Draft:Elisa Turner
American Art Critic
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Elisa Turner (born 1952) is an American award-winning art critic and journalist with a focus on international visual arts. Turner's writing chronicles the Miami art community, profiling the careers of artists who contribute to the contemporary cultural history of the area.[1][2] She is the author of "Miami’s Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence," a collection of essays that trace an under-represented art history of cultural revolution in Miami, shaped largely by Caribbean and Latin America immigrants.[3]Turner is a member of the International Association of Art Critics, U.S. Section, and ArtTable, a national organization for women in visual arts professions.[4]
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| Submission declined on 26 September 2025 by CNMall41 (talk). This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
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| Submission declined on 6 August 2025 by Paul W (talk). This draft's references do not show that the person meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for people. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
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Comment: I do not see anything independent that can be used for notability as the best reference is a piece in the Miami Herald for which she used to be employed. The others are simply listings of her works. CNMall41 (talk) 06:27, 26 September 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: May be notable, but amid the refbombing it is difficult to identify examples of significant coverage about Turner (rather than the many citations of work by her - as a journalist the latter are to be expected), excluding the numerous profiles that echo her self-penned profile. Please consider WP:GNG, WP:BIO and, particularly, WP:JOURNALIST; regarding the latter, perhaps highlight if/how Turner meets any of the four criteria. Paul W (talk) 17:23, 6 August 2025 (UTC)
Elisa Turner | |
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 Portrait of Elisa Turner. Photo: Margaret Smith | |
| Born | 1952 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | DePauw University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Notable awards | Florida Book Awards, Gold Medal Visual Arts, 2025. Miami-Dade County Arts Hall of Fame, 2025. Ellies Creator Award from Oolite Arts, 2023. Rabkin Prize, 2020 |
| Website | |
| https://elisaturner.com/ | |
Career
Turner held editorial positions at St. Martin’s Press, College Divisions of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and Random House (1980-83), where she was a Developmental Editor.[5]
Turner held teaching positions in writing at Miami Dade College (2009-2019) and has presented as a guest-lecturer at University of Miami and New World School of the Arts.[6] Turner’s art journalism career for the Miami Herald newspaper began in 1986.[7] Turner was the primary art critic at the Miami Herald from 1995 to 2007, with a brief interruption after an automobile accident (2004), involving recovery from a coma that required her to relearn how to talk, walk, and write.[8] Her writing has appeared in Artburst Miami, Art+Auction, Art Circuits, Arte Al Dia, ARTnews, Biscayne Times, Burnaway, Delicious Line, Fine Art Globe, Hamptons Art Hub, Hyperallergic, Florida International University ArtSpeak and Miami Rail.[9]
As Miami correspondent for ARTnews magazine (1984-2014), she contributed reviews, news reports and feature stories for national and international audiences. Turner profiled figures in the art community for the “City Focus” series on the Miami and South Florida art scene and covered prominent art collectors for the magazine’s “Living with Art" series.[10][11]
Personal life
Turner lives and works in Miami, Florida, where she is married and has two adult children.[12]
Awards and recognition
- The Richard E. Rice Gold Medal Prize for Visual Arts, Florida Book Awards, 2025[13]
- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Grant, 2024[14]
- Miami-Dade County Arts Hall of Fame, 2025[15]
- MIA Artist Grant from Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, 2024[14]
- Ellies Creator Award from Oolite Arts, 2023[16]
- Society of Professional Journalists Florida Sunshine State, 2020 -2021, First Place Award, Arts Commentary & Criticism[17]
- Rabkin Prize, 2020[18]
- Leadership Award, Florida Chapter of ArtTable, 2019[14]
- Hamptons Art Hub Readers’ Choice, Top 15 Stories, 2015- 2016[19]
Selected essays and publications
- "Miami’s Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence," University Press of Florida, 2025. ISBN 9780813081212[20]
- “Milestones in Miami’s Coming of Age,” essay for "Making Miami: The Story of an Art Community," Jayaram Law and Exile Books, 2023[21]
- “The Ancestors: Active in Past, Present and Future,” essay for "A Call to the Ancestors," Little Haiti Cultural Complex, commissioned by Carl Juste and Rebecca Friedman, 2023[22]
- Miami Contemporary Artists by Paul Clemence and Julie Davidow. Turner, E. Foreword. Schiffer Books, October 18, 2007.ISBN 9780764326479[23]
- “Chronicle on Miami 2000-2005,” essay for "Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium," Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway, 2005[24]
Selected public speaking
Since 2006 Turner has presented her scholarship in public lecture events and panel discussions. Her speaking engagements often center on cross-cultural exchange in Miami art communities, namely Latin and Afro-Caribbean diasporic influences.
- "Miami's Art Boom: Explore the Cultural Revolution," panel discussion with Elisa Turner, Kimberly Green and Edouard Duval-Carrié and moderated by University of Miami Associate Professor of Art History, Erica Moiah James. Lowe Art Museum, Miami[25]
- "Miami and the Making of a Global Art Hub," Art Basel 2025 Conversations, Miami[26]
- "Aesthetics of Transition: Conversation with Edouard Duval-Carrié and Elisa Turner," 2023, IPC ArtSpace, Miami’s Little Haiti, curated by Rebecca Friedman and Carl Philippe Juste[27]
- "Art Spotlights Rising Seas,” Creative Time Summit 2018, Pérez Art Museum, Miami[28]
- "Critical Discourse and Art Writing Symposium," 2015, Spinello Projects, Miami, moderated by Taylor Renee and Jessica Lynne, founders and editors of ARTS.BLACK[29]
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