for artists…..BY ARTISTS presents photographer Lesly Bernal & painter Rick Esposito
06/10/2012, 7:00pm
Haven Lounge
1237 Lincoln Road (corner of West & Lincoln)
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
www.havenlounge.com

Our 20th installation of ‘for artists….BY ARTISTS’ will pair together photographer Lesly Bernal and painter Rick Esposito.

The objective of ‘for artists……BY ARTISTS’ is to create a social colony for artists from all disciplines of the arts with the focal point being on painters, photographers, and sculptors. Utilization of the technology at Haven and maximizing its potential is what sets this weekly exhibition apart from others.

elit by STOLI is a proud supporter of ‘for artists…..BY ARTISTS’

The Photographer………Lesly Bernal
We have the honor of presenting Lesly Bernals first exhibit. A student at Miami International University of Art & Design, Ms. Bernal presents a varied collection of photos.
The featured series of photos will hail from her Fashion, Conceptual, and Narrative collections.

The Painter…………….Rick Esposito
Rich grew up tinkering with mechanics and playing hard at sports. His real love, early on, and to this day, is art. He attended the University of Kansas with a major in art. He began his career working for some of the nation’s top retailers producing graphics for showrooms, displays and photography styling. His innovative talent led to several private commissions, then the formation of his own design firm. Rick’s work in both the cosmetic and textile industries has produced many awards, including acclaim from Revlon, Givenchy, and YSL.

He has traveled extensively and been influenced by the primitive and abstract. Rick choreographs his art like a ballet master. He uses color that dances freely, sometimes playful, sometimes precise. Then the images take shape and formation. His format requires patience, precision and imagination.

Rick is an avid reader of mysteries and thrillers, filled with intrigue. He translates that written language into art. He plots his narrative with color, framing his episodes with humor, courage, and surprise. His solution is always the completed canvas.

According to Marc Chagall,” Color is all. When color is right, form is right. Color is everything, color is vibration like music everything is vibration.” Just as Chagall’s work vibrates through a mix of a brightly toned color palette in conjunction with abstracted representations, Rick Esposito’s images sing, pop and bubble as a result of the clear, vivid colors he so readily utilizes. Rick Esposito communicates sheer exuberance throughout his dynamic color usage. While looking towards his past for inspiration, Rick Esposito uses a fresh tonality and an exquisitely clean rendering.
RSVP: 305.987.8885

Culinary Cuisine prepared by Chef Todd Erickson
elit by STOLI…Cocktail Creations by Mixologist Isaac Grillo
Enjoy Industry Bottle Specials
Dinner Reservations are highly recommended for this event.

Music Provided By: George Vidal
Hosted By: Sandra Garcia, Leon Morley, & Lola Reyes
Curated By: Ricardo Agudelo
Created & Produced By: Rod Pratt

Art Show & Half-Price Wine, Beer and Apps with Christine Lyall
Wednesday, June 13, 7pm
West Ave Cafe
959 West Ave, #3
Miami Beach FL

Christine Lyall is having another art show!

It’s on Wednesday, June 13, at West Avenue Cafe on South Beach. It starts at 7 p.m.

In addition to exhibiting her artwork (for one night only), the restaurant is offering half-price wine, beer and appetizers. Christine Lyall plans to be working on a piece while she is there, so you can see her in action!

june beats after sunset
friday, june 1, 8 – 11pm new extended hours!
Bass Museum
2100 collins avenue
miami beach, florida 33139
More Info

• exhibitions on view:
charles ledray: bass museum of art
selections from the collection in conversation with contemporary works
jillian mayer in collaboration with eric schoenborn: erasey page
egyptian gallery

• beats by terence tabeau (nightdrive)
• special pop up shop with jacques smith
• complimentary cocktails (21+) | mixologist
• beats after party at chalk ping pong & billards lounge: beats guests get one free drink at chalk and free ping pong from 11pm – 12am!
• basspass & members: free | non-members: $8

host committee:
kenny araujo | jourdan binder | joey butler | gino campodonico | nick d’annunzio | elizabeth eidelson | maile gamez | jason goldstein | amanda israel | chris ladas | jordana mesner | wes pearce | elaine reinoso | aaron resnick | steven j. rodriguez

for more info: call: 305.673.7530 x1001

sponsored by: herradura tequila | societe perrier | the sagamore hotel | chalk ping pong & billiards lounge

Bang & Olufsen Miami Beach Presents Heroes and a Villain
Friday, June 1, 7pm-11pm
Bang & Olufsen
1691 Michigan Ave, Suite 110
Miami Beach, FL 33139

RSVP required at events@beomiamibeach.com

The gallery at Bang & Olufsen Miami Beach is proud to present classically trained, American artist Carlos Navarro as the latest featured artist in our showroom located in the heart of South Beach.

