Photographs of Multichamber of Commerce Appreciation Holiday Party at HistoryMiami on 12/5/12
Multichamber of Commerce Appreciation Holiday Party at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, December 5, 2012.
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Category: Arts & Culture Parties
Da\Da – Creatures of The Night Gallery Delight 12/8/12
Da\Da – Creatures of The Night Gallery Delight
Saturday, 12/8/12, 9:00pm
62 NE 14th St.
Miami FL 33132
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Da\Da – Creatures of the Night Gallery Delight
*Where art & free people unite*
Da\Da provides a free creative space for the art community of Miami and passing nomads.
Join us Saturdays for free artist expositions in a party atmosphere.
Live music by local Wynwood artists:
Diego Val:
John Knight
Visual art:
Kareem David Piper
Vince “Bad Panda” Herrera
Buddha Funk
Kelly Barter
Tatiana Castaneda
Andrew Ackerman
Monique Lassooij
Fashion by:
Square Rootz
Spinning:
Baez (Deep Tech Records/Wehppa Music)
Troncoso (Get Physical/Neim)
Raul Pena (The Room and Kaluki Music)
SurrealFlight + LoudSilence (Sub-Motus)
Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli Live Cooking Demonstrations 12/9/12
Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli Live Cooking Demonstrations
Sunday, December 9th (Closing Basel)
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL
On December 9th, The Stage will welcome the evening’s MC, BBS Soap Opera Guiding Light Actor, Jordi Vilasuso. The venue will transform itself and close Basel in a big way.
At 7 p.m., Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli from Eating House and winner of Food Network’s “Chopped” will perform live cooking demonstrations. Guests will enjoy a complimentary array of his delicacies and chocolate infused Caipirinhas compliments of Remy V.
Presented by SUNGLASS USA and supported by AcheiUsa Newspaper, the Brazilian Film Festival will transform The Stage into a cozy movie setting at 9 p.m. Serving as their official launch for EcoCine, they will be screening several films for guests to enjoy. Two films that will be sure to attract the crowds is the Oscar Nominated film, Wasteland and Cannes Winner, O Gigante do Papelão. During the films, baristas will prepare and serve espresso-based coffee drinks compliments of Tierra Nueva.
Art will definitely compliment the night with a “Pastime†exhibit by Brazilian Artists, Roberta Borges and Bruno Sena. One person’s junk is another person’s treasure. That’s true for Artist, Bruno Sena who will have a recycled art installation on display.
Max Rasche, Chicago born artist and designer, and Miami Ad School student is set out to donate his artwork to an eco-friendly organization after the event. He will be working on this eco-inspired piece during the day and will complete it by the end of the night.
Once the screening comes to a close, The Stage will move into Caribbean Breeze Sundays Reggae Party. This will be the official launch.
“Our social experience during Basel certainly provides partygoers the opportunity to kick back and relax after the art. Our goal is to set the stage for their nightlife enjoyment,†noted Sasha Torres, Owner & General Manager of The Stage.
The Stage, located in the famed Miami Design District, is South Florida’s premier venue for live music, art and film. The high ceilings, comfortable indoor and outdoor seating, and art lined walls by some of South Florida’s best talent combine for a great space. The Stage always strives to celebrate art, culture and diversity.
Rigid II Graffiti in Miami Mural Unveiling with Locos Por Juana 12/8/12
Rigid II Graffiti in Miami Mural Unveiling
Saturday, December 8th
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL
A Miami theme evening, Rigid II Graffiti in Miami will unveil their mural painting on the exterior wall. Locos Por Juana, Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated bilingual Latin band most notably recognized by their energetic live performances and their unique fusion of Latin styles and influences will be performing live on stage after 10 p.m. $10 cover at the door.
Throughout the night, guests will enjoy Mojito cocktails compliments of The Stage. For all the local cigar aficionados, a cigar roller will be onsite. In The Official Heineken Green Lounge, DJ’s Pirate Stereo, Santi Caballero and Troy Kurtz will be hyping up the crowd in The Alley.
Brandon Opalka Graffiti Exhibition Kick Off 12/6/12
Brandon Opalka Graffiti Exhibition Kick Off
Thursday, December 6th, 7pm
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL
Brandon Opalka, curator of Rigid II Graffiti in Miami has organized a group exhibition of graffiti artists which will be onsite until Saturday, December 8th. They are kicking off their exhibit on December 6th with a mural painting on an exterior wall, which will be sure to impress onlookers.
Born in Virginia and raised in South Florida, Brandon Opalka is a self-taught artist who paints canvases and walls, in the studio and on the streets. Opalka’s beginnings are rooted in graffiti and street art. Having painted his first mural at age 14, art turned from being a creative outlet for teen angst to a career. Opalka has exhibited his work over the past 12 years in Miami, New York, Japan, and France.
The Official Heineken Green Lounge will be displayed in The Alley and will be open to guests until Saturday, December 8th. Located at The Stage, The Alley is narrow lane adorned with art painted on the walls and open to pedestrians. The Alley is already generating buzz in the city and on December 6th, DJ sounds in the Heineken lounge will help set the mood for a chill experience after a day of art.
Spotify Big Green Bus will make its way to The Stage’s patio area at 7 p.m. Proudly sponsored by BACARDI, Spotify will take guests behind-the-scenes at festivals, offer exclusive secret shows, artist interviews and more. As the digital music service that gives followers access to millions of songs, Spotify will provide complimentary cocktails and the ultimate music experience for guests to enjoy. DJ sounds in the patio area will add to the Spotify music experience.
At 9 p.m., Tilly and the Wall, indie pop group from Omaha, Nebraska will take the stage for a live musical performance. Their name originated from a children’s book called Tillie and the Wall, written by Leo Lionni. Instead of a drummer, Tilly has tap dancer, Jamie Pressnall. Recently, re-emerged more mature, but still with their child-like energy, to offer musical and moral encouragement during these heavy times. At this phase, Tilly and The Wall represent more than just one party or ideology. They represent their own movement, which is pro-people, belief in the power of love, friendship and music that we all can sing, clap and stomp along to together. Doors will open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 presale and $20 at the door. Fans can purchase tickets at www.thestagemiami.com.
Woodshed and The Stage present Mochilla En Miami 12/5/12
Woodshed and The Stage present Mochilla En Miami
Wednesday, December 5th, At 9 p.m.
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL
A multi-work Basel series showcasing B+ (aka Brian Cross) and Eric Coleman of Mochilla. On December 5th, Mochilla will display a mini-exhibition of photography and films for viewing pleasure. Mochilla is a production company formed by photographers Eric Coleman and B+ in 1997. The duo has produced five music videos, four documentaries, several ad campaigns, a remix album and more than forty album covers. Both Coleman and B+ have taken their respective fields to new heights selling films to the Sundance Channel, being distributed by Ninja Tune touring Europe several times executing campaigns for Adidas, Dickies, Alphanumeric and Vans.
Guests will experience a live musical performance by Zynzelay, THEESatisfaction and Georgia Anne Muldrow, followed by sounds from DJ, Mr. Brown. The Show will open at 8 p.m. Presale tickets are available at www.thestagemiami.com and $20 at the door.
Thompson Hotels The Art of Pop-ups at Hotel Victor during Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
Thompson Hotels masters "The Art of Pop-ups" | Hotel Victor, Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 
Thursday, Dec. 6, through Saturday, Dec. 8
Hotel Victor
1144 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Thompson Hotels announces its Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 entertainment schedule, spotlighting a wealth of exclusive daily and nightly events to be held at its beachfront outpost, Hotel Victor, soon to be Thompson Ocean Drive. As a creatively focused lifestyle brand with an ever-conscientious eye toward the art world, Thompson Hotels is proud to collaborate with the top tier of culturally relevant artists, venues and organizations to provide hotel guests and Art Basel patrons with an ongoing itinerary of unique and of-the-moment festivities. Programming includes entertainment for all tastes, from Parisian nightlife with Le Pompon, to a pool installation by artist Curtis Kulig; from a sneak-peak of New York City’s new Bow, to a book launch with LCD Soundsystem.
Thursday, Dec. 6, through Saturday, Dec. 8
Pop’over Pop-Up Nightclub Opens At Hotel Victor
In a carefully curated collaboration between Thompson Hotels’ Entertainment Director, Sal Imposimato, and NYC nightlife impresario Simonez Wolf (of Red Egg/Madam Wongs fame), Hotel Victor is set to become home to pop-up space Pop’over for an end-of-the-week celebration of the Art Basel festivities, with guest-hosting by a couple of internationally coveted entertainment venues and cocktails courtesy of Grey Goose Vodka.
Thursday, Dec. 6 & Friday, Dec. 7, Le Pompon hosts Pop’over, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
A Parisian nightlife concept with a speakeasy vibe, Le Pompon has been drawing in high-profile names like Scarlett Johansson and Kanye West since first opening its doors in October 2010. Designed by Charaf Tajer of internationally acclaimed creative collective, Pain O Chokolat, the venue’s permanent locale books such music industry heavyweights as The Black Keys, The Rapture and Theophilius London.
Friday, Dec. 7, 7 to 9 p.m.
Curtis Kulig Goes Poolside For Hotel Victor
Urban Outfitters and Thompson Hotels come together to introduce New York artist Curtis Kulig’s biggest piece at Art Basel. The rising young art star, best known for his signature “Love Me,†has opted to make the pristine Miami Deco pool of Hotel Victor his next canvas. The installation will be the first of its kind for Kulig, and is the second instillation in a three part series. Check out his signature tag outside New York’s 60 Thompson. Expect much more from Kulig in the coming months, with projects to include collections for Happy Socks, MeUndies, Smashbox Cosmetics, Urban Outfitters and Vans. For more, visit www.lovemewashere.com.
Saturday, Dec. 8, BOW posts up at Hotel Victor to host Pop’over, 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
BOW, the brainchild of nightlife hero Travis Bass – in collaboration with Red Egg, Bottoms Up and Inga, Eamon Kelly and Vance Brooking – is the newest name on the legendary Bowery in NYC. This authentic downtown concept boasts a sleek “black box†aesthetic and is already attracting a melting pot of New York’s most sought-after social set, with patrons like Waris Ahluwalia and The Clarins Sisters. Bow will bring its eclectic soundtrack of rock, vintage house beats and world music to Hotel Victor for the night, as well as a DJ set by The Misshapes. To read more, visit: www.papermag.com/2012/11/_on_friday_night_paper.php.
Saturday Dec. 8, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
LCD Soundsystem Launches Their Photobook In Style At Hotel Victor
For seven years, photographer Ruvan Wijesooriya has had complete photo access inside the world of internationally renowned—and recently separated—cultural phenomenon, LCD Soundsystem. Thompson invites an exclusive list of guests to be amongst the first to grab a signed copy of the tribute coffee table tome, published by Brooklyn-based powerHouse Books.
Nikki Beach Miami Presents I Know Art Of Calvet 12/7/12-12/8/12
Nikki Beach Miami Presents I Know Art Of Calvet
Opening Reception Friday December 7th, 2012 7 PM – 10 PM.
Nikki Beach Miami
1 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
I KNOW ART is open to the public.
RSVP for complimentary cocktails from 7PM to 9PM: www.nikkibeachmiami.com/IknowArt
Exposition stays open through Saturday December 8th.
The Third Edition of our Signature Art Series hosted by Nikki Beach Miami. Incredible artist Jean March Calvet takes over Nikki Beach Miami and transforms it into a gallery, full of colors, feelings emotions. Sounds by Patris Gero, Nikki Beach St. Barth Resident DJ.
Cafeina Wynwood Art Basel Line-up 12/6/12-12/9/12
Cafeina Wynwood’s Packed Art Basel Line-up
Thursday, Dec. 6, through Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 Northwest 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127
305.438.0792
www.cafeinamiami.com
Cafeina, the chic lounge, art gallery and outdoor garden nestled in the Wynwood Art District, is proud to announce its lineup for Art Basel Miami Beach 2012, featuring its signature blend of art and nightlife including international art exhibitions, the official after party for NYC-based Fountain Art Fair, works by Miguel Paredes, and a roster of burgeoning DJs from around the world.
From Thursday, Dec. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 9, Cafeina’s Wynwood Exhibition Center gallery will house the “The Extraordinary Five,†an international group show featuring mixed media curated by artist Alejandro Mendoza, including works by Tania Marmolejo, cover artist for MIAMI Magazine’s December 2012 issue; Carlos Caballer; Alejandro Mendoza; Angel Ricardo Rios and Aida Tejada. The exhibition will portray artists breaking free from traditional aesthetic signature and cultural molds to showcase the individual’s conceptual works.
“The show presents five artists who have developed a plastic expression without allusion to ethnicity, a conventional visual language of discourse in Latin American art. It has semiotic approach, within an international framework, in which the importance lies not in who we are or where we come from, but in what is proposed aesthetically within the context of Contemporary Art” said Mendoza.
The full Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 lineup includes:
Thursday, Dec. 6, 5 to 8 p.m.
Kickoff Happy Hour drinks and tapas for Cafeina’s packed Art Basel lineup
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Curator Alejandro Mendoza and “The Extraordinary Five†present a meet-and-greet plus the Vernissage preview party with Wynwood Exhibition Center
and Irreversible Magazine
Set begins at 7 p.m.: Live beats by DJ A-Train + Special Guests
Friday, Dec. 7, 5 to 8 p.m.
Happy Hour hosted by Svedka Vodka and Beck’s Beer
7 p.m. to midnight: Sounds by DJ Skitty and special video DJ set by Tom Laroc
Midnight to 5 a.m.
Official after-party for the Miami edition of NYC based, Fountain Art Fair 2012 co-hosted by official sponsor, cream*hotel® with ‘Resolute’ resident DJ Connie, sounds by Low Pitch Orchestra and special aerial performance by Masci
Saturday, Dec. 8, Noon to 4 p.m.
Brunch returns to Cafeina
Curator Alejandro Mendoza presents á la carte “Brunch n’ Basel†menu with $25 bottomless mimosas for 2 hours, signature dishes, cocktails and pitchers in the Big Garden and gallery with beats by DJ Jatinder Channa. Reservations encouraged.
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Artist Miguel Paredes’ with Cone present a Mural Reception at the Rouge Garden. Signature beats by resident DJ SUPERSEDE
11 p.m. to close: Cafeina and Safe Music present Europe’s biggest upcoming DJ’s, Joy Orbision & Ben UFO, and special guests to make their Miami Debut with ART OF MUSIC sponsored by REDBULL, Svedka and Beck’s Beer in the Big Garden
Sunday, Dec. 9, Noon to 4 p.m.
Grand closing “Brunch n’ Basel†fete in the Big Garden and gallery
À la carte, signature dishes and cocktails
beats by DJ Jatinder Channa
The Yard @Artists4Israel Opening Night VIP Party 12/5/12
The Yard @Artists4Israel Opening Night VIP Party
Wednesday, 12/05/2012, 07:00 pm – 12:00 pm
The Yard @Artists4Israel
44 NE 29th Street,
Miami, Florida 33137
Webpage Link
Q(S)kin Miami at The Yard
FREE ADMISSION
Our popular monthly live drawing class hosted by Belin and party featuring nude models descends upon Miami. There will be an open bar until 10pm and $3 drinks after, DJ, live painting, and tons of surprises…
44 NE 29th Street across from the Miami Project Fair on Midtown Boulevard
7pm-9pm By Invitation Only 9pm-12am.
Hashtag: #a4i #a4iTheYard
Contact Candice.Fortin@gmail.com or grant@grantstern.com with The Yard VIP List in Subject line or tweet @grantstern
Garage Parking Available at 31st Street and Midtown Boulevard free for 1st hour, $1 after
Art Basel Kick-off Party 12/5/12
Art Basel Kick-off Party
Wednesday, 12/05/2012, 07:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Daniela Cadena
11263 NW 51 Tr,
Doral, Florida 33178
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, Art Basel is back!
Come celebrate with us as the largest art fair in the world makes it way to Miami. Shop local emerging designers and try your hand as an artist with our paint-by-numbers mural featuring urban artist GG.
Brought to you by: Style CTZN, Creative Native, Queens of Sheba, GG Artwork, All ’bout Trees, AVivas Hidalgo, Yummy ChunBuns, Capurro Premium Pisco, and Connies Treats.
Opening: An Ambient Light Projection by Benrimon Contemporary and Mastuda Eyewear at HaVen Gastro-Lounge 12/5/12
Opening: An Ambient Light Projection by Benrimon Contemporary and Mastuda Eyewear at HaVen Gastro-Lounge
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 from 9pm
Haven
1237 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Opening: An Ambient Light Projection
Hosted by Benrimon Contemporary and Matsuda Eyewear
Sponsored by HaVen Miami Beach, Belvedere Vodka and WhiteWall Magazine
Benrimon Contemporary is pleased to announce a collaborative project with Matsuda Eyewear to present an ambient light projection by Ben Weiner at HaVen Gastro-Lounge in Miami Beach on Wednesday December 5th. The work entitled, Opening, is the highlight of Weiner’s current solo show at the gallery and is being viewed in Miami for the first time for one night on HaVen’s 18 projectors. Alternating projections of Weiner’s ambient, colorful videos documenting the paint mixing and creation process will envelope the lounge in hues of the primary colors, red, blue and yellow. The lounge and Matsuda Eyewear will host a reception for the artist and will be open to the public from 9pm on Wednesday December 5th. The evening will also act as HaVen’s official Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 kickoff event and party.
Ben’s time-lapse video projections magnify the process of creating oil paint by which pigment, linseed oil, varnish, and turpentine are mixed together, distilling days of footage into several minutes. The resulting videos bring the viewer into a fantastical molten universe, where landscape and material is ever in flux. By amplifying their mesmerizing texture, luminosity and elasticity using macro photography, Weiner allows the inherent illusionistic properties of these materials to form the embryos for works of art.
The Beach Chronicles Art Basel Experience pt 1 The Gallery 12/7/12
The Beach Chronicles Art Basel Experience pt 1 The Gallery
Friday, 12/07/2012, 07:00 pm –
Miguel Paredes Gallery
173 NW 23rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33156
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Event one “The Gallery” features a collaboration with TBC AGX artistic director Gianfranco Bianchi and Miami based pop artist Miguel Paredes. Paredes is one of Miami’s most prolific artists and was the official artist for the Latin Grammy’s 2012. He also serves as the inspiration for the TBC character “Meredes” and his renowned gallery is featured in one of the films major scenes. The Art Basel collaboration features the “Meredes” character in one scene and Daryl Hannah’s Aurora character with Meredes in another rendered by Bianchi, on canvas with incorporated strokes by Paredes. The canvases will be displayed at the Miguel Paredes Gallery during Art Basel from December 5th-9th. The vignette “The Walls, The Gallery and the Truth” from the TBC short “The Mystery of the Erasmus Hissany” will be on display from December 7th at 7:00 p.m. through December 9th. Guests will also have an opportunity to “Become the Chronicle” with a chance to get written as a character in the series, with secret clues not available to the general public.
The Beach Chronicles Art Basel Experience pt 2 Cherrys Room 12/8/12
The Beach Chronicles Art Basel Experience pt 2 Cherrys Room
Saturday, 12/08/2012, 08:00 pm –
Edgewater Hotel
1410 Ocean Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
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Event two “Cherry’s Room” is an Interactive Art Installation and features many artists and works in one space. Taking place in the Edgewater Hotel on December 8th from 8:00-10:00 p.m. on the famed Ocean Drive in South Beach, the experience showcases the work of TBC creator Kevin Sharpley and Bianchi with the TBC video piece “Cherry’s Room” displayed on screen, featuring animated and live action components of “The Beach Chronicles”. In the space the works of Ileana Tolibia whose paintings capture the essence of the project and a TBC inspired original work by William Chodubski will be prominently displayed. Participants will be able to interact with the lead character from the series “Cherry Rhedding”, the femme fatale of the piece played by the incredible actress Karin Kelts. There will be music spun by the DJ’s Whodany and Nelson G inspired by and from the series. Guests will have an opportunity to “Become the Chronicle” with a chance to get written as a character in the series, with secret clues not available to the general public. Themed drinks, hors d’oeurves and giveaways will complete the interactive experience.
Photographs of Beauty Bash at Kyma Lounge on 12/1/12
Beauty Bash at Kyma Lounge at the Epic Hotel on Saturday, December 1, 2012. This years Beauty Bash was comemorating World Aids Day To Benefit Local Hispanic-Latino LGBTQ Rights Group Unity Coalition -Coalicion Unida.
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Reception for exhibiting artists Theaster Gates and Jacin Giordano 12/6/12
Reception for exhibiting artists Theaster Gates and Jacin Giordano
December 6, 7-10pm
Locust Projects
3852 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
Theaster Gates: Soul Manufacturing Corporation involves daily programming including “skilled makers,” DJ, yoga instructor and a reader. Please visit our website for complete program details.
Theaster Gates: Soul Manufacturing Corporation
November 10 – December 21, 2012
Now celebrating its 15th year of exhibiting experimental contemporary art, Locust Projects is pleased to present Soul Manufacturing Corporation by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates, whose critically acclaimed installation 12 Ballads for Huguenot House was recently featured in dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel, Germany. For the first gallery exhibition of this multi-disciplinary project, Gates will create a factory consisting of four pavilions, occupied by “skilled makers†who will work in Locust Projects’ main gallery. Beginning with an empty space, the “skilled makers” will produce “things†through the duration of the exhibition. Concurrently, Soul Manufacturing Corporation will host programs by a yoga instructor, a DJ, and a reader, all there to care for the makers and the audience. Inspiration for this programming stems from the lectors who presented news, politics, and literature to illiterate workers in the early industrial era. Soul Manufacturing Corporation is in its second year of exploring and creating relationships between aesthetics, labor and race.
Gates is known for his performances, installations, and urban interventions, which transform spaces, institutions, traditions, and perceptions. His training as an urban planner and sculptor, and subsequent time spent studying clay, has given him keen awareness of the poetics of production and systems of organizing. Playing with these poetic and systematic interests, Gates has assembled gospel choirs, formed temporary unions, and used systems of mass production as a way of underscoring the need that industry has for the body. When Gates is not making art for museums, he is converting abandoned buildings into cultural spaces that allow not only new cultural moments to happen in unexpected places, but raise the expectations of where “place-making†happens and why. The exhibition will also include sculptural and two-dimensional works, created with materials sourced from sites in Chicago and Miami, underscoring Gates’ interest in the poetics of repurposed and salvaged materials.
Project Room
Jacin Giordano: Wound, Bound, Tied & Knotted
November 10 – December 21, 2012
Locust Projects is pleased to announce Wound, Bound, Tied and Knotted, an exhibition of new work by Jacin Giordano. Inspired by the organic dimensionality of the tree branches that form his stretchers, Giordano wraps and weaves webs of multicolored yarn to create his painting surface. Coated with layers of acrylic paint and dye, the paintings extend to the wall of the Project Room, giving the impression of a bas-relief sculpture. Giordano’s work is inspired by sources ranging from process-based painting, folk and self-taught fiber arts, and natural history. This will be the artist’s first installation project incorporating painting and sculpture into the architecture of a space.
Post-Millenial Jonah Opening Exhibit at Williams McCall Gallery during Art Basel Miami 12/7/12
Post-Millenial Jonah Opening Exhibit at Williams McCall Gallery during Art Basel Miami
December 7, 6-8pm
Williams McCall Gallery
110 Washington Avenue, CU-3
Miami Beach, FL 33139
November 29-January 3
This art installation curated by Dorothy Palanza, who also is creating the central piece of the show, brings together work by various artists with the intention of bringing a different perspective of the ocean as an environment to exist in, where air space becomes water space that viewers walk through. A video/poem collaboration by Elizabeth Bradfield and Demet Taspinar will be part of the show. Bradfield is cuurently the Poet-in-Residence at Brandeis University. Demet’s work has been shown at Art Bosphorus, Canakkale Art Biennale in Turkey, and the Tate Modern in London.
A portion of sales will benefit the Provincetown Center of Coastal Studies (PCCS). The mission of the PCCS is to conduct scientific research with emphasis on marine mammals of the western North Atlantic and on the coastal and marine habitats and resources of the Gulf of Maine; to promote stewardship of coastal and marine ecosystems; and to conduct educational activities and to provide educational resources that encourages the responsible use and conservation of coastal and marine ecosystems. The PCCS believes that the preservation of marine and coastal habitats and the recovery of species are crucial to the health of all life.
Mochilla En Miami 12/5/12
Mochilla En Miami
Wednesday, 12/05/2012, 08:00 pm – 12:00 am
The Stage
170 NE 38 Street,
Miami, Florida 33137
Webpage Link
Woodshed & The Stage presents: Mochilla En Miami f/ Georia Anne Muldrow & THEEsatisfaction + Miami’s own Zynzelay !!! A multi-work Art Basel series showcasing B+ & Eric Coleman of Mochilla!! http://mochilla.com On-site mini-exhibition of photography + film(s) provided by B+ & Eric Coleman Musical inspiration provided by: Georgia Anne Muldrow (live) w/ band + special guest(s) http://someothaship.com/artists/georgia-anne-muldrow/THEEsatisfaction (live) Sub Pop Records http://www.subpop.com/artists/theesatisfaction Zynzelay (live) http://www.soultracks.com/download-zynzelay-robert-glasper http://bamalovesoul.com/2011/02/10/robert-glasper-dillashine-feat-zynzelay Mr. Brown (House DJ)
Steven Gagnon Presented by Bang and Olufsen 12/7/12
Steven Gagnon – Presented by Bang & Olufsen
Friday, December 7th from 7PM – 11PM
Bang & Olufsen
1691 Michigan Avenue, Suite 110
Miami Beach, FL.
Your RSVP is required as space is limited. Please RSVP by contacting us at: 305-913-8787
Indulge in an evening of art by Steven Gagnon displayed throughout the Bang & Olufsen showroom together with our state-of-the art entertainment systems. Light refreshments and drinks will be served during event.
Come preview the latest award winning product innovation from Bang & Olufsen’s sister brand BeoPlay – introducing the BeoPlay A9. A wireless speaker solution that offers jaw dropping sound big enough to fill even the most spacious loft from your favorite mobile device. Winner of the prestigious 2013 CES Best of Innovations Award the BeoPlay A9 music system is the perfect companion to the modern day audiophile. Come join us for this event and take the system for a test drive with your own music and see why this is truly a sensory experience.
The gallery at Bang & Olufsen Miami Beach is pleased to present visual artist Steven Gagnon as the latest featured talent in our showroom located in the heart of South Beach. Steven Gagnon’s interdisciplinary, conceptually driven work strives to articulate the American perspective by playing upon familiar iconography and subverting it through the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated images and objects. It is through these new and unlikely combinations that he is able to expose the underlying common thread that runs through a land known for its’ diversity and extremes.
His artworks are in international public and corporate collections, including: the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, D.C.; the Art Museum of South Texas; Patrizia Grundbesitz GmbH; The American Bankers Association; UMB Bank; InterBank; and American Bank, as well as, in private collections including: Parisian art collector, Jean Cherqui; author Andrew Tobias; and Shaun Woodward, Member of British Parliament.
BFI Weird Miami Bus Tour 12/8/12
BFI Weird Miami Bus Tour
Saturday December 8th
2 Tours: 10:45a-2p // 2:45-6p
Pick up and drop off location: NADA Pool Party
Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Avenue
Miami 33141
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$45
Spring Break Hialeah 2012
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Expanding upon the BFI exhibition Shell Cycle, art space Spring Break will host a Weird Miami bus tour on Dec. 8. Homing on Excess and Fantasy in the city of Hialeah.
Weird Miami Bus Tours
BFI will offer a behind the scenes look at the city and its artistic offerings by expanding the popular, artist-led Weird Miami bus tours, which introduce locals, as well as tourists, to lesser-known places and cultural projects. BFI will invite artists to create tours and exhibitions that reflect their relationship with the city. The project also will create an interactive, online presence to enhance the experience. Bringing back Weird Miami is possible thanks to a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of the Knight Arts Challenge
The title Weird Miami is a loving ode influenced by the city slogan of Austin, Texas: “Keep Austin Weird.†In 2010, frustrated by global perceptions of Miami as a superficial Babylon where Art Basel happens to be in December, Jim Drain, Naomi Fisher, and Agatha Wara sought to expose the deep and varied year-round cultural depth of Miami by having artists become the hosts of bus tours around the city. Interrelated gallery programming will link contemporary art with the community.
“Artists think differently,†says Naomi Fisher, “Weird Miami participants not only get to see and learn about sites in Miami they may have never visited before, but they also get to see the city through artist’s eyes.†With Weird Miami, participants gain a new kind of agency with their own city: one may peek into emerging artist’s studios, walk up an ancient Calusa shell mound in El Portal, or nibble on Caribbean cuisine in Little Haiti. Destinations will be kept secret, only the artist leading the tour and their chosen theme will be revealed ahead of time, transforming participants into fresh visitors to their own city and enabling tour goers to revel in Miami’s diversity, multiculturalism, and well… weirdness.
Weird Miami programming is funded through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge, which aims to bring Miami together through the arts.
Helmut Newton A Liberating Focus Opening Reception 12/3/12
Helmut Newton A Liberating Focus Opening Reception
December 3th 9pm to Midnight
1204 Washington Avenue.
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
www.weam.com
Free Entrance for Press,Exhibitors and Art Basel Vipcard holders.
curated by Helmut Schuster, WEAM Art Director and Dr. Veit Ziegelmaier, MdM Salzburg, a co-presentation of The Museum der Moderne Salzburg and WEAM Miami.
Inaugural Opening Reception for New Art Fusion Location Salute To Art Basel Miami 2012 Exhibition 12/8/12
Inaugural Opening Reception for New Art Fusion Location Salute To Art Basel Miami 2012 Exhibition
Saturday December 8th, 2012 from 7-11 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
3550 North Miami Avenue
Miami FL
Complimentary Wine and Refreshments
Live Music Entertainment, Parking Available
Art Fusion Galleries Proudly Presents Our
Inaugural Opening Reception in our Grand New Home
“Salute To Art Basel Miami 2012”
This exhibition features over 30 emerging to mid-career contemporary international artists – be sure to highlight the evening of Saturday, December 8th 2012 on your calendar for our Opening Reception from 7-11 p.m. Live music, refreshments and hors d’oeuvres served; Parking available.
This exhibition honors Miami’s internationally acclaimed Art Basel art fair by featuring a select group of multicultural artisans spanning the globe. Art Fusion Galleries is particularly excited to host this exhibition in our grand new home which boasts over 8,000 Sq. feet of Pristine Contemporary Gallery Space. Exhibiting from Saturday, December 1st, 2012 through Friday, December 21st, 2012
House of GAB 12/6/12-12/9/12
House of GAB
Thursday 4pm-9pm, Friday 12pm-12am, Saturday 12pm-12am, Sunday 12pm-9pm
GAB Studio
105 NW 23rd St
Wynwood Miami, FL 33127
Featured Artists:
Bridges Aderhold; Terence Price; Melissa Goldman; Eduardo Mendieta; Jeff Schweiger; Tim Probasco; Wendy White; Roland Ruocco; Omark Pagan; Aaron Schwartz; Brian Buzzella; Serge Gharekhanian; Paul Neill; TeePop; James Brutus; Ross Ford; Rush Bowles; Marya Zamora; Rafael Carabano; Janae Anon
Featured Musicians:
DJ George aka Captain Ridiculous
Tamboka, 12/6/12, 8:30pm
Tremens, 12/7/12, 8:30pm
The Hongs, 12/8/12, 10:00pm
Special Guest: Shira
Guest Djs: DJ OI, DJ V., Animal, DJ Choppy Blades and many more
Ground Up Boutique by Maria Ayala
Lit Lounge Miami At The Garage 12/8/12
Lit Lounge Miami At The Garage
Saturday Dec. 8th., 10pm. – 5am
Lit x The Garage
1661 Pennsylvania Ave.
South Beach Miami, FL 33139
Facebook Link
Lit Lounge NYC is partnering up with Miami’s Newest Spot: The Garage in South Beach for Miami Art Basel 2012. Please join us for one special night.
Hosts:
Erik Foss (founder: Lit Lounge, Fuse Gallery)
Spam (legendary NYC bartender)
Carlo McCormick (Editor in Chief of Paper Magazine)
Casey Zap (Once Removed)
DJs:
Paul Sevigny
Nick Gazin (Vice)
Prince Terrence (Hustle Club)
Brian Degraw (Gang Gang Dance)
Matt Mcauley (A.R.E. Weapons)
Just know the full names of whom invited you. That’s how you will get in.
Its free and we’ll be there the entire night to make sure you get in and have a good time. Good vibes, Lit Miami 2012
Photographs by Blanca Stella Mejia from Philanthrofest 2013 Launch Party at CCEMiami on 11/29/12
Photographs by Blanca Stella Mejia from Philanthrofest 2013 Launch Party at CCEMiami on Thursday, November 29, 2012. Â This launch party was to promote the upcoming PhilanthroFest 2013, to be held in April of 2013.
We had a presentation by Marianne Maduro of Miami Foundation and Marlon hill.
A Big Thank You to the wonderful sponsors: KIND Healthy Snacks, Hungry Hippos Hoagies, Bocaditos, Mealeo Miami, Exclusive Entertainment Productions, Inc by Milian Enterprises International, Iceberg Vodka, Cockspur Rum, EPPA Superfruit Sangria, CCE Miami, DJ Hank Justice and Monster Sound Pro .
The artists painting live were: Â Alan Laird and Derek Wilson.. Â The art exhibit was by: Griselda Lechini.
Massages by Freshly Squeezed.
Photographs by Anthony Jordon from Philanthrofest 2013 Launch Party at CCEMiami on 11/29/12
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon from Philanthrofest 2013 Launch Party at CCEMiami on Thursday, November 29, 2012.  This launch party was to promote the upcoming PhilanthroFest 2013, to be held in April of 2013.
We had a presentation by Marianne Maduro of Miami Foundation and Marlon hill.
A Big Thank You to the wonderful sponsors: KIND Healthy Snacks, Hungry Hippos Hoagies, Bocaditos, Mealeo Miami, Exclusive Entertainment Productions, Inc by Milian Enterprises International, Iceberg Vodka, Cockspur Rum, EPPA Superfruit Sangria, CCE Miami, DJ Hank Justice and Monster Sound Pro .
The artists painting live were: Â Alan Laird and Derek Wilson.. Â The art exhibit was by: Griselda Lechini.
Massages by Freshly Squeezed
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.
Art For Ocean’s Sake Fundraiser by Local Artists at Chalk Lounge 12/6/12
Art For Ocean’s Sake: Local Artists Join Forces To Support Marine Conservation
December 6, 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Chalk Lounge
1234 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, Fla. 33139
Artists Phoebe Webb, Virginia Ansaldi, David Roman and Viktor Nathan-Elsaieh have teamed up to create two large conservation-themed pieces.
The pieces will be sold inch-by-inch, in support of the University of Miami’s RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program to help engage new students and members of the public in the organization’s research, education and conservation efforts. $0.35 per square inch.
Art Basel 2012 will feature a unique collaboration to celebrate global marine conservation. Artists Phoebe Webb, Virginia Ansaldi, David Roman and Viktor Nathan-Elsaieh have partnered to create two 42 inch by 15 foot abstract paintings in support of the University of Miami’s (UM’s) successful R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program (RJD). The event is Thursday, December 6 at 7:30pm at Chalk Lounge in South Beach, Fla. Complimentary cocktails will be served from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and free ping pong from 7:30 to 9:30.
