internet’s specific characteristics as a public forum and as a medium, one with its own evolving practices of reading and viewing, economies of attention, and modes of interaction. In doing so, Triple Canopy is charting an expanded field of publication, drawing on the history of print culture while acting as a hub for the exploration of emerging forms and the public spaces constituted around them. Triple Canopy is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization.

Support for Triple Canopy
Triple Canopy gratefully acknowledges The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, The Buddy Taub Foundation, CEC ArtsLink, Chamber Music America, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Experimental TV Center, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York Council for the Humanities, New York State Council on the Arts, Office for Contemporary Art Norway, and the Orphiflamme Foundation, as well as the many individuals and in-kind contributors who have generously given their support.

Kiki Smith. Blue Moon III, 2011. Cast 1 of 3. © Kiki Smith/ Courtesy The Pace Gallery Photo courtesy of Melissa Christy / Walla Walla Foundry.

“In this week’s roundup Kiki Smith explores interdependence, Paul McCarthy delves into expressionism, Laurie Anderson sees the future, Cindy Sherman deals with fiction/depiction, and more.

• Visionary Sugar: Works by Kiki Smith will be on view at the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College (NY).  The exhibition includes new large-scale drawings, collages, tapestries, multi-colored gilded reliefs, and metal sculpture. In this work, Kiki Smith explores the interdependence of all living things, ‘representing and embracing the vitality of an animistic, spiritually-charged universe’. The show will run February 4 – May 6.

• L.A. RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles, 1945-1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy is part of the Getty Foundation’s initiative Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945–1980 that traces the distinctive aesthetic of figurative expressionism from the end of World War II to the present. The Pasadena Museum of California Art show includes Paul McCarthy‘s work and demonstrates the ongoing relevance of expressionism as a primary approach to art making.  This exhibition closes May 20.

• Tommy Hartung & Uri Aran reflects the two artists’ years of exchange and collaboration, revealing their parallel interests in storytelling and varied notions of desire, sentimentality, and sadness. The exhibition is accompanied by a published conversation between Hartung and Aran. This show takes place at White Flag Projects (St. Louis) and closes February 18.

• Kerry James Marshall‘s Black Night Falling: Black holes and constellations will soon be on view at the Monique Meloche Gallery (Chicago).  This work is part of the gallery’s on the wall series, a rotation of projects viewed from the street through floor to ceiling windows. This series is intended to engage the community and challenge the white cube notion of viewing.  Marshall’s work will be on view February 4 – May 12.

• Laurie Anderson was interviewed in the January 2012 issue of Believer magazine about her vision of art in the future.  Anderson sees a future in which ‘[w]e’ll be able to be in the present more effectively’ and no longer need to make art or have museums, say five thousand years from now. Anderson raises interesting questions for artists: Will art still be made in the future? If so, what will it look like?

• John Baldessari: Class Assignments, (Optional) features student works that are responses to a series of notes/instructions provided by John Baldessari, who first used them in 1970, when he was a professor at California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts).  The project and exhibition reflect Baldessari’s ongoing interest in pedagogical and conceptual approaches to art making.  This show is at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts and closes March 31.

• Cindy Sherman‘s work is on view in Blind Cut at the Marlborough Chelsea (NYC).  This group exhibition spans several generations and addresses questions regarding identity, authorship, originality and reality.  The work includes diverse notions of fiction and depiction and will close on February 18.

• Yinka Shonibare MBE will be exhibiting at the James Cohan Gallery (NYC) with a multi-part exhibition of new sculptures, photographs and the premiere of a new film.  Shonibare’s Addio del Passato explores the concept of destiny as it relates to themes of desire, yearning, love, power and sexual repression.  This exhibition will run February 16 – March 24.

• Vija Celmins, upcoming Season 6 artist Ai Weiwei, and 53 other artists have work in Lifelike, an international group exhibition at the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis) that features artists ‘variously using scale, unusual materials, and sly contextual devices to reveal the manner in which their subjects’ ‘authenticity’ is manufactured.’  The show will run from February 25 – May 27.

