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

Meet the Artist
Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:30pm – 10pm
Claridge Hotel Miami Beach
3500 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida 33140

Claridge Hotel Miami Beach offers its venue to South Florida’s emerging talent at their monthly “Meet the Artist” event series.

“Meet the Artist” ~ Event taking place at the Claridge Hotel Miami Beach ~ Friday, April 27, 2012, 7:30pm – 10pm
Featuring Neo-Pop Artist, ED KING.
Complimentary champagne on arrival, half-priced cash bar and passed hors d’oeuvres.
Free public parking across from hotel after 6pm. Dress Code: Business Casual
RSVP by calling 786-342-7105 or e-mailing bmorales@claridgemiamibeach.com.

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.

“Meet the Artist” monthly event series ~ Reception and art exhibit.

For media inquires or additional information, please contact:
Bertha Morales | bmorales@claridgemiamibeach.com | 786-342-7105

City of Miami Beach’s Second Annual Sister Cities International Artist Showcase Opening reception
Tuesday, April 24th from 7 to 9 pm
Art Deco Welcome Center
1001 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach

The vernissage is free and open to the general public.

27 artists representing the sister cities of Miami Beach will exhibit their artwork at the Art Deco Museum / Welcome Center.

The Miami Beach Sister Cities International Committee has partnered with Rodez Art Gallery, which curated the exhibit, to produce the Second Annual Sister Cities International Artist Showcase. Miami Beach’s sister cities include:
Fujisawa, Japan – 1959
Santa Marta, Colombia – 1979
Cozumel, Mexico – 1992
Ica, Peru – 1996
Pescara, Italy – 1997
Almonte, Spain – 1998
Fortaleza, Brazil – 2004
Nahariya, Israel – 2004
Brampton, Canada – 2008
Basel, Switzerland – 2011
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Friendship City – 1996

This year with Cozumel, Mexico being our featured city, our honored guests will be Cozumel Mayor Aurelio Joaquin Gonzalez and the First Lady Maria Luisa Prieto de Joaquin. Our featured centerpiece is from Mexican telenovela actor Pablo Azar, an artist whose piece is entitled Amor Iluminado.

The exhibit will be on view from Wednesday, April 25 through Friday, May 17 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily, including weekends.

elit By Stolichnaya presents “for artists….BY ARTISTS” @ Haven Lounge
04/15/2012, 7:00pm
HaVen Lounge South Beach
1237 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, Fl
www.havenlounge.com

“for artists……BY ARTISTS” is a weekly digital platform that is offered to the artist community of South Florida every Sunday evening. Hosted in the intimate Hi-Fi setting of Haven Lounge where global small plates and crafty cocktails are a part of the immersive environment.

elit by Stolichnaya has become a supporter of the arts and hospitality industries by partnering up with
“for artists……BY ARTISTS.”
The union of these two respected brands will be the bridge that connects the two industries together.
Our partner elit by Stolichnaya lists four powerful words to help guide you on the journey forward: Mastery (as in your craft); Wisdom (how to savor the experience); Power (setting an award winning standard) ; Progress (a superior excellence, shared).

Come enjoy elit by Stolichnaya specialty cocktails prepared by Mixologist Isaac Grillo paired with culinary delights created by Chef Todd Erickson

Music by George Vidal & Dave Sol

On Sunday, April 15, 2012 we present the collection “Unveiled” by photographer

Marilyn Scavo

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.

Digital art wall curated by Technical Director Ricardo Agudelo

We seek to combine the visual arts, the culinary arts and the social art of interaction. An evening where all elements are blended into one creating a “vibe” that embraces the mind, body & soul.

Reserve your table for light bites and enjoy
elit by Stolichnaya bottle specials and signature cocktails

Bass Museum Of Art Hosts Beats After Sunset
April 6, 2012; 8 – 11 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Start April off right with the Bass Museum of Art’s monthly first Friday happy hour, ‘Beats After Sunset’. On Friday, April 6 from 8-11 p.m., guests will sip complimentary beverages by Herradura Tequilla, enjoy beats by DJ Oly and DJ Darwin Castillo, and view the museum’s newest project: “Erasey Page” by Miami-based artist Jillian Mayer, a newly commissioned web-based project that Mayer produced in collaboration with computer programmer and creative technologist Eric Shoenborn.

Members and basspass holders attend the event for free; non-members pay the $8 museum admission.

After party courtesy of Chalk Ping Pong and Billiards Lounge, at 1234 Washington Avenue from 11p.m. – 12 a.m.