During the event, each painting will be sold off piece by piece ($0.35 per square inch). Guests will be able to select their piece of the painting, which will be cut out and packaged for them to take home.
“Inspiration for the event came from my grandparents, Phoebe and John Webb, who did a similar event several years ago with another artist couple,†said artist and RJD Laboratory Manager Ansaldi. “My grandfather has passed, and my grandmother who has moved back to Miami is still painting. I am looking forward to painting with her and creating a painting like she did with my late grandfather. This time, we are supporting of RJD, which she is proud of me for being a part of, and which is doing such amazing work to save sharks and other critical marine species.â€
All of the proceeds go to the UM’s RJD Program, subsidizing the cost of marine research and outreach field trips for high school students. For more information, please call 305-323-9178.
Wynwood Walls Art Basel Events Programming Kick Off Honoring Tony Goldman 12/4/12
Wynwood Walls Art Basel Events Programming Kick Off Honoring Tony Goldman
Tuesday, December 4, 2012, open to the public at 9 p.m.
167 Northwest 25th Street
Miami, FL 33127
www.thewynwoodwalls.com
On Thursday, December 4, under the direction of Goldman Properties CEO Jessica Goldman Srebnick and arts manager Meghan Coleman, the Wynwood Walls Art Basel program for 2012 will debut. Honoring the passion and vision of founder Tony Goldman, who created this outdoor museum of street art with Jeffrey Deitch in 2009; events and exhibitions will invite the public to come and dream, and view the world through the eyes of a visionary. Among the new works and projects being unveiled are an exhibition of commissioned works entitled Time Evaporates, Emotion Elevates, featured works from the artists of Wynwood Walls including Kenny Scharf, Ron English, How&Nosm, Logan Hicks, Swoon, Futura and Aiko.
A new mural by acclaimed street artist Shepard Fairey will be unveiled – including iconic imagery of powerful men in history, with Tony Goldman at its centerpiece. And the GO! Shop, a new permanent retail store featuring limited art editions,â€Go-Kitsâ€, inspired and created by the artists of Wynwood Walls. Go-Kits will encourage people to make, enjoy and take part in creative life and encompass activities ranging from dreaming, going to the beach, celebrating, listening to music and making art. The new Wynwood Walls book will be available for sale, and a book signing by the artists will take place at 8:30 p.m. Additionally, there will be tours of the Walls via the new Augmented Reality Application, an app that will allow visitors to see an “augmented reality of the murals†created in coordination with the artists.
Wynwood Walls will be open to the public during Art Basel Week with extended hours beginning Tuesday December 4 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.; and will open daily from noon to 11 p.m. from Wednesday, December 5 through Sunday, December 9.
Tuesday, December 4
6 p.m. – 9 p.m.: VIP Opening for Come Dream! Time Evaporates, Emotion Elevates
8:30 p.m. – Wynwood Walls Book Signing featuring artists from the book
9 p.m. – 11 p.m.: Public Opening
Thursday, December 6
9 a.m.: Launch of Neils Meulman X United Nude Collaboration
Yogart: Session from 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Doors open at 5 p.m.
6-8 p.m.: Special book signing by Neils Meulman
Friday, December 7
3 p.m. Artist tour of the Wynwood Walls
Yogart: Session from 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Doors open at 5 p.m.
Saturday, December 8
Yogart: Session from 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Doors open at 9 a.m.
4 p.m. Announcement of Go! Shop/Go! Kit “Your Mural Here†Contest
Nightime musical performance by Zoel
Sunday, December 9
Yogart: Session from 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Doors open at 9 a.m.
DAILY!
Augmented Reality Tours of the Wynwood Walls
Mystery happenings daily at 2:30 p.m.
First 15 people at the Go! Shop to receive Martha Cooper Monoprint with purchase
Wynwood Radio live from Wynwood Walls
Art Basel: Santlov Presents Toys R Like Us 12/7/12
Art Basel: Santlov Presents Toys R Like Us
Thursday, 12/06/2012, 07:30 pm –
Gale Hotel
1690 Collins avenue,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Facebook Link
The artist and social media sensation Santlov (@santlov on instagram) famous for his photos of miniature toys and sets is having his first art show. Photographer 13thWitness will also be displaying his work and the event is hosted by musical talent Trouble Andrew, Ruckus, and Ross One. If you’re looking for something fresh and different Santlov won’t disappoint!
PechaKucha Night Miami: Contemporary Art in the Digital Age
PechaKucha Night Miami 12/1/12
PechaKucha Night Miami
Saturday, 12/01/2012, 06:30 pm – 09:00 pm
La Comunidad
6400 Biscayne Boulevard,
Miami, Florida 33138
Webpage Link
ARTOVATION – Contemporary Art in the Digital Age
The way artists, curators, galleries, museums, and journalists have utilized Internet technology, mobile communication, and social media has created new opportunities for discussion, creativity and expression. Eight dynamic speakers will cover the new and innovative ways we are experiencing art in the palm of our hands, behind the computer, in public, at art fairs, and in museums.
Art of Blo – Basel Edition – Featuring the work of GG Artwork 12/3/12
Art of Blo – Basel Edition – Featuring the work of GG Artwork
Monday, 12/03/2012, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Blo Midtown
3301 NE 1st Ave, Suite 102,
Miami, Florida 33137
Facebook Link
The Art of Blo is back…and just in time for Art Basel!
Kick off the Art Basel festivities by joining us for a fabulous evening of art featuring the work of Pop Artist GG (http://www.ggartwork.com/).
Enjoy complimentary cocktails provided by Appleton Rum, beats by Murkem and of course dry styling by blo Midtown.
Where: Blo Midtown (3301 NE 1st Ave, Suite 102)
When: Monday, December 3, 2012 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
RSVP to blomidtown@blomedry.com
**some of GG’s art will remain on display for the duration of Art Basel so even if you can’t make this event, feel free to stop by and check it out during the week.
#ArtofBlo
#ArtBasel
@themanemuchacha
@GGartwork
Fashion+Art+Walls Photography Exhibit by Tomas Loewy 12/3/12
Fashion+Art+Walls Photography Exhibit by Tomas Loewy
Monday, 12/03/2012, 07:00 pm – 11:00 pm
The Perry South Beach
2377 Collins Avenue ,
Miami Beach , Florida 33139
Webpage Link
Must RSVP to HopeAmerica@aol.com
Kick-off Art Basel Miami Beach Week with a fusion of fashion, photography and art with the unique showcase Fashion+Art+Walls featuring Miami’s stunning Wynwood Art Walls photographed by Tomas Loewy for fashion shoots with amazing designer dresses worn by stunning models.
Photographs of Rockaway Beach Fundraiser at Lagniappe House on 11/28/12
Rockaway Beach Fundraiser at Lagniappe House on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Â The proceeds will go to Power Rockaways Resilience which is a project of the CMRC (Coastal Marine Resource Center) a 501C3.
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Photographs of Pop-Up Piano Miami Pre-Art Basel Mixer at Miami Iron Side on 11/28/12
Pop-up Piano Miami presented by Steinway & Sons Miami and Miami Iron Side Pre-Art Basel Mixer at Miami Iron Side on Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Here are the artists that were picked this year to create their own inspired pianos: Alexander Mijares (mijares.com); Desiree Kawass (desireekawass.com); Federico Carosio III (federicocarosioiii.com); Ivan Roque (allhailtla.com/Home.html); Rodrigo Gaya (rgayaphoto.photoshelter.com); Ross Von Rosenberg (rossvon7design.com); Ruben Ubiera (urbanpopsoul.com); and Waseone (iamwaseone.com)
“The Black Key Group (Whitney Lykins and Isabella Acker) created a special host committee of young, savvy professionals throughout South Florida to assist in creating, executing, and facilitating Pop-Up Piano Miami. From curating artists to securing locations for the pianos, the following list of people volunteered on the committee: Patricia Baro (Mixed Media Collective); Gaudi Castro (HEARD.); Meris Thomas (Freelancer – Event Production); Arnaud Pages (Macias Advertising); Daniel Rivero (WLRN); and Jessica Wade Pfeffer (Jessica Wade Inc.).”
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Armada Fania Pop Up Club and Store during Art Basel 12/2/12
Armada Fania Pop Up Club & Store :: Art Basel
Saturday, 12/05/2012, 08:00 pm – 02:00 am
PAX
333 SW 8TH Street,
Miami, Florida 33131
RSVP Link
The Armada Fania CLUB & POP-UP STORE in Miami will be bringing the original sounds of Latin Soul, Funk, Boogaloo & Salsa to Miami.
This event is an alternative to the “laser & smoke†events held in the Miami at this time. Guest will be formed the city’s multicultural population as well as international tourists that want to really ingest what Miami is all about and take a detour from their Art Basel schedule. The event will bring together the best components of Latin music, “música para bailarâ€, combined with POP-Up store for attendees to buy Fania merchandise ranging from CDs to T-Shirt as cultural aspect in an excellent environment. In addition to the music, the Armada Fania will feature the LIVE art of Santiago, a New York based pin up/portrait artist.
Armada Fania Club & Pop-Up Store Line Up:
• Dec. 5th: Bobbito Garcia (aka Kool Bob Love) & The Brass King
• Dec. 6th : Rice & Beans Sound System
• Dec. 7th : Whiskey Barons & Mr. Pauer
• Dec. 8th : Radio Rios & DJ Africa
RSVP @ www.Fania.com/Armada
For more info visit us at www.Fania.com
Native Miami 12/7/12
Native Miami
Friday, 12/07/2012, 08:00 pm – 11:00 pm
DWNTWN Arthouse
122 NE 11 Street,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
The Foundry and Cannonball Present:
Native Miami
The Annual Off-Basel Celebration of Miami’s Native Art, Music, and Food Culture
Live music by Teepee and Deaf Poets
Food provided by Blue Collar, and Josh’s Deli
Bar sponsored by Henienken and Perrierr
Admission is free for current Foundry Members.
$20 for non-members.
If you would like to become a Foundry member visit legalartmiami.org or contact splash@cannonballmiami.org
El Septimo Circulo (Javier Velasco) and Photoespana 12/3/12-12/4/12
El Septimo Circulo (Javier Velasco) and Photoespana
Opening: Monday, December 3 @ 8PM
December 3 @ 3pm-7pm, December 4 @ 4pm – 8pm
Centro Cultural Español
1490 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, Fl 33132
www.ccemiami.org
Free Admission
The Spanish Cultural Center in Miami presents the following activities for Art Basel week:
El Séptimo CÃrculo es un proyecto basado en La Divina Comedia de Dante Alighieri. El artista español Javier Velasco tiñe de rojo la sala de exposiciones y recrea el infierno de Dante a través de poéticos rÃos de vidrio colgantes y pinturas de mercurocromo que cambian de color según la luz.
El Séptimo CÃrculo (The Seventh Circle) is an exhibition based in the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. The Spanish artist Javier Velasco recreates Dante’s inferno through poetic rivers of red glass and mercurochrome paintings that change colors according to light intensity.
OHWOW presents It Ain’t Fair 12/6/12-12/9/12
OHWOW is pleased to announce the fifth and final edition of the annual group exhibition It Ain’t Fair (IAF)
December 6 – 9, 2012
Friday and Saturday, 11 to 7 PM
Sunday, 11 to 5 PM
Thursday, December 6, 6 to 9 PM (Opening reception)
743 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach FL 33139
oh-wow.com
Coinciding with Art Basel Miami Beach, It Ain’t Fair 2012 celebrates the history and tradition of IAF’s renowned multimedia production, and closes the chapter on what came to define OHWOW’s identity as a community platform for progressive art in all media.
Since the first installment in 2008, It Ain’t Fair proved an innovative and divergent idea; an exhibition and project providing an alternate experience to the dozens of December art fairs in Miami. The exhibition continued to evolve through the years, yet always reflected its time, excelling at capturing the trends occurring in contemporary art. Over the course of IAF’s history, OHWOW presented a wide range of work from artists in many disciplines: from Tauba Auerbach to Ashley Bickerton, Cyprien Gaillard to Clayton Patterson, Gang Gang Dance to The Gossip; visual arts, films, and performances coalesced into genre defining examples of the moment.
The final IAF moves from the Design District to a 6,000 square foot location on the beach to accommodate a large-scale exhibition and various projects, delivering a climactic conclusion to this definitive enterprise. It Ain‘t Fair 2012 assembles a selection of over 30 contemporary artists, many who contributed in past years, along with several new names: David Adamo, Diana Al-Hadid, Daniel Arsham, Scott Campbell, Julia Chiang, Dan Colen, Brian DeGraw, Sam Falls, Leo Fitzpatrick, James Franco, Cyprien Gaillard, Michael Genovese, Luis Gispert, Drew Heitzler, George Herms, KAWS, Harmony Korine, Hanna Liden, Nate Lowman, Ryan McGinley, Laurel Nakadate, Eddie Peake, Terry Richardson, Bert Rodriguez, Amanda Ross-Ho, Prem Sahib, Aurel Schmidt, Jack Siegel, Lucien Smith, Agathe Snow, Kon Trubkovich, Nick van Woert, Garth Weiser, Amy Yao, and Kim Ye, among others.
In addition, OHWOW brings its Los Angeles-based pirate station, Know Wave Radio (www.know-wave.com), to Miami Beach for a week of live programming to include performances, DJ sets, and interviews. Part art project, part community broadcast, Know Wave has presented a rotating cast of special guests such as Mykki Blanco, Nate Lowman, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, and Cat Power, among others. IAF 2012 will also host a soup kitchen – a social project that provides free dinner to anyone wanting a meal, daily from 5 to 7 PM. Hundreds of artists and creatives make the trip to Art Basel Miami Beach every year on shoestring budgets; the soup kitchen gives back and supports a community that has helped shape the energy and success of OHWOW’s endeavors.
Established in 2008 by Al Moran and Aaron Bondaroff, OHWOW is a gallery, publisher, and special project – a creative community – with gallery and retail locations in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami. Through collaborations with various creative sectors, OHWOW produces projects and initiatives, extending its vision internationally. As a gallery, OHWOW organizes solo, collective, and group exhibitions, alongside presenting special projects and events conceived by outside curators. As a publisher, OHWOW fills a particular niche, providing books that blur the line between objects and treasures, from exhibition catalogs to specific artist pieces. IT AIN’T FAIR 2012
Image: Dan Colen, TBT, 2012, Concrete filled whoopee cushion, 16.5 x 13 x 7 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery
Shhh Special Basel Edition 12/4/12
Shhh Special Basel Edition
December 4, 2012, 9pm-2am
Lords South Beach Hotel
1120 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
rsvp@lordssouthbeach.com
Presented by Perrier Sparkling Natural Mineral Water
Hosted by Lady Fag, Erin Newberg, Tony Ferro, Lauren Foster
Music by DJ Juan E
Complimentary vodka & Perrier cocktails until 10pm
Door by Christopher Richards
Where Is Le Baron? Campaign during Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 12/4/12-12/9/12
Where Is Le Baron
Unofficial Team Headquarters
December 4-9, 8:00pm – 10:00pm
Free Spirit Bar
100 21st St
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.whereislebaron.com
facebook.com/whereislebaron
Twitter: @lebaronfamily / #whereislebaron / @laclique_paris
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Le Baron & La Clique Announce “Where Is Le Baron?†Campaign at Art Basel Miami Beach 2012
A new location every night, to renew the landscape of Art Basel festivities
From December 4th to 9th 2012, Le Baron’s team & artists will once again re-locate under the palm trees of Miami Beach and bring to life Art Basel by night. Since 2005, Le Baron has been a fundamental part of the weekly festivities, having taken residence at The Delano Hotel for the last five editions.
This year, Le Baron has chosen to offer a new concept, a travelling Le Baron which will become alive at a different location every night. The address will be kept secret until 6:00 PM of each evening and released via the Iphone app “Where is Le Baron?†in addition to Le Baron website, twitter and facebook.
To download the “Where is Le Baron?†app and stay up to date on all the Le Baron Family’s adventures, visit the website.
50 Shades of Art Exhibition Wynwood during Art Basel Miami 2012 12/1/12-12/5/12
50 Shades of Art Exhibition Artist Meet and Greet Receptions
December 1st 2012 and December 5th 2012 from 6:30pm – 11:30pm.
1004 Gallery and Boutique
175 NW 23rd Street
Miami, Florida
www.the1004gallery.com
RSVP will be on December 1st and December 5th 2012.
A Look at Some of the Most Talented and Legendary Graffiti and Street artists of All Time
Nov. 30 2012 – Jan. 13 2012
The recently opened “1004 Gallery and Boutique†will be presenting the newest and most prestigious art show in the Americas, 50 Shades of Art on November 30th 2012 in Wynwood, Miami’s hottest and eclectic art design district. The exhibition will be showcasing works by the biggest pioneers and the hottest up and coming graffiti artists and street artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The artists include: Cap, Cope2, Sero, T-Kid, Estria, Sen2, Teck, Secret 007, Rson, Indie184 and Lyne.
50 Shades of Art is an exhibition that sets the standards and raises the bar for graffiti, answers how graffiti itself has continued to thrive and evolve among the new and older generations of graffiti and street artists, and what it will now do to influence younger artists and the contemporary art market. 50 Shades of Art strives to present graffiti as a true form of art and in the process educates the viewer on the fundamentals of graffiti and street art and how and why it has integrated and influenced our modern culture. Furthermore, art critics and collectors alike will marvel at the shows extensive history of urban contemporary art and will witness the legends and the hottest artists behind the artworks.
Conveniently located in the heart of Wynwood, Miami’s most popular design art district, the 1004 Gallery and Boutique will showcase 50 Shades of Art during the dates of Art Basel, the most important art show in the United States. Art Basel welcomes international art collectors, art dealers, artists, curators and other art enthusiasts by the thousands during this extraordinary event where they will witness some of the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and editioned works. Can you say “perfect timing�
Enrique “Sero†Cruz director, owner, curator and exhibiting artist of the 1004 Gallery & Boutique mission was to bring to life a show that will evoke the true essence of graffiti and to reveal to the masses all elements of graffiti and street art. An experienced and long-term graffiti artist, Sero has definitely made his mark in the art community and captured the attention of the mainstream population throughout his 30 year career. During his art profession, Sero has influenced the graffiti movement by pushing the envelope with countless styles and techniques he has created like the great masters before him. Today Sero has been dubbed as one of “THE LAST KINGS†who has come out of the golden era of the New York graffiti movement in the 1980’s and continues to transcend the test of time. He is currently affiliated with legendary iconic crews such as FBA, FC, IBM and SCW who are featured in the book Subway Art and famed documentary Style Wars. Sero has also been featured in the book The History of American Graffiti by Roger Gastman, famed director and also producer of legendary award winning documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop, featuring notorious street artists Banksy and Mr.
Brainwash. Sero has also been featured in the publication Miami Graffiti by James and Karla Murray.
Aside from his extraordinary accomplishments as a mainstream graffiti artist, Sero’s true mission is to educate the viewer of this exciting yet sacred form of art. According to Sero his ultimate goal is, “to enlighten those who do not understand this cultureâ€, and he has definitely fulfilled his ambition by putting together a show that will unquestionably achieve this.
As graffiti gains more recognition and exposure on a global scale, 50 Shades of Art is an exhibition that will answer why graffiti is a global phenomenon, will showcase some of the legends that helped to launch this very sacred underground yet unique art movement to epic proportions, and most importantly acknowledge why this free form art is and will continue to be extremely valuable among young and older art collectors.
Photographs of Jimi Hendrix 70th Birthday Party at Hard Rock Cafe-Bayside on 11/27/12
Miami Entertainment Network presented Jimi Hendrix 70th Birthday Party at Hard Rock Cafe-Bayside on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.
“Miami Entertainment Network is a newly formed Entertainment, Consulting, Marketing and Management company by former Industry Award winners. Their goal is to provide a successful strategy based on proven methods to create positive results for our clients. This strategy will be based on the specific needs of each partner to reach the desired market. A percentage of all income will go to support 501c3 music education programs in our community.”
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Photographs of Drunken Cupcake Bingo at Midtown2 on 11/27/12
Drunken Cupcake Bingo at Midtown2 on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. What an awesome way to spend the evening playing bingo, eating wonderful drunken cupcakes and complimentary drinks. You just pay $10 and you get unlimited bingo (supplies included) with some great prizes include gift certificates from Blo Midtown, NailBar, Solar Intoxication, L.A.B. Salon, Mercadito, Sweetcakes, Vintage Liquor, Green Monkey, Alessandra Gold Concept Store, Pretty Odd Boutique/ by Megan Cotrone and more.
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MANO Fine Art presents Inspired by Red 12/15/12
MANO Fine Art presents Inspired by Red
Saturday, 12/15/2012, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
MANO Fine Art Project Space
4225 SW 75 Ave (2nd Flr),
Miami, Florida 33155
Facebook Link
Join MANO Fine Art for the Opening Reception of “Inspired by Red†a contemporary group show featuring work by: Eva Avila, Luis Berros, Toa Castellano, Chenco, Daniel Garcia, Patricia Gomez, Antonio Guerrero, Josepo, Monique Lassooij, MANO, George Rodez and Derek Wilson.
Red is strong and confident. Red is exciting and sexy. Red is joy and celebration. Red is life. The exhibition, “Inspired by RED†is imbued with the cultural relevance of the color red. In some works it is used literally to represent things that are naturally red, in others it is used as a metaphor. However, it is the underlying emotional qualities of the color that dominates the exhibit.
MANO Fine Art Project Space:
MANO Fine Art Project Space is the working studio of Miami-based artist MANO and an exhibition and project space for art related events. MANO Fine Art participates in the Bird Road Art Walk, held on the third
Saturday of each month and is also open by appointment.
For more information contact 305.467.6819 or visit http://www.manofineart.com/
KCC Productions Presents Expressions Of Lou-Lou During Art Basel Week 12/8/12
KCC Productions Presents Expressions Of Lou-Lou During Art Basel Week
Saturday December 8, from 7-11 PM
Moonchine Asian Bistro Garden Lounge
7100 Biscayne Boulevard
MIMO District, Miami, FL
“Expressions of Lou-Lou,†an exhibit of paintings by Lou-Lou Davila-Hagopian, accompanied by the music of Grammy-nominated singer Thania Sanz, will take place during Art Basel week at Moonchine Asian Bistro.
Lou-Lou was born and brought up in Puerto Rico. “Music and art were a big part of my life to the point that I thought everyone did it; I took it for grantedâ€. Lou-Lou ended up going to college at SUNY Old Westbury. In New York she was able to continue her music and cultural Odyssey that her parents had started her on. â€in my family, education and culture are primary, so when I decided I wanted to paint I called my mom, and enrolled in school at the Art Student League; that was a great and amazing place. On New Year’s Eve 1999 I stayed in Puerto Rico and started school in UPR’s Escuela de Artes Plasticas recinto de el Viejo San Juan, another amazing incredible place. “
Loulouism-Loulouismo comes from just plain down-to-earth music and amazing musicians playing hard, not to mention her Afro-Puerto Rican roots. She can best be described as a frustrated musician who paints music. Her works were recently chosen to be exhibited at the Miami Beach Arts Gala, where one painting served as cover art for the invitation and program, at the Stage Door Theater for a Christmas fund-raiser, co-exhibited with Aleloop at MaiArt night in the Design District, and showed twice at Viernes Culturales on Calle Ocho.
Grammy nominee Thania Sanz graduated from one of the most prestigious schools for jazz and composition, the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Her love of performing original material with her guitar has led her to be known as one of the best live acts in Los Angeles and Miami. She has produced and recorded 4 CD’s, where you can hear her sophisticated approach, musical and lyrical, and her sensitivity in performing. Her songwriting, singing style, and musical vision can take us through beautiful journeys of passion for life, like the troubadours of the old days.
Opening Reception of Miami Light Project Art Basel Group Show with The Free Agents
Opening Reception of Miami Light Project Art Basel Group Show with The Free Agents
December 4, 6-8pm
December 8, 10pm-12am
The Lightbox at Goldman Warehouse
404 NW 26th St
Wynwood Miami, FL 33127
Ket
Klass
Carlos Mare
Alice Mizrachi
Queen Adnrea
Phetus
Exo Whippler
Anima Domus with UR New York and Pop International Galleries present Facing the Future Benefitting the Children’s Bereavement Center 12/4/12-12/9/12
Anima Domus Partners with UR New York and Pop International Galleries for Art Basel Miami Event: “Facing the Futureâ€, Benefitting the Children’s Bereavement Center
December 4th, 6-9pm, Fundraising Event
December 5th – 9th, open to the public
Anima Domus
25 N.E. 39th Street
Miami Design District, FL
Donate and help us support this important cause! Limited amount of tickets available! Purchase Tickets Online
A fundraiser to benefit the Children’s Bereavement Center (CBC). Featuring a solo exhibition with original works by urban street artists SKI and 2ESAE of UR New York, and a chance to win a one-of-a-kind Driade Nemo Armchair and limited edition prints painted by the artists. You do not have to be present to win, but join us for a fun night that will kick-off the week of Art Basel where you can meet and greet the artists.
All proceeds go toward supporting the Children’s Bereavement Center, which offers free peer support for children, teens, young adults and caregivers who are grieving the death of a loved one. Ticket price of $150 includes admission for you and a guest, and a raffle ticket to win a painted Driade Nemo Armchair. With the purchase of five tickets, you are supporting one child through the CBC for an entire year, and you will receive one extra raffle ticket for free! And, all tickets are tax deductible.
Creating and enriching community partnerships through art and design, Anima Domus, South Florida’s premiere destination for contemporary Italian home furnishings, has partnered with street artist collaborative UR New York (Mike Baca aka 2ESAE and Fernando Romero aka SKI), Pop International Galleries in New York City, and Italian contemporary furniture company Driade to actively support and give back to their most admired local charity, the Children’s Bereavement Center, which offers free peer support for children, teens, young adults and caregivers who are grieving the death of a loved one.
Over the next two months, armed with a white swiveling Nemo Armchair by Fabio Novembre donated by Driade and Anima Domus, UR New York will paint the iconic face in their cutting-edge urban industrial style where it will be completed at a LIVE painting event at Pop International Galleries in New York City, on October 3rd.
“It’s an amazing cause and it hits close to home. We both come from unstable backgrounds and have had to mold our way to where we are now,†says SKI. “Any chance we get to give back through our work interests us. No one did that for us, so we’re trying to set an example for others — for the youth,†says 2ESAE.
Follow Anima Domus, UR New York, and Pop International Galleries on Facebook and Twitter to see the progression of the Nemo flourish from start to finish. Once completed, the newly painted and one-of-a-kind Nemo will be available for viewing in New York City at Pop International Galleries until October, when it will then be transported to Miami, to be displayed at Anima Domus’ Design District showroom to coincide with Miami Art Basel festivities.
On December 4th, Anima Domus will hold an exclusive event “Facing the Future: In Support of the Children’s Bereavement Center and Our Community†with catering by Egg & Dart. During the event a raffle will determine the lucky collector who will take home this unique work of art. All proceeds collected from the raffle will go toward furthering the mission of the Children’s Bereavement Center.
During the week of Art Basel and Design Miami December 5th – 9th in Miami, visit Anima Domus to see the artists of UR New York paint another original Nemo Armchair at a LIVE painting event alongside an exhibition of their artwork artwork in conjunction with Pop International Galleries.
“Doing good for our community, and giving back to a city that we all love so much, is one of the core values of our company as well as the core values of all who are participating in this worthy project,†says Marconi Naziazeni, owner of Anima Domus. “The Children’s Bereavement Center is a very active institution that provides vital support free of charge to many families in a moment of extreme need. They truly need our support. â€
Oxenberg Art: The Paintings of Ashley Colilns 11/29/12
Oxenberg Art: The Paintings of Ashley Colilns
Thursday, 11/29/2012, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Oxenberg Fine Art
50 NE 29 Street,
Miami, Florida 33137
Webpage Link
OXENBERG FINE ART: THE PAINTINGS OF ASHLEY COLLINS
Oxenberg Fine Art cordially invites you to a special preview reception featuring:
The Paintings of Ashley Collins
Thursday, November 29, 2012
7:00 – 10:00PM
Guests will receive a first view of mega-scale artworks to be presented in the solo exhibition during Miami Art Week and enjoy light fare and refreshments.
RSVP: 305.854.7104 or gallery@oxenbergart.com
Image caption:
Ashley Collins, Bridge
Mixed media on aged paper
84 x 96 inches
Photographs by Anthony Jordon of The White Party – Reset at Soho Studios on 11/24/12
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon from the The White Party – Reset at Soho Studios on Saturday, November 24, 2012. White Party week is a week long fundraiser for Care Resource, a wonderful organization that provides support, treatment, prevention and research to people living with HIV/AIDS in Miami-Dade and Broward.
Care Resource Mission Statement: “Through education, prevention, research, care & treatment, and support services, Care Resource improves upon the health and overall quality of life of our diverse South Florida communities in need.â€
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.
Cynergi Collection Wynwood Arts District Group Art Show during Art Basel Week 12/5/12-12/10/12
Cynergi Collection Wynwood Arts District Group Art Show during Art Basel Week
December 5 at 6:00pm – 10:00pm
December 6th-10th From 11-10pm
Cynergi Building
2700 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, Florida 33127
Featuring the works of: Moses Morales, Jordan Michael Zuniga, Nicolas Guillen, Christin Minotte, Joel Blanco, Benjamin Edelstein, Pablo Ricatti, and Ada Balcacer
Come see a new show, and new exciting venue that shows an insider view of the working artist lifestyle 1 block away from the tents in Midtown. You’ll get to see the studios as well as the gallery.
Art Basel Rejuvenation by Juliana Aragao 12/5/12
Art Basel “Rejuvenation” by Juliana Aragao
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
The Dorset Hotel Library
1720 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
The Catalina Hotels presents “Rejuvenation” by Juliana Aragao showing at The Dorset Library
Exhibition runs through December 9,2012
Made In Italy Miami Art Basel 12/4/12
Made In Italy Miami Art Basel
Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Toscana Divino
900 S Miami Ave
Miami, FL
Aperitivo Featuring Art-Work By Alex Turco
Powered by: Zonin prosecco, Ferrarelle Water, Peroni Beer, Averna Liquor, Radio Kiss Kiss
The Factory Art Show during Art Basel Miami at Wynwood Cigar Factory 12/5/12-12/9/12
The Factory Art Show – Art Basel Miami
December 5 to December 9
Wynwood Cigar Factory
101 NW 24 Street
Miami, Florida 33127
Join us and the entire Wynwood Cigar Factory family as Wynwood Cigar Factory Presents: The Factory Art Show
Featured Artists:
131; Abstrak; Agana; Alex Yanes; Baghead; Beth Emmerich; Danny Cordero; Dianaya; Erin Yoshi; Evoca1; Glow; Hops; Jose Mertz; Ksra; Marcelo Ibanez; Meme; Merlot; Myla; Onesevennine; Raul Flores; Reds; Remote; Tatiana Suarez; Toofly
Sponsors:
Kid Robot Pop Up Shop
The Paint Yard
Basel Biergarten
Beck’s Beer
Chambord Vodka
Steep City Teas
Blossoming at Art Basel 12/8/12
Blossoming at Art Basel
Saturday, December 8, 2012, 7:00pm
Cherry Blossom Learning Center
2731 NE 2nd Ave
Wynwood Miami, FL
$10/person donation at the door
An art gallery night to benefit:
Blossom’s Developmental Therapy Associates
Miami Children’s Hospital
Samantha’s Purpose
Music, food, drinks and art by renowned artists as well as “unique” children.
Art Basel Music Distraction 12/7/12
Art Basel Music Distraction
December 7 – December 8, 8:00pm to 12:00am
Jelly Bros HQ
164 NW 20th St
Miami, FL 33127
Second Annual Art Basel Distraction!
2 Day party Dec 7 & 8
12 + Bands
Internet Cafe by Domingo Castillo
Video/Art Installation
end of days celebration!
The Future Is Now Art Basel Event 12/7/12
The Future Is Now Art Basel Event
Friday, December 7, 2012, 10:00pm until 5:00am
Gavanna Miami
10 NE 40TH St
Miami, Florida 33137
Complimentary Admission w/ RSVP: events@keepbouncing.com
Keep Bouncing! & No Agenda present
The Future Is Now
New York City invades Miami for an unforgettable experience of progressive sights and sounds.
Visual Artists will be joined by World Class Electronic DJs to present an interactive installation of multimedia expression, blurring the lines of art and music with technology.
Artists:
ELLE Dead Sex
Kimyon Huggins
Joshua Williams
DJs:
Proper Villains
G.Brown
Roxy Cottontail
Kimyon
Art Miami VIP After-Party at BAC 12/8/12
Art Miami VIP After-Party @ BAC
Saturday, December 8, 2012, 7:00pm until 11:00pm
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami, Florida 33127
$10 Admission; Free for BAC Members and Art Miami + CONTEXT Art Miami VIP Cardholders and exhibitors
Enjoy cocktails, savory fare, and live entertainment.
Exhibitions on view:
If a tree falls, a chain reaction… (Audrey Love Gallery)
Take Me Home (Swenson Gallery)
MOCA presents Nicolas Jaar Live at Mondrian Art Basel Shakers Event 12/7/12
MOCA presents Nicolas Jaar Live at Mondrian Art Basel Shakers Event
Friday, December 7, 2012, 8:30pm until 12:00am
Mondrian Hotel
1100 West Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Get your tickets Online
Music at MOCA – MoCA Shakers Official Art Basel Event with
Nicolas Jaar (wolf+lamb, clown & sunset, circus company)
Opening set by Adams + Tabeau
Brought to you in part by Young Hearts – ‘like’ our page for a special ticket discount.
Fusion: Art Basel Talib Kweli, Malik Yoba, Sean Paul, Laurence Gartel and more 12/6/12
Fusion: Art Basel Talib Kweli, Malik Yoba, Sean Paul, Laurence Gartel and more
Thursday, December 6, 2012, 8:00pm until 12:00am
LMNT
59 Northwest 36th Street
Miami, FL 33127
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Hosted by Malik Yoba, Anchal Joseph, Claudia Jordan and Lorenzo Ice T Thomas
Music Performances by Talib Kweli, Urban Mystic, Kulture Shock, DJ Rob Dinero, Bonnie Beats, and DJ Epps
Art Installations by Laurence Gartel, Sean Paul, Jenny Perez, and Maicol Diaz
Art To Wear Fashion Show by Art Of Shade, Lisu Vega and The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Fusion is a funky fashion forward mash-up fundraiser that will embody music, art to wear, photography, and mixed media art installations during Art Basel 2012. Imagine an electrifying infusion of enthralling live musical performances paired with fashion and top models, all surrounded by amazing art displays for a fantastic cause. Oh and did we forget to mention open bar and sweet treats, all for a great cause? The fun does not stop there, we will also have a live auction with memorabilia and fine art from some of your favorite celebs and stars. The purpose aside from having a memorable night is to raise money and supplies for under privileged students in the Broward and Dade county areas.
