To promote local artists and their work by creating a nonprofit publishing house for Miami-based art books.
Winner: Gean Moreno
Amount: $30,000
About the project: Gean Moreno will create the first nonprofit publishing house for South Florida-based art books. A writer and curator, Moreno's organization will produce and distribute its own collection of titles and work with local institutions to produce high quality catalogues and thematic volumes. The publications will archive South Florida's cultural happenings, leaving a legacy for future generations. Also, the work of local artists will be exposed to a larger audience.
Project Web site: http://www.namepublications.org
About the winner: An artist and writer based in Miami, Gean Moreno's work has been exhibited at North Miami's Museum of Contemporary Art, CCA Glasgow, Frost Art Museum, Bass Museum, Moore Space, Cuarto Nivel Foundation, Haifa Museum, Institute of Visual Arts in Milwaukee, and Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis in Bregenz, Austria. Moreno was awarded the Leo and Raye Chestler Contemporary Visual Arts Award in 2006 and the Emilio Sanchez Visual Artists Award given by the Oscar B. Cintas Foundation in 2007. Moreno, a contributing editor for Art Papers and ArtUS, has written for various publications and catalogues. He was closely involved with Locust Projects, an alternative exhibition venue in Miami, between 2002 and 2006. In 2008, Moreno founded [NAME] Publications.
Web site: http://www.sevenseven.com/moreno/