JURORS

Denise Markonish is the Chief Curator at MASS MoCA. Her exhibitions include Jeffrey Gibson: POWER FULL BECAUSE WE’RE DIFFERENT; Joseph Grigely: In What Way Wham?; Marc Swanson: A Memorial to Ice at the Dead Dear Disco (MASS MoCA and Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, NY); Glenn Kaino: In the Light of a Shadows; Suffering from Realness; Trenton Doyle Hancock, Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass; Nick Cave: Until (co-organizers Carriageworks, Sydney, Australia and The Momentary, Bentonville, AK, travel to Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland); Explode Every Day: An Inquiry into the Phenomena of Wonder; Teresita Fernández: As Above So Below; Oh, Canada (traveled to Alberta, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island); and Nari Ward: Sub Mirage Lignum. She has worked on long-term projects with Laurie Anderson, and commissioned works by Sarah Oppenheimer, Stephen Vitiello, Julianne Swartz, Mark Dion, and many others. Markonish has produced numerous exhibition catalogues and edited Teresita Fernández: Wayfinding (DelMonico) and Wonder: 50 Years of RISD Glass, and co-edited Sol LeWitt: 100 Views (Yale University Press). She has taught at Williams College and the Rhode Island School of Design, was a visiting curator at Artpace, San Antonio, and Haystack School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine.

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.