ACE 2024 - Jurors
James MacDevitt
Associate Professor of Art History
and Visual & Cultural Studies at
Cerritos College,
as well as the Director/Curator of
the Cerritos College Art Gallery
In addition to co-founding the multi-institutional SUR:biennial, initiating the collaborative Art+Tech Artist-in-Residence Program, and overseeing the rotating Window Dressing public art displays, MacDevitt has curated numerous exhibitions for the Cerritos College Art Gallery.
He holds a Master's in the History of Art from UC Riverside, where he previously served as Digital Media Associate at the UCR/California Museum of Photography and Assistant Director of the UCR/Sweeney Art Gallery.
Penny McElroy
Instructor, Graphic Design,
Printmaking & Book Arts
at Behany College and
University of Redlands
McElroy earned her MFA from the University of Wisconsin / Madison. Since then she has taught Graphic Design, Printmaking, and Book Arts at Bethany College and the University of Redlands.
Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the United States and abroad, including recently in Los Angeles, San Francisco, India, Colombia, Argentina, and New York.
Principal at 5&dime design, McElroy specializes in print work. Recent projects include advertising for the University of Redlands Art Gallery, cover art and design of the Gorsky Press re-issue of Strange Toys by Patricia Geary, and cover art for Camera Obscura, a Noemi Press title.