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 | Elizabeth Perez | Elaine Reinoso | Aaron Resnick | Steven J. Rodriguez | Martin Solorzano

Sponsors
Herradura Tequila | Societe Perrier | the Sagamore Hotel | Antigal Winery & Estates | Chalk Ping Pong & Billiards Lounge

Bass Museum Of Art Presents Jillian Mayer: Erasey Page Artist Reception 4/6/12
April 6 from 8-9pm
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Artist Reception: artist will be present

On view through August 12

Bass Museum of Art opens the artist project “Erasey Page,” by Miami-based artist Jillian Mayer – a newly commissioned, web-based project by Mayer produced in collaboration with computer programmer, designer, and creative technologist Eric Shoenborn. The web-based project will be on view in the Bass Museum’s newly renovated project room. The interactive website begins with a greeting from the artist as a pop-up spokesmodel who compels visitors to live an internet-free and happy life by simply deleting the world wide web page by page.

Jillian Mayer’s practice investigates the intersections between art, media, entertainment and pop culture. She is best known for her successful viral video projects, which are intended to circulate in both the art context and the popular cultural arena of YouTube. Lying somewhere between a parody of utopian ideals and an infomercial for a self-help product, “Erasey Page” humorously comments on one’s personal agency. Mayer’s proposition is directed towards questioning our increasingly virtual lives to playfully imagine a world without the Internet.

Jillian Mayer lives and works in Miami, FL. Her performances, videos and installations have been exhibited at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain; Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; and de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art, Miami. Recent solo projects include Family Matters at David Castillo Gallery (2011) and Love Trips at World Class Boxing, Miami (2011). Mayer was recently featured in the September/October issue of Art Papers and premiered a short film featuring Luther Campbell (Uncle Luke of the musical group 2 Live Crew) entitled Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke at the Sundance Film Festival and South by Southwest.

Erasey Page collaborator Eric Shoenborn is a Miami-based graphic artist and creative technologist interested in design and social change. He has collaborated with a number of influential organizations on web community initiatives. His interdisciplinary projects have been featured in Sundance Interactive and South by Southwest.

Miguel Paredes For Artists By Artists Hosted By Lola Reyes
Sunday, March 25th 7-10pm
Haven Lounge

Bass Museum Will Present Exhibition By Artist Charles LeDray
April 27, 2012 through August 12, 2012
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

This April, Bass Museum of Art will present an exhibition of four works by New York based artist Charles LeDray – the first presentation of the artist’s work in Miami Beach to date. The highly anticipated exhibition, curated by Adjunct Curator Steven Homes, will open to the public on Friday, April 27, 2012 following a private preview. “Charles LeDray” will be on view through August 12, 2012 and will include four distinct pieces from LeDray, including his major work, “Mens Suits.”

While “workworkworkworkwork” included more than 50 works of art spanning the artist’s career, “Charles LeDray” will concentrate on four pieces, including “Mens Suits,” which the artist meticulously labored over for three years. The clothes include miniaturized jackets, shirts and polo tops…even trousers, ties, bow ties, gloves and hangers. The result is a focused exhibition allowing boundless physical and imaginative space to four distinctly selected works. In contrast to a survey that seeks to explore the full range of an artist’s concerns or approaches, “Charles LeDray” will contemplate the artist’s work in a specific place at a specific time. This exhibition is focused on creating a unique dialogue between four individual, powerful works.

LeDray has often been described as the best kept secret of the contemporary art world, laboring for years before completing a sculpture. He does not often discuss the meaning of his work, leaving pieces open to interpretation. LeDray is best known for his miniature but proportioned sculptures of everyday objects. His work is poetry of material, scale and cultural resonance, rich with history and emotion. Renowned for exquisite objects crafted in a range of materials from fabric to human bone, LeDray’s work touches on loss, pathos, and absence.

Charles LeDray is an American sculptor born in Seattle in 1960, who now lives and works in New York. Primarily self-taught, he began his career as a security guard at the Seattle Art Museum. LeDray went on to work as an art handler for a private gallery, where his first piece of work was selected for inclusion in a group show just hours before the opening. Recent solo exhibitions include Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Galerie Schmela in Düsseldorf, Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and Seattle Art Museum.

Located in Miami Beach, the Bass Museum of Art offers a dynamic year-round calendar of exhibitions exploring the connections between contemporary art and works of art from its permanent collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture, textiles, Apulian Vessel Gallery and Egyptian Gallery. Artists’ projects, educational programs, lectures, concerts and free family days complement the works on view. Founded in 1963 when the City of Miami Beach accepted a collection of Renaissance and Baroque works of art from collectors John and Johanna Bass, the collection was housed in an Art Deco building designed in 1930 by Russell Pancoast. Architect Arata Isozaki designed an addition to the museum between 1998 and 2001 that doubled its size from 15,000 to 35,000 square feet. Most recently, the museum selected internationally acclaimed Oppenheim Architecture + Design to lead its first phase of design and renovation tied to the 2010 completion of Miami Beach’s Collins Park. Oppenheim redesigned and relocated the museum’s arrival area to flow from and into the new park on Collins Avenue. For more information, please visit www.bassmuseum.org.

