Alliance for Digital Equality’s A Gridiron Toast to Excellence event honoring Congressman James E. Clyburn, Tom Joyner, Debra Lee, Vicki Palmer, Alonzo Mourning and Gloria & Emilio Estefan on Friday February 5, 2010, at Mia at Biscayne.

CANDO Arts Co-op Artist Reception
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
6:30pm – 9:00pm
309 23rd St. Miami Beach (1 block west of Collins/across from AEROBAR)

Visit the new Gallery!
Over a dozen artists in 5,000 square ft on Miami Beach.
Indulge in beautiful art, make new friends & network.

Featuring work from resident artists:
Annfaye, Alissa Christine, James Broderick, Sid Daniels, Joey Daoud, Deborah Desilets, Marisa Finos, Veronicka Koebach, Lucinda Linderman, Shari McWilliams, Janet M. Mueller, Louis Rosemond, Dena Stewart, Stewart Stewart, Paula Turk, Deborah Weed

Live Soundscapes with DJ Inga Ambrosia & Big Brooklyn Red

RSVP ONLY:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=292114257256

JOIN THE FAN PAGE:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Miami-Beach-FL/CANDO-Arts-Co-op/249946588268

2nd Saturday in Wynwood
February 13th, 2010
Opening Reception 7-10pm
Fragmentary Memories
Anja Marais & Guillermo Portieles
Paintings and Installations
12 February – 6 March, 2010
Artformz is very pleased to present the two-person show featuring the most recent work of artists Anja Marais and Guillermo Portieles. The two artists offer each their own creative expressions of the power and impact of memory on the formation of identity and creative production.
& Artformz Outzide presents a special guest performance by The Oscar Fuentes Combo
A Latin Jazz/Flamenco fusion band with Afro-Mayan Beat Poetry
Artformz
172 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127
www.artformz.net

February 18, 2010 7:00–9:00 PM
MaiTardi
163 NE 39th Street
Miami, FL 33137
It’s time to revive your social networking skills by adding some color!
Orange: the color of vitality with endurance. Join us at Mai Tardi, one of Miami’s most scenic courtyards.
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres.
Free cocktails from 7 to 8 PM with Cocktails 101. Sponsored by Aperol and Palm Bay International.
Entrance fees: IACC Members FREE | Non-members: $10.00
RSVP by February 17 to tanti@iacc-miami.com

DIANA LOWENSTEIN FINE ARTS
JOSE BECHARA
Pássaros geométricos e pelo menos um pássaro rectangular!

Reception will take place at the gallery on February 13th.
Exhibitions will be on view through March 6th, 2010.

Jose Bechara was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he studied at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage. His work has been exhibited widely in North and South America, as well as Europe. In this most recent exhibition of his work, Pássaros geométricos e pelo menos um pássaro rectangular! (Geometric Birds, a Rectangular Bird at Least), he continues to explore dualities. They remain traditional in that most are two-dimensional works of oil on canvas, yet contemporary in their incorporation and manipulation of rust as a medium. They include very rigid elements of geometry, but couple them with soft transitions of tones and colors. They can be very abstracted, while still referencing landscapes, figures and other elements.

UISUK BYEON, YOUNG CHO, JESSICA LABATTE & BRIANA SCHWEIZER
The Triumph of Patience

Materials transform over time. Like human bodies they disintegrate, collapsing, crumbling, and wearing away over the course of their existence. The artists in this exhibition investigate and capture the frailty of their respective materials, while also reworking and transforming them. Working in Chicago, a city with deep foundations in labor, these artists employ common materials as a means of transcendence. Their choices of materials, combined with exhaustive, often obsessive devotion to process, are contemplations on temporality, mortality, control and the transcendence of contemporary life.

BYEON CHO LABATTE SCHWEIZER

All four of these artists have recently graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA. They have exhibited their work throughout the United States, as well as internationally. They bring together personal backgrounds and experiences cohesively while each maintains an individual focus, concept and aesthetic.

Project Room: COLECTIVO MR – MARINA GARCIA BURGOS – RICARDO RAMON JARNE
Si no existe el mas allá, la injusticia del pobre se prolonga eternamente
In Si no existe el mas allá, la injusticia del pobre se prolonga eternamente (If there is no afterlife, the injustice of the poor lingers perpetually), Colectivo MR addresses social issues such as discrimination and racism through a series of staged photographs. These portraits place a family from the Peruvian Andes, in their traditional dress, in settings throughout the wealthy districts of Lima. By doing so, the irony of their seemingly being out of place in their own country is evident. Colectivo MR is a collaboration between photographer Marina Garcia Burgos (Peru) and art critic Ricardo Ramon Jarne (Spain).