• Mark your calendars for the Barry McGee retrospective exhibition at the University of California’s Berkley Art Museum.  This show will celebrate over 20 years of work from McGee.  Sponsor the Andy Warhol Foundation donated $100,000 to the event, which is a testament to McGee’s work. This exhibition will run August 23 – December 9.

‘Weekly Roundup’ originally appeared on the Art21 Blog

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Sharjah Art Foundation Announces
Open Call for 2012 Production
Programme Grants

Open Call for Submissions For Up To 200,000 USD Towards The Funding of New Work; Available to Artists Working in a Range of Media

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The Sharjah Art Foundation announces the continuation of its prestigious Production Programme offering up to 200,000 USD in production grants to artists working in a wide range of media. The Foundation announces an Open Call for Submissions and invites applications for the funding of new work from artists working in a range of media including sculpture, installation, time-based media, artist publications, and performance. The aim of this programme is to encourage innovative and ambitious projects and to provide artists with a platform for experimentation. Selected projects will be developed and produced by the artist and Sharjah Art Foundation. The deadline for submission is February 24, 2012. All applications will be reviewed by a distinguished jury and selections will be announced in March during the Foundation’s annual March Meeting (March 17–19, 2012)—a three-day symposium of artists, art professionals, and institutions from around the world who will gather in Sharjah to address this year’s topic of artist residencies and commissions with a specific focus on the MENASA region.

Originally launched in 2008 in support of the Sharjah Biennial, the Sharjah Art Foundation later incorporated the Production Programme as one of its core initiatives in 2010. Recipients of the Foundation’s 2012 Production Programme grants will join a list of distinguished artists whose work has been funded by the Foundation including Bani Abidi and CAMP, whose SAF commissioned projects will be first premiered at Documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany in June 2012.

Sharjah Art Foundation President Hoor Al-Qasimi stated, “The support of artists and art production is one of the most important missions of the Sharjah Art Foundation. We hope this initiative will contribute to the cultural landscape by providing opportunities for artists both locally and internationally. We look forward to receiving proposals from different parts of the world and working with the artists selected.”

About the Production Programme
The Sharjah Art Foundation Production Programme broadens the possibilities for the production of art in the MENASA region through a commitment to support innovation and excellence in artistic practice by encouraging risk and experimentation. This commitment places artists at the core of the Foundation’s mission by offering grants and professional support for the realisation of projects selected from an open call for proposals.

The past decade has seen an extraordinary rise in artistic activity throughout the Middle East, resulting in an increased visibility for artists both regionally and internationally. Within this context, the Foundation hopes to promote and encourage an environment of public and private patronage for the highest level of artistic endeavour.

Art practitioners are invited to propose imaginative, ambitious and inspirational projects that will transform our understanding of what art is and how it can be experienced. With this initiative Sharjah Art Foundation hopes to engage and challenge the artists and audiences aesthetically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, politically or in ways new and unexpected.

For further information and applications please visit the www.sharjahart.org or contact productionprogramme@sharjahart.org

About the Sharjah Art Foundation:
Sharjah Art Foundation supports the flourishing arts environment in the Gulf by nurturing artistic opportunities and actively pursuing both a regional and international programme of cultural collaboration and exchange.

Sharjah Art Foundation builds on the pioneering role the Emirate of Sharjah has played in the artistic and cultural development of the Gulf region. Inspired by the cross-fertilization and rich cultural diversity of the Emirates, the Foundation provides both national and international leadership in the production and presentation of contemporary visual arts. Recognising the central and distinctive contribution that art makes to society, the Sharjah Art Foundation cultivates a spirit of research, experimentation and excellence while acting as a catalyst for collaboration and exchange within the Middle East and beyond.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates
Maitha Al Jassim
Public relations & media officer
Tel: +971-6-544-4113, ext. 25
E: maitha@sharjahart.org

FITZ & CO, New York
Concetta Duncan
Assistant Director
Tel: +1 212-627-1455 x 232
E: concetta@fitzandco.com

t +971 6 568 5050 | f +971 6 568 5800 | PO Box 19989 Sharjah, UAE

“The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and its research institute, the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA), have launched a digital archive of primary-source materials relating to 20th-century Latin American and Latino art, culled by hundreds of researchers based in 16 cities in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. The online archive is available worldwide, free of charge, at www.icaadocs.mfah.org, and is intended as a catalyst for the future of a field that has been notoriously lacking in accessible resources.“

(Via e-flux shows :: rss.)

