Words & Wine 11/16/11

Words & Wine
11/16/11, 9p-3a
The Electric Pickle
2826 North Miami Ave.
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Ladies, Gentlemen, honey badgers and the like:
If you have not had the pleasure of witnessing it for yourself, this is a lovely venue that offers local and international talent. It is very cozy, well lit atmosphere where everyone can be themselves.

Very exciting stuff happening! We just celebrated our one year anniversary and let me tell you we could have not been given a better birthday gift then the Award for Best Open Mic in 2011 published by the Miami New Times!

3$ Beers 5$Wine & 5$ Shots

This is just the very beginning, join us for our Open Mic Every Wednesday! Let’s get together and continue to share good vibes and creativity. Miami is redefining it’s Art scene and our movement has created a pavement for poets, musicians, dancers, thinkers, lovers, and people who just need to get away and express themselves freely.

Let’s once again get together, drink some wine, share some thoughts and be happy.

The Electric Pickle will be opening up the back patio for us under two conditions. 1) No Jamming Outside, the neighbors have been complaining. We will have intermissions between acts for the jammers to play on stage throughout the night. Take it all out of your system on stage! 2) No Smuggling Of Drinks Please! If anyone is seen with a drink purchased outside of the pickle, you will be asked to leave and not return. Please respect this event and the establishment. Thanks guys! See you Tomorrow

18+ for girls
5$ For anyone under 21 and free for those over 21
Great Drink Specials Full Bar

Please help to continue this event at this venue. Please do not bring your own drinks, they have a full bar inside. Let’s Have a great time responsibly and keep this venue clean and beautiful.
If any questions please call

Nikki Rodriguez at 786|728|4748 or
Lou Roman 305|298|8759.

http://www.electricpicklemiami.com/

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Friends of NWS Symphony After Hours 11/19/11

Saturday, November 19, 9pm
Marlin Hotel

Don’t miss the next Friends of NWS event on Saturday, November 19. Start off the evening at the New World Center with “Romeos and Juliets” – a full symphony orchestra concert, featuring works by Bernstein, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, all inspired by Shakespeare’s famed “star-crossed lovers”.

Following the performance, we will head down to the chic Marlin Hotel for Symphony After Hours, starting at 9:00pm. The highlight of the event will be a live performance by Tango Conspiracy, an electrifying blend of tango, acid jazz, dub and bossa nova. Producer/ Composer Jimena Fama will be singing these sultry songs and will be joined by her band comprised of guitars, accordion, drums, bass and a DJ.

In addition to a musical show, guests will enjoy delicious cuisine, GREY GOOSE vodka cocktails, VOGA Italia wine and FUZE non-alcoholic drinks.

** Concert tickets at the New World Center are SOLD OUT but there are still a limited number for new VIP Friends members. Friends membership for a year starts as low as $200 and includes more than 8 evenings of live music. After Hours tickets for the Marlin Hotel portion of the night are available for sale for $40 each and include an open bar, light bites and the exciting performance by the Tango Conspiracy. Contact the box office at 305-673-3331.

Caleidoscopio Big Night in Wynwood at Alberto Linero Gallery 12/3/11

Big Night in Wynwood
Saturday, December 3, 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Alberto Linero Gallery
2294 NW 2nd Avenue
Wynwood
Tel: 305.587.0172
www.albertolinerogallery.com

‘Caleidoscopio,’ contemporary and modern international art comes full circle in Wynwood

After a whirlwind year of renovations and new art direction, principal Alberto Linero has infused his central Wynwood space with fresh international and local talent. ‘Caleidoscopio’ features a wide spectrum of artists and is the visual narrative depicting how – and with who – Alberto Linero Gallery has come full circle. Participating artists include: Santiago Betancur, Breceda, Dario, Dana Milik, Jonathan Suarez Molinares, Orkomo, Romgo and Prieto.

Center of Attention Reception 12/2/11

Center of Attention Reception
Friday, December 2, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
ArtCenter/South Florida
800 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach
Tel: 305.674.8278
www.artcentersf.org

‘Center of Attention,’ a group show spotlighting local professional emerging and established artists

Among the many imports descending upon Miami during Art Basel, ArtCenter/South Florida – contemporary art incubator since 1984 – puts the focus on local talent. Nearly 40 artists-in-residence will open their studios showcasing new works in the 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road buildings, while the ‘Center of Attention’ exhibit in the main gallery spotlights resident artists including: Ramon Bofill, Natasha Duwin, Katerina Friderici, Alex Heria, Adriana Carvalho, Venessa Monokian, Damian Sarno (pictured), Amanda Serrano, Antonia Wright and David Zalben.

Meet the Artist at Claridge Hotel Miami Beach 11/17/11

Claridge Hotel Miami Beach
Thursday, November 17 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Claridge Hotel
3500 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33140
786-342-7105

(Complimentary Public Parking Across From Hotel After 6pm)

The Claridge Hotel is bringing you an Art Exhibit featuring Claudia Carias. Come meet the artist and enjoy learning what has inspired her.
Enjoy the art, music, cocktails and bites.

RSVP by November 14 at 786-342-7105.

Happy Hour Priced-Cash Bar and Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres.

Photographs of The Fourth Annual Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival and Boat Parade on 11/12/11

The Fourth Annual Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival and Boat Parade on Saturday, November 12, 2011.

“This special multicultural event allows our local residents and visitors to explore and interact among the local arts and culture vendors, while also showcasing the unique surroundings at the mouth of the Miami River. This event will celebrate the revival and renaissance of Downtown Miami. “

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Le Cercle Français and Pi Delta Phi present Voyageurs 11/16/11

Le Cercle Français and Pi Delta Phi present Voyageurs
November 16, 12 to 2 pm
FIU Frost Art Museum

I am pleased to extend an invitation to the exhibit: Voyageurs, that will take place on November 16th 2011 in the atrium at the Frost Museum in FIU from 12 to 2 pm. In this exhibit you will have a chance to admire my oil paintings and the photographs by artist Andrea Lahoz.

The theme of the exhibit is: Travelers. The idea is to present through our paintings and photographs different parts of the world that Andrea and I have visited. This event is free to all FIU students, alumni, faculty and staff. Please keep in mind that this event will only be taking place for those 2 hours.

This event is made possible thanks to the generous support and the contribution of the French Club and the French Honor Society at FIU.

In 2009, Jorge Fernandez prepared a backpack full of dreams and desires for adventure and embarked in a transatlantic cruise from the Dominican Republic to London. From there he traveled all around Europe to some of the most fascinating destinations in the old continent. Jorge has a passion for the world and has based his travel philosophy on the motto: Don’t be a tourist, be a traveler.”

In the fall of 2010, Andrea Lahoz circumnavigated the globe on a four-month-long academic voyage. During her Semester at Sea travels, she had the chance to explore 12 different countries including Ghana, India, Vietnam, and Japan. Through her camera lens, she reveals some of the world’s most marvelous cultures.

Photographs of The Stage One Year Anniversary on 11/11/11

The StageFirst Year Anniversary on Friday, November 11, 2011.  What a wonderful way to celebrate The Stage’s One Year Anniversary with performances by: Phillip Roebuck, Tristan Clopet, ArtOffical, Cody ChesnuTT, The Stooges (NOLA), DJ Drop.

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Eighth Annual Masters’ Mystery Art Show 11/30/11

Eighth Annual Masters’ Mystery Art Show
Wednesday, November 30, 7 to 9 p.m.
The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
One Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL. 33139

One of Miami’s Top Social Parties At The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach Launches Art Basel Festivities

Features Original 6×9 Art for $50;
Top Designers Using T-shirts As Their Canvas
All to Benefit Florida International University Masters in Fine Arts Program

Celebrity designers, established and emerging artists from Miami and around the world and one of Miami’s “showman mixologists” converge November 30 at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach to launch Art Basel with the 8th installment of the Master’s Mystery Art Show (MMAS) to raise money for the Florida International University Master’s in Fine Arts Program.

The private, evening cocktail reception, sponsored by Don Q, attracts art aficionados, fashion designers and the curious who purchase original 6×9-inch works of art signed on the back to reveal the artist’s name only after their sale. The mystery creates an artistic “whodunit” as guests sip cocktails and buzz around the mini masterpieces to identify and collect works to add to their collections. This year, some of the world’s top fashion designers are using white t-shirts as their canvases to create wearable art that knows no bounds. Each piece will be an original expression of the designer and be auctioned off that evening. As the only party of its kind during Art Basel, it is a coveted invitation and one of the most entertaining opening night parties. The show opens to the public the day after for one day only: Thursday, December 1 from 12 to 7 p.m.

Each mini masterpiece is just $50 each, with all proceeds benefitting Florida International University Master’s in Fine Arts program. More than 1,500 original 6 x 9 works of art are created by more than 300 artists from 31 countries. This year’s event features the TM Sisters, Monica Lopez De Victoria and Tasha Lopez De Victoria. They work in the mediums of video, digital video performance, VJing, collage, social experiments, zines, clothing, installations, and interactive video created along with their brother Samuel and their art has been featured in publications like L’Officiel magazine, The Guardian, STEP Inside Design, the New York Times, Vogue Italia, and on the cover of ARTnews magazine for its 2007 “25 Trendsetters” article. Jillian Mayer is a visual and performance artist exhibiting her work across the US and internationally and is part of the permanent collection at the Frost Art Museum and the Girl’s Club Collection. Mayer’s latest video work has been screened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art and at the Solomon Guggenheim Museum in NY, Bilbao, Venice and Berlin. David Castillo, holds degrees in History and Art History from Yale University and the Angelicum in Rome. Since 2000, he has dealt in important Latin American, European, and American secondary market works. He assists private clients in building their collections in addition to managing David Castillo Gallery and has lectured on various topics in art.

In addition, this year’s renowned Fashion Designer’s and Artists creating one of a kind T-shirts that will be auctioned the night of the opening, include: Romero Britto, Peruvian born Eduardo de las Casas who was recently at The White House, Mexico’s own Pineda Covalin, former head Designer for Bill Blass and Perry Ellis, Jacqueline Quinn, Uruguay’s most recognizable Fashion Designer Sergio Gau, Miami’s Top Designer’s Julian Chang and Viviana Gabeiras, to mention a few. The bidding for the t-shirts begins at $50.

Phase One of Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion Bunny Yeager Retrospective Launch 11/17/11

Phase One of Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion Bunny Yeager Retrospective Launch 11/17/11
Thursday, November 17 at 6:00 p.m.
Dezer Collection Museum
2000 NE 146th Street
North Miami.

The exhibition will then be open to the public starting on November 18 and showcased through February 29, 2012.

Dezer Schauhalle Miami – the Museum & Pavilion’s contemporary art showcase – marks
the initial phase of the multi-faceted facility which will also house
one of the nation’s largest eclectic automobile collections

Miami’s own Bunny Yeager brings to life the Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion’s contemporary art component – Dezer Schauhalle – with a retrospective of the iconic photographer, including never-before-seen works.

Curated by international art critic and Berlin-based curator, Helmut Schuster, the Dezer Schauhalle will be the initial phase of the 250,000-square-foot art and automobile museum developed by prominent New York/South Florida developer and collector Michael Dezer.

International art collectors and enthusiasts, as well as local influencers, will be in attendance to pay tribute to one of the leading figures of twentieth-century photography and view 220 of her photos, including self-portraits and photos of Bettie Page, taken from the fifties, sixties and seventies. Most of the featured works have been printed for the first time and over 100 of them have never before been seen.

The invitation-only grand opening will feature a 1950’s flair, including “Bunny Yeager” cocktails passed by cocktail waitresses outfitted by the artist herself; live jazz guitarist Fernando Ulibarri and vocalist Renee Fiallos; and a screening of 100 Girls by Bunny Yeager, a documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on Yeager’s photo sessions, presented by Cinematheque Miami Beach at the indoor drive-in movie theatre.

“I am thrilled to open the Dezer Schauhalle with one of Miami’s most remarkable icons, Bunny Yeager,” says Dezer. “She is truly unlike any artist in the world and sets the stage for what is to come at the Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion.”

Once hailed as one of the most photographed models of Miami’s thriving beach scene, Yeager transitioned to the other side of the camera in the 1950s, where she soon became credited for her iconic pin-up photographs and discovery of some of the period’s most famous models, such as Bettie Page. While Yeager is most notable for the defining role she played in capturing the glamour of the pin-up era, she is still recognized as a skillful, artistic photographer with expert technical skills in lighting and composition that remain unrivaled today.

“It is an honor to showcase hundreds of Bunny Yeager’s unseen photographs for the first time,” says Schuster. “Guests will delight in her erotic-urban style and be captivated by the memories of postwar generations that are reflected in her works.”

The soon-to-open, complete Dezer Collection Museum and Pavilion, will feature over 1,000 of the most unique and eclectic vehicles held in any private collection in the world. In addition to the extraordinary collection of vehicles and memorabilia, the Museum offers a one-of-a-kind event venue, the Dezer Showplace, with 75,000 square feet of event and entertainment space that can accommodate up to 1,500 guests.

For further information on the Dezer Schauhalle call (305) 932-4556 or visit www.dezerschauhalle.com.

Memento Mori The Paintings and Drawings of Arturo Rodriguez Artist Reception 11/16/11

Memento Mori – The Paintings and Drawings of Arturo Rodriguez – Artist Reception
Wednesday, November 16, 6:30 p.m.
Centre Gallery, Bldg.1, 3rd Floor
Wolfson Campus
300 N.E. Second Ave.
Miami, FL 33132

Miami Dade College proudly presents Memento Mori The Paintings and Drawings of Artist Arturo Rodríguez. Joining art and poetry, this unprecedented exhibition brings together 50 watercolors and 40 oil paintings by renowned artist Arturo Rodríguez and poems by Alejandro Anreus from their book Memento Mori.

For more information and gallery hours, please call the Art Gallery System at 305-237-7700

Abracadabra Fifth Annual Exhibition and Fund-raising Raffle Opening Reception 2/10/212

Abracadabra: Fifth Annual Exhibition and Fund-raising Raffle Opening Reception
02/10/2012, 6pm – 9pm
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
1650 Harrison Street
Hollywood, FL 33020
artandculturecenter.org

This evening is our Abracadabra Fifth Annual Exhibition and Fund-Raing Opening Reception. Please come visit our main gallery to preview donated works in all media by artists who have been invited to participate. All works are exhibited prior to the evening of the raffle, affording ticket buyers an opportunity to preview the art before the main event!

Each raffle ticket purchased will guarantee the bearer to go home with a work of art valued at greater than the ticket price. Raffle tickets and admission are available in advance, and at the door if still remaining.

Clifford Owens Photographs with an Audience Opening Reception 11/19/11

Clifford Owens Photographs with an Audience (Miami)
Opening Reception. November 19, 2011. 7 – 9pm
Gallery Diet
174 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127.

November 19, 2011 – December 22, 2011
Extended hours. November 30 – December 3, 2011. 10am – 7pm

Clifford Owens will return to Miami for his first local solo exhibition.
Stand in front of the camera.
Don’t blink.
Relax.
3, 2, 1…

Photographs with an Audience (Miami) is an exhibition of new works created in Miami during two performances at Gallery Diet which took place on October 2 and 3. Owens does not document his performances. He creates discreet art objects. He is not interested in being pigeon holed as a performance artist, nor a photographer. For each performance, audience members were invited into the process of creating photographs by forming compositions that reflected past and present experiences of the group. The resulting series of photographs are a range of personal and symbolically invoked moments presented as static objects that challenge one’s perception of performance documentation.

Clifford Owens (b. 1971. Baltimore, MD) holds a BFA (1998) from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA (2000) from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. He has participated in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Studio Museum Residency in Harlem, and is a recipient of the Louis Tiffany Comfort Award and the Lambent Fellowship for the Arts. Owens has exhibited at MoMA PS1 as part of Greater New York, the Queens Museum of Art, New York, List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California, The Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas, On Stellar Rays Gallery, New York and Para-Site Art Space, Hong Kong. Publications which have showcased his works include Performa: New Visual Art Performance, and The Greater New York Book. His projects and exhibitions have been featured in Art in America, Art+Auction, Newsweek, New York Times, and Village Voice among other publications.

About Gallery Diet: Gallery Diet is a contemporary art gallery located in the Wynwood District of Miami, Florida where it has existed since 2007. The gallery has produced nearly 30 solo and group exhibitions by emerging and under represented artists from around the world. Many of these exhibitions have been documented in print editions. Represented artists include Kristopher Benedict, Charley Friedman, Christy Gast, Richard Höglund, Fabienne Lasserre, Abby Manock, and Daniel Milewski. www.gallerydiet.com

Special thanks to Palm Breweries for their support.

Locust Projects presents the Billboard Project Agustina Woodgate Reception 12/1/11

Locust Projects presents the Billboard Project: Agustina Woodgate
Reception: December 1, 7-10pm
Locust Projects
155 NE 38th Street #100
Miami, FL 33137

Locust Projects is pleased to announce its second annual Billboard Project. Argentinean-born, Miami-based artist Agustina Woodgate, has been selected to present site-specific artwork for billboards and bus shelters surrounding Miami’s Design District and Miami Beach in November and December 2011.

Conceived specifically for Locust Projects, 11:11 is the latest from a series of displaced landscapes that create surreal inversions of exterior and interior spaces.

Woodgate creates art that fosters interpersonal dialogue, from which meaning collectively emerges. Through a broad range of disciplines – including sculpture, installation, performance and collaboration – the artist’s work focuses on the relationship between individuals and their environment, and explores layers of physical and psychological space.

About the artist:
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1981, Agustina Woodgate graduated from the Instituto Universitario Nacional de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2004. She currently lives and works in Miami, FL. Solo projects include Radio Espacio Estacion, Elsewhere Collaborative, Greensboro, NC 2011; Collectivism, Spinello Projects, Miami, FL 2011; Growing Up, Miami Dade Public Library, Miami, FL 2010; The Last Supper, El Dorado Towers III, Miami, FL 2010; Endlessly Falling, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL 2010; Hopscotch, Street Installation through Primary Flight, Miami, FL 2008; and Mobil Hairdresser, Street Performance, Miami, FL and San Juan, Puerto Rico 2007. Woodgate has been included in group exhibitions at Gallery Nosco, London, UK; Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LO; Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL; Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL; North Carolina Museum, Charlotte, NC, U.S; Art and Culture of Hollywood, Miami, FL; South Florida Art Center | Miami, FL; École Bourget, Montreal, Canada; and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL. Honors and awards include National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, San Antonio, TX 2011; Art Matters Grant, in collaboration with Elsewhere Collaborative, 2010; and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant 2008. Woodgate is currently taking pilot lessons, working on KULTURPARK, a project in an abandoned amusement park in conjunction with the 2012 Berlin Biennial, and has been commissioned by the Art in Public Places committee of Miami Beach for the “I. Stanley Levine Memorial Bench.” She is represented by Spinello Projects where her solo exhibition “If These Walls Could Talk” opens on November 11th.

G-Spot Bike Ride hosted by TM Sisters 11/26/11

Saturday, November 26 · 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Government Center
111 NW 1st St
Miami, Florida

Sponsored by Grolsch, the G-Spot project challenged 10 Miami-based artists to make … anything. The result is 10 no-holds-barred art installations across Downtown, Wynwood, the Design District, and Little Haiti.

The G-Spot Bike Tour on Saturday, Nov. 26, is a FREE group ride with dynamic art duo the TM Sisters as our guides. We will start at Government Center at 4 p.m. and stop off at each of the 10 art installations. Locations include the Alfred duPont Building, Grand Central, Dorsch Gallery, Electric Pickle, Vagabond, and Little Haiti Cultural Center.

The ride will end at The Stage for a sundown round of complimentary Grolsch.

The G-Spot project was curated by contemporary art curator and writer Claire Breukel. The participating artists are:

— Domingo Castillo
— Eduoard Duval Carrie
— Jiae Hwang
— Kerry Phillips
— Kyle Trowbridge
— Loriel Beltran
— Pachi Guistinian
— Susan Lee Chun
— TM Sisters
— Tom Scicluna

To learn more about the project, visit www.gspotartproject.com.

To view the map for the ride, visit www.beachedmiami.com/gspot-map.

The clean URL for this event page is www.beachedmiami.com/gspot.

America, like it or not by photographers Jose Joaquin Figueroa, Kirk Crippens and Rodolfo Vanmarcke 11/12/11

November 12th, 2011
310 NW. 24th St.
Miami, FL 33127.

The Lunch Box Gallery is pleased to announce its second and last opening night for the show “America, like it or not” by acclaimed photographers Kirk Crippens, José J. Figueroa and Rodolfo Vanmarcke.

In parallel, the gallery is having the fifth student show of its “One Night Stand Exhibition Series” with talented FIU student of Visual Arts (concentration in Photography), Jesse Meadows; a new project that aims to give photography students the opportunity to participate in the popular Wynwood Gallery Walks, facilitating them the exposure of their work during this major art event.

“America, like it or not” gathers three different visions of America today, from the transgression of the American culture into other societies to the visual consequences of the Great Depression and the abuse of prescription drugs in America. Kirk Crippens is a highly renowned artist currently based in San Francisco, California, who was awarded as the Top 50 Photographer in Photolucida’s Critical Mass and nominated for the 2011-2013 Eureka Fellowship Program (a project of the Fleishhacker Foundation).

Official 2nd Saturday Art Walk and Reception at Attila Lakatoush Art and Design Studio 11/12/11

Official 2nd Saturday Art Walk and Reception
Saturday November 12th , 5pm – 10pm
Attila Lakatoush Art & Design Studio
Midtown 4 (M-312)
3301 NE 1st Ave M-312
Miami, FL 33137
RSVP: cafesocietygroupmia@gmail.com

Stevens Bissie Management and Café Society Group have joined forces with Attila Lakatoush Art & Design to curate a true art experience. On Saturday, November 12th from 5PM-10PM they will host an official 2nd Saturday Art Walk event and cocktail reception. Featured Artists of the Month include: Lola Reyes, Griselda Lechini, and Constantin. Please be sure to RSVP: cafesocietygroupmia@gmail.com. Please join us on November 12th for cocktails and art starting at 5PM to celebrate as Attila Lakatoush welcomes three emerging artists into his gallery for Novemberʼs 2nd Saturday Art Walk.

About Café Society Group The mission and purpose of Café Societyʼs cutting edge project of the arts is to promote civic consciousness while effectively giving back to Womanʼs and Childrenʼs Charities, and promoting both Environmentalism and the Arts within schools and communities in the areas their shows are held; New York, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Palm Beach, and Los Angeles.

Attila Lakatoush Based in Miami and New York, Attila Lakatoush is a highly gifted and trained artist. His career began at the early age of eight when he was offered a scholarship to study at the Pratt Institute. After completing his training as a top-notch fashion illustrator at the High School of Art and Design and finally the Fashion Institute of Technology, Attila discovered and refined his own style while traveling the world. He credits visionaries such as Claude Montane, Vivienne Westwood, and Cynthia Rowley for influencing his style.

Reminiscent of 40ʼs film icons like Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, and Eva Gardner, these glamorous women are not the girls next door. They know how to use their wiles how to dress and act well, how to carry themselves with coexisting strength and femininity. Attilaʼs clients include philanthropist/socialite Dorythia Green, actress Lucy Liu, actress Debbie Mazar, Super Model Linda Evangelista, and Legend Eartha Kitt to name a few.

Griselda Lechini After years of modeling around the world Lechini discovered that she was an artist at heart. She began painting and hasnʼt stopped since. Now she has found the vehicle to translate the beauty around her on to canvas and life has never been better.

Lola Reyes Reyesʼ inspiration and passion for photography is attributed to her mother and father. Her father, a Director/photographer for National Geographic, and her mother, a model for the haute couture houses of YSL and Valentino, taught her how to scratch the surface of glamour in order to expose and celebrate the beauty in life. Living in both her father and mother’s worlds allowed her a unique opportunity to step out of what was familiar and to cultivate a taste for different cultures.

Constantin Constantin is a painter of the imagination. This mixture of imagination and practical features in his art creates an escape and a distraction from the inside. He feels the goal of painting is to show what reality cannot. The colors he uses are strong and powerful and pulsate all senses. It is a world of imagination where he admits to wander frequently.

Astral Projections Multiversal Miami Art Walk Edition 11/12/11

Astral Projections Multiversal Miami Art Walk Edition
Saturday, November 12 · 6:00pm – 11:00pm
193 NW 24th Street
Miami in the Wynwood Design District
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Second Saturdays Wynwood Art Walk, come thru for Live Mural Painting, special performances, a Street Fashion exhibition and more! corner of 2nd Ave, and 24th.

Live Art by the FDC Crew:
Junk
Rekal
Grabs
Tubs
Tragek

Music by Haviken Hayes, Methodus, P-Phunk

Sidewalk Fashion Show w/ Arturo Flores, & Asuka Collections
Red Carpet Street Fashion Photobooth
Live Art, Open Air Exhibition & More!

Full Moon Exhibition Cocktail Reception 11/10/11

Full Moon Exhibition Cocktail Reception
November 10, Thursday, 7-10 pm
Kavachnina Contemporary
46 NW 36th Street
Miami, Florida 33127

KAVACHNINA Contemporary Requests your presence at “Full Moon” Exhibition Cocktail Reception

RSVP/info at : info@kavachnina.com / Tel: 305-448-2060
Artists: Alejandro Leyva And Alejandro Mendoza Will Be Present .

chuck ramirez: minimally baroque 11/12/11

Chuck Ramirez (1962 – 2010): Minimally Baroque
Saturday November 12, 1 – 9pm
Dina Mitrani Gallery
2620 NW 2nd Ave
Wynwood Miami FL

November 12, 2011 – January 20, 2012
Breakfast Reception: Thursday, December 1st, 9am – Noon
Wynwood Art Walk, Saturday, December 3rd, 6 – 11pm

Dina Mitrani Gallery, in collaboration with Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, is pleased to present Chuck Ramirez (1962 – 2010): Minimally Baroque. Chuck Ramirez, who tragically died one year ago, was an artist and designer who lived and worked in San Antonio, Texas. His large-scale photographic portraits and installations of ordinary objects are humorous, yet poignant metaphors for the transient nature of consumer culture and the frailty of life.

Gallerist Dina Mitrani met Chuck Ramirez at an opening at Ruiz-Healy’s Gallery in San Antonio. During the course of the evening, they talked enthusiastically about his photography and the possibility of exhibiting in Miami. Two days later, the artist had a biking accident and passed away. This exhibition has been organized to honor the artist’s memory on the anniversary of his death, and is an effort by both Patricia Ruiz-Healy and Dina Mitrani to bring his life’s work to larger audiences.

As an artist and graphic designer, Ramirez processed and deconstructed the media world in which he lived. His work employed visual and conceptual techniques found in contemporary advertising and package design, while employing subtle social commentary. Chuck Ramirez showed extensively throughout the United States, Mexico and Europe. Solo and group exhibitions include the Bronx Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; El Portal del Arte Contemporáneo (ARCO) Madrid; Centro de la Imagen and O Lamm, Mexico City; Galeries Khadrberlin, Berlin; Arlington Museum of Contemporary Art, TX; Center of the Visual Arts, Denver; the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX; the Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee; Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio; and the Elizabeth Dee Gallery, NY. He was selected for an Artpace Residency in 2001 by Jérôme Sans, an independent curator and co-director of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.

The estate of Chuck Ramirez is exclusively represented by Ruiz-Healy Art.

More information at
www.dinamitranigallery.com
www.ruizhealyart.com

Image above: Candy Tray Series: Black Heart, 2002, pigment print on cotton paper,
48 x 48 inches, edition 3/6

DCOTA opening reception for new exhibition MonoVisioN by Scott Frances 11/16/11

DCOTA to host opening reception for new exhibition MonoVisioN by Scott Frances
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA)
1855 Griffin Road
Dania Beach. FL, 33004.

Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) and Charles S. Cohen, Owner, CEO and President of Cohen Brothers Realty, are pleased to announce the Center’s newest exhibit, MonoVisioN, a selection of architectural and lifestyle photographs by distinguished photographer Scott Frances. A VIP reception celebrating the show’s opening will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2011.

MonoVisioN, available for viewing in Atrium A until Wednesday, February 15, 2012, showcases 68 large-scale works reflecting the synthesis of Frances’ interests in carefully balanced composition. This precise use of atmospheric and naturally motivated light is evidenced throughout the exhibit and in featured photographs of celebrity homes, including those of Jennifer Anistion and Estee Lauder, among others. With a journalist’s need to tell a story simply, along with his passion for the decorative arts, his imagery bridges recurring themes throughout art history.

The exhibition coincides with the release of Frances’ first monograph of the same title with an introduction by Richard Meier, published by Pond Press. In the preface to MonoVisioN, Meier states: “A Scott Frances photograph captures all these ephemeral elements that I have always explored in my architectural work. The images in this book portray the qualities that give every space and building a sense of place, and the constant dialogue between the man-made and the natural. MonoVisioN becomes an exploration of solid and void, transparency and opaqueness, the rational and the intuitive, and an essay on composition.”

MonoVisioN’s arrival at DCOTA is its third stop on its tour through Cohen Design Centers. The exhibition launched at Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood in March 2011, was most recently on display at Decoration & Design Building Annex in New York, and will end its journey at the Houston location in spring 2012.

ABOUT SCOTT FRANCES
Scott Frances was born and raised in New York City, where he is currently based. He studied fine arts and journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Early in his career he shot for ESTO photographics, under the auspices of the architectural photography great, Ezra Stoller. Following ESTO he began to document the work of architect Richard Meier, with whom he continues to work with today. Frances has worked with several of the world’s top architects and designers and is a regular contributor to magazines like Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, and Departures. He has photographed the homes of such celebrities as Jennifer Aniston, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Jim Belushi, Claire Danes, Clive Davis and Steve Jobs.

ABOUT DESIGN CENTER OF AMERICAS
For more than 20 years, Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) has served the design community with the finest campus amenities and showrooms in the industry attracting world class designers, architects, design enthusiasts and their savvy clientele.

At nearly 800,000 square feet, DCOTA is the largest design campus of its kind. High design is showcased within more than 100 premier showrooms, catering to any home, yacht or office project. Fine indoor and outdoor furniture, fabrics, flooring, lighting, kitchen, bath, antiques, accessories, appliances, window treatments, decorative hardware, paint and surfacing are just some of the resources found within the center.

Cutting edge programming, world-class amenities, and exclusive services offer a unique experience for the international array of visitors. DCOTA serves as the preeminent design destination to Florida, the Caribbean, and Central and South America as well as to seasonal travelers from around the world. DCOTA is part of the Cohen Design Center quartet with sister locations in Manhattan (D & D Building), West Hollywood, California (Pacific Design Center), and Houston, Texas (Decorative Center Houston).

The Lowe Art Museum presents China Insights Exhibition Preview 11/11/11

The Lowe Art Museum presents China Insights Exhibition Preview
Friday, November 11, 2011, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33124

Chinese Musical performance by the Chinese Performing Arts Group. Hear the tantalizing sounds of the Guzheng, Hulsi, and Violin. Cocktails by Bacardi, wine by Rex-Goliath along with Vitamin Water Zero. Sponsored by HSBC Private Bank.
$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members

Sunday, December 4, 2011
Annual Art Basel Champagne Brunch And Curator Lecture
Brunch: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at Lowe Art Museum, 1301 Stanford Drive
Sponsored by Philip and Denise Gerson
Beverages provided by Southern Wine & Spirits and Vitamin Water Zero
Curator Lecture: 12:00 p.m. at Storer Auditorium, UM School of Business, 5250 University Drive
China: Insights Presented by A.D. Coleman
Sponsored by Stella M. Holmes
$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members, Art Fair VIP card holders, and exhibitors.
Kindly Respond By: Friday, December 2, 2011
305.284.5587 or lowersvp@as.miami.edu
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The University of Miami Lowe Art Museum presents 150 photographic works by seven photographers from mainland China in the exhibition, China: Insights, on view November 12, 2011 – January 15, 2012. The artists explore the relationship between contemporary photography and visual culture by undertaking the creation of a long-term documentation of one or more aspects of Chinese culture that reflects something vital about China now – whether that is something emerging or something vanishing.
The seven photographers – Chen Yuan Zhong, Hua Er, Jia Yu Chuan, Li Nan, Yang Yan Kang, Yu Haibo, and Zhang Xinmin – earn their livings as either freelance or staff photographers (or, in one case, as a freelance writer). Collectively, these photographers have numerous publications, exhibitions, and awards to their credit, but little of their work has appeared outside mainland China.

“China: Insights complements the Lowe’s rich holdings in traditional Chinese pre-modern art”, said Brian A. Dursum, the Lowe’s Director and Chief Curator, whose area of specialty is Chinese art and pre-modern history.

Six of the seven photographers – Chen Yuan Zhong, Hua Er, Jia Yu Chuan, Yang Yan Kang, Yu Haibo, and Zhang Xinmin – are based in Shenzhen. Just across the border from Hong Kong in southern China, Shenzhen was the first of the Special Economic Opportunity Zones established by China in the post-Mao era, as magnets for entrepreneurs and educated people in all fields. Already a world-renowned center for printing and information technology, among other industries, Shenzhen was a fishing and farming community with a population of roughly 20,000 in 1980. Today it is a booming 21st-century metropolis whose population exceeds 13 million, with an average per-capita age of 30. As such, it serves as a microcosm revealing many of the dramatic shifts in contemporary China. The exhibition moves from the rural scene to the metropolitan context, echoing developments in China today.

While some of these photographers focus on aspects of life in their home city, others look at situations outside of Shenzhen. Their themes include rural Catholicism, matrilineal culture in an agrarian setting, the population shift from country to city, prostitution, gender and identity, typologies of urban citizenry, and the emergence of a thriving pop music/club scene as an index of internationalization. They approach their subjects employing methods ranging from classic modernist documentary to more formally experimental styles. The exhibition’s images and texts make it relevant to such diverse disciplines as visual anthropology, sociology, urban studies, economics, geopolitics, Asian studies, and, of course, contemporary photography and visual culture.

Produced by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, with production assistance from the Flying Dragon Cultural Enterprises, Ltd, Hong Kong. Curated by A.D. Coleman and Gu Zheng. Partial support for the exhibition provided through the Funding Arts Network, Inc.

