The Florida Prize in Contemporary Art

Orlando Museum of Art announces the 2016 Florida Prize in Contemporary Art

May 13 – August 14, 2016

The Florida Prize in Contemporary Art is an initiative of the Orlando Museum of Art that brings a new level of recognition to the State’s most progressive artists. Now in its third year, the 2016 exhibition will present ten outstanding artists, with one selected to receive the prize. These artists work in a range of media and artistic practices, often in new and unexpected ways. The challenging nature of their work will offer Museum visitors insight into the complex and exciting world of contemporary art in Florida.

This year’s artists are: Anthea Behm, Gainesville; Adler Guerrier, Miami; María Martínez-Cañas, Miami; Noelle Mason, Tampa; Ernesto Oroza, Aventura; Matt Roberts, Deland; Dawn Roe, Winter Park; Kyle Trowbridge, Coral Gables; Michael Vasquez, Miami; and Sergio Vega, Gainesville.

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Pares & Nones curated by Alanna Lockward

The exhibition, Pares & Nones – Photography from Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is currently on view at Casa de las Américas in Havana, from April 15 to May 15, 2016.

The curator, Alanna Lockward, organized the show for The Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo (October 16, 2002 -November 9, 2002); it was subsequently presented in Miami (Art Basel Miami Beach; December 3, 2002 – January, 06, 2003), Berlin (Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut; June 03, 2004 – June 26, 2004), Lomé (Goethe Institut; March 03, 2008 – March 19, 2008).

The exhibition features works by Haitian artists — Olivier Flambert, Adler Guerrier, Carl Juste, Roxane Ledan, Daniel Morel, Roberto Stephenson, Marc Steed and Dominican artists — Elia Alba, Vinicio Almonte, Carlos Acero, Ricardo Briones, Miguel Gómez, Fonso Khouri, Abraham Khouri, Darío Oleaga.

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Park McArthur – Private Signs

At The Jewish Museum, in Unorthodox

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And at ABMB, Essex Street Gallery showing McArthur’s Liabilities with Cameron Rowland’s Lashings.

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