About the South Florida Cultural Consortium

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The South Florida Cultural Consortium (SFCC) is an alliance of the arts councils of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach Counties. Established in 1988, this Interlocal Agreement works to foster cooperation across the South Florida region to help develop and promote the work of cultural organizations, artists, and the audiences that they serve. Its programs and services range from the Visual and Media Artists Grant Program to regional arts education and cultural tourism cooperative ventures.  grants visual and media artists. The 2026 Visual and Media Artist exhibition featuring the program’s 2025 grant recipients is co-curated by MOCA Curatorial Assistant Kimari Jackson and guest curator Laura Novoa. The group show features 14 artists and one artist collaborative exploring themes of spirituality, heritage, and reconnection to home. Participating artists include: Jen Clay, Luke Jenkins, Gerbi Tsesarskaia, Mark Delmont, Elliot & Erick Jiménez, Diana Larrea, Amanda Linares, Rachelle Salnave, Onajide Shabaka, Lauren Shapiro, Nina Surel, Lisu Vega, Lauren McAloon, Carol Munder, and Manuela Gonzalez.

Spanning ceramics, textiles, photography, film, and installation, the exhibition reveals the rich conceptual and material diversity of the region’s contemporary art scene. Through these varied approaches, the show traces a cyclical meditation on life, transformation, and place, creating a cohesive dialogue that situates individual artistic practices within the broader cultural and ecological narratives shaping South Florida today.

‍The South Florida Cultural Consortium is a regional initiative in support of the arts governed by an Interlocal Agreement among the counties of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach. The Consortium’s members are the local arts agencies of these five counties, including the Broward County Cultural Division, the Arts Council of Martin County, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Keys Council of the Arts, and the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County. The Consortium works to foster cooperation across the South Florida region to help develop and promote the work of cultural organizations and artists and the audiences that they serve. Its programs and services range from the Visual and Media Artists Program to regional arts education and cultural tourism cooperative ventures. Each year, more than 300 artists who live and work throughout the five counties submit their applications for consideration to the South Florida Cultural Consortium’s Grant Program for Visual and Media Artists. Regional and national panels comprised of experts in visual art, film, and media from a variety of academic and major visual arts institutions are given the responsibility of recommending the final recipients. The South Florida Cultural Consortium is one of the most successful regional arts alliances in the nation, demonstrating that by sharing resources and best practices, the arts can thrive across a burgeoning five-county area.

The South Florida Cultural Consortium is made possible with major support from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and the Boards of County Commissioners of The Broward County Cultural Division, The Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, The Arts Council of Martin County, and the Florida Keys Council of the Arts.

Artists interested in learning about grant opportunities through the South Florida Cultural Consortium should visit Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Art in Public Places.  

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South Florida Cultural Consortium Members

‍Ashlee Thomas

Chair, South Florida Cultural Consortium

Interim Director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

Philip Dunlap

Director, Broward Cultural Division

Elizabeth S. Young

Executive Director, Florida Keys Council of the Arts

Dave Lawrence

President and CEO, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County

Nancy Turrell

Executive Director, The Arts Council, Martin County

Amanda Sanfilippo Long

Director, South Florida Cultural Consortium  

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About Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council develop cultural excellence, diversity, access and participation throughout Miami-Dade County by strategically creating and promoting equitable opportunities for artists and cultural organizations, and our residents and visitors who are their audiences. Through staff, board and programmatic resources, the Department, the Council and the Trust promote, coordinate and support Miami-Dade County’s more than 1,000 nonprofit cultural organizations as well as thousands of resident artists through grants, technical assistance, public information and interactive community planning. The Department directs the Art in Public Places program and serves its board, the Art in Public Places Trust, commissioning, curating, maintaining and promoting the County’s art collection. The Department also manages, programs and operates the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center, Joseph Caleb Auditorium, and Miami-Dade County Auditorium, all dedicated to presenting and supporting excellence in the arts for the entire community. The Department receives funding through the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, The Children’s Trust, the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Florida through the Florida Department of State, Florida Division of Arts and Culture and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Peacock Foundation, Inc., The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation, and the Taft Foundation. Other support and services are provided by TicketWeb for the Culture Shock Miami program, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, the South Florida Cultural Consortium and the Tourist Development Council.

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Regional Jurors

Taniya Deravile

Director of Arts Administration and Community Engagement I FAT Village Arts District Inc (Broward County)

Gabino A. Castelán‍

Artist

SFCC Grantee Alumnae (Palm Beach County)

Tola Porter‍

Ph.D, Museum Educator for Academic and Public Programs Lowe Art Museum | University of Miami (Miami-Dade County)

Laura Novoa‍

Former Assistant Director of Programs + Community Engagement, Bakehouse Art Complex (Miami-Dade County)

Lauren Baccus‍

Director of Education, MOCA North Miami, (Miami-Dade County)

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National Jurors

Sarah Cartwright‍

Chief Curator and Ulla R. Searing Curator of Collections, The Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL

Jazmine Catasus‍

Artistic Director / Master Printer, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

Jasper A. Sanchez‍

Assistant Curator, Boston Public Art Triennial, Boston, MA.

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Imaj Kredi: 

MANUELA GONZÁLEZ. Luz de Luna, 2025