Please join us for the opening reception of Lost & Found, an exhibition showcasing artwork in all media by Broward County teens, curated by student members of the Teen Art Council at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale. Bringing together an eclectic range of creative voices, the exhibition highlights the unique perspectives and lived experiences of teens across Broward County. Viewers are invited into a rich archive of teen imagination, where diverse works come together to offer glimpses into the worlds these young artists thoughtfully and skillfully create.
The theme of Lost & Found encourages artists to explore an open-ended spectrum of ideas, memories, emotions, and experiences that may fade, transform, or resurface in unexpected ways. Rather than defining a single narrative, the exhibition leaves space for interpretation and discovery across all artistic mediums.
This annual exhibition celebrates the energizing creativity of Broward County teens and invites audiences of all backgrounds to engage with work that is curious, reflective, and boldly expressive. It is both a platform for emerging artists and a welcoming space for art appreciators to connect with the creative spirit of the next generation. Whether through visual art, performance art, dance, writing, or music, Lost & Found is a testament to the resilience of creativity and a reminder that sometimes, the most profound discoveries are made when we least expect them.
Join us as special guest jurors Kandy G. Lopez, Jared McGriff, and Cheryl Pope make their final decisions, with the awards be announced at 6 pm! Awards include “Award in Creativity”, “Impact Award”, and “Best in Show Award”. Don’t miss out on this highly anticipated night!
Opening Reception at NSU Art Museum: Thursday, March 5, 2026, from 5 – 7 pm Please RSVP here
Judges
Jared McGriff (Los Angeles, 1977) received his BA in architecture from the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley and his MBA from New York University. His work is held at the permanent collections of the Rubell Museum, ICA Miami, NSU Art Museum, Orlando Museum of Art, El Espacio 23: Collection of Jorge Pérez, The Bunker Artspace: Collection of Beth Rudin DeWoody, The Knight Foundation, Green Family Art Foundation, Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami. Jared was the recipient of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant (2021) and was awarded the Orlando Museum of Art’s Florida Prize (2022). He lives and works in Miami, Florida.
Cheryl Pope is an interdisciplinary visual artist who questions and responds to issues of identity as it relates to the individual and the community, specifically regarding race, gender, class, history, power, and place. Her practice emerges from the act and politics of listening and recently introduces a novel material to explore the artist’s memories. Referencing the familiar repertoire of the French Post-Impressionist, Intimist, and Imagist paintings, Pope recreates deeply personal recollections that cinematically compose the silent complexities of beautiful and tragic oscillations between love and loss in our everyday lives. Images of couples are drawn from memory, referencing the artist’s own relationships and moments of disconnect, anxiety, and desire, while beach scenes depicting a mother and child accentuate a tender stillness of caregiving. In these scenes, the figures exist in a nest of choreography–a rotating stage of mystery, tragedy, and poetry of day-to-day living with feelings of presence and absence woven throughout.
Pope (b.1980, Chicago, IL) received her MA in Design (2010) and BFA (2003) from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL, where she is an Adjunct Professor. Pope has had recent solo exhibitions at Easy Does It Curatorial Space, Los Angeles, CA (2024); moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL (2022, 2019); The Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS (2022); Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL (2019); Galleria Bianconi, Milan, Italy (2019); Andres Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2018); and Fort Gansevoort, New York, NY (2017). Notable group presentations include Get in the Game: Sport and Contemporary Culture at SFMoMA (2024) which travels to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Pérez Art Museum Miami (2025; 2026); Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (2024); Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI (2023); The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY (2023 2021); Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY (2023); Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI (2022); Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago, IL (2022); Skin in the Game curated by Zoe Lukov, Chicago, IL (2022); Fountainhead, Miami, FL (2021); Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (2021); Virginia MOCA, Virgina Beach, VA (2021); and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (2020). Pope will present a solo exhibition at moniquemeloche in 2026.
Pope’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, FL; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; UBS Art Collection, New York, NY; Joan Flasche Artists Book Collection, Chicago, IL; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Honolulu Museum of Art, HI; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL; DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD; United States Embassy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; The Jackson West Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; and The Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS. She has been the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the Public Artist Award, Franklin Works, Minneapolis, MN (2017); Selected Artist, Year of Public Art, Chicago Cultural Center, IL (2017); Mellon Fellowship, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (2016); and 3Arts Award, Chicago, IL (2015). Pope lives and works in Chicago, IL and Miami, FL.
Donation provided by BLICK Art Materials.
Teen Art Council is made possible by the generosity of Wayne and Lucretia Weiner, the Jerry Taylor & Nancy Bryant Foundation, the Wege Foundation, Lillian S. Wells Foundation, and Delia Moog.
Major support for exhibitions and programs at NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is provided by the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation Endowment, the City of Fort Lauderdale, Jerry Taylor & Nancy Bryant Foundation, Wayne and Lucretia Weiner, the Wege Foundation, Lillian S. Wells Foundation, Delia Moog, the Broward County Cultural Division, the Cultural Council, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture and the National Endowment for the Arts; Community Foundation of Broward, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