Saturday, Feburary 4, 6-10pm

Downtown Fort Lauderdale

Girls’ Club | 117 NE 2nd Street | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 33301

The Third Avenue Art District in downtown Fort Lauderdale celebrates its 17th Annual ArtWalk with nine artists opening their studios to the community. Girls’ Club and Francie Bishop Studio will be open for visitors 6-10pm and Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale will be open from 6-9pm.

This group of eleven professional artists has focused its efforts on creating a visual arts district in Fort Lauderdale. In the professional world, these artists are national and international award winning talents visible in museum, public and private collections. For more details visit www.thirdavenueartistdistrict.com

Rijksakademie Residency:
Final Call for Entries

January–December 2013

Apply before February 1, 2012.
www.rijksakademie.nl/apply

The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam (est. 1870) aims to develop top talent in the international visual art world and promotes the position of art and artists in today’s society.

By offering artistic, theoretical and technical support the Rijksakademie creates an environment in which about 50 emerging professional artists from all over the world can, for a maximum of two years, work on deepening, broadening and accelerating their profession—individually and socially.

In addition to facilities like a studio and a work budget, the residents can request feedback and support from internationally acclaimed artists and theorists, who are connected to the Rijksakademie as advisors. In professionally equipped workshops technicians collaborate with the artists in finding solutions to create their work. The presence of different media makes inter-disciplinary projects possible. Furthermore, the Rijksakademie hosts (historical) art collections, an extensive library and artists’ documentation.

Rijksakademie alumni include Carlos Amorales, Yael Bartana, David Claerbout, Ryan Gander, Runa Islam, Nathaniel Mellors, Michael Raedecker and Marijke van Warmerdam.

Application
Each year, out of more than 2000 applicants, some 25 artists are invited for a residency. Artists can apply for the residency January–December 2013 by using the online application form.

A residency at the Rijksakademie has the most impact on an artists’ career with three to five years of professional experience before applying.

Apply before February 1, 2012.
www.rijksakademie.nl/apply

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten
Sarphatistraat 470
1018 GW Amsterdam
The Netherlands
T +31 20 5270300
E info@rijksakademie.nl

“Finally, we have a place to experiment, essentially create a laboratory for artistic experiments, where teachers, parents and children can be inspired to solve design problems and stimulate their imaginative energies. The specially designed work tables and art equipment make this classroom space unique in South Florida,” says President of the Board of Directors at the Bass Museum of Art, George Lindemann.

The fun-filled afternoon will celebrate the magic of art, featuring inventive art projects for children and a magic show by Gary Goodman at 3 p.m. The new Lindemann Family Creativity Center will be the home of the museum’s IDEA@thebass program of art classes and workshops. Developed in conjunction with Stanford University’s acclaimed Institute of Design, IDEA classes employ a method of teaching known as “Design Thinking,” an open-ended method of problem solving that allows children to brainstorm, work in teams and engage in creative play.

“IDEA@thebass is about creativity and promoting 21^st century skills through art. For the past three years, George Lindemann, our Board President, has championed and supported this program and its in-school and in museum components. The Lindemann Family Creativity Center, the base camp for this program, will serve as a lab for innovation,” says Bass Museum of Art’s Executive Director and Chief Curator Silvia Karman Cubiñá.