Paternosto at Durban Segnini Gallery – Opening Reception 11/29/12
Paternosto Opening Reception 
Thursday November 29, 7 – 10
Durban Segnini Gallery
3072 SW 38th Ave
Miami, Fl 33146
gallery@durbansegnini.com
durbansegnini.com
Mr. & Mrs. Cesar Segnini request the pleasure of your company to the Opening Reception of Cesar Paternosto Painting and Architecture In the presence of the artist
Parking available
Image:Black & Blue, Mixed media on canvas, 47 ¼ x 47 ¼ in. (120 x 120 cm), 2011
Chambliss Giobbi SE7N The Seven Deadly Sins Opening 12/6/12
Chambliss Giobbi – SE7N – The Seven Deadly Sins – Opening 
December 6th – 7 – 9pm
101 Exhibit LLC
101 NE 40th St
Miami, Florida 33137-3511
Coinciding with the 11th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach this December, 101/exhibit in Miami will present Chambliss Giobbi’s solo project, entitled SE7N.
Excess, hatred and indifference are all sure descriptions, within Catholic dogmas and mythologies alike, of The Seven Deadly Sins. Visualizing these manifestations of inertia and obsession is made possible by New York – based artist Chambliss Giobbi.
SE7N is the culmination of 1000s of images photographed, shredded, torn, cut, reassembled, composed and affixed to large aluminum panels, 92 x 56 inches, and sealed within burnished layers of bees wax. Also included, a select collection of Giobbi’s personal portraits will also be featured throughout the entire gallery space.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a 44-page catalog with an essay by Walter Robinson. Mr. Robinson has written for numerous publications including contributing Editor at Art in America. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Artnet Magazine.
Chambliss Giobbi was born in New York City in 1963. He earned his BFA in Classical Music Composition from Boston University in 1986 before shifting into the field of contemporary visual art. He was the past recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (1991) and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996. Giobbi’s work has been featured in exhibitions in Barcelona, Bucharest, London, Detroit, New York and Miami. His work is held in the permanent collection of the Museo De Bellas Artes in Santander, Spain. Publications such as BOMB Magazine, SLEEK Magazine(Berlin), FlashArt (Online edition) andThe New York Timeshave included Giobbi and his work. Giobbi lives and works in New York City.
101/exhibit is a contemporary art program dedicated to presenting international emerging and established talent. Spanning multiple mediums, with a particular focus on figurative painting and drawing, the gallery engages its audience with a finely- tuned roster of artists in consistent and flourishing states of production in practice. 101/exhibit is unique in its twofold mission to promote the artist and to inspire the collector. Founded by Sloan Schaffer in 2008, the gallery is situated within the heart of Miami’s Design District with a second space in West Hollywood, California.
Ninth Annual Breakfast in the Park at the Frost Art Museum 12/9/12
Ninth Annual Breakfast in the Park at the Frost Art Museum
Sunday, December 9, 2012, from 9:30 am to noon
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th St.
Miami FL 33199
Provides Exciting Conclusion to Art Basel Miami Beach Festivities
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University celebrates Art Basel Miami Beach with its ninth annual Breakfast in the Park. Guests will enjoy a complimentary outdoor breakfast, relax and sip Mimosas on the terrace, hear a stimulating talk by our featured sculptor and take guided tours of The Sculpture Park, as well as the exhibitions in the Museum. Breakfast in the Park is open to the public and free of charge.
This year’s featured sculptor is Albert Paley. Infused with the rhythmic fluidity of Art Nouveau, his sculptures have been called mysterious, seductive and spirited. They are technologically ingenious and emotionally demanding. He is the first metal sculptor to receive the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architects, the AIA’s highest award to a non-architect. Paley, a Distinguished Professor, holds the Charlotte Fredericks Mowris Endowed Chair at the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, and is the recipient of three Honorary Doctorates in Fine Art. Broadly published and an international lecturer, Paley received both his BFA and MFA from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Commissioned by both public and private corporations, he has completed more than 60 site-specific works. His work can be found in the permanent collections of over 30 museums, nationally and internationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum and The British Museum, both in London. Several of his works are on display currently at the Frost Art Museum, including Clay Center Model, in the foyer of the Museum, and Portal, which is part of the American Sculpture in the Tropics exhibition outside the Museum in The Sculpture Park.
In addition to American Sculpture in the Tropics, Breakfast in the Park guests are invited to view the Museum’s other current exhibitions:
to beauty: A Tribute to Mike Kelley
Mark Messersmith: Fragile Nature
Iván Navarro: Fluorescent Light Sculptures
Material and Meaning: Earthenware, Stoneware and Porcelain from The Wolfsonian-FIU Collection
Reflections Across Time: Seminole Portraits
Breakfast in the Park is held the final day of Art Basel Miami Beach. County buses will offer free transportation for Art Basel patrons and the general public, leaving from the Miami Beach Convention Center. Breakfast in the Park receives support from Kelley Roy Gallery, Martini, MACBA | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Buenos Aires and Wells Fargo Advisors. For more information about this event, please visit http://thefrost.fiu.edu or call 305-348-2890.
Ink Miami 2012: Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper 12/5/12-12/9/12
Ink Miami 2012: Modern & Contemporary Works on Paper
December 5-9, 2012
The Suites of Dorchester
1850 Collins Avenue (at 19th Street)
Miami Beach, FL 33139
¡Desayuno Cubano! December 5, 10:00 am
Pulp Party: December 6, 5:30–7:30 pm
Wednesday: 10:00 am–5:00 pm
Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10:00 am–7:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am–3:00 pm
Premier Sponsor: XL Insurance.
Presented by the International Fine Print Dealers Association [IFPDA].
INK Miami Art Fair opens on Wednesday, December 5 at 10:00 am with ¡Desayuno Cubano! at the Suites of Dorchester, just two blocks from the Miami Beach Convention Center. New this year, the Fair plans to serve café con leche and Cuban pastries beginning at 10:00 am on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to encourage collectors to take advantage of the Fair’s sunny courtyard setting and start their day at Ink Miami.
New This Year! Scope Expands to include Modern Masters
Grounding its established focus on post-war contemporary masters and the newest contemporary editions, the Fair now includes dealers specializing in modern works on paper. To represent this area, the Fair has added Leslie Sacks Fine Art (Los Angeles) and Susan Teller Gallery (New York). Sacks will offer works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Marc Chagall in addition to post-war works by David Hockney, Richard Diebenkorn, and Ed Ruscha. Susan Teller will present a focused exhibition of mid-twentieth century American printmakers entitled Peggy Bacon & Her Circle featuring works by Bacon, Isabel Bishop, Minna Citron, Wanda Gág, Reginald Marsh, Anne Ryan and Marguerite Zorach. Also presenting American mid-century modern prints is Dolan Maxwell (Philadelphia), with works by Judith Rothschild, Benton Spruance, and Dox Thrash. Marlborough Graphics (New York) will also feature excellent examples from its vast holdings in European modern masters in addition to Francis Bacon, Chakaia Booker, Richard Estes, and Manolo Valdes.
Post-war Contemporary Masters
Aaron Galleries (Chicago), another new exhibitor, will augment the Fair’s strength in contemporary masterworks with works by Willem deKooning, Wayne Thiebaud, and Kenneth Noland. Singular works by Gerhard Richter, Sol Lewitt, and Robert Rauschenberg will be on offer at Dranoff Fine Art (New York) and Carl Solway Gallery (Cincinnati) will show multiples, trial proofs, and unique works by John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Ann Hamilton, and Frank Stella.
Late twentieth century contemporary
A series of photographic portraits from the late 1990s by Chicago-born and New York-based artist Rashid Johnson will be a highlight at Aaron Galleries. The artist’s major solo exhibition, “Message to Our Folks†was on view at the Miami Art Museum this fall. Dolan/Maxwell will showcase prints and works on paper by Steven Ford, Ryan Parker, and Cheryl Warrick. The Verne Collection (Cleveland), with its special emphasis on rarely-seen contemporary Japanese artists and American artists working in Japan, will exhibit works by Daniel Kelly and Hiroshi Yoshida.
New Editions by Contemporary and emerging Artists
Another new exhibitor, Childs Gallery (Boston), will highlight new works by emerging and mid-career contemporary Cuban artists fresh from this year’s Havana Biennial. These artists are noteworthy for their commitment to using traditional printmaking as their preferred medium for exploring socio-political issues.
The Fair’s contemporary editions publishers will offer collectors the opportunity to acquire fresh new projects before they are scooped up by major galleries. These include works by Sean Scully, Suzanne Caporael, and Cameron Johnson at Tandem Press. Florida’s own Graphicstudio/U.S.F. will present print and sculptural editions by Christian Marclay, Alex Katz, E.V. Day, and Carlos Garaicoa. MixografÃa® (Los Angeles) will present a one-man show of six new editions by John Baldessari. New editions by Martin Puryear, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, and Gary Simmons will come from the Berkeley-based print workshop, Paulson Bott Press. Stoney Road Press (Dublin) widens the Fair’s roster of contemporary artists with new editions by Irish artists Brian O’doherty, Dorothy Cross, and William Crozier. Tamarind Institute (Albuquerque), a new addition to the Fair, will offer prints by Tony Delap, James Siena, Alison Saar and Nicola Lopez.
INK Miami receives sponsorship for the annual Pulp Party from XL Insurance. XL Insurance specializes in Property, Casualty, Professional and Specialty insurance for large corporations and middle market companies.
Global Caribbean & Pieces of Jamaica Art Basel Miami Exhibit at the Little Haiti Cultural Center 12/6/12
Global Caribbean & Pieces of Jamaica Art Basel Miami Exhibit
Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 6pm
Little Haiti Cultural Center
212-260 Northeast 59th Terrace
Miami, FL 33137.
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An evening of special performances by artists representing the Caribbean.
There will also be a book signing for the recently published book, “Pieces of Jamaica: The Real Rock Edition”.
The exhibit is opened to the public on the morning of December 7th, 2012 and will end February 16th, 2013.
Admission is free.
Artist and Curator, Edouard Duval Carrie, will present the fourth installation of Global Caribbean entitled French West Indies & Guyana, Focus on the Contemporary Expression featuring fourteen artists from the French Caribbean. The Little Haiti Cultural Center will provide a platform for the work of Arno-Eddy Firmin (Guadelupe), Christian Bertin (Martinique), Ernest Breleur (Martinique), Jean Marc Hunt (Guadeloupe), Thierry Jarrin (Martinique), Valérie John (Martinique), Louis Laouchez (Martinique), Mirtho Linguet (French Guiana), Christophe Mert (Martinique), Bruno Pédurand (Guadeloupe), Luz Severino (Dominican Republic/ Martinique), Philippe Thomarel (Guadeloupe), Thierry Tian-Sio-Po (French Guiana), Laurent Valère (Martinique).
Pieces of Jamaica will showcase artwork that reflects the traditional and avante garde expressions of Jamaican artists in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its independence. A prolific artist, Karl “Jerry” Craig has had one man exhibitions in England, the USA and Jamaica as well as exhibited in many group shows in Canada, Europe, several Latin American countries, Japan, Hong Kong, Mexico, Republic of Dominica, Cuba and Botswana. His work is included in many public and private collections in many countries of the world. David Muir, through photography, showcases the candid beauty of the Jamaican people and its rich and diverse landscape. He has garnered acclaim and excitement from a wide cross-section of art aficionados and general art lovers, prompting a number of exhibitions both locally and internationally. The publication of his book, “Pieces of Jamaica: The Real Rock Edition,” now affords a larger audience to enjoy his work in their homes and for those who are not able to afford the actual pieces from the collection to have this heirloom quality keepsake.
Oxenberg Art Special Preview Reception The Paintings of Ashley Collins 11/29/12
Oxenberg Art Special Preview Reception The Paintings of Ashley Collins
Thursday, November 29, 2012, 7:00 – 10:00PM 
Oxenberg Fine Art
50 NE 29 Street, Miami, FL 33137
Wynwood Art District
Space Limited – RSVP Required: 305.854.7104 / gallery@oxenbergart.com
Special preview reception featuring: The Paintings of Ashley Collins
Guests will receive a first view of mega-scale artworks to be presented in the solo exhibition during Miami Art Week and enjoy musical entertainment, light fare and refreshments.
Following a challenging upbringing and journey leading to establishing her studio in Venice, California, Ashley Collins has broken ground creating mega–scale, contemporary and layered paintings of horses. Collins’ technique incorporates collage with pages from the 1800s to mid-1900s, obscured historical images and book covers, among other unique layers. Her goal to create lasting works of passion, depth and hope has established her position as one of the most highly valued female contemporary artists of our time.
Collins’ 900 plus work history is included in many of the most important art collections in the world. Today, Collins is among an elite group of valued contemporary artists, as her artworks are iconic in the lexicon of American art.
Centrally located across from Wynwood/Midtown Miami art fairs held during Miami Art Week, Oxenberg Fine Art will be open for special exhibition viewing hours on those days:
5 December, 10:00am – 9:00pm
6 December, 10:00am – 9:00pm
7 December, 10:00am – 10:00pm
8 December, 10:00am – 9:00pm
9 December, 10:00am – 6:00pm
Bass Museum of Art Presents The Endless Renaissance Six Solo Artist Projects
Bass Museum of Art Presents: The Endless Renaissance – Six Solo Artist Projects
Thursday, December 6 through Monday, December 10, 2012, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
VIP reception on December 5, 2012 9pm-12am.
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
The Endless Renaissance – Six Solo Artist Projects: Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Barry X Ball, Walead Beshty, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Ged Quinn and Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook will be on view during Art Basel Miami Beach 2012.
The exhibition runs through March 17, 2013.
This December, the Bass Museum of Art shifts away from the curated group show to make room for six individual solo artist projects. On December 5, the Bass Museum of Art presents six international contemporary artists: Eija-Liisa Ahtila (Finland), Barry X Ball (USA), Walead Beshty (UK), Hans-Peter Feldmann (Germany), Ged Quinn (UK) and Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook (Thailand). In 2009, The Bass Museum of Art embarked on an ongoing exploration of the notion that all art was once contemporary and inversely, that all contemporary works of art are part of a continuum of art history. This ongoing project and these six artists presentations pay homage to the Bass Museum of Art’s mission statement, “we educate and inspire by exploring the connections between our historical collection and contemporary art.â€
Eija-Liisa Ahtila is a video artist and photographer. She will present a three-screen video projection, The Annunciation, though the Gospel of Luke (1:26–38) provides the narrative and Renaissance painting the iconography, Ahtila interprets the Annunciation with moving images that are at once spiritedly reverential, contemporary, and humane. Through her choice of actors—some of whom are professional and most (a group women from a center for social services) of whom are not—Ahtila questions the nature of performance and the notion of linearity, and presents the “story” of The Annunciation in strikingly original ways. In two versions: one image in a single frame (38 min.), followed by three images (split screen) in a single frame (33 min.). Courtesy Crystal Eye, Finland. In Finnish; English subtitles. 71 min.. Ahtila lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
Barry X Ball, through the use of unconventional materials and innovative methods, has reinvigorated the age-old tradition of figurative stone sculpture. Ball employs an elaborate array of equipment and procedures to realize his works, ranging from the cutting edge to the traditional, from 3-D digital scanning, virtual modeling, and computer-controlled milling to hyper-detailed hand carving and polishing. The sculptures’ complexity is echoed in their clinically poetic titles. With their simultaneous fever-pitch intensity and surreal stillness, Barry X Ball’s bravura works make an expansive case for the reconsideration of contemporary sculptural practice. Ball lives and works in New York, New York.
Walead Beshty will feature a selection of glass and copper works that demonstrate an awareness of their own histories. Fitting perfectly inside proprietary sizes of FedEx boxes, these glass sculptures travel through the company’s massive infrastructure from venue to venue, becoming severely chipped and cracked. Likewise, Beshty’s large copper panels are handled directly by manufacturers, shippers and art handlers, resulting in smudges, hand-prints and tarnishes. Beshty’s work exposes the marks of time and physical signs of usage that take place in the process of production, shipping and installation of works of art. Just as an Old Master painting holds a provenance, a history of ownership and display, Beshty’s use of fragile materials like copper and glass aid in the disclosure of each object’s “provenanceâ€, and the evidence of their handling. Beshty lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Hans-Peter Feldmann’s approach to art-making is one of collecting, ordering and re-presenting amateur snapshots, print photographic reproductions, toys and trivial works of art. This project is Hans-Peter Fedlmann’s first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. Feldmann reproduces and recontextualizes our reading of them in books, postcards, posters and multiples. Feldmann lives and works in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Ged Quinn specializes in allegorical paintings that include contemporary images in idyllic scenes based on classical paintings such as the pastoral works of Claude Lorrain and Caspar David Friedrich. The Endless Renaissance Quinn will present densely layered paintings that transform art historical genre painting into contemporary experience. Quinn lives and works in Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook is universally recognized as one of the leading video artists from Southeast Asia who was recently featured in dOCUMENTA (13). She will present works from her Two Planets series, in which members of Thai villages discuss several classic works of modern European painting while Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook fixes her camera on them. Contemplated outside of a museum in this atypical context, the work explores the conventions of viewing and interpretation that have come to be central features of the Western experience of art. Rasdjarmrearnsook lives and works in Thailand.
Giant Curious Animals at the Freedom Tower During Art Week Miami 2012
Giant Curious Animals at the Freedom Tower During Art Week Miami 2012 Opening
Friday, November 30th, at 7pm
MDC’s Freedom Tower
600 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132
All programs are free and open to the public
www.for-everglades.com
November 30, 2012- January 26, 2013
Galleria Ca D’oro is pleased to present Foreverglades an environmentally minded public art exhibition by International Artists William Sweetlove and artists collective, Cracking Art Group. Presented in partnership with Miami Dade’s College Museum of Art + Design and famed Swiss watchmaker Girard-Perregaux, Foreverglades will open with a public reception. The exhibition will run through Saturday, January 26th, 2013.
Foreverglades, an interior and exterior installation in the public realm, establishes a locally conscious perspective focusing on environmental protection, sustainability, and advocacy of South Florida’s National Parks and Preserves. An exhibition unlike anything else of its kind, Foreverglades will encompass a presentation of 300 animals made out of recyclable plastic, resin, and aluminum, native of South Florida, including three specific regional species: native alligators, sea turtles, and frogs literally crawling up, down and around Miami Dade College’s nationally historic building – a feat never before attempted on the famed structure. For the European-based artists, William Sweetlove and Cracking Art Group, the animals were researched and selected for the important role each play in the development and history of our local landscape.
Accompanying the exhibition, the museum in partnership with the MDC Earth Ethics Institute, US National Parks Conservation Association, Everglades National Park, Biscayne National Park, Dry Tortugas National Park and Big Cypress Preserve will present: Foreverglades: here today, hopeful for tomorrow, a one-day educational symposium on Friday, November 30th at the MDC Freedom Tower. The one-day event will feature panel discussions, exhibitions, and performances focusing on the education of advocacy for our fragile South Florida landscape and how artists seek unique ways to present the message. The future may be unknown for the Florida Everglades, but Foreverglades is a true testament to how artists use art to create public awareness for the world we compromise in hopes it will exist forever.
Additional support for Foreverglades is provided by the Consulate General of Italy, Consulate General of Belgium, Consulate General of France, Gulliver Preparatory School and the Biscayne Nature Center. The official opening event for “2013, Year of Italian Culture in the US,†will also take place during the opening of FOReverglades with the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in Miami and the European Ministry of the Environment.
“Italy is well known for its cuisine, fashion, and design. With this initiative we aim to demonstrate that Italy also has talent in the field of contemporary art. Italians can export brilliant artists and create prestigious events for the world to enjoy. The ecological messages of our artists are well developed in Italy and we are delighted to collaborate with the national parks here in Miami to further their important work in preserving our environmentâ€, declares Gloria Porcella, Italian curator of the Miami Installation.
“The importance of preserving our environment is beautifully represented in Forevergladesâ€, says Michele Sofisti, CEO of Sowind (Girard-Perregaux and jeanrichard). “We hope that together we are able to spread the message further and increase public awareness of this issueâ€.
Peace On E(ART)H Fundraising Event and Art Exhibition to Benefit Planting Peace 12/6/12
Peace On E(ART)H Fundraising Event and Art Exhibition to Benefit Planting Peace
Thursday December 6th, 2012 from 8-11pm.
FIFTY Ultra Lounge at the Viceroy Hotel Miami.
485 Brickell Avenue
Miami, FL 33131
The $10 admission includes a complimentary cocktail and a raffle ticket.
Tickets may be purchased online
21+
www.plantingpeace.org
For The Cause Events is hosting the Peace On E(ART)H fundraising event to benefit the nonprofit organization Planting Peace. The event will take place during Art Basel.
The event will be hosted by Serena ChaCha, contestant on the upcoming season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and will consist of a silent auction, raffle, artistic dance performance by Elemental Expressions Entertainment and live music by Elastic Bond. Special guest, Diego Val, from this season’s The Voice will also be lending his support to this important cause.
There will be an art exhibition and silent auction of pieces by artists who will be donating a percentage of the sales during the event to Planting Peace. Participating artists include Rubem Robierb, Alex Yanes, Alan Feldmesser, David Lavernia, Thang Dao, Gabriela McAdams, Marina Gonella, Ingrid Mathurin, Edward Oliveira, Anica Shpilberg, Ricardo Serpa, Sean Murdock, and Nathan Ranelli. Product Sponsors include Asprey, Lamaritere, Teavana,Kiehls, TEASY, Nina Stones, Follow Your Bliss Jewelry, Grand Luxe Café, Bdry Blow Dry Bar, Duffy’s Sports Grille, and many more.
The funds raised will go directly to Planting Peace’s “Stomp the Worm†project, which is a program set forth to provide de-worming medications to poverty stricken areas of the world.
The goal is to help raise funds for 1 million de-worming vaccinations for children living in Central and South America. Every $1.00 raised will help de-worm 50 children.
“You Are What You Eat” Art Exhibition 12/15/12
“You Are What You Eat” Art Exhibition
Saturday, 12/15/2012, 07:00 pm – 11:00 pm
1310 Gallery
Sailboat Bend Artists Lofts,
1310 SW 2nd Court, Florida Fort Lauderdale
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n collaboration with The Sickle Cell Natural Wellness Group Inc, this health conscious event will offer a brief calm after the storm that is Art Basel. The installations and artworks on display will be aesthetic depictions illustrating how vital it is to general well-being to maintain a healthy lifestyle by consuming natural foods and participating in “greener†lifestyle practices.
“Lull’ a sub-theme within the highlight of the evening will be a separate showcase within this exhibition presented by Thought Coalition and Sailboat Bend resident artist Yudelka Tavera. Artworks within this realm will be expressing the healing process with the body at rest or in motion to symbolize both physical and/or emotional recovery.
* Live Music, Mural & Fashion
*Delicious Vegan Food tasting
*Spoken Word Poetry Showcase
*Raw Drink/Smoothie Bar
*Green Aperitif Tasting
MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY:
The AstroKats
Montage
VISUAL & SPOKEN WORD ARTISTS FEATURED:
Asanyah Davidson
Ashley Queen of Swords
Atlas
Ben Pachter
Brandy Somers
Chase Vreeland
Claudio Camilucci
Darien Dirr
Don Pablo Pedro
Francis Marquez
Gregory Dirr
George Retkes
Harold Alpha Numerix
Jah Linx
Jasmine Bailey
Jennifer Kosharek
Jysikka Ryan
Kasey Lou Lindley
Lester Jack Gessley III
Michelle Feigay
Niki Lopez
Nikki Detourbutterfly Saraiva
Paul McEnery
Quick the Poet
Renda Writer
Sandra Lefever
Saori (Cheryl) Murphy
Shane Watt
Sonia Baez-Hernandez
Sooky Kim
T.J. Brown
Victoria Topor
Yanuary Navarro
Yudelka Tavera
Matching Set Verge Art Miami Beach Opening Night Showcase 12/6/12
Matching Set Verge Art Miami Beach Opening Night Showcase
Dec 6, 6-10pm
ESSEX House
1001 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Matching Set: Last year Pocket of Lollipops duo Maite and Tony brought you the mind-expanding Cashmere Kitty. This year, they are joining forces with Verge Art Fair for their opening night Art Party to produce Matching Set, an unruffled line up of musical acts Datamouth, Cog Nomen, Pocket of Lollipops and DJ Jiriki.
Posh Punk Duo Maitejosune Urrechaga & Tony Kapel from Pocket of Lollipops bring to you another combination of their artshmaltz. These two have been know for their installations and music performances together. Individually Maite is a visual artist and Tony is a writer. When these two forces combine they marry iconic tones. Past events have included: “Cashmere Kitties,” “Snowcone in the Stairs,” “It’s Okay to Cross now,” and “The Halls Ways.” These events have ranged from Live Paper Ball Fights, feeding the audience lollipops, and creating and coloring masks to chase snails. For this special performance, Maite describes her goal as helping the audience to “imagine drizzles steel pressing themselves into your being.”
Datamouth is the moniker of Chris Salazar, an artist and musician originally from Santiago, Chile who currently lives in Miami, FL. Salazar’s musical background is diverse: guitarist in the influential South Florida punk band Milkshed in the 1990’s and early 2000’s; guitarist in the instrumental rock band Vidavox (described as an amalgam of jazz, progressive rock, jam band, & math rock) in the early-mid 2000’s; and performer/collaborator in various other musical projects. Additionally, video game soundtracks and Freestyle music were among the earliest electronic influences on Salazar. His approach to electronic music is atypical in that his tracks often evolve from melodies written on guitar. Although Salazar is a senior art director professionally, outside of work, he continues to work in art by constantly drawing, designing, photographing + film-making, and creating music.
Cog Nomen is made up of Guitarist, Buffalo Brown and drummer, Brave Ulysses, both of whom have been staples in the Miami live music scene for a better part of the last decade. Cog Nomen’s music is part electro-pop with an good dose of psychedelic ambient rock-scapes (Imagine Pink Floyd jamming with Daft Punk at Brian Eno’s house). Each of their songs constructs a familiar place with spry rhythms, lush textures and engaging hooks without the safety net of plug-ins or pre-recorded sequences favored by laptop musicians. Their debut album Even The Odd was recorded live during the summer of 2011 while facing each other in the recording studio. Recently they have been at it again with their unique twist of psychedelic and pop music- releasing their second album titled “The End Of Knowing (As We Know It)” in CD and MP3 format on August 1st. The Cog Nomen sound is so raw yet refined that its instantly familiar while exuberantly fresh and unpredictab
JIRIKI JiRiKi is an Atlanta based artist who grew up playing in different psychadelic jam bands, then enrolled into the electronic music production program at SAE institute in Miami which paved the way to her first EDM project as JiRiKi, which started in July of 2011. Sets and production include a fusion of Dubstep, Drumstep, Drum and Bass, Electro, Trip Hop, and Glitch.
University Of Miami Presents 5th Annual Cane Art Fair During Art Basel 12/5/12-12/8/12
University Of Miami Presents 5th Annual Cane Art Fair During Art Basel
Opening reception: 2pm to 10pm, Saturday, December 8, in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach 2012.
University of Miami Gallery
Wynwood Building
2750 NW 3rd Avenue, Suite 4
Miami, FL
December 5, 2012 – January 25, 2013.
Artists featured in this exhibition include José Miguel Cabrera(Photography), Dan Listwan (Ceramics), Eddy Lopez (Printmaking), Gerardo Olhovich (Painting), Colin Sherrell (Sculpture) and many more.
In honor of Art Basel Miami Beach, the Art and Art History Department presents the 5th Annual Cane Fair featuring artwork of UM students earning their Masters in Fine Arts. Works on display include photography, sculpture, ceramics, painting and more.
The MFA program is a 60 credit, three-year program resulting in a terminal degree that both prepares students to enter the professional, studio art world and qualifies them for college teaching. Entrance to the program is highly competitive and draws applicants from across the US and internationally.
MAM Party on the Plaza celebrating the opening of New Work Miami 2013 12/6/12
MAM Party on the Plaza celebrating the opening of New Work Miami 2013
Thursday, December 6, 7-11PM
Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130
MAM celebrates the opening of New Work Miami 2013, showcasing newly-commissioned works by Miami’s vibrant artistic community, during Party on the Plaza, the Museum’s signature Art Basel Miami Beach/Miami Art Week event. The annual event is hosted by MAM Director Thom Collins and will feature a special musical performance by Spam Allstars and cocktails on the Museum’s outdoor plaza.
Access with MAM invitation, MAM Contemporaries membership, MAM Contributing ($250) and above membership; Art Basel Miami Beach, Design Miami/ and Art Miami VIP Cards, exhibitor pass, and press pass
Shuttle provided to/from Miami Beach Convention Center. Events@miamiartmuseum.org or 305.375.1704.
TheUrbanCollective Art Africa Miami Arts Fair 12/4/12-12/9/12
TheUrbanCollective Art Africa Miami Arts Fair
December 4-9, 2012
919 NW 2nd Ave
Overtown, Miami, FL 33136
Tuesday Dec 4th, 6:00-10:00 pm
Opening Reception with DJ Ohso By Invitation at TheUrbanCollective, Midtown
Thursday Dec 6th , 6:00-10:00 pm
Evening First Look (By invitation)
7:00-9:00 pm, Black Art in America and Non Radio Music: Mobile Media Lounge
10:00- UNTIL, Art Africa 2012 After Hours Speakasy at Avenue D
Friday Dec 7th, 11:00 am -6:00 pm
Art Africa Miami Arts Fair Exhibition General Admission
Saturday Dec 8th, 11:00 am-7:00 pm
Art Africa Miami Exhibition
1:00-3:00 pm, Diaspora Dialogue
Sunday Dec 9th, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Art Africa Miami Arts Fair Exhibition
7:00 pm- 10:00 pm, Closing Mixer at Soyka
www.artafricamiami.com and follow on Twitter @ArtAfricaMiami.
TheUrbanCollective exhilarates Art Basel with dynamic Art Africa Miami Arts Fair experience featuring the most critically acclaimed contemporary artwork from the Global African Diaspora Fair to serve as cultural epicenter of Art Basel 2012 with grand lineup of events.
TheUrbanCollective and the City of Miami, SEOPW CRA gear up to present a top-notch line-up of the most exquisite contemporary artwork from Africa and its Diaspora during 2nd annual Art Africa Miami Arts Fair. With a pavilion themed around the art and culture of the African Diaspora and housed in a grand 8,000 square foot exhibition tent adjacent to the Lyric Theatre at 919 NW 2nd Ave. Miami, FL , the Miami Arts Fair will fare like no other Art Basel event. The Art Africa Miami Arts Fair is the first comprehensive fair to debut within Art Basel in some time and the first of its kind to feature the art of the African Diaspora exclusively.
This year’s exhibition will host over 50 contemporary artists from the Global African Diaspora in a tent/container hybrid model pavilion, which is sure to draw the curiosity of art enthusiasts, collectors, and aesthetes alike. Fair goers and exhibitors will have the opportunity to experience an unparalleled body of work selected by a jury of art professionals whose contributions to the art world are extensive and of critical importance to both seasoned and emerging artists alike.
Art Africa Miami is set to serve as the cultural arts epicenter of Art Basel; as the fair celebrates everything from Jamaica’s 50th anniversary featuring a special exhibition from artists of the Caribbean including Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti and Barbados, to the musical honoring of the great Mambo King, Cachao, to the highlighted works of the Global African Diaspora’s best contemporary visual artists. Panel discussions on the state of contemporary visual arts in the Global African Diaspora will round out the exhibition, stimulating the dialogue of exhibitors beyond the point of awe and observation.
“South Florida temporarily transforms into an art Mecca during Art Basel and we wanted to give people the opportunity to learn and experience the unique culture of our local Diaspora artistsâ€, states Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones.
“Art and Sustainable Design are powerful agents for positive transformation in our communities. We see the change happening throughout South Florida. TheUrbanCollective and Art Africa Miami plan to be a part of that transformative narrative for years to comeâ€, states Neil Hall, Owner of TheUrbanCollective.
The Urban Collective is a sustainable lifestyle brand driven by our passion for innovative design, art, and cultural exchange with partnering skilled artisans in developing countries who design beautifully hand crafted products and artifacts. Our brand emerged as one of the new urban lifestyle boutiques located in Miami’s Midtown on N. Miami Ave in 2004 and continues to support the work of these artisans through our partnership and collaboration with a number of non-profit organizations including Global Partners for Development, Aid to Artisans, League of Artisans and NEST, which is dedicated to changing the lives of women artisans by giving them small loans to build and maintain art or craft-based businesses. We proudly support the work of artisans who design, fabricate and offer our patrons a collection of beautiful products that marries the raw authenticity of African craftsmanship with the sleekness of modernity.
Art Public Opening Night 12/5/12
Art Public Opening Night 
December 5 2012 8:30-10pm
Collins Park
2100 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Art Public is free and open to the public from Dec 5-9 2011 | 24 hours
For the second year running, Art Public will turn Collins Park into an outdoor exhibition space with large scale sculptures, videos, installations and live performances. Produced in collaboration with the Bass Museum of Art, the Art Basel Miami Beach sector includes works from the show’s galleries, by leading and emerging international artists, installed from ground level within the park to flying along the Miami Beach skyline above.
Performances taking place during Art Public Opening Night on Dec 5:
8.30pm | Jason and Alicia Hall Moran | AiR, 2012
9.00pm | My Barbarian | Broke People`s Baroque Theater, 2010-2012
9.30pm | Alex Israel | Miami 2012
List of Art Public artworks:
Pierre Ardouvin | Bonhomme de neige, 2007 Valentin
Alice Aycock | Twin Vortexes, 2012 | Galerie Thomas Schulte and Fredric Snitzer Gallery
Lourival Cuquinha Varal, 2012 | A Gentil Carioca
José Davila | Untitled (The Space Beneath Us), 2012 | GalerÃa OMR and Travesia Cuatro
Mark Hagen | To be Titled (Additive Sculpture, Miami Screen), 2012 | Almine Rech Gallery
David Keating | Riser, 2012 | RaebervonStenglin
Juliana Cerqueira Leite | Climb, 2012 | Casa Triângulo
Teresa Margolles |Untitled, 2010 | LABOR
Dave McKenzie | Declaration, 2012 | Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Raul Mourão | Balanço Maré I (Para Bela e Lia), 2011 | Galeria Nara Roesler
Iván Navarro and Courtney Smith | Street Lamp, 2012 | Paul Kasmin Gallery
Ruben Ochoa | Lock, Stock, Barrel, 2012 | Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Adam Pendleton | Black Dada Flags, 2012 | Pace
Jaume Plensa | Poets in Miami, 2012 | Galerie Lelong and Richard Gray Gallery
Randy Polumbo | Love Stream #2, 2012 | Paul Kasmin Gallery
Ry Rocklen | A Touch of Grace II, 2012 | UNTITLED and Thomas Solomon Gallery
Ugo Rondinone | I feel, you feel, we feel through each other into our selves, 2012 | Gladstone Gallery
Gary Simmons | I wish it could be morning all day long, 2012 | Metro Pictures, Simon Lee
Gallery, Regen Projects and Anthony Meier Fine Arts
Miguel Andrade Valdez | Monumento Lima translation – Collins Park, 2012 | REVOLVER Galéria
Artexpo Miami + SOLO during Art Week Miami 12/5/12-12/9/12
Artexpo Miami + SOLO during Art Week Miami 
Opening Preview Party – 6 –10 p.m. Tuesday, December 4
General Admission Show – Wednesday, December 5 – Sunday, December 9
3011 NE 1st Avenue
Wynwood Miami, FL
The 34th annual international Artexpo returns to Miami for the second year to showcase a selection of fine art from an international slate of artists and galleries.
