
Arts Professionals
Each year, four arts professionals from different sectors of the SD art ecosystem are invited to write about a finalist for the catalogue. The writers are then eligible to submit nominations (along with the Art Prize Committee) for the following year to ensure an ever-changing nomination committee with new perspectives.
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2024
Justin Duyao, Assistant Director, HereIn Journal, San Diego, CA
Melinda Guillen, Ph.D. Independent Curator, La Mesa, CA
Chris Kraus, Writer and Filmmaker, Los Angeles and Ensenada, Baja California
Elizabeth Rooklidge, Director, HereIn Journal, San Diego, CA
2023
Justin Duyao, Assistant Director, HereIn Journal, San Diego, CA
Melinda Guillen, Ph.D. Independent Curator, La Mesa, CA
Chris Kraus, Writer and Filmmaker, Los Angeles and Ensenada, Baja California
Elizabeth Rooklidge, Director, HereIn Journal, San Diego, CA
2022
2020
Susana Bautista, Los Angeles Museum Advisor and Curator
Julia Dixon Evans, Arts Calendar Editor/Producer KPBS
Christine E. Jones, Chief of Civic Art Strategies, City of San Diego, Commission for Arts and Culture.
Maria Mingalone, Executive Director of Oceanside Museum
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2018
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