NEW ART SOUTH FLORIDA: South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition

Saturday, January 30, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Audience: All

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A Zoom Virtual Tour with Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale kicked off its new exhibition season with New Art South Florida, the 2020 South Florida Cultural Consortium (SFCC) exhibition. Featuring the work of 13 preeminent South Florida artists who are recipients of the 2020 South Florida Cultural Consortium awards, the exhibition is curated by NSU Art Museum’s Director and Chief Curator, Bonnie Clearwater, a longtime champion of South Florida artists. New Art South Florida is on view at NSU Art Museum from November 22, 2020-February 21, 2021 and will be accompanied by a publication featuring essays by Clearwater and others. The exhibition’s artists work in a wide range of mediums and include: Broward County: Nathalie Alfonso, Shane Eason and Andriana Mereuta; Miami-Dade County: Itzel Basualdo, Franky Cruz, GeoVanna Gonzalez, Nicolas Lobo, Monica Lopez De Victoria, Kareem Tabsch and Antonia Wright; Palm Beach County: Ates Isildak; and Monroe County: Michel Delgado and Mark Hedden.

Bonnie  Clearwater 

NSU Art Museum

Bonnie Clearwater’s art-world wayfaring extends from New York and Los Angeles to South Florida, where she helped to cultivate Miami’s emergence as an international arts center and, most recently, spearheaded the transformation of NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. After becoming director and chief curator six years ago, she’s overseen a major rebranding of the former Museum of Art and an expansion of the museum’s local, national and international reach. Recognized for her vision as a curator, her scholarship and her achievements in public education and community outreach, she has developed a world-class exhibition program growing the museum's education initiatives and public programs.