The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts: Artist Residency

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts offers artists-in-residence the gift of time, space, and financial support. Application deadline: September 30. The Bemis Center provides artists-in-residence with the gift of time, space and financial support. TIME: 3 months of uninterrupted, self-directed work time. SPACE: The Bemis Center is housed in two urban warehouses totaling 110,000 square…

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Artist Talk to Discuss New Public Artwork for the Pompano Beach Branch Library

Broward Cultural Division invites the public to meet artist Jennifer Andrews to participate in a discussion about the public art slotted for the new Pompano Beach Branch Library. The meeting will be held on Monday, September 10, 2012, at 7 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers Conference Room, City Hall, 100 W. Atlantic Boulevard, in…

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Art Fallout 2012 is on its way!

Saturday October 6, 2012 One-Day Open Call exhibition of South Florida artists at Girls’ Club to energize Downtown Fort Lauderdale Contemporary Art Scene. Tour art venues, studios, exhibitions with free shuttle transportation.   To celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month, a coast-to-coast collective recognition of the importance of culture in the United States, Girls’ Club is…

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Broward County Creative Investment Grants for Artists Workshop

Creative Investment Program (CIP) For Not-For-Profit Cultural Organizations and Individual Artists ORGANIZATIONS: Broward Cultural Division invites interested participants from the community to a workshop for the Creative Investment Program for Not for Profit Organizations. The purpose of the Creative Investment Program is to assist eligible Broward County not-for-profit cultural organizations with annual operating revenues of…

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Be Inspired! Call for submissions at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale

Be Inspired! at the MoA|FL The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale is pleased to host SHARK, on view through January 6, 2013. Organized by the Museum of Art in association with Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center, SHARK takes visitors on a journey through over 70 artists’ perspectives on these fascinating creatures – from predator,…

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Venus Radio, Playing Music by Women.

Venus broadcasts on CKUT 90.3 FM in Montreal on Thursdays from noon to 2, and at www.ckut.ca worldwide, any time you want. Venus. Music by women. Listen live to CKUT here. Get the Venus podcast here.

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Broward County Cultural Division Wins National Award for Website

Broward County Cultural Division is the recipient of a national Award of Excellence from the National Association of County Information Officers (NACIO) for the design of its new website. For more than three decades, NACIO’s annual Awards of Excellence program has recognized the best works of county public information officers and state association of counties’…

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Studio 18 in the Pines seeking aplicants for Artist in Residency program

2012 STUDIO 18 IN THE PINES Seeking Applicants to the Artist in Residency Program 1101 Poinciana Drive, Pembroke Pines, FL 33025 The Artist in Residency Program is an opportunity for a practicing professional visual artist to receive a work studio for the purpose of creating his/her individual work, and is encouraged to work on group…

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Frances Trombly

Receipts (Publix and Target), 2008* Embroidery on fabric 15.25 x 3 inches acquired 2008 Receipts (random), 2008 Embroidery on fabric 15.25 x 3 inches acquired 2008 Box (West Side Movers), 2008 Hand woven fabric, embroidery, packing tape 36 x 34 inches acquired 2008 Plywood, 2004 Cross-stitched fabric 15.5 x 10 inches acquired 2006 www.francestrombly.com Biography Born 1976…

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Lezley Saar

Roots, 1997* Mixed media 46 x 18 x 2.5 inches acquired 1997 Vodun, 1996 Mixed media 24 x 16 x 5 inches acquired 1997       Biography Born 1953  in Los Angeles, California. “The work fixates on duality:  black/ white, male/ female, sane/ insane, natural/ mechanical,  material/ spiritual … posing questions,  highlighting ironies, celebrating…

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Su-en Wong

Limelight/Caribbean Coast, 2006* Colored pencil and acrylic on panel 76 x 110 inches acquired 2006 Big Rock, 2006 Graphite on paper 30 x 44 inches acquired 2007 Biography Born 1973 in Singapore. Wong received her MFA in 1997, from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, after receiving her M.A. (1995) from the University if…

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Lisa Sanditz

Village of Hiddenbrooke Model Home, 2005 Archival inkjet pigment and silkscreen varnish on paper 13 x 14 inches acquired 2006 If you didn’t know it’s the Swiss Alps, you might believe you’re there, 2003* Mixed media on canvas 72 x 68 inches acquired 2003 The Gloomy Day, 2002 Mixed media on canvas 46 x 64…

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