TSFF & SOMArts Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition—Opening Reception

The San Francisco Foundation and SOMArts Cultural Center present The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, a focused look at the future of the Bay Area visual and media arts landscape, September 3–26, 2015. The exhibition showcases 24 promising visual artists working across disciplines and identifies young artists whose work intersects with emerging trends from Master of Fine Arts programs throughout the Bay Area.

The competitive Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fellowships and the Edwin Anthony and Adelaine Bourdeaux Cadogan Scholarships are administered by The San Francisco Foundation. Edwin Anthony and Adelaide Boudreaux Cadogan both experienced financial challenges as art students and understood the great difference scholarships can make in the early phase of an artist’s career. The two trusts provide a varying number of annual tuition awards of $6,000 to Bay Area Fine Arts graduate students in support of exploring and developing their artistic potential in digital art, film/video, hybrid practice, installation, mixed media, painting, photography, and sculpture.

2015 AWARDEES & EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Lark Buckingham, University of California Berkeley
Robin Crofut-Brittingham, San Francisco Art Institute
Enar de Dios Rodríguez, San Francisco Art Institute
Ella G. Faktorovich, San Francisco Art Institute
Sarah Farahat, California College of the Arts
Simona Fitcal, Stanford University
Clement Hil Goldberg, University of California Berkeley
Andrea Nicolette Gonzales, San Francisco Art Institute
Nico Harriman, Mills College
Cy Keener, Stanford University
Sarah Lee, California College of the Arts
Becca Levine, San Francisco Art Institute
Sai Li, San Francisco Art Institute
Masako Miyazaki, Stanford University
Dana Morrison, San Francisco Art Institute
Jacqueline Sherlock Norheim, Mills College
Marcela Pardo Ariza, San Francisco Art Institute
Laura Rokas, San Francisco Art Institute
Soraya Sharghi, San Francisco Art Institute
Joshua D. Solis, San Francisco State University
Latosha Stimage, California College of the Arts
Kaitlin Trataris, San Francisco Art Institute
Leah Virsik, San Francisco State University
Leila Weefur, Mills College

The exhibition and all accompanying events are FREE to attend and take place at SOMArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan St. in San Francisco, CA.

The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition
September 3–26, 2015
Gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday, 12–7pm & Saturday, 12–5pm

Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony
Thursday, September 3, 6:30–9pm, ceremony at 7pm

Makers, Music & Mimosas
An afternoon of artist-led creative workshops and live music
RSVP to save your spot: http://www.makers2015.eventbrite.com

Learn more: http://www.somarts.org/murphycadogan2015/