Leading, international fine art show Artexpo has announced the return of Artexpo Miami + SOLO during Art Week Miami. The international fine art trade show, located in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District, will feature works from 500 select artists and galleries, showcasing the latest industry trends and reveal emerging artistic talent to more than 100,000 collectors, industry insiders and attendees. Visitors and art connoisseurs will experience a range of displays and collections including: metal work, large format photography and photorealism, inspiring paintings that capture the essence of expressionism, wood work, sculptures, an exhibit from China National Academy of Painting and more!
Artexpo Miami + SOLO will kick off its week of events with an exclusive Opening Preview Party on Tuesday, December 4. Guests attending will have an opportunity to meet and mingle with the artists, be among the first to walk the show’s aisles, and enjoy light fare and cocktails.
Daniel Johnston in Miami During Art Basel Week at Grand Central 12/7/12
Daniel Johnston in Miami During Art Basel Week 
Friday, December 7, 2012, 9pm
Grand Central – Miami
697 N Miami Ave.
Miami, FL, 33136
During this year Miami Art fairs Week, with, drawings at Wynwood walls and a concert + solo Art show @ Grand Central, long-time cult icon Daniel Johnston will entered the become a part of the Miami art movement. For anyone who had the slightest familiarity with his life and his work, the first question this Miami début will provoke is not ‘What does this say about the art world?’ but ‘What does this mean for Daniel?’ Because of the many complicated feelings Johnston tends to inspire, concern is usually high on the list.
Johnston is severely mentally ill. Diagnosed as bipolar, frequently delusional, occasionally violent (he attacked his former manager with a lead pipe and once brought down his father’s small plane, shutting off the engine mid-flight and throwing the keys out the window), he’s spent his adult life in and out of institutions. He has managed to sustain himself through the care of friends and family, and through an absolute belief in his artistic calling. These days, physically wrecked by years of medication, tons of acid dropped in the 1980s and a lifelong diet of hamburgers, Coke and cigarettes, he’s a hulking middle-aged child–man living in small-town Texas in the care of his elderly, fundamentalist Christian parents.
But all of this is old news to anyone who’s followed his career as a remarkably successful musical outsider (or to anyone who’s seen The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Jeff Feuerzeig’s 2005 documentary on his life). Johnston has been on hipster radar since the 1980s, when his DIY cassettes began making their way into the world. Singing in a shaky, plaintive warble, accompanying himself on rudimentary chord organ and guitar, he’s recorded scores of naive and witty songs about superheroes, about the battle between good and evil, about lost love, loneliness and madness – all weird and funny and intimate and tremendously catchy. And he has always drawn and painted as well, chronicling in twisted, cartoonish fashion his various obsessions and the characters that populate his interior world: Captain America, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Satan, a stalk-eyed frog named Jeremiah and a hollow-headed doppelgänger called Joe the Boxer.
And 33 of his pieces with all of them will be here in Miami, rendered in pen, water colors and marker on notebook paper, curated by Pablo Gehr; with a preview in Wynwood walls Dec 6 and the main art show & concert at Grand Central Dec. 7 and 8th during art fair’s week; alongside the work of 10 local artists making an homage show to Johnston, who will also collaborate by adding his characters in the canvases of the locals. Local Artists include The Concert organized by local event mogul AramÃs Lorié will be the place to be and the one event to make a mark in the local art scene during this year’s Art Fairs week!
Concert doors at 9pm December 7! For VIP email: pablo@brickellartwalk.com
New Work Miami at the Miami Art Museum 12/6/12-12/8/12
New Work Miami at the Miami Art Museum
Party on the Plaza Thursday, December 6, 2012 
MAM Ball Saturday, December 8, 2012.
Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130
Featuring Site-Specific Installations, Sculpture, Painting, and Photography, New Work Miami 2013 Exhibition Celebrates the City’s Artists and Marks 12-Month Countdown to Miami Art Museum’s Move to New, World-Class Facility
New Work Miami 2013 Focus of MAM’s Art Basel Miami Beach Events On view from November 21, 2012 through May 12, 2013
In celebration of the tremendous creative energy of the local artist community, Miami Art Museum will present recent and newly commissioned work by approximately a dozen Miami-based artists in New Work Miami 2013. The exhibition will highlight the diverse and innovative practices of Miami’s artists, featuring site-specific installations, sculpture, painting and photography. The exhibition will be among the last presentations in MAM’s current facility, marking the 12-month countdown to the Museum’s reopening in fall 2013 as Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) in a new, Herzog & de Meuron-designed building in Museum Park.
New Work Miami 2013 will be the focus of MAM’s Miami Art Week activities, when Art Basel Miami Beach, Art Miami, Design Miami/ and other art fairs attract an estimated 50,000 members of the international art community to South Florida. The exhibition’s opening celebration will take place during Party on the Plaza, the Museum’s signature Art Basel Miami Beach event on Thursday, December 6, 2012 and will be on view during the MAM Ball, the Museum’s major annual fundraiser, on Saturday, December 8, 2012.
Two artists, Consuelo Castañeda and Emmett Moore, have been invited to create an immersive environment within MAM’s plaza-level gallery that responds formally and conceptually to works by each of the other participants. This experimental approach aims to capture the collaborative spirit that infuses local artistic production, while envisioning a more active role for artists in shaping the conditions under which their work is seen and experienced. In keeping with the organizational method explored in the galleries, the museum has invited an artist run nomadic space known as SPRING BREAK to contribute to the development of the exhibition’s accompanying programs, which will include film screenings, discussions, workshops, site-specific projects and other time-based experiences.
“The work coming out of Miami’s flourishing arts scene is fresh and ingenious. It challenges us to develop new ways of engaging with the arts community and our many constituents,†said Miami Art Museum Director Thom Collins. “New Work Miami 2013 is a salute to the incredible growth in Miami’s cultural landscape and represents the Museum’s commitment to supporting the continued growth of the arts in our area. We are delighted to present this exhibition and, as we prepare to move to our new facility, look forward to creating new programming commensurate with Miami’s incredible artistic activity.â€
The New Work Miami series is indicative of the strong bond that has formed between the Museum and the city’s artists. It encapsulates MAM’s dedication to supporting the local artistic community, while signifying the vital role that the Museum will continue to play in nurturing the growth of the arts in Miami.
Among the featured artists are:
Gideon Barnett, who employs the language of traditional documentary photography to create quasi-anthropological, conceptual projects that examine Miami’s unique cultural landscape;
Bhakti Baxter, who presents a series of paintings drawn from images of masks and figurines from around the world; the work explores the ways in which visual conventions and cultural beliefs influence our collective understanding of human history.
Sinisa Kukec, who uses found furniture, resin, pigment, graphite and other materials to create sculptures that display jewel-like effects while teeming with oozing, organic surface textures;
Odalis Valdivieso, who employs experimental digital photographic techniques to subvert modernist painterly traditions; and
George Sánchez-Calderón and Tom Scicluna, who will create newly-commissioned outdoor works.
Co-organized by MAM Associate Curators René Morales and Diana Nawi, the exhibition explores ideas pertaining to the local built environment; the city of Miami as both a historical object and a psychological state; site-specificity and the nature of display within domestic versus museum contexts; and the dynamic relationship between artistic and curatorial practice.
“With this project, we have asked artists to intervene in the exhibition design and other functions that normally fall within the purview of museum staff, from programming to marketing," said Morales. "In part, this is meant as a nod to the collaborative, artist-driven initiatives that have become so ubiquitous in Miami, constituting one of the defining tendencies of the local art scene."
“As someone who is new to Miami, I’ve been incredibly impressed with the depth and diversity of artistic practice here,†said Nawi. “Organizing this exhibition has been an invaluable opportunity to explore the city’s rich and varied arts scene and to see how the unique context of Miami has shaped artists who live and work here.â€
New Work Miami 2013 is organized by Miami Art Museum and co-curated by MAM Associate Curators René Morales and Diana Nawi. Support is provided by Nedra & Mark Oren and Dorothy & Aaron Podhurst.
The “downtown FULL MOON party” – Friday November 30th at VILLA 221 11/30/12
The “downtown FULL MOON party” – Friday November 30th at VILLA 221
Friday, 11/30/2012, 08:00 pm – 03:00 am
Villa 221
221 NE 17th Street,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Fritz “e†Romeus & Gary James Fitzsimmons present
the “downtown FULL MOON partyâ€
in association with VIDA MIAMI TV.COM
“DARKSIDE OF THE MOON”
(A Blacklight Experience)
Friday November 30, 2012
From 8p – 3a
@ VILLA 221
221 NE 17th Street – Miami, FL 33132
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** THE “DOWNTOWN FULL MOON PARTY” IS VOTED THE BEST MONTHLY FULL MOON CELEBRATION IN SOUTH FLORIDA **
This month, we invite you to explore the infinity of possibility as we journey to the Dark Side of the Moon…
**Free** Admission before 10pm
Cover Charge after 10pm: $10 before midnight; $15 after)
**Free** Admission before midnight for all drummers, musicians, and performers with proper equipment and gear; at the discretion of the door staff…
FEATURING:
Live Band: MIXED CULTURE
Special Live Music Performance: WARP9
Resident Deejay: UMBER BANDI-VILLE
Guest Deejay: DJ DIAGA
Live Art: ID ART MIAMI
Reflections: SOPHIE MOON
Drum Leader: RENZO VARGA
Fire Performances: Need To Burn; The Florida Fire Collective; Fire By The Palm (All other professional talents are welcomed!)
Hula Hoopers: Bring your own or buy one at the event…
COMMUNITY ART WALL
We do have a bit of a surprise for everyone who would like to participate and express their artistic talent on our Interactive Art Wall… Of course, you would need to attend the event to see it!
FREE NAAM YOGA CLASS (9 – 10P)
Instructor EUGENE from NAAM YOGA MIAMI (www.naamyogamiami.org) will be offering a **free** Naam Yoga class at the start of the party (from 9 – 10p). If you would like to participate, you must arrive before 8:45pm…
Naam Yoga Miami (NYM) is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit organization dedicated to health and wellness, with a focus on spirituality. Their mission is to serve and uplift the community through self-healing techniques to keep the mind sharp, the body healthy and the spirit high; They provide a “school for life.â€
DRUM CIRCLE:
Bring your drum and let your beats be heard! The Extended Drumming set will start sometime after 10p – until… Come early to enjoy as much of this as possible.
Dresscode (Strongly Recommended):
Wear light color; preferably white or glow in the dark fabrics…
Hosted By: Fritz “e†Romeus, Gary James Fitzsimmons; Tracie Samara; Sol Amor, and Sophie Moon
Please stay tuned as we will be adding more activities, talents, and performances to the program as we get closer the actual event date.
New, Used and Abused 30 Years Of Pop Art Miguel Paredes and Ronnie Cutrone 12/5/12-12/9/12
New, Used & Abused A collection of 30 years of original Art works by Ronnie Cutrone & Miguel Paredes 
Vernissage
Wednesday Dec. 5th, 8pm
Miguel Paredes Art Gallery
173 NW 23rd St.
Miami, FL 33127
Music by Dj Ari X, open bar all night
1980’s theme opening party
Thursday Dec. 6th-Dec. 9th, 12 noon-11pm
Collaborative works by Ronnie Cutrone & Miguel Paredes
Along with Art Work from LAB-ART & Bruce Lurie Gallery
in the Brownstone Lounge
Dec. 1st-Jan. 1st 2013, Tues.-Sun. 1pm-1am
Miguel Paredes Pop Up Gallery
412 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach FL 33139
Please RSVP To: rsvp@24-group.com
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twitter.com/paredesstudios
Sponsors: PK Graphics, ALBI Whiskey, Ricochet Bar & Lounge, Pernod Absinthe, Lab Art, Wodka Vodka, Juxtapoz Magazine, Bruce Lurie Gallery, De Rodriguez Cuba, Cremo Cigars, The Paint Yard.com, Prime Time Amusements
Enrique Martinez Celaya Art Basel Preview 12/6/12
Enrique Martinez Celaya Art Basel Preview
Thursday, 12/06/2012, 09:00 am – 01:00 pm
Whale & Star Studio
2215 NW First Place ,
Miami, Florida 33127
Webpage Link
The studio of Enrique MartÃnez Celaya will be open for an informal brunch to unveil several monumental works he has created for his upcoming solo show at SITE Santa Fe. This is a rare opportunity to see several key elements of what will be an unprecedented museum-wide installation that MartÃnez Celaya is creating for SITE next summer. For these new works, which include two large-scale paintings, and two massive sculptures, the artist has relied on readings on the nature of memory and on his own biography to create a world that belongs to the imagination of children and which juxtaposes sadness and melancholia against fantasy.
Photographs by Anthony Jordon of the 3rd Anniversary of What Women Want at Nikki Beach on 11/17/12
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon from the 3rd Anniversary of What Women Want at Nikki Beach Miami Beach on Saturday, November 17, 2012. They had a runway show presenting the 2013 Resort Collection from Zeki and we got to taste treats by Savvylicious Sweets and Nespresso coffee. We received some fitness tips, reflexology and hand scrubs by Equinox Fitness Center & Spa and trending tips by MANLIFY, the exclusive network for men and sounds by DJ and International Model Miss Tara.
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.
Free Your Mind Art Exhibition and Event during Art Basel Weekend 12/8/12
Free Your Mind Art Exhibition and Event during Art Basel Weekend
Saturday December 8th 2012 from 8:00PM-12:00AM
AG Studios
3326 North Miami Ave.
Miami’s Design District
The “Free Mind Society Art Seriesâ€, kicks off with the “Free Your Mind†Art Exhibition and Event during Art Basel Miami, with a digital art and button installation in memory of American Icons that fought for freedom, to be displayed during a 1 DAY showing at pop-up gallery.
Designer Amir Youssef, the creative mind behind Chop Shop Barbershop and ButtonRevolution.com, will have an array of buttons from the life and times, of the “Free Mind,†in addition to canvas pieces portraying Seven of America’s Free Minds, including; John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, John Lennon, Chief Black Kettle, Harvey Milk, and Malcolm X. These installations are to honor the valor and courage of men who passionately fought for freedom and pursuit of equality for all man and woman; a passion that ultimately caused their opposition and death by those of their country. This exhibition will be donating 100% of the proceeds of art purchased to the foundations of the featured Great American Heroes.
To celebrate the exhibit, the Alessandra Gold Concept Store in Miami’s Design District will transform completely into AG Studios, a pop-up art space and gallery, to showcase the Free Your Mind Art Exhibition. The interior of the store will house the exhibit while the exterior of the store will additionally be transformed into the theme of the exhibit and will outwardly showcase art. The Alessandra Gold Concept Store, established in 2011, by owner, Alessandra Gold, regularly collaborates and curates known and emerging designers from all over the world; regularly attracting guests from the arts, fashion, vibrant and creative industries, a place where you could very well encounter models, producers, photographers and designers.
Additionally, for this one night only, The FreeBee, the free electric transportation service that is currently exclusive to providing their fun, free transportation experience to the residents of Miami Beach, will be offering FREE RIDES to the guests of the FREE YOUR MIND Art Exhibition and Event, shuttling exhibit guests from within the surrounding areas including, Wynwood, Midtown and Miami’s Design District.
“From the day you are born…Your legend is created and It is up to you to achieve your potential: Choose to live…Choose to love…Choose to hope…Choose to breathe…Choose to believe…Choose to be free…Free to choose…Free of war, free of tyranny, choose to be who you were born to beâ€
Photographs of MiamiArtZine 7th Anniversary Celebration Salsa in the Garden on 11/19/12
MiamiArtZine 7th Anniversary Celebration Salsa in the Garden at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden on Monday, November 19, 2012.
MiamiArtZine Mission Statement: “A not-for-profit organization that provides information and training to local artists and arts organizations by funding special needs; Art Forums and Arts Clearing House.”
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Global Caribbean IV and Pieces of Jamaica with Art Basel 2012 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center 12/6/12-12/8/12
Global Caribbean IV and Pieces of Jamaica with Art Basel 2012 at the Little Haiti Cultural Center 
December 6-9, 2012
Little Haiti Cultural Center
212-260 Northeast 59th Terrace
Miami, FL 33137
Opening Reception
Thursday, December 6, 6 – 8pm
VIP / Press Event for Global Caribbean IV & Pieces of Jamaica
Guests include: Clement Foundation of Martinique | Institut Français’s "Caraibes en Creation" program
Pieces of Jamaica – Presentation and Book Signing
Thursday, December 6, 8 – 10pm
Video, music and culture presentation in honor of the Jamaican 50th Independence.
Open to the Public
Friday, December 7, 10 am – noon
Vernissage of Global Caribbean IV
Panel Discussion with Curators
Open to the Public 12 – 6pm
Saturday, December 8 and Sunday, December 9
Center Open to the Public 10 AM – 6PM
www.facebook.com/LittleHaitiCulturalCenter
www.edouard-duval-carrie.com
www.theglobalcaribbean.org
www.karljerrycraig.com
A selection of artists representing the Caribbean will display pieces that will be a part of the Art Basel satellite program, as well as the book signing for the recently published book, "Pieces of Jamaica: The Real Rock Edition". The exhibit will be opened to the public on the morning of December 7th, 2012 and will end February 16th, 2013. Admission is free.
Artist and Curator, Edouard Duval Carrie, will present the fourth installation of Global Caribbean entitled French West Indies & Guyana, Focus on the Contemporary Expression featuring fourteen artists from the French Caribbean. The Little Haiti Cultural Center will provide a platform for the work of Arno-Eddy Firmin (Guadelupe), Christian Bertin (Martinique), Ernest Breleur (Martinique), Jean Marc Hunt (Guadeloupe), Thierry Jarrin (Martinique), Valérie John (Martinique), Louis Laouchez (Martinique), Mirtho Linguet (French Guiana), Christophe Mert (Martinique), Bruno Pédurand (Guadeloupe), Luz Severino (Dominican Republic/ Martinique), Philippe Thomarel (Guadeloupe), Thierry Tian-Sio-Po (French Guiana), Laurent Valère (Martinique).
The weekend will consist of panel discussions featuring the eminent scholar and anthropologist, M. Gerry L’Etang, who will address the historical context in which French Antillean artistic expression has evolved; Mme. Renée-Paule Yung-Hing, ardent art promoter and member of the regional council of Martinique, will address the modern artistic problematic of the region; Mme. Dominique Brebion, contemporary art critic, who has been mounting exhibits hailing from the region for many years, will present an overview of the artists in the exhibition. The Global Caribbean project is under the umbrella of the French government’s Institut Français’s "Caraibes en Creation" program which was established to promote Caribbean contemporary artistic expression.
Pieces of Jamaica will showcase artwork that reflects the traditional and avante garde expressions of Jamaican artists in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its independence. A prolific artist, Karl "Jerry" Craig has had one man exhibitions in England, the USA and Jamaica as well as exhibited in many group shows in Canada, Europe, several Latin American countries, Japan, Hong Kong, Mexico, Republic of Dominica, Cuba and Botswana. His work is included in many public and private collections in many countries of the world. David Muir, through photography, showcases the candid beauty of the Jamaican people and its rich and diverse landscape. He has garnered acclaim and excitement from a wide cross-section of art aficionados and general art lovers, prompting a number of exhibitions both locally and internationally. The publication of his book, "Pieces of Jamaica: The Real Rock Edition," now affords a larger audience to enjoy his work in their homes and for those who are not able to afford the actual pieces from the collection to have this heirloom quality keepsake.
A regular participant of Art Basel, the Little Haiti Cultural Center will provide a weekend of Caribbean art, culture and music that reflects both French and English speaking islands. A warm invitation is extended to the community to attend and participate.
Photographs from Tobacco Road’s 100th Birthday Celebration on 11/17/12
Tobacco Road’s 100th Birthday Celebration on Saturday, November 17, 2012.
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Fashion Photographers Stephan Ach and Enrique Badulescu Art Basel collection at Once Arts Gallery 12/6/12
Fashion Photographers Stephan Ach and Enrique Badulescu Art Basel collection
Thursday, Dec. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. 
Once Arts Gallery
170 NW 24 St.
Wynwood, Miami, FL
Once Arts Gallery has announced it will debut the works of celebrated international photographers, Stephen Ach and Enrique Badulescu during Art Basel week. The gallery exhibition will feature each artist’s newest collections, Ach’s Joropo – Spiral of Seduction and Badulescu’s My Life Below <My Life Above>, which blend traditional photography with artistic elements to capture split-second moments and nuances in traditional dances and airports, respectively.
The exhibition will serve as the first installation of The Zone, a pop-up gallery of contemporary photography that will travel the world searching for new visions from emerging and established photographers.
Best friends since college, Ach and Badulescu are celebrated fashion photographers who have captured images for top publications, designers and musical talents worldwide. Ach, whose recent photography focuses on the essence of Latin American landscapes and popular traditions, named his latest collection, Joropo, after the traditional Colombian dance. The collection features vivid images that capture an instant in the dance, with colorful photographs that blur the line between photography and art.
“Joropo aims to capture the Latin happiness and joy reflected in the spiral-like dance of which submission and social order are the subject,†Ach said.
Badulescu’s collection, My Life Below <My Life Above>, provides a window into his detailed observations of color, people, airstrips and clouds perceived during his many hours spent in airports around the globe. In his collection, Badulescu captures snapshots of seemingly mundane objects, bringing them to life in one-of-a-kind digital collages and landscape portraits.
“This project enables us to fly above the clouds,†Badulescu said. “Stripes, numbers, signs and arrows signal our own journey through life.â€
Photographs of I Heart Art at LegalArt on 11/16/12
I Heart Art at LegalArton Friday, November 16, 2012. I HEART ART was the official launch of LegalArt’s new identity! They had a wonderful silent auction, complimentary drinks by kryogenifex, St Germain, Societe Perrier, and Peroni. With sound & visuals will be provided by TM Sisters, Sweat Records, Pioneer Winter, and Southernmost Situations.
For more information visit www.legalartmiami.org.
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LegalArt is now Cannonball
Official Press Release:
Miami, FL— On the cusp of its ten year anniversary, LegalArt announces its new identity. As of Friday, November 16th, 2012, the organization’s new name is Cannonball. In addition to sporting a new name, logo, and website, the institution-wide rebranding will present a re-imagined public image that truly reflects the forward-thinking mission of the organization, allowing it to re-position itself within the community in an effort to meet the future needs of artists.
A soft launch of the organization’s new identity took place Friday, November 16 during their annual fundraiser I Heart Art. Over 300 fans of the organization attended the pool-themed event, which spread throughout the organization’s four-story building located at 1035 North Miami Avenue in downtown Miami. Guests were immediately greeted by artist Bhakti Baxter spinning records in his new commissioned installation in the organization’s storefront lobby. The event continued on the second floor with music by DJ Lolo of Sweat Records, a live synchronized swimming performance by Pioneer Winter and guest performers, and a silent auction featuring artists Daniel Arsham, Bhakti Baxter, Christy Gast, Jillian Mayer, George Sanchez-Calderon, Frances Trombly, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, and Agustina Woodgate. Guests on the third floor enjoyed delicious backyard barbeque by Mad Man Jack’s and a video projection of the classic swimming pool dive, the cannonball, by Victor Muniz /Peter Vahan Productions. On the fourth floor, sound and video sets by Southernmost Situations and the TM Sisters electrified a lush tropical scene complete with pool-side frozen drinks courtesy of St. Germain and Kryogenifex. Libations were also generously provided by Peroni and Société Perrier.
Based in downtown Miami, Cannonball (formerly LegalArt) is a non-profit arts organization known for its advocacy and innovative programs supporting today’s artists. Core initiatives include: SeminArt, providing free educational and professional development services to artists; LegalLink, an in-house legal advice and referral service for artists and arts organizations; and the Residency Program, which offers long-term live/work space for local artists and short-term residencies for visiting cultural producers.
Founded in 2003 by two law students attending the University of Miami, the organization was born from a small, yet inspired idea to provide emerging artists with pro bono legal services. As demand and agency grew, the organization responded by developing a full menu of legal programs central to administering and sustaining long-lasting careers in the arts. Throughout the years, the organization has provided legal advice and referral to hundreds of artists and small arts organizations through its LegalLink Program. Monthly SeminArts have provided a public forum for the open exchange of ideas via educational programs, such as panel discussions, artist talks and workshops, and roundtable debates. In 2010, the organization again responded to a critical need of young artists—affordable studio space—by establishing Miami’s first live/work residency program. The Residency Program is a unique model insofar as it integrates national and international cultural producers (writers, curators, designers, arts professionals, architects, etc.) into an environment of local artists participating in year-long residencies. As a result, the program serves as an active catalyst for innovative thinking, professional networking, and cultural production.
Cannonball programming is generously funded, in part, by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs.
The rebranding initiative is led by the innovative team of SuperMarket Creative.
Heineken Mural Project and Bike Tour with Street Artists During Art Basel Miami in Wynwood 12/3/12-12/9/12
Heineken Launches Mural Project And Bike Tour With Six Renowned, Bi-Cultural Street Artists During Art Basel Miami In The Heart Of The Wynwood Art District
Heineken Beer Garden and Bike Station
December 3 to 9, 2012
Wood Tavern
2531 NW 2nd Avenue
Wynwood Art District
Heineken Midtown Bike Station
December 3 to 9, 2012
Art Miami
Midtown Blvd (NE 1st Ave)
Between NE 32nd and NE 31st
Heineken Artist Hub
December 6 to 9, 2012 | 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The Workshop Collective
171 NW 23 St
Wynwood Art District
View work by The Heineken Artists, enjoy Heineken products and giveaways.
Heineken Music Hub
The Stage
December 3 to 9, 2012
170 NE 38th Street
Design District, Miami
Check out live music by national and local bands while enjoying the Heineken Beer Garden at Miami’s best live music venue.
Pulse Art Fair
December 6 to 9, 2012
1400 North Miami Avenue, Miami
Heineken Sponsored Satellite Fair
www.remezcla.com/heinekenmuralproject
Twitter: #HeinekenMurals
Heineken Presents Murals by Trek6, CP1, Chor Boogie, Estria, Prime and Don Rimx Adding Color and Spreading the Open Your World Message in Miami’s Midtown and Wynwood Art District
World renowned Art Basel, the most important art show in the United States, a cultural and social highlight for the Americas, heads back to South Florida for a supreme exhibition of our world’s most exquisite and prominent artists. Among the many uniquely special satellite events during Miami’s Art Week is the launch of Heineken’s Open Your World Mural Project, which has been carefully curated to include some of the most talented veterans in street art. Celebrity-status street artists Chor Boogie, Estria, Prime and Don Rimx will leave their mark on Miami adding great value to the city’s thriving outdoor gallery including Miami-based prolific artists with the street cred to match, Trek6 and CP1. The Heineken Artists feature a conglomeration of bi-cultural visionaries known to employ distinctive skills and vision on the murals they coat with their muse. Tasked with the mission and creative freedom to interpret Heineken’s Open Your World message, the murals will take a life of their own and inspire all who bear witness.
Pop Up Parties
Adding to this fascinating street art showcase are the secret mural site pop-up parties paired with the musical expressions of inspiring DJs, true masters of the decks and turntables, for a true audiovisual experience. Spontaneous pop-up parties with Miami’s best DJ’s will surprise Heineken lovers at the mural sites and will be announced on Twitter by following #heinekenmurals.
The Heineken Mural Project Bike Tour
Art lovers will have no trouble sighting each mural and cutting through the Art Basel week traffic with the help of Wynwood Art District’s first Deco Bike station which will reside in front of Wood Tavern, home of the Heineken Beer Garden. In addition, Heineken and Deco Bike have partnered to bring a bike station across from Art Miami in Midtown as well. Deco Bike is a bicycle sharing and rental program operating in Miami Beach and Surfside, yet to reach the pedestrian-friendly Wynwood Art District or Midtown. For the first time, art-loving pedestrians will benefit from green transportation in Heineken-branded Deco Bikes complete with QR code map technology. The QR (quick-response) codes both on the bike station map and murals will provide inside-info regarding the murals, artists and special events. Patrons 21 and over are encouraged to visit each mural, stop by the Heineken Beer Garden at Wood Tavern, view more artist work at the Heineken Hub and enjoy live music at The Stage during Miami’s Art Week.
Inaugural Opening Reception for Salute To Art Basel Miami 2012 Exhibition at New Art Fusion Galleries Location 12/8/12
Inaugural Opening Reception for "Salute To Art Basel Miami 2012" Exhibition
Saturday, December 8th, 2012 from 7-11 pm 
Art Fusion Galleries
3550 North Miami Avenue
At North Miami Avenue & 36th Street
Formerly Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
Art Fusion Galleries Proudly Announces Our Inaugural Opening Reception In Our Grand New Home "Salute To Art Basel Miami 2012"
Featuring over 30 emerging to mid-career contemporary international artists, this exhibition honors Miami’s internationally acclaimed Art Basel art fair by featuring a select group of multicultural artisans spanning the globe. Art Fusion Galleries is particularly excited to host this exhibition in our grand new home which boasts over 8,000 Sq. feet of Pristine Contemporary Gallery Space. Exhibiting from Saturday, December 1st, 2012 through Friday, December 21st, 2012
National and International Artists Represented: Alberto Detomas; Allan Herskowitz; Amy Donaldson; Andrew J. Fitt; Andrew Ringler; Art Siegel; Beatriz E. Ocampo; Bob Kolb; Carl Roberts; Daniel Hanifan; David Gonya; Dr. Leonard Askowitz; Francine S. Rogers; John Frazee; Judie Lee & Julie Kessler; Lenore Robins; Lina Vandal; M. Nillo; Magdiel; Marcello Ibanez; Maria Antonia Sosa; Martin Schreiber; Michael Altheim; Michael Katz; Paolo Anselmo; Patricia Peters; Pedno; Semadar; Tiril; Victor Bregeda; Wendy Cohen; And Many More…..
Also Exhibiting at our Miami Design District Gallery
Art Fusion Galleries Miami Design District
Art Basel Celebration
"Fusion IX~Seducing The Globe"
Saturday, December 8th, 2012 from 7-11 pm
Live music and refreshments will be served. For more information please call 305.573.5730 or email our gallery at info@artfusiongallery.com
Exhibiting from Monday, October 1st, 2012
through Monday, December 17th, 2012
1 N.E. 40th St. Suites 3, 6 & 7
Miami FL, 33137
Photographs of The Lampidis Foundation Fundraiser “Feed a Fever- Starve a Tumor” at The Mayfair Hotel and Spa on 11/16/12
The Lampidis Foundation hosted their first fundraiser,” Feed a Fever- Starve a Tumor” at The Mayfair Hotel and Spa on Friday, November 16, 2012.  All proceed from this event will go to The Lampidis Foundation Research for a cure for Cancer.
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Photographs of The 13th Anniversary Celebration Of The Adventures of Bibi & Friends at Nikki Beach on 11/14/12
The 13th Anniversary Celebration Of The Adventures of Bibi & Friends at Nikki Beach on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. We had such an awesome time with great people and an amazing Art Show of The Comic Book Characters Past & Present.
The comic character Art Show will continue as a video satellite show that will be featured at different venues around town before and during Art Basel week. The First Satellite Art Show”Organic Comic Art” will be held at Whole Foods Market South Beach on Thursday, November 29th from 7 – 9PM to benefit The Miami Rescue Mission.
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El Portal Little River Celebration & 75th Village Anniversary 12/8/12
El Portal Little River Celebration & 75th Village Anniversary
Saturday, 12/08/2012, 07:00 am – 05:30 am
El Portal
8950 NW 2nd Avenue,
El Portal, Florida 33138
RSVP Link
EL PORTAL LITTLE RIVER CELEBRATION SCHEDULE:
• 7 a.m. BIRD TOUR – Meet in front of the school’s main entrance for a one-hour walking bird tour led by Sadri Medina of the Tropical Audubon Society. Come prepared to spot a variety of feathered fauna, from woodpeckers and peacocks to orioles and ospreys. Horace Mann Middle School Main Gate – 8950 NW 2nd Avenue
• 9:30 a.m. HISTORY OF THE RIVER LECTURE – Meet just south of the school to hear a lively history of EL Portal’s Little River told by local professor Hugh Gladwin
• 10:30 p.m. RIVER SERENADE—Bring your canoe or kayak, or register in advance for free use of ours * and proceed with singers and musicians down the Little River for the River Serenade of Native and Afro-Indigenous Song; or appreciate the music as it passes below the NW 2nd Avenue footbridge, the N Miami Avenue bridge or the NE 2nd Avenue bridge. The River Serenade concludes at the Tequesta Mound with a community water blessing at the sacred fire. NW 2nd Avenue foot bridge to the Tequesta Burial Mound – 385 NE 85th Street * LIMITED SPACE- CONTACT littleriverelportal@gmail.com to reserve)
• 12:00-5:30 CONCERT & FAMILY PICNIC- Relax and hear live music, eat, peruse info from local organizations and vendors, learn about South Florida fauna at a native wildlife exhibit, and help celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Village of El Portal! Horace Mann Middle School Field – 8950 NW 2nd Avenue
Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays 11/30/12
Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays
Friday, November 30, 2012, 7 – 11 pm
Domino Park
804 SW 15th Avenue
Miami, Fl 33135
Art Gallery:Â Â Â Â Â Viernes Culturales
1637 SW 8th St.
Miami, Fl 33135
A monthly arts & culture street festival and gallery stroll in Little Havana’s cultural district. Take the free walking tour of Little Havana with legendary local historian Dr. Paul George, artist fair with local painters, sculptors and artisans along Calle Ocho (SW 8th Street) between 12th and 17th Avenues, and a variety of galleries and local-owned restaurants. Takes place the last Friday of the month!     www.culturalfridays.org   www.facebook.com/vcmiami  www.twitter.com/@vcmiami
Un festival mensual de arte y cultura y un paseo a través de las galerÃas del distrito cultural de la Pequeña Habana. Tome un tour de la Pequena Habana gratuito con la compañÃa del legendario historiador, Dr. Paul George, una feria artÃstica con pintores locales, escultores y artesanos a lo largo de la Calle Ocho (SW 8th St.) entre las avenidas 12 y 17, y una gran variedad de galerÃas y restaurantes locales. El evento toma lugar el último viernes de cada mes. www.viernesculturales.org
Domino Plaza, at SW 15th Ave & 8th St.
Join us in celebrating another Viernes Cultural/Cultural Friday. Little Havana’s popular art and culture festival is a great event for the whole family. Enjoy music and discover works by local artists and artisans in and around our iconic Domino Plaza on SW 8th Street and SW 15th Avenue, and behold contemporary and historic artworks at our many fine art galleries along Calle Ocho. Finish off your fabulous Friday night by savoring a delicious dinner at one of our various restaurants, boasting cuisine from all over the world. Come dance, eat, shop and enjoy a delightful evening in Little Havana!
Artevivo Academy
Come enjoy a performance by members of this arts and dance academy for children from 3 to 12 years old.  Artevivo will delight us with an array of dances and artistry showcased by these talented children. Artevivo Art School is committed to providing an excellent dance program in a safe, family-oriented environment.
Where: Domino Plaza
When: 7:30 – 8:00 pm
Belen Jazz Band
The Belen Jazz Band was founded in 2007 by Maestro, Marlene Urbay.