The art of Carlos Navarro is about realism, symbolism, and history filled with pageantry and heroism. Mr. Navarro studied with the finest of Cuba’s artists in Miami and received his degree at Princeton University. His art speaks to the soul, invoking emotions and stirring the imagination. It is the antithesis of abstract art yet fresh at the same time. A specialist in portraiture, his works are found all over the world in private collections, including the White House.

For this show, Mr. Navarro has chosen to display heroes from all walks of life. “Heroes and a Villain” focusses on all types of heroes. The villain can be found in the painting “The Death of Castro” which will be unveiled at 8pm.

We encourage you to dress up as someone you admire from history or a superhero and get ready for a night filled with sounds and visual splendor as only Bang & Olufsen can deliver.

Please join us for Carlos Navarro’s “Heros and a villain” Friday, June 1st from 7PM – 11PM in our Miami Beach showroom. Your RSVP is requested by May 29, 2012 by phone or email.

Indulge in an evening of refreshments by Andy’s Creations, and original art by Carlos Navarro displayed throughout the Bang & Olufsen showroom with our state-of-the art entertainment systems.

Come preview the new BeoPlay A3 which takes your beloved iPad and adds amazingly well-defined stereo sound with great depth.

Robert Babylon Neon Lights Opening Reception
May 22, 7-10pm
World Erotic Art Museum
1205 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

ADMISSION
Adults …$15.00
Seniors over 60 (with I.D.) …$14.00
Students (with I.D.)…$13.50
MEMBERS…FREE
(Tax included in all prices)
(Under 18 years old not admitted into museum)
Lobby / Museum shop free entry.

ArtCenter Presents Quantum Shift, Opening Reception
Saturday, May 12 from 7-10PM
ArtCenter’s Richard Shack Gallery
800 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Judith Berk King / London Tsai
Opening Reception & Artist Conversation

This show features the sculpture of London Tsai and the drawings of Judith Berk King. London describes his work as “a collection of fantastic objects that are both of my internal life and of the collective unconscious.” Judy’s work talks about biological forms merging and morphing into new fantastic mutations of plant and animal.
On View / May 11 to June 17, 2012

Artcenter/South Florida Presents Quantum Shift By London Tsai And Judith Berk King Opening Reception
Saturday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m.
ArtCenter/South Florida’s main gallery
800 Lincoln Road at Meridian Avenue
Miami Beach

ArtCenter/South Florida presents Quantum Shift, an exhibition that explores metamorphosis in hybridized biological forms and the fantastic in literary and mathematically inspired objects. This exhibition features the graphite drawings of Judith Berk King and the wood and metal sculpture of Lun-Yi (London) Tsai. On view May 11 – June 17, 2012

A concurrent sounding event, GLADE(S)CAPE by Gustavo Matamoros, and audio reactive video by Rodrigo Arcaya will be held at the Audiothèque at 924 Lincoln road, studio 201. Quantum Shift will be on view through June 17, 2012. For more information, please call 305.674.8278 or visit the website at www.artcentersf.org.

“We are very excited about bringing together Lun-Yi Tsai and Judith Berk King: two talented artists who deal with the natural and the extraordinary in very different ways, both in their materials and in the spatial dimensions that their work inhabits,” said ACSF’s Interim Exhibitions Director, Kristen Thiele. “Quantum Shift features unique components aimed to interact with our visitors, further advancing ArtCenter’s goals of bringing contemporary art to a broad and ever-expanding audience. The text that accompanies Judith’s work provides insightful commentary about her reinvented forms, imagining a future where these creatures might exist; and London offers a sculptural work that contains a video about his process and poetry. Additionally, his installation ‘Cloud’ invites viewers to write a note and attach it to the piece, thereby integrating their words into his art.”

Tsai describes his work as “a collection of fantastic objects that are both of my internal life and of the collective unconscious.” A full time professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Miami, he primarily used math to inform his earlier two-dimensional work and set out strict mathematical parameters to project higher mathematical structures onto canvas and paper. Ultimately, the flatness of these surfaces were limiting, so London acquired and mastered the rare techniques of aircraft aluminum gas welding and traditional sheet metal shaping to expand his concepts to sculpture. This has enabled him to explore the earlier mathematical conceptions and his interests in literature and the world around him.

King has an affinity for botanical and zoological specimens, which stems from early childhood and her exploration of these ideas through drawing and painting. “As an artist, I focus on the hidden and secret aspects of botanical and zoological forms to reinterpret and beautify a potentially disturbing subject,” said the artist. In her compositions, King often imagines a world transformed by environmental changes and man’s interference with plants and animals. Through magnification and distortion, she forces the viewer to examine and confront the ambiguous, disquieting shapes that may lie in the future.

