OFA ART SHOW - JUDGES
November 3 & 4, 2020
10am - 4pm
Orlando Museum of Art
JEFRE MANUEL:
Jefre Manuel, known as JEFRË, is a local artist and architect who has made Orlando his home. Originally from Chicago, he took courses at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago prior to receiving a bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from Ohio State University. He also took graduate courses in landscape urbanism at the architecture association in London. He has won major public art competitions and has created numerous site-specific artworks in major cities around the world including Reflection (2010) Philadelphia, Unity Plaza, San Antonio (2012) and The Beacon and Code Wall (2014) in Orlando.
TERRY OLSON:
Terry Olson’s self-imposed title at the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs for Orange County is “Chief Arts Instigator”. It is a position he has held since 2001 when he was hired to create the office. Olson has overseen several investment programs for the arts, the development of a public arts program, and the development of an arts education program. The Orange County public art program has installed permanent public art in a dozen government buildings including the internationally recognized “Under Magnitude” at the Orange County Convention Center. They have also developed the Sculpture on the Lawn program that brings different large sculptures to downtown Orlando for year-long loans. Olson has seen the arts community grow artistically, financially, and in its audience reach and diversity.
HANSEN MULFORD:
Hansen Mulford received his M.F.A. from Tyler School of Art, Temple University and B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of South Florida. He joined the staff of the Orlando Museum of Art in 1981 and is currently, Senior Curator of the Collections and Exhibitions Department. Since 1988, he has been member of the Museum’s senior management team with responsibilities to develop and implement Museum’s annual programs of exhibitions and to develop and care for the Museum’s Collections of American Art, Art of the Ancient Americas and African Art. While serving as curator, Hansen participated in the organization’s transition from a community art center to a regional collecting museum, including four building expansions. Together with the Museum’s curatorial team he has helped to grow the permanent collections with gifts and acquisitions of traditional American Art, Contemporary Art and Contemporary Fine Art Prints.
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