Celebrating its fifth year the Belen Jesuit Jazz Band launched their first CD featuring American & Latin Jazz standards in September. The Jazz Band is integrated into the curriculum of the school and is treated as a subject; a student receives credit and a grade. Since its inception, the band has participated annually in the Disney Music Festival and won gold in 2010 and 2011. Other awards of distinction have been: Best in Class (2010), Best Soloist (2011) at the Disney Music Festival and winning Perfect Score at the Miami Youth Fair in 2009. In April of 2012, the Jazz Band made their first appearance at Orlando Fest in Universal Orlando and won Silver.
Where: Domino Plaza
When: 8:00 pm to 8:45 pm
Walking Tour of Little Havana
This month’s tour features 1. A walk to Conch Hill, a onetime Bahamian enclave ;2. A look at St. Peter and Paul Church and school, and its story: 3. A stroll along Cuban Memorial Blvd., and a looks at 3 homes built in 1914; 4. A look at the Cuban prisoner home and reception on the Blvd.; 5. A look and explanation of 3 classic Bungalow-styled homes; 6. A look at a synagogue that is now an Hispanic Baptist church!!
Where: Meet in front of the Tower Theater (1508 SW 8th St.)
When: 7 pm
And much more.
Free Trolley Service
The City of Miami takes you to Viernes Culturales! The free Miami Trolley will be leaving from the Mary Brickell Village and the Brickell Metrorail/Metromover Station to the heart of the Viernes Culturales festival every 15 minutes.
Viernes Culturales is made possible with the support of our sponsors:
The James L. Knight Foundation, The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, The Cultural Affairs Council, The Miami-Dade County Mayor and
Board of County Commissioners.
Gentleman Jack Art, Beats and Lyrics at LMNT during Art Basel Miami 12/5/12
Gentleman Jack Art, Beats and Lyrics @ LMNT during Art Basel Miami
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 7:00pm until 12:00am 
LMNT
55 NW 36 Street
Miami, Florida 33127
Facebook Link
This is a free event with an open bar. RSVP Required.
Text "Miamiabl" To 68405 to RSVP
www.gentlemanjackabl.com
Gentleman Jack’s Art, Beats + Lyrics is an explosion of creativity and originality; a traveling art exhibition that infuses various mediums to produce a one night event that ignites the inner desire for innovation and freshness GJ AB+L, strives to bring to the masses a platform in which emerging artists are showcased with veterans deeply rooted in their craft to give the audience a first-hand and unfiltered art/music experience.
The Beacon Council and Art for a Better World Access Breakfast and Sneak Preview of 100 Warhols 12/5/12
The Beacon Council and Art for a Better World Access Breakfast and Sneak Preview of 100 Warhols 
Wednesday, December 5 at 8:30am
NW 34th Street and Buena Vista Avenue
Miami, Florida 33127
RSVP at beaconcouncil.com/events
Members: $20, Non-members: $30
No refunds.
The Beacon Council, in partnership with Art for a Better World, invites you to a special Access breakfast and sneak preview of: 100 Warhols
Join us for Overture Miami 2012. Take a special private tour of this exhibition, which comes to us during Art Basel Miami Beach. The economic impact of Miami-Dade County’s arts and cultural industry is $922 million every year.
Photographs of Taste of Peru at Miami Airport Convention Center on 11/11/12
Taste of Peru at Miami Airport Convention Center on Sunday, November 11, 2012.
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Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Lucky You! 5: Neon Lights the Night on 11/9/12
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon from Lucky You! 5: Neon Lights the Night at The Bakehouse Art Complex on Friday, November 9, 2012.   This amazing fundraising art raffle with more than 70 pieces of original artworks, live music by AMTRAC, VIP Lucky Lounge sponsored by Chivas Regal, wine by Jordan Vineyard & Winery, beer by Bud Light Premium, and specialty cocktails by KAPPA Pisco!
“The Bakehouse Art Complex is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to attracting emerging and midcareer artists in South Florida to a workplace that provides affordable studios, exhibition galleries, and professional development opportunities.”
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.
Photographs of Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival on 11/10/12
Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival at the Riverwalk of the historic Miami River on Brickell Avenue in Downtown Miami on Saturday, November 10, 2012.  The fifth annual Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival and Boat Parade featuring a Jamaican Folk Festival in celebration of the Nation’s golden jubilee anniversary of Independence. This event was endorsed by the Consulate General of Jamaica and the Jamaica Tourist Board as Jamaicans across the Diaspora continue their celebration of the Nation’s 50th anniversary of Independence. Proceeds from the event will benefit Sierra Norwood Calvary Church Youth Group.
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MiamiArtZine 7th Anniversary Celebration Salsa in the Garden 11/19/12
MiamiArtZine 7th Anniversary Celebration Salsa in the Garden
Monday, November 19 at 6.30 pm
Miami Beach Botanical Garden
2000 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.miamiartzine.com
Advance Tickets $20
At the door $25
Purchase advance tickets via Paypal. Indicate number of tickets.
Join us at our fundraising party and help us celebrate our 7th Anniversary
Event to Honor Joseph Adler, Ana Bolt and Jaie LaPlante
MiamiARTzine, the online magazine that serves as the Voice of the Miami Arts Scene, will celebrate its 7th anniversary at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden on Monday, November 19 at 6:30 pm.
A highlight of the evening is the presentation of the 5th Annual miamiARTzine Visionary Awards, so named for the ability of the honorees to think outside the box and envision and work toward a better Arts landscape. This year’s award recipients are Joseph Adler, Producing Artistic Director of GableStage at the Biltmore; Choreographer/Dancer Ana Bolt; and Jaie LaPlante, Director of Miami International Film Festival.
In keeping with the Salsa theme, KCC Productions presents a lively mélange of music, including two-time Grammy nominee Marlow Rosado and La Riqueña, the Kiki Sanchez Trio and Grammy-nominated artist Thania Sanz with special guest, trumpeter Julian Cifuentes. The celebration also features a silent auction, with tickets to many of South Florida’s exciting arts venues.
Venezuelan-born artist and miamiARTzine supporter Maria Rivas is the featured artist at the event, and her artwork will be on display throughout.
Sponsors for the event include Bolivar Fusion de Cocinas Tragos, KCC Productions, Miami Beach Botanical Garden, My Ceviche and We Take the Cake.
MiamiARTzine is a program of the Miami Beach Arts Trust, whose mission is to raise awareness and educate the public about the importance of the Arts. Publisher and Miami Beach Arts Trust chair Harvey J. Burstein conceived the idea of an online publication to better serve South Florida’s arts community and arts lovers.
Each issue of miamiARTzine contains original articles, reviews and photographs by local writers and photographers who volunteer their time and talent to inform readers about what is happening in the arts in South Florida. miamiARTzine has also served as a career conduit for these contributors, as many of its writers and photographers have been tapped for other assignments based on their work being seen, or the contacts they’ve made through the publication.
The miamiARTzine 7th Anniversary party takes place on Monday, November 19 at 6:30 pm at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden, 2000 Convention Center Drive. Tickets for the reception are $20 in advance, or $25 at the door, with all proceeds to benefit the Miami Beach Arts Trust. For tickets or more information, please call (305) 535-2448, email mbat@miamiartzine.com or visit www.miamiARTzine.com.
Photographs of The Dezer Collection’s James Bond Experience on 11/9/12
The Dezer Collection’s James Bond Experience on Friday, November 9, 2012.  When I walked in I was so impressed with the vasts collection of James Bond memorabilia. will this is largest collection of James Bond cars and memorabilia, including the original “Golden Gunâ€. We were served “Shaken Not Stirred†martinis made with Iceburg Vodka and had a taste of some wonderful canapés served by Celebrity Chef Adrianne Calvo.  Then we were whisked away to watch the new premier of the “Skyfall†movie.
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Photographs of the 4th Annual RAWards at The Stage Miami on 11/8/12
4th Annual RAWards at The Stage Miami on Thursday, November 8, 2012.  What a wonderful event,  54 cities across the nation picked their most talented hometown artists, designers and performers. The top nominees in Miami were showcased at The Stage.  RAW selected three local judges and together with the attendee’s picked who will represent Miami in the RAWards Finals.
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Pop-up Piano Miami presented by Steinway & Sons Miami and Miami Iron Side Pre-Art Basel Mixer 11/28/12
Pop-up Piano Miami presented by Steinway & Sons Miami and Miami Iron Side Pre-Art Basel Mixer
Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 7:00PM – 9:00PM
Miami Iron Side
7500 NE 4th Court
Miami FL 33138
Open-to-the-public but RSVP is mandatory via www.miamiironside.com/popuppiano.
Pop-up Piano Miami presented by Steinway & Sons Miami and Miami Iron Side are pleased to host an official Pre-Art Basel Mixer in celebration of this year’s selected artists for the piano creations.
Media and the community will have the opportunity to meet & greet with Pop-Up Piano Miami’s official 2012 artists and the host committee. Come and enjoy sweets by Patty Cakes Cupcakes, warms sips by Steep City Teas, delicious KIND bars, cocktails by Deep Eddy Vodka, and other treats & libations. Miami Iron Side is where the artists are working diligently to finish the pianos in time for Art Basel Miami Beach week. The pianos were delivered on November 1st by our shipping sponsor Wynwood Shipping. Join us and get a sneak peak of the nearly completed pianos.
Pearl Paint, the largest art supply store in the world that began on Canal Street, New York in 1933 as a family-owned company, has graciously supplied all the artistic materials for the following artists to create their masterpieces on the pianos: Alexander Mijares (mijares.com); Desiree Kawass (desireekawass.com); Federico Carosio III (federicocarosioiii.com); Ivan Roque (allhailtla.com/Home.html); Rodrigo Gaya (rgayaphoto.photoshelter.com); Ross Von Rosenberg (rossvon7design.com); Ruben Ubiera (urbanpopsoul.com); and Waseone (iamwaseone.com).
The Black Key Group (Whitney Lykins and Isabella Acker) created a special host committee of young, savvy professionals throughout South Florida to assist in creating, executing, and facilitating Pop-Up Piano Miami. From curating artists to securing locations for the pianos, the following list of people volunteered on the committee: Patricia Baro (Mixed Media Collective); Gaudi Castro (HEARD.); Meris Thomas (Freelancer – Event Production); Arnaud Pages (Macias Advertising); Daniel Rivero (WLRN); and Jessica Wade Pfeffer (Jessica Wade Inc.).
Miami Iron Side was founded by design and real estate visionary Ofer Mizrahi. It is a destination created by an assemblage of old deserted commercial buildings in an underserved neighborhood. The complex is self-designed by occupants and has had extensive reforesting creating a façade of retro architecture. Miami Iron Side was transformed to become a vibrant, creative, and trendy live & work complex. Enclaves of creative and business-focused minds alike have come together and created a neighborhood which encourages organic growth with a sense of community. For more information, visit www.miamiironside.com.
Irreversible Cover Featured Winners Release Party 11/30/12
Irreversible Cover Featured Winners Release Party 
November 30TH 7PM
Wynwood Exhibition Center
297 Northwest 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127
RSVP norelkysb@irreversiblemagazine.com
Foreword by Dr. Carol Damian
Director/ Chief Curator Frost Art Museum
A BIG and SPECIAL THANK YOU note goes to Rodolfo Vanmarke and Elaine Minionis founders of www.thelunchboxgallery.com whom witohut their unconditional support this competition would not be possible.
The Lunch Box Gallery Is a small but vibrant and cutting edge gallery llocated in the Wynwood Art District, Miami. Our emphasis is on contemporary photography, where conceptual, fine art, documentary and mixed media photography are subjects of exploration. www.facebook.com/thelunchboxgallery
Cover Featured Winner
Illustration
Edwin Villasmil (venezuela)
1st Place Mixed Media
K. Kissik (usa)
Honorable Mention
Sculpture Lori Nozick (usa)
Honorable Mention
Painting Carlos Caballero (cub)
20 winners
20 unique works invitations
Marina Font (ARG); Aimee Hertog (USA); Alexios Avlamis (GR); Amber Quimby (USA); Astolfo Funes (VNZLA); Clara Varas (CUB); Aida Tejada (RD); Cynthia Patrick (USA); Ernesto Kunde (BR); Jean Paul Mallozzi (USA); Jon Mcintosh (USA); Katiuska Gonzalez (VNZLA); Marcelo Daldoce (BR); Mariusz Navratil (POLAND); Patricia Gutierrez (USA); PJ Mills (USA); Tania Marmolejo (RD); Todd Brittingham (USA); Chika Matsuda (JP); Kerri Corser (USA)
image credit: Illustration EDWIN VILLASMIL (Venezuela)
The Nightmare Before Christmas Paint Party 12/14/12
The Nightmare Before Christmas Paint Party
Friday, 12/14/2012, 09:00 pm – 01:00 am
Ave 74
4432 SW 74th Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33155
Webpage Link
Come celebrate an unorthodox Christmas with Miami’s most progressive art gallery- AVE 74!
FREE DRINKS WITH COVER CHARGE. 18+ TO PARTY, 21+ TO DRINK. $10 if you join this event on FB, OR $12 at the door.
Enjoy live DJs, live entertainment, street performers, contests, food trucks and yes, lots and lots of PAINT.
We wouldn’t be an art gallery without the element of art of course, so paints will be provided for those who are willing to get messy and have a little fun.
DRESS APPROPRIATELY. This is a themed event so get creative with your Tim Burton-esque outfits all the while taking into consideration that this can and will get very messy! This will be an indoor and outdoor event- so the paint party aspect of the event will be optional for those willing to have a little more fun.
November 2nd Saturday at The Light Box! Have you always wanted to be a DJ? 11/10/12
November 2nd Saturday at The Light Box! Have you always wanted to be a DJ? 
Saturday, November 10, 3:30 – 5:30 pm
The Light Box @ Goldman Warehouse
404 NW 26th St.
Miami, FL 33127
All Ages Welcome!
Free!
To RSVP: RSVP@miamilightproject.com
Join PATH: Preserving, Archiving & Teaching Hiphop, Inc and Miami Light Project this Saturday for a free hands-on DJ master class taught by the one and only, The Brass King. You’ll get a technical, practical and theoretical introduction to the ART of DJing. Don’t miss this crash course on DJ history, music sources, equipment set up, equipment use, basic scratching & mixing and basic music theory for DJ’s.
Pecha Kucha Night at Girls’ Club 11/15/12
Pecha Kecha Night at Girls’ Club 
Thursday, November 15, 7pm
Girls’ Club
117 NE 2nd Street
Fort Lauderdale FL 33301
In partnership with Urban Matters CoLAB, Girls’ Club hosts the second installment of Pecha Kucha FTL, a series of rapid-fire artist presentations.
Artists from Girls’ Club collection and beyond share their involvement with line.
Extending the line into new territories, these artists create with hand manipulated 16mm film, fiber and embroidery, photography, book making, large scale projection and installation.
Artists:
Rosemarie Chiarlone and Susan Weiner
Nereida Garcia Ferraz
Jiae Hwang
Maureen McQuillan
Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez
Carrie Sieh
Get Scrooged 11/27/12
Get Scrooged! 
11/27/12, 7pm
Bloom
2751 N. Miami Ave
Wynwood Miami, FL
Tickets
HistoryMiami/JCI Members: $15
Non-Members: $25
RSVP
305-375-5356
RSVP@historymiami.org
Join the HistoryMiami Flagler Street Society as we kick off the holiday season and launch Giving Tuesday.
Enjoy a Pisco cocktail specially made for our guests. Pair your cocktail with Latin American hors d’oeuvres as you mix ‘n mingle with Miami young professionals
Photographs of Gringo Bingo at Wood Tavern on 11/7/12
Gringo Bingo at Wood Tavern on Wednesday, November 7, 2012.  Yo Miami’s brought bingo but with this bingo you can win free booze, tacos and other really cool prizes. Daniel Reskin is the host and he is so funny and entertaining when he calls out the numbers. I won this week, I got an awesome t-shirt and a free drink so you too can win next month. See you there!!!!!!!! BINGO
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A Visual Diary of Jaime Ferreyros photography show 11/10/12
A Visual Diary of Jaime Ferreyros photography show 
Saturday, November 10th from 7-10pm
The Lunch Box Gallery
310 NW. 24th St.
Miami, FL 33127
www.thelunchboxgallery.com
A Visual Diary of Jaime Ferreyros is about the everyday journey of a man who finds himself in deep connectedness with his iPhone… every step of his way. This show is exactly the brief, overt result of those private dialogues between Ferreyros’ personal eye and the eye of his device. His point of view shapes the world he sees, as soon as his iPhone then reinterprets what he wants it to interpret, once again. A fresh and spontaneous image is charged with mood and even with time, through additives like textures, scratches, blurs and vignettes, giving us the clues to his wide sensitivity: from nostalgia to logic, from curiosity to abstractionism, they all become part of this visual diary of his inner world.
Creativity and technology are automatically married when speaking of such an in-vogue trend like iPhoneography, where taking and editing pictures with the Apple’s iPhone becomes to many, an individual process of artistically documenting and registering "that" which immediately surrounds them.
Miami Mix 2012 11/10/12
Miami Mix 2012
Saturday, 11/10/2012, 06:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wynwood Warehouse Project
450 NW 27th St.,
Miami, Florida 33127
Webpage Link
MIAMI MIX 2012 at the THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT
The Art Place Wynwood, presents Miami Mix 2012 opening in their second location THE
WAREHOUSE PROJECT. Opening Reception is Saturday Nov. 10 , 6-10 PM during the
Wynwood Art Walk. The Exhibition will run from Nov. 10 – Dec. 10, 2012.
The Art Place Wynwood is thrilled to announce the Grand Opening of THE WAREHOUSE
PROJECT! After 4 years on NW 2nd Avenue we have acquired a 7300 square foot warehouse
in the Heart of Wynwood. This is our second location, we are NOT moving, we are growing!
Now with two locations we can continue to provide a multitude of opportunities to local and
international artists. Join us next second Saturday to witness the launching of Miami Mix 2012,
our artist showcase for ART BASEL WEEK!
We will also have a live musical performance by ANIMAL SPOUSE a licenced Massage therapist and Becks Beer!
THE WAREHOUSE PROJECT
450 NW 27th St. Miami, FL 33127
ARTISTS
Marcela Garcia Bonini / Rishona Cann / Toa Castellanos / Claudia Di Paolo / Sol Gersh / Mark Gonzalez
/ Cory Hunter / Carolina Llano / Maranesi / Scott Marsicano / Alexis Martinez / Beatrice
McClelland / Lauren Ashley Munoz / Michelle Oravitz / Miguel Payano / Christy Perez / Judy
Polstra / Juan Restrepo / Dlynn Roll / Santiago Rueda / April Saler / Dale Stryker / Sacha Suarez
Art-filled evening at Hotel Urbano 11/15/12
Art-filled evening at Hotel Urbano
Wednesday, 11/15/2012, 07:00 pm – 09:30 pm
Hotel Urbano
2500 Brickell Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33129
Webpage Link
Join us Thursday, November 15th for an art-filled evening at Hotel Urbano! Enjoy poolside cocktails, check out the new collection from Art Fusion Galleries and meet the artists, have yourself sketched by Erin Una, and groove to the tunes of The French Horn! Music curated by PAX.
FREE. RSVP Required
Photographs of Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on 11/7/12
Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, November 7, 2012..  I love  HistoryMiami, always has the best exhibits and Wine Down Wednesday is the best time to go and see the museum.  Clos Bistro & Cafe has been catering with some amazing wines, empanadas and dessert.  Remember it is the first Wednesday of every month.  See you next month!!
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Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Bad Panda Opening Night at Blu Moon Studio on 11/3/12
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon from Vince Herrera a/k/a BAD Panda’s Opening Night at Blu Moon Studio on Saturday, November 3, 2012.
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.
Villa 221 Art Walk After Party + Fame Group Art Show 11/10/12
Villa 221 Art Walk After Party + Fame Group Art Show
Saturday, 11/10/2012, 10:00 pm – 04:00 am
Villa 221
221 N.E. 17th street,
Miami, Florida 33137
Facebook Link
This Saturday at VILLA our monthly Art Walk after party:
We will have multiple rooms with different DJ’s from 10p-4a +
A special art show presented by: FAME GROUP from 11p-2a
W/ $7 Shots + Cocktails Of Hornitos, Pinnacle, And Devils Cut
Miami’s Independent Thinkers Art Basel 2012 12/6/12-12/9/12
Miami’s Independent Thinkers Art Basel 2012
December 6th-9th, 2012
Thursday 5pm-9pm (VIP/PRESS), Friday 5pm-2am, Saturday 5pm-2am, Sunday, 1pm-5pm
The Armory Studios
572 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood FL 33127
Cost: $10. Free–VIP passes
Art Basel satellite fair dedicated to showcasing local artists announces location for the 4th edition event, December 6th-9th, 2012 at The Armory Studios.
Kerry McLaney (305 Creative Group), Heather Read, Sara Read and Laraine Hart present Miami’s Independent Thinkers ART BASEL 2012, a collaborative multimedia art exhibition showcasing Miami’s premiere, emerging and young artists. To be held at The Armory Studios, a 3,000 sq ft interior + 5,000 sq ft exterior warehouse space located in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District.
The 4-day fair aims to feature local artists working across a range of media – painters, photographers, filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, muralists, performance and new media artists. The fair will run from December 6th-9th, 2012 during Art Basel and will include live music, DJs, performance art, fashion and gastronomic edibles.
Again this year, Miami’s Independent Thinkers ART BASIL 2012, a co-op farmers market featuring organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, body products, baby products, vegan treats, yoga, sustainable clothes, accessories and kids activities. Will also include eco-friendly designers and artists.
Miami’s Independent Thinkers Artist Lineup:
Alfredo Perez; Alissa Alfonso; Andres Dominguez; Annie Y. Saldaña; Arnold Steiner; Art of Shade; Ashley Elizabeth Craig; Barbara M de Varona; Betsy Gandy; Breanna Elise Murphey; Carla Fache; Christian Hogue; Cindy Seip; Corey W. Campbell; Cynthia Mason; Dan Walker; Denise Diaz; Emerson Calderon; Erika Garcia; Gary Zimmerer; George Goodridge; Gerry Stecca; Gina Cunningham; Gretchen Scharnagl; Henry Ballate; Humberto M. Vento; Ivan Albreht; Jel Martinez; Jennifer Kay; John Pack; JuanCarlos Bravo; Katia Danilova; Lidija Slavkovic; Lori Nozick; Lorie Setton; Luis Arturo Mora; Maitejosune Urrechaga; Natasha Middagh; Orestes De La Paz; Rod Deal; Shades of Earth; Stefan Von Fouts; Taylor Pilote; Tracy Cristal; Vince BadPanda Herrera; Xiomara Ponce; Zak Hemsteger
Band Sets Include:
Albert Vargas + Oscar Guardado; Arboles Libres (acoustic) ; Flesh and Stone ; niki em; Talking Dogs
DJ Sets Include:
Aubrey Russell; Bonnie Beats; DJ Essential 6; DJ V; Gooddroid; Grace Jones; Haitian Hillbilly; Matt-E Love; Patrick Griffin; Ray Milian; Reset; Stravinsky (Cosmic Chronic Records)
Miami’s Independent Thinkers is a non-profit organization dedicated to the unity, development and promotion of Miami’s flourishing art community. Our assemblage embraces established, emerging and young artists, visionaries and intellectuals.
Our mission is to provide a sustainable support base for Miami’s creative community, including: painters, photographers, filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, performance and new media artists.
Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or visit our website, www.MiamiThinkers.com for more information on who we are and our mission
I Heart Art at LegalArt 11/16/12
I Heart Art
Friday, 11/16/2012, 08:00 pm – 11:00 pm
LegalArt
1035 N Miami Ave,
Miami, Florida 33136
Buy Tickets Link
I HEART ART is an art celebration and official launch of LegalArt’s new identity!
Sound & Visuals will be provided by TM Sisters, Sweat Records, Pioneer Winter, and Southernmost Situations.
A Silent Auction will original work by Daniel Arsham, designer jewelry, art fair VIP passes, and fantastic gift certificates.
Libations provided by kryogenifex, St Germain, Societe Perrier, and Peroni.
For more information visit www.legalartmiami.org
Photographs by Anthony Jordon of the Red Bull Flugtag at Bayfront Park on 11/3/12
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon from the Red Bull Flugtag Miami at Bayfront Park on Saturday, November 3, 2012.  If your German is a bit rusty, Flugtag means “flying day.†  Teams from across the east coast looked to defy gravity with their human-powered flying machines at Red Bull Flugtag Miami. In front of 90,000 people 31 teams got their chance to fly their outrageous flying machines.  All of the entries were awesome and some were very creative.  Can’t wait for next time…..GO RED BULL!!!
Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.
Photographs of FREC Star Gala 2012 on 11/3/12
FREC – Film Recording Entertainment Council Star Gala 2012 at Magic City Casino on Saturday, November 3, 2012. This was an amazing event, the food was wonderful and the entertainment was wonderful.
“The Film, Recording and Entertainment Council’s “Star Gala†honors dynamic industry leaders and talent who share a commitment to professional excellence and making a difference in the South Florida community.e South Florida community.”
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Wine by the Bay Presents, “Transitions” – An Art Exhibit Opening & Wine Tasting Event 12/1/12
Wine by the Bay Presents, “Transitions” – An Art Exhibit Opening & Wine Tasting Event
Sunday, 12/01/2012, 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Wine by the Bay
888 Biscayne Blvd.,
Miami, Florida 33132
Facebook Link
As the eyes of the art world descend upon Miami just days before Art Basel 2012, a special art opening and wine tasting event will take place at Wine by the Bay in Downtown Miami. “Transitions†examines the connections between organic and construction through the works of three artists: Miami-based, Japanese-Argentinian artist Valeria Yamamoto; Colombian sculptor Claudia Hakim; and Iraqi-German painter Fahar. A similar connection can be derived from the terroir of the California landscape where wines reflect the personality of the state while drawing inspiration from afar.
The evening is the ideal opportunity for connoisseurs of both wine and art to converge and interact. Discover the complexities of some of California’s best wines through the expert guidance of Wine by the Bay owner/gallerist Stefano Campanini and his knowledgeable staff. Special guests, Mara Sartore and Matteo Bartoli co-founders and editors of My Art Guides will enlighten guests about the art presented and their experiences working at the most notable art fairs in the world: Venice Biennale, Art Basel Switzerland, Art Basel Miami Beach, and organizing international events such as The Dali Universe, Edge of Arabia, and Circuito Off (Italy’s most important video festival.)
The Opening Reception/Wine Tasting Event takes place on Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. The Media and Community are welcome at this free event, but RSVP is required to info@winebtb.com or 305.455.9791 – space is limited. Wine by the Bay, 888 Biscayne Blvd. at the Marina Blue condominium, Miami, FL, 33132, www.winebtb.com. The exhibit runs through the end of December. 2012.
Courtesy Photo: Valeria Yamamoto Sculptures
“Untitled” Installation/400 birds, Casting on Hydrocal
Media Inquiries: press@winebtb.com
General Inquiries: info@winebtb.com
Photographs of Soul Of Miami and Life Is Art Present Social Influencers TC Launch Party and Beats After Sunset on 11/2/12
Soul Of Miami and Life Is Art Present Social Influencers TC Launch Party and Beats After Sunset at the Bass Museum of Art on Friday, November 2, 2012.
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Elisabeth Condon: The Seven Seas Opening 11/9/12
Elisabeth Condon: The Seven Seas Opening Artists’ Reception 
Fri., Nov. 9, 6th 9 pm
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
1650 Harrison St.
Hollywood, FL 33020
Learn more
RSVP on Facebook
Nov. 10, 2012 – Jan. 13, 2013
In her new painting and drawing exhibition, Elisabeth Condon introduces the 1980s Los Angeles nightclub scene as a metaphor for personal and social transformation. The Tampa and Brooklyn-based artist approaches this landscape as a repository for individual and shared memories, associations, and cultural experiences.
Image: Elisabeth Condon, White Lines (detail), 2011, Acrylic on linen.
Marc Lagrange Exhibition VIP Opening at LMNT 11/9/12
Marc Lagrange Exhibition VIP Opening
LMNT Arts 
59 nw 36th st.
Miami, Fl. 33127
www.l-m-n-t.com
RSVP: 305-989-6963 or info@l-m-n-t.com
You’re invited to view the first US solo show of European photographer legend, Marc Lagrange, before the public opening on Saturday Nov. 10th. There will be the opportunity to meet Lagrange in person as well as being some of the first people in the US to have access to the collection.
Evocative, sensual and voluptuous, Marc Lagrange’s work celebrates beauty and pleasure. The Antwerp-â€â€‘based photographer, who has a predilection for nudes and portraits, creates luxurious and timeless environments, where eroticism and intimacy play a central part. Lagrange’s work has been praised by critics and collected worldwide and now we are pleased to have the opportunity to host the first solo show in the US at LMNT with NAC Gallery.
in collaboration with NAC Gallery
Photographs of Femme Factory a Ladies Retreat benefiting Breast Cancer Awareness at Q Lounge on 11/1/12
“Femme Factory†a Ladies Retreat benefiting Breast Cancer Awareness at Q Lounge on Thursday, November 1, 2012.  I just love going to the Femme Factorys they are always so much fun and can always get great fashion at great prices.  Looking forward to the next one.
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Photographs from Boudoir Diaries Halloween Ball at LMNT Gallery on 10/31/12
Boudoir Diaries Halloween Ball at LMNT Gallery on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Â The Boudoir Diaries Ball was presented by LMNT Gallery, Maxim Events and Live It Productions. Â This was one of the best Halloween Party’s, so much fun.
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Galleria Ca D’oro Presents Endless Time Exhibition Dedicated to Salvador Dalí Opening Reception 11/14/12
Galleria Ca D’oro Presents Endless Time Exhibition Dedicated to Salvador Dalà Opening Reception
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 from 7pm-10pm. 
Galleria Ca’d’oro | Miami
Village of Merrick Park
Suite 1505 – Ground Floor
3580 San Lorenzo Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33146
November 1, 2012- January 31, 2012
Galleria Ca D’oro is pleased to present Endless Time, an exhibition dedicated to the renowned artist and master of surrealism, Salvador DalÃ. The exhibition is slated to open November 1, 2012, coinciding with the unveiling of Galleria Ca’d’oro’s new location at the prestigious Village of Merrick Park in Coral Gables.
As an artist, Salvador Dalà needs no introduction. He will always arouse interest, speculation, discussion, and most of all, pleasure. “After the exhibition in Rome in Spring 2012 we wanted to open our new location with a great Master. So we brought the best of DalÃ’s creative genius, transformed into three-dimensional sculpture, bringing forth his most famous and fantastic surrealistic images. Fifteen bronze artworks will be presented to collectors and art lovers for the first time at the Village of Merrick Park with prices starting from 11 thousand dollars.†says Gloria Porcella, curator and owner of Galleria Ca’d’oro.
The exhibition includes two stunning museum sculptures: the Snail and the Angel, and the iconic melting watch for which Salvador Dali is perhaps best known: the Nobility of Time. The latter sculpture depicts a soft watch draped around a tree; on top of the watch is a crown. “The crown of a watch" usually refers to the mechanical device used to set the hands and wind the timepiece. But time, according to a DalÃnian watch, cannot be set. Thus, Dali’s crown represents time’s mastery over man.
Standing in the garden of the Village of Merrick Park is the highlight of the exhibition: Woman Aflame. The monumental sculpture rises to an imposing 11.8 feet tall, creating a striking visual impact which will surely leave viewers awestruck.
This enthralling collection offers the public a rare opportunity to experience Dal۪̉s genius and untamed imagination firsthand, sending each viewer on an adventure into his captivating world of art and Surrealism.
The exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Stratton Foundation for the Cultural arts. Mr. Benjamin Levi, President of the Stratton Foundation, is both an expert on and avid collector of DalÃ’s work. With the focus on bronze sculptures, each piece in this collection-assembled over the last forty years-has been carefully chosen to bring various aspects of DalÃ’s life’s work to the public eye. These sculptures have been displayed in famous cities such as London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Singapore, and Shanghai.
This exciting project has been managed by Gloria Porcella, the gallery’s curator, in collaboration with Manuela Campisi and Melissa Sesana. Campisi and Sesana are currently working together with Galleria Ca’ d’Oro on a public art project in London.
Etra Fine Art Design District Art Basel/Miami Art Week 2012 Winter Group Show
Etra Fine Art Design District Basel/Miami Art Week 2012 Winter Group Show
December 8, 2012 to January 11, 2013 
Etra Fine Art
50 NE 40 St.
Miami, FL 33137
305.438.4383
www.etrafineart.com
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 8, 2012 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. (Free)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Other hours available by appointment.
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As part of Art Basel 2012 and Miami Art Week, Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District, presents a “Winter Group Show†exhibiting the works of: Rainer Lagemann, Christian Awe, Douglass Freed, Hunt Slonem, and Mario Velez. The Opening Reception takes place on Saturday, December 8, 2012 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. and the exhibit runs through January 11, 2013.
Encapsulating the spirit of Miami, this exhibit represents a microcosm of the variety of art presented to us at the peak of art season. From the hollow, metal squares that Rainer Lagemann (Germany) uses to sculpt the human form – a framework of the spirit and image of the body; the “resurrection of color†that restores emotional drama to abstraction found in Christian Awe’s (Berlin) paintings; landscapes by Douglass Freed (US) who names his paintings “structures†where shapes are fitted together to create a coherent whole; works of internationally renowned American artist Hunt Slonem who experiments with a unique method of cross-hatching to texturize his works; and Colombian artist Mario Velez, a minimalist artist who has been greatly inspired by the Bauhaus approach to design. This group show is a schema of all that the city has to offer in its unique, cultural diversity.
“As part of the Miami art fair season, we want to attract a wide and chosen audience,†comments Stefano Campanini, owner of Etra Fine Art. “The show characterizes our evolving and dynamic city.â€
About the Artists Presented:
Rainer Lagemann was born in Düsseldorf, Germany on September 14th, 1959. Studies and practice in interior design and welding began in Berkeley, California. Since 2008, he has resided and worked in Miami. Rainer is fascinated by the human body, the classic theme of artistic expression and struggle, depicted in all shapes, materials and mediums since the existence of mankind. His sculpture captures the human body in motion–a freeze frame of classic, timeless gestures and emotions. The sculptures are both ethereal and concrete. The forms he creates are how one imagines a Nureyev or Baryshnikov would look in mid-flight.
Christian Awe began his painting career as an urban expressionist painter on the streets of Berlin in the early 90s. At the Berlin Universität der Künste he studied under Georg Baselitz and received his “Meisterschüler“ in 2006 under Daniel Richter. As artist-in-residence at Princeton University, Awe taught experimental painting in Princeton in 2011. This year, he serves as Board Member for “The Young Mesopotamians“ who mentors and teaches young Iraqi artists at Baghdad University’s College of Fine Arts. Awes paintings oscillate between figuration and abstraction and astound with expressive color. He employs spray paint and acrylics, ink and watercolors, markers and oil pastels. Through scraping, ripping or even digging out entire chunks of color, he exposes hidden layers resting beneath, allowing them to resurface as poetic pictorial spaces.
Douglass Freed’s undergraduate and graduate degrees are from Fort Hays State University. He is represented by galleries in New York City, Boston, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Houston, Charleston, St. Louis and Kansas City. Freed was the Director of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art at State Fair Community College until his retirement in February, 2008 and helped build the Daum Museum collection from 200 objects to over 800 since its opening. For nearly twenty years, he has made non-objective grid structured paintings. He has literalized those references by painting oil landscape vistas of horizons, clouds and bodies of water. These paintings consist of two or more vertical panels where one panel is landscape imagery and adjacent panels are often atmospheric voids with vestiges of recognizable landscapes.
