The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design is thrilled to share the fantastic news that two alumni, Sergio Suarez and Krista Clark, are among the Hudgens Prize finalists for 2024!
Finalists for the Hudgens Prize 2024 are Krista Clark, Victoria Dugger, Joni Mabe and Sergio Suarez. The 2024 jurors are Floyd Hall, Melissa Messina and Annette Cone-Skelton.
The Hudgens Prize, intended to elevate the arts in Georgia, is one of the nation’s most coveted and lucrative awards. The Hudgens Prize, which began in 2010, offers a cash award of $50,000 and an opportunity for the winner to have their work displayed for three months in a solo exhibition at the Hudgens Center.
About the artists:
Krista Clark: A resident of Atlanta, her work incorporates new and repurposed materials to construct familiar forms in new spatial arrangements displaced from their accustomed sites and settings. •
Sergio Suarez: Born in Mexico City, he now lives and works in Atlanta. His practice, prompted by an interest in translation, uses different traditions of making to construct a visual language concerned with syncretism, temporality, and the porosity between objects, images, and structures.
The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning is a non-profit organization that has been focused on supporting the arts in Georgia since its establishment in 1981. Its mission is to bring together art lovers, leaders and learners through quality art education programs and exhibitions. The Hudgens presents enriching and inspiring art exhibitions in five gallery spaces throughout each year; offers art education and programming, in multiple languages, for all ages and abilities; and provides outreach through the arts that support Georgia’s traditionally under-served individuals, families and communities.