For more than two decades now, the South Florida Cultural Consortium has served as sort of a trend guru, recognizing artists from Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties who are leaving deep footprints across the region. Each year, the alliance of local arts agencies representing all points from the 3-0-5 to the 7-7-2 award $7,500 to $15,000 grants to top-drawer talent blooming in the Sunshine State, also offering winners of the juried South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship the opportunity to exhibit their opuses in area museums. 2010 was a bumper year for homegrown creative types, says Klaudio Rodriguez, assistant curator at the Frost Art Museum (10975 SW 17th... More >>>