Miami Beach, FL – October 23, 2018 – ArtCenter/South Florida announced the inaugural recipients of The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards last night. A total of forty-four awards went out to thirty-eight creators, five art teachers and Edouard Duval-Carrie received the highest honor for the Michael Richards Award, a $75,000 no-strings attached prize and a commission at The Bass.

Dennis Scholl

Edouard Duval-Carrié, Debra & Dennis Scholl

Kim Kovel

Esther Park

Esther Park, Reagan Pace, Deborah Slott, & Add Merle Weiss

Mirena Suarez

Julie Fliegenspan

Franky Cruz

Jenna Balfe

Gloria Dale

Edouard Duval-Carrié & Debra Scholl

Edouard Duval-Carrié

Dennis Scholl, Edouard Duval-Carrié, & Eric Rodriguez

Asif Farooq & Dennis Scholl

April Dobbins

Ellie & Neil Schneiderman

Alex Fialho, Melissa Levin, & Esther Park

Edouard Duval-Carrié & Lydia Rubio

Ashley Abess & Simone Sutnick

David Mccauley & Cherese Crockett

Jenna Balfe, Lourdes & Dennis Fuller

Edouard Duval Carrie, Nina Duval, & Mireille Chancy Gonzalez

David Castillo, Anais Alvarez, Cherese Crockett, & Eric Rodriguez

Anthony Jordon, Johanne Rahaman, Troy Simmons, Franky Cruz, Octavia Yearwood, & Anthony Spinello

Nicolas Lobo, Jamilah Sabur, & Pepe Mar

Spring Mcmanus, Stuart Sheldon, & Kathryn Mikesell

Tom Virgin, Tyler Emerson-Dorsch, & Elijah Virgin

JC & Alina Rodriguez, Lilia Garcia, Mireille Chancy Gonzalez, & DeAnne Connolly Graham

Juana Valdes, Henry Zarin, Marie Elena Angulo, & Rosie Gordon-Wallace