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2024 Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition celebrates 15 emerging artists shaping the future of Bay Area arts
On view November 2–December 6, 2024
Opening Reception, November 1, 6–9 PM PST
September 3, 2024, San Francisco, CA – SOMArts Cultural Center and the San Francisco Foundation present the 2024 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, which features 15 promising visual artists developing their artistic potential in digital art, film/video, hybrid practice, installation, mixed media, painting, photography and sculpture.
The pursuit of an MFA provides students with rigorous training in their artistic discipline, mentorship, and professional development, making scholarship opportunities essential. The Jack and Gertrude Murphy Competitive Award and the Edwin Anthony and Adalaine Boudreaux Cadogan scholarships has promoted the advancement of Bay Area MFA students, encourage exploration of their artistic potential, and provide crucial financial support for those currently studying at California College of the Arts, UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, and Stanford University. Nearly every MFA student from a qualifying university applied, underscoring the critical need for financial support.
“SFF supports artists and organizations across the region to be able to stay and create in their own communities. We see careers in the arts as legitimate work, know that creative industries are critical to the Bay Area’s economy, and celebrate the essential role artists play in our civic life – establishing a sense of place and identity,” share Esailama G. Artry-Diouf, San Francisco Foundation’s Associate Director of Arts & Culture.
The Jack K. and Gertrude Murphy Award of $40,000 is given to one MFA student of exceptional caliber with great artistic promise. This year’s awardee is Stanford University’s Elina Frumerman, whose practice is informed by her practice as a Jewish refugee and explores how generations pass down cultural narratives through photography, printmaking, and installation.
Edwin Anthony and Adalaine 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 winners of the Cadogan Scholarships receive $6,500 each to support their MFA studies. Cadogan scholarship awardees include:
- Cooper Salmon (Stanford), a visual artist and painter with a vision disability whose figurative works of everyday moments draw inspiration from people in his life and his evolving experience with sight.
- Ashley Spencer (CCA) explores time and material histories through a personalized lens, addressing generational grief, the Black experience in conversation with hauntology, and contemporary issues such as women’s bodies and autonomy.
- Zedekiah Gonsalves–Schild (CCA) focuses on the tension between resilience and fragility and as a disabled artist, is interested “in how we inhabit our bodies, the bodies relationship to the work of living, and how that work shapes us.”
- Lucia Gonzaléz Ippolito’s (SFSU) draws from her lineage of Mission-based muralists, screen-printers, teachers and cultural organizers to reflects the “dissonance, ambivalence, and struggle in the lives of everyday people.”
Fellowship recipients were selected by Lauren Schell Dickens, Chief Curator of the San Jose Museum of Art, Renee Cycla Villaseñor, Director of Exhibitions and Operations at ICA SF, and 2020 Murphy Award recipient and 2022 SECA Awardee Gregory Rick. All awardees benefit from mentorship by renowned artist and curator Kevin B. Chen and SOMArts Cultural Center.
“The SOMArts’ gallery serves as a site of inquiry, experimentation, and discovery, providing this year’s awardees the space to showcase their unique perspectives and voices,” says Carolina Quintanilla, SOMArts’ Gallery Director.
MURPHY AWARDEE
Elina Frumerman, Stanford University
CADOGAN AWARDEES
Gabrielle Anderman, California College of the Arts
Damon Casarez, Stanford University
Priyanka D’ Souza (Resting Museum), University of California, Berkeley
Zedekiah Gonsalves–Schild, California College of the Arts
Lucia Gonzaléz Ippolito, San Francisco State University
Emily Harter, Stanford University
Chloe King, California College of the Arts
Viviana Martinez Carlos, University of California, Berkeley
Molly Rapp, California College of the Arts
Jonah Reenders, California College of the Arts
Cooper Salmon, Stanford University
Ashley Spencer, California College of the Arts
Chelsea Stewart, San Jose State University
Daniela Tinoco, San Francisco State University
CURATOR
Kevin B. Chen
GALLERY HOURS
Thursday, 3:00–7:30 PM; Friday, 12:00–7:30 PM;
Saturday–Sunday, 12:00–5:00 PM
CALENDAR LISTINGS
Exhibition programs are free, all ages unless otherwise noted; Eventbrite RSVPs are highly encouraged.
2024 Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition
Exhibition Run
November 2–December 6, 2024
Focused look at the future of the Bay Area visual and media arts landscape presented in partnership with San Francisco Foundation.
To learn more, visit: somarts.org/murphycadogan2024
Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony
Friday, November 1, 6–9 PM PST
Join us in celebrating the 2024 Murphy & Cadogan, RSVP strongly encouraged.
To RSVP, visit: murphycadogan2024.eventbrite.com
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ABOUT SOMARTS CULTURAL CENTER
SOMArts Cultural Center, founded in 1979, cultivates access to the arts within the Bay Area by collaborating with community-focused artists and organizations. Together, we engage the power of the arts to provoke just and fair inclusion, cultural respect, and civic participation.
SOMArts plays a vital role in the arts ecosystem by helping activate the arts citywide. We do this by providing space and production support for non-profit events, as well as fairs and festivals throughout the Bay Area, and offering a robust program of art exhibitions, classes, events, and performances that are affordable and accessible to all. SOMArts’ exhibition programs receive critical support from the San Francisco Arts Commission and San Francisco Foundation, and are sponsored in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts.
SOMArts is located at 934 Brannan Street—between 8th and 9th—within 2 blocks of 101, I-80, Muni lines, and bike paths. For public information call 415-863-1414 or visit somarts.org. Stay connected by following us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
San Francisco Foundation is committed to a Bay Area where everyone can get a good job, live in a safe and affordable home, and exercise their political voice. The foundation advances its work through grantmaking, partnerships with donors, policy advocacy, and impact investing. Learn more at sff.org.