The exhibition Quantum Shift offers two extreme yet parallel views of the internal and external world. While their motives may be different, Tsai and King’s work concentrate on isolated forms that allude to much broader and expansive realms.

Captions
Judith Berk King | Untethered | Graphite on paper | 2012
Lun-Yi (London) Tsai | Untitled (Megalomaniacal Object) | Welded aluminum with solid rivets | 30 x 30 x 43.5 inches | 2011

beats after sunset | hangthedj | charles ledray
friday, may 4, 8 – 11pm new extended hours!
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

• exhibitions on view:
charles ledray: bass museum of art
selections from the collection in conversation with contemporary works
jillian mayer in collaboration with eric schoenborn: erasey page

• beats by hangthedj

• twitter contest: win a fabulous prize! look for details at event

• complimentary cocktails (21+) | mixologist

• beats after party at chalk ping pong & billards lounge: beats guests get one free drink at chalk and free ping pong from 11pm – 12am!

• basspass & members: free | non-members: $8

host committee:
kenny araujo | jourdan binder | joey butler | gino campodonico | nick d’annunzio | elizabeth eidelson | maile gamez | jason goldstein | amanda israel | chris ladas | jordana mesner | wes pearce | elaine reinoso | aaron resnick | steven j. rodriguez

for more info:
call: 305.673.7530 x1001

Meet the Artist, Joan Keirstead
Friday, June 1st, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Claridge Hotel Miami Beach
3500 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33140
claridgemiamibeach.com
RSVP by calling 786-342-7105 or e-mailing bertha.morales@live.com

“Meet the Artist” ~ Events taking place at the Claridge Hotel Miami Beach, usually the second-to-last or last Friday of each month.

Enjoy the beautiful work by abstract artist, Joan Keirstead at the next “Meet the Artist” event ~ Friday, June 1st, 7:30pm – 10pm.

Enjoy complimentary champagne on arrival, half-priced cash bar and passed hors d’oeuvres.

Free public parking across from hotel after 6pm.

In support of the local art scene, the Claridge Hotel Miami Beach offers its venue to South Florida’s emerging talent in a monthly event where local artists are able to exhibit their work. Enjoy beautiful art from some of South Florida’s best upcoming artists, complimentary champagne on arrival, passed hors d’oeuvres, half priced cash bar and live entertainment. Free public parking is available right across from hotel after 6pm.

The Claridge Hotel continues to grow its art collection and is currently the lucky recipient of artwork from renowned artist Eleazar Delgado, as well as Edilberto “Pay” Aponte, Juan Luis Perez, Claudia Carias and Andrew Ackerman. “The Claridge Collection” continues to grow as they continue to have their monthly “Meet the Artist” events. The Claridge Hotel is a 50 rooms Mediterranean style boutique hotel located on the west side of Collins Avenue and 35th Street. It houses a newly opened restaurant named Amalfi on the Beach, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with live entertainment on Friday and Saturday evenings and plenty of available parking right across from the hotel. An indoor Jacuzzi adorns its courtyard and atrium area and beautifully decorated rooms are available at special rates for Florida residents and anyone visiting Miami Beach. For more information, visit http://www.ClaridgeMiamiBeach.com and http://www.Facebook.com/ClaridgeHotel or contact their sales office or reservations 305-604-8485.

for artists…..BY ARTISTS presents Pop Artist Carlos Navarro
04/29/2012, 7:00pm
HaVen Lounge South Beach
1237 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
www.havenlounge.com

The 16th installation of ‘for artists…..BY ARTISTS’ will feature world renown pop artist Carlos A. Navarro.

The objective of ‘for artists……BY ARTISTS’ is to create a social colony for artists from all disciplines of the arts with the focal point being on painters, photographers, and sculptors. Utilization of the technology at Haven and maximizing its potential is what sets this weekly exhibition apart from others.

elit by STOLI is a proud supporter of ‘for artists…..BY ARTISTS’

About Carlos A. Navarro www.carlosanavarro.com

Whenever Carlos A. Navarro is asked “how long have you been an artist?” his reply is “all of my life… since I was a child.” However, as the time approached for him to choose a career path, surprisingly he ended up taking the entrepreneurial/corporate route. After many years working as a professional in the business world, Carlos realized his life would be much more fulfilling if he followed his dream and pursued his passion of becoming an artist. In 1992, Navarro was asked to design a mural for a hotel on South Beach. Even though the project never came to fruition, the designs for this project would be the beginning of his career as an artist.

