The Finalists will each hold virtual studio visits with second-round jurors, who will ultimately select three artists to receive $15,000 in unrestricted funds.
The 2023 Atlanta Artadia Awards application was open to visual artists working in any visual media, at any stage in their career, who have been living and working within Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties for a minimum of two years.
This year’s Round 1 jurors were Rachel Adams, Chief Curator and Director of Programs, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts; Liz Andrews, Director, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art; and Jia Yi Gu, Director and Curator, MAK Center in LA. The Round 2 jurors will be Liz Andrews joined by Rory Padeken, Vicki and Kent Logan Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum.
“It was a joy to see the excellent pool of Artadia applicants from Atlanta. The finalists represent a vibrant and diverse group of artists in terms of medium, themes, and cultural representation,” remarked juror Liz Andrews.
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