Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards
Apply by Monday, May 6, 2013
The Jack K. and Gertrude Murphy Fellowships, and Edwin Anthony and Adelaide Boudreaux Cadogan Scholarships help fuel the continued forward-thinking, visual arts movement that makes the Bay Area unique. Established in 1986, these awards are designed to further the development of Bay Area MFA students’ and to foster the exploration of their artistic potential in digital art, film/video, hybrid practice, installation, mixed media, painting, photography, and sculpture. Winners receive $4,000 in tuition assistance and have their work displayed in a professionally-curated exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center.
DONORS
Gertrude Murphy was a San Francisco-based sculptor. She was a recipient of numerous art awards, and exhibited her work at the deYoung Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Her husband, Jack K. Murphy was a civic leader who served as president of the Jackson Square Association.
Edwin Anthony and Adelaide Boudreaux Cadogan met while attending the San Francisco Art Institute and later were both active members of the Marin Society of Artists. Adelaide devoted herself to painting and sculpture and Edwin worked primarily in oil painting and stoneware pottery. He was an alumnus of Berkeley High School and served as the head the art department at College of Marin, where Cadogan Hall is named in his honor. Adelaide and Edwin both experienced financial difficulties while in art school and understood the great impact scholarships could make during this early phase in an artist’s career. The Cadogans never had children, but in a handwritten letter to The Foundation, Mrs. Cadogan wrote that she wished for the “art students of the future to be our children.”
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We are now accepting applications for the 2013 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards. For complete eligibility requirements, application instructions, and evaluation criteria, please visit our Application Guidelines.
The deadline to apply is Monday, May 6, 2013, by 11:59 p.m. PST.
2012 AWARDEES
Fatema Abdoolcarim, Film/Video
Cadogan Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Teresa Baker, Painting
Cadogan Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Dan Battle, Painting
Cadogan Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Mika Boyd, Installation
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
Tristan Cai, Photography
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
Ji Eun Chun, Sculpture
Cadogan Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Amber Crabbe, Hybrid Practice
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
Missy Engelhardt, Sculpture
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
Seamus Harte, Film/Video
Cadogan Scholarship, Stanford University
Nancy Ivanhoe, Mixed Media
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
Beckey Kaye, Sculpture
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco State University
Amber Fawn Keig, Hybrid Practice
Cadogan Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Sahar Khoury, Sculpture
Murphy Fellowship, UC Berkeley
Jesus Landin-Torrez III, Hybrid Practice
Cadogan Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Keegan Luttrell, Sculpture
Murphy Fellowship, Mills College
Yan Yan Mao, Hybrid Practice
Cadogan Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Elizabeth Moran, Photography
Cadogan Scholarship, California College of the Arts
David Olsson, Film/Video
Cadogan Scholarship, California College of the Arts
Kate Short, Installation
Murphy Fellowship, Mills College
Dimitra Skandali, Installation
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
Dawn Weleski, Hybrid Practice
Cadogan Scholarship, Stanford University
Michal Wisniowski, Painting
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
Momo Yao, Drawing
Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco Art Institute
2012 JURY
Justin Hoover is the Curator and Gallery Director at SOMArts Cultural Center. He is also a an artist who works with sculpture, paper, video, and performance. In addition to being Founder and Director of Radical Practices Auction House, and Founder/Director of the Garage Biennale (2004–2009), Hoover serves on the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Art Institute.
Mildred Howard is a Bay Area artist known for her sculptural installations and her work with mixed media and assemblage. She has received numerous awards including the Adeline Kent Award from the San Francisco Art Institute, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award, and a fellowship from the California Arts Council. She has also received public commissions from the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington; the City of Oakland; the San Francisco Arts Commission; and the San Jose Museum of Art.
Adrian Arias is the Multimedia Coordinator for the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. He is also a poet, visual artist, curator, and cultural promoter. His work features repurposed found objects and poetry on canvas. Arias’ video art was the official selection of the San Francisco International Film Festival and winner of the Best Music Video at the 2009 Berkeley Film & Video Festival. Along with Susana Aragon, Arias is considered a pioneer of Peruvian video art.
Learn more about our previous awardees, and for more information about the Art Awards Program at The San Francisco Foundation, please contact us at 415.733.8500 or email us.