Hunt Slonem – Since 1977, Slonem has had more than 350 exhibitions at prestigious galleries and museums internationally. More than 100 museums include his work in their collections, among them the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. He has been commissioned to paint large-scale murals for the Bryant Park Grill, New York City and the former World Trade Center, NYC. He is recipient of the prestigious “Stars of Design†award, the Greenshields Foundation award, and the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1991. He studied painting at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. For years, Slonem has been experimenting with a unique method of texturizing his works where he scrapes through multiple layers of wet paint using the whittled end of a paint brush handle. He describes it as a feeling of tapestry like weaving where he makes colors bleed into each other allowing light to come through so one can see five levels of paint, instead of one.
Mario Velez lives and works in Medellin, Colombia. He received his Bachelors of Arts degree at the National University of Colombia and Masters at the Hochschule der Künstein in Berlin. His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows in New York, Miami, California, Panama, Colombia, Japan, Austria Switzerland, Italy, Mexico, and Germany. His commissioned work includes corporate and public collections such as Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C.; Bloomingdales, New York; Ritz Carlton, Bangalore, India; Museum of Latin American Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellin, Colombia; and Galleria Armory-Arte Contemporanea, Perugia, Italy. Velez’ work both identifies and emancipates itself from two of the most identifiable characteristics of 20th century abstract art — one part structural geometric, austere — the other emotional, intuitive and organic. His work has been described as, “simplified geometric forms and the fine lines that traverse them creating an autonomous world that moves in a field created by the [works] themselves.â€
Etra Courtesy Photo: Rainer Lagemann "Mila" 18 x 8 x 28"
CALL TO ARTISTS! DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 30th. Fundraiser benefitting Camillus House is seeking artwork for display.
The Miami Artists Exchange is proud to announce “Covers for the Cold”, a fundraiser benefiting Camillus House at Will Call Miami, Friday Dec 14th.
The purpose of the event is to collect warm clothing/ food
donations as well as cash donations to feed and clothe our city’s
homeless population during our winter months, when temperatures
unexpectedly dip.
The night will feature live local bands performing cover songs as well
as original music, visual art displays, comedians, a raffle, and
silent art auction.
We are seeking artwork with themes of :
hope
community
peace
love
generosity
kindness
for display and sale during the show. Please let us know if you would like to donate a piece for the silent auction.
We are also seeking live painters and body painters.
There is no commission for any artwork sold. Donations benefiting the fundraiser will be at the artists discretion and greatly appreciated.
Please send images of the pieces you would like to submit to:
themiamiartistsexchange@gmail.com
or
tatianaenriquezart@gmail.com
http://www.facebook.com/notes/the-miami-artists-exchange/call-to-artists-deadline-is-november-30th-fundraiser-benefitting-camillus-house-/238770006250199
Thank you so much for your support!
Miami Book Fair 2012 Evenings With… Schedule 11/11/12-11/16/12
Miami Book Fair 2012 Evenings With…. Schedule
11/11/12-11/16/12
Miami Dade MDC’s Wolfson Campus
300 NE Second Ave.
downtown Miami, FL
Tickets: $10
MiamiBookFair.com
Twilight Tastings: Mon-Fri., 5pm, 6100, FREE (cocktails & snacks)
Sunday, Nov. 11:
* 4 p.m. Inauguration ceremony – (Auditorium)
* 5 p.m. Opening Cocktail reception
* 6 p.m. Evening With… Tom Wolfe (Chapman, , $10)
Homero Aridjis in 2106
* 7 p.m. The Toledos, in conversation w/Judith Thurman of the New Yorker (Freedom Tower, FREE)
* 8 p.m. Tom Wolfe documentary by Miami based Oscar Corral, “Tom Wolfe Gets Back to Blood†(Auditorium, FREE)
Monday, Nov. 12:
* 4 pm – Lemony Snicket (Auditorium, FREE)
* 6:30 p.m. Evening With… Junot Diaz in conversation (Auditorium, $10)
* 8 p.m. – Evening With… Chris Hayes in conversation – (Chapman, $10)
Tuesday, Nov. 13
* 6:30pm: Mirta Ojito in conversation w/ Nicholas Lemann- (Auditorium, FREE)
* 8pm Evening With… Sandra Cisneros (Chapman, $10)
Wednesday, Nov. 14
* 6:30pm: Evening wit Dr. Brian Weiss any Amy Weiss (Chapman, $10)
* 8pm: Evening With… Jeffrey Toobin (Chapman, $10)
Thursday, Nov. 15
6 p.m. – Opening of Paraguay Pavilion
6:30 p.m. Evening With… Robert Caro – (Chapman, $10)
8 p.m. – Evening With… Gopnik – (Auditorium, $10)
Friday, Nov. 16
6:30 p.m. — Evening With… Emma Donoghue – (Chapman, $10)
7:30pm: Manny Diaz on Miami Transformed: Rebuilding America One Neighborhood, One City at a Time (Freedom Tower) FREE
8:00 — Evening With… Robert Weil in conversation with Alan Ryan –(Chapman $10)
10:30 p.m. – Literary Death Match –(Bardot, $10)
ArtCenter Studio Crawl 11/3/12
ArtCenter’s Studio Crawl 
Saturday, November 3, 2012 | 7-10 PM
ArtCenter/South Florida
800-810 & 924 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach
ArtCenter’s Studio Crawl, held every first Saturday of the month, invites visitors to wander throughout the ArtCenter’s two buildings, exchange with our artists in their studios and view our current exhibitions. This month in the Richard Shack Gallery, we have 101 DRESSES: Adriana Carvalho. Artists Exhibiting Artists will continue this month with Rosa Naday Garmendia exhibiting R.A., Anthony Ardavin exhibiting Gerbi Tsesarskaia and Peter Hammar
exhibiting Alex Trimino at 800-810 building.
And down the block at our second building, 924 Lincoln Road, visit our new space, Project 924 and its inaugural exhibition, As The Ferris Wheel Turns that features works by Anthony Ardavin, Katerina Federici, Alexander Guerra, Regina Jestrow, Hugo Moro, John Sanchez, and Damian Sarno. As you enter 924, get your fortune read by David Rohn and then play Hybrid Bunnies with Alexander Guerra and get your garmets patched by Regina Jestrow at Project 924. While at 924, see The SWEAT Broadsheet Collaboration in the 924 Vitrine and visit our brand new artists, Othón Castañeda, Andrés Ferrandis, JeanPaul Mallozzi, Pal B. Stock and Alejandro Vigilante.
Art and Design Night for Fusion IX Seducing The Globe Exhibition 11/10/12
Art & Design Night for "Fusion IX – Seducing The Globe" Exhibition
Saturday November 10th, 2012, 7-10 pm 
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street, Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137
Live DJ Music
Complimentary Wine and Refreshments
Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking
Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our Fall/Winter exhibition of 2012 "Fusion IX Seducing The Globe"
This exhibition features over 40 emerging to mid-career contemporary international artists – be sure to highlight the evening of Saturday, November 10th 2012 on your calendar for our Art & Design Night from 7-10 p.m.
Our fall exhibition of 2012 showcases an exciting collection of creative artisans, spanning twenty countries from across the globe. This exhibition illuminates the remarkable diversity; inviting the viewer to experience a dynamic perspective whether imagining alternate realities, reinterpreting classic works of art, or exuberantly defying the laws of gravity, these artists are pointing the way toward a new conception of artistic truth.
Wine Down Wednesday 2nd Annual Young Professional Networker 11/7/12
Wine Down Wednesday 2nd Annual Young Professional Networker
Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 5:00pm until 8:00pm
HistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130
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HistoryMiami Members: FREE
Non-Members: $10
Mix, mingle, sip and unwind with over ten of the top young professional organizations in Miami. Enjoy live music, Argentinian treats, wines, and the museum’s exhibition galleries. Join us and make new friends and network with Miami’s best and brightest.
Free parking at the Cultural Center Garage, 50 NW 2 Avenue.
Sponsors and partners include the Miami Downtown Development Authority, Downtown Miami Partnership, Clos Bistro and Cafe and Soul of Miami.
The Art Rush at Segafredo L’Originale 11/3/12
The Art Rush
Saturday Nov. 3
Segafredo L’Originale
1040 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach FL 33139
305-673-0047
This will be an eclectic art experience YOU CAN’T MISS at Segafredo Lincoln Road!
Segafredo on Lincoln Road, also referred to as L’Originale, has partnered with Alberto Linero Gallery to showcase celebrated local and international artists and their mixed media works including sculptures and paintings. The monthly series second event will be held on Saturday November 3rd at 8pm and will be held every first Saturday of the month through January 2013. In November, selected artists are Santiago Betancur, Todd Babb, Luis Jimenez, Sarah Allen, ROMGO, Pedro Sandoval, Dario, Breceda, Gabi Correa and Fred. In addition, a live painting performance by Susan Kaufman and Guillermo Venturini will be held throughout the evening.
The line- up of international artists bring an eclectic art experience with inspirational creativity from science with life-size figure painting by Betancur; urban living, with steel sculptures by Luis Jimenez; nature’s destruction by Sarah Allen; natural elements, light and colors by ROMGO and abstract neo-expressionnism by world-renowned Sandoval. Live performers Susan Kaufman and Guillermo Venturini will explore their environment and release their inspirations onto their canvases.
Located in the lively pedestrian street, Segafredo L’Originale on Lincoln Road offers an open air setting for viewing unique pieces of art by talented international artists otherwise only available in a gallery environment. Each artist will be on site to discuss their pieces with inquiring minds during ART RUSH.
“ART RUSH was designed to engage patrons and passing visitors into an art-based experience where the art comes alive before you,†explains Alberto Linero of Alberto Linero Gallery.
Gardy Girault will be spinning his tunes during the event.
The event series will continue every first Saturday of month in December and January. For more information please call 305-673-0047 or visit www.sze-oroginale.com
Luis Jimenez
For Luis Jimenez, inspiration can develop from everyday activities such as a drive to the office or even watching television; beauty can present itself as a sign on Lincoln Road (Miami Beach) or in a piece of twisted metal in New York City. The combination of this daily urban alphabet guides his creative sensibilities and challenges cultural barriers.
A New Jersey native, Jimenez moved to Colombia where he pursued a degree in mechanical engineering at Medellin’s School of Administration, Finances and Technology. He thereafter continued his education at Florida International University in Miami with a specialization in laminated steels, which led to an early career in the metal and mechanical industry.
Jimenez ultimately discovered plastic art through his work in the metal industry. He explored the medium during workshops and personalized courses in drawing, painting, wood sculpture and stained glass, both in Colombia and United States. He continues to perfect his craft at Alberto Linero Gallery in Miami’s Wynwood Design District, where he is an artist-in-residence. Jimenez’s iconic ‘Peace’ sculpture is installed in front of Mai Tardi Restaurant in the Design District and at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Florida.
Todd Babb
A natural ability to sculpt and paint was fine tuned during the prosperous years of Todd’s first business venture, Creative Artistry. During this time he carved and painted in solid surface materials working directly with design professionals on three continents. His work with Dupont Corian© and LG HiMax© gave him an audience with such industry giants as Princess Cruiselines© and the Walt Disney Company©. This success also afforded him the opportunity to show work in Solid Surface magazine, on Home and Garden Television, and in events such as the Kitchen and Bath International Show’s in Atlanta, Chicago, and Orlando. While pursuing these endeavors he continued to give back to the community with involvement in local charities in Southwest Florida, such as Arts for ACT and Pelicans in Paradise. Todd was also honored to work in a sole artist project with Lt. Governor and Mrs. Jeff Kottkamp to raise money for the Abuse Counseling and Treatment Center. Since 2007 Todd’s focus is exclusively on fine art using his personally developed method to create conceptual pieces that portray a deeper understanding of human nature. His sculpture has been on display at the Naples Museum of Art and in solo and group exhibitions. His work can be seen in galleries, fine art festivals, and collections around the world, ranging from Panama and Ecuador to Greece and the United Kingdom. His work has also been featured in numerous articles and publications (to include the 81st edition of Florida Architecture).
Santiago Betancur
The work of Santiago Betancur lies between the complexity of science and abstract art. His approach to life-size figure painting interweaves the two worlds, creating a delicate balance that gives him “the satisfaction of discovering [his] own abstract diseases and cures.†His style reflects his affinity for nature and for how natural elements emit the highest level of creativity.
A native of Colombia, Betancur traveled to Miami in 2009 with a goal to generate new concepts for how humanity views itself. His work is physiologically precise, often gaining praise from doctors and scientists.
Most recently, he joined the team at Alberto Linero Gallery in Wynwood Design District. As a featured artist in the gallery, Betancur maintains a strict mantra which has inspired a series of self-portraits: “humans are only neurons receiving the best information we can from the universe.â€
Sarah Allen
A native of Atlanta, Freeman moved to New Orleans in 1958 and enthusiastically embraced the local art scene. Encouraged to pursue her own creativity, Freeman enrolled in art school at Newcomb College in 1970. She painted extensively until 1975, when she put her art career on hold to raise children. She ran Eclectics, a popular ethnic art gallery in the French Quarter. In 1970, she began a long and influential association with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation – almost by happenstance. She was tending her gallery when Preservation Hall founder Allan Jaffe walked in and said, “Can you get out for a while? There’s something going at Congo Square I think you’d enjoy.†It was the first Jazz Fest. Freeman joined the board of the fledgling Foundation, serving as president from 1981 to 1984. In the mid-1990s Freeman returned to Atlanta and resumed painting, amassing a large collection of works – all of which were destroyed in a catastrophic fire in her home studio in 2005. The works in the current exhibit – all acrylic on canvas – represent her output since the fire, and her response to it. “It’s just a violent reaction to the devastation,†Freeman says of her recent work. “You just can’t get enough paint on the canvas. You have a lot of energy: ‘I’m just not going to let this fire burn me up. I’m not going to let it happen…. You create something, and then you see it vibrate and change and grow and explode and get back together,†she says. “The ‘end of the world’ doesn’t scare you. It’s not going to end. It’s going to keep on going, no matter what anybody does.â€
ROMGO
Mexican Artist, ROMGO is famous for his “ycaros.â€- They are imaginary beings in a million different colors and forms. They roam freely in each of Romgo’s pieces, and cohabit the walls of his studio, going up and down the stairs of the imagination. They weave neuron thoughts of creative ROMGIANA. They go out and expose this creativity to the light and they bathe in the color and textures. They are hiding in each grain of sand mixed in his work.
Pedro Sandoval
Pedro Sandoval defines himself as abstract neo-expressionistic, which inevitably puts him together with Kandinsky and Willem De Kooning, whose vibrant influence is felt in his work. However, a simple retrospective look will allow us to determine that his artistic path cannot be laced in simple classifications. Sandoval is much more. His work feeds on the rich source of abstract painters who preceded him and left magnificent works. Today, he is considered as one of the most important artists of the world of painting.
The works of Pedro Sandoval are part of the Moma- Museum of Modern Art, Louvre, Muse de Orsay, Centre Pompidou, Guggenhei – New York, Guggenheim-Bilbao, Guggenheim-Berlin, The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno – Tokyo, Museo del Prado in Madrid, J. Paul Getty Center- Los Angeles, TATE – British and International Modern Contemporary Art, Centro de Arte – Reina Sofia, Museo Thyssen Bornemisza, Boca Raton Museum of Art in Mizner, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo–Barcelona Hamburger Kunsthalle – Germany,Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo – Argentina, Museo de Arte de Sao Pablo – Brazil, Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, Galeria Nacional de Arte –Washington, Galeria Nacional de Londres – Great British.
Moreover, his works are present in private collections around the world, like the Kennedy family, the Collection of the White House and Vatican Museum Collection, among others.
Susan Kaufman
Susan defines herself through color and movement. Her work with oils; acrylics and mixed media explore the limits of abstract and expressionist art through passionate brush strokes drenched in bold hues. Her paintings draw on intense personal experiences as a martial artist, private pilot, dancer, extensive United States and foreign travel, and music, which moves her soul. She is inspired by nature and all living beings in the Universe. Each blank canvas is just waiting for her to create a link between her soul and all that view her art.
While living in California, Susan painted and exhibited in Juried Art Shows at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto , California as well as exhibits in community sites in the Bay area. After moving to Miami Beach, Susan continued to paint at the Art Center of South Florida and then at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami‘s Wynwood Art District. At the BAC her work was juried and she was accepted as a resident artist and worked there for four years. She now paints in her home in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and in Manhattan.
Guillermo Venturini
Creative, self-taught, began in photography in 1977 at Centro de Ensenanza de la Imagen, Madrid, Spain. Professor of Photography Digital University of Flores-Argentina.
Exhibits and awards:
Exhibition Salon Dorado Hotel Comahue, Neuquén, Patagonia Argentina
Exhibition Sala Emilio Saraco, Secretary of Culture of the Municipality of Neuquén, Patagonia Argentina
Selection and Special Mention Photo CompetitionV National Annual Salon, Argentina
Exhibition National Museum of Fine Arts 2010-2011, Argentina
Award XVI Open Meetings, International light Festival 2011, Paris, France. 22 countries
Award XVII Open Meetings, International light Festival 2012, Paris, France. 22 countries
Sweat Broadsheet Collaboration Centre Gallery Opening Reception 11/1/12
Sweat Broadsheet Collaboration Centre Gallery Opening Reception
Thursday, November 1, 6 p.m.
Centre Gallery
Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave.
Building 1, Third Floor
Miami, Florida
Reading
Saturday, November 17, 3:30 p.m.
Held at Centre Gallery
in conjunction with
Miami Book Fair International
Miami Book Arts’ inaugural project, Sweat Broadsheet Collaboration, teams writers and artists to create literary broadsides on the theme of sweat. In some cases, artists responded to words provided by the writers; some writers produced new works after conversations with artists; and still other pairs worked closely together to produce new collaborative works.
Moksha Art Fair 2012 Eagle Meets Condor 12/5/12-12/8/12
Moksha Art Fair 2012 Eagle Meets Condor
December 5th. at 8:00pm until December 8th. at 4:00am 
Moksha Family Artist Collective
228 N.E. 59 St.
Miami, Florida 33137
www.MokshaFamily.org
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The Moksha Family Arts Collective is proud to announce the following initial lineup of visionary artists, speakers and musicians for the 2012
Moksha Art Fair “Eagle Meets Condorâ€
Visual Artists: Leonard Crowdog, Jr.; Mariano Valadez; Cilau Valadez; Mark Henson; Amanda Sage; Michael Divine; Alex Sastoque; More TBA.
Speakers: Daniel Pinchbeck; Manolo Torres; More TBA.
Musical Acts: Andreilien (Heyoka); Govinda; More TBA.
The Moksha Family Artist Collective and Community Arts & Culture present the 2012 Moksha Art Fair with the theme “The Eagle Meets The Condorâ€, during Art Basel Miami Beach. This showcase works to highlight the cultural and creative connections between the indigenous people of South & Central America with North American shamanism. By utilizing artistic sensibilities to reflect the deep appreciation for ancient knowledge, the Moksha Art Fair brings people together to share and experience art that transcends time.
The theme of “The Eagle Meets The Condor†represents a convergence of creativity and reverence of native culture and modern awakening. Part of this international gathering will include shamans, spiritual leaders from South America, Central America and North America who will present traditional elements of their cultural history through artistic displays, educational presentations and interactive demonstrations. This is an opportunity to experience a cultural relevance of history as it meshes in today’s modern world.
Within many indigenous cultures there is a 2000 year old prophecy about the eagle meeting the condor to create peace and balance for the people of the Americas. In Andean culture, the prophecy predicted the conflict throughout the Americas from around 1500 to 2000. The eagle represents the modern, technological world while the condor represents the people who live close to the land and honor spirituality and wisdom.
As part of the prophecy, it is foretold that we are in a time of transition that will bring the eagle and condor to fly together in harmony. This will require that the people of the Americas embrace a change in consciousness as well as in practices. This partnership will be born of love and healing that will work to undo the conflict through sustainability and understanding.
The 2012 Moksha Art Fair honors this prophecy and provides a platform for our visionary community to come together with global awareness, creative interaction and solidarity for holistic wisdom. By merging the modern technology with the roots of nature, we strive to achieve a sense of harmony that can radiate beyond our local community to all across the Earth.
As part of the 2012 Moksha Art Fair, there will be a special showcase of international and local artists along with a panel discussion about the cultural impact of enthogens in art. In addition, there will be a special indigenous blessing ceremony that will bring together a selection of tribal cultures. As a culmination of this art festival, there will be multi-media presentation of music, live art and various performances.
The Moksha Art Fair is the premiere event for visionary art during Art Basel Miami Beach. In 2012, The Eagle Meets The Condor will bring together a dynamic selection of artists, performers & musicians. This is a showcase that should not be missed. Make your plans to be at the 2012 Moksha Art Fair. You will be happy you did. Spread the word & be part of something beautiful.
Gallery, lecture, music and performance updates coming soon. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or participating, contact us here or at 305-757-7277.
Photographs of downtown FULL MOON Party – Howwwlween at Villa 221 on 10/27/12
downtown FULL MOON Party – Howwwlween at Villa 221 on Saturday, October 27, 2012.
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Photographs of HalloWynwood at The Armory Studios on 10/27/12
HalloWynwood at The Armory Studios on Saturday, October 27, 2012.
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Photographs of The Haunted Jaunt and Halloween Street Party at Ponce Circle Park on 10/24/12
The Haunted Jaunt and Halloween Street Party at Ponce Circle Park on Wednesday, October 24, 2012.  The Haunted Jaunt was produced by The Ponce Society of Young Professionals and the proceeds went to Benefit the Coral Gables Community Foundation.
“Established in 1991 by community leaders, the Coral Gables Community Foundation has helped the youth, elderly, and disabled, as well as provided dental care for needy children, sponsored cultural activities, awarded academic, dance, and music scholarships, and offered seminars to educate the public on important health, finance, and estate-planning issues. “
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“The Ponce Society of Young Professionals joins its mission to that of the Coral Gables Community Foundation: “To foster programs and initiatives that enhance the quality of life for people living and working in ‘The City Beautiful’, Coral Gables.”
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Don Kesler Views 2012 A Fine Art Photography Exhibit 11/3/12
Don Kesler Views 2012 A Fine Art Photography Exhibit
Saturday, November 3rd, 6-10PM
FrameWorks
3196 Commodore Plaza
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
frameworksmiami.com
Award-winning fine art photographer Don Kesler turns his camera to the Caribbean to document the everyday experience of those who live there. For the past 30 years, Kesler has traveled throughout the world, gaining an insight into the lifestyles and customs of every strata of society. This exhibit features the people and landscape of Bimini, which Kesler visited on a recent sailing trip to the Bahamas, as well as his insightful perspective of Miami’s waterfront.
LoweDown Happy Hour African Masquerade 11/1/12
LoweDown Happy Hour: African Masquerade
Thursday, November 1, 7pm to 9pm
University of Miami Lowe Art Museum
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables
$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members; 305-284-3535. www.loweartmuseum.org
On the first Thursday of each month during the academic year, the Lowe Art Museum hosts the exciting LoweDown Happy Hour event. This monthly event is designed to broaden and deepen public knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the visual arts, encourage membership to the Lowe, and enhance academic and public awareness and appreciation of art in general. Each month has a different theme along includes a gallery tour or lecture, light hors d’oeuvres, and bar. The crowd is diverse with Lowe members of all ages, patrons from the community, young professionals, as well as UM faculty, staff, and students with proper ID.
Masquerade is the theme for this month’s LoweDown. Don’t miss a guided tour of the renowned African Gallery by Dr. Marcie Wittmer, plus healthy treats from Cabot Cheese and PopChips, with cocktails generously provided Bacardi. Beverages by Vitamin Water Zero.
& PLUS ONE – art exhibit 10/26/12
& PLUS ONE – art exhibit
Friday, 10/26/2012, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery
1800 North Bayshore Drive,
Miami, Florida 33132
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7 PLUS ONE is part of the October Comtemporary Art Show At Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery.
Seven painters and one sculptor from four different countries.
Ana Maria Hoyos – Colombia
Blanca Daw – Venezuela
Emilio Hector Rodriguez – Cuba
Gloria Lorenzo – Cuba
Julio Bordas – Cuba
Maruchi Carmona – Cuba
Maria Teresa D’azucena – El Salvador
Pedro Hernandez – Cuba
RAW Natural Born Artists 4th Annual RAWards Season Commencement 11/8/12
RAW Natural Born Artists 4thAnnual RAWards Season Commencement
November 8th at 7:00pm
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Design District
Tickets: $15 pre-sale online at RAWartists.org/Miami.
$20 at the door.
Local artists represent the Miami community in Semi-Finals competition
RAW:Miami announces the 33 local nominees contending to represent the Miami community in the 4th annual RAWards Semi-Finals competition.
Over the course of the past two weeks the RAW:natural born artists organization hosted an online nomination process for 10,000 independent artists across the globe. The online popular vote with a local Showcase Director weigh in narrowed down the top 3/5 artists to represent Miami in the Semi-Finals Showcase.
Award categories include;
RAW:Miami Filmmaker of the Year
RAW:Miami Fashion Designer of the Year
RAW:Miami Musician(s) of the Year
RAW:Miami Visual Artist of the Year
RAW:Miami Photographer of the Year
RAW:Miami Hairstylist of the Year
RAW:Miami Makeup Artist of the Year
RAW:Miami Performing Artist of the Year
the local community will be asked to cast a live vote at the Semi-Finals Showcase. The community popular vote will consist of 50% and the scores of three local judges (James Echols, Roberto Somoza, and Nany Ramirez) will consist of the other 50%.
Scores and votes will be tallied that evening and announced live at the end of the showcase. The final 9 winners will go on to represent Miami in the last and final round of national judging on November 18th 2012.
The national RAWards winners receive big career boosting prizes like distribution, store placement, studio time, gallery placement and consultation with industry executives and professionals.
More On RAW: RAW:natural born artists is an independent arts organization, for artists, by artists. RAW’s mission is to provide independent artists of all creative genres, with the tools, resources and exposure needed to inspire and cultivate creativity. RAW connects artists with one another so that they might grow together. RAW Headquarters in based in Southern California but hosts RAW events in 21 cities across the U.S per month from February-October. They also showcase their artists online via RAWartists.org
Primary Projects Presents Asif’s Guns, A Pop-Up Installation By Asif Farooq 12/6/12-12/9/12
Primary Projects Presents Asif’s Guns, A Pop-Up Installation By Asif Farooq
Artist Reception: Saturday, December 8, 7 – 10 p.m.
Store Hours: December 6 – 9, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Primary Projects Pop-Up Space
167 NW 25th Street
Wynwood Arts District, FL 33127
www.primaryflight.com
www.primaryprojectspace.com .
Asif’s Guns is a pop-up installation, showcasing more than 300 firearms handcrafted from cardboard by Asif Farooq. Curated to simulate an authentic gun store at a 400-square-foot retail space in the heart of Wynwood Arts District, Asif’s Guns will be loaded with replicas that range from a traditional snub-nosed revolver to an M16 assault rifle.
This installation will serve as a sweeping survey of contemporary weapons by the Miami-born artist, who is meticulously faithful to reproducing the size, shape and individual components of each gun model, using found cardboard boxes, an x-acto knife and glue. Asif’s Guns is a romantic testament envisioned through the eyes of an artist raised in a gun-friendly environment, and delivered to the senses of a gun-obsessed America. Farooq challenges viewers to become aware of their instinctive reactions and principles as it relates to gun culture and the place of art, toys and iconography in probing controversial questions about communal and personal values.
Farooq’s own response, "My guns are a confessional: if a gift doesn’t hurt to give, then it isn’t much of a gift at all," references how these objects of destruction are fashioned as private portraits of the artist’s fallen brother. Books IIII Bischof, founder and curator of Primary Projects, explains, "Asif Farooq exceeds the standard definition of artist. With or without the viewer, with or without the gallery, he will always make guns and he will always absorb everything pertaining to projectile weaponry. I have learned that for Farooq, it all breaks down to the two simple concepts of love and respect – something that a mass majority of gun-toting society will never be able to ascertain as a unified concept.â€
Primary Projects Presents Raneytown, A Solo Exhibit And Fashion Collaboration With Madewell By Rebeca Raney 12/6/12-12/9/12
Primary Projects Presents Raneytown, A Solo Exhibit And Fashion Collaboration With Madewell By Rebeca Raney
Raneytown by Rebeca Raney
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 6, 7 – 10 p.m.
Gallery Hours: December 6 – 9, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Primary Projects Gallery
4141 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 104
Miami Design District, FL 33138
www.rebecaraney.com
www.primaryflight.com
www.primaryprojectspace.com .
Primary Projects announces its December exhibition program, launching contemporaneously with Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 during one of the most important art weeks in the country. In a two-part, two-venue initiative, curators Books IIII Bischof, Chris Oh and Typoe present Raneytown, a solo exhibit by Rebeca Raney that will metamorphose Primary Projects gallery into a rainbow-coated site. With drawings and sculpture, this show also comprises a pop-up boutique unveiling Raney’s first collection produced in collaboration with Madewell. By contrast, the Wynwood satellite space, Asif’s Guns by Asif Farooq, aims to simulate a gun shop with more than 300 firearms handcrafted from cardboard. Designed to illicit disparate impulses, Raneytown and Asif’s Guns will take viewers on an emotional rollercoaster.
Raneytown is a transformative, joyful show by Miami native, New York-based artist Rebeca Raney. With a world depicted in more than 250 ink and gouache drawings and works on panel, present in the artist’s playful imagery of hybrid animals, flora and fantastical people is the compelling wish for her two-dimensional drawings to come to life. Raney’s earnest conviction that the characters which inhabit her drawings must exist “in the flesh†has yielded a populace of sculptures that cavort, take baths, and suspend from the ceiling in booby-traps of their own making. A looming 10-foot “Plant Person†will preside over the havoc.
In a special collaboration with Madewell, Raney’s imagery will also debut in a limited edition fashion collection at Primary Projects, and at Madewell stores in Miami, New York and Los Angeles. Raney’s signature backwards-facing llamas and intricate floral elements provide the inspiration for a luxurious cashmere sweater, pendant necklace, silk top, scarf and custom leather transport tote. Dubbed “Boutique by Raneytown,†the gallery’s pop-up will feature the complete Rebeca Raney x Madewell collection, along with treasures including bronze figurines, hand-painted paper rocks, letterpress stationary and more, ranging from $20 – $900.
Perrier Presents The Black Lords by Desi Santiago at Lords South Beach 12/3/12-12/9/12
Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords by Desi Santiago
A BOFFO project, Miami, Florida
December 3rd- 9th, 2012, 11am-2am 
Lords South Beach
1120 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida
www.lordssouthbeach.com
BOFFO is proud to announce a larger than life public art installation by The New York Times "Artist in the Moment," Desi Santiago, from December 3rd – 9th during Art Basel Miami Beach 2012. With their commitment to produce some of the most innovative public art today, BOFFO has partnered with Perrier®Sparkling Natural Mineral Water and Lords South Beach to provide Desi Santiago with a building-sized commission, literally using Lords South Beach as a canvas for his work.
Upon visiting the installation, guests enter a traditional art deco neighborhood, full of refreshing candy colored buildings with the ocean, blue sky, and characteristic palm trees as a backdrop. In stark contrast, Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach will stand out, shifting the neighborhood into its wicked Wonderland, making the passerby stop and wonder. Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach is the transformation of Lords South Beach into a ravenous black dog named Gypsy that often appears throughout Desi’s work. Upon closer inspection, visitors will find an assemblage utilizing low-fi materials such as construction netting and inflatable parts. A looming head overlooks the courtyard, menacing paws flank the entrance, and a whipping tail finds its way in the back. After the large gesture is taken in, visitors will then be able to participate in a multi-sensory ritual evoking the dark and macabre subculture Desi is known for. They will also be able to have their fortune told by Gypsy. When asking simple questions, Gypsy will respond through her laser eyes, smoke, and sounds of her running, panting, and barking.
Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach, is the largest-scale project in Desi Santiago’s career, marking a certain "moment" in his fast rising status. Appropriately opening during Art Basel Miami Beach, Design Miami, and several other smaller art fairs during Miami Art Week, Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach will be one of the largest public art installations during this increasingly popular winter destination for the art elite and enthusiasts.
Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach will be open daily from 11am to 2am at Lords South Beach. Two private parties will celebrate the opening of Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords at Lords South Beach. On Tuesday evening there will be a VIP Penthouse party and Thursday evening the third annual Midnight in Miami party. More information to come on these events.
A New York City-based Puerto Rican visual and performance artist, Desi Santiago’s artistic practice spans from 1990 to the present and is heavily influenced by subcultural scenes, with a strong foundation in NYC nightlife, and cross-over into fashion and art worlds. Santiago’s work draws from, addresses, and utilizes the respective vocabularies and iconography of these worlds to create ceremonial experiences and relational performances, which deal with identity, exchange, and the duality of mourning/celebration. His practice is that of ‘the host’, wherein the body is the channel and receptor for circumstance, experience, and identities to pass through resulting in a visual vocabulary of object, installation, and performance.
Santiago’s large-scale installations often involve performative and theatrical platforms, richly layered with philosophical, historical and social references. Santiago received a MFA from Bard College. The artist’s work has exhibited at 303 Gallery, Matthew Marks Gallery, D’Amelio Terras Gallery, Deitch Projects, MoMA PS1, Asia Song Society, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museé des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. Santiago was recently profiled in the Style section of The New York Times. He is represented by Envoy Enterprises.
For over a century Perrier® has collaborated with some of the world¹s most famous and distinguished artists, including Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali and Bernard Villemot. Perrier was first bottled in the south of France in 1863. Perrier® is an all-natural, sugar-free and calorie-free sparkling natural mineral water. With its refreshingly unique bubbles and low mineral content, Perrier® is perfect on its own, with a slice of lemon, or mixed with juices or spirits. The iconic green bottle is recognized around the world as the number one sparkling natural mineral water.
BOFFO fosters collaborations between artists, designers, communities, theorists, and the media in the exploration of contemporary subject matter that informs and educates the public, through innovative, participatory programming. BOFFO is the conduit between the emerging and the established, the obscure and the adored, the profound and the profane. BOFFO is always on the move repurposing spaces. All projects are open to the public. Boffo is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and culture organization based in New York City. www.boffo-ny.org
Lords, the first gay boutique hotel brand in the country and Miami¹s headquarters for queer culture, opened in January 2011 and has quickly become the vanguard for the modern gay-friendly boutique hotel. The hotel encourages a proud, playful experience and fosters a sense of community for guests and locals alike. Lords has a strong commitment to the arts and to giving back to the LGBT community.
Bakehouse presents Annual Fundraiser Lucky You 11/9/12
Bakehouse presents Annual Fundraiser Lucky You!
Friday, November 9, 2012, 7 – 11:30 p.m.
The Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood Arts District
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami, FL 33127
305.576.2828
$45 Advance tickets via www.bacfl.org / $50 Admission the night of the event
*Enjoy specialty cocktails in the VIP Lucky Lounge by Chivas Regal, wine by Jordan Vineyard & Winery, and hors d’oeuvres
*Free valet parking
Follow us on Twitter @bacmiami and use hashtag: #LuckyYou
The Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC), South Florida’s premiere center for emerging and mid-career artists, presents its wildly popular Annual Art Raffle Fundraiser, Lucky You!, now in its fifth year. Lucky You! 5 will feature the work of more than 70 local artists, live music by AMTRAC, a special Lucky Lounge for BAC Members and VIPs sponsored by Chivas Regal, wine by Jordan Vineyard and Winery, food, and celebrity host Roxanne Vargas, host of “6 in the Mix” and entertainment reporter on NBC 6 South Florida. Love a piece? Buy a raffle ticket for $10 and place it in its corresponding box in the Audrey Love Gallery. Then, stick around to enjoy everything Lucky You! 5 has to offer. Each year, this event brings local artists and art enthusiasts together to help support the BAC and its extensive year-round programming. The proceeds from Lucky You provide essential funding for the organization’s exhibitions and special events that maintain it as one of the most unique art facilities in the Wynwood Arts District and South Florida.
Photographs from Miami Beach Arts Trust Stepping Out for the Arts Luncheon on 10/18/12
The Miami Beach Arts Trust Stepping Out for the Arts Luncheon was held at Hyatt Regency Miami on Thursday, October 18, 2012.  The luncheon benefited the Miami Beach Arts Trust (a 501(c)3 charity), supporting the arts in Miami Beach, and was produced in partnership with the Arts & Business Council of Miami. The Patron of the Arts Award honored  Dennis Edwards and Mark Steinberg. The Keynote address was by Dennis Scholl of the Knight Foundation. The Master of Ceremonies was George Neary of the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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Basel Castle 12/8/12
Basel Castle
Saturday December 8, 2012
The Overthrow Castle
41 NW 20th ST
Wynwood Art District
baselcastle.com
Free before 8PM with RSVP Online
w/ Purity Ring + Twin Shadow+ More!
Basel Castle, produced by The Overthrow Collective, is a “re:creative†festival combining some of the worlds most influential contemporary artists & musicians, with uniquely interactive games, installations, exhibitions, and live performances. We’re thrilled to announce Purity Ring and Twin Shadow exclusive live performances for this year’s Basel Castle. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements in the coming days…
Basel Castle, produced by creative collective, The Overthrow, is a conceptually “re:creative†minifestival combining some of the worlds most influential contemporary artists & musicians, with uniquely interactive games, installations, exhibitions, and live performances. The project is a full day event during the climax of Miami’s internationally esteemed Art Basel weekend. Believe it or not, all this takes place inside a castle located in the crux of Downtown Miami’s Wynwood Art District.
Photographs of City of Miami Beach Food Truck and Music Fest on 10/17/12
City Of Miami Beach Presents The Food Truck And Music Fest which featured The Marshall Brothers Band on Wednesday, October 17, 2012.
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Bal Harbour Launches First "Unscripted" Public Art Program 10/18/12
Bal Harbour Launches First "Unscripted" Public Art Program 
Thursday, October 18 at 6:30pm
Neiman Marcus
9700 Collins Avenue
Bal Harbour, FL 33154
Bal Harbour is proud to announce a series of upcoming initiatives as well as the release of limited edition items surrounding its new public art program “Unscripted,†curated by Claire Breukel, an independent curator who has worked on projects around the globe. Studio visits and art chats to events, documentaries and arts education, have all been designed to support the first “Unscripted†art commission, entitled “Pax Americana†by artist George Sánchez-Calderón.
On October 18, Sánchez-Calderón’s highly-anticipated installation will be unveiled. “Pax Americana†draws inspiration from Bal Harbour Village’s history, by reflecting upon the iconography that has collectively defined the archetype of “the American Dream.†Pax Americana includes two installations: an “Americana†sign in front of the new St. Regis Bal Harbour where the famous Americana hotel once stood, as well as “Levittown House,†which symbolizes the prototype of post-war America, that forever changed the American urban and suburban landscape.
Following this official launch, Sánchez-Calderón and prolific arts writer Hunter Braithwaite together with Dr. William L. Bird Jr., Curator of the Division of Political History at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History will host an Art Chat open to the public at Neiman Marcus at Bal Harbour Shops to discuss the inspiration behind Pax Americana and the importance of site responsive public art.
Alongside the winning public art commission will be the release of special limited edition items created by the artist based on his two installations. Exclusive to this project and individually signed and numbered by the artist, the proceeds of these four sculpture editions will help to fund further Unscripted projects as well as the artist. The limited edition items include only 13 “Gold Levittown Houses†made of dipped metal, 50 White and Wood Levittown Houses and 50 miniature Americana signs in a stainless steel shimmering mirrored sign.
In December, all eyes will be on the destination again as guests of Bal Harbour will receive exclusive access to a studio visit with Sánchez-Calderón during the 11th annual Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the premier art shows in the U.S., that brings together artists and art lovers from around the globe. Unscripted will also be creating a mini-documentary on the artist and the making of the installations that will be shown during Bal Harbour’s annual Movies on the Beach series.
Drawing on the importance of art education from an early age, even the little ones can get a VIP art experience through a special art class at The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort’s Kids Club taught by Sánchez-Calderón later that month.
“We are excited about the launch of “Unscripted,†a Bal Harbour creative project to further the arts in South Florida,†said Carolyn Travis, executive director of tourism, Bal Harbour. “Through Unscripted, we are giving artists a platform to create ambitious projects while also showcasing Bal Harbour as a cultural and arts destination for global visitors.â€
Created to support and challenge the artistic talents in South Florida, “Unscripted†is the next step in Bal Harbour’s culture series, which has seen past initiatives such as an innovative and successful Bal Harbour Art Nights, which showcased the work of talented artists alongside the high fashion designs of boutiques at Bal Harbour Shops.
“Unscripted†is spearheaded by curator Claire Breukel, who has served on various art-related boards and has curated exhibitions in South Africa, New York, Miami, Vienna and El Salvador. To reach the final decision, she consulted with contemporary art and public art experts including Yvonne Force Villareal, President and Co-Founder of the Art Production Fund; Solita Mishaan, a Bal Harbour resident, collector and member of the International Council for TATE London; and celebrated artists Hernan Bas and Hank Willis Thomas.
Rodez Art Gallery Presents Carlos Manuel Cárdenes 11/3/12
Rodez Art Gallery Presents Carlos Manuel Cárdenes Opening Night 
November 3, 2012, 7-10pm
CocoWalk
3015 Grand Ave., Suite 237
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
In a Solo Exhibit Titled: “Perception Through the Lens: Journey of a Photographerâ€
On view: November 3 – 26, 2012
An eye for the world…
The remarkable photographs of Carlos Manuel Cárdenes in this exhibition combine the best elements of the styles current from the 1960’s until the present.
From stirring portraits to captured moments in history to sublime landscapes, these works astound, intrigue, and mystify. They have a poetic quality that invites highly personal interpretations making viewers see the world anew.
What makes a photographic masterpiece? It might be a perfectly balanced still life, bathed in natural light. It might be a stirring portrait or a captured moment of history or a sublime landscape. The photographs in this exhibition share a special, intangible quality that sets them apart from others.
We are pleased to participate in the rediscovery of these important works.
The vernissage will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2012 during Coconut Grove Gallery Walk from 7 to 10 p.m.
Arte Venezolano en Miami 2nd anniversary of the Bird Road Art Walk Celebration and Opening Reception 10/20/12
Arte Venezolano en Miami 2nd anniversary of the Bird Road Art Walk Celebration and Opening Reception 10/20/12
Saturday, October 20th from 7:00pm to 11:00pm 
Arte Venezolano en Miami
7432 SW 42 Street
Miami, 33155
Arte Venezolano en Miami, invites you to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Bird Road Art Walk with them in conjunction with the opening of a new solo exhibition featuring Venezulean master, Armando Cuaulma. Opening Reception
Stirring Up the Arts Fashion and Art Show 10/20/12
Stirring Up the Arts Fashion and Art Show
October 20, 7pm Cocktail hour. Shows starts at 8pm 
LMNT
59 nw 36th street
Miami, Fl 33127
Admission: $10
For tickets click here
For more information please call 786-366-8898 or 786-499-6880
Dress code: Fashionable
Sponsors:
LMNT
CatWalk Pros
Makeup by Patti Roman for Motives by Loren Ridinger
Hair by Sarah Robinson
Stirring Up the Arts held an event on July 26th, 2012 in Midtown Miami and it was a great success so we decided to do it again with a fashion show! Stirring Up the Arts Fashion and Art Show. Participants are Love Culture, Kariza Designs, Bombshell Boutique, Swanky Shoe Fetish Boutique, Circa 24 and Morgan Girl Boutique. Come and enjoy a great night of fashion, shopping and meeting new people. Complimentary appetizers and champagne for the cocktail hour ladies! See you there! Pop up shops by Kariza, The Bombshell Boutique and Swanky Shoe Fetish Boutique.
Soul Of Miami and Life Is Art Present Social Influencers TC Launch Party and Beats After Sunset 11/2/12
Soul Of Miami and Life Is Art Present Social Influencers TC Launch Party and Beats After Sunset
November 2, 2012, 6-8pm
Bass Museum Of Art
2100 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
More Info
Soul Of Miami and Life Is Art are excited to bring you a special night of art and social media!
The night starts at 6pm with a unique launch party for our guests. We will be joined by the art/tech group LAB Miami.
Entry is complimentary, but you must RSVP:
 RSVPs ARE NOW CLOSED
The Launch Party celebrates the opening of TC: Temporary Contemporary and will include:
* 6 – 6:45 guests will arrive, mingle and begin the Duvel beer tasting. At this time, the microphone will be set up with the speakers on the terrace.
* 6:30 Silvia will speak about the project, what is tc: temporary contemporary and why tc fits with the Bass Museum of Art mission.
* 6:40 Chelsea to speak about the selection process of artists and public installation process
* 6:45 tour begins in Collins Park with Susan Philipsz then moves to Michael Linares piece then Cristina Lei Rodriguez piece at Walgreens – where Cristina will be stationed to speak more about her work and her involved in this exhibition. The tour will then go to the gas station, then back to the Bass Museum of Art for the final two installations on the building
* Complimentary admission to Beats After Sunset (8-11pm) with special promotional card distributed at the launch event.
* Bring your walking (and dancing) shoes!
* Follow along with Hashtag: #tempcontemp
Beats After Sunset 8pm-11pm
That is followed at 8pm with the exciting monthly Beats After Sunset art party. All attendees to the Launch Party will get in free to Beats! (Normally $10)
Beats After Sunset includes complimentary drinks, energetic music, admission to the museum and lots of great socializing.
About TC: Temporary Contemporary
TC: Temporary Contemporary is a city-wide temporary, public art program initiated by the Bass Museum of Art in partnership with the City of Miami Beach. This program seeks to activate the urban landscape with art, surprising and engaging residents, visitors and passers-by with outdoor works of art in unexpected places. Sculpture, murals, sound installations, video and other interactive works of art, will interrupt people’s daily routines and encourage thoughtful interactions with the city and its communities. Public art becomes a catalyst to appreciate the unique character of Miami Beach from the Art Deco façade of the Bass Museum to Frank Gehry’s New World Symphony, to the busy streets and boardwalk and the spaces in between.
Exhibitions on view:
*UNNATURAL
*bass museum of art | selections from the collection in conversation with works by janine antoni, michele oka doner, rimma gerlovina & valeriy gerlovin, ana mendieta, anne olofsson, manny prieres and peter voulkos
*Egyptian Gallery
*Guest DJ, mixologist and complimentary specialty cocktails (21+). After party in partnership with CHALK.
For more info: call 305.673.7530
Fabienne Lasserre The Us and the It opening reception 10/19/12
Fabienne Lasserre The Us and the It opening reception 
Friday October 19th, 6 – 9 PM
Gallery Diet
174 Nw 23 Street
Miami Fl 33127
www.gallerydiet.com
Gallery Diet is pleased to announce Fabienne Lasserre’s second solo exhibition, The Us and the It. The exhibition will open on Friday, October 19th and will run through November 24th 2012, this is Ms. Lasserre’s second solo exhibition with the gallery.
Fabienne Lasserre’s thin, curvilinear sculptures take hold of the main gallery space, these works have the abstract quality of a line and the tactility of a limb. Layers of dyed linen and acrylic polymer wrap steel rods like a cast on a broken arm. The pieces circumscribe space, carving out blank areas that can enclose or surround a human body. Equally objects and context, they determine a site in which space, thing and body aren’t quite distinct from one another.
In the projects room, the works are more compact, figure-like. They bear anthropomorphic qualities and the inertness of objects. As things, they evoke the animate; as beings they seem mute. Their pliant identity admits no beginning or end; it seems that sections could migrate and assemble into different forms.
Fabienne Lasserre has recently exhibited in the Quebec Triennial at the Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, in a three person exhibition with Lucas Blalock, and James Hyde at Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Center for the Arts and at Jeff Bailey Gallery in New York City. Her works have been written about in Art Forum, the Brooklyn Rail, the Village Voice, and Art Papers amongst numerous other publications. Fabienne has also been a visiting artist at the Vermont Studio Center, the University of Oregon, La Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, Karunkina in Tierra del Fuego, Chile, and La Curtiduria in Oaxaca, Mexico. She will also be a resident at the Dieu Donne Paper Mill in New York City in 2013.
Dorsch Gallery Presents One Night Only Pop-Up Exhibition In Miami Theater Center Rehearsal Studio 10/13/12
Dorsch Gallery Presents A One Night Only Pop-Up Exhibition 
October 13, 2012 , 4-8pm
Miami Theater Center’s Rehearsal Studio
9816 Northeast 2nd Avenue
Miami Shores, FL, 33138 (adjacent to the Theater)
The pop-up exhibition will feature small works on paper, paintings, photographs, and digital prints by Dorsch Gallery artists:
Rene Barge
Jenny Brillhart
Amanda Burnham
Felecia Chizuko Carlisle
Elisabeth Condon
Brandon Opalka
John Sanchez
Robert Thiele
Mette Tommerup
Kyle Trowbridge
Open Studios at The Fountainhead Studios 10/12/12
Open Studios at The Fountainhead Studios 
Friday, October 12th, 6-10PM
7328 NW Miami Ct.
Miami, FL 33150
Have an intimate look inside artist’s studios, talk with artists and learn more about their work.
Fall Lineup: Jenny Brillhart Page; Natalya Laskis; Kerry Ware; Eduardo DeRosa; William Keddell; Kerry Phillips; Vanessa Tangi; Felipe Kaizedo; Moira Holohan; Mike Balbone; Denisse Monge; Limchoy Lee; Tom Bollinger; Dona Altemus; Melissa Pena Koch; Brandon Opalka; Nicole Doran; Sinuhe Vega; Marcos Valella; Temisan Okpaku; Don Lambert; Lori Nozick; Juana Valdes; Nereida Garcia-Ferraz; Sri Prabha; PJ Mills; Karen Starosta-Gilinski; Marco Beria; Paolo Ambu; Andrea Nhuch Abrahamson; Carla Fache; Julie Davidow; Juan Raul Hoyos
1st View 2nd Friday at Bakehouse Art Complex 10/12/12
1st View- 2nd Friday 
October 12, 7-10pm
Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC)
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami, Florida 33127
$5 Admission; Free for BAC Members
Enjoy wine and live music
Exhibitions Preview:
R4 Recycled, Reclaimed, Reused, and Reinterpreted
This BAC exhibition focuses on the everyday object and its transformation and manipulation into contemporary art.
(On view in Audrey Love Gallery October 13- November 2)
Kim Litch: Jack Me In, Jack Me On, Jack Me Off
The exhibition consists of several elements that explore the idea of social networking and isolation in the digital world. A mixture of sugar, water and glue coated sculptures and images that represent a literal sugar-coating; electric chords and latex create umbilical cords of line lines.
(On view in Swenson Gallery October 13- November 2)
UM Lowe Art Museum Presents Christo And Jeanne-Claude: Prints And Objects 11/9/12
UM Lowe Art Museum Presents Christo And Jeanne-Claude: Prints And Objects
Friday, November 9, 2012, 7pm
The Lowe Art Museum
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables
General Admission (not including programs) is $10, senior citizens and non-UM students are $5, and the Museum is free for Lowe members, University of Miami students, faculty and staff, and children under 12.
www.lowemuseum.org
Wrapped islands in Biscayne Bay – the Sydney Opera House – Central Park – Everyone has seen the pictures; now art enthusiasts can see the drawings and sketches that helped create those famous works from Christo and Jeanne-Claude, as well as photos of the finished product. Christo And Jeanne-Claude: Prints And Objects, an exhibition of more than 130 original numbered editions of prints and objects by Christo and photographic editions by Wolfgang Volz of works by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, is on view November 10, 2012 – January 13, 2013 at the University of Miami Lowe Art Museum.
Varied in content and technique, the collection represents more than 40 years of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s versatile artistic career, and it includes works of art that date from as early as 1962 through 2004. The exhibition is being toured in the United States for this first time in more than 15 years.
Noteworthy pieces in the exhibition include preparatory works for and documentation photographs of “Surrounded Islands, Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida;†lithograph/collages of “Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped†and “Wrapped Opera House, Project for Sydney;†photographs of “Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado†and “Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties;†and sculptural objects such as “Wrapped New York Times†and “Wrapped Payphone.â€
Although Christo and Jeanne-Claude have worked primarily with fabric, they have described themselves as environmental artists, working in both rural and urban environments. The artists are known for large-scale projects of short-term, reversible interventions in cityscapes and landscapes; their most recent project, “The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005,†drew thousands of visitors to Manhattan’s Central Park during the 16 days of the project’s installation.
Many of the pieces in the exhibition relate to Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s large-scale projects – some representing completed projects, and others representing the artists’ conceptions of projects that were never realized. The act of drawing and collage is preparatory one for Christo in anticipation of a project’s execution. Once completed, the large-scale, temporary projects are recorded in photographs, documentary films and books.
All works created to be indoors, from 1958 until today, such as wrapped objects and packages, drawings, collages, scale models and lithographs are works by “Christo.†All works created to be outdoors, and the large-scale indoor temporary installations, are works by “Christo and Jeanne-Claude.â€
The cost of realizing the work is enormous. Christo accepts no sponsorship, commissions or any public funds. He sells everything he has from the early packages and wrapped objects of 1958 from his storage, and any preparatory drawings for projects that are available in order to cover the expenses of each project.
A member’s preview on Friday, November 9, 2012 will feature Jonathan Fineberg, Gutgsell Professor of Art History Emeritus, University of Illinois, presenting a lecture called, “ Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to the Gates.†The lecture begins at 7pm at the Storer Auditorium, University of Miami School of Business, with a reception following at 8pm at the Lowe Art Museum. The lecture is free for Lowe members and University of Miami students; the reception is free for Lowe members and $10 for non-members.
The exhibition is organized by Metropolitan State College of Denver, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO. Support for the exhibition is provided in part through a grant from The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, and the Miami-Dade Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Christo derives no income from this exhibition.
For more information about Christo and Jeanne-Claude, visit www.christojeanneclaude.net .
J.R. Shine launches novel The Stockbroker: Insider Information 10/20/12
J.R. Shine launches novel The Stockbroker: Insider Information
Saturday, 10/20/2012, 05:00 pm – 06:00 pm
Books and Books
265 Aragon Ave,
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
South Florida author J. R. Shine will discuss and sign her book The Stockbroker: Insider Information at Books and Books in Coral Gables on October 20, 5:00 p.m.
Set in South Florida, the novel is a mix of drama, romance, and suspense. Packed with gritty details of the back-room deals and intrigues that drive the stock market’s roller coaster ride, it follows the heroine’s progress from a privileged South Florida upbringing into the realm of exorbitant sales quotas, unprincipled coworkers, and ruthless competition. The elegant young stockbroker is introduced to Palm Beach’s high society, where she enjoys a life of luxury until she must face a shocking deceit that jeopardizes her career.
WHERE: Books and Books 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables 305 442-4408
WHEN: Saturday, October 20, 2012 5:00 p.m.
ABOUT J. R. SHINE
J. R. Shine was born and raised in South Florida, where she worked as a fashion model during high school and college. After earning a degree in economics from the University of Miami, she worked as an economist at a regional bank holding company. Currently employed by a major wire house firm, Shine has been active in the financial industry for nearly three decades. She has traveled extensively and enjoys gourmet cooking, painting, gardening, and playing tennis. J. R. Shine is active in several national charitable foundations. She lives in Miami.
“Fashion for a Cause” Photo Exhibit feat. 26 Fashion Bloggers 10/13/12
“Fashion for a Cause” Photo Exhibit feat. 26 Fashion Bloggers
Saturday, 10/13/2012, 07:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Wynwood Squat
120 NW 25th Street, Miami, FL 33127,
120 NW 25th Street, Miami, FL 33127, Florida Miami
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Twenty-six of Miami’s top fashion bloggers are joining forces during the month of October to help raise funds for breast cancer in a fashion campaign that showcases how stylish it is to give back and raise awareness for a good cause. The bloggers over a 3-day period were photographed by Getty photographer Alexander Tamargo at the Shelborne hotel in South Beach wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Fashion for a Cause.” Designed by Local Annie Vazquez of http://TheFashionPoet.com, the tee retails for $25 and proceeds benefit The Florida Foundation for Breast Cancer. On Saturday, October 13 during Wynwood Art Walk all 26 bloggers photos will be unveiled at the grand opening launch of Wynwood Squat which is a free giant pop up which features 40 plus designers, artists, and entrepreneurs with monthly rotating art and video installations, live music and DJ, specialty cocktails and bites.
David Castillo Gallery presents Quisqueya Henriquez’s After Some Twisted Lines Reception 10/11/12
David Castillo Gallery presents Quisqueya Henriquez’s After Some Twisted Lines Reception 
Thursday, October 11, 6-10 pm
David Castillo Gallery
2234 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
David Castillo Gallery is proud to present After Some Twisted Lines, Quisqueya HenrÃquez’s third solo show with the gallery. HenrÃquez deepens her investigation into appropriation, architectural form and Art History with new works in collage, fabric, video, and Rorschach technique.
After Some Twisted Lines grapples with the Lacanian condition, which asserts that entrance into language and visual representation tragically severs humans from the unadulterated real at birth. HenrÃquez challenges the impossibility of the real by exploring how we exist, communicate, and desire after some twisted lines. Rorschach references the psychological test for which a subject interprets inkblot images. HenrÃquez’s Rorschach test, bold in scale and ornithological in aesthetic, invites phenomenological response, affective relationships and pleasure. The artist builds a menagerie on the foundation of clinical analysis.
Darwin’s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a seminal taxonomy of facial expression across species. To browse its pages is an exercise in the instability between self and other, originality and appropriation, art and research, procedure and spontaneity. HenrÃquez adapts this framework for the post-internet age. After Some Twisted Lines evokes the process of computer screen-capture that subtly informs the artist’s works in collage. The resulting artworks bear the names of renowned conceptual artists, from Surrealist Hannah Hoch to fashion, still life and portrait photographer Irving Penn. HenrÃquez’s collage emotes Dan Flavin’s fluorescent minimalism, Louise Lawler’s meta-photographs of artworks on exhibition, and Gordon Matta-Clark’s site-specific interventions upon abandoned buildings. The dominance of social media and virtual exchange has led Olga Goriunova to coin autocreativity, a methodology for thinking creativity as an assemblage of human, technical and social. HenrÃquez works at the forefront of autocreativity to make salient the continuity between appropriation and network.
After Some Twisted Lines lays bare the problematic of making artwork within Art History; locating materiality within semiotics; inhabiting the intimacy of interior within architectural countenance; and recognizing beauty within a network culture that numbers it a scarce resource. HenrÃquez gives form to what Arakawa and Gins theorize as "body-wide" modes of sensing, and does so in full view of convergence culture. HenrÃquez asks the viewer to defy the shortcomings of simulation and lust after the real.
HenrÃquez was born in Havana, Cuba and lives and works in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. After graduating from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba, HenrÃquez has exhibited throughout Latin America, Europe, and the US. Her work is in important private and public collections including El Museo del Barrio, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; Miami Art Museum; Cintas Foundation, NY; Rhode Island School of Design; and Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, NY, among others. HenrÃquez had a mid-career retrospective at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, which later traveled to Miami Art Museum. The artist’s recent solo exhibitions include the McColl Residency in North Carolina; BARNA and Centro Cultural de España, both in Dominican Republic. Among her recent group exhibitions are the Cintas Foundation, Miami and the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL.
Metropolis ATELIER 1022 Presents Susana Perla-Mendoza 10/13/12
"Metropolis" – ATELIER 1022 Presents Susana Perla-Mendoza 
October 13, 2012, 7 PM
ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery
2732 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33127
ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery in Wynwood presents "Metropolis" – a new urban inspired exhibit featuring the latest acid impressionist photo works by New York-based photographer Susana Perla-Mendoza. During the October Wynwood Art Walk.
RAW Miami presents Provocations 10/10/12
RAW:Miami presents Provocations
October 10th, 2012, 8PM
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street, Miami
Website
It’s finally here! RAW:Miami’s last showcase of the 2012 season before our November RAWards show! This month we’re bringing you PROVOCATIONS, featuring HOT new artists, musical talent and of course a RAWsome fashion show!
What is RAW? RAW is an indie arts organization for artists, by artists. We focus on spotlighting indie underground talent to the public.
RAW Miami as Best Art Collective 2012 – Miami New Times Best of Miami
We can’t wait to see you there!
The Art of a Cure 10/13/12
The Art of a Cure 
Saturday, October 13, 2012, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Coral Gables Museum
285 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Register Online
The Art of a Cure is back for the second year in Miami and will take place on Saturday, October 13 at the Coral Gables Art Museum. All the proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction will go towards the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation South Florida chapter. Tickets can be purchased online at JDRF Events site.
The Art of a Cure will be an unforgettable evening to celebrate the arts, while raising awareness and funding research for diabetes. Guests will be able to enjoy the cocktails, appetizers, silent auction, music and networking, as well as have their picture taken with fun props and poses at the photo booth. Registration will begin at 7:00 p.m. and the silent auction will close at 9:30 p.m.
Jon Pylypchuk Opening 10/12/12
Jon Pylypchuk Opening 
I Won’t Give Up On You
Opening Reception Friday, October 12, 7-9 Pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127
October 12 – November 24, 2012
Fredric Snitzer Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of new work by LA-based artist Jon Pylypchuk.
For his second solo exhibition at the gallery, Pylypchuk presents an installation of 85 sculptures and 10 small works on paper. Deploying the logic of commodity critique within the space of theatrical installation, cardboard forms, carefully spray-painted to resemble discarded cigarettes, stand on end in groups clustered throughout the exhibition space. Standing between 12 and 36 inches tall, the mimetic forms begin to take on anthropomorhipic silhouettes.
In this particular body of work, Pylypchuk has chosen signifiers of intentionality and mimicked them in sculptural form to thematize the material surplus of 20th century avant-garde practices. If readymades were a sort of 20th century social contract, offereing not-so-subtle advice on how to behave and look in accordance with a generalized social and moral code, cigarettes were momentary breaks with this contract. Cigarettes condensed the more unruly aspects of subjectivity into disposable, micro intentionality signifiers. In their dumb enactment of virtualization (a solid to a gas), they commemorated the loss of the avant-garde’s most cherished site of identification, its liquid reservoir of reflection, and inserted brief interruptions into the march of post-Fordist labor time. The appropriation of the cigarette by the culture industry as lifestyle accessory, suggests that, contrary to popular belief, the melancholic character is one of the readymade’s intended users.
Pylypchuk’s work displays an impoverished and, in this case, dessicated, vernacular. By populating the traditional space of sculpture with readymade content, Pylypchuk places each on the same plane of production. Yet, Pylypchuk’s criticism of the commodity form has less to do with reified social relations than with its affective register. The studio is conceived as a space to both bind and unbind the relation between the readymade and the body, the way the former structures the psychology of the latter. There is a figurative quality to the sculptures, indicating that hyperreal anthropomorphism and discursive compression are one and the same process.
As with his previous bodies of work, Pylypchuk employs reflexive material procedures alongside a logic of consumerist selection to occupy the territory between use, display, and refusal. These oversize and numerous works find antecedents in the positions of Arte Povera, post-Minimalism and Group Material as well as the material strategies of a legacy of artists as diverse as Piero Manzoni, Claes Oldenburg, Haim Steinbach, John Miller, and Mike Kelley.
Jon Pylypchuk was born in 1972 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canda and has been exhibiting his work since 1999. He has had recent solo exhibitions at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Hussenot Gallery, Paris, and was in the 18th Biennial of Sydney.
Photographs of Beats After Sunset at the Bass Museum on 10/5/12
Beats After Sunset at the Bass Museum of Art on Friday, October 5, 2012.  We enjoyed complimentary Grey Goose Vodka cocktails and music by DJ Josef K.  Also, we got to visit their current exhibitions, including “UNNATURAL,†“John Cage: Variations VII, 1966†and the Egyptian Gallery. For the first time, Bass Museum of Art partnered with a nonprofit organization, this month benefited the Humane Society of Greater Miami’s young professionals group, PetNet.  Beats after Sunset has complimentary admission for members and basspass holders and only $10 museum admission for non-members.  If that was not enough fun there is an afterparty at Chalk Ping Pong and Billiards Lounge, located at 1234 Washington Ave., from 11 p.m. to midnight.  Those that attended Beats get to enjoy one complimentary beverage and ping pong, make sure to get your wristband at the Bass Museum.
Make sure to make it out next month, Friday, November 3rd, Life Is Art and Soul of Miami will be hosting Beats After Sunset.
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Photographs of Celebrate Orgullo VIP Reception at Art Deco Welcome Center on 10/5/12
Celebrate Orgullo VIP Reception at Art Deco Welcome Center on Friday, October 5, 2012.  This private VIP reception showcased Eleazar Delgado’s Architecture in the Tropics Collection.  We also enjoyed a SoBe men’s fashion show a International Swimwear designers showcase with complimentary cocktails by Herradura Tequila and Chambord Vodka and awesome crepes by CrepeMaker.
“Celebrate ORGULLO® is a grassroots effort, conceived and implemented by a group of volunteers who decided that it was time for Miami Beach to lead the way
in honoring the cultural contributions of the LGBT Hispanic community.”
WHAT:  Free and open to the public, Celebrate Orgullo® will feature music, dance, refreshments, vendor booths, and more!  A portion of proceeds from the sale of food and beverages will benefit the LGBT Youth Scholarship Fund.
WHEN:  Saturday, October 6, 2012, Noon – 6 pm
WHERE:Â 12th Street & Ocean Drive, on the sands of Miami Beach
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Photographs of BrickellFest Octoberfest on 10/5/12
BrickellFest’s Octoberfest presented by Samuel Adams on Friday, October 5, 2012. Octoberfest runs Friday and Saturday, October 5 – 6 from 4pm – Midnight at 1001 South Miami Avenue,
General Tickets and VIP Beer Garden Experience click here.
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Vernissage David Benoliel at Villa Azur 10/18/12
Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 7pm
Villa Azur Restaurant
309 23rd Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
RSVP at 305-763-8688 or info@villaazurmiami.com
Villa Azur will host the unveiling of the David Benoliel photography exhibit (on display until November 22nd).
David Benoliel is a French photographer living in the United States between New York and Miami. David is best known for his work in fashion and beauty photography. He is highly-skilled in selecting models who look statuesque and striking, as well as at photo-manipulation and post-processing. The result is a collection of nearly perfect faces, which have garnered Benoliel publication in numerous magazines, as well as an entire host of accolades.
www.davidbenolielphotography.com
Spinello Projects Presents Solo Exhibition Lock Them Out And Bar The Door. Lock Them Out Forevermore by Manny Prieres Opening Reception 10/13/12
Spinello Projects Presents Solo Exhibition Lock Them Out And Bar The Door. Lock Them Out Forevermore by Manny Prieres Opening Reception 
Saturday, October 13, 7 PM – 12 AM
Spinello Projects
2930 NW 7th Ave
Miami, FL 33127.
Miami-based artist Manny Prieres is part anthropologist, part draftsman, part historical scavenger as he translates the dark beauty of marginalized literature and film into an expertly crafted aesthetic practice. His latest solo exhibition with Spinello Projects, Lock Them Out And Bar The Door. Lock Them Out Forevermore. aims to present reinventions of banned or censored publications that have, for a contemporary audience, curious (and often ironic) new meanings.
In 1922, visionary Danish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen created a documentary/horror film depicting the potent superstitions and mythologies surrounding Satanism and the hysteria of the Medieval Christian clergy to purge themselves (and others) of its strange lures. Häxan (trans. ‘The Witches’) portrayed sacrilegious rituals and demonic possessions with suggestive imagery of self-flagellation, forbidden sexual gestures and Inquisition-sponsored torture. Reenacted in painstaking detail using drawings and descriptions from Malleus Maleficarum (a 15th century ‘how-to’ for clergymen to prosecute suspected witches or devil-worshippers), Christensen’s once widely banned creation has since become a critically relished, wildly popular cult classic. Its 1968 re-release featured a dramatic narration by William S. Burroughs, opening the film with the words LOCK THEM OUT AND BAR THE DOOR. LOCK THEM OUT FOREVERMORE.
Circulating within three distinct bodies of work, Prieres injects a passionate interest the methodologies of printmaking, publishing, graphic design, and classical drafting into silkscreen and tone on tone drawings. The works themselves: 30 black tone-on-tone drawings made identical in scale to 30 books which were (and some still are) banned or challenged by various organizations in the Western Hemisphere (including the United States), four individual silkscreen prints of four books whose entire textual content has been superimposed layer on top of consecutive layer, and ten additional tone-on-tone drawings intertwining subversive statements or propaganda atop innocent, decorative floral graphics. With mathematical precision, Prieres hypothesizes the effect of text on itself and his viewers; books and their content offer ideas that contrast, contradict and cancel themselves outright. Titles that held fearful, but dangerously exciting, implications half a century ago have now become mainstream. The effect of words on words becomes a dialectic blackout, as the visual result bears startling, uncanny resemblances to the personalities of the authors and their works. At its terminus, the exhibition challenges its viewers to consider how each book or film was, before they knew it, a target of elimination. Now, it is the stuff of cultural sublimation.
Manny Prieres was born in Madrid, Spain in 1972. His work has been featured in, group exhibitions at The Bass Museum of Art, the Miami Art Museum, and galleries in Auckland, Istanbul, Los Angeles, New York and Miami. Prieres was selected for an eighteen month-long residency in 2010 with LegalArt Miami and has been included in publications such as The Miami Herald, ArtNexus, Art Papers and Artnet Online. Prieres lives and works in Miami.
First View/Second Friday at Bakehouse Art Complex 10/12/12
First View/Second Friday 
Friday, October 12, 7 – 10pm
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami, FL 33127
$5 Admission; Free for BAC Members
Enjoy wine, Vitamin Water Zero, and music by Sunshine Stompers!
Exhibitions Preview:
R4: Reused, Recycled, Reclaimed, and Reinterpreted
Exhibition focuses on the everyday object and its transformation and manipulation into contemporary art. (On view in Audrey Love Gallery October 13- November 2)
Kim Litch: Jack Me In, Jack Me On, Jack Me Off
Exhibition will consist of several elements that explore the idea of social networking and isolation in the digital world. A mixture of sugar, water, and glue will coat sculptures and images and represent a literal sugarcoating; electrical cords and latex create umbilical cords or life lines. (On view in Swenson Gallery October 13- November 2)
The Masquerade at Ave 74 10/27/12
The Masquerade at Ave 74 
October 27, 2012, 9:00pm
Ave 74 – A Miami Art Gallery
4432 sw 74th avenue
Miami, Fl 33155
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Come celebrate Halloweekend with Miami’s most progressive art gallery- AVE 74!