DIANA LOWENSTEIN FINE ARTS | 2043 NORTH MIAMI AVENUE | MIAMI, FL 33127 | T: 305-576-1804
WWW.DLFINEARTS.COM

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our first spectacular exhibition of the 2010 art season aptly titled
“Incantations in Multi-Color”.
This exhibition features 32 international and national dynamic contemporary artists displaying their robust splashes of brilliances that have become the trademark of Art Fusion Galleries’ events.
So please be sure to join us for the opening reception of
“Incantations in Multi-Color” and add some color to your world!
WHY: Art & Design Night for “Incantations in Multi-Color”.
WHERE: Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street
STES 3, 6 & 7
Miami, FL 33137
WHEN: Saturday, February 13, 2010 (7-10 pm)
Complimentary Wine and Refreshments also
Music by “KayakMan”
Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking.

Guillermo Calderón’s Diciembre
Teatro en el blanco
Friday and Saturday, February 19 – 20, 2010.
8 p.m.
Byron Carlyle Theater
500 71st St., Miami Beach
Tickets for Performance
on Friday, February 19
From the roiling imagination of Chilean writer-director Guillermo Calderón comes this politically charged, haunting drama about a near-future war in the Andes. Peppered with surprising doses of pitch-black comedy, Diciembre takes place in Santiago on Christmas Eve 2014 with the city besieged by Peruvian forces. Young soldier Jorge returns home on a 24-hour leave to celebrate the holiday with his pregnant twin sisters, who each have sharply different views on nationalism and the morality of war. One wants Jorge to defect, the other demands he return to the fight. Jorge, however, has his own take on the matter. Smartly produced by his dynamic Santiago-based company Teatro en el Blanco (“Theater on Target”), Calderón’s play strips away ostentatious theatrical conceit for us to hear clearly the terror knocking at the door. Featuring Paula Zúñiga, Trinidad González and Jorge Becker. Performed in Spanish with English supertitles.

Bass Museum of Art kicks off their famed winter jazz series, Cool Nights Hot Jazz, on February 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. with pianist/composer Mike Orta. The bi-weekly Friday night concert has become a celebrated locals destination for culture, conversation and music, featuring Miami’s most talented local artists. Held in the museum’s café and lounge designed by Chicago-based artist Dzine, the vibrant wall-to-wall mural painted with kaleidoscopic swirls and electric colors is the perfect backdrop for musical exploration. Admission is $5 for members and $10 for non-members, and includes complimentary Bustelo, Grolsch beer and Chilensis wine.
Winter Jazz Series Schedule (7 – 9 p.m.)
February 19 Mike Orta Quartet
March 5 Fernando Ulibarri Quartet
March 19 Rudolfo Zuñiga Quintet
April 2 Shelly Berg Trio, with special guest Ed Calle
April 16 Negroni Trio
Bass Museum of Art
2121 Park Avenue (in Collins Park)
305.673.7530
For information on membership, contact Denise Wolpert at 312.673.7530 x1013 or email dwolpert@bassmuseum.org

Franovik Designs eco show “Elements of Green” benefiting Angel’s Pediatric Heart House, (www.aphh.org) on Saturday, March 13 at 6:00pm in Miami’s Design District. Also launching of Models&Designers Magazine.

Join us and support children with heart defects, general admission $25.00.

Sundae – PEX WMC
There’s an App for that (party)!
Sundae joins forces with The Philadelphia Experiment (PEX) in association with Media Services NYC, The Joint, The South Seas Hotel, Pilikia by the Pool and 360 Audio.
Together we combine all the best aspects of Dance Culture and present an amazing day in the Miami Sun. We promise to satiate all your senses and to feed your soul with life, love & laughter. It is our goal to make memories that will last a lifetime & to solidify our loyalty to you, the dancer. Don’t sleep on this annual ‘SOUL’d Out” event.
Sundae takes over South Seas Hotel & Pool
The South Seas Hotel and Pool
1751 Collins Ave
Miami Beach
3 out of 5 Star Rating

DJs/ Talent Confirmed
King Britt, Hector Romero, Rich Medina, Nickodemus, Jay-J, Oscar P, Fresh, Black Coffee, Euphonik, Milkshake, Master Kev, Keith Thompson, Lee Jones, Lee Mayjahs?, Justin Paul, Wisearce, DJ Everyday, Pat Bedeau, Dirty, Master Jay, Tanja Dixon & more announced next week!