The Lowe Art Museum is located at the University of Miami at 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables. Gallery and Museum Store hours: Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 – 4:00; Sunday: 12:00 – 4:00; Monday: Closed. Regular Admission (not including special events) is $10; $5 for Seniors and Non-UM Students; Free for Lowe Art Museum Members, University of Miami students, faculty and staff, and children under 12. For more information, call 305.284.3535 or visit www.lowemuseum.org
$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members

Richard Haley Mary, Richard, Clouds and Dirt Opening 11/12/11

Bas Fisher Invitational Presents Richard Haley: Mary, Richard, Clouds and Dirt
With a special performance by Mary Elizabeth Anderson
Opening Reception: Saturday November 12, 7-10pm
Bas Fisher Invitational
180 NE 39th Street, suite 210
in Miami’s Design District

Performance: Saturday December 4, 8 pm

Open 9am-4pm during Art Basel Miami Beach

Closing: January 2012

Richard Haley’s practice incorporates sculpture, video and actions in which he attempts to force his will on the environment through sleight of hand and fanciful propositions. Deeply indebted to earthworks, Haley’s work explores our perception of the unseen and the vernacular of the romantic unknown of nature.

For his first solo exhibition in Miami, Haley shows several new works created in situ in Detroit and documented in the precise conditions that best capture the constructed phenomena. Three of these actions will be duplicated in Miami: A corps of volunteers wipes oil from their own skin onto a rectangle on the western-facing wall of a building, which glows golden-orange as the sun sets. A device inserted in the ground causes the site to swell up and meet the bottom of the sky. The artist arranges for a black rainbow to appear in the night’s sky several times a week.

On Saturday, December 4 at 8pm, Mary Anderson will perform a puppet-assisted lecture in the gallery, re-contextualizing the work in the exhibition as a set and props.

Richard Haley was born and raised in California, and currently lives and works in Detroit. His work was recently included in the exhibition Sea Worthy at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York. Haley is represented by Another Year in L.A. in Los Angeles, where his work can be seen in the group show YOU ARE ME (Artists Influenced by Stephen Kaltenbach) opening on November 17. More on Richard’s work at www.richardhaley.com.

Mary Elizabeth Anderson (born in Hollywood, CA; lives and works in Detroit) is an artist/scholar and Assistant Professor in the department of Theater and Dance at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her research has examined site-as-performer in the Australian central desert and Detroit. For the past two years with her touring company Performance Exchange she has created quasi-fictional accounts of the historic origins and culture of Detroit.
For more information, contact Bas Fisher Invitational at info@basfisherinvitational.com

image: OF THE SKY” 2011- cast latex, spouse hair, thread, clouds, water, & photograph
www.basfisherinvitational.com
info@basfisherinvitational.com

AmnestyUM Presents First Annual Jamnesty Festival for Human Rights 11/16/11

AmnestyUM Presents First Annual Jamnesty Festival for Human Rights
Wednesday, November 16th 7-11pm
UC Rock
University of Miami

Featuring live art, interactive dialogue and activities, opportunities for involvement, music and much more!

This years theme: Women’s Empowerment Through Education
Fundraiser benefiting a student project by Rotaract UM

Volunteer positions still available! amnestyinternationalum@gmail.com
First twenty volunteers get a free Jamnesty t-shirt!

Cherished Youth A Photographic Exhibition 11/12/11

“Cherished Youth”, A Photographic Exhibition
11/12/11, 7pm-11pm
Mosa House Gallery
2242 NW 1st Place
Miami
www.davidgarylloyd.com

“CHERISHED YOUTH.” A PHOTOGRAPHY-BASED SHOW BY DAVID GARY A Premier Exhibition of David Gary’s Newest Series.

Mosa House Gallery is pleased to present Cherished Youth, a solo exhibition by David Gary. The opening reception will be on Novem- ber 12, from 7-11 pm, during Wynwood Arts District Second Saturday Art Walk. The exhibition will only be on view to the public for the opening reception, then will be by appointment only. The gallery is located at 2242 NW 1st Place, Miami, FL 33127.

David Gary’s Cherished Youth is a series of autobiographical works that seek to explore the sociological effects of contemporary culture on today’s youth. Using a seven year old girl as the protagonist in storybook-like im- agery, Gary expresses the inevitable persuasions and gimmicks that are imposed on children.

Public welcome

Words & Wine Featuring 1,000 Fuegos 11/9/11

Words & Wine Featuring 1,000 Fuegos
11/9/11, 9p-3a
The Electric Pickle
2826 North Miami Ave
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Ladies, Gentlemen, honey badgers and the like:
If you have not had the pleasure of witnessing it for yourself, this is a lovely venue that offers local and international talent. It is very cozy, well lit atmosphere where everyone can be themselves.

Very exciting stuff happening! We just celebrated our one year anniversary and let me tell you we could have not been given a better birthday gift then the Award for Best Open Mic in 2011 published by the Miami New Times!

3$ Beers 5$Wine & 5$ Shots

Featuring 1,000 Fuegos

This is just the very beginning, join us for our Open Mic Every Wednesday! Let’s get together and continue to share good vibes and creativity. Miami is redefining it’s Art scene and our movement has created a pavement for poets, musicians, dancers, thinkers, lovers, and people who just need to get away and express themselves freely.

Let’s once again get together, drink some wine, share some thoughts and be happy.

The Electric Pickle will be opening up the back patio for us under two conditions. 1) NO Jamming Outside, the neighbors have been complaining. We will have intermissions between acts for the jammers to play on stage throughout the night. Take it all out of your system on stage! 2) No Smuggling Of Drinks Please! If anyone is seen with a drink purchased outside of the pickle, you will be asked to leave and not return. Please respect this event and the establishment. Thanks guys! See you Tomorrow

18+ for girls
5$ For anyone under 21 and free for those over 21
Great Drink Specials Full Bar

Please help to continue this event at this venue. Please do not bring your own drinks, they have a full bar inside. Let’s Have a great time responsibly and keep this venue clean and beautiful.
If any questions please call

Nikki Rodriguez at 786|728|4748 or
Lou Roman 305|298|8759.
www.electricpicklemiami.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Words-And-Wine-Poetry

Beck’s Emerging Artist Exhibition 11/12/11

Beck’s Emerging Artist Exhibition
11.12.11, 9pm
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 NW 23rd Street
Miami
www.cafeinamiami.com

Miami Magazine and Beck’s Beer invite you to celebrate the 2nd Saturday showing of Beck’s Emerging Artist Exhibition!

Join the judges including Luis Tigual – Editor in Chief of Miami Magazine, Norelkys Blazekovic – Irreversible: An International Art Project, Nick Cindric – Curator and Private Art Consultant of NC Contemporary, and Giselle Devera – Curator as they crown a “Best in Show” artist and two runners up!

LIVE music on the terrace by Artofficial with sounds by Supercede. RSVP early for table reservations and 1 bottle of Kettle One for $150. $7 Chivas 18 all night long.

Miami Beach Foundation to Honor Renowned Stem Cell Scientist 11/12/11

MacArthur “Genius” Award Recipient to accept research grant at Havana Casino Night
Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 8 PM to 12 AM
Artrageous Gallery
Village of Merrick Park
330 San Lorenzo Avenue #2305
Coral Gables, FL 33146

RSVP (required): The reception is open to the public. RSVP to (305) 968-8024 or email Sabrina@sabrinacohenfoundation.org

Dr. Sally Temple to receive a $25,000 grant from the Sabrina Cohen Foundation

On Saturday, November 12, Dr. Sally Temple, a pioneer in neural stem cell research, will accept a grant and speak about her work at the Havana Casino Night Fundraiser. The hosts of the evening include DMR, Artrageous Gallery, Thierry’s Catering and the Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research, who will award their third grant of $25,000 to Dr. Temple.

“My foundation is elated to support such promising work and eager to award our third research grant to Dr. Temple to further her research and ensure our commitment to this field” said Sabrina Cohen, who founded her nonprofit to raise awareness and funds for stem cell research.

Dr. Temple, Scientific Director of The Neural Stem Cell Institute, who first discovered that the Central Nervous System contains stem cells, will be the Keynote Speaker and Award Recipient of the night.

The event will include a cocktail reception and delicious dining from Miami’s finest, Thierry’s Catering, followed by a poker tournament and other gaming activities such as blackjack, craps and roulette. Artrageous Gallery, a contemporary art gallery full of cutting-edge local and international artists, will be the venue of this special evening.

Based in Miami Beach, the Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research, a 501c3 non-profit organization, was founded in 2006 by advocate and quadriplegic, Sabrina Cohen, who has been living with a spinal cord injury since 1992. The foundation is dedicated to becoming a leader in the fight against disease and recognized as an “Organization for Cures.”

Event sponsors: DMR, Artrageous Gallery, Thierry’s Catering and Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP

For more information about the fundraiser, please visit Havana Casino Night.

Duets Domingo Castillo at DV 11/12/11

Duets- Domingo Castillo at DV
Dimensions Variable
171 NE 38th Street
Design District, Miami, Florida 33137
www.dimensionsvariable.net

November 12 – December 31, 2011
Dimensions Variable is pleased to present Duets—a project by Miami-based artist Domingo Castillo. The exhibition will run from November 12 through December 31, 2011.

There is no further information or imagery availble regarding this exhibition.

Born Domingo Castillo on October 31st, 1967 in Dallas, Texas. His father left him when he was 4 years old and since then, has had many stepfathers. In his teenage years, he was a poor student who got dismal grades and skipped school often. He was 18 when he was in the 10th grade, and dropped out of school. During the late 80s Domingo made a living by washing cars. He observed the culture and dancing of some of his peers, and later signed up at a local nightclub as a performer. He was natural at rapping and dancing and needless to say, the audience loved him.

Closing of Oxenberg’s Group Show 11/12/11

Closing of Oxenberg’s Group Show
Saturday, November 12, 7-10PM.
155 NE 38th Street, Suite 100
Miami Design District
Miami, FL 33137
www.oxenbergart.com

You are cordially invited to attend the closing of Oxenberg’s Group Show in the Design District on Saturday, November 12, 7-10PM.

We will have a business card drawing entitling the winner to a $1000 additional discount on any artwork of the winner’s choice.

The drawing is at 8:45PM during the Closing Reception, winner must be present.

Image: Roberto Edwards Radhames Mejia (Dominican Rep.) #2, 51 x 39.5 inches, Archival Lambda Color Photograph

Cristina Lei Rodriguez Exhibition Opening at Fredric Snitzer Gallery 11/10/11

Cristina Lei Rodriguez Exhibition Opening at Fredric Snitzer Gallery
Thursday November 10, 6-9pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127

Cristina Lei Rodriguez
Change
November 10 – December 17, 2011

Fredric Snitzer Gallery is pleased to announce Change, a solo exhibition of new sculptures by Cristina Lei Rodriguez. The exhibition will run from November 10 to December 17, 2011, and an opening reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, November 10th, from 6-9 p.m. Cristina Lei Rodriguez’s exhibition will be on view through Art Basel Miami Beach.

Change expresses the artist’s transformative and evolving motivation to excavate new territories in sculptural rhetoric, materials, and minimalist-inspired abstraction. Stripping away and manipulating elements, destroying and then reconstructing complete pieces are among the methods catalyzing the development of Rodriguez’s dynamic new series. Now, Rodriguez’s sculptures are directed by the formal principles of sculpture; form, color, material, and scale. This results in a new body of abstract sculptures that are organic, minimalist, and continue to maintain the landscape element that is signature to her aesthetic.

By twisting, crushing, bending, and painting materials including epoxy, gold wire mesh, fashion accessories, tree branches, faux fur, and various metal objects, Rodriguez entices the viewer with pieces that are both familiar and surprisingly incongruous. Forms are often adorned with precious objects along side forgettable everyday objects, like black shrink wrap with Swarovski crystals. Complementing these sculptures with aluminum, Plexiglas, and raw wood, the artist balances the natural and industrial, the feminine and masculine.

Rodriguez’s work has been exhibited in many museums and galleries including the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; the Hessel Museum at Bard College, New York; the Serpentine Gallery, London; North Miami Art Museum, Miami; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; De la Cruz Collection, Miami; The Rubell Family Collection, Miami; Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland; and the 2nd Athens Biennale, Greece.

Fredric Snitzer Gallery is open from Tuesday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm. For more information and images regarding this exhibition, please contact 305.448.8976 or info@snitzer.com.

The Frost Art Museum presents Two Exhibitions Opening on Target Wednesday After Hours 11/9/11

The Frost Art Museum presents Two Exhibitions Opening on Target Wednesday After Hours
November 9, 2011. 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33199
Admission: Free

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum will host the opening reception of two new exhibitions, Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s Private Collection and color on color. These new exhibitions focus on contemporary artists from France, some of which have never been seen by the public before. Visitors will have the opportunity to view paintings by prominent and well-known contemporary French artists from the private collections in Florida and celebrated Geometric Abstraction artists from the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires (MACBA). Join us for the opening reception during Target Wednesday After Hours on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. which is free and open to the public.

This exhibition of Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s Private Collections, presented by The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at FIU and in collaboration with the Consulate General of France and the France-Florida Foundation for the Arts, is born from a desire to measure the presence of French art, diffused yet significant, in private collections of the region. The elaboration phase of the exhibition demonstrated the abundance of collections in Florida and the generosity of the collectors. Together these artists demonstrate a number of interesting perspectives as it showcases artists of international renown, like Christian Boltanski and Sophie Calle; artists not well recognized in Florida, outside of the circle of well-versed collectors, like Jean-Pierre Khazem and Denise A. Aubertin, and young artists like Gyan Panchal. Also lending to the exhibitions perspective are works from The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, which relies on the articulation between visual arts and writing.

color on color marks the inaugural exhibition of the collaboration of The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami and Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires (MACBA). This exhibition includes works by Ilya Bolotwosky, Alexander Liberman, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and Joel Stein among many others. Curated by Constanza Cerullo, this will be the first of an on-going series of programs and exhibitions between the two institutions.

This event is free and open to the public.
Also on view:
Florida Artist Series: Humberto Calzada: The Fire Next Time through January 8, 2011
Magdalena Fernandez: 2iPM009 through January 8, 2011
Modern Meals: Remaking American Foods from Farm to Kitchen through January 8, 2011
Tirzo Martha: Afro-Victimize through December 4

Miami Arts Charter School and Gallery 212 Art Basel Opening Night Gala Fundraiser 11/30/11

Miami Arts Charter School and Gallery212 Art Basel Opening Night Gala Fundraiser
November 30th, 8:00 PM-Midnight
Art Basel at Gallery212 Miami
2407 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33137
Website
Price: $50.00
Tickets

Exhibition Running December 1, 2, 3 & 4 – January, 2012

Meet the Artist Gala
Miami Arts Charter School is pleased to announce a collaborative effort with Gallery212 Miami in the Wynwood arts district during Art Basel Miami 2011.

All tickets are VIP-
There will be light food and beverage provided by Catch Grill & Bar Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay. Surprise Art Installations, Musical, Vocal and Instrumental Performances by the Miami Arts Charter School Students.

Arts enthusiasts and supporters won’t want to miss this great opportunity to review and purchase the works of our MAC art and photo students alongside Miami’s finest visual artists, international artists and photographers.

Featured Resident Artists:
Michael Perez
John Pate
John Pate N.
Featured Art Basel Artists:
Jose Yossi (Brazil)
Mariella Sosa; “Through the Lens”
Matt Stock Photography; “Hidden Groves”, “Stiltsville Iluminated”
Featured Resident Emerging Artists:
Sean Murdock
Jonathan Dvoretz
Henry Souto (Sculptor)

These exciting events will feature student art and photography works by Miami Arts Charter School’s top visual artists. Guests will also enjoy featured musical performances by the Miami Arts Charter School Jazz Collective and string chamber music ensembles.

This is a great opportunity for art collectors to support Miami Arts Charter School as 10% of all sales proceeds from the following two events will be donated to our school. MAC students will also be presenting original works for sale.

Miami Arts Charter School and Gallery212 Very Special Pre-Art Basel Artwalk Fundraiser 11/12/11

Art Walk – Art Basel Special Preview
November 12th, 6:00 PM-11:00 PM
Gallery212 Miami
2407 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33137
www.Gallery212miami.com

Catch Grill & Bar Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay in association with Miami Arts Charter School present the Gallery 212 Miami November Art Walk “A Very Special Art Basel Sneak Preview”. Open to the public, the exhibition kicks off with the opening next Saturday, November 12, 2011 from 6pm to 11pm during Art Walk in Wynwood Art District’s most cutting-edge Gallery 212 Miami. Art enthusiasts will not want to miss this Art Basel Preview event, including surprise art installations and pop-up music, vocal and instrumental performances by the students of Miami Arts Charter School (MACS).

Gallery 212 Miami – “Join the Miami Art Movement!” Resident Artists: NY Pop Artist Michael Perez, John Pate, new sculpture painting and design by Johnny Pate, and two emerging artists Sean Murdock and Jonathan Dvoretz, who are already professionals in photography and videogrraphy and are coming into their own in Miami with Gallery 212 as they are as much a part of the foundation of the Miami Art Movement. Sculptor Henry Souto has been with Gallery 212 Miami and Michael Perez for almost two years and is happy to present his colorful sculpture interior designs this year for the first time during Wynwood Art Basel.

Gallery 212 Miami – I am only as good as the artists who make me. Featured Artists:

“Crossroads” – Preview Select Masterpieces from the Celebrated Brazilian Painter Jose Yossi. With works showcasing currently at Sao Paolo’s most important gallery, ‘A Galeria’, Gallery 212 Miami is proud to host Yossi’s United States debut. On November 12 see the preview piece ‘Blue Tower’ of his ‘Crossroads’ series – Meet the artist himself on November 30, 2011 when he arrives from Brazil to celebrate with his fans and family in Miami [see additional event details and ticketing for the “Meet the Artists” event below***].

– Mariella Sosa, Through the Lens® “Celebrities & Sitios” ~ Portraits of Latin Icons and Captivating Landscapes all Mastered by this “Magician of the Lens”. Mareilla’s work will thrill us all as we enjoy an inside look at her work – She is well-known in the local and Latin community and is said to capture the true spirit of her subjects.

– Matt Stock Photography, Painting with Light in the Dark® “Hidden Groves” & “Stiltsville Illuminated” -The result of the process created and developed by this award-winning photographer’s nighttime photography. November 12 will showcase a very special preview piece from his upcoming event called ‘Stiltsville Illuminated” in Miami. Matt Stock and his crew risk their lives to get their shots – standing in the tides surrounded by jellyfish and bull sharks to get the shots that sometimes take up to 4 hours to create! Gallery 212 Miami is thrilled to have the opportunity to help introduce Matt Stock Photography to the art world.

[Please Note: Mark your calendars for November 12, November 30 AND December 1-4 at Gallery 212 Miami! This show is a Preview of the Gallery 212 Miami Art Basel Artists’ Exhibition – There will be an entire new series of Artwork on Exhibition starting November 30th, 2011 and it can be seen for the first time at our Opening Night Gala, where you can Meet the Artists (One Night Only/Tickets***) on November 30th, 2011. The art will be on exhibit throughout Art Basel Miami until January, 2012.]

Catch Grill & Bar ~ Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay pledges continued dedication to building local business and community through the Arts by presenting several beautiful events in collaboration with Gallery 212 Miami during Wynwood Art Walks and now for the months of November and December into Art Basel – making an amazing team with the gallery group for these events. Catch Grill & Bar Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay will provide light food and beverage during art walk alongside invitations handed out for guests to dine at the Catch Grill & Bar Miami Patio overlooking the beautiful Biscayne Bay Marina. [Editor’s Choice – Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy the Live Music Series at the Catch / Marriott Patio every Thursday evening from 6-11 with entertainment produced by Rodd Pratt Presents.]

Since opening their doors in Wynwood in February it has been the dream of Gallery 212 Miami, Pop Artist Michael Perez, Miami Publicist and all of the gallery team to find creative ways to give back to Arts Education in the immediate neighborhood as they had before on state levels (NY, FL) to local and international levels (Food for the Poor, Pink Heals with the Miami Fire Department in October 2010, for example). It is just this that they intend to do with the months of November and December (Art Basel) and beyond, by dedicating a series of special events to the exposure and to raising funds for the Miami Arts Charter School.

Dinner and Dialogue 11/7/11

Dinner and Dialogue
11/7/2011, 9 PM – 12 AM
Kane Steakhouse
431 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

www.ae-collective.com

AE District & Kane Steakhouse brings you the preview of Dinner & Dialogue a weekly dinner (Mondays) of the like-minded…

We will also be hosting a monthly gathering bringing together a group to discuss the world we’re living in. Drawing inspiration from newspapers, magazines, and online content, we’ll unpack what we’ve been told and come up with our own answers.

Never taking ourselves too seriously “Dinner & Dialogue” will be about influential, culturally engaged people, great conversation, amazing food, and great music.

Please Join Us For The Birthday Celebration Of Erik Yehezkel & Elizabeth Eidelson!!!

Music By: AE Collective
www.ae-collective.com

Dinner Reservations Required: info@gorillasrevolution.com

The Foundry presents I Heart Art 11/10/11

Do you HEART art?
Thursday, 7 – 10 pm
1035 North Miami Avenue

The kickoff event of The Foundry! www.legalartmiami.org/iheartart.

LegalArt is pleased to announce the launch of its new patrons’ society, The Foundry, at its kickoff event “I Heart Art.” The Foundry is being sponsored by Media8, a premier digital advertising firm, during its Winter 2011 season. The launch event will take place at the LegalArt lofts from 7pm to 10pm. The event is expected to draw a crowd of over 300 young professionals and arts supporters for an evening of amazing artwork, performances, music, cocktails and food.

“I Heart Art” will feature an exhibition by LegalArt artists-in-residence and local artists including: Pachi Giustinian, Jiae Hwang, Manny Prieres, TM Sisters, Viking Funeral, Brookhart Jonquil, Justin Broadbent, Agustina Woodgate, Typoe, Santiago Rubino, Farley Aguilar, Karelle Levy, and Friends With You. The event will also feature an open bar with complimentary cocktails provided by Corzo tequila and premium beer provided by Peroni, as well as passed hors d’oeuvres provided by The Local Craft Food & Drink. The celebration will include music, performances, interactive art activities and a few other surprises. An after party with drink specials will be hosted down the block at the neighborhood’s newest bar, The Corner.

The Foundry is membership based and consists of an elite group of Miami professionals from all industries who are dedicated to supporting the development of local artists and their businesses. The group will host a variety of events and benefits throughout the year to support LegalArt and its mission: to empower artists by providing professional education, legal referral assistance, and a live/work residency incubator. Membership includes complimentary entry to The Foundry’s events, discount tickets for members’ guests to events, discount tickets to LegalArt events, and exclusive VIP opportunities. Memberships can be purchased at the “I Heart Art” event for a discounted rate of $60 for a single membership, and $100 two memberships purchased together. The first 50 members and their guests will be invited to an exclusive rooftop cocktail party on December 2, 2011 during Art Basel, Miami Beach.

Tickets for “I Heart Art” can be purchased in advance for $10 online at www.legalartmiami.org/iheartart and will also be sold at the door for $15. The amount of the ticket price will be taken off of the purchase price of membership. For additional information, please contact Dominique Breard at Dominique@legalartmiami.org or 786.347.2360.

Transmitting Divinity Tibetan Art at Dharma Studio 11/26/11

Transmitting Divinity Tibetan Art
Saturday November 26, 7 – 10
Dharma Studio
3170 Commodore Plaza
Coconut Grove, Fl 33133

Karma Phuntsok. Transmitting Divinity Tibetan Art

Dharma Studio cordially invites you to the artist reception for Karma Phuntsok. Transmitting Divinity Tibetan Art

November 26 – December 11, 2011
Karma Phuntsok’s unique and dynamic expression of contemporary Buddhist art is at once steeped in ancient Tibetan culture and at the same time completely breaks free from strict cultural norms and rules. His art and life are reflections of each other. His paintings ooze compassion, humor, confidence, deep thought, peace and strength. Stare long enough at any piece and you will continue to see something new and thought provoking. Karma often beautifully, intelligently shines a spotlight on political and philosophical ideas.

Karma was still a child in Tibet when in 1959 he along with 80,000 other refugees that year followed His Holiness the Dalai Lama into exile. As a refugee in India he excelled at art and eventually was an apprentice to master Tibetan Thangka painter in Nepal. There Karma learned the ancient techniques such as mixing the pigments tempering them with herbs, and how to hem the canvases and string them in a wood frame. He became thoroughly immersed in not just the particular disciplines of painting but also the rich symbolism and allegory that underlie the Thangka technique

Karma now lives with his wife and son in a charming cottage in the rolling bushlands north of Kyogle, Australia. The dense forest visible from the clearing surrounding their home, lays the fertile ground for what springs to life on his canvas. The art of Karma Phunstok is a modern expression of an ancient craft, a time-honored tradition interwoven with 21st century inspiration. His wealth of imagery and allegory flow from the richness of his life experience: from a childhood in Chinese-occupied Tibet, coming of age as a refugee in India, an apprenticeship in Nepal, and his love of the Australian outback. His work is internationally acclaimed, and his paintings hang in private and public collections and galleries worldwide.

Karma travels the world exhibiting his art. Most recently he was featured in a one-man show, “Sacred Painting”, in honor of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Sidney, Australia, and a well received individual exhibition “Magie du Tibet” at Galerie Métanoia in Paris, France. His exhibitions have included the Queen’s Hall at Parliament House in Melbourne, and his exhibition at “Tibet Art Now” for the Dalai Lama’s visit to Amsterdam. Throughout the years Karma has done many paintings for the Dalai Lama including one that hangs in his Holiness’ temple in Dharamsala India.

Program:
November 26 to December 11, 2011
Show on view at Dharma Studio. Hours: weekdays 2-5pm, weekends 3pm-10pm
SATURDAY November 26, 7-10 pm
Opening Reception
Monday November 28, 7 – 10 pm
Art Starts in the Grove
Friday December 9, 7pm
Artist Talk at Dharma Studio
Tibetan Buddhist practices and art
Saturday December 10 & Sunday December 11
Traditional Tibetan Art Class
at Blu Moon Art Studioa
in Coconut Grove
3444 Main Hwy. Top Floor.
Call 305 794 0329

Art Basel Launch Party at Hotel Urbano on Brickell 11/10/11

Art Basel Launch Party!
Thursday, November 10th 2011 7-10 p.m.
Hotel Urbano
2500 Brickell Avenue
Miami, Florida 33129
Valet Parking on premises.
www.hotelurbano.com

Hotel Urbano & Art Fusion Galleries Proudly Presents: The 2011 Art Basel Launch & Reception of “Fusion VIII – Synesthesia”

Hotel Urbano & Art Fusion Galleries have once again joined creative forces to showcase and host our 2011 Art Basel Launch Reception featuring a collection of spectacular works of art! The new art exhibition titled, “Fusion VIII – Synesthesia”

Live Music by “Amereida”
Full-Service Bar
Specialty pool-side cocktails
Light Hors-d’oeuvres

will run from October through December 2011 at the Hotel Urbano, displaying a variety of contemporary art work which is sure to feature something to appeal to everyone.

Hotel Urbano also features the Dali, Picasso and Van Gogh Conference Rooms which provide a warm, art filled back drop for private or corporate functions. Or for your perfect weekend getaway, join us poolside with your favorite specialty drink, unwind in the hot tropical sun and enjoy all the flavors of Miami and Hotel Urbano!

Carlos Cabeza New Works at O. Ascanio Gallery Miami 11/12/11

Carlos Cabeza New Works at November’s Second Saturday Gallery Walk
November 12 from 7-10p.m.
O. Ascanio Gallery
2600 NW Second Avenue
Wynwood Arts District
www.oascaniogallery.com

Carlos Cabeza Returns To Miami To Debut New Works At O. Ascanio Gallery

A year after his successful Miami show, contemporary Venezuelan artist Carlos Cabeza prepares to wow local art lovers with his latest creation, “Conscious Painting” – a series of stream- of–conscious paintings, drawings and decoupages.

The solo-exhibition, made up of 28 works, will be on display from November 3 to November 20 with an opening reception on November 3, and presented during November’s Second Saturday Gallery Walk on November 12.

“Conscious Painting” made its European debut in Paris in the Cappelini showroom and Atelier 7 (Picasso’s workroom in 1912) with rave reviews. His Rhythmic Paintings exhibit in Miami last year, which was well-received by art critics, helped catapult O. Ascanio Gallery to be among the more respected galleries in Wynwood.

Cabeza, who is Paris-based and whose works were featured in Capellini’s retrospective catalog titled: “This is Not a Catalog, This is History”, said that this collection is much more “intimate” than past works.

“I insisted on working with less complicated dimensions and a much slower conscious creative process that spanned a year,” said Cabeza. “I was working in a dimension of realization that lies between the mind and the interactive world.”

Precious a 32” x 42” black and white painting made up of ebbless sequential patterns, depicts a woman’s bust wrapped in a fur. Similar to other pieces in this collection, the feminine form is provocative and her look is piercing. In the aptly named Kaleidescope, Cabeza uses a kaleidoscopic burst of vivid colors and angles to frame symmetrical female silhouettes reminiscent of 60s style.

Miami NewTimes art critic Carlos Suarez de Jesus said Cabeza’s work is “hallucinatory.” “Using a stream-of-conscious approach to the subject matter, the artist creates canvases that vibrate with an inherent energy that seems to send out shock waves,” said Suarez de Jesus.

O. Ascanio Gallery is located at 2600 NW Second Avenue in the Wynwood Arts District and has featured works by arts giants that include Jesus Soto, Carlos Cruz Diez, Alejandro Otero, Edgar Negret, Lina Sinisterra, Victor Lucena, Francisco Salazar, Bernar Venet, Bernard Aubertin, Agostino Bonalumi and Fernando Mignoni. For more information visit www.oascaniogallery.com.

Image: Kaledoscope, 2011, 107 x 81 cm, Acrylic On Canvas

Downtown Full Moon Party 11/10/11

Downtown Full Moon Party
Thursday November 10, 9pm – 3am
Villa 221
221 17th Street
Miami, FL 33132
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168701579889678

We Are Back At The Place Where It All Started…

Join us for our next Full Moon party at Villa 221… The “downtown FULL MOON party will host its biggest event to date. Get ready for a spiritual Celebration of Life through meditation, music, dancing, entertainment, sharing, loving, and accepting…

Free Admission – No Cover – Donate if you can!

Free Parking (Come early and park for free in the two adjacent lots)
Also, plenty of street metered parking are also available…

Featuring:
Live Music: Cleaveland Jones and his band
Sacred Performances: The Goddess Dancers (www.goddessdancers.com)
Eclectic Sounds: DJ Umber Bandi-Ville
Master Drummer: Esteban Camacho aka MR. Bongoman
Sax Soloist: Leon Morley
Sitarist: RAJI
Poi / Fire Performances: Lucy Galant & Kikimora
Free Intro Capoeira Class: Professor Gigante (Capoeira Abolicao)

Plus: AcroYoga :: Fire Performers :: Hoola Hoop :: Double Dutch :: Belly Dancers :: Henna Tattoo :: Tarot Readers :: Drum Circle (Bring your drums if you have any; Drumming starts at Midnight) :: Tasty and healthy Food :: Cocktails :: Massage :: and Much more…

Benefiting: La Luchi Foundation
A portion of the event proceeds will be donated to La Luchi Foundation, utilizing holistic health resources to enrich the lives of urban youth…

Dresscode: We strongly encourage everyone to dress Creatively and Outrageous! (Creative Costumes are very welcomed & admired… Think “Burning Man”)

Drummers / Performers: We have an Open House policy for performers and drummers… If you want to bring your props to perform and show your talents, you are invited to do so. We also invite all drummers to bring their drums to join in our Drumming Sessions and Let Your Beats Be Heard!

Hosted By: Fritz “e”, Gary James Fitzsimmons; Tracie Samara; Sol Amor, Oscar Vidal
Invite Your Friends!

Multiversal Miami 2011 12/1-4/11

Multiversal Miami 2011

Thursday, December 1 – Sunday, December 5
During Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
Multiversal Miami Event Space
193 NW 24th Street
Wynwood Arts District
Miami, FL 33137
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2011 Multiversal Is More Than Art Gallery Featured Artists: A Squid Called Sebastian, Alex Spitia, Alicia Casillas, Aliett Kramer, Buddy Nestor, Chelsea Greene Lewyta, Cristina Rivera, Crystal Barbe, Customz, Danelly Liz, Dekal, Diana Henao, Dianaya, Dubelyoo, Ed King, Elizabelth Virginaia Levesque, Erasmo Garcia, Eric Bonhomme, Fifty Three, Floyd, Frankie Curran, Freddy Jimenez, Glenn Arthur, Italia Rubio, Jason Page, Jean Paul Mallozi, Johannah O’Donnell, Joshua Rhodes, Kat Gun, Kazilla, Kelly McKernan, Luzalma Gonzales, Marc Paper Scissor, Marcello Ibanez, Megan Frauenhoffer, Richard Alan Haugh, Ruben Ubiera, Serafima Sokolov, Stuntkid, Teepop, Vaghe, Victor Hugo Vaca Jr

Multiversal Gallery Artists: Aleloop, Denise Diaz, Artmima, Bahapta, C.S. McNeil, Pop Art by Misha, Amberwind, Kris Starry, Vionette Torres, Jason Page, Erin Jay, Diana Pantgola, Pay Aponte, Andrew Ackerman, Gina Panzarella, Pop Mortem, Zophia Bogusz, Sean Murdock, Evoca1, Dani + The Arts, Pachucho Madrid, Brandy Rumiez, Prudence Groube, Tobi Salver, Eric Torriente, Rocksoup Studios, MLK, FDC Crew, and more TBA

Partners: More Than Art Group, Life is Art, deviantART
Sponsors: Indie Film Club, Joy Taylor Studios, Pioneer, A Girl’s Best Friend, by1982, Control Salon, Bare Minerals, Hi-Tech Paul Mitchel School, A.G.E., I Make Dope Beats, WeMerge Magazine, Methodus

Scheduled Events (Click Here for the Full Schedule)
Thu / Dec 1:
11am-12pm: VIP Screening and Champagne Brunch / $20 entry
12pm-5pm: Gallery Open to public / free
2pm-3pm: Film Festival & Promotional drinks / free
6pm-12am: Opening show, Special events, Fashion show, Promotional drinks, Live performances, music and DJ’s / $5

Fri / Dec 2:
12pm-5pm: Gallery Open to public / free
2pm-3pm: Film Festival & Promotional drinks / free
6pm-12am: Special events, Fashion show, Promotional drinks, Live performances, music and DJ’s until / $5

Sat / Dec 3:
12pm-5pm: Gallery Open to public / free
2pm-3pm: Film Festival & Promotional drinks / free
6pm-12am: Special events, Fashion show, Promotional drinks, Live performances, music and DJ’s / $5

Sun / Dec 4:
12pm-5pm: Gallery Open to public / free
2pm-3pm: Film Festival & Promotional drinks / free
6pm-12am: Closing show, Special events, Fashion show, Promotional drinks, Live performances, music and DJ’s / $5

Miami: prepare to be wow-ed this December with a new and unique one-of-a-kind arts experience! From December 1-4, in the heart of the Wynwood Art District, you will be introduced to more than 120 of South Florida’s best as well as artists from all around the world. By encompassing almost 5,000 square feet, Multiversal will showcase their best visual and performance works under tented and open-air space in this can’t miss event.

