Michael Ferris, Jr. (RAiR 2002-03)

Michael Ferris, Jr. won a Groot Foundation grant for 2024.

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From the Groot Foundation: “Since 1988, the Virginia A. Groot Foundation has advocated for artists working within the sculptural space to encourage expansive creativity in all three-dimensional art forms.”

“Michael Ferris, our second place recipient, creates sculptures that are portraits of family and friends. Informed by his own Middle-Eastern heritage, his work is surfaced in reclaimed wood mosaic, inspired by the intricate wood intarsia technique from Damascus, Syria. @michael.ferris.sculpture

Tonee Harbert