The Bass Museum of Art is generously funded by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and members of the Bass Museum of Art.

Tony Chimento Presented by: Bang & Olufsen Miami Beach
Friday, March 23, 7:00pm until 11:00pm
Bang & Olufsen Miami Beach
1691 Michigan Avenue, Suite 110
Miami Beach, FL

The Gallery @ Bang & Olufsen Miami Beach is proud to have the American classically trained artist Tony Chimento be the latest featured artist at the gallery located in the heart of South Beach.

Tony Chimento has established himself as an artist that rebelled against the avant-garde movement and creating a niche for himself by the realization that … “my work is mostly about the exploration of beauty and the space we make for its contemplation. In a world where the ugly and violent seem increasingly more intense, the exploration of beauty and serenity, not as escape…but as antidote, certainly must be as valid a reason for making art as any other”.

Visit the official website for more informaiton
www.chimentostudio.com

Tony will be the featured artist in a series of talented masters to grace the walls of the Bang & Olufsen showroom after the grand opening showcase of old masters. The gallery will exhibit new artists every three months and will hold mini receptions for guests to introduce the them to the general public. Each will be accessible for your questions and the event provides a unique opportunity to get to know an artist of great quality up close and personal.

The Bang & Olufsen family is delighted to welcome you and your guests Friday, March 9th, to it’s showroom once again for another great night of art and culture. Light refreshments and hors d’oeuvres as only Bang & Olufsen can deliver will be served.

Art of Night: The DJ Series opening night party
Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 9 pm
The Shelborne South Beach Resort
1801 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida.

with DJ Ruckus and DJ Jessica Who (as well as not to be announced special guest DJs).

At the exhibition, collectors will have the opportunity to purchase any of the twenty-five prints in this exhibit featuring the works of the visionary nightlife photographer, Seth Browarnik, beginning Thursday, March 22, 2012.

Following the success of his first Art of Night exhibit during the tenth annual Art Basel Miami Beach, Hennessy Black is presenting the Art of Night: The DJ Series, paying tribute to nightlife’s key players – the DJs. Browarnik, who has been capturing DJs since the inception of his career, will pay tribute to those he has photographed and befriended since electronic music began making its mark on nightlife.
DJs Frankie Knuckles, Danny Tenaglia, Sasha and Digweed, Deadmau5 and Aoki, are just some of the industry icons that will be featured. The collection invites viewers “inside the DJ booth,” providing a glimpse into each artist’s signature characteristics and energy. The photos expose moments of debauchery, backstage preparation, celebrity encounters and more, telling a story that drives an undeniable adoration for each DJ.

Browarnik has also partnered with Gen Art and electrostub.com to donate a portion of the proceeds of the exhibit to help market and launch the career of Felix Cartal, an emerging DJ releasing his new album, Different Faces, out March 27th. As day turns into evening, each night of the exhibit, the Hennessy Black Gallery will transform into an exclusive VIP lounge for approximately 250 guests, including Browarnik’s celebrity companions and some of the DJs featured.

The VIP lounge for Art of Night: The DJ Series is open on Friday night, March 23, 2012 at 9 PM where DJs Ross One and DJ Rick Rude will be spinning (as well as not to be announced special guest DJs).
The exhibition will be open each day from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM for private tours.

For more information on Art of Night: the DJ Series, for a private tour, or to purchase works from the exhibition, please contact:
Rachel K. Ward
Phone Number: 561.900.5420
E-Mail Address: artofnight@gmail.com

Seth Browarnik, 32, is the founder of Red Eye Productions and online outlet WorldRedEye.com, the predominant celebrity/social photo agency in South Florida. Browarnik started his career in 1999 working for the newly launched OceanDrive.com, the online version of South Florida’s premiere glossy, lifestyle magazine Ocean Drive, where his first assignment was covering the then nightclub of-the-moment, Liquid. After an evening shooting Puff Daddy, Cher, Dennis Rodman, and a coterie of bold-faced names, he was hooked and found his niche becoming known as “the celebrity lensman of South Beach.” Seth soon made a career of showing the world the intimate scenes behind the velvet ropes and in VIP rooms at the most exclusive parties. Celebrities and socialites, athletes and entertainers, musicians and models all booked Seth to shoot their events and capture the energy of the room.