Among our artists, you will find both established and emerging names from around the world. Their media will span fine arts, live art, sculpture, urban art, installations, photography, body painting, fashion and film festivals.

Around the artwork will swirl a vortex of belly dancers, BBOY’s, fire dancers, acrobats, exhibitionists, and extemporaneous theater — all to the rhythm of live and recorded music. Open to the public from Thursday-Sunday for an estimated 49 hours — more than any other scheduled Art Basel production — this will truly be a multiversal human experience.

The show will have a tented space and outdoor exhibit, conveniently located in the heart of Miami’s Wynwood Art District next to the Dorsch Gallery.

Photographs of Multifaceted The Multiversal Pre-Party & Mixer at Cafeina on 11/3/11

Multifaceted The Multiversal Pre-Party at Cafeina on Thursday, November 3, 2011.

Artists showcasing their artwork was:   BMD art, Cristina Isabel Rivera, Customz, Tatiana Enriquez, Gus Colors, Sean Glenn, Jennifer Maria Cordoba, Peter Fasi, Diana Contreras, Celia Reigle, Chris Riggs, Teepop, James Brutus, Ralph Ventura, Music by BOXWOOD &  TAMBOKA.  Fashion Shows with Fox House, Trash Fashions by Aidana Baldassarre, 41 Vintage Row by Nori Lance, CherryRootz by AnaMaria Fals, Ai Mei by Amy Rubi andDJ Music by George the Infinite. Special Fire Dancing Performance by The Cleric and get your Feather Extensions onsite by Control Salon.

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Sleepless Night at the Bass Museum of Art 11/5/11

Sleepless Night at the Bass Museum of Art
November 5 Saturday, 5 p.m. – 12 a.m.

Featuring: Marco Brambilla: CIVILIZATION, (2:40 minutes, single-channel high-def DVD loop)
Also on view: Laurent Grasso: Portrait of a Young Man
Apulian Vessel Gallery, Egyptian Gallery & Selections from the permanent collection.
8:00-8:30pm: Q&A with the artist led by Knight Curatorial Fellow, Kristin Korolowicz

Marco Brambilla’s “CIVILIZATION” — depicts a metaphysical journey from hell to heaven as represented by computer-altered found footage sampled from films both mainstream and obscure. Civilization (Megaplex) is an epic video mural containing 300 individual channels of looped video blended into a multi-layered seamless tableau of interconnecting images that illustrate a contemporary and often satirical take on the concepts heaven and hell.

Brambilla is an Italian-born Canadian artist and filmmaker who currently lives and works between New York and Los Angeles. Known for his early success with the 1993 science fiction film DEMOLITION MAN, the artist shifted from commercial work to video and photography projects and has since exhibited his art world-wide; including the Guggenheim Museum, NY, SF MOMA, New Museum, NY and others. Brambilla is represented by Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.

Additionally, for Sleepless Night – the Bass Museum will once again collaborate with the Miami International Piano Festival in presenting newly discovered pianists and prodigies. Come and enjoy a wonderful sampling of talented musicians for a Sleepless Night of classical music virtuosity. Thirty-minute programs offered hourly from 7-11pm.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For more information, call 305.673.7530 or visit www.bassmuseum.org

See Dr. Strange in his Cage on Saturday at Sleepless Night 11/5/11

Saturday November 5, 6PM until Midnight
Lincoln Road Mall near Washinton Avenue
Miami Beach, FL
This is a FREE event as part of Sleepless Night Miami Beach
More Info

Noted Brazilian composer, inventor of urban sound events and Miami favorite Livio Tragtenberg brings his audience interactive piece The Cabinet of Dr. Strange to Sleepless Night on Miami Beach. Commissioned for the São Paulo Bienal, The Cabinet of Dr. Strange is performed in a cage. Livio twice wowed Miami audiences at the Byron Carlyle Theater in 2005 with his Nervous City Orchestra.

“…a multicultural musical delight… Rarely, if ever, has South Florida’s much-vaunted musical multiplicity been so joyously presented.” – The Miami Herald

ArtCenter Spikes Palette with Botran Rum and Cafe Bustello for Sleepless Night 11/5/11

ArtCenter Spikes Palette with Botran Rum & Cafe Bustello – Sleepless Night
November 5, 2011 at 6:00 to midnight
ArtCenter South Florida
800 and 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Fl 33139
Miami, FL 33132
305.674.8278
www.artcentersf.org

Free and open to the public

Artcenter/South Florida Gets Sketchy For Sleepless Night 2011
Botran & Café Bustello Give Night a Kick with a Signature Cocktail

ArtCenter/South Florida is collaborating with a host of partners, upping the ante during Sleepless Night. Artists including Jordan Melnick of Sketchy Miami; a string quartet and brass quintet from Greater Miami Youth Symphony and ACSF artists-in-residents will be drawing and performing live throughout the event at alternating 800 and 924 Lincoln Road properties. The kicker: in keeping the night sleepless and saucy, Botran Rum will be sampling their exclusive Sleepless Night signature cocktail Café Ole.

ArtCenter wants to spend Sleepless Night with you 11/5/11

ArtCenter wants to spend Sleepless Night with you!
Saturday, Nov. 5th, 6-9PM
ArtCenter/ South Florida
800, 810 & 924 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305.674.8278
www.artcentersf.org

See you at: Outside of 924 Lincoln Road
Sleepless Night is a 13-hour art extravanganza throughout Miami Beach and, starting at 6 p.m., ArtCenter artists will be out in front of our 924 Lincoln Road studio complex waiting to create YOUR portrait.

Come by, sit with one of our amazing artists, and have your portrait done. It is also an opportunity to visit our artists’ studios. Only $5 to get your portrait done and $15 to take it home with you!

This event is a collaboration with Sketchy Miami, an art project that connects local artists and the general public through portraiture. Check www.sketchymiami.com to learn more!

The Auction Project launches at Tomorrowland 11/6/11

The Auction Project launches at Tomorrowland
Sunday, November 6th, 8:00pm – 12:00am
1368 North Miami Ave
Miami, Florida 33136

Join us Sunday for a cocktail reception sponsored by CORZO tequila.

The Auction Project is a published catalogue dedicated to representing single artworks made by young and emerging artists. The catalogue is produced in a traditional auction catalogue format, documenting the artwork and artists with short essays and providing market values. However, with the intention of creating a new platform for appreciating and purchasing artwork, The Auction Project catalogue itself is the vehicle for appreciating and purchasing the artwork.

That’s right, there is no auction. The “The Auction Project” name relates only to the format of the publication and not to how the artworks are sold. The catalogue’s essays as well its images allow art enthusiasts and prospective buyers to learn about the artist and context of the artwork in a familiar, but different setting.

The Auction Project’s founder and Editor-in-Chief, Lina Hargrett, has been involved in the art business, focusing on contemporary art and emerging artists, since graduating from University of Costa Rica with a degree in Art History in 2004. A Miami native, Hargrett realized that there is a strong disconnect between contemporary art and a general public interested in purchasing art. Reacting to this, she developed the auction catalogue concept of The Auction Project. The Auction Project’s goal is to promote artists commercially and in an educational way. Auction catalogues are a fundamental tool for documenting artworks and the market, and they are the perfect format for introducing emerging artists.

Participating artists have been selected based on the quality and contemporary relevance of their artwork. The catalogue does not perform as a curated art exhibition. Each artist has unique qualities and are not necessarily in dialogue with each other. Featured artists include: Brian Gefen (New York); Christopher Manning (New York); Jessica Laino (New York); Madeleine Davis (New York); Louise Erhard (Palm Beach); sleeper (Miami); Daniel Fishel (New York); Paula Searing (Philadelphia); Richard Vergez (Ft. Lauderdale); Joseriberto Perez (Miami); Shelter Serra (New York); and George Sanchez-Calderon (Miami).

The catalogue launch for Issue 1 will take place at TOMORROWLAND, a project space created by artist George Sanchez-Calderon. TOMORROWLAND, located on the edge of historic Overtown, was built in the 1940s and is experiencing a rebirth in this neighborhood that has suffered hardship for decades in Miami, FL. This gallery space allows for curators, artists and dealers to create discourse through art, design, urbanism and creativity.

About The Auction Project and Lina Hargrett
Lina Hargrett received a Master in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in London and a Bachelor in Art History from University of Costa Rica in San Jose. She has worked as Assistant Director at both I-20 Gallery in New York, NY and Fredric Snitzer Gallery in Miami, FL; internships include Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, and NY Arts Magazine. The Auction Project represents emerging artists in an auction catalogue format. Founded in 2011 by Lina Hargrett, each issue focuses on a distinct group of artists and artworks.

For more information please email: info@theauctionproject.com / tomorrowlandmiami@gmail.com
www.theauctionproject.com (coming soon)

Artist collective 305coLab takes over the Catalina Hotel for a Sleepless Night 11/5/11

Artist collective 305coLab takes over the Catalina Hotel for a Sleepless Night.
Satuday, November 5
Catalina Hotel

Meet the artist from 6pm-8pm

Carla Fache, Sri Prabha, Je Garcia Mathews, Burne Richardson, Marlene Lopez, Lucinda Linderman and Miguel Rodez.

and stay for the party, all night long…
with video and sculpture in the main lobby. site specific mixed media installation in the bamboo garden. 2D artwork in the upstairs gallery. sculpture and video installation over the bamboo pool.
plus a few surprise friends dropping in through out the evening for impromptu performances you do not want to miss.

plus, on the roof top join local non profit, Rescue Earth for the introduction of the Sprout Project: a sustainable organic garden and education program for the residents of the Miami Rescue Mission.

They will have available a selection of Native seeds and Herbs for a donation and invites those who want the DIY skills to participate in the planting of the seeds at the garden launch for the Rescue Mission later in November.

The Sprout project, aspires to create a reproducible growth platform for sustainability – starting with the individual, to the local community and expanding

add’l info…
305colab is a collective of local artists interested in the nexus between art
and ecology.
305coLab
http://305colab.blogspot.com/

marlene lopez > http://circle2labs.wordpress.com/
sri prabha > http://www.sriprabha.com/
carla fache > http://www.carlafache.com/
burne richardson > email: collabo305[at]googlegroups[.]com
miguel rodez > http://miguelrodez.wordpress.com/
lucinda linderman > http://www.upcycledobject.com/
je garcia mathews > email: collabo305@googlegroups.com

The Coconut Grove Gallery Walk 11/5/11

The Coconut Grove Gallery Walk
Saturday, November 5, 2011. From 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.
In Coconut Grove on Mary Street, Grand Avenue and Commodore Plaza

Visit Miami’s ORIGINAL Art District: On the first Saturday of every month

“Lynne Latham” at GroveHouse Artists Gallery
November’s featured artist for GroveHouse Artists Gallery (3390 Mary St # 162) is photographer Lynne Latham. They will also present “Not Your Mother’s Apron”, a collection of creatively designed aprons; and exhibits featuring member artists’ works and an exhibit featuring non-members’ works. They will announce awards at the opening reception with wine, fruit, and cheese.

“Colours of Greene” at the Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery
Featuring watercolor works in November, is the Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery (339 Mayfair Street, Suite 128). Their featured exhibit is Colours of Greene: A Retrospective of the Works of Dorothy D. Greene. They will also be featuring music from world renowned tango musician, Osvaldo Barrios. Playing his bandoneon, Barrios will bring the sounds of his hometown, Buenos Aires, to Coconut Grove.

“The Works of George Rodez” at RODEZ Art Gallery
Moving over to Grand Avenue, RODEZ Art Gallery (3015 Grand Avenue, Suite 237) will feature contemporary and diverse works from one of their own, George Rodez.

“Innerscapes” at Cristina Chacon Gallery
Christina Chacon Gallery (3162 Commodore Plaza # 1F2) will present “Innerscapes” by Carlos Lersundy. Lersundy uses art to express the pictures of his soul. “Innerscapes” is a collection of works that takes you through the “landscape of man.” In his career, Lersundy has paired art and advertising and worked at some of the most notable advertising firms in the country. With an internationally recognized portfolio, Lersundy now teaches in Colombia.

Luz Maria Gutierrez at AC Fine Art
Also this month AC Fine Art’s (2911 Grand Avenue) will feature original oil paintings by Luz Maria Gutierrez. They will also present a special tribute exhibit to Marilyn Monroe showcased through various dynamic mediums and a Marilyn look-a-like contest open to all fans.

Large Originals at Max in the Grove
Finally, in the Village Center, Max in the Grove (2996 McFarland Road) will house a large collection of Peter Max originals, as well as artwork from other great artists such as Steve Kaufman, LeRoy Neiman, Picasso, Andy Warhol and many more.

“Miami Watercolor Society” at the Hunter Gallery
Hunter Gallery (3390 Mary St. Ste. 128) will also feature watercolor paintings from Miami Watercolor Society in their 38th Annual Fall Exhibition. The exhibit will consist of paintings from both members and non-members.

Hans Feverabend at Boswell Mourot Fine Art
This month, the Grove welcomes a new gallery, Boswell Mourot Fine Art (3162 Commodore Plaza). The featured artist for November is Hans Feyerabend, who specializes in contemporary painting and sculpture. The new gallery will offer pieces from local, national, and international artists including Kelly Edwards, Lisa Renz, and Samuel Gray.

Additional Art Gallery Openings
ArtWay 66
Blu Moon Gallery
Dharma Studio
Frameworks

Dining In The Grove
Akashi Japanese Restaurant – Al Fresco Restaurant – Aladdin’s Grill – Atchana’s East/West Kitchen – Backlot Wine Bar & Lounge – Barracuda Raw Bar & Grill – Bice Bistro – Bizcaya at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove – Bombay Darbar Indian Restaurant – Calamari – The Cheesecake Factory – Chili’s – CocoWok – Confucio Express – El Aqui O Mexican Food – El Sitio – Focaccia Bistro and Wine Shoppe – George’s in the Grove – GreenStreet Caf� – The Grove Spot – Hooter’s – International Quesadilla Company (IQ) – Jaguar Ceviche Spoon Bar – Johnny Rockets – The Last Carrot – Le Bouchon du Grove – Ludo’s Italian Restaurant – Lulu – Mr. Moe’s – New York Roma Pizza – Oasis Internet Caf� – Panorama Restaurant & Lounge – Peacock Garden Caf� – Sandbar & Grill – Siam Oishi Restaurant & Bar – Smoothie King – Spartico – Starbucks Coffee – Subway.

Something Sweet
Coco Gelato – Dolce Vita Gelato Café – Red Kiwi – Romeo and Juliet Italian Gelato – Yogurbella

Locust Projects presents Ruben Ochoa Cores and Cutouts Opening reception 11/12/11

Ruben Ochoa CORES and CUTOUTS
November 12, 7-10pm
Locust Projects, Inc
155 NE 38th Street Suite 100
Miami, Fl 33137

Conversation with the artist: November 12, 6pm
Moderated by Rene Morales, Associate Curator, Miami Art Museum

Opening reception: November 12, 7-10pm
Reception: Thursday, December 1, 7-10pm
Hours during Art Basel: November 29 – December 3, 9am – 4pm

November 12, 2011 – January 28, 2012
Locust Projects is pleased to announce CORES and CUTOUTS, Ruben Ochoa’s first solo exhibition in Miami. Known for using gritty, vernacular building materials such as concrete, dirt, and steel, the artist will create a new site-specific installation using the building’s substructure as source material. Ochoa will cut through the concrete floor to expose subterranean cross-sections of the gallery’s foundation, revealing the space where earth and architecture intersect. Cored segments of the poured concrete floor will totter on columns of substrate above their normal resting place.

Ochoa’s installations address an architectural disjuncture, conflating the gallery and the art object. With a nod to both archeology and earthworks, his work at Locust Projects further explores the materials and politics of infrastructure in the social fabric. Contemplating the materiality of the built environment, Ochoa’s work encourages viewers to have a deeper experience with their surroundings as they step out of the gallery and confront those same materials on the street.

Born in 1974 in Oceanside, California, Ruben Ochoa currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Recent exhibitions include a two person show at the San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, 2011; and group exhibitions in the FGAP @ Venice, Collateral Event of the 54th International Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Palazzo Papadopoli, Venice, Italy, 2011; and The Artist’s Museum: Los Angeles Artists 1980-2010, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2010. Ochoa has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, 2010; Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, LA, 2010; Charles H. Scott Gallery at Emily Carr University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2009; and Site Santa Fe, NM, 2009. Ochoa was included in the 2008 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY and the 2004 California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art, CA. He has been awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2008 and a Creative Capital Foundation Grant, 2005. Following his exhibition at Locust Projects, Ruben Ochoa will be preparing for his first solo exhibition at James Cohan Gallery, NY in the spring of 2012.

Locust Projects is a not-for-profit exhibition space founded by three Miami artists in 1998 in order to provide contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas and methods without the limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work, and Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artists. http://www.locustprojects.org/

Locust Projects’ exhibitions and programming are made possible with the support from: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Galt & Skye Mikesell; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners.

Special thanks to Vicente and Olga Mari Lago; Christie’s; James Cohan Gallery, New York; and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles.

Reception sponsors: Grolsch, Mandarine Napoleon, Miami Magazine, Societe Perrier, Workshop Collective.

Art Whino Art Basel 12/2-4/11

Art Whino: Art Basel
Friday Dec 2rd and Saturday Dec 3rd, Noon-8pm
Sunday Dec 4th, Noon-5pm
425 NW 26th St
Miami, Florida 33127
Free Admission
More Info

Show Reception Saturday Dec 3rd, 8pm-Midnight
RSVP Only Event: RSVP to ArtBasel2011@artwhino.com
Live Painting by participating artists, Open Bar, Music by DJ Adrian Loving

3 Day exhibit during Art Basel Miami
In conjunction with Art Basel, Miami and its surrounding Art Fairs, Art Whino will present three exhibitions unified in one space. The focus this year will be to present New Brow’s distinct subcultures to the Art Basel world. The custom vinyl exhibit will showcase the premiere artists in this genre. With a series of large scale murals, we will bring street art indoors and accompany each colossal piece with smaller works by each artist. Finally, we will team up with Hope Gallery to bring Quick & Painful. This exhibit will feature the work of more than 15 important artists and designers with backgrounds in fine art, graffiti, and illustration in a unique exhibition where Fine Art becomes tattooed skin. The exhibition will be located in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District along with other accompanying art fairs.

Also in front of the exhibit participating artists will be painting Large Scale Murals on the outside of 10 buildings stretching from NW 2nd Ave to NW 5th Ave. Participating Mural artists include Angry Woebots, Pixel Pancho, J*Ryu, KaNO, Jim Mahfood, Josh Taylor, Lou Pimentel, Mauricio Murillo, Tobar, Sket One, Ritzy Periwinkle, Tristan Eaton, Charlie Owens, Czr Prz, Boosher, LEZA ONE, Jeremiah Ketner, Joe Iurato, Steve Lew and Many More!

Tattoo Artists on the premise Friday-Sunday to immortalize your favorite piece! $40 Tattoos will be provided by industry elites Joe Capobianco, Jesse Smith, Eric Merrill, Christian Perez, Scott White, and Jason Stephan.

Outdoor Murals and Aleloops Mini Showcase Reception Friday Dec 2nd, 4pm-8pm
Live Painting of murals by participating artists on over 10 walls in front of the exhibit.
Check out Aleloops tricked out 10 Mini Coopers!
For more info on Aleloops Minis click here
Get refreshed with Complimentary Izze!

Art Whino is a DC based art gallery whose mission is to bring together the freshest and rawest talent from around the world. With over 1200 artists in the Art Whino arsenal, ranging from California to New York, Germany to Japan, and beyond, Art Whino has become an all encompassing force in the art world. Exhibitions cover the whole spectrum of new art forms ranging from exposing emerging stencil and wheat pasting artists to showcasing the most skilled leaders of many different genres.
http://www.artwhino.com/

Kondoit is a not for profit organization whose purpose is to expose artists within its collection to the Art Community and to encourage discussion about art culture and art business. For Art Basel Miami Kondoit will share works from its personal collection including pieces by Jennifer Roberts Kokay, Mars 1, Tiffany Bozic and a brand new sculpture titled “Courage” by Peeta.
www.konodit.com

Mural Show: Large scale has a powerful effect on its viewer, creating an other worldly because of its larger than life size. This mural show allows each artist to take on the challenge of creating a mural piece, providing the viewer the opportunity to see the work like never before. Accompanied by smaller pieces, one is also able to see each artist exhibit as an art installation, where mural and conventional piece work together to bring forward the artist’s point of view.
Mural Artists; Angry Woebots; Blaine Fontana; Charlie Owens; Pixel Pancho

Custom Vinyl Show: D.I.Y. (Do It Yourself) Vinyls are the blank canvas of collectible toys. Starting as a lifeless shape, artists conjure up characters with their creative tools, transforming these figures into unique toys bearing the mark of their creators. While most shows that feature these artists’ D.I.Y.s show several artists’ versions of the same given blank toy, this customized vinyl show will turn the tables by highlighting the work of this medium’s leading artists with various toys. Art Whino will team up with Vinyl Artist, Sket-One to show the countless possibilities explored by these artists; from simply painting the figures such as KidRobot’s Munny, to morphing the collectibles beyond their vinyl beginnings.
Vinyl Artists; Andrew Bell; Angry Woebots; BabyVtec; Beast Brothers; Brent Nolasco; czr prz; Dust; JRYU; Jared Deal; Jeremy “MAD” Madyl; Jesse Smith; Jim Mahfood; John”Spanky”Stokes; Josh Taylor; Julie West; KaNO; Keithing; Kelly Vivanco; Kevin Gosselin; Lou Pimente; Luke Chueh; NIC ONE; Pocket Wookie; Ritzy Periwinkle; Rob Stull; Sket-One; STEVE “KID” LEW; Task One; Tristan Eaton; Yosiell Lorenzo

Quick and Painful Show: Marrying low brow art to tattoo flash, Quick & Painful, is a traveling exhibition and tattoo event where 15 artists and designers (with backgrounds in fine art, graffiti, and illustration) present their own special take on classic tattoo design sheets. All of the flash sets will be available for purchase and attendees will be able to choose their favorite designs from the sheets off the walls and get them tattooed by renowned artists Joe Capobianco, Eric Merrill, Jesse Smith, and more to be announced.
Quick and Painful Artists; Alex Pardee; Amanda Visell; Brandt Peters; Kathy Olivas; Camilla d’Errico; David Horvath; Devilrobots; Frank Kozik; Greg “Craola” Simkins; Huck Gee; Joe Ledbetter; Junko Mizuno; Pete Fowler; Ron English; Sam Flores; Tado; Tara McPherson; Tokidoki

Bass Museum Artist Reception For Laurent Grasso Exhibit at Beats After Sunset 11/4/11

Bass Museum Artist Reception For Laurent Grasso Exhibit at Beats After Sunset
Friday, November 4, 2011 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Reception to coincide with the opening of French Week Miami

The Bass Museum of Art will host an artist reception for its newest exhibit Laurent Grasso: Portrait of a Young Man on Friday, November 4, 2011 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. coinciding with the opening of French Week Miami.

For his solo exhibition at the Bass Museum, open to the public on October 29, 2011, Parisian artist Laurent Grasso juxtaposes historical works from the museum’s permanent collection of Renaissance and Baroque art with his own series of paintings, sculptures, videos and neons. The artist provocatively forms literal and figurative connections between the past and present and investigates shifting and multiple time frames in his conceptual art practice.

French Week Miami is organized by the French-American Chamber of Commerce with the support of the French Consulate in Miami and showcases the diversity and richness of the French presence to the community of South Florida. This event is actively supported by the Consulate General of France, www.Frenchweekmiami.org.

Guests will enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres by A la Folie Café and cocktails. The reception is free to members and basspass members and $8 for non-members. French week participants can RSVP at faccevents@faccmiami.com for free admission to the reception.

Laurent Grasso: Portrait of a Young Man runs through February 12, 2012 and will be on view during Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. Special museum hours will be: Monday, November 28 through Wednesday, November 30, 2011, noon to 5 p.m.; Thursday, December 1 through Sunday, December 4, 2011, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Laurent Grasso (b. 1972) lives and works in Paris, France. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, most recently at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. He has taken part in many national and international group shows and has won several awards worldwide, including the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2008. The artist is represented by the Sean Kelly Gallery, New York.

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 and textiles and newly opened 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 that doubled its size from 15,000 to 35,000 square feet between 1998 and 2002. 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 highly anticipated 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 http://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 the Friends of the Bass Museum. Additional support for the Laurent Grasso exhibition was made possible by Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for Contemporary Art.

Words and Wine 11/2/11

Words & Wine
11/2/11, 9p-3a
The Electric Pickle
2826 North Miami Ave
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Ladies, Gentlemen, honey badgers and the like:
If you have not had the pleasure of witnessing it for yourself, this is a lovely venue that offers local and international talent. It is very cozy, well lit atmosphere where everyone can be themselves.

Very exciting stuff happening! We just celebrated our one year anniversary and let me tell you we could have not been given a better birthday gift then the Award for Best Open Mic in 2011 published by the Miami New Times!

3$ BEERS 5$WINE & 5$ SHOTS

This is just the very beginning, join us for our Open Mic EVERY WEDNESDAY! Let’s get together and continue to share good vibes and creativity. Miami is redefining it’s Art scene and our movement has created a pavement for poets, musicians, dancers, thinkers, lovers, and people who just need to get away and express themselves freely.

Let’s once again get together, drink some wine, share some thoughts and be happy.

The Electric Pickle will be opening up the back patio for us under two conditions. 1) NO JAMMING OUTSIDE, the neighbors have been complaining. We will have intermissions between acts for the jammers to play on stage throughout the night. Take it all out of your system on stage! 2) NO SMUGGLING OF DRINKS PLEASE! If anyone is seen with a drink purchased outside of the pickle, you will be asked to leave and not return. Please respect this event and the establishment. Thanks guys! See you Tomorrow

18+ for girls
5$ For anyone under 21 and free for those over 21
Great Drink Specials Full Bar

Please help to continue this event at this venue. Please do not bring your own drinks, they have a full bar inside. Let’s Have a great time responsibly and keep this venue clean and beautiful.
If any questions please call

Nikki Rodriguez at 786|728|4748 or
Lou Roman 305|298|8759.

http://www.electricpicklemiami.com/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Words-And-Wine-Poetry

ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries presents Vincench vs Vincench Opening reception 11/4/11

ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries presents Vincench vs Vincench Opening reception
Friday, November 4th, 2011, 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries
169 Madeira Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
www.virginiamiller.com

ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries of Coral Gables, which has introduced historically significant artists and art movements to this region and the nation since 1974, will make art history again on Friday, November 4th with the first solo exhibition in the United States of Cuban artist José Angel Vincench.

The Havana-based artist, who has held one-person exhibitions in Canada, Ecuador, the Republic of Cameroon, Switzerland, and leading galleries in Cuba, along with participating in five dozen group shows in galleries in North and South America and Europe, will exhibit more than 150 new paintings and wall-mounted installations of canvas and paper “shopping bags” shaped into letters from his two new series, Dissident and Exile.

Fourteen of the four-foot Dissident paintings, each in a different language, will be in “Vincench vs. Vincench: A Dissident Dialogue from Cuba.” Vincench superimposes a stencil of the definition of dissent in each language over an abstract painting, obscuring parts of the words with a white overlay that allows a faint suggestion of the original painting to be seen.

In her El Nuevo Herald review on September 4th curator and art critic Janet Batet noted that “With a highly rigorous conceptual proposal, Vincench bases his work in art history — specifically the Cuban tradition of abstract art — deconstructing the Cuban reality and encouraging a critical reading. Relying, as central subject, in the social and religious entity that embodies the Cuban, the artist undertakes research areas, typical of sociology, integrating popular beliefs, personal life experiences and current sociopolitical events of recent history of the island.”

In this instance, the artist is targeting the sociopolitical phenomena of dissent. “In Cuba, a dissident is the very worst thing you can be,” Vincench explains. “No one wants to be associated with a dissident. Because I am an artist, an intellectual, I see things differently. I want to show people that dissidence is just another way of looking at something.”
His other way of looking at something turns out to be spectacular, according to gallery owner-director Virginia Miller. “Although these are paintings of words, Vincench’s extraordinary technique transforms them into gorgeous semi-abstractions,” she said.
Rounding out the show are smaller canvases with partially obliterated definitions of dissent and exile, along with five paintings of brick “houses” whose exterior walls can be grouped together to spell out the letters E X I L E. A companion work, planned for the Havana Biennial, is a series of small white houses mounted on trailers. A preview of that project will be displayed on a gallery laptop.

The artist will attend the opening on Friday, November 4th, 2011 from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. and a second reception on December 2nd.

TOP: Jose Angel Vincench, Exile, Kraft Paper and Twine, 2011, 17 x 60 inches, Ed. 5
LEFT: Jose Angel Vincench, Dissident (Spanish): Compromise or Fiction of the Painting Series, Acrylic on Canvas, 2009-2010, 48 x 48 inches
RIGHT: Jose Angel Vincench, Dissident (English): Compromise or Fiction of the Painting Series, Acrylic on Canvas, 2009-2010, 48 x 48 inches

On The Edge Of Light Opens At Maor Gallery 11/29/11 – 12/4/11

On The Edge Of Light Opens At Maor Gallery
November 29
Maor Gallery
3030 NE 2nd Ave
Miami

A group exhibition: Tina Spiro, Janet Slom, Paul Stoppi, Fernando Calzadilla, Yasmin Spiro
Featuring work by student artists at Miami’s Design Architecture Senior High (DASH)
Curated by Arthur Dunkelman and Tina Spiro

Extended Gallery Hours during Art Week 2011
Wednesday 11/30 & Thursday 12/1: 10am – 9pm
Friday 12/2: 10am – 7pm
Saturday 12/02: 6:30pm – 10pm
Sunday 12/4: 12pm – 4pm

“Darkness, no matter how ominous and intimidating, is not a thing or force: it is merely the absence of light. So light need not combat and overpower darkness in order to displace it — where light is, darkness is not. A thimbleful of light will therefore banish a roomful of darkness.”
— Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, inspired by teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Maor presents On The Edge Of Light, a group art exhibition curated by Arthur Dunkelman and Tina Spiro. On The Edge Of Light is a multi-media exhibition exploring five artists’ interpretation of different qualities of light through site-specific installations and paintings both inside and outside Maor Gallery (3030 NE 2nd Avenue). The exhibit opens during a public reception on Tuesday, November 29 from 7pm – 9pm.
Co-curator Arthur Dunkelman said, “Each artist has explored different qualities and manifestations of light. Using diverse media, they interpret a flickering light of memory, an inner glow of meditation, light as it is refracted in the sky, and the velocity of light through an illuminated streetscape.” Arthur Dunkelman, of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation, has previously curated exhibitions including “The Enchantress: Emma, Lady Hamilton” at the Grolier Club in New York [2011] and “Exploring the Early Americas,” an ongoing exhibit at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Co-curator Tina Spiro founded the Miami-based Miart Foundation to foster local art development, with a new initiative to link Miami to its artistic Caribbean neighbors.

Tina Spiro’s oil paintings depict great human endeavors and folly within the context of climate change and the spectacular cosmic beauty of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, superimposed on vast landscapes. Janet Slom’s heroic abstract paintings embody light from within and Paul Stoppi’s illuminated cloud challenges concepts of positive and negative space. Fernando Calzadilla presents an outdoor “sky panel” installation. Yasmin Spiro has created a site-specific interpretation of her acclaimed video installation, “Tracks.”

The streetscape “dance of light” is being created by a selected group of students from Miami’s Design Architecture Senior High (DASH), recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top 10 magnet high schools in the United States. Professor Hans Evers will oversee the development and construction of their outdoor project which will delight drivers on NE 2nd Avenue throughout Art Basel.

This luminescent show will run through the Jewish holiday of Chanukah, known as the Festival of Lights. The holiday commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after the defeat of the Greek army in 166 BCE. The ritual oil used to light a seven branched candelabra – or menorah – was damaged, leaving only enough for a single day. Miraculously, it burned for eight days and that ancient miracle is still celebrated today.

On The Edge Of Light Art Week Calendar Listings:
Tuesday 11/29, 7pm — 9pm: On The Edge Of Light Opening Reception
Experience On The Edge Of Light, a multi-media group exhibition exploring five artists’ interpretation of different qualities of light at Maor Gallery (3030 NE 2nd Avenue). The experience begins outside, with a streetscape “dance of light” installation. Inside the gallery, paintings invoke imagery of the Northern Lights and a hovering light-filled cloud challenges concepts of positive and negative space. Curated by Arthur Dunkelman and Tina Spiro; featuring works by Fernando Calzadilla, Janet Slom, Tina Spiro, Yasmin Spiro, Paul Stoppi and student artists from Design Architecture Senior High (DASH). The reception is open to the public. Refreshments will be served, including drinks sponsored by Prairie Organic Vodka. Free parking is available. For more information about the exhibit and other Art Week events at Maor, visit www.MaorMiami.org.

Friday 12/02, 5pm – 7pm: A Taste Of Shabbat
Enjoy “A Taste of Shabbat” at Maor Gallery, just a block from Midtown’s Art Miami Pavilion. Savor traditional Shabbat dishes and a serene Shabbat spirit as you experience Maor’s On The Edge Of Light exhibition. “A Taste of Shabbat” is free and open to the public. Hors d’orves and beverages will be served. For more information about the exhibit and other Art Week events at Maor, visit www.MaorMiami.org.

Saturday 12/03, 6:30pm – 10pm: On The Edge Of Light Gallery Walk
Experience On The Edge Of Light, a multi-media group exhibition exploring five artists’ interpretation of different qualities of light at Maor Gallery (3030 NE 2nd Avenue). Located just one block from the Art Miami Pavillion in Midtown, Maor’s Art Week events promise to be a highlight of Miami Art Week. Free parking is available. For more information about the exhibit and other Art Week events at Maor, visit www.MaorMiami.org.

Maor is a dynamic, vibrant center for Jewish spiritual growth and discovery that combines spirituality and art within an urban setting. No art organization in Miami fuses tradition and spirituality with cutting-edge artistic expression like Maor Miami. The 1,800-square foot space is host to classes, workshops and rotating art exhibits. For more information, visit www.MaorMiami.org or “like” us on Facebook at www.fb.com/MaorMiami.

