Best of judges

Best of Judges

WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT OUR Best of judges panel

JILL JOHNSON DEUPI

JD, PHD

Dr. Jill Deupi is the Beaux Arts Director and Chief Curator of the Lowe Art Museum (University of Miami). Prior to assuming this position in 2014, Deupi was Director and Chief Curator of University Museums at Fairfield

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University, where she was also an Assistant Professor of Art History. Her prior professional experience includes work at the Royal Academy ofArts, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Snite Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Wallace Collection. The recipient of a prestigious “Rome Prize,” Dr. Deupi wrote her doctoral dissertation on art and cultural politics in 18th-century Naples. She is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the Leading Change Institute, and the Getty Leadership Institute. Deupi is also a Trustee of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and chair of this organization’s academic art museum affinity group. Additionally, Deupi serves on the Cornell Museum’s Visiting Committee and co-chairs the

Task Force for the Protection of University Collections. A member of AAM, AAMC, AAMD, AAMG, ICOM, and UMAC, she has been a peer reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), and AAM’s Reaccreditation Committee. Dr. Deupi holds a B.A. in French Literature and Political Science (Mount Holyoke College); a J.D. (Washington College of Law, American University); an M.A. in the History of Art (Birkbeck College, University of London); a Ph.D. in Art History (University of Virginia); a graduate certificate in Arts Administration (New York University); and an executive education certificate in Art and Cultural Heritage Law (Georgetown University Law Center).

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Christopher Norwood

Originally from Newark, New Jersey, Norwood attended the prestigious Newark Boy Chorus School, a world-renowned professional boy choir founded in 1966 in conjunction with the New Jersey Symphony before becoming a 4-8th grade private school dedicated to the musical arts.

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He studied at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia where he received a bachelor’s degree in Social Work (1995). He studied for his Master's in Public Administration at Cornell University’s Institute for Public Affairs (1995-1997) and a Juris Doctorate from St. Thomas University

School of Law (2002).
Norwood is committed to public service, he is a

founding board Member of the Social Work Program at Florida Memorial University where he was inducted into the Phi Alpha National Honor Society for Social Work, Pi Theta Chapter. Norwood serves as the Chairman of the Audit and Budget Advisory Committee of Miami-Dade County Public Schools
and Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust Board.

An avid art collector, in 2018, Norwood founded Hampton Art Lovers with friends to accentuate the inspirational unifying, and enriching aspects of African-American fine art in new and old settings. As passionate supporters of Hampton University's long-standing commitment to African-American art, and its Hampton University Museum Collection, Norwood serves on the editorial board of the International Review of African American Art (Published by the University since 1976). Hampton

Art Lovers operates and curates the Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery in Historic Overtown.

Built-in 1925, the Historic Ward Rooming House opened its doors to both out-of-town African-American and Native Americans, who were typically unable to find welcoming accommodations in Downtown Miami during the first half of the 20th century. It has been transformed from a safehouse for African Americans
and Indigenous people gathered during segregation in an immaculate gallery under the curatorial direction of Hampton Art Lovers.

In addition, The Knight Foundation recently named Christopher one of it’s 26 Arts Champions in 2022.

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Thomas Fuchs

Art—in all of its infinite forms—is the catalyst for what Thomas Fuchs does. He’s a furniture designer, creator of stunning Venetian glass, an avid painter…and so much more. Art—is his passion. While training in fine arts at the Corcoran School of Art & Design,

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Fuchs developed a classical aesthetic with a modern twist that he incorporates into everything he does. This twist on tradition, whether it’s creating chandeliers for a church in Aix-en-Provence and high-end department store Bergdorf Goodman, collaborating with Baccarat Crystal, or showcasing various other projects in hotels such as the Ritz-Carlton in Miami, the Bellagio, and Venetian in Las Vegas, has made Fuchs highly sought after by designers, architects, interior decorators, and a plethora of artisans.

Thomas also studied at the Academy of Art and Design and the Art Student League of New York. He is currently working on his postgraduate degree as one of sixteen vetted students of the Academy of Portrait & Figurative Art at Florida Internation University, an affiliate of the Rome Academy of Fine Arts, in Italy.

Thomas currently sits on the board of the Patrica and Phillip Frost Art Museum where he is head of the curatorial committee for new actuation and strategy for proposed future exhibitions.

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