Carlos was born in Havana, Cuba. He spent the early part of his life in New York and moved to Miami in his teens and has lived there ever since. His initial artistic inspirations came from Dali and Picasso. Yet while being in New York, his individual style emerged from the influences of Pop artists such as Peter Max, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring. He incorporates his own style, which has come to be known as “Pop Suave”, fusing Pop Art with traditional Cuban, Miami and other contemporary themes inspired by his heritage and upbringing. His work depicts different subject matters ranging from nostalgic to political and humorous to sensual. Although he left Cuba as an infant and has never returned, he has painted images of a Cuba he never knew through what he terms “instilled memories”, stemming from the rich culture and traditions he was exposed to as he was growing up in the United States. Recently, Carlos has begun to introduce to his paintings a style influen
ced by his love of pin-up art and photography.

Navarro’s work has been celebrated and exhibited nationally and internationally. He has been commissioned by Perry Ellis International, Bacardi, Campo Viejo Wine, Ford Motors, The Related Group of Florida, Matusalem Rum, Cuba Nostalgia, Miami Dade College and Amigos for Kids. In 2007 he was commissioned by the Super Bowl XLI Host Committee to create a painting and poster for the International Media Reception.

Some of his large scale projects include Miami Guitar Town, a public art project that was sponsored by Gibson Guitars and the City of Miami to benefit several local charities, and featured Navarro’s “Babaluuu!” on one of the 10ft tall guitar sculptures. In 2002, he had three flamingos on display as part of the ‘Flamingos in the Gables,’ a public art project. Large format reproductions can be seen in the lobbies of Mercy Hospital in Miami and a Regions Bank in Coral Gables. In 2010, Miami Dade County asked Carlos to paint a mural to welcome visitors at the Port of Miami, with over 50 volunteers from Hands on Miami to commemorate Global Youth Service Day.

A few collectors of Navarro’s work include Anthony Abraham (Miami businessman / philanthropist), Jorge Perez (The Related Group ), Thomas Kramer(International businessman/philanthropist), Marc Randazzo, (1995 World Cruiserweight Champion & owner of Randazzo’s Little Italy Ristorante in Coral Gables) and Norma Jean Abraham (Miami socialite / philanthropist) all of whom he has depicted in portraits.

He has also painted portraits of Al Pacino (as Tony Montana), Steven Bauer (as Manolo in Scarface), Michelle Pfeiffer (as Elvira in Scarface), Dwayne Johnson (The Rock), Notorious BIG & Tupac Shakur (posthumously), Shaquille O’Neal, Alonso & Tracy Mourning, Manu Ginobli, Cuban icons Celia Cruz, Beny More (Cuban singing legend), Compay Segundo (Cuban singer / musician), Kid Chocolate (Cuban boxing champ from the 1930’s), also local Miami business people, celebrities and philanthropists such as Diva Miss Elaine Lancaster, Techrin Hijazi, Zurami Pascual, and Irene Korge.
In May 2005, Navarro’s rendition of legendary salsa queen Celia Cruz was displayed in the exhibition, Azucar, honoring the Latin superstar at the Smithsonian National Museum. He presented Celia with a reproduction of an original painting he created of her in 2001 at ‘Cuba Nostalgia’, an annual Cuban-inspired event in Miami honoring the island’s most glamorous times. The exhibition has been on a national traveling tour since 2007.

Over the years, Navarro has lent his talent and time to many philanthropic causes including the March of Dimes, Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Jackson Memorial Foundation, The Vizcayans, American Diabetes Association, Barry University, Children’s Home Society, University of Miami Center for Autism & Related Disabilities, The Cushman School, Hands on Miami, Russell Life Skills & Reading Foundation, Mercy Hospital, and Amigos for Kids. Due to his unyielding dedication to his community, he has received proclamations from Miami Dade County and the City of Miami. In fact, November 24, 2000 was named Carlos A. Navarro Day in the City of Miami. Carlos served one term on the City of Miami Cultural and Fine Arts Board and was on the Board of Directors of Amigos for Kids and the Kids and Families Foundation. He is the recipient of the 2004 “Huellas Astrales” Award in Art given by the Latin American Friends of the Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium.

Navarro has been profiled in many publications and TV segments including Venue, Ocean Drive en Español, Social Affairs, Selecta, Ego Miami, Vis a Vis, The Miami Herald, Cosmo Florida, Details Magazine, WPLG, Generation ñ and others.

From 2004 to 2006, Navarro exhibited at his highly celebrated gallery, Carlos A. Navarro – Pop Suave Art Gallery on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables, Florida.

RSVP: 305.987.8885
www.havenlounge.com
Dinner Reservations are highly recommended for this event.
Culinary Cuisine prepared by Chef Todd Erickson
elit by STOLI…Cocktail Creations by Mixologist Isaac Grillo
Enjoy Industry Bottle Specials

Music Provided By: George Vidal & Beppe Gioia
Hosted By: Sandra Garcia, Leon Morley, & Lola Marie
Curated By: Ricardo Agudelo
Created & Produced By: Rod Pratt