Hip-Hop Grassroot Webster Concert 11/8/11

Hip-Hop Grassroot Webster Concert
November 8th, 7:00 pm
Alliance Française South Florida
618 SW 8th Street
33130 Miami, Florida
More Info

Webster is an accomplished hip-hop Canadian artist with much to say. He knows just how to stimulate the crowd. He skillfully mixes music and speech to vibrantly speak about history, as well as social issues facing the world today. Webster’s attitude on the stage is cool and simple, easily understandable and readily relatable. He has been described as a “grassroots hip-hop historian” and his music calls for social justice through artistic expression.

He will also lead on November 8th at 4:30 pm a workshop for teenagers as an exploration of text, hip-hop and a variety of literary tools including imagery, metaphors, rhymes, structure, articulation, flow, rhythm and emotion. through the medium of music, Webster discusses the importance of words and the role they play in writing hip-hop texts. Workshop participants are encouraged to write their own texts.

Tickets can be purchased online: 10$ for AF members, 15$ for non-members.

Basel Castle by Overthrow 12/3/11

Basel Castle
Saturday, December 3, 5:00 PM – 4:00 AM
The Overthrow Castle
41 NW 20th Street
Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL 33137
baselcastle.theoverthrow.com

Participants can RSVP for free entry before 9pm at www.baselcastle.com

Overthrow is proud to announce that during Art Basel Miami 2011, they will be bringing their annual “Basel Castle” back to downtown Miami presented by Hyundai Motor America’s Re:Mix Lab. Saturday December 3rd, the full day event returns to the infamous medieval style venue known to the locals simply as The Overthrow Castle located at 41 NW 20th Street, in the heart of Miami’s Wynwood Art District. Aiming to top last year’s success, which won Miami New Times BEST OF 2010 “One Night (event)”, the creative collective is gathering some of biggest names in art, music, and fashion.

This year, in association with Dub Frequency, Basel Castle has teamed up with Hyundai’s new mobile gallery Re:Mix Lab as their presenting sponsor. Hyundai has customized three Velosters to be displayed at Basel Castle. Built to embody Music, Technology, and Gaming, each car will be featured as a masterpiece in RE:MIX LAB’s principle installation ” Exhibits in Collaboration.”

Further into the visual arts department, San Francisco based Tools Of The Trade (TOTT) Global will be setting up an interactive art experience by the following artists: Ron English, Mike Giant, Claw Money, Sean Desmond, Oliver Black, Mike Bode, Sam Flores, Jeremy Fish, and Greg Mike. The works include a TOTT group exhibit, live art walls, and oversized games handcrafted by the artists, there will be giant dice, dominoes, puzzles, and others, all custom designed by world famous artists. Attendees will have a shot to try their luck at these monster-‐sized gambles with a chance to win prizes designed by the artists as well.

As can be expected, the music is a powerful lineup of the most exciting rising talent paired with the best DJs. Live performance from Yelawolf, Penguin Prison, Bad Rabbits, Le Blorr, aligned with dj sets from indie dance rock superstar The Rapture, and Overthrow djs Tamara Sky, Damaged Goods, Heroes X Villains, and Troy Kurtz.

The event offers a private meet & greet for artist, sponsors, & media from 3pm to 5pm December 3rd, then opens to the public at 5pm and ends around 4am the following morning, December 4th.

Brought to you in part by the following sponsors: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Platino by Jose Cuervo, Kr3w, Embrace, KarmaLoopTV, and Antenna Magazine.

Marilyn Monroe Look Alike Contest 11/11/11

A Marilyn Monroe Look-a-Like Contest
Friday, 11/11/11
AC Fine Art
2911 Grand Avenue
Coconut Grove, FL 33133.
Marilyn Look-a Like Registration Form PDF

The Grove Retrospective Gallery, in conjunction with “Dress For Success Miami”, is featuring a Marilyn Monroe Art Exhibit “Tribute to Marilyn Monroe”

November 11th to December 23rd, 2011 at 2911

Friday,11/11/11 a Marilyn Monroe Look-a-Like Contest, open to both sexes.
Entry to the contest is free, and all persons over 21 must pre-register for judging by a panel of celebrity judges.

Tickets for opening night will be available at www.eventbrite.com for a $10.00 p.p. donation or at the door.

Proceeds from donations, raffle, and the sale of Marilyn artwork will benefit Dress For Success Miami, a nonprofit organization assisting citizens with outfits for professional job applications and employment.

Artwork by Andy Warhol, Russell Young and several other professional artists will be available for sale in the 6000 square foot gallery in Coconut Grove. The gallery is known for the largest collection of Pop and Surreal Art in Miami-Dade County, along with works by local, Florida and International artists.

For further information , please contact the gallery curator, Steven Steele at 305-742-7071 or acposter@acposter.com .

Coconut Grove Drum Circle 11/5/11

Coconut Grove Drum Circle
November 5, 8-11PM
Location: Streets of Mayfair Atrium

Please join us for our November circle. We will again be drumming and dancing in the open air at the Mayfair in the Grove, located at the corner of Grand Avenue and Mary Street. We will drum in the Atrium, where the large sculptures are located, just north of the Promenade where we met in October. There are parking garages in the Mayfair complex and on the corner of Oak Street and Mary, and parking lots near the Mayfair as well as parking on the streets. We will make a joyful noise and rev up the energy of the Grove Art Walk. Come, and discover or rediscover the magic, joy, and healing power of the drum. Extra drums and other percussion instrument will be available along with water and seating. All you need to bring are happy hands. For more information, please contact Karen:
karen.deilke@gmail.com, 305-401-2644

Hope to see you there!

Intention Intervention at Sleepless Night 2011 11/5/11

Intention Intervention: Sleepless Night 2011
Saturday, November 5th, Midnight
New World Center
Soundscape Park WallCast
Miami Beach, Florida

Camposition and its Founding Artistic Director, Octavio Campos, will officially launch Please Don’t Hate Me, its multi-year performance campaign of hybrid dance theater works at Sleepless Night Miami Beach on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at Midnight, to promote unity in South Florida. This performance, the world premiere of INTENTION INTERVENTION, is a groundbreaking, yoga-influenced installation that combines a new art film produced by Camposition’s PDHM Campaign in association with local Film Director Rick Delgado (NuFrontier Pictures) and Film Producer Dale Penn of PDHM. Featuring interviews with over 30 South Florida residents, the film will be WallCast in full HD at the state of the art New World Center – SoundScape Park (located at 17th St. and Washington Ave. in Miami Beach). Combined with live performances by Campos and others, a throng of yoga practitioners and Voices United, a chorus of over 100 singers (under the Direction of Katie Christie, Director), this installation will inspire, enlighten and entertain audiences of all ages.

While big budget film and television crews invaded Miami this summer, the local INTENTION INTERVENTION crew quietly screened locals for riveting interviewees, engaging residents who have experienced hatred in some form and who then took, and continue to take, meaningful action to make a difference in our community. Consequently, PDHM calls those who join its campaign “Actionists.” In the film, nuggets from these interviews are artfully interlaced with a tour de force performance by local artist Natasha Tsakos. Tsakos portrays the anguish of 108 human delusions, represented in both Hinduism and Buddhism by the 108 beads of the eastern rosary (mala), transforming herself as if by magic into the very essence of enlightenment. An original score by Michael Walls intensifies the experience. An audience of over 1000 is anticipated by the City of Miami Beach for this free feature performance funded in part by the city and Miami-Dade County.

“This is the beginning of a new wave of consciousness in my work as a creator and a social change agent, with inspiration, humanity, realness and community as its core,” says Campos. “This is so much bigger than any of us,” commented Delgado, after completing days of filming and editing, adding “This project had me at hello.” Leo Casino, Miami’s iconic contemporary jazz saxophonist, who is also a featured interviewee in the film says, “We all just need to learn to love, it’s a beautiful thing.” Casino, who has called Miami home since the early 1960s, will perform at the event. “Searching for and finding so many people who were willing to share their often horrifying, yet amazingly inspiring stories, was eye opening,” says Penn. “Socially Conscious Performance Work” is what Camposition is calling this new genre.

Camposition Inc. is an iconoclastic arts organization dedicated to new work that pushes the boundary between contemporary performance and activism. Camposition creates subversive entertainment intended to challenge assumptions and shake up the status quo challenging both artists and audiences with new ways of seeing, representing and responding to contemporary life. Camposition’s programs are generously supported by Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council; with the support of the City of Miami Beach Department of Tourism and Cultural Development, Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Miami Beach Mayor and City Commissioners; National Performance Network; Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts; Florida Arts Council; DeVos Institute/Kennedy Center; The Florida Dance Association; The Playground Theatre; Anchor Arts Management and private philanthropy.

Please Don’t Hate Me is a series of transdisciplinary performances and events conceived by dance theater artist Octavio Campos and Camposition. Inspired by the hate that rips at the fabric of homes, communities and the world, each performance will point to exquisitely artistic, yet provocative, solutions – expressed by a mash up of Miami-centric dance theater productions and site-specific performance installations. The intent of PDHM is for its resulting artworks to promote unity in South Florida by transforming INTOLERANCE into ACCEPTANCE and to challenge EVERYBODY to find the ACTIONIST within themselves to create a catalyst for social change.

The following local South Florida residents were interviewed for INTENTION INTERVENTION and will be the subjects of a series of documentary short films released in months to come by the PDHM campaign. Actionists include: Bambi Anderson; Marleine Bastién; Wilbertine Berkley; Leo Casino; Renee Chavez; Jessica Chiappone; Dr. Juan M. Clark; Luigi Collana; Houston Cypress; Alexander Febres; Gabriel Garcia-Vera; Joffre Goya; Kerry Gruson; Rabia Kahn; `Isaak “Ladislav” Klein; Demian Laudisio; Jamesly Louis; Dr. Magaly Mauer; Pastor Chris McNeil; Desmond Meade; Maria HIV Mejia; Christophe’ Moore; John Muir; Badara “Badou” Nadiaye; Father Patrick O’Neill; Patricia O’Reilly; Jeanine Petro; Nickolas A. Roldan; Rabbi Solomon Schiff; Herb Sosa; Captain Rick Wierzbicki.

In addition to the above Interviewees, this Film is Dedicated to tireless Actionists who originally inspired the PDHM Campaign: The Management, Helpline Counselors, Staff and Volunteers at Switchboard of Miami who have been answering Miami-Dade County’s 305-358-HELP crisis intervention calls since 1968.

Photographs of Peter London Global Dance Theater Premiere Showcase on 10/30/11

Peter London Global Dance Theater Premiere Showcase at The Little Haiti Cultural Center on Sunday, October 30, 2011.  What a wonderful performance and I am so looking forward to attending more performance by this wonderful dance group.  Beautiful!!! They also offer a variety of dance classes.

The Peter London Global Dance Theater exists to promote the creative expressions of its founder and artistic director, Peter London, through his choreographic creations, training of aspiring and professional dancers. PLGDT will aim to undertake numerous performances and educational workshops for local, national and global audiences with an emphasis on the inclusion of underserved artists and audiences as well as the collaboration for new choreographic works with local and global artists in the visual arts and other creative media.

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The Betsy Hotel and The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Present The Dedication Ceremony for the Permanent Installation of the Yoko Ono Wish Tree 11/5/11

The Betsy Hotel and The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus Present The Dedication Ceremony for the Permanent Installation of the Yoko Ono Wish Tree
Saturday November 5, 2011 at 6pm
The Betsy Hotel
1440 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach
Telephone: 305-531-6100.

Photo exhibit from celebrity photographer Robert Zuckerman and the opportunity for a portrait by the photographer

The Betsy Hotel, a hub for arts and culture on South Beach, will take part in Sleepless Night, Miami Beach’s all night arts festival, on Saturday November 5, 2011, with a series of events that exemplify the hotel and its leadershipteam’s firmly established commitment to philanthropy, art, music and literature. Full schedule of events follows:

Saturday, November 5
6 PM – In cooperation with The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a state of the art mobile recording studio and video production facility, The Betsy Hotel will host a dedication ceremony for a tree that it has donated to the City of Miami Beach in honor of Yoko Ono’s interactive artwork, Wish Tree. Located in Lummus Park, directly across the street from the hotel at 1440 Ocean Drive; the community is invited to attend the dedication and plaque installation. The Wish Tree has been integral to many of Ono’s exhibitions around the world in museums and cultural centers where people have been invited to write their personal wishes for peace and tie them to a tree branch.

The first 100 guests to add their wishes to the tree will have their photograph taken by one of several professional photographers (including Robert Zuckerman) and exhibited on board the Lennon Bus.

6 PM -11PM
All night long, people are invited to participate in creating their own wish and tying it to the tree.
The Lennon Bus, parked in front of The Betsy, will be open for interactive tours and offers the public the opportunity to see the world’s only sanctioned replica of The Imagine Peace Tower. Located in Iceland, the Peace Tower is the repository for the thousands of wishes that have been made all around the world throughout the Wish Tree project’s 30-year history.

7PM – 9PM The Betsy Hotel will host an open house to showcase the photographs of celebrity photographer Robert Zuckerman. The artist, renowned in the motion picture industry for his stirring portraits, will be in attendance. A free poster by the artist will be handed out to the first 100 visitors.

9 PM –11 PM YoungArts award-winning Singer, Kate Davis, a will perform in the Betsy Hotel’s salon.

Live Art Tribute To Gianni Versace 11/16/11

ArtDecemberMiami & Mamushka Gallery Present A Live Art Tribute To Gianni Versace By World Renowned Boston Artist Giovanni DeCunto VIP Opening
Wednesday, November 16th, 7PM -11PM
Mamushka Gallery
31 Nw 36th Street
Miami, FL 33127
786.319.2849

Giovanni will be painting live a 6ft x 18ft canvas of the late Gianni Versace on the wall of Mamushka Gallery in Wynwood/Midtown. It will be an interactive event with the public paying tribute by participating with their autograph signatures on the canvas.

We will also pay homage to Versace’s fashion in collaboration with Joey Rolon of Funky Sexy Couture by painting several dresses live on models. Show music provided by Ta-Ki, a revolutionary world music artist who blends all music cultures together as one.

We will be filming the first episode of BibiandFriends.TV
Please come camera ready!

At 9PM We Are Hosting A Private Chef Dinner With The Artist For 50 People Only Featuring Chef Valter Romeo & Chef Brigitte Britton
$35.00 Per Person
A Fabulous Surprise Menu
RSVP Mandatory
artdecembermiami@yahoo.com

For more information visit artdecembermiami.com

BAC’s Annual Art Raffle Fundraiser Lucky You 11/11/11

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11.11.11, 7:00pm – 11:30pm
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami, FL 33127
bacfl.org

Your time to get “lucky” is approaching!

11.11.11 is the date of the Bakehouse Art Complex’s annual art raffe fundraising event, Lucky You! Lucky You! features live music, entertainment, food, cocktails, surprise performances, a celebrity host and our famous art raffe featuring the work of more than 70 local artists.

Love a piece? Buy a raffe ticket for $10, place it in the corresponding box, stick around and enjoy everything Lucky You! has to offer! Each year, our event brings local artists and art lovers together to help support the BAC and its extensive programming. Lucky You! is the BAC’s largest source of revenue for the year. The proceeds provide essential funding for the organization.

MAM Party on the Plaza The Return of Faith 12/1/11

MAM Party on the Plaza The Return of Faith
Thursday, December 1, 2011, 7-11pm
Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130

By invitation only: MAM contributing ($250) and above members, MAM Contemporaries, Art Basel Miami Beach and DesignMiami VIP and exhibitor pass card holders
Open bar, light fare
Free parking/Shuttle from Convention Center
RSVP: events@miamiartmuseum.org or 305.375.5935

MAM welcomes the international art world to Miami with a high-energy evening dancing and cocktails under the stars:

American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s represents an unprecedented artistic exploration of the intersections of race, gender and class, made in direct response to the social upheavals of the 1960s. Widely known for African American story quilts and children’s books, Ringgold’s pointed political paintings disappeared from view for more than 40 years. On the occasion of Ringgold’s 80th birthday, MAM presents the first comprehensive survey of Ringgold’s influential paintings of the 1960s. Also on view, Enrique Martínez Celaya: Schneebett, Focus Gallery: Marcel Duchamp, and works from MAM’s permanent collection.

Rashaad Newsome (performance at 9:30pm): Famed artist Rashaad Newsome presents Hair Affair & Five,a new performance in collaboration with Miami dancers, opera singers and hip hop artists.

Primary Flight: Mural installation organized by Miami street art collective Primary Flight
DJ King Britt

The Rashaad Newsome performance is curated by Claire Breukel and commissioned by Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA).

Haitian Art Beat 11/4/11

Haitian Art Beat
11/04/11, 7:00pm
Konbit for Haiti
521 NE 81st St.
Miami, FL 33138
www.eppleseedarts.com

Featuring works created since the January 12, 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, this exhibition showcases works by artists from the artist’s community of Croix des Bouquets. There will be a large selection of art for sale during a celebration with food, drinks, and music!

The exhibition will be up from November 7 – December 24. Hours are Wednesday through Saturday 10:00am – 4:00pm or by appointment.

The Village At Gulstream Park Wine Walk Wednesdays 11/2/11

The Village At Gulstream Park Wine Walk Wednesdays
Wednesday, November 2nd, 6PM-9PM
The Village at Gulfstream Park
501 S Federal Highway
Hallandale Beach, FL 33009

The Village at Gulfstream Park, South Florida’s premier shopping, dining and entertainment destination, invites you to this month’s Wine Walk Wednesday on November 2, 2011 from 6PM-9PM. For just $10, Wine Walkers will receive a commemorative wine glass and the chance to sample five flavorful wines and an assortment of delectable hors d’oeuvres at various shops throughout The Village at Gulfstream Park. The evening also features live entertainment, raffles, exclusive offers and more.

Wine Walk Wednesday occurs on the first Wednesday of each month and helps support different charities throughout the community. November’s Wine Walk will benefit The Victory Center, Inc., a non-sectarian, not-for-profit Corporation, that provides children with autism and similar disorders comprehensive individualized treatment with a one-to-one student/teacher ratio, in a unique classroom setting. The mission of the Victory Center, Inc. is to provide education and services to individuals and families with autism and similar disorders in a secure and stimulating learning environment that is may not be otherwise available in southeast Florida.

Registration for Wine Walk Wednesday will begin at 6pm at Full Bodied Wine & Spa located directly across from Brio Tuscan Grille at The Village at Gulfstream Park. For more information, please visit www.thevillageatgulfstreampark.com. All participants must be at least 21 years of age and show a valid form of I.D.

We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball Art exhibition by Kadir Nelson 11/3/11

We Are The Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball – Art exhibition by Kadir Nelson
Thursday, November 3, 6:30 p.m.
Miami Dade College’s historic Freedom Tower
Second Floor Gallery • 600 Biscayne Blvd.
Downtown Miami

Business attire
To RSVP, email mdcevents@mdc.edu, call 305-237-3959 or visit www.mdc.edu/specialevents by Thursday, October 27.

Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón, President Miami Dade College cordially invites you to the opening reception of We Are The Ship The Story of Negro League Baseball
Art exhibition by Kadir Nelson

Parking is available at Miami Dade College
Wolfson Campus Building 7, 500 N.E. Second Ave.
Entrances to the parking garage are on N.E. Sixth St. and N.E. Fifth St.

This exhibition was made possible with the invaluable guidance of Emily Diane Gunter, Urgent, Inc and the generous support of Albert E. Dotson Jr. and the Miami Marlins.

The Bookstore in the Grove Hosts John Jacobsen 10/29/11

Saturday, October 29, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
The Bookstore in the Grove
3399 Virginia Street, #620
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
www.johngjacobsen.com

John Jacobsen, author of the new release, A Commodore of Errors, the first-ever novel written about the United States Merchant Marine Academy, will present a special book reading and signing in Coconut Grove. Just back from New York, where he did numerous book signing events, he is sure to entertain attendees.

Captain John Jacobsen, a Coconut Grove resident, is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, who spent 15 years plying the world’s oceans as a ship’s officer on cargo and passenger vessels. Today, Jacobsen is a harbor pilot at the Port of Miami and the Chairman of the Biscayne Bay Pilots Association. His notes and diaries over the years inform his writing.

Commodore Robert S. Dickey is the outrageously supercilious title character. Watching him strut, plot, flaunt, and flout his way through the story is in itself enough to evoke mirth. Give him so memorable a foil as the indomitable Mrs. Tannenbaume, a “woman of unfortunate stature” to his critical eyes, who consistently manages to one-up him, thanks to an annoying ability quite beyond his ken, and the book explodes with moments sure to cause readers to empathize even if they’ve never set foot on a seagoing vessel. Including a supporting cast suitable to the outwardly starchy, secretly licentious environs of merchant mariners, the novel rollicks along with well-paced speed and plot turns. Drawing on his experience as a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduate and career as ship’s officer and harbor pilot, Jacobsen infuses his writing with old-fashioned, very sly hilarity based in the unintended vagaries of love, ambition, greed, meddling, and their various combinations.

Premiere Opening of Boswell Mourot Fine Art 11/5/11

Premiere Opening of Boswell Mourot Fine Art
November 5th, 2011. 7:00 -10:00 p.m.
Boswell Mourot Fine Art
3162 Commodore Plaza
Coconut Grove, FL 33133

Other artists featured in the gallery include:
Eric Freeman – Oil on canvas
Diana B. Ashley – Sculpture Clay and Bronze
Elizabeth Weber – Acrylic on canvas
Astrid Sohn – Works on paper
Donala Jordon – Mixed media on paper
Kelly Edwards – Sculpture Raku
Jon Etienne Mourot – Mixed media
Carla Davis – Porcelain sculpture
Susan Goss – Clay sculpture
Kyle Boswell – Blown glass and steel sculpture
Elena Petrouhina – Works on paper
Virginia McKimmey – Oil on board
Tonya McNair – Oil on canvas
Robin Woods Loucks – Works on paper
Robin Hazard – Bishop, pastel on paper
Samuel Gray – Charcoal on vinyl
Lisa Renz – Mixed media
Alejandra Gauzen – Oil on canvas

Opening Artist Unknown/The Free World 10/28/11

Artist Unknown/The Free World Organized by John D. Monteith & Oliver Wasow
Opening Reception: Fri., Oct. 28, 6 – 9 pm
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood
1650 Harrison St.
Hollywood, FL 33020

Oct. 29, 2011 – Jan. 29, 2012
The U.S. premiere of a first-of-its-kind exhibition features hundreds of images of vernacular photography found online by artists John D. Monteith and Oliver Wasow. From the bizarre to the sublime, these anonymously sourced amateur photographs provide a fascinating view of American culture through the new frontier of social media.

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Wine Down Wednesday 12/7/11

Wine Down Wednesday
12/7/11, 5pm-8pm
HistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130

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Join us at downtown Miami’s cultural hotspot! Don’t sit in rush hour traffic when you can be mingling with other professionals and enjoying a glass of wine! Enjoy free access to our exhibition galleries, relax with live local music, and experience cultural performances and monthly lectures! To RSVP call 305-375-1614 or email: RSVP@historymiami.org.

Free General Admission and parking provided at the Miami-Dade County Cultural Plaza Garage, 50 NW 2 Avenue.

Get Scrooged 11/30/11

Get Scrooged!
11/30/11, 7pm
HistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130

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Get in the holiday spirit and network with other young professionals. Enjoy an exclusive rum and tequila tasting as you nibble on tasty hors d’oeuvres hosted by the Flagler Street Society. To join or for reservations, call 305-375-5356 or email: membership@historymiami.org.

Wine Down Wednesday 11/2/11

Wine Down Wednesday
11/2/11, 5pm-8pm
HistoryMiami
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130

More Info

Join us at downtown Miami’s cultural hotspot! Don’t sit in rush hour traffic when you can be mingling with other professionals and enjoying a glass of wine! Enjoy free access to our exhibition galleries, relax with live local music, and experience cultural performances and monthly lectures! To RSVP call 305-375-1614 or email: RSVP@historymiami.org.

Free General Admission and parking provided at the Miami-Dade County Cultural Plaza Garage,50 NW 2 Avenue.

Bal Harbour Art Nights Where Fashion Loves Art 11/3/11

Bal Harbour Art Nights
Thursday, November 3rd, from 6pm-9pm
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Art and design have forged a potent alliance in the fashion capital of Bal Harbour. That visual synergy created by top brands, South Florida based artists, local galleries and museums happened last season at Bal Harbour Art Nights and is back this season – bigger and better!

During the 2011-2012 season, Bal Harbour Village, Bal Harbour Shops, The St. Regis and Art Nexus will host four collector worthy evenings, which will start on Thursday, November 3rd at 6pm at the Bal Harbour Shops. Bal Harbour’s intention is to please the eyes and inspire the mind by creating a platform that celebrates the relationship between fashion and art. The Art Night events also embrace the high level art components present in South Florida through museum presentations, Miami-based artist installations, and innovative chats. Future Art Nights are scheduled for January 11, February 8 and March 29.

A few highlights of this first event:

-Bal Harbour Chat Series, Neiman Marcus (2nd floor): “Miami: A Cultural Chronicle” with Tony Goldman, developer and visionary. Tony Goldman is known for transforming declining historical districts into thriving, global destinations. He is the driving force behind the evolution of SoHo in New York City and South Beach and Wynwood in Miami (Interview by Nina Johnson-Milewski, Owner and Director, Gallery Diet)

-100% Capri will feature the work of Miami-based artist Michael Genovese, benefiting MAM (Miami Art Museum).

-Ellie Tahari will feature a Renato Freitas photography exhibition, benefiting Care Resource.

-Books & Books will celebrate artist Sheila Elias and her dynamic collection with the book Somewhere-Anywhere. The book highlights her collection of paintings, collages, sculptures, photographs and installations over the past three decades.

And much, much more – there will be exhibitions throughout the iconic Bal Harbour Shops.

Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays Arts & Culture Festival 10/28/11

Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays Arts & Culture Festival
10/28/2011, 7:00p-11:00p
Little Havana-Calle Ocho
Southwest 8th Street, between 14 & 17th Avenue
Little Havana, Miami, FL 33135
www.viernesculturales.org

Join us for Little Havana’s arts & culture festival, Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays, Friday, Oct. 28th 7-11p

Where: Domino Stage at Domino Plaza, at SW 15th Ave & 8th St.
Schedule:
7:00 pm – Dr. Paul George – Walking tour of Little Havana

7:00 – 7:30 pm – Severo Martinez
A New Mexico native, Severo Martinez is the recipient of the Upcoming Artist of the Year Award. He brings cumbia flavor with a touch of tropical rhythm to Miami. His style is very versatile, with a band that has embraced musicians from all over the United States. Severo is not only a musician, but also an all-around entertainer that will have everyone up and dancing.

7:30 – 8:00 pm – Capoeira
An Afro-Brazilian blend of martial arts, acrobatics and dance, is a marvelous act to watch. This group of Capoeira students and instructors will show off their moves on our stage.

8:00 – 9:30 pm – Charanga La Original
These exclusive young musicians from Florida International University spearhead this prestigious Danzon/Charanga orchestra, led by distinguished flautist, Nestor Torres. The repertoire of the group is based on traditional Cuban music, with a focus on Danzon.

9:30 – 11:00 pm – Elaine y su Cubaney
Cuban born, Elayne Hernandez can sing a bolero, a guaguanco or a timba with rhythm, soul and unique style. Winner of Univision’s Idolo Latino and Minuto de Fama of America Teve, this guarachera will keep you dancing all night.

For Kids:
Children’s Art Clinic
Viernes Culturales is pleased to present Cuenteros & Co. sponsor company of the International Hispanic Story Festival Miami. Cuenta, presents October’s Children’s Arts Clinic. With an interactive show, children of all ages will experience fairy tales with an extra twist. Join us for a night of fun for the whole family.All children, ages 4-16 are welcome.

Where: SW 8th Street & SW 15th Avenue (North Side)
When: 8 to 9:00 pm
Cost: FREE

Don’t forget to visit:
Viernes Culturales Art Gallery Presents
Natalie Nauta
Opening Reception
Natalie’s profound appreciation and love for her environment expresses itself through an artistic use of paint textures and a saturated, and somewhat explosive use of color. Together, these elements create beautifully decorative and appealing reminders of the Caribbean and Miami.
www.natalie-nauta.com
Where: 742 SW 16th Ave, Miami FL 33135
When: Friday, September 30, 2011: 7 – 10 pm

And…
Film at the Tower Theater
To all cinema lovers: We would like to invite you to discover one of Miami’s best-kept secrets, the historic Tower Theater. Enjoy top-quality foreign or independent films, film premiers, and even an art exhibition. To top it off, screenings have English (or Spanish) subtitles and prices are just $6 for general public and $5 for students and seniors! Can it get any better than this?

Symposium
Little Havana Past, Present & Future
This presentation will explain the dramatic transformation of Little Havana over the past 20 years. Panel members include: Dr. Juan Clark, Professor, Emeritus of Sociology at Miami Dade College; Dr. Paul George, famed South Florida historian; Oliver Kerr, Urban Planner and Chief Demographer for Miami-Dade County Planning Department and Jose Casanova, Architect and Urban Planner for Miami Dade County for 32 years, in charge of Little Havana projects.
Where: Tower Theater (1508 SW 8th St.)
When: 6:30 pm
Cost: FREE

See you all there!

Coral Gables Museum And Spanish Consultate Honor Work of Juan Ramón Jiménez 10/27/11

Coral Gables Museum And Spanish Consultate Honor Work of Juan Ramón Jiménez
Thursday, October 27 at 6:00 p.m.
The Coral Gables Museum
285 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables.
www.coralgablesmuseum.org

The Coral Gables Museum and the Consulate of Spain have announced a special presentation in honor of Legendary Spanish Poet and Nobel Prize Winner, Juan Ramón Jiménez. The event, to take place in the Fewell Gallery of the Coral Gables Museum, will feature a presentation of the English version of Jiménez’s book Romances de Coral Gables by Ambassador Cristina Barrios, Consul General of Spain. The poems will be read in English and Spanish.

“Florida’s Spanish heritage dates back as early as 1513 with the arrival of Ponce de Leon,” commented Arva Moore-Parks, Acting Director of The Coral Gables Museum. “Coral Gables, in particular, enjoys a very strong connection with Spain that began with George Merrick’s dream of the City Beautiful as a place where the castles in Spain are made real. We are proud to be partnering with the Consulate of Spain for this presentation of Jiménez’s work as it celebrates Coral Gables and highlights the city’s connection with Spain.”

During the Special Presentation, Ambassador Barrios will be joined by renowned poets Maricel Mayor Marsan, writer and Chief Editor of Baquina Literary Magazine and Orlando Gonzalez Esteva, accomplished writer and literary critic. Mayor Marsan and Gonzalez Esteva will also be reading selections from the English version of Romances de Coral Gables.

Juan Ramón Jiménez was a Poet Laureate of Spain who resided in the City of Coral Gables. Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1956, Jiménez was a celebrated Spanish Poet who is known as a leader of Modernistas, a group of Spanish poets that instigated a Spanish literary revival. Jiménez was also a professor of the University of Miami from 1939 to 1942.

Miamiartzine.com 6th Anniversary Celebration 11/7/11

Miamiartzine.com 6th Anniversary Celebration
Monday, November 7 · 6:00pm – 9:00pm
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL

Silent Auction ~ Cocktails ~ Hors d’oeuvres

KCC Productions presents the Kiki Sanchez Ensemble

$25 Donation

Proceeds benefit Miami Beach Arts Trust

Ticket info at Miamiartzine.com

AWARDING
Adalberto Acevedo
Reinier Gamboa
Carlos Garcia
Noel Suarez
Kiki Sanchez
Sasha Torres

Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy Hotel on 10/23/11

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of Beached Miami hosted The Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy-South Beach on Sunday, October 23, 2011. All proceeds benefited breast cancer research at University of Miami’s Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester.

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.

Love, Live, Music, Art! 11/10/11

Love, Live, Music, Art!
November 10th, 8pm
PAX: Performing Arts Exchange.
337 SW 8th
Miami, 33130
www.paxmiami.com

Love Live Music And Art!

Art Studio Miami presents a special concert series fund raising event featuring amazing artists at PAX: Performing Arts Exchange – A genuine, authentic space for artistic expression!

November 10th 8pm – Experience a night with the talented: Artofficial opening with; Who is Black Bobby (who also opened for Mos Def).

The works of Art Studio Miami will be featured throughout the night with DJ | Raffle Prizes | Night Market | Mock Photo Shoot.

Enjoy Happy Hour Specials 6 to 8pm – 50% off drinks
Complimentary Cocktails from 8 to 9pm (while supplies last)
Specialty Food – Tropical Tacos

Art Studio Miami Empowers Young minds with Creative-Holistic Project Based Learning for at risk youths. All proceeds raised helps to support this cause.

November is National Homeless Youth Month – Help us honor our youth

Tickets available online at www.artstudiomiami.org | $20 advance tickets | $30 at the door

There are plenty of of events and things to do! So what makes this special! Well the venue first of all is awesome,and unsupsecting! I have personally worked with some of the homeless youth we are supporting, and know first hand they need all the help they can get.

Revolution III, David Banegas Live Painting Show 11/3/11

Revolution III, David Banegas Live Painting Show
Nov. 3, 2011, 7 p.m.
Piola
1625 Alton Rd.
Miami Beach 33139
305.674.1660
www.piola.it

Renowned artist David Banegas, known for his colorful portraits of current and late Hollywood A-listers like Marilyn Monroe, Johnny Depp and Heath Ledger, kicks off his exhibit at Piola, 1625 Alton Rd., from 7-9 p.m. on Nov. 3 with a live painting performance. This event is free and open to the public. Food and drinks will be served.

Photographs of Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy South Beach on 10/23/11

Beached Miami hosted The Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy-South Beach on Sunday, October 23, 2011. All proceeds benefited breast cancer research at University of Miami’s Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester.

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Faces of China Exhibit by Tom Salyer at the ACND Gallery of Art 11/5/11 – 1/21/12

Faces of China Photo Exhibit with Field Recorded Sound by Tom Salyer Opening Reception
Saturday, November 5, 7:00 p.m.
ACND Gallery of Art, at Archbishop Curley Notre Dame
4949 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33137
305.751.8367
www.acnd.net

Photography Exhibit: November 5/11 to January 21/12

“I decided to meet China’s people and capture a tiny bit of that nation’s character one person and one photograph at a time. These ‘Faces of China’ are timeless glimpses of people who, like you and me, are trying to live their lives to the fullest, plan for the future, and contribute to their community.” Tom Salyer

Miami based professional photographer Tom Salyer will showcase an exhibit of his work documenting his annual visits to China at the ACND Gallery of Art at Archbishop Curley Notre Dame 6 to 12 Prep, 4949 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33137. The Opening Reception will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. and the exhibit will run through January 21, 2012.

