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MEET OUR 2023 JUROR
Leslie Moody Castro
I am an independent curator and writer whose practice is based on itinerancy and collaboration. I have produced, organized, and collaborated on projects in Mexico and the United States for more than a decade, and am committed to creating moments of artistic exchange and dialogue. I co-founded Unlisted Projects, an artist residency program in Austin, Texas and in 2017, was selected as Curator and Artistic Director of the sixth edition of the Texas Biennial. I often work with site specificity in mind, and have produced a number of large scale projects that require a significant amount of production and logistical juggling.
I earned a Master's degree at The University of Texas at Austin in Museum Education with a portfolio supplement in Museum Studies in 2010, and a Bachelor's degree in Art History at DePaul University in Chicago in 2004, and has been awarded two grants from the National Endowment of the Arts for curatorial projects (2016, 2017). In addition to her firm belief that the visual arts creates moments of empathy, Moody Castro also believes that Mariachis make everything better.
Congratulations to the selected and winning artists!
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BEST OF SHOW
Catherine Collier
"American Apple Pie"
University of Texas at San Antonio (Undergrad)
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UNDERGRAD 1st PlACE
Catherine collier
american apple pie
University of Texas at san antonio
UNDERGRAD 2nd PlACE
JAZMIN AGUILAR
LOOKING OUT
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY
UNDERGRAD 3rd Place
JASON HENDERSON
BETWEEN THE FIRE ABOVE AND WATER BELOW
EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Selected UNDERGRADUATE WORKS
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GRADUATE WINNERS
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graduate 1st place
Anahita Younesi
HOME
University of Texas at San Antonio
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GRADUATE 2ND PLACE
Jae-Eun Suh
from:/to: home
University of North Texas
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GRADUATE 3RD PLACE
Kristine Corona
Somewhere greenEr
AUSTIN community college
Selected GRADUATE WORKS
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