JURORS

Ben Davis is the author of 9.5 Theses on Art and Class (Haymarket, 2013), which ARTnews named one of the best art books of the decade in 2019, and Art in the After-Culture (Haymarket, 2022), which was named an art book of the year by the New York Times and the Times Literary Supplement. He has been Artnet News's National Art Critic since 2016. His writings have also been featured in The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Baffler, Jacobin, Slate, Salvage, e-Flux Journal, Frieze, and many other venues. In 2019, Nieman Journalism Lab reported that he was one of the five most influential art critics in the United States. He lives in Brooklyn.

Maryse Brand has worked at the Hall Art Foundation since 2013, where, through numerous exhibitions, partnerships and publications, she has been involved in furthering the Foundation’s mission to make available postwar and contemporary art works from its own collection and that of Andrew and Christine Hall for the enjoyment and education of the public.

Heather Ferrell has served as the Curator and Director of Exhibitions at the BCA since 2016. She has organized and curated numerous exhibitions of regional, national and international artists including Diana Al-Hadid: Immaterial; Transcendent: Spirituality and Contemporary Art, and Meg Lipke: In the Making. She received her MA in Art History and Museums Studies from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Sarah joined BMAC in 2015 as Exhibitions Manager, and was appointed Director of Exhibitions in 2021. Prior to joining BMAC, Sarah held positions at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, and The Lighthouse Centre for Architecture, Design, and the City in Glasgow, Scotland.

Rachel Moore has been with The Current since 2010, first as Curator and Assistant Director, then as Executive Director. Moore has presented and produced exhibitions nationally and internationally on the topics of art as a catalyst for change, public art, social practice, and art and civic engagement.