“’Faces of China’ is not a profound statement about this vast nation’s character, but more of a casual observation of human nature,” explains Tom Salyer. Rather than attempt to accentuate the differences between “us and them,” Salyer chooses to highlight the similarities as we look beneath the costume, colors, and drama and peer into the human soul.

“People are people. That’s valid too, don’t you think? We (the rich, poor, powerful, and powerless) all put our pants on one leg at a time.”

However, this body of work is far from simple. It demonstrates a mastery of technical skills and visual communication. A postcard with a map identifying the shot location and event description serves as a point of a departure. Cross the cultural line and be immersed in an array of rich color, scenic landscapes, and intimate close-ups.

The show will also feature an audio accompaniment of natural, field-recorded sound. As well as traditional commercial photography, Salyer specializes in multimedia presentations and ‘talking postcards’ that combine photographs and sound so that audiences gain a fuller, more compelling experience than any one of those elements could achieve by themselves.

Images detailing the meditation routine of Tibetan Monks are preserved moments in time when complemented with the sounds of horns, cymbals, chants, conch shells, clanging tea cups, and rice being rhythmically scooped and poured over bowls and rings. Salyer describes the experience: “Upon entering the Arou Ba Temple in China’s Qinghai Province, my senses were blasted by the monks blowing low notes on eight-foot-long brass horns. Squawking reed instruments competed with ringing finger cymbals. The Yellow Hat sect Tibetan Buddhist monks were chanting, slowly at times, then ‘rat-a-tat-tat’ as fast as an auctioneer.”

Since moving to Miami in 1980, Salyer worked as a staff photographer with the United Press International covering a variety of news events; by 1989 worked freelance for clients that included Business Week, National Geographic, the University of Miami, and the Florida Turnpike Authority; and in 2004, opened his own business, “Tom Salyer Photography.” He lives in Miami Shores with his wife Kathy and daughter Sylvia – a graduate of Archbishop Curley Notre Dame and freshman at the University of Miami.

Salyer will exhibit 32 works depicting his experiences with both ancient and contemporary China during an annual visit to the country between 2004 until his most recent trip this October. A community discussion about how educational institutions can create an “interconnected world” will also take place. The discussion’s goal will be in alliance with The Partnership for 21st Century Skills – a national movement to include 21st century skills as the new basics of American education. Mastery of world languages and the weaving of global awareness into core subject areas are key components of their definition of success. Members of the Community Leadership Partnership of Greater Miami Shores including Dr. Joan Lutton, Head of The Cushman School and Br. Patrick Sean Moffett, CFC, Ph.D., ACND Principal will lead this discussion.

Any representatives of educational institutions or members of the community who wish to share their interest in this subject or their personal experiences in China may contact Doug Romanik, Vice Principal for Advancement dromanik@acnd.net or 305.751.8367 *28.

The Art of 2033 10/27/11

The Art of 2033
10.27.11, 7pm
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 NW 23rd Street
Miami
www.cafeinamiami.com

The Art of 2033 – a Monthly Art Party hosted by Svedka and Cafeina featuring one local artist.

This month the spotlight is on Erni Vales and Evlworld! Enjoy Complimentary Svedka cocktails from 7-9:30 plus Happy Hour specials with 2-4-1 cocktails and $5 Tapas from 5-8pm.

Enter for your chance to win an Original Handpainted Jacket from the artist and enjoy a selection of art from the collection.

Photographs of Big Night in Little Haiti on 10/21/11

Big Night in Little Haiti at the Little Haiti Cultural Center on Friday, October 21, 2011..   The eventing started off with Lanzallamas Monofonica with aAfro-Latin America-World Beat Mezcla sound.  Then on the stage was BELO and his musical style known as “Raggana”..  Big Night in Little Haiti happens every third Friday, the music and energy was so much fun.   This wonderful night is presented by The Rhythm Foundation and Little Haiti Cultural Center.

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Words & Wine Halloween Costume Party 10/26/11

Words & Wine Halloween Costume Party
10/26/11, 9p-3a
The Electric Pickle
2826 North Miami Ave.
Facebook Evite

Ladies, Gentlemen, honey badgers and the like:
Halloween Edition! Wear Your Costume and let’s celebrate the good and funky times
Featuring EPHNIKO y sus TESOS & TAMBOKA

If you have not had the pleasure of witnessing it for yourself, this is a lovely venue that offers local and international talent. It is very cozy, well lit atmosphere where everyone can be themselves.

Very exciting stuff happening! We just celebrated our one year anniversary and let me tell you we could have not been given a better birthday gift then the Award for Best Open Mic in 2011 published by the Miami New Times!

3$ BEERS 5$WINE & 5$ SHOTS

This is just the very beginning, join us for our Open Mic EVERY WEDNESDAY! Let’s get together and continue to share good vibes and creativity. Miami is redefining it’s Art scene and our movement has created a pavement for poets, musicians, dancers, thinkers, lovers, and people who just need to get away and express themselves freely.

Let’s once again get together, drink some wine, share some thoughts and be happy.

The Electric Pickle will be opening up the back patio for us under two conditions. 1) NO JAMMING OUTSIDE, the neighbors have been complaining. We will have intermissions between acts for the jammers to play on stage throughout the night. Take it all out of your system on stage! 2) NO SMUGGLING OF DRINKS PLEASE! If anyone is seen with a drink purchased outside of the pickle, you will be asked to leave and not return. Please respect this event and the establishment. Thanks guys! See you Tomorrow

18+ for girls
5$ For anyone under 21 and free for those over 21
Great Drink Specials Full Bar

Please help to continue this event at this venue. Please do not bring your own drinks, they have a full bar inside. Let’s Have a great time responsibly and keep this venue clean and beautiful.
If any questions please call

Nikki Rodriguez at 786|728|4748 or
Lou Roman 305|298|8759.

http://www.electricpicklemiami.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Words-And-Wine-Poetry-Page/128461023865656
https://www.facebook.com/pages/EPHNIKO/64635358905
https://www.facebook.com/1Tamboka

Opening Reception for American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s 11/5/11

Opening Reception for “American People, Black Light: Faith Ringgold’s Paintings of the 1960s”
11-05-2011, 6-9pm
Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
www.miamiartmuseum.org
MAM members free, non-members $20

Today, Faith Ringgold is well known as the progenitor of the African American story quilt revival that began in the late 1970s. The once influential paintings she created during the previous decade, with only a few notable exceptions, disappeared from view, omitted from critical, art historical discourse for more than 40 years. This is the first comprehensive survey of these paintings, organized on the occasion of Ringgold’s 80th birthday. The exhibition will include the landmark series “American People” (1963-1967) and “Black Light” (1967-1971), along with related murals and political posters.

In partnership with Overtown Music Project, Bobby Stringer, who launched his international career from Overtown’s Cotton Club 40+ years ago when the area was known as the “Harlem of the South,” will perform at the opening reception with the Special Touch Band. Hors d’oeuvres and open donation bar. For event details contact events@miamiartmuseum.org.

Sleepless Night at Lords South Beach 11/5/11

Sleepless Night: Lords South Beach presents Ricardo Bellino An auction event to benefit the KiptonART Foundation with Nespresso
Saturday, November 5, from 9pm-12am
Lords South Beach
1120 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.lordssouthbeach.com

Lords South Beach is pleased to announce its participation in Sleepless Night, Miamiʼs ultimate cultural all-nighter. Lords will be showcasing the work of Ricardo Bellino, the entrepreneur-turned-artist who creates portraits of iconic cultural figures out of recycled Nespresso capsules. Ricardoʼs portrait of Elizabeth Taylor will be auctioned off during the event, and all proceeds will benefit the KiptonART Foundation.

Hosted by Lauren Foster and Erin Newberg, Lordsʼ Sleepless Night celebration will feature a pop-up Nespresso café on the porch that will serve complimentary coffee throughout the night. Ricardoʼs portraits will be on display in Lordsʼ lobby gallery.

“Ricardoʼs work pays homage to well-loved icons who have shaped our culture,” says Lords Founder, Brian Gorman. “This is a fantastic opportunity to support an emerging artist, in the spirit of Sleepless Night. Weʼre also proud to donate to the KiptonART Foundation, an organization that makes it possible for artists to continue creating inspiring work.”

The relationship between Lords and Ricardo began earlier this year when Ricardo read an article about Lords, and was inspired not only by Brianʼs penchant for decorating guest rooms with portraits of Elizabeth Taylor, but also Lordsʼ focus on charity, community, and acceptance. Ricardo offered the portrait as a gift for the hotel, and Brian, in turn, decided to auction the piece to benefit a good cause.

The auction of Bellino’s Elizabeth Taylor portrait is expected to raise considerable funds for the KiptonART Foundation. Providing stipends for emerging artists is just one of the essential services provided by KiptonART – the foundation also promotes new artistsʼ online presence and visibility through exhibitions while forging invaluable connections for them in the art world. In addition, all of the art that hangs in Lords is by KiptonART.

This benefit is just one of Lords’ many charity initiatives – giving back to the community that supports him has always been a priority for Brian Gorman. Since opening nearly a year ago, Lords has donated over $10,000 through its Rooms That Matter program. Ten percent of the proceeds from five guest rooms are donated to LGBT charities that promote education, acceptance, and safety: Care Resource, The Point Foundation, Hetrick-Martin Institute, Lambda Legal, and Aqua Foundation.

All Together Now, Twilight Notes, and Freedom Art Present Dialect At the museum 11/10/11

All Together Now, Twilight Notes, and Freedom Art Present Dialect At the Museum
November 10, 7:30-10:00pm
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Blvd
Peck Sculpture Terrace

A Night of Art and Music Celebrating the One Year Anniversary of All Together Now

Twilight Notes, Freedom Art, and ATN are proud to present “Dialect,” as it moves to its new location at the Fort Lauderdale Art Museum. In collaborating with ATN, Twilight Notes and Freedom Art are putting together a new concept for Dialect and the South Florida art scene.

This edition of Dialect is a “one night only” affair, focusing not on turning a coffee shop into a gallery, but showcasing the live process of creating art and introducing new mediums never before seen at Dialect.

Twilight Notes Dj’s will still be bringing their signature sound to the event while live painters, street artists and video artists simultaneously create their works. There will also be a site specific sculpture installation, as well as a large-scale painting and photography exhibition. Guests will also be among the first to see Arturo Herrera’s brand new mural, recently installed on the Peck terrace.

Drinks will be served on the terrace. Cash only.

The official after party will take place at Yolo’s O Lounge immediately following the event, featuring Dj sets from Adam Foster and the Twilight Notes Dj Collective. The first 50 guests from Dialect will receive a free drink at Yolo.

Live Painting and Exhibitions by:
Albina Su
Steve Baum
Peter Agardy
Illian Velasco

Installation by:
Luke Jenkins

Video Mapping by:
Juan Maristany

Djs:
Mikey Ramirez
Eric Pamphile
Kent Lawlor
Adam Foster

Photography by:
Ed Gilmore

Photographs of Funkshion Fashion Week and Vanidades Fashion Show at the Moore Building on 10/19/11

Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach Presented by Heineken Spring/Summer 2012 Collections at the Moore Building on Wednesday, October 19, 2011   The  FGI Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Isabel And Ruben Toledo presented by Vanidades  followed by a amazing Fashion Show by Isabel Toledo.

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Miami Watercolor Society 2011 Fall Exhibition Opening Reception 11/5/11

Miami Watercolor Society – 2011 Fall Exhibition
November 5, 2011, 7 – 10 pm
Hunter Gallery at the Mayfair
3390 Mary Street – Suite 128
Coconut Grove, Florida
www.miamiwatercolor.org

Miami Watercolor Society’s
38th Annual Fall Exhibition
From October 24 to November 17, 2011
Hunter Gallery at the Mayfair
Mayfair Complex, 3390 Mary Street, Suite 128
Coconut Grove, Florida
Features a wide range of water media paintings by Miami Watercolor Society Members, as well as non-members

Opening Reception, Saturday, November 5, 7-10 pm
Same night as the Coconut grove Art Walk
For more information contact the gallery (305) 447-0401 or
MWS Jedda at (305) 253-4770
www.miamiwatercolor.org

Photographs of Musing with Myra Kick Off Event at Wynwood Kitchen & Bar on 10/19/11

Musing With Myra Monthly Arts Networker Kick Off Event at Wynwood Kitchen and Bar on Wednesday, October 19, 2011.    Musing with Myra featured guest was Jane Hart, Curator of Exhibitions, The Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood..  We enjoyed the evening with a wonderful speaker, complimentary bites, great drink specials and amazing networking, what a wonderful way to increase your visibility in the ART’s. Community .

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Yamel Molerio-Paintings 10/22-23/11

Yamel Molerio-Paintings
October 22-October 23, 4pm-7pm
Buena Vista Building-Design District
180 NE 39th Street, suite 216
Miami, Florida 33137
Design District

Join us this Saturday October 22nd and Sunday October 23rd from 4pm-7pm for a special viewing of Yamel Molerio’s solo show titled “Paintings”. The artist will be present to meet and greet. Come after or before the Wynwood Art Fair. We hope to see you. For more information call 305 987 7787.

Last Chance to get Into the Void 10/28/11

Last Chance to get “Into the Void”
10.28.11, 9pm
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 Nw 23rd Street
Miami
www.cafeinamiami.com

It’s your last chance to get “Into the Void” at Cafeina! If you missed the exhibit or just want a chance to view the artwork collective again, join us Friday 10.28.11 for the Exhibit Closing party presented by Neon Forest.

Video Installation in the Garden by Brinson Renda & Rocky Grimes with music by Pirate Stereo and Keen One.

Bottle specials all night including 1 bottle of Ketel One and 1 bottle of Vueve Clicquot for $275 AND $5 Tequila Shots!

The exhibition explores the relationship between our human subconscious and the occult and features artwork by Skinner | Julina Duron | Rocky Grimes | Chris Dyer | Jose Mertz | Michael C. Hsiung | Gina Marie Sandlin | Morgan Blair | Plinio Pinto | Scott Donald | Leslie Martinez & 131.

Gallery Night at Miami Lakes Best In Show 10/21-22/11

Friday & Saturday October 21 & 22, 7pm to 11pm
“Limelight Gallery”
6709 Main Street,
Miami Lakes 33014

You are cordially invited to the BEST Gallery Night yet !
The following artists will be present:
1. Nina Greekinian- “Live Art”
2. Angela Aguiar
3. Sergio El Toro
4. Emilio Estrada
5. Dixie Miguez
6. Ramon Del Rosario
7. Victoria Machin
8. Nicole Cure
9. Gabriel Carmona
10. Salvador Parrado
11. Emilio Hector Rodriguez
12. Ewa Grau
13. Carlos Hugo
14. Mario Quiros
15. Herminia Ibarra

We will have live music on both nights!

New Work curated by Scott Murray at Christopher Miro Gallery 11/22/11

New Work : curated by Scott Murray @ Christopher Miro Gallery
Saturday, October 22nd, 6:00pm – 11:00pm
Christopher Miro Gallery @ Gallery 139
139 ne 1st Street
DWNTWN Miami
www.christophermirogallery.com

Opening Reception featuring:
Matt Jones
Johnny Laderer
Jose Mertz
Johnny Robles
Frank Wick

after party featuring DJ Paul Arthur

for an appointment or more information please contact 305.741.0058

www.christophermirogallery.com
twentytwentyprojects@gmail.com

Words and Wine 10/19/11

Words & Wine
10/19/11, 9p-3a
The Electric Pickle
2826 North Miami Ave
Miami, FL
Facebook Evite.

Ladies, Gentlemen, honey badgers and the like:
Words & Wine is back and being hosted at The Electric Pickle

3$ Beers 5$Wine & 5$ Shots

If you have not had the pleasure of witnessing it for yourself, this is a lovely venue that offers local and international talent. It is very cozy, well lit atmosphere where everyone can be themselves.

Very exciting stuff happening! We just celebrated our one year anniversary and let me tell you we could have not been given a better birthday gift then the Award for Best Open Mic in 2011 published by the Miami New Times!

This is just the very beginning, join us for our Open Mic EVERY WEDNESDAY! Let’s get together and continue to share good vibes and creativity. Miami is redefining it’s Art scene and our movement has created a pavement for poets, musicians, dancers, thinkers, lovers, and people who just need to get away and express themselves freely.

Let’s once again get together, drink some wine, share some thoughts and be happy.

The Electric Pickle will be opening up the back patio for us under two conditions. 1) No Jamming Outside, the neighbors have been complaining. We will have intermissions between acts for the jammers to play on stage throughout the night. Take it all out of your system on stage! 2) No Smuggling Of Drinks Please! If anyone is seen with a drink purchased outside of the pickle, you will be asked to leave and not return. Please respect this event and the establishment. Thanks guys! See you Tomorrow

18+ for girls
5$ For anyone under 21 and free for those over 21
Great Drink Specials Full Bar

Please help to continue this event at this venue. Please do not bring your own drinks, they have a full bar inside. Let’s Have a great time responsibly and keep this venue clean and beautiful.
If any questions please call Nikki Rodriguez at 786|728|4748 or Lou Roman 305|298|8759.

www.electricpicklemiami.com
Facebook Page.

Unveiling of Charity Art Works 10/19/11

Unveiling of Charity Art Works
October 19th, 9AM
Pinecrest Elementary
1250 SW 57th Avenue

Mayor Cindy Lerner To Join Pinecrest Elementary Principal Marisol Diaz For Unveiling Ceremony Of Charitable Art Projects Created By Artist Miguel Paredes

Works to be unveiled include an expansive, permanent 248foot, tile mosaic and a custom dog sculpture, which is part of the SmARTy Dog for SmART Schools program, commissioned to raise money for electronic “Smart Boards” to be installed in classrooms.

Official Artist of the Latin Grammy Artist, Miguel Paredes, is a longtime Pincecrest resident and father of 3 children currently attending Pinecrest elementary. In effort to continue his commitment to the community, Paredes will unveil two separate charitable art projects; 9AM, Wednesday, October 19th, Pinecrest Elementary Courtyard, 1250 SW 57th Avenue, Miami. Paredes drew inspiration for the mosaic mural from former Pinecrest teacher, Roberta Brand, whose love of the arts influenced hundreds of students through the years.

Additionally, Paredes is involved with SmARTy Dogs for SmART Schools, a program produced by Prince Media Development, aimed at raising thousands of dollars necessary to purchase and install “Smart Boards” in classrooms. Smart Boards are large, oversized, interactive screens loaded with teaching applications to engage students and enhance the classroom learning experience. Maurice’s Jewelers, a Pinecrest institution since 1935, sponsored Paredes SmArty Dog. Paredes became the first MiamiQDade resident to ever receive two simultaneous proclamations from the City of Miami Beach and Village of Pinecrest honoring his mural donation to the Miami Design Preservation League’s, Art Deco Welcome Center in support of historic preservation, his devotion to the city and positive impact on the community.

Photographs of Downtown Concert Series on 10/14/11

Downtown Concert Series on Friday, October 14, 2011.  The DDA kicked off Season 4 with Surfer Blood, Spam Allstars & Ketchy Shuby!  Every second Friday of the month at 6:00pm what a great way to bring in the weekend with a free concert.

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Bal Harbour Art Night 11/3/11

Nov 3rd, 6:00pm
Bal Harbour Shops

Bal Harbour Art Nights….Where fashion LOVES art

Season Opener.

Art & Design forged a potent alliance in the fashion capital of Bal Harbour. That visual synergy created by top brands, South Florida based artists, local galleries and museums happened last season at Bal Harbour Art Nights.
Bal Harbour Village, Bal Harbour Shops, The St. Regis and Art Nexus will host four collector worthy evenings for the 2011-12 season starting which will start on Thursday, November 3rd at 6pm at the Bal Harbour Shops.

Bal Harbour’s intention is to please the eyes and inspire the mind by creating a platform that celebrates the relationship between fashion and art. Also to embrace the high level art components present in South Florida through Museum presentations, Miami based artist installations, and innovative chats.

The Sketchy Pink Party at The Betsy-South Beach 10/23/11

Sketchy Pink Party
Sunday, Oct. 23, 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
The Betsy-South Beach
1440 Ocean Drive
South Beach, FL
RSVP Here.
Prepay Here.
@sketchymiami
@beachedmiami

In the evening of Sunday, Oct. 23, Beached Miami will be hosting the Sketchy Pink Party atop the roof deck of The Betsy-South Beach to raise money for breast cancer research. There will be live art, drinks, and hors d’oeuvres catered by BLT Steak, the Betsy’s stellar in-house eatery. Raffa & Rainer will also be on hand, marrying melody and harmony to make a lovely thing called music.

Have a lot of fun. Do a lot of good. Admission is $20 at the door and $15 in advance. All proceeds will benefit breast cancer research at University of Miami’s Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at Sylvester. To learn more and to RSVP, visit the Facebook event page.

Perks: All proceeds benefit breast cancer research; all guests get a free glass of Grolsch; catering by BLT Steak; live art by local artists; live music by Raffa & Rainer
By the way, you don’t have to wear pink, but you’ll look better if you do. See you there.

Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project at Red Bar Gallery on 10/12/11

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of Breast Cancer Awareness Body Painting Project at Red Bar Gallery on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.

Dance With Me Photography Exhibit by Nicole Kent 11/5/11

Dance With Me Photography Exhibit by Nicole Kent
November 5, 2011, 7-10pm
1310 Gallery
1310 SW 2nd CT (Middle St)
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
www.nicolekent.com

If your knowledge of dance is reduced to fist pumping and shaking your money maker, fine art photographer, Nicole Kent will broaden your repertoire when her first solo exhibit, Dance With Me, debuts at 1310 Gallery on November 5, 2011. Dance With Me is an in-depth exploration of Nicole’s fascination with dance and motion as a vehicle for conveying human emotion. Her images capture the beauty of dancers as they glide across the stage, defy gravity with acrobatic stunts, or pop and lock. To reinforce the concept of movement in her work, Nicole has chosen to showcase lenticular prints, a unique printing process that gives the viewer the illusion of motion as they walk across the room. The opening and closing receptions will feature live performances by dancers from Impact Dance Company, My Bollywood Studio, and Body & Soul Dance Theatre, many of whom are featured in her work. After being inspired by three floors of new moves, Nicole invites you to join her at The Green Room for the exhibit’s after party.

Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk 10/15/11

Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk
October 15th, 7-10pm

Comfort Zone Studio & Spa
2028 Harrison Street #101 • 954-923-2030 • www.ComfortZoneSpa.com
Specializing in romantic couples treatments & spa parties. Customized facials, LED facial rejuvenation, a variety of massages, European waxing, natural nail services, & more!

The Shade Post
2028 Harrison Street #102 • 954-920-0029 • www.ArtOfShade.com
A fashion lab and showroom for the Art of Shade, a recycled, redesigned one-of-a-kind label by designer Kayce Armstrong. Fashions from bikinis to couture gowns!

Niki’s Cafe
2028 Harrison Street #103 • 954-923-2030
A fusion of European & Caribbean flavors (“Eurobbean”) where you can enjoy the highest quality in imported cheeses and wines or a delicious plate of Latin food and ice cold beer.

ANSU Gallery
2028 Harrison Street #104 • 954-454-5632 • www.ANSUGallery.com
Local artists show and sell their fine art. One-of-a-kind handpainted porcelain collectibles and papier mâché sculptures. Handpainted murals on tiles, magnets & more.

Cafe Volare
2033 Harrison Street • 954-655-5432
Gourmet International food, fresh baked items, home-made pastas and desserts. everything fresh and made on premises.

Armando Perez Creations
2029 Harrison Street #5 • 954-241-0081 • ArmandoPerezCreations.com
Armando Perez, Artist and Jewelry Designer will be presenting several shark paintings and fantasy art. Stop by for great specials, music and wine.

Goddess Store & Studio
2017 Harrison Street • 954-929-2369 • www.GoddessStore.com
Experience a variety of dance forms and yoga at our unique studio. An easy and fun way to maintain and improve your health & wellness. FREE Monthly Dance, Poetry & Art Events.

Cuenca’s Montecristo Lounge of Hollywood
1928A Harrison Street • 954-364-7660 • facebook.com/Montecristo.Lounge
The Montecristo Lounge is a classic, relaxing and cozy members only cigar club that hosts a public “Art and Cigars” exhibition each month that attracts cigar aficionados and art lovers alike.

Alexandria Mediterranean Restaurant
2050 Hollywood Blvd • 954-925-4521 • www.Alexandria-Restaurant.com
Offering our guests a full liquor bar, a hookah lounge, the best belly dance show every night, special VIP events and much more, all while enjoying the best Mediterranean seafood in town.

Paul Miller Hair Studio
2019 Hollywood Blvd • 954-922-9710 • www.PaulMillerHair.com
Paul Miller Hair Studio features an upbeat and trendy atmosphere influenced by some of the most talented and professional hair stylists in Florida. Local and regional artists’ work on display during ArtWalk. (November & December only)

Megabite Chillout Lounge
1910B Hollywood Blvd • 954-237-2888 • www.MegabiteCyberCafe.com
Chic internet lounge with live music, fanciful & exquisite food. We serve beer at 23° and 20 flavors of bubble tea.

ArtsPark Visual Arts Pavilion Gallery
One Young Circle • 954-921-3500 • www.HollywoodFL.org/artspark
In the Visual Arts Pavilion, visitors can enjoy demonstrations of glass blowing, jewelry making & sculpting, view rotating exhibitions and purchase original artwork.

Click here to download ArtWalk Participant map PDF.

Up All Night The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club Charges Up for Sleepless Night Miami Beach 11/5/11

Exclusive hotel sponsor of Sleepless Night Miami Beach, The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club, has announced its eclectic line-up of installations taking place throughout the 13-hour event on November 5-6, 2011. On this special night, the three-building property will be decked out with daring art displays paired with funky foreign beats, the moves of Miami’s Shameless Burlesque Troupe and much more. The hotel will also serve as the main information booth for the event and is centrally located to many performance venues, making it an ideal spot to start or end the night.

Throughout the event, those looking to rest their tired tootsies and get a little people watching in can kick back in the Sleepless Night lounge located in front of the hotel on Miami’s main stretch – Collins Avenue. In the lounge guests can order a round of caffeinated cocktails, refuel with a few light bites or sample one of 12 flavors at the oxygen bar. When ready to depart, “sleep walkers” can hop aboard the complimentary Sleepless Night shuttle, with stops occurring at the lounge all evening long.

“We are extremely excited to be the official Sleepless Night Miami Beach host hotel for the second year,” said owner of The Catalina Hotel & Beach Club, Alan Lieberman. “We truly believe that this year’s all-night event will be bigger and better than ever, demonstrating that The City of Miami Beach as a whole has truly arrived as the next great destination for the performing arts.”
Co-owner Nathan Lieberman adds, “For the hotel specifically, it is a great opportunity to express our personal enthusiasm and passion for the arts. By offering a celebration throughout The Catalina’s three buildings, we are proud to give local South Florida artists a platform to perform as well as attracting locals and visitors to the city. Sleepless Night Miami Beach in many ways confirms why Miami Beach is one of the hottest destinations in the world.”

The complete lineup of Sleepless Night Miami Beach events at The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club follows below:

Red Bar Lounge
Official Sleepless Night Miami Beach Ribbon Cutting Ceremony (5:30 p.m.)
City of Miami Beach Mayor Matti Herrera Bower joins The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club’s owners Alan and Nathan Liberman as they kick off the night’s festivities.

Meet the Artists (6:00-8:00 p.m.)
Marlene Lopez, Frayackus, Jennifer Garcia, Carielen Haas, Lucinda Linderman, Sri Prabha and Burne Richardson will be present to discuss their pieces on exhibit.

Arthur Brown Jazz Fusion Performance (7:00-10:00 p.m.)
Award-winning jazz musician Arthur Brown presents his repertoire of hip mainstream jazz, blues and Latin jazz along with special guests.

DJ 1MX SET (10 p.m.- 4 a.m.)
Miami favorite DJ 1MX on the decks for a six-hour set of the best hip-hop, house and jazz.

Catalina Unplugged at Maxine’s Bistro & Bar
On the Front Terrace:
La Vida (5:00-7:00 p.m.)
Dueling acoustic guitars play an elegant blend of jazz, world and contemporary music.

Cleveland Jones (7:00-9:00 p.m.)
The cool rhythms of the Caribbean blended with Latin guitar and classic vocals.

ArtOfficial (9:00-11:00 p.m.)
Playing sounds from hip hop’s “golden era,” replacing sampled beats with jazz musicians and injecting a good dose of future funk into the whole equation.

Jay Blues Band (11:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.)
Performing a high-engery fusion of funk, rock, blues and R&B.

Rose Max and Ramatis (1:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m.)
Straight from Rio de Janeiro, this group brings the beats of bossa nova, Brazilian jazz and samba.

Zach Larmer and Sam Hall of Mineur de Jazz (3:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m.)
Mineur de Jazz mixes Bluegrass, Gypsy Swing, and Bebop to create an interesting and stimulating blend of musical flavors.

In the Lounge:
DJ Halo (6:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.)
Blend of old school hip hop, ‘80s and jazz.

On the Bamboo Pool Deck:
305coLAB open-air video installation
Projection screen suspended over the bamboo pool with works from Sri Prabha, Burne Richardson, Marlene Lopez, Lucinda Linderman, Jennifer Garcia Matthews and Carla Fache.

Up All Night With Y-100 Live Radio Broadcast at Kung Fu Kitchen & Sushi
On the Front Terrace:
Live Painting by Santiago Betancur (10:00 p.m.-midnight)
Betancur will rally through the night painting two signature self-portraits with acrylics on canvas.

In the Lounge:
Meet the Artists (6:00-8:00 p.m.)
Santiago Betancur, Cristina Botero, Breceda, Luis Jimenez, Orkomo, Prieto, Romgo, Jonathan Suarez and Vasquez will be on hand to discuss their works on display throughout the lounge.

DJ 1MX Set (6:00-10:00 p.m.)
The local turntablist starts his marathon night with the best hip hop, house and jazz before heading to the Red Bar Lounge.

Y-100 Live Radio Broadcast (10:00 p.m.-midnight)
Acclaimed radio personality DJ Chris Cruz goes live on Miami’s hit music station.

Shameless Burlesque Troupe performance (10:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m.)
Inspired by icons such as Mae West and Lili St. Cyr, Shameless Burlesque will bring their sultry moves to The Catalina for a five-hour performance.

“Circuitry” Audio Visual Performance (midnight-5:00 a.m.)
The #1 Billboard artist DJ Maximus 3000 pairs his beats with “Live Stream,” a simulcast performance exploring the inner works of Sleepless Night Miami Beach, with streaming video from each zone streaming on screens and through social media applications. App users can log on to the simulcast and comment on their experiences. Directed by Emmy-award winning director, Andrew Richardson.

Exclusive hotel packages are available at The Catalina Hotel + Beach Club during the event.
The Sleepless Night Package includes:
· Overnight accommodations
· Energy drink welcome cocktails and nightly cocktail hour
· Caffeinated gift basket amenity
· Access to VIP Oxygen Bar Lounge during the Sleepless Night Miami Beach event
· Two complimentary Hungry Man’s Breakfast Platters served at the 24-hour Maxine’s Bistro
· Two complimentary Signature Sushi Samplers served at Kung Fu Sushi
· Round trip airport shuttle from Miami International Airport; two beach chairs per day per room; complimentary use of Catalina cruiser bicycles and VIP club passes

www.catalinasouthbeach.com
www.sleeplessnight.org

Moksha Roots Live 10/2111

Moksha Roots Live
Friday October 21st, 2011, 7pm-5am
7th Crcuit Studios
228 ne 59th street
Miami, Fl 33137
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Moksha Family Arts Collective and Artist for Community Evolution present Moksha Roots Live, the official after party for The Rhythm Foundation’s Big Nights in Little Haiti. In this event we explore the roots of our cultures in the Mia.

Featured Bands this month…~Wraps N’ Kush~
A Roots Reggae Rock band with a unique soul penetrating sound, the band is the main source of live instrumentation for the artists on the JahGydeYah Records roster. The band comprises of Grammy nominated producer Steven “Purpose” Chung on bass, Vincent “Vinnie” Hamilton on keyboards, and Stephen Murphy on drums.

And…. ~Suav Mizik~
Suav play a plethora of styles, primarily kompa, a little bit of reggae and some R&B. Look for the release of their second album “Katon Rouj”.

Every month…
~Moksha Roots Collective~
The Moksha Roots Collective Band is a constant rotation of Miami’s finest roots and world music musicians with international guests. You never know who may join the jam.

This All Star Group includes… Bagga Trax, Harry Lacounte, Ryan Baker, Rene Bailey

Joining Moksha Roots Collective… ~Kirby Maurier~
Kirby Maurier was the co-author and featured vocalist behind “This Is The Life” by Valholla label mate Ramzez. “This Is The Life” quickly gained momentum with DJ’s throughout Miami, spinning the single in the hottest clubs, and being featured on South Florida radio stations such as 99Jamz, Power96, and internationally recognized.

~Swelele~

~Celia Evans~

Painting live.. ~Ricardo Triana~

Performance Art.. ~Tribe Of The Red Moon ~
Lucky Bruno, Tribe of the Red Moon, has been part of the Moksha Family Arts Collective for the past 8 years. His performances aim to create a sense of global circus hysteria, with the extreme hope of touching and captivating his audiences with joy and inspiration.

Visuals.. ~ VJ Care ~
Environmental light queen aka CARE is an international video artist originally from Seattle, Wa. Her vision is to create multi-sensory experiences that connect, inspire & engage.

18+Over /$10
!! Free Admission Before 10pm !!
Come early and have a drink at the Pleidian Lounge ,explore the Moksha Art Gallery & The Moksha Boutique. open 6pm – 10pm FREE

For more information: www.mokshafamily.org / 305.757.7277

Multifaceted The Multiversal Pre-Party and Mixer 11/3/11

Multifaceted – The Multiversal Pre-Party/Mixer
Thursday, November 3, 8:00pm – 3:00am
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 NW 23 Street
Miami, FL
Please RSVP on Facebook.

Multiversal 2011, More than Art Group and Life is Art invite you to our last fundraiser and Multiversal Preshow & Party at Cafeina Wynwood Lounge.

