JURORS

Chrissie Iles is the Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She has curated numerous exhibitions, including surveys of Louise Bourgeois, Donald Judd, Dan Graham (with Bennett Simpson), and Sharon Hayes, as well as several major thematic exhibitions, including “Into the Light: The Projected Image in American Art 1964–1977,” “Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art 1910–2016,” and “Mountain/Time.” She also co-curated the 2004 and 2006 Whitney Biennials and is currently co-curating the 2024 Whitney Biennial with Meg Onli. Iles is a member of the Graduate Committee at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and a faculty member of the Curatorial Studies department at the School of Visual Arts.

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.