A Very Special Thank You... - Space Coast Art Festival

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Meet The 2011 SCAF Judges
James Kao
James Kao is a Chicago-based
artist who makes paintings
and drawings. In 2010 he
was the pioneer painter Artist
in Residence at the Marina
Abramovic Institute-West
(re-named Performance Art
Institute) in San Francisco,
and in the summer of 2011, he was named the
first White Mountain National Forest Artist in
Residence. He has given visiting artist lectures
at several schools and art institutions including
Knox College, Whittier College, Northern Illinois
University, and the Museum of the Art Institute
of Chicago. In recent years, he has mounted one
person exhibitions at Toomey Tourell Fine Art, San
Francisco, CA; China Projects, San Francisco, CA;
Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, IL; Patricia Ladd
Carega Gallery, Sandwich, NH. James Kao holds a
B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago
and B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees from the School
of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been a
faculty member in the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago’s Painting and Drawing Department since
2007.
Jerry Palen
Jerry Palen says he likes
what he does, and it shows.
His Stampede cartoon
series featuring the lovable
ranching couple, Flo and
Elmo, is the largest weekly
syndicated cartoon feature in
the agricultural sector of both
this country and Canada. The humorous antics of
Flo and Elmo reach over two million readers every
week.
Every President since Jimmy Carter has used
his bronze sculptures for presentations and
official gifts. Jerry has done several monumental
bronzes around the state, and the latest one is a
seven-foot monument of the Wyoming artist Bill
Gollings. This bronze is in front of the Wyoming
Arts Council building across the street from the
Capitol in Cheyenne. A graduate of the University
of Wyoming with a degree in political science and
economics, Palen was honored as a distinguished
alumnus in 1998.
Meet the Judges: Friday, November 25, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM at the Judges’ Reception. Tickets available
for pre-purchase or at the door. Call the SCAF office at (321) 784-3322 for location and more information.
48th Annual Space Coast Art Festival