A night of Music, Art, Fashion and Special Art performances from Fire Dancers to Acrobats! Join us as we pre-celebrate our Multiversal 2011 show during Art Basel

Entrance $5 without a drink $10 with a complimentary drink
Includes special shows and Fashion show

Happy Hour from 8pm – 9pm

Artists
BMD art
Cristina Isabel Rivera
Customz
Tatiana Enriquez
Gus Colors
Sean Glenn
Jennifer Maria Cordoba
Peter Fasi
Diana Contreras
Celia Reigle
Chris Riggs
Teepop
James Brutus
Ralph Ventura

Music by
BOXWOOD
{in-boxes}
TAMBOKA

Fashion Shows with
Fox House
Trash Fashions by Aidana Baldassarre
41 Vintage Row by Nori Lance
CherryRootz by AnaMaria Fals
Ai Mei by Amy Rubi

DJ George the Infinite
Special Fire Dancing Performance by The Cleric

get your Feather Extensions onsite by Control Salon

For more information info@multiversalmiami.com

ARTISTS: If you want to showcase you art please email: artists@multiversalmiami.com

Tigertail’s Florida Flash Book Launch and Reading 10/17/11

Tigertail’s Florida Flash Book Launch & Reading
Monday, October 17, 2011, 8:00 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables
free admission

The ninth edition of Tigertail’s annual poetry publication, edited by Lynne Barrett moves into prose to explore the edges and overlaps between lyrical and narrative approaches. Fifty-four authors with connections to Florida contribute prose poetry, flash fiction, and flash nonfiction. For each piece, editor Lynne Barrett set a maximum word count of 305—a number representing the original South Florida area code as well as the limits of a single page—and the result is an exuberant collection that captures both scintillant moments and the faceted turnings of memory.

New World School of the Arts Alumni Art Auction at the Sagamore Hotel 11/8/11

The NWSA Alumni Art Auction at the Sagamore Hotel
Tuesday, November 8, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm.
The Sagamore Hotel
1671 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida

RSVP at rsvp.nwsa@gmail.com

The Sagamore Hotel in Miami Beach will host 80” of Art, an alumni art auction in celebration of NWSA’s’ 25th year anniversary. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the visual arts division.

Cricket Taplin, co-owner of the Sagamore, the acclaimed boutique hotel in Miami Beach, has announced that she and her husband Martin Taplin will be hosting 80” of Art, a New World School of the Arts (NWSA) alumni art auction in celebration of the school’s 25 year anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Taplin will donate 100% of the proceeds of the auction to NWSA’s visual arts department. With at least seventy-five participating artists, among which are Hernan Bas, Bert Rodriguez, and Mike Vasquez, the one-day exclusive exhibition is representative of the diverse and distinct artistic styles that define NWSA. Sponsored by the Cricket Taplin Collection, the Sagamore Hotel and Bacardi, admittance to the show is by RSVP invitation only. The starting bid for each work of art will be equal to 50% of the value of the piece.

At New World School of the Arts, visual arts students are able to explore and develop their personal artistic and aesthetic vision while being guided by a dynamic and distinguished faculty who are all practicing artists. Through disciplined training in traditional and new media, students also develop new skills and refine others while gaining invaluable understanding of the roles of art and design in society. Areas of concentration in visual arts include Drawing, Electronic Media, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture.

Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, New World School of the Arts was created by the Florida Legislature as a center of excellence in the performing and visual arts, is an educational partnership of Miami Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College and the University of Florida.

Celebrating the Hispanic Heritage Month the Museum of the Americas 10/14/11

Friday, October 14, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Museum Of The Americas
2500 NW 79 AVE #108
Doral, FL 33122
www.museumamericas.org

Celebrating the Hispanic Heritage Month the Museum of the Americas cordially invites you and your guests to the opening of the following exhibitions with free admission to the cocktail-party and free parking at the building.

“7 Artists from 7 Countries”
(Exhibition #4/2011)
featuring
Ana Cabrera Grohs (Argentina)
Lara Campiglia (Uruguay)
Grace Nehmad (Mexico)
José Angel Palao (Spain)
María Angélica Peñaranda (Chile)
Tadeo Lázaro (Puerto Rico)
Javier Villamizar Pinto (Colombia)

Exhibition at Room #108
The show ends on October 31, 2011
Museum hours: Tuesday-Friday, 11-5
Saturdays 11-4 by appointment only

Free admission – Free parking

In room #104, visitors will have the opportunity to admire a spectacular portrait of José Martí, the great Cuban politician and writer, its author being Juan Manuel Freire, a Miami artist. It is important to emphasize that it is not an ordinary portrait: On a canvas measuring 56 x 66 inches (1.42 x 1.68 mts) the artist has pasted more than 650 photos of the most important buildings and monuments that existed in Cuba during the 1920’s in its six provinces. On the frame, those six provinces are represented by their emblems, territories and photos of their outgoing political forces at the time. In short, it is an artwork which comprises several steps: beginning with the idea itself, the research for photographs, the design of the portrait itself by using each one of the photos which had to be shaped up to conform the features, expression and shape of Jose Marti’s face. In almost all the photos monuments, buildings and residences are easily identified (under the right eye visitors will immediately realize the photo is that of the Havana Terminal Railway Station and under the left eye the photo shown is that of the Hotel Continental Colón , Province of Matanzas, etc.) This artwork will be exhibited at Room #104 together with paintings from the Museum Collection

Aleloop Street Art Mobile Installation Art Basel 2011 12/1-4/11

Aleloop Street Art Mobile Installation Art Basel 2011
December 1 – 4, 2011
Aleloop Mobile Art Installation – “Did You See Those MINIs?”
A Multisensory Flash Mob During Art Basel Miami Beach
artbasel.aleloop.com

During Art Basel 2011, pop surrealist artist Aleloop will present a one-of-a-kind interactive Mobile Art Installation that will have people asking “Did You See Those MINIs?” From December 1st – 4th, a caravan of 10 MINI Coopers wrapped with Aleloop’s hip, happy & playful art will be travelling through Miami & Miami Beach in the heart of the Art Basel action, making scheduled stops at the most popular art fairs, parties, galleries and restaurants.

At each stop, 40 energetic performers will pop out of the colorful cars creating a multisensory Flash Mob around the Aleloop MINIs. Performers dressed in Aleloop designed tees will engage Art Basel enthusiasts with a multitude of mediums – music, juggling, singing, magic, hooping, dancing, live art and of course fun take-aways for the audience. The carnival-like atmosphere at each installation will engage all five senses, creating one of the most memorable and talked about Art Basel experiences of 2011. A film crew will be documenting the entire Aleloop experience for “The Making of a Spectacle, a Documentary,” a movie that will chronicle this non-traditional traveling installation.

The 10 MINI Coopers will feature thematically designed artwork with whimsical characters created by Aleloop with their own personalities and stories. Featured themes include: Fine Arts, Grunge, Video Game, DJ, MINI ME, Free Hand, Comics, Pattern, Driver and Nature.

Aleloop is also giving one lucky fan the opportunity to win their own MINI Cooper wrapped with the Aleloop artwork of their choice for a year. To enter the pre-contest, visit http://ArtBasel.Aleloop.com and follow them on Facebook for real time updates. A full schedule of destinations for the Aleloop MINI Cooper caravan will be available soon.

About Aleloop: Between 2002-2009 Aleloop (a.k.a. Alejandra Leibovich) served as Senior Art Director of Creative Services for three of Viacom’s most popular brands in Latin America: VH1, Nickelodeon and Logo TV. Aleloop has also designed for Cartoon Network, Nicktoons Network, 7UP, Dr. Pepper, XBOX, iTunes, Ironman, X-MEN, TNT, The Academy Awards and Playstation in addition to several consumer product clients and music video producers. Her specialty for television, commercials and music videos is blending animated characters and animated “worlds” together with live action actors and elements. Her work garnered widespread industry recognition including more than 20 “Promax” awards, which is the television motion graphics industry’s highest honor. In 2009 Viacom decided to move its operation from Miami to Argentina, and Aleloop decided to take this opportunity to remain in Miami and enter the world of fine arts.

Now, less than two years later, collectors across the U.S. and internationally, have snapped-up more than 11 of her original pieces. Aleloop’s originals and her giclee-originals have appeared at Comic Con San Diego, Optic Nerve at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Miami, G40 Art Summit, Art Whino, Art Link International, Pop Santa Fe, Lunar Boy Gallery, Multiversal and many many more. Demand for Aleloop’s original artwork has steadily climbed and “entry level” collectors now support a growing market for giclee-prints and giclee-originals, in addition to the limited but growing number of her original pieces. Aleloop lives and works in Coconut Grove, Florida and drives one of the most unique Mini Cooper S automobiles on the road anywhere in the world today.

Aleloop’s Art Basel Sponsors Include: Metro Wrapz, Art Whino and The Cheese Steak Gourmet

University Of Miami Wynwood Project Space Presents The 4th Annual Cane Fair 12/3/11

University Of Miami Wynwood Project Space Presents The 4th Annual Cane Fair Opening Receptions
Saturday, December 3, 6pm to 10pm
December 10, 2pm to 9pm
Wynwood Project Space
2200-A NW 2nd Avenue.

In honor of Art Basel Miami Beach, the College of Arts and Sciences Art and Art History Department presents the 4th Cane Fair featuring artwork of UM students earning their Masters in Fine Arts. Works on display include photography, sculpture, prints, installation, ceramics, painting and more. This exhibition will run from November 29, 2011 to January 27, 2012.

Artists featured in this exhibition include Jacqueline Gopie (Painting), Sean Black (Photography), Abraham Camayd (Printmaking), Michelle Roy (Graphic Design), Cynthia Fleischmann (photography), Leah Brown (Sculpture) and many, many 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 in to the program is highly competitive with applicants coming from across the country and internationally as well.

The Cane Fair will be held at the Wynwood Project Space in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach 2011.

Attached image tagline: Sean Black Charna, 2011 Photo

Four Species Exhibition Opening 10/18/11

“Four Species” Exhibition Opening
October 18, 2011, 7 pm – 9 pm
Maor Gallery
3030 NE 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33137
www.maormiami.org

‘Four Species’ is a contemporary group show curated by Jon Feinstein (co-founder and Curatorial Director of the Humble Arts Foundation, NY) and Shana Beth Mason (Miami-based art consultant and critic) that will incorporate new works from four emerging artists in reference to Sukkot. Free and open to the public. The exhibition will feature two sculptural works, a live performance and a wall of the sukkah creatively re-imagined.

Beverages and free onsite parking available to attendees!

More about the exhibition: Four Species refers to the four varieties of fauna synonymous with the human spine (the palm branch ‘Lulav’), eye (myrtle, ‘Hadass’), mouth (willow, ‘Aravah’) and heart (citron fruit ‘Etrog’), held together to symbolize the unity of body, spirit, scripture and memory. The continuous cycles of life and death, the nature of impermanence and migration, and how the practice of making art as an intellectual and contemplative pursuit which may somehow stall or pause the inevitable movement of organic decay are all traced through seamless dialogue between the artists’ works.

Loriel Beltran, Catalina Jaramillo, Joe Segal and Shelter Serra’s work manifest the essence of the religious celebration towards a broader audience: a unique consideration within the Sukkah, itself and moving indoors to the gallery space. A repurposed wooden wall acts as part of the Sukkah’s physical structure, a resin cast of the actual Four Species, two highly finished aluminum-implanted wooden beams hung side by side, and a meditative performance will act as visual suggestions.

This Art is So Gay an LGBT Artist Exhibition 11/5/11 – 12/5/11

This Art is So Gay an LGBT Artist Exhibition
Opening Reception – November 5th, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. (during Sleepless Night)
Closing Reception – December 4th, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. (during Art Basel Miami Beach)
LGBT Visitor Center
1130 Washington Avenue
First Floor
Miami Beach, FL
(Washington between 11th and 12th Streets)

South Florida LGBT Visual Artists
Exhibition Hours – Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, November 5 to Monday, December 5, 2011

All events and the exhibition are FREE and open to the public

Parking: 12th Street Municipal Garage & Metered Street Parking

Eleven local artists have been selected to participate in “This Art is So Gay,” a visual art exhibition at the Miami Beach LGBT Visitor Center, sponsored by MetLife. The exhibition will kick off with an artists’ reception during Sleepless Night, November 5, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., with the artists in attendance and all art will be offered for sale with proceeds benefitting the not-for-profit MDGLCC Foundation for its LGBT scholarship program. The reception and exhibit are free and open to the public with the exhibition running through December 5 during Art Basel. The LGBT Visitor Center is located at 1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor, Miami Beach.

In addition to the visual art exhibition, the Sleepless Night kick-off reception will feature interactive “flash-mob” hurricane parties in celebration of “Captiva,” a new comedy that will be making its world premiere at the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Carnival Studio Theater. “Captiva,” from 2011 Carbonell Award recipient Christopher Demos-Brown, explores what happens when a family is stranded together on that western Florida island during a hurricane and they are forced to face each other with honesty and bottles of wine.

“We encourage the community to come out and support our local LGBT artists at this amazing exhibition’s unveiling reception,” said Steve Adkins, chairman of the board of the MDGLCC Foundation, Inc. “There won’t be a better way for people to kick off their Sleepless Night art experience.”

Exhibiting artists selected by the panel of judges are:
Lewis Aqui, photography
Carla Fache, abstract painting
Raul Frontal, photography
Pete Halpern, landscape paintings
Marcelo Holzinger, contemporary paintings
Ali Miranda, photography
Alfredo Perez, etched oil on canvas
Dale Stein, photography
Tolibia, mixed media
Evelyn Valdirio, painting
Alex Vera, painting

“The response to the call-for-entries from the LGBT artistic community was overwhelming,” said Cindy Brown, executive director of the LGBT Visitor Center. “There will definitely be more art exhibitions at the Center in the future.”

The MDGLCC opened the country’s first-ever Chamber-sponsored LGBT Visitor Center last November. The Center is open to the public five days a week and has been the venue for special events for the MDGLCC, MetLife, Florida Grand Opera, Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival and Miami Beach Gay Pride, just to name a few. The LGBT Visitor Center, sponsored by MetLife, is located in Miami Beach’s Old City Hall at 1130 Washington Avenue, First Floor North, Miami Beach, in the heart of South Beach.

Cibo Preview and Celebration 10/13/11

Cibo Preview and Celebration
Thursday, October 13, 7-10PM
Cibo Wine Bar
45 Miracle Mile
Coral Gables, FL
www.cibowinebar.com

In celebration of our 60th Anniversary and your continued support, the Lowe Art Museum cordially invites you to a private preview of Cibo Wine Bar on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables.

Enjoy a complimentary hors d’oeuvres tasting, beer, and wine.

$20 Admission; Free for Lowe Members.
Space is limited! RSVP at: 305.284.5587 or lowersvp@as.miami.edu

Parking available at the Galiano Street Garage

Art Nouveau Gallery White Surfaces 10/15/11

Art Nouveau Gallery invites you to White Surfaces
Saturday October 15, 5 – 9 pm
Wynwood Arts District
348 NW 29th St.
Miami, FL 33127
305 573 4661
artnouveaugallery@yahoo.com

Georgina Chumaceiro and Elizabeth Hazim Directors of Art Nouveau Gallery cordially invite you to the Opening Reception of White Surfaces By Carlos Medina

Image: Caros Medina, Superficie Blanca XLII, 2011, Rotulado, PVC, MDF, Acrovinílica Blanca, 30 x 30,6 x 7,4 cm.

Kick Off Stone Crab Season with HistoryMiami 10/20/11

Kick Off Stone Crab Season with HistoryMiami 10/20/11
Thursday, October 20 · 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Joe’s Stone Crab
11 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach

Kick off stone crab season with the Flagler Street Society! Enjoy stone crabs, hors d’oeuvres and wine as you network with young professionals! To join the Flagler Street Society or for reservations, call 305-375-5356, or email: RSVP@historymiami.org.

Flagler Street Society members: Free; HistoryMiami members: $25; Non-members: $40

Oxenberg Fine Art Opening Reception 10/13/11

Oxenberg Fine Art Opening Reception
Thursday, October 13, 7-10pm
155 NE 38th Street, Suite 100
Miami Design District
Miami, FL 33137

Oxenberg Fine Art cordially invites you to a group exhibition presenting the recent works of Laura DiNello, Roberto Edwards, Rainer Lagemann, Volker Kühn, Carolina Rojas, Fernando Vignoli, Marcelo Wong.

Exhibit continues through November 12, 2011 Open Daily 12-5pm

Valet Parking
Light Fare & Wine Bar

Please RSVP by Oct 11 305 854 7104 or gallery@oxenbergart.com

BOCF Silent auction and fundraiser 10/21/11

BOCF Silent auction and fundraiser
Friday, October 21 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm
BluMoon Studio of Art
Florentine Plaza, 3444 Main Hwy., Top Floor – Level 2
Coconut Grove, Florida

The Badges of Courage Foundation and BluMoon Studio invite you to a Silent Auction of new Badges of Courage created by the DASH Senior Fashion Design Class to benefit low-income women with breast cancer.

Cooking Demo by Ingrid Hoffmann 10/12/11

Wednesday, October 12th, Doors Open at 8pm
The Rubell Family Collection
95 NW 29th Street
Miami FL 33127

RSVP Required to Attend
Complimentary Cocktails & Valet with RSVP
RSVP@yourvitaminc.com

Vitamin C presents Sabor De Lujo a food + art event

Enjoy Food Demonstrations by Celebrity Chef Ingrid Hoffmann & Private Tours of Art Instillations in the Rubell Family Collection Gallery

Music By DJ Africa
Hosted by Radio & TV Personality Ileana Garcia

Zadok Gallery Marshall Arisman Opening 10/24/11

Zadok Gallery / Marshall Arisman opening
Friday, October 28th 6-9pm
Zadok Gallery
2534 North Miami Avenue
Miami FL 33127

You are invited to attend an opening for Marshall Arisman at the Zadok Gallery on October 28th, 2011 from 6pm until 9pm at the Zadok Gallery. Please save the date and join us for the official grand opening of his show entitled “The Ayahuasca Series”.

This is a group of paintings and large format drawings. Ayahuasca (ayawaska pronounced [aja’waska] in the Quechua language) is any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from the Banisteriopsis spp. vine, usually mixed with the leaves of dimethyltryptamine-containing species of shrubs from the Psychotria genus. The brew, first described academically in the early 1950s by Harvard ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes, who found it employed for divinatory and healing purposes by the native peoples of the Amazonian Colombia, is known by a number of different names. A notable property of ayahuasca is that neither of the ingredients cause any significant psychedelic effects when imbibed alone; they must be consumed together in order to have the desired effect. How indigenous peoples discovered the psychedelic properties of the ayahuasca remains unknown.

Marshall Arisman is an internationally known painter, illustrator, teacher, and story-teller. Arisman’s work has strong emotional themes which often explore the connections between humankind and violence and the resulting spiritual impact, and may be seen in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, at the National Museum of American Art and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as in many private and corporate collections. Marshall Arisman work has been part of the larger cultural language for the past several decades, appearing in places such as the covers of Time magazine, book covers and feature films. Mr. Arisman was the first American invited to exhibit his artwork in mainland China. His series, “Sacred Monkeys,” appeared at the Guang Dong Museum of Art in April 1999. He is the subject of a full-length documentary film directed by Tony Silver titled “Facing the Audience: The Arts of Marshall Arisman.”

Collections include: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, New-York Historical Society, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Telfair Museum of Art, Guang Dong Museum of Art; Guangzhou, China.

Author Jen Karetnick shares Foodie Haikus at Cultural Hub 10/22/11

Next@19th Presents New Season Of Poetry With Rooftop Chaiku – Kick Off With Miami Sweetheart Jen Karetnick
Saturday, October 22 at 9:00 pm
Next@19th, rooftop (entrance to Temple Israel)
137 NE 19th Street
Miami, FL 33132
305.542.7732
www.nextat19th.org

ADMISSION: Free and open to the public, donations welcome

Next@19th launches the second season of its spirited haiku night under a new alias, “Rooftop CHAIku.” As the new moniker suggests, this monthly literary forum will also take on a new location – the square, moonlit rooftop of the downtown cultural center.

Renowned local journalist and poet Jen Karetnick hosts the kick-off event, sharing a selection of culinary-themed poetry from her Necessary Salt (Pudding House Publications, 2007) and upcoming book Landscaping for Wildlife (Big Wonderful Press). Karetnick is well-known for her roles as dining critic for MIAMI Magazine and columnist for Biscayne Times. Also a member of the Academy of American Poets and the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Karetnick has released three books and is currently working on a cookbook, Romancing the Mango: Recipes for the Obsessed, slated for release in Fall 2013.

Rooftop CHAIku invites writers, poets, creative minds to take out their soapbox and share with audiences. Engaging writers and enthusiasts to create haikus rooted in their Jewish identity, culture, practice, heritage or community, select dates will be produced in collaboration with the University of Wynwood poetry collective to access the broadest pool of talents and spoken word..

MDPL Reads Book Signing, Discussion and Celebration 10/12/11

MDPL Reads – Book Signing, Discussion, & Celebration!
October 12, 7pm – 9pm
Art Deco Welcome Center
1001 Ocean Drive,
R.S.V.P. to info@mdpl.org

Please join MDPL for the launch of MDPL Reads, a new community reading program spotlighting great books about the history, culture, excitement and people of Miami Beach.

The October 12th event will feature South Beach, Stories of a Renaissance by Charles Kropke and Eleanor Goldstein. Join the authors for a book signing, discussion, catered celebration, and fun cocktail party. Meet people featured in the book as the authors, mingle guests. There is always something new to learn about South Beach!

Musing With Myra Kick Off Event 10/19/11

Musing With Myra Kick Off Event
Wednesday . October 19th . 6-9PM
Wynwood Kitchen & Bar
2550 NW 2nd Avenue.
Wynwood, Miami, FL
RSVP Required.
and receive a yo MoMMA sticker

Musing With Myra Monthly Arts Networking Event Kicks Off
Small Bites Provided
Happy Hour Specials

Featured Guest 7-8PM
Jane Hart, Curator of Exhibitions, The Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood

Increase your visability in the ART’s Community and participate in the Dialogue.
yo MoMMA B in the House
Introducing yo MoMMA’s Friend Her Gemini Twin
You don’t want to miss this, Peeps!
Show the Love.
Be There or Be Square.

About Jane Hart: Curator of Exhibitions, The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL (ACCH)
Oversee the presentation of exhibitions and special programming in the contemporary fine arts at ACCH. The Art and Culture Center is one of South Florida’s most distinguished non-profit arts institutions. ACCH is a venue for dynamic programming in the contemporary visual and performing arts, augmented by a fully fledged educational program. Works with colleagues at ACCH in these various areas of activity, towards presenting the most innovative and high caliber visual arts exhibits possible. Areas of responsibility include, curation of all contemporary art programming – (approximately 15 exhibitions per year), grant applications, fundraising, corporate sponsorship and special project development, artist outreach and studio visits, guest lectures, coordinate and approve design/publication of collateral materials, contemporary art programming area of organization’s website, and public relations strategies, interface with education department to develop and engage student participation in Center’s art’s programming.

Supernatural America 10/31/11

Supernatural America
October 31, 2011 (Halloween), 8:00pm
Books & Books, Coral Gables
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables 33134
booksandbooks.com

Looking for a sane alternative to the madness on Lincoln Road? Come to Books & Books in Coral Gables to hear Lawrence Samuel discuss his new book “Supernatural America: A Cultural History” (Praeger). “Supernatural America” is the first book to examine the cultural history of the supernatural in the United States, documenting how the expansion of science and technology coincided with a rise in supernatural/paranormal beliefs. From the flourishing of “spiritism” in the 1920s to the early 21st century, when the paranormal is bigger than ever, this entertaining and educational book explains the irresistible allure of the supernatural in America. This book is much more than an authoritative and compelling look at the cultural history of the supernatural over the last century in America—it also explains why we want to believe.

Wirtz Gallery Kicks-off the Season with New Works by MANO 10/14/11

Wirtz Gallery Kicks-off the Season with New Works by MANO
Friday, October 14, 2011, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
The Wirtz Gallery
First National Bank of South Miami
5750 Sunset Drive
South Miami, FL
www.manofineart.com

South Miami’s Wirtz Gallery kicks off the season with New Works by popular Miami-based artist MANO.

The exhibition, an enticingly vibrant showing of the artists’ newest work possesses immediate universal appeal, even for the casual observer and will also serve as the kick-off for the 2012 South Miami Hospital Mercury Ball, presented by First National Bank of South Miami.

The Opening Reception will benefit the Kidz Medical 2012 South Miami Hospital Mercury Ball presented by First National Bank of Miami.

Space is limited. Kindly RSVP by October 12 to 786.467.5405 or yvdiaz@baptisthealth.net

The event is sponsored by: Kidz Medical Services, The Wirtz Gallery, First National Bank of South Miami, South Miami Hospital Foundation, Print Farm, Catering the Event by Susan Bleemer and Premier Parking, Inc.

MANO’s exhibition runs through October 30, 2011.
For more information about MANO please call 305.467.6819 or visit www.manofineart.com

3rd Annual Shoot Miami Photography Exhibit 10/27/11

3rd Annual Shoot Miami Photography Exhibit
October 27th, 2011, 7:00pm
Palmetto Bay Village Center
18001 Old Cutler Road
Palmetto Bay, Florida 33157
www.shootmiami.net

the 3rd Annual Shoot Miami Exhibit.
Over 50 photographs will be on display and for sale by Shoot Miami members.
The exhibit will take place at the beautiful Palmetto Bay Village Center!
Congratulations to all the winners!

A special thanks to our sponsors:
* Idigital Photolab *Frames and Framing * Palmetto Bay Village

Come and support all of our photographers!
For more information please visit: www.shootmiami.net or call 786-344-7055
Shoot Miami, The BEST photography group in South Florida!

Photography Exhibit by ZiZi Zabaneh 11/18/11

Photography Exhibit by ZiZi Zabaneh
November 18th, 2011, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Artists at the Falls
12974 SW 89th AVE
Miami, Fl. 33176
www.zizizabaneh.com

Artists at the Falls proudly presents
A photography exhibit by professional Dancer & Dance Photographer ZiZi Zabaneh. Along with special performances by Fusion Gitana.

The event will take place during the Falls Art District Night Walk on
November 18th, 2011 from 7:00pm-10:00pm.

Artists by the Falls Studio
12974 SW 89th AVE
Miami, Fl. 33176

For more information call (305) 278-2690

About the artist:
ZiZi Zabaneh is of Lebanese decent, born in Bogota, Colombia. A performer, instructor, choreographer and Dance Photographer. She has been dancing since her early teens. Trained in Flamenco, Latin and Middle Eastern dance.

As a professional dancer, she decided to combine dance and photography, her two biggest passions. Her photographs have appeared in numerous publications throughout the globe. ZiZi has earned recognition and respect in the photography field, her first photography exhibit “Capturing Movement Forever” was in April of 2006. Since then she has become one of the most sought after dance photographers. She is the organizer of Shoot Miami, a photography group with over 1,600 members. The group provides networking opportunities for professional photographers, semi-professional and enthusiasts in Miami, Florida. As a professional dancer with over 17 years of experience, she knows how to captures the beauty of movement that comes from each and every dancer.

Mona…Mona…Mona…An Ode to Mona Lisa 10/15/11

Mona…Mona…Mona…An Ode to Mona Lisa
Saturday, October 15, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
MANO Fine Art Project Space
4225 SW 75 Avenue
in the Bird Road Art District
Miami, FL 33155
www.manofineart.com

Celebrating the Bird Road Art Walk’s First Anniversary!

Join us on Saturday, October 15, for
Mona…Mona…Mona an Ode to Mona Lisa.

The Mona Lisa continues to inspire reproduction, parody and more. Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp, Salvador Dali and Vik Muniz are among the many famous artists who have paid homage to La Giaconda and now a distinguished group of contemporary artists inspired by da Vinci’s iconic painting will pay tribute to what many believe to be the most famous painting in the world.

The exhibition showcases a wide range of interpretations of the Mona Lisa by featured artists: Nestor Arenas, Jorge Ballara, Toa Castellanos, Vincente Dopico, Patrica Franco, Daniel Garcia, Chenco Gomez, Marcy Grosso, Mila Hajjar, Monique Lassooij, MANO, Tony Mendoza, Antonio Nunez, Valentina Ramos, George Rodez, Sandra Suarez, Fer Sucre and Derek Wilson.

These modern day masterpieces will all be available for purchase.

MANO Fine Art participates in the Bird Road Art Walk, on the third Saturday of each month.

For more information contact 305.467.6819 or visit http://www.manofineart.com/ or follow us on Twitter: @MANOFineArt

MANO Fine Art Project Space particpates in the monthly Bird Road Art Walk, held from 7:00-10:00pm the third Saturday of every month. The Bird Road Art Walk was recently voted Miami’s Best Art Walk 2011 by Miami New Times.

For more information about the Bird Road Art Walk visit:

Facebook: Bird Road Art District
Twitter: @BirdRoadArts
Web: www.thebirdroadartdistrict.com

Bird Road Art Walk-First Year Anniversary to Benefit Susan G. Komen 10/15/11

Bird Road Art Walk-First Year Anniversary to Benefit Susan G. Komen
Saturday, October 15, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Bird Road Art District
The Bird Road Art District is conveniently located just off of the Palmetto Expressway (SR 826) and Bird Road (SW 40th Street), BRAD extends south to SW 48th Street and between SW 75 Ave to SW 72 Ave.
www.thebirdroadartdistrict.com

Join us for our Frist Anniversary Celebration to Benefit the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure

In October, the monthly Bird Road Art Walk will mark its first anniversary. To celebrate the occasion artists have teamed up with Shooger.com to create a memorable and dare we say delicious event to benefit the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

Miami’s premier cake designers, confectionaries and patisseries have been paired with top artists to create a very artsy Cake Walk within the ever popular Art Walk. These delicious creations will be sliced and served up for patrons to sample and enjoy for a modest contribution of $2.00 per slice Yummmmmmmmmmm. All proceeds from this artsy “Cake Walk” will benefit the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

The Bird Road Art Walk was started by a small group of artists and art enthusiast and officially debuted in October 2010. The Art Walk has doubled in size in less than one year and continues to grow. Recently voted Miami’s Best Art Walk 2011, by New Times Best of Miami, the monthly Art Walk takes place from 7:00 – 10:00 pm on the third Saturday of each month. The October 15 event will feature more than twenty-five art studios, galleries and art venues featuring new exhibits and shows, many of the artists will be donating a percentage of sales proceeds to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

A free shuttle bus is provided for patrons of the Bird Road Art Walk courtesy of Norle Properties & Green Zone Body Shop, Inc. The shuttle bus loops throughout the Bird Road Art District stopping at all the art venues several times throughout the evening.

A map of the Bird Road Art Walk will be distributed by participating art venues as well as on the shuttle bus, or if using a smart phone, maps can be accessed by scanning the Art Walks new QR code displayed throughout the event.

For more information info:
Call:305.467.6819
web: http://www.thebirdroadartwalk.com/
facebook: Bird Road Art District
twitter: @BirdRoadArts

Check our website for map & listing of highlights for October 15 Art Walk
www.thebirdroadartdistrcit.com
The Bird Road Art Walk is a rain or shine event.

Image:”Help Yourself” by Roberto Dominguez, oil on canvas 48″ x 36″

Luisa Mesa Artspace First Opening Celebration 10/15/11

Luisa Mesa Artspace – First Opening Celebration
Saturday, October 15, 2011, 7:00-10:00 PM
Luisa Mesa Artspace
4432 SW 74 Ave
in the Bird Road Art District
Miami, FL 33155
www.luisamesa.com

Preview Luisa Mesa’s thought-provoking new installation from her “Meditations Series.” The installation features individual works that consist of repetitive drawing and layering on wood panels that Mesa is known for.

The individual free-form organic shapes have a vibrant palette ranging from shades in turquoise and magenta, to chartreuse, with dimensions from 36 to 3 inches in diameter.

An earlier version of Mesa’s “Meditations Installation” is in the permanent collection of RCL’s “Oasis of the Seas.”

For more information contact: 305.773.8907 or visit www.luisamesa.com

About Luisa Mesa:
Luisa Mesa was born in Havana, Cuba, and earned her BFA at FIU, in Miami, where she lives and works. Mesa is an alumna of Art Center South Florida, and currently has a studio in the Bird Road Art District.
Mesa has exhibited her work in numerous venues and is included in several important collections, and institutions throughout the United States.

About the Bird Road Art Walk:
Luisa Mesa Artspace opens this exhibit in conjunction with the Bird Road Art Walk. Named Miami’s “Best Art Walk” 2011 by Miami New Times, experience the Bird Road Art District every 3rd Sat. when artists open their doors to host the monthly Bird Road Art Walk, 7-10 pm. For more info contact 305.467.6819/ or visit www.thebirdroadartdistrict.com

The incomparable Elisabetta Fantone Artist’s Rendering exhibit 10/11/11

Elisabetta Fantone’s Artist’s Rendering
The incomparable: Elisabetta Fantone Artist’s Rendering exhibit
October 11, 2011, 7 pm – 11 pm
Myra Galleries
Myra Galleries
177 NW 23RD Street, Wynwood
Miami, FL 33127

The incomparable: Elisabetta Fantone Artist’s Rendering exhibit

V.I.P and Press Reception – Exclusive Preview
Tuesday, October 11th from 7pm – 10pm
Complimentary Cocktails

Meet & Tweet with Elisabetta: @ElisabettaTweet

RSVP to ArtEvents@brprgroup.com for guaranteed entry.

Words and Wine 10/12/11

Words & Wine
10/12/11, 9p-3a
The Electric Pickle
2826 North Miami Ave
Facebook Evite.

Ladies, Gentlemen, honey badgers and the like:
Words & Wine is back and being hosted at The Electric Pickle

3$ Beers 5$Wine & 5$ Shots

If you have not had the pleasure of witnessing it for yourself, this is a lovely venue that offers local and international talent. It is very cozy, well lit atmosphere where everyone can be themselves.

Very exciting stuff happening! We just celebrated our one year anniversary and let me tell you we could have not been given a better birthday gift then the Award for Best Open Mic in 2011 published by the Miami New Times!

This is just the very beginning, join us for our Open Mic EVERY WEDNESDAY! Let’s get together and continue to share good vibes and creativity. Miami is redefining it’s Art scene and our movement has created a pavement for poets, musicians, dancers, thinkers, lovers, and people who just need to get away and express themselves freely.

Let’s once again get together, drink some wine, share some thoughts and be happy.

