To create a post-graduate residency program for up-and-coming artists, to be mentored by renowned international artists.
Winner: University of Miami
Amount: $1.8 million
About the project: Art + Research is a fellow residency program for emerging artists that strives to enrich South Florida’s intellectual life. Established by the University of Miami in partnership with developer Craig Robins, the two-year program will invite prominent international artists to mentor the residents who will live in the Design District. The international scholars will be key to the program, emphasizing Miami’s role as an art-world center. Also, the program will be thematically based, with a new concept focused on contemporary art and society introduced every two years. Art + Research will be an incubator for innovative arts projects that also contributes to South Florida’s reputation as an arts center.
Project Web site: http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,2593-1;65660-3,00.html
About the winner: The University of Miami is the largest private institution of higher learning in the southeastern United States and the only private research institution in South Florida. The “U”, as it is affectionately known by students and alumni, is a private, non-sectarian institution, currently enrolling 15,670 students. Alumni live in all 50 states and in 148 countries and total close to 155,000. Since its founding in 1925, the University of Miami has grown from its main location in the City of Coral Gables to include the Miller School of Medicine campus located in downtown Miami and the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science campus based on Virginia Key. With more than 10,000 full- and part-time faculty and staff, UM is the second largest private employer in Miami-Dade County.