In addition, the Bass Museum of Art will introduce two new children’s programs with multiple sessions spanning February through May. The Bass Babies program for ages 2 – 4 will be held weekly on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and allow parents and their toddles to tap into their creative side while learning the basics of art. The Bass Buddies program for ages 4 – 6 will be held every other Saturday from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will include specific art lessons that are paired with a fitting song. Other activities may include science experiments, slide shows, museum walks and short stories.

On February 3, 2012 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. the Bass Museum of Art will host its monthly Beats After Sunset happy hour with sounds by DJ Joesef-K. The event will serve as the unofficial beats relaunch with an introduction of its new host committee and after party sponsor Chalk Ping Pong & Billiards Lounge.

Guests will enjoy complimentary Little Black Dress vodka and Herradura tequila cocktails provided by Brown Forman as well as sparkling water by Perrier. Chalk Ping Pong & Billiards Lounge will set the tone for the evening with a ping pong table centered in the museum’s café. Following the happy hour, guests are invited to the after party at Chalk and will receive two drink tickets along with free ping pong from 11 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Exhibits on view include “Laurent Grasso: Portrait of a Young Man” and “Erwin Wurm: Beauty Business.” As a special additional to this month’s beats, Erwin Wurm’s “Drinking Sculptures” will be activated with classic spirits to enjoy while admiring the exhibit.

Admission to the museum and activities are free of charge as always on IDEA@thebass family days.

The Lindemann Family Creativity Center will be open during regular business hours and serve as a creative outlet for drop-in art fun for the entire family.  An art instructor will be available to assist with the many projects developed for the center.  Additionally, the center will house the very popular Thursday afternoon Art Club for Adults led by the museum’s Director of Education, Dr. Adrienne von Lates.  Admission to the museum and the Lindemann Family Creativity Center is free for Miami Beach residents and cost of museum admission for adults ($8, students $6, and children under 6 are free).

Lindemann Family Creativity Center is generously supported by George Lindemann, the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; The Children’s Trust – The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Debbie and Jeff Weschler and Bass Museum of Art membership.

About the Bass Museum of Art:

Located in Miami Beach, the Bass Museum of Art offers a dynamic year-round calendar of exhibitions exploring the connections between contemporary art and works of art from its permanent collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture, textiles, Apulian Vessel Gallery and Egyptian Gallery. Artists’ projects, educational programs, lectures, concerts and free family days complement the works on view. Founded in 1963 when the City of Miami Beach accepted a collection of Renaissance and Baroque works of art from collectors John and Johanna Bass, the collection was housed in an Art Deco building designed in 1930 by Russell Pancoast. Architect Arata Isozaki designed an addition to the museum between 1998 and 2002 that doubled its size from 15,000 to 35,000 square feet.  Most recently, the museum selected internationally acclaimed Oppenheim Architecture + Design to lead its first phase of design and renovation tied to the 2010 completion of Miami Beach’s Collins Park. Oppenheim redesigned and relocated the museum’s arrival area to flow from and into the new park on Collins Avenue. For more information, please visit http://www.bassmuseum.org

The Bass Museum of Art is generously funded by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; The Children’s Trust. The Trust is a dedicated source of revenue established by voter referendum to improve the lives of children and families in Miami-Dade County; the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and Bass Museum of Art membership.

The first recipient of the residency is Paul Hornschemeier, Ohio State University alumnus and author of books including Mother, Come Home and the New York Times bestselling Life With Mr. Dangerous. In addition to researching and producing new work, he will take part in public events during his stay in Columbus. Thurber House will engage Paul in both youth and adult educational programs.

“We are incredibly excited to be part of this new residency,” said Nannette V. Maciejunes, executive director of the Columbus Museum of Art. “It gives us the opportunity to continue the conversation about the place comic art holds in the art world as we deepen our relationship with Thurber House.” “CMA and Thurber House share a strong commitment to outreach and education within the Columbus community,” said Susanne Jaffe, executive director of Thurber House. “Connecting the visual and written arts through this residency has been a natural partnership.”