Free Drinks With Cover Charge. 18+ To Party, 21+ To Drink. $10 if you join this event on FB, OR $12 at the door.
Enjoy live DJs, live entertainment, street performers, contests, food trucks and yes, lots and lots of Paint.
We wouldn’t be an art gallery without the element of art of course, so paints will be provided for those who are willing to get messy and have a little fun.
Dress Appropriately. No Mask, No Entry. Take into consideration that this event will be both indoor and outdoor so put thought into your attire for this evening!
Masks will be sold at the door for those who do not have their own.
Have a blast the Saturday before halloween. See You All There!
Tenth Annual Locust Project Smash and Grab Fundraiser 10/27/12
Tenth Annual Smash & Grab Fundraiser 
Saturday, October 27, 2012 6:30-9:30pm
Auction starts promptly at 7:30pm
Locust Projects
3852 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
Purchase Tickets Online
$450 – one artwork raffle ticket (admits two people)
$1,200 – three artwork raffle tickets
$50 – individual admission (without raffle entry)
$425 discounted artwork raffle ticket for Locust Projects Member
For information about becoming Locust Projects Member click here
Ticket availability is limited – please do not wait!
Each year this event brings contemporary artists and collectors together to support Locust Projects. The Smash and Grab Fundraiser is one of Locust Projects’ largest sources of revenue for the year. The proceeds provide essential funding for exhibitions and programming.
There is no other fundraiser quite like this one. The event revolves around a raffle, for which over one hundred local, national and international artists have donated artwork — enough so that each raffle ticket is guaranteed to win an artwork. Tickets are drawn at random during the party, with the winner getting their choice of artwork (i.e, first called gets first pick, and so on). The result is a fun way to place artwork into collections, connect with Miami’s art community, and support Locust Projects.
Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays 10/26/12
Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays 
October 26, 2012, 7:00 – 11:00 PM
Domino Park
804 SW 15th Avenue
Miami, Fl 33135
www.viernesculturales.org
Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays
A monthly arts & culture street festival and gallery stroll in Little Havana’s cultural district. Take the free walking tour of Little Havana with legendary local historian Dr. Paul George, artist fair with local painters, sculptors and artisans along Calle Ocho (SW 8th Street) between 12th and 17th Avenues, and a variety of galleries and local-owned restaurants. Takes place the last Friday of the month! www.culturalfridays.org www.facebook.com/vcmiami www.twitter.com/vcmiami
Un festival mensual de arte y cultura y un paseo a través de las galerÃas del distrito cultural de la Pequeña Habana. Tome un tour de la Pequena Habana gratuito con la compañÃa del legendario historiador, Dr. Paul George, una feria artÃstica con pintores locales, escultores y artesanos a lo largo de la Calle Ocho (SW 8th St.) entre las avenidas 12 y 17, y una gran variedad de galerÃas y restaurantes locales. El evento toma lugar el último viernes de cada mes. www.viernesculturales.org
The City Of Miami Beach Presents The Food Truck And Music Fest Featuring The Marshall Brothers Band 10/17/12
The City Of Miami Beach Presents The Food Truck And Music Fest Featuring The Marshall Brothers Band
Wednesday, October 17, from 6-9 PM
North Shore Bandshell
Collins Ave. and 73rd Street
Miami Beach, FL
The City of Miami Beach presents the second Food Truck and Music Fest of 2012. Music will be provided by the Marshall Brothers band, who appear courtesy of KCC Productions. Art show presented by Life Is Art.
Admission is free.
Winners of the South Florida Fair 3rd Annual Classic Rock Tribute Band Competition, Florida’s Premier Allman Brothers Tribute Band brings to life the music of that band performed for you by a band of devoted fans, excellent musicians, and good friends.
They offer the Allmans’ hard-hitting, emotionally charged music with that Southern charm. “Music has always been a creative part of all our lives, and playing for our fans & audiences is a dream come true. We would like to thank all our fans, friends and most of all, family for giving us the inspiration to play our unique brand of southern rock.â€
Often performing with Greg Allman’s son Michael, the band’s regular personnel are:
Derek Marshall / Lead Guitar
Al Marshall / Lead Vocals
Chris Micolucci / Slide Guitar, Lead Guitar
Bill Jolly / Organ, Keyboards
Dennis Freireich / Bass Guitar, Vocals
Rod Parker / Drums, Percussion
Bruce Gaffney / Percussion, Vocals
The brothers each have some 40+ years experience and it shows in their hard-charging superior musicianship. For more information, contact KCC Productions at 305-332-2623 or kcc_productions@yahoo.com.
Exhibition Marca Pais Vernissage 10/12/12
“Exhibition Marca Pais” Vernissage
October 12th, 2012, 7:00p.m. to 10:00p.m.
Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8 St.
Miami, FL 33155
www.crematagallery.com
The most important Fall Exhibition of emerging artists from Argentina. A reflection of where new techniques and mediums are avenues to contemporary artistic expression.
The exhibition is presented by Acuarell and LZ Galleries from Argentina at Cremata Gallery.
ACUARELL – Liliana Pantanalis, Mara Boni, Lia Tejera, Gaby Grobo, Claudia Garcia Moritan and others
LZ GALERIA – Isabel Hooft, Ana Gallart, Marta Geller, Roxana Ruiz, Alejandrina Sola, Andrea Varotto, Graciela Canero
A Glorious Spectrum-Contemporary Art Collages by Robert Swedroe 10/11/12
A Glorious Spectrum-Contemporary Art Collages by Robert Swedroe
October 11, 2012 , 5pm-7pm
Sardiñas Gallery at St. Thomas University
16401 NW 37th Ave
Miami, FL
305 628 6663
(Gallery is located on the 2nd floor of the Main Library)
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Join us for a complimentary cocktail reception to meet the artist…
Architect and artist Robert Swedroe’s collages are a visual feast of dazzling colors and intriguing compositions. Studded with three dimensional bits and pieces from semi-precious jewels to butterflies, they reflect his boundless imagination. An acclaimed Florida architect, he originally worked as a senior design architect for the famed Morris Lapidus. Concurrently, he crafted mesmerizing eye-catching collages. After a 33 year hiatus from his art and with revitalized passion he began producing intricate, brilliantly colored collages. He also experimented with new materials, original themes, and striking finishes.Working in themed series, Swedroe explores all possibility to achieve a perfect balance of elements. Swedroe’s series fall into six categories: Narrative, or story telling; Cyber, referring to his architectural proclivity; Celestial, comprised of circles; Tube, images from art catalogs; Container, evolved from shipping containers; and Reflection, from designers’ steel, mirror and glass samples. Although his creations have elevated to a new dimension, a subliminal sense of seeing a building in a collage is sometimes still imparted to the viewer. Indeed there is architecture in his art just as there is art in his architecture.
Roberta Klein, Architectural Writer
Gail Casale, Gallery Director
MOCA Mystery Dates Kick Off Party 10/11/12
MOCA Mystery Dates Kick Off Party
Thursday, Oct 11 @ 7pm
Hyde Beach at the SLS Hotel
1701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
RSVP Online
Mystery Dates Chairs:
Meredith Becker
Valerie Graves
Zubin Nagpal
Erin Newberg
Anne Owen
Since arriving on the scene in 2007, Mystery Dates has enjoyed a reputation as Miami’s hottest fundraising event of the season for young patrons of the arts. Hosted by the Shakers, MOCA’s membership group for patrons between the ages of 21 and 45, Mystery Dates kicks off with a cocktail party featuring live music and cutting-edge contemporary art at MOCA, where guests discover the “mystery†location of their dinner. Mystery Dates sends over 450 MOCA patrons to stunning residences throughout Miami, from Aventura to Coral Gables and South Beach to the Design District. Hosts throw open their doors for Mystery Dates dinner guests in celebration of Miami’s diverse and thriving cultural scene. Attendees intimately experience how art lovers in South Florida find unique ways to incorporate culture into their lives, during a lovely evening filled with glamour, artwork and philanthropy.
Opening Reception Color, Form, Space Three Abstract Artists at ArtSpace Virginia Miller Galleries 10/5/12
Opening Reception Color, Form, Space Three Abstract Artists 
Friday, October 5th from 6:00 to 10:00 pm
ArtSpace Virginia Miller Galleries
169 Madeira Avenue,
Coral Gables (Miami)
According to Bassmi, his paintings “are created to serve as windows to an inner passage where viewers can find their own undiscovered dimensions. When viewed in a meditative sense, they convey the poetry of creation; they help us experience the one-ness of life and a peaceful state of being.†For me, that statement could apply to all the works in this show.
I invite you to join us on Friday, October 5th for our opening reception for this exhibition or come by the gallery during the week and enjoy the beauty and serenity of these works.
Featured Artists
Bassmi
Michelle Concepción
Florian Depenthal
Image: Michelle Concepcion, Strings 5, 59 x 82 1/2 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, 2010, MCO160
CANCELED Rodez Art Gallery Presents A Book Reading and Signing by Author Maruchi Mendez 10/12/12
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.
Rodez Art Gallery Presents A Book Reading and Signing by Author Maruchi Mendez
Friday, October 12, 2012, 7 – 10 p.m.
CocoWalk, 3015 Grand Ave. Suite 237
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Preceded by a Wine & Cheese reception
A Portion of All book and art sales will benefit the Juntos Foundation.
Rodez Art Gallery is proud to present Maruchi Mendez as she reads from and signs her first book, “Finding Home: A Memoir of a Mother’s Undying Love and an Untold Secret.” Finding Home is a mother’s letter to a most remarkable son, her golden child, the one who left her too soon. It is the true story of Ramiro ”Toti” Mendez, an All-American college baseball player who starred at Florida International University and Miami’s Westminster Christian High School. Toti, whose athletic endeavors graced local headlines, died from an undetected heart condition, without knowing the most important story of his life. This honest memoir is also about untold secrets. Maruchi Mendez never had the chance to explain to Toti about his birth. Toti was born in Asturias, Spain, and illegally adopted by Maruchi and her husband Ramiro, who brought him to the United States. ”How much is the life of a college athlete worth?” Mendez asks. ”Who is watching out for them?” Every year, the college scouting system monitors performance, speed, and GPAs, but it fails to do the same when it comes to their health. Meanwhile, athletes continue to drop dead in tracks and fields by the hundreds across the country. The strides Mendez has achieved in her son’s name are marked by memories and tears. But they reinforce a mother’s love each day and her resolve to tell his story to the world.
About the Author
A dear friend to the gallery owners, Maruchi Mendez lives with her family in Miami, Florida, and is a co-founder of JunTos Foundation, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to help young patients and their families who fall victim to terminal or life-threatening illnesses.
For more information on the JunTos Foundation, please visit: http://www.JunTosFoundation.org
Bass Museum of Art Beats After Sunset 10/5/12
Bass Museum of Art Beats After Sunset 
Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, 8 to 11 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Bass Museum of Art will host its monthly, first-Friday soiree, Beats After Sunset, on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, from 8 to 11 p.m., with a special screening of the new Beats After Sunset promotional video by B.E.S films. Guests will enjoy complimentary cocktails by Grey Goose and beats by DJ Josef K while browsing works from current exhibitions, including “UNNATURAL,†“John Cage: Variations VII, 1966†and the Egyptian Gallery. For the first time, Bass Museum of Art will partner with a nonprofit organization. This month’s collaboration will benefit the Humane Society of Greater Miami’s young professionals group, PetNet.
Complimentary admission for members and basspass holders; $10 museum admission for non-members.
Chalk Ping Pong and Billiards Lounge, located at 1234 Washington Ave., will host an after-party from 11 p.m. to midnight, at which time Beats guests are invited to enjoy one complimentary beverage and ping pong.
Wynwood 2nd Saturday Gallery Walk Short Stories by Aida Tejada 10/13/12
Wynwood 2nd Saturday Gallery Walk | Short Stories by Aida Tejada
10/13/2012, 7 PM to 9 PM 
The ArtLink Gallery
130 NW 36th St
Miami, FL 33127
www.theartlinkgallery.com
Musical entertainment and refreshments will be served
For “Short Stories,†her new solo show at the Art Link Gallery, Aida Tejada presents several series of photographic works on aluminum that range from portraits to urban landscapes and abstractions.
In her nearly fifty works on display her palette ranges from stark monochromes to striking color sometimes within a single image.
She presents startling facades upon which the skins appear to fade away to reveal the face of the everyday beneath them. For example, in the Solitude of a Mosquito, the rain-dappled figure of anonymous man is seen by the viewer while the insect of the title hovers over his face oblivious the fact it cannot draw blood from a shadow.
Like this and in many other of Tejada’s pictures she weaves unusual narratives without revealing the psychology behind her imagery.
In her split screened The Other Side, a woman in a green dress appears to be dialing a number on her cell phone while on the other panel an anonymous man exits the scene through a doorway.
What unites the disparate images in this scene and other in her series is a palpable sense of theater, of the dramatization of common everyday occurrences. Tejada’s goal is to present works that evolve as narratives employing the quotidian as departure points for open-ended readings.
Many of her scenes may appear banal at first blush but are inherently compelling through their vague evocations of a host of unspoken feelings.
Perhaps, most impressively the artist succeeds capturing her unique visual effects “in-camera†rather than relying on digitally manipulated computer media. She then transfers her imagery on surfaces such as aluminum to further fade away the first “literal reality†of the image and focus upon investing the moment of creation with a more profound sense of emotion.
Consequently she leaves it up to the viewer to interpret the subject matter within the multitudinous alternative histories her vision opens to the imagination.
October 13 -27, 2012
Miami-based artist MANO and Chef Michael Gilligan take on a Big Challenge 10/3/12
Miami-based artist MANO and Chef Michael Gilligan take on a Big Challenge 
Wednesday, October 3, 10:00 am
Easter Seals South Florida-Miami Campus
1475 NW 14th Avenue
Miami, FL 33125
www.southflorida.easterseals.com
Taking On A Big Challenge
The Easter Seals Culinary vs. Arts Challenge is the kickoff event for Easter Seals 24th Annual Festival of Chefs, "Where Culinary Art and Fine Arts Meet". Back by popular demand the challenge brings together two skilled masters, renown Chef Michael Gilligan and award winning visual artist MANO to share their unique skills with Easter Seals culinary arts students.
Chef Michael Gilligan and Miami-based artist MANO, will meet in a very distinctive challenge. Chef Michael will teach Artist MANO & students 0f Easter Seals Culinary Arts program how to prepare one of his favorite dishes and then MANO will teach Chef Michael & the students how to create an art masterpiece. Two skilled masters will share their talents with these very special culinary arts student. As a guest you will not only experience these two masters at work, but learn about the amazing children and adults with disabilities that attend one of programs provided at Easter Seals South Florida.
Easter Seals Culinary vs. Arts Challenge takes place at 10:00 am on Wednesday, October 3 at the Easter Seals South Florida Miami Campus, located at 1475 NW 14th Ave, Miami, FL, 33125. It is free admission to the Easter Seals Culinary vs Art Challenge on October 3, 2012 (10:00 am) but reservations are required. Please contact Amy Pepe 305.547.4720, apepe@sfl.easterseals.com to make your reservation.
First Friday at Cernuda Arte 10/5/12
First Friday at Cernuda Arte 
Friday, October 5 from 7-10 pm
Cernuda Arte
3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd.
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Opening Reception: First Friday – Gallery Night
The artist will be in attendance at the Opening Night Reception for the exhibition
Dayron González: The Children of My Class
A solo exhibition at Cernuda Arte
This one-person exhibition by contemporary artist, Dayron González, includes 25 works on canvas, some large-scale, remarkable for their visual power and the personal story they reveal.
A sixteen-page catalogue will be available to visitors.
On the second floor, a group show of artworks by Cuban and Latin American artists.
Pleasure Garden Entertainment Presents U.S. Debut of Orchid in Miami 11/15/12
Pleasure Garden Entertainment Presents U.S. Debut of Orchid in Miami
Opens November 15, 2012
The performance venue at the Tent
299 N.E. 38th Street
Miami, Florida, 33137
Both valet parking and self-parking options will be available.
Tickets for ORCHID range from $49 to $119 per person. Patrons must be over 18 to enter the show. ORCHID tickets go on sale September 25th. Tickets may be purchased online at www.orchidtheshow.com .
Regular performance schedule: Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. No performances on Mondays or Tuesdays.
An Exotic Pop-Culture Infused Cabaret
The Pleasure Garden, a one of a kind entertainment experience, is arriving at the gateway to the Miami Design District on November 15. A contemporary throwback to the “pleasure gardens†of the 19th century, this hypnotic destination will fuse design, high-fashion, performance art, music and imaginative culinary creations. At the heart of The Pleasure Garden is ORCHID, a seductive experience which mixes song, dance, burlesque, aerial acrobatics and variety arts.
ORCHID opens in an enchanting garden populated with strange and erotic creatures such as Poison Ivy, Honeysuckle Rose, Lily and the Bee Keeper. Orchid, the perfect and beautiful creation of a reclusive and melancholic Master Gardener, searches for happiness through worlds that are intoxicated by her beauty, mystery and sensuality. The audience becomes immersed into a fantasy that ignites all of the senses.
Director William Baker, who has worked with the likes of Rihanna, Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue, helms this exotic and unforgettable journey through Orchid’s Garden of Eden and through scenic representations of city nightlife, convents and swank gymnasiums. Propelled by imaginative mash ups from some of the greatest popular music artists of the day, the show blooms inside an intimate, antiqued “mirror-tentâ€- an elegant in-the-round performance space adorned with stained glass, red velvet and chandeliers. Part Moulin Rouge and part Cabaret, ORCHID is a spectacularly lush live entertainment experience that will indulge your senses, alter your reality and take you to unexpected places.
“We are delighted to debut ORCHID in the cultural epicenter of Miami’s Design District,†said Martin LaSalle, President of Pleasure Garden Entertainment. “We have brought together leading creative talent in the worlds of pop culture, theater and circus to give our audiences an unprecedented entertainment experience. We are excited to announce more details about the rest of The Pleasure Garden over the coming weeks.â€
Pleasure Garden Entertainment, LLC is a new venture that creates pop-up entertainment installations on underused and/or available real estate. Contemporary throwbacks to the “pleasure gardens†of the 19th century, and conceived as public dreamlands, these installations include full-scale theatrical venues, restaurant spaces, outdoor eating and gathering areas, music, walk-around entertainment and innovative design elements.
A Visual Diary of Jaime Ferreyros photography show at The Lunch Box Gallery Opening 10/13/12
A Visual Diary of Jaime Ferreyros Photography Show 
October 13th from 7-10pm
The Lunch Box Gallery
310 NW. 24th St.
Miami, FL 33127
October 13th – November 24th, 2012
Miami, FL – The Lunch Box Gallery is pleased to announce its new photography exhibition A Visual Diary of Jaime Ferreyros from October 13th to November 24th. The opening night will be on Saturday, October 13th from 7-10pm at 310 NW 24th St. Miami, Fl 33127.
A Visual Diary of Jaime Ferreyros is about the everyday journey of a man who finds himself in deep connectedness with his iPhone… every step of his way. This show is exactly that, the brief, overt result of those private dialogues between Ferreyros’ personal eye and the eye of his device. His point of view shapes the world he sees, as soon as his iPhone then reinterprets what he wants it to interpret, once again. A fresh and spontaneous image is charged with mood and even with time, through additives like textures, scratches, blurs and vignettes, giving us the clues to his wide sensitivity: from nostalgia to logic, from curiosity to abstractionism, they all become part of this visual diary of his inner world.
Creativity and technology are automatically married when speaking of such an in-vogue trend like iPhoneography, where taking and editing pictures with the Apple’s iPhone becomes to many, an individual process of artistically documenting and registering "that" which immediately surrounds them.
Miami-based iPhoneographer Jaime Ferreyros shares that "My passion for photography goes back to 1976, and really got serious in 1981 while I went to the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Shooting in black and white film was what I loved the most. But in 2009, my world was redefined when my wife gave me an iPhone on Father’s Day. I now see through the lens of a camera whose limitations push my creativity to unknown shades of color, texture, blur and noise. You’re basically carrying a camera and a darkroom in your hand."
Nowadays, iPhoneography is everywhere, without a doubt becoming a highly creative outlet for many – photographers or not -, and for sure a reflection of today’s world. According to Ferreyros, the fact that this small and very limited camera is so unobtrusive, allows him to take pictures that would be quite a challenge to achieve if he had with him a whole professional gear with huge lenses. Along with other peculiarities given with the use of the iPhone and its apps, Ferreyros has invented his own colors, tones and moods to better tell his story, on his own way, pace and comfort. "I believe iPhoneography is photography, but with a twist", he concludes.
Luis Cruz Azaceta: On The Edge 10/25/12
Luis Cruz Azaceta: On The Edge
Thursday, October 25, 2012, 7pm
Storer Auditorium, UM School of Business; Reception to follow at the Lowe Art Museum.
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Lowe Members and UM Students: Free*; Non-Members: $10; RSVP: lowersvp@as.miami.edu ; *There is a fee to attend the reception for non-member UM students.
Luis Cruz Azaceta was born in Havana but left Cuba as a teenager in 1960. After immigrating to the United States, Azaceta lived in New York and studied at The School of Visual Arts, ultimately relocating to New Orleans in 1992. He has been awarded grants from The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, The National Endowment of the Arts, and The New York Foundation for the Arts. His work is in the permanent collection of The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Lowe Art Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.
“Art gave me a voice at a time when I had no identity,†says Azaceta. “Living in the large metropolis of New York, I found myself without a country, language or direction. There was a great need to express my condition as well as my surroundings. Painting became the vehicle. My whole trajectory of work has focused on the inhumanity, injustice and cruelty that we commit against each other." This lecture is sponsored in part by Taking Flight: The Year of the Humanities and the Arts at the University of Miami. The year is specially designated to stimulate intellectual inquiry and discussion across the humanities by bringing to campus leading intellectuals and artists.
Lecture: The World of the Shoguns and its Demise: Japan from 1600-1900 10/21/12
Lecture: The World of the Shoguns and its Demise: Japan from 1600-1900
Sunday, October 21, 1pm
Storer Auditorium, UM School of Business; Reception to follow at the Lowe Art Museum.
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146
A reception and gallery tour follows at the Lowe Art Museum at 2pm. Lowe Members and UM Students: Free*; Non-Members: $10; RSVP: lowersvp@as.miami.edu ; *There is a fee to attend the reception for non-member UM students.
Dr. Stephen Halsey, Department of History, University of Miami, will provide an overview of Japan during the Edo and Meiji Periods, followed by a closing reception from 2-4pm at the Lowe Art Museum. Director and Chief Curator Brian A. Dursum will lead a final gallery tour of the exhibition, Introspection and Awakening.
Stephen Halsey is Assistant Professor of East Asian History at the University of Miami and specializes in modern China, with additional fields in economic history, comparative colonialism, and global history. He completed his doctoral work at the University of Chicago and has also studied at National Taiwan University and Beijing Normal University. Before coming to Miami, he held the Alice Kaplan Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities at Northwestern University and participated in an interdisciplinary teaching program called “The Great Society.†Halsey is currently completing a book manuscript entitled The Quest for Power: European Imperialism and the Evolution of Chinese Statecraft, 1850-1922.
Lecture: Art of the Floating World: 19th Century Japanese Prints 10/18/12
Lecture: Art of the Floating World: 19th Century Japanese Prints
Thursday, October 18, 2012, 7pm
Storer Auditorium, UM School of Business
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146
Reception to follow at the Lowe Art Museum.
A reception follows at the Lowe Art Museum at 8pm. Lowe Members and UM Students: Free*; Non-Members: $10; RSVP: lowersvp@as.miami.edu; *There is a fee to attend the reception for non-member UM students.
Independent Curator and Scholar of Japanese art, Laura Mueller, will discuss Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo and Meiji Periods including many on display in the Lowe Art Museum’s current exhibition, Introspection and Awakening: Japanese Art of the Edo and Meiji Periods, 1615-1912.
Laura J. Mueller received her Master of Arts and Business Administration from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, and has served as a curatorial consultant at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Newark Museum, as well as holding the position of the Van Vleck Associate Curator of Japanese Prints at the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, WI. Ms. Mueller is the author of many publications on Japanese prints including, Strong Women, Beautiful Men: Japanese Portrait Prints from theToledo Museum of Art ( 2005), Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School, Chazen Museum of Art, (2007); Beauty & Bravado in Japanese Woodblock Prints: Highlights from the Gillett G. Griffin Collection (2009); and Adornments in Clay: Ceramic Netsuke from the Richard R. Silverman Collection (2010).She is currently completing her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison on Competition and Collaboration in Edo Print Culture: Creative Specialization and Market Eminence of Artists of the Utagawa School, 1770-1900.
Concrete Perspective 10/11/12
Concrete Perspective 
Oct 11, 2012, 6:30-9:30 p.m
O Ascanio Gallery
2600 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33127
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“Concrete Perspective†is a solo exhibition of monumental photographs that transports viewers into ambiguous environments where our city’s soaring sites of construction take center stage after being vividly altered. The grand opening reception for this emotive suite of photographs will be held in O. Ascanio Gallery in the Wynwood Arts District on Thursday, October 11 from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Gallery owner, Oscar Ascanio, was captivated by Hester’s ability to draw out subtle undertones of delicacy and beauty in otherwise seemingly cold and inanimate structures.
“Hester’s photographs engage and surprise viewers by revealing an aesthetic that’s seemingly musical. Construction materials, such as, concrete, tubes, screws and cables are transformed into sensible and visually delightful surfaces,†said Ascanio. “There is undeniable beauty in these inanimate landscapes that lie dormant around us and enrich our surroundings – many times without us noticing.â€
Hester’s photographs conjure a distinct human quality. They evoke the urban surroundings we travel to-and-from work, our places of leisure and commerce, the flow and ebb of a vibrant metropolis. They also compel us to look beyond the obvious to embrace the unseen poetry of the concrete surfaces of these structures.
For example, in an angular close up of an overhead section of Herzog & de Meuron’s iconic 1111 Lincoln Road design, the artist freezes a slab of concrete the tropical sun never penetrates. But Hester succeeds in capturing the incandescent glow radiating across the surface cast from fluorescent lighting, as if suggesting the vanishing electric blue whispers of twilight before the sun fades.
The documentation of the simultaneous inter-reliant relationship between man and construction, construction and the environment, and the unintentional emotional response to the design process is what Hester captures.
“The process is made up of the constructed environment, memory and the universal desire to be flawless,†said Hester. “It is a process that instigates the recognition that even in the most basic bare-boned structures such as the University of Florida Stadium and highway overpasses, or that in the most elemental need to park, one can encounter a powerful and revelatory emotion of self-acceptance inherent in the architecture itself.â€
“Concrete Perspective†will be hosted by Cultured Magazine, and wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
The solo exhibition will be held from October 11 – November 7.
101 DRESSES Adriana Carvalho Opening Reception 10/3/12
101 DRESSES: Adriana Carvalho Opening Reception 
Wednesday, October 3 | 6-10 PM
ArtCenter/South Florida’s Richard Shack Gallery
800 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL
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On view through November 11
101 Dresses, a solo exhibition of works by Adriana Carvalho, will take the viewer on her evolutionary voyage through her years as a resident artist at the ArtCenter. The exhibition will showcase the process and creative thinking behind her obsession with the iconic metal dress sculptures that appear to have mutated and spawned like humanistic creatures. Carvalho’s work evokes humor, empathy, loss and sexuality.
Ruth Karp Artist Reception at FrameWorks 10/6/12
Ruth Karp Artist’s Reception at FrameWorks 
Saturday, October 6th, 6-10 PM
FrameWorks
3196 Commodore Plaza
Coconut Grove 33133
The opening reception of In the Mood an exhibit of recent works by Ruth Karp nws/fws.
University Of Miami Professors Lani Shapton and Kyle Trowbridge Exhibit Opening Reception 10/13/12
University Of Miami Professors Lani Shapton and Kyle Trowbridge Exhibit Opening Reception
The UM Gallery
Wynwood Building
2750 NW 3rd Avenue, Suite 4
Miami, FL
The exhibition will run through Oct. 28, but viewing will be by appointment only after the reception. The UM Gallery is open every second Saturday from 2pm to 9pm; other viewing times are available by appointment.
Works explore the relationship of objects to memory and how technology alters the dynamics of relationships
Lani Shapton and Kyle Trowbridge examine how we view the past and how technology affects our present, in two contrasting exhibitions at the UM Gallery in the Wynwood art district. Both artists are professors in the Department of Art and Art History, in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami.
Shapton’s work deals with memories and objects that all become subject to the processes of immortalization, memorialization, recollection and loss. She feels minds are faulty cameras attempting to preserve our histories, so many people collect objects and photographs as reminders to stave off the loss of memory that occurs as life progresses. As the notions of memory and self converge, a dichotomous relationship is formed between disintegration and preservation.
Trowbridge’s newest paintings are at once abstract geometric paintings and functioning Quick Response (QR) codes. Their appearance, paint handling and palette reference past canons of abstract painting. Once scanned with the proper application, the paintings also generate text written by the artist. In his paintings, the old and new uncomfortably co-exist. The “digital†reading of the paintings and their intrusive words interrupt the impulse to read the paintings art historically, against the aspects of mid-century abstract painting. The confrontational language in Trowbridge’s words re-iterates this.
Lani Shapton is an artist and educator, currently a lecturer in printmaking at the University of Miami. She received her MFA in Printmaking from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and has exhibited in the 2011 Southern Graphics Print Conference and the 2012 Oso Bay Printmaking Biennial XVII, among others. Lark Books will publish her most recent work in 500 Prints on Clay in 2013.
Kyle Trowbridge is a native Floridian who lives and works in Miami. His work
has been exhibited internationally in Rome, Santo Domingo, Varna, San Juan, New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, and more recently, as a U.S. representative at the Vienna Biennale. He received his BFA from San Diego State University in 1995 and his MFA from the University of Miami in 1999, where he is currently employed full-time as a professor in the Department of Art and Art History.
Tigertail’s Season Kickoff at Wynwood Walls 10/10/12
Tigertail’s Season Kickoff at Wynwood Walls
Wednesday, October 10, 7 To 9 Pm
Wynwood Walls
2506 Nw 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL
Free
tigertail.org
Party with us at Wynwood Walls for our October Opening Kickoff
Learn more about Tigertail’s 33rd season of events. Dance to Forró, burning hot dance music from Northeast Brazil. Take in music by the Nu Flamenco guitarist Jose Luis Rodriguez. Enjoy film loops by Barron Sherer who has one of the finest stocks of unusual films in all of Florida. Listen to fabulous teen poets Maylin Enamorado, Diego Mosquera and Brianna Woods from Tigertail’s WordSpeak team, hot from Brave New Voices in San Francisco. Win prizes and season tickets. Stay for dinner, 15% discount at Joey’s or Wynwood Kitchen and Bar.
Tigertail’s 2012 Kickoff Party will be held in memory of Tony Goldman, without whom the Wynwood Walls and so many other of Miami’s gems would not have been possible.
Art on the Boulevard An Authentic Flamenco Night 10/18/12
Art on the Boulevard-An Authentic Flamenco Night 
Thursday, October 18th from 7pm to 10pm
CITYLOFTART
2200 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33137
www.siempreflamenco.com
RSVP online or call 305-866-4387
$50.00 (tax deductable) donation
Siempre Flamenco is a 501(c3) tax deductable charity
“Art on the Boulevard-An Authentic Flamenco Nightâ€
Siempre Flamenco’s 10th Anniversary Celebration and Fundraising Challenge
Join us for an unforgettable evening!
(free private parking, access from 22nd street)
Hosted by Hans-Jürgen R. Klemm of CITYLOFTART Gallery
Featuring live flamenco show by Siempre Flamenco ( with a cast of more than 10 musicians and dancers)
Exclusive Art Exhibit by Ferdie Pacheco, the flamenco collection
Meet and greet Miami’s landmark celebrity artist and fight doctor to Muhammad Ali!
Catering by Bocataring and Carmen y Lola,
Wines by Hidalgo imports
Luxury Cars, Art, Raffle, Silent Auction
Free Target Third Friday 10/19/12
Free Target Third Friday
10.19.2012, 3:00pm-9:00pm
Miami Children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway
www.miamichildrensmuseum.org
Admission Price: Admission and parking for Target Free Third Friday is FREE.
MCM and Target invite you to enjoy fun interactive activities, games, crafts, storytelling and much more for FREE from 3-9 pm! You can also explore hundreds of bilingual, interactive exhibits which are related to arts, culture, community and communication.
For more information, please call (305)373-KIDS (5437) or visit www.miamichildrensmuseum.org
Art Beyond Sight 10/3/12-10/31/12
Art Beyond Sight
Every Wednesday of October, Starts at 3:00pm
Miami Children’s Museum
980 MacArthur Causeway
www.miamichildrensmuseum.org
Admission Price: General Admission: $16, State of FL Residents: $12. Children under 12 months of age: Complimentary, MCM Members: Complimentary.
During the month of October, the Miami Children’s Museum will be celebrating Art Beyond Sight month with our weekly Extreme Finger Painting activity. Children of all visual abilities are invited to join our educators every Wednesday at 3:00 pm in our Artist in Residence studio for an immersive, hands-on, multi-sensory painting experience. Finger painting will reach a new level with different textures and consistencies adding a new dimension to traditional finger painting. We will also be playing different styles of music and encouraging the children to paint what they are hearing, rather than what they see. Remember to bring a change of clothes, it will get messy!
For more information, please call (305)373-KIDS (5437) or visit www.miamichildrensmuseum.org
Brian Weiss, M.D. Book Discussion and Signing 10/2/12
Brian Weiss, M.D. Book Discussion and Signing 
10/2/12, 6:00 p.m.
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
1 East Las Olas Blvd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
http://bit.ly/MOAweiss
New York Times Best Selling author of Many Lives, Many Masters visits Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
Books & Books and the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale present Brian Weiss, M.D. and his daughter Amy Weiss discussing and signing copies of Miracles Happen: The Transformational Healing Power of Past-Life Memories.
In this revolutionary new book, Dr. Weiss, The New York Times bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters, examines the physical, emotional, and spiritual healing that comes when one freely accepts and embraces the reality of reincarnation.
Gringo Bingo at Wood Tavern 10/3/12
Gringo Bingo at Wood Tavern 
10/3/12, 6pm-9pm
Wood Tavern
2531 NW 2nd Ave.
Miami, Florida 33127
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Don your pancho and grab some amigos because it’s time for some good ol’ fashioned bingo!
It’s the same game you remember playing as a kid, only now you win free drinks and tacos instead of those crappy plastic dinosaurs. Our host, Casa de HaHa’s Daniel Reskin, will keep you on the edge of your seat (or falling out of it) while he calls out the numbers and entertains you with his antics in between games.
Prizes are going to include everything from free drink tickets, to tacos, to t-shirts and more! And make sure you get there in time for the last game which’ll be filling out a full card instead of just 1 row and the prize will be a package including a $25 bar tab!
So come out, get your senior citizen on, and learn why the old folks do it right.