The Electric Pickle will be opening up the back patio for us under two conditions. 1) No Jamming Outside, the neighbors have been complaining. We will have intermissions between acts for the jammers to play on stage throughout the night. Take it all out of your system on stage! 2) No Smuggling Of Drinks Please! If anyone is seen with a drink purchased outside of the pickle, you will be asked to leave and not return. Please respect this event and the establishment. Thanks guys! See you Tomorrow

18+ for girls
5$ For anyone under 21 and free for those over 21
Great Drink Specials Full Bar

Please help to continue this event at this venue. Please do not bring your own drinks, they have a full bar inside. Let’s Have a great time responsibly and keep this venue clean and beautiful.
If any questions please call

Nikki Rodriguez at 786|728|4748 or
Lou Roman 305|298|8759.

www.electricpicklemiami.com

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Photographs of Diamonds N The Ruff Wynwood Artwalk Afterparty at Villa 221 on 10/8/11

Diamonds -N- The Ruff – Wynwood Artwalk Afterparty at Villa 221 on Saturday, October 8, 2011.  A collection of beyond stellar talent in a bad-ass hidden gem location. This was a fundraiser for the “Multiversal” Group Art Show being held in December 2011 during Art Basel Miami Beach.  Diamonds N The Ruff was brought to you by Multiversal, More Than Art Group, Life is Art, A Girl’s Best Friend and WeMerge Magazine.
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Boo! Sketchy Halloween Party 10/29/11

Live art. Live music. Booze. Food. Blood. All shall be in gruesome abundance at the Sketchy Halloween Party
Saturday, October 29, 10:00pm – 3:00am
The Awarehouse
550 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL
Facebook Evite.

This party will differ from our last two in several ways. First of all, blood. Second, candy. Third, music: Arboles Libres, The State Of, organicArma, and more spookygood local bands are on the bill. Fourth, food trucks: GastroPod and Ms. Cheezious, two of Miami’s best, will be serving up the goodness. Finally, costumes! Wear one or get an evil look at the door. (In truth, you’re going to get that either way.)

As for booze, Grolsch will be serving up two free drinks with the door cover and have a special going all night.

Our featured artists this time around include Olivier Casse, Jason Snyder, Jeiddy Lopez, Daniel Ortiz, and Brian Butler, the monstrous mind behind the Sketchy Halloween Party flyer. They will be spread around the Awarehouse grounds to sketch you at your most horrifying. To give you a sense of what you’re in for, we’ve asked the artists to do scary Sketchys throughout October. The first one, by Jeiddy Lopez, is already up and it rules. Check it out at www.sketchymiami.com/boo.

To RSVP for the party, head over to the Facebook event page. And make sure to stay tuned to Beached Miami and Sketchy Miami this month for updates. We will be adding a few more featured artists to the roster, and we’ve definitely got a few tricks and treats up our capacious sleeves.

See you there! Or else.

Thank you to Pearl for providing the art supplies at all Sketchy Miami events.

Audrey Love Gallery Me Too All the Same 10/14/11

Audrey Love Gallery: ME TOO: All the same
October 14th, 7-10pm
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami, FL 33127

Produced by St. Thomas University Graduate Students
The artists will be creating self-portraits that reveal a side of themselves that they seldom show to society. The concept behind this self-portrait is that in our day to day lives, as we interact with the rest of society, there is a side of ourselves that we suppress because we have been conditioned to think that this side of ourselves is somehow unacceptable or not mainstream. As humans, we have more in common than not, and this exhibition will help guests explore the connection of their hidden selves with the artist’s through these revealing self-portraits.

Exhibiting Artists: Jaime Angula, Olivier Casse, Silvana D’Mikos, Marcelo Daldoce, Irena Gapkovska , Juan Griego, Tracey Hagen, Colleen Kelley, Deborah Mitchell, Nicholas Nehaniv, Gustavo Oviedo, Hugo Patao, Russ Ronat, Carrie Sieh, Donna Lee Steffens & William Vallenilla

Live Performance by Viking Funeral at Fredric Snitzer Gallery 10/8/11

Live Performance by Viking Funeral
Saturday 8:30pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127

Dark Age Ahead is an exhibition based loosely on Jane Jacobs’ 2004 book “Dark Age Ahead”. In this book, the author characterizes a dark age as a “mass amnesia where even the memory of what was lost is lost.”
Taking Jacobs’ text as a starting point, sculptures and works on paper have been fabricated to further explore the themes of decay and abandonment in contemporary media and culture.

Viking Funeral engages with social conventions and meets pop culture with a counter gesture, when rejection and refusal merge with forms of chaos and defacement. Their media and products evolve from pop societies and their determining social systems of order. These social systems do not only serve as conceptual starting points, but also as artistic tools. Materials and objects from the everyday cultural production like newspapers, magazines, TV, video, Internet, spray paint, tape and markers play a central role in their language.

Curator’s Voice Art Project invites you to Hotel St Michel by Lamia Khorshid Contemporary Photography 10/8/11

Curator’s Voice Art Project invites you to Hotel St Michel by Lamia Khorshid Contemporary Photography
Saturday October 8, 7:00 PM
Curator’s Voice Art Projects
2509 NW 2nd Ave.
Miami, FL 33127

Lamia Khorshid’s series Hotel St Michel expresses a sense of place and territory. A firm and enigmatic woman is the iconic matriarch in possession of her power and her land. She proves herself with an undeniable life stanza. Staring at us with a defiant gaze, she demands deference and compliance. No capitulation is possible on the grounds she stands for, demanding observance for herself and her environment. Long halls and intimate rooms detailed with furniture and architectural components house this lady of intricate charm and magnetic allure. The photographs propose a paradigm of a woman’s power and rule through a feminist angle.

Skilled to Kill Art Exhibit 10/8/11

Christina Lihan – Leo Dcroix – Bryan Carson
Opening reception: Saturday October 8th, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 9 PM
The ArtLilnk Art Space
130 NW 36 ST
Miami Fl 33127

Look close to the creative expression of 3 skilled artists that use elaborated techniques to make outstanding art. More than the desire for intricacy, their skills flow naturally to delight the viewer’s senses.
The pieces are just dreamy!

October 10th to October 22th from 11am to 6pm by Appointment

www.theartlink.org
Musical entertainment and refreshments will be served
Admission free to the public

Wolfsonian–FIU Opening Of Modern Meals Remaking American Foods From Farm To Kitchen 10/12/11

Wolfsonian–FIU Opening Of Modern Meals Remaking American Foods From Farm To Kitchen
Exhibition Opening Wednesday, October 12, 6-9pm
The Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17 Street

Modern Meals: Remaking American Foods From Farm To Kitchen—

Join us for the exhibition opening of Modern Meals: Remaking American Foods from Farm to Kitchen. Drawing on The Wolfsonian’s collection, and presented in The Wolfsonian Teaching Gallery at the Frost Art Museum, the exhibition explores how technology and design remade the places where food was produced, sold, cooked and eaten from the turn of the century into the post-1945 period in the United States. Modern Meals is the fourth exhibition presented by The Wolfsonian with The Frost Art Museum’s collaboration and is supported with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The opening will take place during The Frost Art Museum’s Target Wednesday After Hours celebration. Free. For more information: 305.348.2890 or artinfo@fiu.edu.

Poster, From Workers to Farmers… Thanks!, 1944
Designed by Ben Shahn (American, b. Lithuania, 1898–1969)
Published by the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), Political Action Committee
New York
Commercial color lithograph
The Wolfsonian– Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
XX1990.2891

Dorsch Gallery presents Amanda Burnham / Richard Haden / John Sanchez 10/7-8/11

Dorsch Gallery presents Amanda Burnham / Richard Haden / John Sanchez
Friday, October 7, 6-9pm
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127

Please join us for the opening reception celebrating the solo exhibitions by Amanda Burnham, Richard Haden, and John Sanchez.
The exhibitions will run from October 7, 2011 – November 12, 2011.

The gallery will also be open noon-9pm on Saturday, October 8, for the Wynwood Second Saturday Art-Walk.

Amanda Burnham: Terminus
Returning to works on paper, Amanda Burnham’s Terminus explores city zones,
scavenging for poetics within the urban ecology and presents ad-hoc frames that
have been swept back together into carefully wrought ink and watercolor vignettes.

Richard Haden: (RAD) Running à Dérive
With his trompe l’oiel wooden sculptures of pieces of urban detritus,
Richard Haden has been mapping the impact of modern existence since the 1980s.
He juxtaposes these pieces with new video and photographs that reflect on
he physical and emotional limits of our city.

John Sanchez: As They Are
John Sanchez uses light to re-align peripheral details as the focus of his vision. If there is observation of American infrastructure, that which we so take for granted, Sanchez’s paintings can also offer a chance to linger in a moment of respite. Light and shadow, painted in just the right way, can give us that.

Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery 2nd Saturday Art Walk 10/8/11

Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery 2nd Saturdays’ Art Walk
Saturday, October 8 · 5:00pm – 10:00pm
Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery / Wynwood Arts District
173 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL

RSVP now: rsvp@miguelparedes.com

We invite you to join us for the Art Walk at our 5,500 sq. ft. gallery!

Complimentary drinks provided by:
Heineken Light
Bombay Sapphire
Societe Perrier
Rex Goliath Wines

Bites by Mac’ n Food Truck
Beats by DJ Ari X
Sponsored by PKGraphics.com

for more info or to rsvp please contact us: rsvp@miguelparedes.com – 866.534.2184 ext.2244 please visit us online: www.miguelparedes.com
www.facebook.com/artistmiguelparedes
www.twitter.com/paredesstudios
www.facebook.com/pkgraphics

Latin American Masters of Today and Tomorrow 10/7/11

Latin American Masters of Today and Tomorrow
Friday, October 7tt from 6 to 10 pm
ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries
169 Madeira Avenue,
Coral Gables (Miami)
Florida, 33134, USA

October is the last month to see our Latin American show! For those who missed our recent review by Janet Batet that appeared in El Nuevo Herald on September 4th including four large color photographs, it will soon be on our web site. Titled Nuevas Figuras en el Arte Latinoamericano de Ayer u Hoy, it highlights the paintings of Antonio Amaral, Jose Benito, Mateo Arguello Pitt and Jose Angel Vincench. Vincench will be featured in our November – January 2012 exhibition with paintings, sculpture and an installation.

Our brokering business continues to thrive with many recent arrivals from private collections, including bronze sculptures by Zuniga (Mexico) and Francisco Navaez (Venezuela). Come join us at our reception this Friday, October 7th to see these sculptures and the works by the fifteen wonderful artists in this show.

Featured Artists
Antonio Amaral
Jose Bedia
Jose Benito
Roberto Fabelo
Sergio Garval
Roberto Matta
Manuel Mendive
Amelia Pelaez
Mateo Arguello Pitt
Elmar Rojas
Melquiades Rosario Sastre
Gustavo Schmidt
Marco Tulio
Jose Angel Vincench
Francisco Zuniga

Art Center/ South Florida’s Juried Artists Exhibition 10/7/11

Art Center/ South Florida’s Juried Artists Exhibition
Friday, October 7, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m
Art Center/ South Florida
800 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, FL 33139
T: 305.674.8278 / www.artcentersf.org

Art Center/ South Florida opens their Newly Juried Artists exhibition at the Richard Shack Gallery, featuring work by artists who are completing the first year of their residency program. A reception for the artists, which is free and open to the public, will be held that same evening. The exhibition will run through Sunday, November 13 at 10:00 p.m.

Featured artists include: Tony Chimento (painting), Pablo Constrisciani (painting), Tom Cocotos (mixed media collage), Katerina Friderici (mixed media), Rosa Naday Garmendia (sculpture), Peter Hammar (mixed media), Lissette Schaeffler (photography) and Antonia Wright (video). Tom Cocotos will create a mixed media collage portrait throughout the show and will begin the piece at the opening on October 7.

Gallery hours are Tuesday-Thursday and Sunday from noon – 10pm; Friday-Saturday noon -11pm. Admission is free to all.

Into the Void Gallery Opening 10/7/11

Into the Void – Gallery Opening
10.7.11, 8pm
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 NW 23rd Street
Miami
www.cafeinamiami.com

This Friday night join us at Cafeina for the Opening Reception the collaborative group exhibition – Into the Void.

The exhibition explores the relationship between our human subconscious and the occult and features artwork by Skinner | Julina Duron | Rocky Grimes | Chris Dyer | Jose Mertz | Michael C. Hsiung | Gina Marie Sandlin | Morgan Blair | Plinio Pinto | Scott Donald | Leslie Martinez & 131.

Drink specials include $5 Tequila Shots & Jose Cuervo Bottles for $275.

Video Installation by Brinson Renda & Rocky Grimes. DJ Sets by Keen-One and Pirate Stereo.

Time Lines Reinier Gamboa solo exhibition at Flagler Art Space 10/29/11

Time Lines: Reinier Gamboa’s first and last solo exhibition at FAS
10/29/2011, 6pm-11pm
Flagler Arts Space
172 W. Flagler St.
Miami, FL 33130
flaglerartsspace.com

Cuban-born, Miami-based artist Reinier Gamboa’s first drawing was of an ambulance and a Sun at the age of two. In 2011, Drawing upon the immediacy of an ambulance on fire, Time Lines showcases a rare view at previously un-exhibited work focusing on the artist’s passion for drawing.

Reinier Gamboa graduated from New World School of the Arts in 2002 and won a full scholarship to attend Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 2008 he began exhibiting in Miami and has remained an active member of the local South Florida art scene.

This exhibition will be held at Flagler Arts Space, an artist-run gallery in downtown Miami which will close at the end of October.

Capt. John Jacobsen at Book & Books Signing and Reception 10/12/11

Miami’s own Capt. John Jacobsen Book Signing & Reception
Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave.
Coral Gables, FL 33134

Captain John Jacobsen, a Coconut Grove resident, is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, who spent 15 years plying the world’s oceans as a ship’s officer on cargo and passenger vessels. Today, Jacobsen is a harbor pilot at the Port of Miami and the Chairman of the Biscayne Bay Pilots Association. His notes and diaries over the years inform his writing.

Captain John Jacobsen debuts as an author with the release of a witty book entitled, A Commodore of Errors, the first-ever novel written about the United States Merchant Marine Academy, with an enjoyable comic effect. Jacobsen has chosen Miami as the first stop for his book signing tour, where a special reception and reading will be held.

Commodore Robert S. Dickey is the outrageously supercilious title character. Watching him strut, plot, flaunt, and flout his way through the story is in itself enough to evoke mirth. Give him so memorable a foil as the indomitable Mrs. Tannenbaume, a “woman of unfortunate stature” to his critical eyes, who consistently manages to one-up him, thanks to an annoying ability quite beyond his ken, and the book explodes with moments sure to cause readers to empathize even if they’ve never set foot on a seagoing vessel. Including a supporting cast suitable to the outwardly starchy, secretly licentious environs of merchant mariners, the novel rollicks along with well-paced speed and plot turns. Drawing on his experience as a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy graduate and career as ship’s officer and harbor pilot, Jacobsen infuses his writing with old-fashioned, very sly hilarity based in the unintended vagaries of love, ambition, greed, meddling, and their various combinations.

Photographs of Wine Down Wednesday at HistoryMiami on 10/5/11

Wine Down Wednesdays at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, October 5, 2011.  I love  HistoryMiami, always has the best exhibits and Wine Down Wednesday is the best time to go and see the museum.  Remember it is the first Wednesday of every month.  See you next month!!

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MDC Art Gallery System presents Evoking Frida Kahlo 10/6/11

Opening Reception:
October 6 at 11:30 a.m.
InterAmerican Art Gallery
InterAmerican Campus
Room 3113, 627 S.W. 27th Ave.
Miami, FL 33135

Live performance and refreshments

October 6 – October 26, 2011
Gallery Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 5 – 7 p.m.
For more information, please call the Art Gallery System at 305-237-7700

As the blood that runs when you kill a deer
by Mariana Altamirano, 2011

Attila Lakatoush Villains and Vixens Exhibit 10/8/11

Attila Lakatoush’s Villains & Vixens Exhibit
Miami 2nd Saturday Art Walk
Saturday October 8th 2011
Midtown 4
3301 NE 1ST Ave M-312
Miami Fl 33137

Calling All Villains & Vixens
To all my Villains & Vixens….
Please join me Saturday October 8th 2011 from 5pm til 10pm
For a private showing of my Black & White Fetish Delights.
Looking forward to enjoying you there……
Attila Lakatoush
RSVP: CafeSocietyGroupMia@Gmail.com

Mykel Stevens and business associate Kwame Bissie has joined forces with Artist Attila Lakatoush to open a fully functional Art, Fashion, & Design Studio. Located in a 2 story 2,000 sq/ft Loft in the heart of Midtown Miami. Stevens Bissie Management, Café Society Group & Attila Lakatoush Art & Design Studio opened its doors showcasing all of Attila’s painting from New York and Los Angeles.

Upcoming projects: Attila Lakatoush Clothing & Accessory Line, Monthly Art & Fashion Shows, Gun Girl Events, Art Basel & shows in Los Angeles and New York City. We welcome you to stop by at your convenience to see or purchase Attila’s latest work.

King Bee at Wynwood Art Walk 10/8/11

King Bee at Wynwood Art Walk
10.8.11, 9pm
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 NW 23rd Street
Miami
www.cafeinamiami.com

Rock out to the sounds of King Bee at Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Walk!

Neon Forest presents an Into the Void – an Art Exhibit – with Video Installation by Brinson Renda & Rocky Grimes.

Music by VJ Tom LaRoc and Troy Kurtz with $5 Tequila shots all night long!

About King Bee:
In Miami, King Bee is a band lavishing in an uncool world.
The dives are too small, and the velvet rope just doesn’t get it.
In response, they’ve created a traveling anti-venue, where all you need to be a member is a love for live music and a good time. Whether in an art gallery, under the laser light of a planetarium or in a warehouse with a couple of kegs, King Bee resonates to a capacity crowd.
Like scuffing a fresh pair of Chucks, little did we know, we just linked Miami to the rest of America.

Humoratorium:The Art of Whimsy Exhibition Closing + Art Fallout 10/15/11

Humoratorium:The Art of Whimsy Exhibition Closing + Art Fallout
October 15, 5pm – 10pm
1310 Gallery
1310 SW 2nd Ct. (Middle St)
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312
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Last Chance to see this amazing exhibition on 3 floors that will make you smile and prove to be one of the Best of the season!
Humoratorium is a spectacle of the best and most innovative contemporary art that incorporates wit, humor, irony, or playfulness in process, materials, or subject matter. Featuring the amusing creations of 34 artists, from inflatable Installation art to painting and animation, this exhibition will be a visual treat!

These artists embrace creation through playful materials or processes and use humor to enlighten cultural discussion.

Featured artists include Ben Morey, Andrew Nigon, Tawnie Silva, John Pack, Carmen Tiffany, Randy Burman, and Judy Polstra.

At the closing, we will announce prizes and shave pecial performance by Misael Soto, Nicole Martinez and Rodrigo Arcaya. Nicole and Rodrigo will perform with hacked children’s toys, modified by Nicole to behave as musical instruments. Rodrigo Arcaya will create visual accompaniment using live cameras and computer programming.

Edible art by Wendy Doscher-Smith and free beverages by Magners Original Irish Cider, Bronco Wine Company, and Bawls Energy drink. The exhibition is supported in part by a grant from The Broward Cultural Division and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Humoratorium is part of Art Fallout, a collaboration between Girls Club Art Collection, 1310 Gallery, 18 Rabbit Gallery, The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale and other local venues. There will be a shuttle bus rotating between each of these locations. Multiple venues will host their own new art exhibitions and events on the same night. To make the evening all the more entertaining, there will be a scavenger hunt, with items to locate at each venue.

Through My Eyes 11/5/11

Through My Eyes
Saturday November 5th, 2011, 7pm-10pm
Artistic Impressions Salon
7228 Taft Street
Hollywood- FL 33024
teresaslomkogallery.com

Please join Teresa as she exhibits her Art Photography, ” Through My Eyes” on Saturday, November 5th, 2011, from 7pm-10pm. Music provided by Joel “Prime” Nunez & cakes and sweets by Lyly from “LYLY’S SWEET LIFE”. See you all on this amazing night!

Atomic Picnic 10/7/11

Atomic Picnic
10/7/11, 9pm
Villa 221
221 ne 17th street, miami, fl 33132

Artkitextural Foundation in association with Buck House and Villa 221 proudly present “Atomic Picnic” … featuring works by Nathan “Dee” Delinois and Cassie “Kazilla” Williams.

(during the Buckhouse’ top rated weekly party event)

2 for 1 drinks when you mention the artists’ name at the bar before midnight. No cover as always!

Fine art, drinks, music, and partying…

(Be sure to also come to the Villa the following night for the Wynwood Art Walk after-party as well as the Diamonds -N- The Ruff exhibition upstairs)

World Erotic Art Museum Anniversary and Investiture 10/16/11

Anniversary and Investiture
Sunday, October 16, 4:00pm
World Erotic Art Museum
1205 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139

RSVP: rsvp@weam.com

World Erotic Art Museum upon its 6th Anniversary in cooperation with The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality Invites you to the formal investiture of Naomi Wilzig With the degree of Honoris Causa Doctor of Arts in Erotolgy and Sexuality. Conferred upon her in recognitions of her many meritorious achievements in the field of Erotology and Sexology

Naomi Fisher exhibition opening at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens 10/6/11

Naomi Fisher exhibition opening
Thursday October 6th, 2011 6-9pm
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
3251 South Miami Avenue
Miami, Florida 33129
www.vizcayamuseum.org
305-250-9133

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens cordially invites you and a guest to an
Opening Reception for Naomi Fisher’s Jungle Sweat, Roseate
Thursday October 6th, 2011 6-9pm at Vizcaya Museum & Garden

South Florida native Naomi Fisher weaves her lifelong memories of Vizcaya within a fictional narrative to create Jungle Sweat, Roseate, a video piece and installation on view throughout the Main House. Fisher’s ongoing exploration of nature and our desire to tame it comes into focus at Vizcaya, where the imposition of formal architecture on a native landscape presents striking contrasts. In Jungle Sweat, Roseate, a female character stumbles upon Vizcaya from the depths of the mangroves, covered in the residue of nature. Fisher tells the fantastical story of the woman’s experiences in this new environment and her struggles to dethrone the “civilized” lady of the house.

Please RSVP for the reception to susan.caraballo@vizcayamuseum.org or 305-860-8423

beats after sunset at the bass museum of art 10/7/11

beats after sunset
october 7
bass museum of art
2100 collins avenue
miami beach, florida 33139

guest dj oly
exhibitions on view

join us for beats after sunset, the bass museum of art’s first friday happy hour event!
exhibitions on view – vanishing points: paint and paintings from the debra and dennis scholl collection | curated by gean moreno | sandra gamarra: at the same time (al mismo tiempo)

* free to members!
* cost of museum admission for non-members $8
* complimentary cocktails by featured mixologist (21+)
* beats by tbd

for more info 305.673.7530 x1001

sponsored by: rex-goliath, brown-forman, perrier & the sagamore hotel

Mystery Dates 2011 Kick-Off Event 10/6/11

Join Us For The Mystery Dates Kick-Off Event!
Thursday, October 6, 7-10 Pm
The Well Lounge
444 41st Street
Miami Beach

Free
RSVP Here
Cocktails courtesy of Grey Goose

Dinner Hosts:
Jason Atkins, Tania and Robert Bassan, Robert Blumenthal, Sam Burstyn, Eric Charest-Weinberg, Felipe Grimberg and Eduardo Ojeda, Olympia de Castro and Gustavo Hernandez, Gloria and Sergio Leyva, Kathryn and Dan Mikesell, Dale and Richard Newberg, Hal Philipps, Dr. Leigh Silverton, Adriana and Michael Stein, and Billy Weisman among others.

Mystery Dates 2011 Fundraiser Ticket Prices
$125 for MOCA Shaker and above members
$175 for non-members
$1,250 for 10 packs (Limited Availability)

Mystery Dates Chairs:
Zubin Nagpal, Erin Newberg, Ivonne Ronderos, Carolyn Travis and Joshua Dunkelman

Mystery Dates Committee:
Carol Adrianza, Marcia Anderson, Meredith Becker, Lana Bernstein, Suzy Buckley, Alexander Cohen, Nick D’Annunzio, Craig Dell, Maura Dominguez, Karen Gilinski, Bill Kearney, Edison Lozada, Bernardo Ortiz, Tiffany Rosen, Tara Solomon, James Wark, Lexing Zhang.

Proceeds from this innovative fundraiser benefit MOCA exhibitions of emerging and experimental artists.

For more information, about the MOCA Shakers and Mystery Dates contact MOCA at 305 893 6211 or visit www.mocanomi.org.

Fabulous Free First Friday at Miami Science Museum 10/7/11

Fabulous Free First Friday at Miami Science Museum
Friday, October 7, 7:30pm-1am
Miami Science Museum
3280 South Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33129

7:30 p.m. – Free Planetarium Show
8 p.m. – “Pop” Laser Show (Family)
8:30-10 p.m. – Free Rooftop Observatory Viewing (Weather permitting)
9 p.m. – The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Laser Show
10 p.m. – Best of the Doors Laser Show
11 p.m. – Pink Floyd: Best of the Wall Laser Show
Midnight – Radiohead Laser Show

Laser Show admission is $4 per child, and $8 per adult. For more information about the Laser Shows, visit: http://www.miamisci.org/www/planetarium_laser_shows.php.

During October’s First Friday, the Activity Room for children ages three and older will feature supervised activities and demonstrations, starting just before 8 p.m. Also, the Ms. Cheezious food truck will be on site, and donate 10 percent of all sales to Miami Science Museum’s Upward Bound program. One of the U.S. Department of Education’s TRIO programs, Upward Bound helps low income, first-generation college bound students to be prepared for postsecondary study, and to graduate college with a bachelor’s degree in science, math, and technology related fields.

Current exhibitions at the Museum, viewable daily from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., include Earth From Space: The Magic Planet, Energy Tracker, Heart Smart, The Sea Lab, and Wildlife Center. Exhibitions are included in the Museum admission price.

Miamiartzine Literary Event Featuring Book Authors Vincent Meis and James Cubby 10/14/11

Miamiartzine Literary Event Featuring Book Authors Vincent Meis and James Cubby
Friday October 14, 5:30 – 7:30pm
LGBT Visitor Center
1130 Washington Avenue 1st Fl
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
miamiartzine.com

Book Signing & Cocktails

Vincent Meis
Eddie’s Desert Rose
It is the 1980’s and everyone is trying to get ahead. In EDDIE’S DESERT ROSE American brothers, Dave and Eddie Bates, seek their fortune as guest workers in Saudi Arabia. Eddie rebels against the restrictions of life in the Kingdom, and on one of his adventures out into the desert he befriends a man who takes him to meet a Saudi prince. The next day he turns up dead. Details are lacking. Questions go unanswered. Dave will stop at nothing to find out why his brother had to die. Accompanied by his wife, Maura, he begins a search across three continents to find out who is responsible for his brother’s death. The hunt takes them back to Saudi Arabia and eventually into a trap where Dave, like his brother before him, becomes caught in the middle of the struggle between the pre-Al Qaeda fundamentalist Saudis and the more liberal Arabs who lean toward the West. It is a quest that forces him to lose his innocence, and to come to terms with disturbing truths about his country, his brother, and his wife.

James Cubby
South Beach Star
South Beach Star is a modern day Valley of the Dolls set in South Beach. A fictional tale of fame, glamour, drugs & destruction
Life is sweet for Jamie Kidd, a thirty-something writer, till he wakes up one morning to discover that his lover has left town after cleaning out the bank account and leaving Jamie heartbroken, penniless, and somewhat suicidal. Jamie makes the entirely sensible, or so he believes, decision to escape to South Beach where he finds success and quasi-celebrity as a nightlife columnist for the SOUTH BEACH STAR, a weekly tabloid that covers the trendy South Beach scene and the celebrities that populate it. South Beach opens its arms to Jamie, who, like an actor taking on a new role, throws himself into his fabulous new lifestyle covering the notorious celebrity-studded party scene where nightly he mingles with beautiful shallow fashionistas, famous models, and wealthy jet-setters. His coveted lifestyle masks an out-of-control roller-coaster ride of late-night parties and photo-ops, fueled by a gradual addiction to crystal meth. Like many before him, Jamie loses control and falls victim to his fast lifestyle.

Viking Funeral Opening at Fredric Snitzer Gallery 10/5/11

Viking Funeral Opening at Fredric Snitzer Gallery
Opening Reception: Wednesday October 5, 2011 6-9 pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127

PROJECT SPACE
Viking Funeral
DARK AGE AHEAD

October 5 – November 5, 2011

About Dark Age Ahead:
Dark Age Ahead is an exhibition based loosely on Jane Jacobs’ 2004 book “Dark Age Ahead”. In this book, the author characterizes a dark age as a “mass amnesia where even the memory of what was lost is lost.”
Taking Jacobs’ text as a starting point, sculptures and works on paper have been fabricated to further explore the themes of decay and abandonment in contemporary media and culture.

About Viking Funeral:
Viking Funeral engages with social conventions and meets pop culture with a counter gesture, when rejection and refusal merge with forms of chaos and defacement. Their media and products evolve from pop societies and their determining social systems of order. These social systems do not only serve as conceptual starting points, but also as artistic tools. Materials and objects from the everyday cultural production like newspapers, magazines, TV, video, Internet, spray paint, tape and markers play a central role in their language.

David Castillo Gallery presents Fabian Peña’s Subliminal Reception 10/6/11

David Castillo Gallery presents Fabian Peña’s Subliminal, Reception
Thursday, October 6, 6-10 pm
David Castillo Gallery
2234 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33127
www.davidcastillogallery.com

October 6 – November 5, 2011

David Castillo Gallery is proud to present Subliminal, Fabian Peña’s first solo show with the gallery. Centered in his locus of collage, sculpture and painting, and navigating his rhetorical milieu of organic and found materials, Peña argues for an entomology that is also anthropology; a mysticism that is also realism; a microcosm that is also infinity.

On observing nature, Hegel writes: “But the boundary line of what, like elephant, oak, gold, is markedly distinctive, the line of demarcation of what is genus and species, passes through many stages into the endless particularization of the chaos of plants and animals, kinds of rocks, or of metals, forms of earth, etc. etc., that only force and craft can bring to light.” (1)

Add to this exulted litany Peña’s splintered eggshells, fragments of cockroach wings, and crushed houseflies shattered like glass. Manipulate them with the force and craft of an artist who is also a trained observer. Combine the meticulousness of scientific classification and the raw impact of materiality. This aptly describes Peña’s four large-scale paintings in Subliminal. Peña’s paintings are consumptive in their visual effect and their ontology in sources the artist personally ingests, including newspapers, fashion magazines and pornography. Like the wings of a moth, Peña’s painterly pastiche yields cumulative subjects, such as a track-and-field athlete in the climax of a high jump. The trajectory of the jump will differ relative to the spacetime of the viewer and their association with Peña’s referential materials.

Peña meets the viewer in mid-air, where one is vulnerable to transience and desire. In mid-air, it is possible, like Schrödinger’s cat, to be both dead and alive. It is possible, like Turing’s infamous test, to be both human and machine. Peña’s work is premised on grasping binary dualism. This struggle is evident in Peña’s series of light boxes. It is also clear in Modern Society, a sculpture that borrows the interface of a compact disc so that, peering through the CD’s circular center through hundreds of pages of historical texts, the viewer encounters a video of ants devouring a scarab beetle alive.

Peña’s materials and process give form to a fecundity of all that is, seen and unseen. Peña displays awe that is a fascination with nature itself, regardless whether the genesis lies in mythology, scientific inquiry or the Freudian notion of the artist as godhead. When Peña micro-mosaics a human skull with cockroach fragments, he references mysticism and natural order. By synthesizing seemingly divergent materials, Peña transforms, for example, the American Dollar and the Chinese Yuan into symbols of immeasurable value.

Peña’s artistic practice is layered with cockroach wings and egg membrane, paint and shreds of celebrity rags. Peña’s depiction of flesh becomes an intermediary between human and animal, natural and manufactured, self and other, the artist’s material and the material world. Subliminal is the quiet disrobing of the viewer, an emperor in new clothes, a sovereign of all that is, seen and unseen.

Fabian Peña was born in Havana, Cuba and lives and works in Miami, Florida. He studied at Superior Institute of Arts in Havana. Peña’s work has been shown extensively throughout the US, Europe and Latin America. His work has been featured in notable publications, including The New York Times, and The Miami Herald. Recent exhibitions include Dead or Alive at the Museum of Art and Design in New York and New Work Miami at Miami Art Museum.

(1) Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, “The Phenomenology of the Mind,” 2nd ed. Trans. J.B. Baillie. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, 2001, page 141.

It Takes All This to be Me A solo exhibit by Kenton Parker Opening Reception 10/8/11

It Takes All This to be Me A solo exhibit by Kenton Parker Opening Reception
Saturday, October 8 from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Primary Projects
4141 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 104
Miami Design District

Saturday, October 8 – Sunday, November 6, 2011

Primary Projects is pleased to present It Takes All This to be Me by Los Angeles-based artist Kenton Parker in his first solo project since 2007. Borrowing and re-appropriating mainstream cultural imagery, then barraging that aesthetic with subtly aggressive visual and textual commentary, Parker subverts and subsequently defies the authority of the surfaces and personalities he encounters. Parker’s own studio reflects this trajectory in the form of crudely documented musings on sexual deviation, amusement, critical texts and instinctive responses over thousands of sheets of paper.

The opening reception for It Takes All This to be Me is free and open to the public, with complimentary beverages courtesy of 42Below Vodka and Perrier. Curated by BooksIIII Bischof, Typoe and Chris Oh, this exhibit will be on view until November 6, 2011. For more information, please visit www.primaryprojectspace.com.

In the context of the exhibits title, Parker inhabits multiple roles as the vagrant, the journalist, the graphic designer and the taco vendor, all filtered through film, sculpture, installation and traditional wall-based art. ‘My First Ralf’ is one such example; a nine-minute short film shows Parker playing ‘Frank’, a vandal for which a public service announcement is made to viewers not through the transmission of practical information, but rather through his own culture-bending acid trip.

Loosely bound to the heels of an iconic Richard Prince collage, Parker deploys his dated, 50’s-style bulletin threaded through his own YouTube videos and original photography. A miniature replica of his fully-functioning ‘Taco Shop’ will inhabit the gallery space, dressed in tiny ceramic tiles, stainless steel finishes, and Retro neon signage.

It Takes All This To Be Me will feature a selection of works created over the past four years, with a significant majority of the corpus inspired by the last ten months of the artist’s life and activities. Parker’s practice is deeply rooted in the cultural incubator that is Los Angeles.

Powered by artistic collective Primary Flight, Primary Projects is a multidisciplinary space, positioned at the heart of Miami’s Design District, which aims to explore and promote multiple forms of aesthetic expression from established and emerging artists. Utilizing extensive, and wholly specific, experience in producing street-level curatorial endeavors in Miami, the creative forces behind Primary Projects unites the commercial and critical efforts of artists, critics, curators, professionals and patrons; the result is the vital presence of an intelligent, alternative arts environment with a bold, urban sensibility delivered through a diverse range of media.