Related Programs:

At Thurber House:

The Graphic Novel
Adult Writing Workshop
Monday, March 26, 6:00-8:00 PM

Instructor: Paul Hornschemeier.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: March 16

Young Writers’ Studio Wednesday, March 28, 6:00-8:00 PM

Led by Paul Hornschemeier

Visit thurberhouse.org for more information

At Columbus Museum of Art: Big Picture Lecture Saturday, March 31, 2:00 PM

Otterbein professor of philosophy Andrew Mills will speak about Hornschemeier’s work in a philosophical context. Hornschemeier majored in philosophy at The Ohio State University and often addresses philosophical issues in his books, most notably in his 2007 work The Three Paradoxes. Presented in collaboration with The OSU Institute for Collaborative Research and Public Humanities. Admission to the lecture is free.

Artist’s Talk and Interview Thursday, April 5, 7:00 PM Paul Hornschemeier speaks about his creative process with interviewer, comics writer, and blogger Jared Gardner, a professor of English and Film Studies at OSU. In conjunction with his talk, CMA will display a selection of Hornschemeier’s scripts, storyboards, and sketches highlighting his creative process. Free with museum admission.

About the Columbus Museum of Art: The Columbus Museum of Art creates great experiences with great art for everyone. The Greater Columbus Arts Council, Nationwide Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, and the Charlotte R. Haller, Lewis K. Osborne, and Robert B. Hurst funds of The Columbus Foundation provide ongoing support. CMA and the Museum Store are open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM, and until 8:30 PM every Thursday.The Palette Express is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. For additional information, call 614.221.4848 or visit www.columbusmuseum.org.

About Thurber House: Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Thurber House opened its doors in 1984 as a non-profit literary center and museum located in the former home of author, and New Yorker cartoonist, James Thurber. Our mission is to celebrate the written word for the education and entertainment of the broadest possible audience, and to continue the legacy of James Thurber. Thurber House is proud to be in a city and a state that provides generous support to the arts. For additional information, please visit www.ThurberHouse.org.

“Total Disappearance, v.1 (video still)”
archival pigment print on Canson paper
[Narrated video]

Jan., 2012 – Onajide Shabaka is thrilled to announce the opening of “Mangrove Mud Womp,” a solo exhibition of work by multimedia artist, featuring prints, drawings, videos, and sculpture at Second Avenue Studio, on the downtown Fort Lauderdale campus of Florida Atlantic University. The show centers on Shabaka’s interactions in Anne Kolb Nature Center’s mangrove estuary. Conceptually derived from exploring materials archived by him from his elderly relatives relocated to Florida in the 1920s from South Carolina, Shabaka opens a world within a world.

“‘Mangrove Mud Womp’ take us on a mysterious, and miraculous trip through a Florida unseen and only known by a rare few. Onajide Shabaka serves as the visual guide and narrator through this world of the strange and the unique, half real world as we travel into the deep, deep mud of the ancient estuary, the guardian mythic spirit of the mangroves.”

Shabaka’s art practice is varied and multi-media, using drawing, photography, video, and performative actions with a grounding in ethnobotany, anthropology, geology and, African Atlantic cultural aesthetics. It is an art practice focused on facilitating thought, introspection and discussion.

In addition to the exhibition, Florida Atlantic Univ. will host a panel discussion, “Urban Planning & Design and the use of Open Space(s),” moderated by Shabaka and including faculty from the School of Urban & Regional Planning, local architect, Margi Nothard, and others.

Second Avenue Studio
220 SE Second Avenue
Fort Lauderdale 33301

Exhibition Dates: January 30 to March 2, 2012

Open on “Café’ Wednesdays” gallery nights:

Feb. 4 – Third Avenue Annual Artwalk: Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 6-10 pm.
Feb. 8 – Artist’s Reception, 4-7 pm.
Feb. 22 – PANEL DISCUSSION: “Urban Planning & Design and the use of Open Space(s),” 3:30 to 5:30 pm
Feb. 29 (closing reception)

Funding for this project is provided in part by the
Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.