Primary Flight is a collaborative curatorial organization dedicated to the production of site-specific, street level and indoor, murals and installations. Since its inception in 2007, Primary Flight has brought together more than 150 of the world’s most influential artists to install their bodies of work live in the streets of Wynwood, the Design District and greater Miami-Dade. Launching Primary Projects at 4141 NE Second Avenue, Suite 104 in December 2010, Primary Flight uses its 4,000-square-foot space as an art lab, giving professional, established and emerging artists the opportunity to redefine the context in which their work is experienced. Primary Projects’ focus is mainly on the attitude and intellect commonly associated with defiance. Gallery Hours are Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from Noon to 5p.m. For more information please visit www.primaryflight.com and www.primaryprojectspace.com.

“Chanel, 4141 NE 2nd Ave, Suite 104B”
Mixed Media
2010

“Taco Truck”
Custom Designed Taco Truck
2009

Zack Balber Exhibition Opening at Fredric Snitzer Gallery 10/5/11

Zack Balber Exhibition Opening at Fredric Snitzer Gallery
Wednesday October 5, 2011 6-9 pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127

October 5 – November 5, 2011

The Hebrew word Tamim translates as “pure”, “unblemished”, and “complete”. Photographer Zack Balber offers his unique, incongruous twist on Tamim’s denotation in his first solo exhibition at the Fredric Snitzer Gallery. Using portrait photography as his vehicle, Balber intimately uncovers the camouflaged identity of some of Judaism’s most unfamiliar Jews.

Born and raised in gritty inner-city neighborhoods throughout the country, both the photographer and many of his subjects were void of Jewish role models. Instead of praising their ancestry, they concealed their culture behind tattoos and vanity in a pursuit to assimilate. These men portray themselves as Bear Jews, the fighters, and the Sunday-School delinquents: they are the truly unconventional Jews.

Relocated to the close-knit Jewish community in Miami, Balber began to reconnect with his roots. During his cultural rediscovery, he encountered men who were similarly unorthodox yet retained that indefinable Jewish spark. Interestingly, when approached with the opportunity to be photographed as Jews, these ordinarily recalcitrant men let go of their powerful exteriors and embraced the vulnerability of portrait photography. When the participants donned the yarmulke that Zack Balber wore for his Bar Mitzvah, each of them expressed a spiritual reconnection to their culture, captured within these photographs.

Balber’s portraits of men who are ostensibly Tamim–proud, unashamed, and whole—exquisitely reveal their insecurity, vulnerability, and fear of exposure. Although their appearances may initially distract us from their inner reality, the tattoos and bling cannot obscure their heritage of Hebrew day school, spiritual mentors, or even the Holocaust. Through the courage and trust of both Zack Balber and his sitters, the photographer developed a rapport that catalyzed his sense of community and brotherhood. In an introspective discussion on his body of work, Balber noted, “that religion is far more than skin deep and that a connection with G-d can always be reignited.” Despite his initial rejection of Judaism, Balber’s portraits led him to rediscover the culture that is now his lifeline.

Click below to read an interview with Zack Balber on his upcoming exhibtiion Tamim:
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2011/09/final_how_zack_balbers_portrai_1.php

Image: Zack Balber, Pimpy Pat (Color), 2011, Lambda Print, 46 x 66 in.

Sophi Bromenshenkel and Dr. Guy Harvey painting at the premiere of This is Your Ocean Sharks 10/13/11

Sophi Bromenshenkel and Dr. Guy Harvey painting at the premiere of This is Your Ocean: Sharks
Thurs., Oct. 13, 5:30 p.m.
Bill Cosford Cinema,
1111 Memorial Drive
Coral Gables, FL

Tickets for the screening are $20 for general admission and student tickets are $10. A $2,000 donation can be made to purchase a shark satellite tag, as well as attend a VIP dinner following the screening. Reservations are encouraged due to the limited seating. Kindly RSVP to Carla Lovinsky at 305-421-4061 or clovinsky@rsmas.miami.edu.

8-year-old shark conservationist Sophi Bromenshenkel and Dr. Guy Harvey painting together before the premiere of “This is Your Ocean: Sharks”. The screening benefits the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program, advancing ocean conservation and scientific literacy by combining cutting edge research and outreach activities. To draw attention to one of the most threatened groups of marine animals on the planet – sharks.

Selling lemonade, hot chocolate, shark-shaped cookies and wristbands has helped 8-year-old Sophi Bromenshenkel become a global phenomenon. Through her efforts she has raised thousands for shark conservation and been recognized as Oceana’s 2011 Junior Ocean Hero. This month she graces the cover of the latest issue of Oceana Magazine.

“Oh my gosh, that is a big picture of me! I’m really proud of my award and my shark work,” says Sophi. Dubbed the “shark girl” at her school in Minnesota, she has educated several community groups on the threats facing sharks and how they can contribute to shark conservation. Sophi has even convinced her church to host “shark month,” where parishioners donated to her cause. Her contributions go directly towards purchasing satellite tags, which are used by University of Miami (UM) scientists to track a single shark’s movement. The data can be used to determine mating and feeding areas and help to create ‘shark sanctuaries’ that are protected from fishing.

The pint-sized member of UM’s R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program (RJD) team will be in Miami on Thursday, October 13 at 5:30 p.m. for the South Florida premiere of “This is Your Ocean: Sharks” at the Bill Cosford Cinema. She will join world-renowned wildlife artist Dr. Guy Harvey, who appears in the movie, in painting a collaborative piece. The artwork will be auctioned at the end of the evening, and all proceeds from the event will benefit the RJD program.

“I feel really excited on the inside about painting with Guy Harvey,” says Sophi. “I have 3 of his shirts and a magazine about him. I think we will be great friends because we both know so much about the ocean and art!”

About the University of Miami and the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program
The University of Miami is the largest private research institution in the southeastern United States. The University’s mission is to provide quality education, attract and retain outstanding students, support the faculty and their research, and build an endowment for University initiatives. Founded in 2009, the R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program is a joint program of the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and the Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy at the University of Miami. The Rosenstiel School offers one of largest, most comprehensive marine and atmospheric programs in the nation. The Abess Center encourages innovative interdisciplinary initiatives that bridge the gap between hard science and environmental policy. For more information or to get involved, please visit www.rjd.miami.edu.

Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Pink Ribbon Project at Gab Studio on 10/1/11

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of the Pink Ribbon Project with Miami’s Most Influential Women at Gab Studio on Saturday, October 1, 2011.   Miami’s Most-Influential Socialites Participate in Photo Campaign to Benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate.

The 10 women participating in the Pink Ribbon Project:
Cristy Rice – Reality star and housewife on Real Housewives of Miami
Anne Owen – Publisher of Miami Magazine
Kelly Saks – Miss Earth Florida 2010, Miss Cuba 2011
Christina Bulnes – Co-host on Telemundo
Annie Vazquez – Fashion columnist and style expert for Miami.com and fashion reporter for Miami Herald
Lisa Petrillo – Entertainment reporter for CBS Miami
Tiffany Perez – Campaign manager for Miami Herald and founder of Tiffany on Air
Priscilla Jade – Founder of Pricilla Jade Lingerie
Stacey Glassman – Founder of Friends of New World Symphony
Jeannine Bergmann – Owner of Pilates One

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.

America like it or not at The Lunch Box Gallery 10/8/11

America, like it or not with Kirk Crippens, José Joaquín Figueroa and Rodolfo Vanmarcke
October 8th, 7:00pm
The Lunch Box Gallery
310 NW. 24th St.
Miami, FL 33127.

October 8, 2011 – November 26, 2011
The Lunch Box Gallery is pleased to announce its new show America, like it or not by acclaimed photographers Kirk Crippens, José J. Figueroa and Rodolfo Vanmarcke.

America, like it or not aims to gather three different visions of America today, from the transgression of the American culture into other societies to the visual consequences of the Great Depression. Kirk Crippens is a highly renowned artist currently based in San Francisco, California, attending the distinguished Stanford Continuing Studies concentration in Art and who has had an outstanding career within the artistic photography realm. Awarded as the Top 50 Photographer in Photolucida’s Critical Mass, and nominated for the 2011-2013 Eureka Fellowship Program (a project of the Fleishhacker Foundation), Crippens has a strong background in photojournalism and has developed fascinating observational series which has been exhibited in prestigious galleries and art magazines; among them, his widely reviewed “Foreclosure, USA” series, from which 6 photographs are being exhibited at The Lunch Box Gallery.

Crippens’ work “Foreclosure, USA” is inspired by the Dust Bowl photographs of the Great Depression. According to him, “in recent years, the financial distress induced by widespread foreclosures in the United States has become an urgent national concern. There is still much public discourse on how to solve the problem that has decimated communities, threatens the country’s entire financial system, and seems to discredit the American Dream. Lots of foreclosures, yet not much closure”.

His project focuses on the foreclosure crisis in Stockton, California. Only a few years ago, Stockton seemed to manifest the vision of America in its unreserved sense of possibility and its openness to business. Sadly, it is now better known as one of the epicenters of the foreclosure crisis. In the first quarter of 2009, one in every 27 housing units in the region received a foreclosure notice, against a national rate of about one in 159. According to Crippens, this series promotes dialogue about sustainable economic growth in local communities everywhere and educates about the real cost of the unquestioned American Dream.

The second artist who shapes America, like it or not is José Joaquín Figueroa. Currently living in New York City, he attends the The Cooper Union School of Art after being granted with a full-tuition scholarship and has exhibited worldwide, including in the prestigious FIA XX Iberoamerican Art Fair. Figueroa is showing two series, one work composed of 9 images that belong to the series “El pitiyanki: American Quilt”, and 6 polaroids of his series “Martyrs”. According to the artist, “advertising, consumer goods, television, colonization, mass media, globalization… American culture plays a fundamental role in both my Venezuelan society and my generation. In Venezuela, I struggled between what aspects of American culture belonged to me or did not; as the line

between national/American and colonizer/colonized is blurry most of the time”.

With this thought, his work arises from the necessity of ingesting and trying to digest some of the possibilities that the American consumer landscape continuously places into our daily lives while dealing with the complexity of gender stereotypes and race in Latin America. As the artist, he uses his body and others’ as entities that experience, in a repetitive form, the massive consumption of elements that represent massive consumption. His fascination for popular American elements like logo identities and celebrity influence relies on their high level of transgression towards outside identity and cultures.

Figueroa uses humor and irony as vehicles to announce and denounce, to praise and criticize this reality of manufactured consumption and identity. It represents immediacy, desire and success, all of which, after ingested, often result in dissatisfaction and guilt. Like a martyr, he puts the performer in repeated situations of discomfort hoping that he or she might find transcendence. These gestures start merging into a more complex understanding of diverse and untamable possibilities of how to recognize and utilize American culture – not just digest it.

Venezuelan photographer Rodolfo Vanmarcke is also participating in America, like it or not. Vanmarcke has widely exhibited profound photograph series that fully grasp the attention of viewers, not only in meaning and style, but in his inquisitive technique. Among others, he has participated in the XIV Shanghai Art Fair, in the project “One Hour Photo” at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, in “The Deceptive Eye 2010” at Curator’s Voice Art Project curated by Professor Milagros Bello (Ph.D) and won the title “Best in Show” in the 12th exhibition of Latin-American and Caribbean Art.

Always with an acute critical approach to reality, his vision of current America for this show is based on what he likes to call the “New Normals”. Vanmarcke’s series is a visual practice that intends to represent some of the new and problematic scenarios of the contemporary world, which without realizing it, have become part of our everyday life. The portrayed situations reference a variety of the “accidents” that are caused by the humans or the same society that embrace them. Vanmarcke is showing two pieces: one based on the BP oil spill, and the other one related to the abuse of analgesics and the excessive prescription of drugs in America.

Vanmarcke’s series is built upon the closer look, which is at the same time terrifying, and that denounces what has become a habit; habit that is reached through a complex process of recognition, saturation and almost total slovenliness towards the existent conflict. As a result, indifference, apathy, abandonment and oblivion prevail, and thus a “new normal” is born.

Photographs of Pink Ribbon Project at Gab Studio on 10/1/11

Pink Ribbon Project with Miami’s Most Influential Women at Gab Studio on Saturday, October 1, 2011.   Miami’s Most-Influential Socialites Participate in Photo Campaign to Benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale Affiliate.

The 10 women participating in the Pink Ribbon Project:
Cristy Rice – Reality star and housewife on Real Housewives of Miami
Anne Owen – Publisher of Miami Magazine
Kelly Saks – Miss Earth Florida 2010, Miss Cuba 2011
Christina Bulnes – Co-host on Telemundo
Annie Vazquez – Fashion columnist and style expert for Miami.com and fashion reporter for Miami Herald
Lisa Petrillo – Entertainment reporter for CBS Miami
Tiffany Perez – Campaign manager for Miami Herald and founder of Tiffany on Air
Priscilla Jade – Founder of Pricilla Jade Lingerie
Stacey Glassman – Founder of Friends of New World Symphony
Jeannine Bergmann – Owner of Pilates One

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The Funk an event benefiting Haiti 10/29/11

The Funk-an event benefiting Haiti
Saturday October 29,2011
Mainstreet Miami Lakes
6709 Main Street
Miami Lakes, FL,33014

The Funk will be hosting an amazing evening that will support Haiti and local and international artists featuring BlacInc, JaFleu, Daniel Fortune, NinaGreekinian, JC studio and more,

Models will strut in the artsy,funky, fantasy -like designs by Christian Segui, Anastasia Sagalovich, Anchowear by Joanne, and YeraBrand

For your entertainment, expect a variety of live performances,by Fader Lima, Oh Ginelle, Dance Culture Divas, Live Love Dance Performing Arts Company,League of Extraordinary Steppers,Party Room Squad and more.And don’t forget! Leave some tummy room before coming to THE FUNK, to indulge in our complementary sweet and savoury hors d’oeuvres bar, featuring My Cupcake Love.

THE FUNK truly offers something for everyone. Shop amongst a wide variety of unique vendors such as soy candles, handmade jewelery,beauty products, feather extensions, children’s items,homemade cookies, sandals, reaggae wear and accessories and more

Guests who come dressed up in a costume get a chance to win a bag full of items from our vendors and cash prizes.

This event runs between 7pm ad 11pm, and admission is $10. Children 8 and under pay no admission fee.Parts of the proceeds go to Word and Acion- www.wordandaction.org a non-profit organization focused on sexually abused children in Haiti. Their goal is to create the House of Hearts, to shelter and care for these children and their mothers.

Tickets are on sale at www.thefunk2910.eventbrite.com

For vendor and sponsorship inquiries please contact: thefunkmiami@gmail.com or visit www.thefunk29.eventbrite.com for the vendor application

Locust Projects Ninth Annual Smash And Grab Fundraiser 10/29/11

Locust Projects Ninth Annual Smash And Grab Fundraiser
Saturday, October 29, 6:30-9:30pm
Locust Projects, Inc
155 NE 38th Street, Suite 100
Miami, Fl 33137

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).

Smash and Grab preview exhibition October 21-28th. Online catalog available soon!

Artwork Raffle Ticket (admits 2 people):
$425 Locust Projects member
$450 non member

General Admission: $50 per person

Yamel Molerio-Paintings 10/8/11

Yamel Molerio-Paintings
October 8th, 2011, 6:00 pm
Buena Vista Building
180 NE 39th Street
Miami, Florida, 33137
Suite 216
Design District

Join us Saturday, October 8th, 2011 for the opening reception of artist Yamel Molerio’s solo show titled “Paintings”. This is in coordination with Second Saturday Art Walk-Art and Design Night in the Design District. All of the paintings in the show have been created this year(2011). Molerio is the founder-president of the artist group GUILD.

Words and Wine at The Electric Pickle 10/5/11

Words & Wine at The Electric Pickle
10/5/11, 9p-3a
The Electric Pickle
2826 North Miami Ave
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Ladies, Gentlemen, honey badgers and the like:
Words & Wine is back and being hosted at The Electric Pickle

3$ Beers 5$Wine & 5$ Shots

If you have not had the pleasure of witnessing it for yourself, this is a lovely venue that offers local and international talent. It is very cozy, well lit atmosphere where everyone can be themselves.

Very exciting stuff happening this Summer. We just celebrated our one year anniversary and let me tell you we could have not been given a better birthday gift then the Award for Best Open Mic in 2011 published by the Miami New Times!

This is just the very beginning, join us for our Open Mic Every Wednesday! Let’s get together and continue to share good vibes and creativity. Miami is redefining it’s Art scene and our movement has created a pavement for poets, musicians, dancers, thinkers, lovers, and people who just need to get away and express themselves freely.

Let’s once again get together, drink some wine, share some thoughts and be happy.

The Electric Pickle will be opening up the back patio for us under two conditions. 1) No Jamming Outside, the neighbors have been complaining. We will have intermissions between acts for the jammers to play on stage throughout the night. Take it all out of your system on stage! 2) No Smuggling Of Drinks Please! If anyone is seen with a drink purchased outside of the pickle, you will be asked to leave and not return. Please respect this event and the establishment. Thanks guys! See you Tomorrow

18+ for girls
5$ For anyone under 21 and free for those over 21
Great Drink Specials Full Bar

Please help to continue this event at this venue. Please do not bring your own drinks, they have a full bar inside. Let’s Have a great time responsibly and keep this venue clean and beautiful.
If any questions please call

Nikki Rodriguez at 786|728|4748 or
Lou Roman 305|298|8759.

www.electricpicklemiami.com

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Locust Projects presents a Conversation and Tasting with Chef Dena Marino 10/5/11

Conversation and Tasting with Chef Dena Marino
Wednesday, October 5, 6:30pm
Locust Projects, Inc
155 NE 38th Street Suite 100
Miami, Fl 33137

Welcoming “Iron Chef” competitor Chef Dena Marino to Miami. She is celebrated for her work at Aspen’s D19 and Ajax Tavern. Look for Chef Marino’s new project coming soon in Miami!

On the menu: Home made Ricotta Cheese and Oven Roasted Butternut Squash Bruschetta with a drizzle of Saba

$5 member / $15 non member / Artists free

RSVP locustprojects@yahoo.com or 305.576.8570

2011 Fall Fine Art Exhibit Just North Of The South Pole Opening 10/19/11

2011 Fall Fine Art Exhibit Just North Of The South Pole
Exhibit Opening: Wednesday, October 19, 7 pm – 9 pm
Deering Estate at Cutler
16701 SW 72 Avenue
Miami, FL 33157
www.deeringestate.org

The exhibit opening is free and open to the public.

Featuring Mixed Media by Andean Artists: Daniel Bottero, Isabel Brinck, Ana Candioti, Alberto Carbi, Andres Dominguez, Carla Fache, Jaime Ferrer, Josepo, and Rosana Tossi.

The Fall Fine Art Exhibit will be on display at the Deering Estate at Cutler through
November 19, 2011. Open daily, 10 am to 4 pm;
Exhibit is free with Estate admission.

For artist bios and exhibit information, please visit the online exhibit catalog.

The Deering Estate at Cutler has emerged as a thriving cultural art center, fulfilling an enduring dream of the late industrialist Charles W. Deering, who as an avid art collector, philanthropist, and amateur artist, sought to support artists and create a cultural haven.

Charles Deering’s tradition and innovative spirit continues on the Estate today through the “Artist Village” – a place where South Florida’s natural & historic treasures are interpreted through the creative talents of visual, literary, and performing artists.

Image: Andres Dominguez, Desagravio, Oil on Canvas

Photographs of MaiArt Series The Art of Loving at MaiTardi on 9/28/11

MaiArt Series featuring The Art of Loving at MaiTardi on Wednesday, September 28, 2011.  This month MaiArt showcased Miryam Laporte and her  art is incredible.    Always a great time and the food at MaiTardi is awesome, we had the spicy sausauge pizza and it was AWESOME!!!!

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Lynne Barrett’s Magpies book launch 10/1/11

Please join Tigertail for Lynne Barrett’s launch reading for MAGPIES
7 p.m, Saturday, Oct. 1
Books & Books
264 Aragon Ave.
Coral Gables, FL

Carnegie Mellon University Press
Sept. 2011
ISBN 978-0-88748-543-5

Advance Praise for Magpies:
“Lynne Barrett belongs in the top tier of short-story writers in America today. Her unforgettable characters, poker-face wit, and sly plots make for an intensely enjoyable experience.”
–Kelly Cherry, author of The Woman Who

“It is entirely impossible to predict what you’re going to get when you start a Lynne Barrett story: a taut tale of adultery and murder, a wry evocation of romance among the dot com bubble, a gossip columnist who spits toads. What you do know is that you’ll keep reading-for the vibrant prose, the keen insights, and the remarkable depth of feeling. Magpies is a stone cold triumph.”
–Steve Almond, author of Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
For more info on Magpies, please go to http://www.LynneBarrett.com
ON FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/LynneBarrettauthor
BOOK ORDERS: Cornell University Press Services 1-800-666-2211 or via your favorite bookseller

Lynne Barrett is the editor of Tigertail, A South Florida Annual: Florida Flash
Come to the Tigertail book launch event Monday, October 17, at Books & Books

Hidalgo’s Closing Exhibition Event With Special Guest Michael Capponi 9/29/11

Hidalgo’s Closing Exhibition Event With Special Guest Michael Capponi
Thursday, September 29 · 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Cafeina Whywood Exhibition Center
297 Nw 23 Street
Miami, FL

You Are Cordially Invited To Attend The Closing Party For Leonardo Hidalgo’s Exhibition
Which Opened On September 9, 2011 With The Special Attendance Of Michael Capponi.

Hidalgo Will Showcase A Special Portrait Of Michael Capponi Which Will Be Unveiled That Night In Honor For His Work And Dedication To Haiti.

Complementary Drinks Courtesy Of Cafeina From
7:30pm-8:30pm

Please Rsvp: rsvpmiamiart@gmail.com & 786-217-0130
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Target Wednesday After Hours 10/12/11

Target Wednesday After Hours
October 12, 2011 from 6pm to 9pm
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th St.
Miami FL 33199

The Florida Artist Series: Humberto Calzada: The Fire Next Time
October 12, 2011 – January 8, 2012
Cuban-American artist Humberto Calzada, one of the most renowned artists of his generation, will present an exhibition of recent works on the idea of Fire. In The Fire Next Time, Calzada launches into a new artistic and formal language deviating from his hard -edge approach to a more unpredictable painting style. Calzada seemingly poses an open question between the personal and historical past and promise of its future.

GroveHouse Artists and Coconut Grove Gallery Project Art Walk 10/1/11

Saturday October 1st
GroveHouse Artists and the

Coconut Grove Gallery Project invites you to the
1st Saturday Art Walk in Coconut Grove
from 7 pm to 10 pm

The GroveHouse Gallery will be presenting
General Membership Exhibit

Juried Grid Exhibit: Small Wonders – featuring works of art no larger than 144 square inches in size

Featured Artist of the Month: Terry Arroyo Mulrooney

The Coconut Grove Gallery Walk 10/1/11

The Coconut Grove Gallery Walk
Saturday, October 1, 2011. From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
In Coconut Grove on Mary Street, Grand Avenue and Commodore Plaza
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Visit Miami’s ORIGINAL Art District: On the first Saturday of every month

“Small Wonders” at GroveHouse Artists Gallery
“Miami Watercolor Society Award Winners and Signature Members Exhibition” at the Hunter Gallery
“Colours of Greene” at the Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery
“Raices: THE ROOT OF ALL THINGS” at RODEZ Art Gallery
“This Is Colombia” at Cristina Chacon Gallery
Russell Young at AC Fine Art at AC Fine Art
Opening Night Fundraiser at FrameWorks Gallery
Large Orginals at Max in the Grove

ADDITIONAL ART GALLERY OPENINGS
ArtWay 66
Blu Moon Studio of Art
Boswell Mourot Fine Art
Dharma Studio

CHEERS TO ART
Lulu’s in the Grove will be offering a free glass of champagne to all Grove Gallery Walkers.
Pineda Covalin will celebrate creativity with a complimentary glass of red or white wine.
GreenStreet Cafe will also be offering a free glass of champagne to all Grove Gallery Walkers.
Cheers!

DINING IN THE GROVE
Akashi Japanese Restaurant – Al Fresco Restaurant – Aladdin’s Grill – Atchana’s East/West Kitchen – Backlot Wine Bar & Lounge – Barracuda Raw Bar & Grill – Bice Bistro – Bizcaya at The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove – Bombay Darbar Indian Restaurant – Calamari – The Cheesecake Factory – Chili’s – CocoWok – Confucio Express – El Aqui O Mexican Food – El Sitio – Focaccia Bistro and Wine Shoppe – George’s in the Grove – GreenStreet Cafe – The Grove Spot – Hooter’s – International Quesadilla Company (IQ) – Jaguar Ceviche Spoon Bar – Johnny Rockets – The Last Carrot – Le Bouchon du Grove – Ludo’s Italian Restaurant – Lulu – Mr. Moe’s – New York Roma Pizza – Oasis Internet Cafe – Panorama Restaurant & Lounge – Peacock Garden Cafe – Sandbar & Grill – Siam Oishi Restaurant & Bar – Smoothie King – Spartico – Starbucks Coffee – Subway

SOMETHING SWEET
Coco Gelato – Dolce Vita Gelato Cafe – Red Kiwi – Romeo and Juliet Italian Gelato – Yogurbella
www.CoconutGrove.com

Diamonds -N- The Ruff Wynwood Artwalk Afterparty 10/8/11

Diamonds -N- The Ruff – Wynwood Artwalk Afterparty

Saturday, October 8 at 9:00pm –  3:00am
Villa 221
221 NE 17th Street
Miami, FL
FREE Event
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Multiversal Website.
Brought to you by Multiversal * More Than Art Group * Life is Art * A Girl’s Best Friend * WeMerge Magazine
A collection of beyond stellar talent in a bad-ass hidden gem location. This is a fundraiser for the “Multiversal” Group Art Show being held in December 2011 during Art Basel.

Live art & Graffiti
Body Painting
Drink Specials

Gallery and Street Art installations:
Kazilla
Trek6
Dekal
Aleloop
Junk Roxxx
Tubs
Fifty Three
Ink
Nate Dee
Marc Paper Scissor
Luzalma Gonzales
Maciel Vargas
Rei Ramirez
Many Many more TBA

Hip Hop And Dubstep:
DJane
Name Brand
Haviken Hayes
Somejerk
Gooddroid
on the mic: Sopheye

In the A Girl’s Best Friend Boudoir:
Art & Photography:
Maytee Bringas
Janette Valentine
Denise Diaz
Daniella Mia
Earthgirlz Productions
+ More TBA

Fashion:
Fox House (Pop-Up Shop)
ReVamp ReLove

Beauty:
Control Salon
Kabuki Kosmetics

Sweets: Delicocity

BBOY exhibition: Lu Diamondz + more TBA

CALL FOR ARTISTS
If you would like to be a part of this show, please contact below.
Artist Contact: Vaughn Reynolds artists@multiversalmiami.com
Artist Signup Page.
$5 per piece hanging fee.

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Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays Arts and Culture Festival 9/30/11

Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays Arts & Culture Festival
09/30/2011, 7:00pm-11:00pm
Little Havana
Southwest 8th Street between 14 & 17 Ave.
Miami, FL 33135
Website

COME CELEBRATE
CULTURAL FRIDAYS / VIERNES CULTURALES
September 30, 2011 – 7 to 11 PM
Where: Domino Stage at Domino Plaza, at SW 15th Ave & 8th St.
When: 7:00 pm – Dr. Paul George – Walking tour of Little Havana

7:00 – 7:30 pm – Florida Grand Opera – Zarzuela
7:30 – 8:15 pm – Learn to Dance
8:15 – 9:30 pm – Modernity Jazz Band
9:30 – 11:00 pm – Lanzallamas Monofonica
Cost: FREE

7:00-7:30p
Florida Grand Opera
Singers from the Florida Grand Opera Young Artist program will perform selections from the popular Zarzuela Luisa Fernanda and other popular selections from FGO’s current and upcoming seasons.

7:30 – 8:15 pm
Learn to Dance
Learn the latest tropical steps and moves while enjoying an hour of fun on the dance floor with all-star Latin dancers Denisse and JC. They will teach merengue, danzón, salsa, sones, and many more steps to get you moving.

8:15 – 9:30 pm
Modernity
Conceptually, visually, and musically, Modernity is all about expressing the ideas of this day and age. With a musical outlook that pushes the boundaries of soul music, Modernity pours heart-felt saxophone solos blended with an intense rhythm section into every record and performance. Modernity is jazz meets rock, meets Latin, meets soul.

9:30 – 11:00 pm
Lanzallamas Monofonica
Charged with melodic fire and global rhythmic chemistry. They truly encompass the diversity that defines a quintessential world music band. LM tastefully blends elements of music and world culture, ranging from; Afro Caribbean, South American folklore, Rhythm and blues, jazz, funk and a twist of Eastern melodic grooves.Their sound is fresh, exciting, and geared towards the future. Lanzallamas evokes joy and an uplifting spirited dancing urge in the audience; always receiving a standing ovation! LM is on a mission to heal the world through music!

Don’t forget….
Walking Tour of Little Havana
Legendary local historian Dr. Paul George leads a walking tour of Little Havana each month. Learn the fascinating details about Little Havana’s history, people and places.
Viernes Culturales is pleased to announce “Romp Through Little Havana.” This tour of Little Havana will focus on the historic Conch Hill Neighborhood, Peter & Paul Parish and The Roads neighborhood.
Where: Meet in front of the Tower Theater (1508 SW 8th St.)
When: 7 pm
Cost: FREE

Children’s Art Clinic
Viernes Culturales is pleased to present a brand new series of arts workshops for kids, the Children’s Arts Clinic! As September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, this month’s event will feature a Zumba class, led by some of the most up-beat Zumba instructors in Miami. All children, ages 4-16 are welcome. Stay tuned to find out the exciting plans for next month’s clinic!
Where: SW 8th Street & SW 15th Avenue (North Side)
When: 8 to 9:30 pm
Cost: FREE

Daniella Viotti
The Living Statue Performer, has been mesmerizing crowds at Viernes Culturales for many years. Daniela is a statue and award winning sculptor. She loves performing as a Living Statue at Viernes Culturales and giving so much positive energy to all that stop and pose with her!

Viernes Culturales Art Gallery Presents
Yovani Bauta & Students of Miami-Dade College

Friday, September 30, 2011
Opening Reception
Yovani Bauta is a Cuban painter who shares his talent with his community as a professor at Miami-Dade College. This exhibition will feature works by Bauta’s students with a focus on the female anatomy.
Exhibitions runs through October 21, 2011
Where: 742 SW 16th Ave, Miami FL 33135
When: Friday, September 30, 2011: 7 – 10 pm
Weekdays: Mon, Wed, Fri – 12 to 6 pm

Film at the Tower Theater
To all cinema lovers: We would like to invite you to discover one of Miami’s best-kept secrets, the historic Tower Theater. Enjoy top-quality foreign or independent films, film premiers, and even an art exhibition. To top it off, screenings have English (or Spanish) subtitles and prices are just $6 for general public and $5 for students and seniors!

Can it get any better than this?

Bhakti Baxter Rompelotas Opening Reception 10/7/11

Bhakti Baxter: Rompelotas Opening Reception
October 7th, 7-9pm
Gallery Diet
174 NW 23rd Street
Miami, Florida 33127
www.gallerydiet.com

October 7th – November 12th, 2011
ROMPELOTAS is the first Miami solo exhibition in four years for locally based artist Bhakti Baxter. The exhibition will include sculpture, painting, collage, and installation based work.

ROMPELOTAS is a collection of work assembled through a careful balance between play and placement. Found objects such as soccer balls and office desk drawers collide with concrete and enamel to behave like irrational models of natural phenomena. Though various layers of media stack up against each other unsettlingly throughout the gallery, the work consists of very basic organic and geometric patterns such as branching, spherical implosion, vertical and panoramic support structures, both rendered and actual. Viewed as a whole, the parts function as components of an expanded portrait, with sculptures and drawings embracing the micro and macro at every junction. Working closely with the laws of gravity, density, and the malleability of mass, Baxter transforms quotidian objects into forms imbued with metaphysical propositions, further defined by the self-made aesthetic of these forces.

The word ROMPELOTAS is a play on the term rompe pelotas, which means ball breaker in Spanish.

Bhakti Baxter has exhibited at Federica Schiavo Gallery in Rome, Emmanuel Perrotin Gallery in Paris, Bravin Lee Programs, and Guild and Greyskhul in New York. He has also exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, where he is in the permanent collection, The Bass Museum of Art Miami Beach, The Museum of Contemporary Art Washington DC, and The Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art. His work is also included in the permanent collection of the NOMAS Foundation in Rome. This will be Baxter’s first solo exhibition at Gallery Diet.

The exhibition is being accompanied by a 120-page hard cover retrospective publication including texts by Geir Haraldseth, Gean Moreno, and Hugh Stockton.

For additional information, interviews or images please contact Jon Handel at jon@sparkplug-pr.com or 347-742-4380.

Special thanks to Palm Breweries.

Opening Reception for Fusion VIII Synesthesia 10/8/11

Fusion VIII – Synesthesia
Saturday October 8th, 7-11 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street, Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our 9th Year Anniversary & Art Basel exhibition of the year 2011

“Fusion VIII – Synesthesia”

The “Fusion VIII – Synesthesia” exhibition features 40 emerging to mid-career contemporary international artists – be sure to highlight the evening of October
8th 2011 on your calendar for our Opening Reception.

Our 9th Anniversary exhibition celebrates and honors those artists who define exceptionalism and individuality. Art Fusion Galleries is proud to mark our 9th Anniversary with a select group of artisans featuring original paintings, photography and mixed media sculptures. Our 2011 year-end exhibition “Fusion VIII – Synesthesia” will also celebrate our participation and exhibition in the Red Dot Miami Art Fair from Wednesday November 30th to Sunday December 4th. This spectacular art exhibition runs concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach.

Chaz Mena at Hialeah High 10/1-2/11

Saturday, October 1st @ 2pm and 8pm
& Sunday, October 2nd @ 2pm
Hialeah High School Auditorium
251 East 47 Street
Hialeah, FL 33013
FREE Performances!

GableStage presents Yo Solo… A Visit with Bernardo de Gálvez written and performed by Chaz Mena

Don Bernado de Gálvez’s role in claiming Pensacola in 1781 is considered by many historians to be one of the turning points in the American Revolution; he is revered as a national hero in Spain-but we Americans know very little about him…

Renowned actor and author Chaz Mena, recently seen in GableStage’s productions of Superior Donuts and The Quarrel, brings this overlooked historical figure to vibrant life in this unique one-man play, followed by a question and answer period with Chaz in character as Gálvez.

GableStage is presenting three very special, FREE performances of Yo Solo at the Hialeah High School Auditorium on October 1st at 2pm and 8pm, and October 2nd at 2pm. Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to meet a legend from Florida’s past, brought brilliantly to life by one of South Florida’s best actors!