Category: Arts & Culture Parties

Family Day At the Bakehouse Art Complex 4/17/11

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BAC Family Day & 25th Anniversary Celebration
Sunday, April 17th, noon-4pm
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd Street
Wynwood Arts District
Miami, FL 33127
305.576.2828
www.bacfl.org

The Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC), South Florida’s premier center for emerging and mid-career artists, is celebrating is 25th anniversary by hosting a fun and exciting Family Day on Sunday, April 17th, 2011.

Family Day has been developed by the BAC to provide an opportunity for families to experience, engage and learn more about the arts and their local art community, as well as to provide an opportunity for young children to explore and discover their artistic interests. By participating in various activities from finger crocheting, bead making, circuit-building, drawing and painting, families will interact and learn directly from BAC resident artists and nurture their creativity! BAC Family Day will also offer families the opportunity to pose for a unique family portrait!

Sponsored by Miami’s Salon Group, BAC Family Day will also feature a wonderful live jazz concert presented by WDNA (88.9FM). Miami’s infamous food trucks will be on hand to provide lunch and snacks.

BAC Family Day and 25th anniversary celebration event is scheduled for Sunday, April 17th, 2011 from noon-4pm and is just $5.00 per family for the full day of fun! Children will go home with their very own artwork they’ve created in a special BAC tote bag.

ArtCenter Presents a Winning Art! Kick-off Party 4/16/11

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Kick-Off Party Raffle Benefit Exhibit / Silent Auction Preview
April 16, 7-9pm
ArtCenter/ South Florida Gallery
800 Lincoln Rd.
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Join us for our Winning Art! kick-off party to launch our annual benefit raffle. Enjoy cocktails, music and light fare while you purchase your chance to win one-of-a-kind art created by our talented artists-in-residence!

Preview our silent auction – let the bidding begin.
Raffle tickets on sale for $10 each. Receive a complimentary art gift with your purchase.*

*Purchase of a minimum of (5) raffle tickets and while supplies last.

www.artcentersf.org 305.674.8278
Cupcakes generously donated by Stella’s Sweet Shoppe
Music by Lazaro Amaral

Raffle tickets on sale for $10! Ask our artists, gallery attendant or call ArtCenter office at 305.674.8278 to purchase now!

MAM Premiere of Mark Boulos’ All That Is Solid Melts into Air Opens with Artist Talk 4/21/11

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Focus Gallery: Mark Boulos opening reception and artist talk
Thursday, April 21, 2011 ï 6-9pm
Talk begins 6:30pm, doors open 6pm (Seating is limited. First come, first seated.)
Preview and reception 7:30-9pm
Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, Florida 33130

MAM members free, Non-members $10
RSVP to RSVP@miamiartmuseum.org

Miami Art Museum will premiere a newly-acquired video installation by Mark Boulos, All That Is Solid Melts into Air (2008), on Thursday, April 21, 2011. The installation will open with a talk by Boulos beginning at 6:30pm (doors open at 6pm), followed by a preview and reception from 7:30 until 9pm. Boulos, an artist-filmmaker working in London and Amsterdam, makes multi-screen documentary videos about religious ecstasy and political militancy. All That Is Solid Melts into Air is a two-channel video installation, with images screened on opposite walls of a room. In the projected images the corporate colonization of Nigerian oil resources creates the occasion for a contrast of cultures and beliefs. All That Is Solid Melts into Air will be on view in the Focus Gallery section of Miami Art Museum’s Permanent Collection installation from Friday, April 22, 2011 through Sunday, July 31, 2011.

In the installation, one screen features images shot in the Niger delta, featuring militants of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which has declared ‘total war’ on the foreign oil corporations that extract and export oil from their territory. The guerillas are shown preparing themselves for battle and asking for blessings from Egbisu, their god of justice and war, who inspires and protects them from bullets. On the opposite screen are traders at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the largest commodities exchange in the world, who speculate on oil and other commodity futures. Paradoxically, Boulos’ video purposely underscores the similarities as well as the differences between these two groups at opposite ends of the oil “pipeline:” Members of each group appear in costume, perform ritualized actions, and whip themselves into emotional frenzies. Through this juxtaposition, Boulos highlights the combination of emotional intensity and ideological abstraction that characterizes both groups.

When All That Is Solid Melts into Air premiered at the Sydney Biennial in 2008, Art in America hailed Boulos as “one of the real discoveries of the exhibition,” and praised the video installation as “lush and enthralling.” When it was presented at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, LA Weekly called it “visceral.” Of his 2010 exhibition at the Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia, which included All That Is Solid Melts into Air, the Vancouver Observer wrote, “At first blush this work seems more like documentary filmmaking than art. But Boulos’ creative juxtapositions and keen eye for detail transports his work to a higher, poetic level.”

All That Is Solid Melts into Air premiered at the 16th Biennale of Sydney in 2008 and has been shown at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 2008, the Berlin Biennial in 2010, and the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. The video was acquired by MAM in 2010 when a group of museum supporters saw it at the Berlin Biennial and contributed the funds to purchase it. This is the first time it is being shown at MAM.

Mark Boulos studied visual art at the Rijksakademie in Holland as a Fulbright Scholar, documentary filmmaking at National Film and Television School in England, and philosophy at Swarthmore College and Deep Springs College in USA. He has filmed guerrillas in the Philippines (No Permanent Address, 2010), oil warriors and commodities traders in Nigeria and Chicago (All That Is Solid Melts into Air, 2008), and religious mystics in London and Syria, (The Word Was God, 2006 and The Gates of Damascus, 2005). He has had solo presentations at the Belkin Art Gallery in Vancouver, Ar-Ge Kunst in Bolzano, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. His group shows include the Thessaloniki Biennale 2009, the Sydney Biennale 2008, EASTinternational 2006 at the Norwich Gallery, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2005 at the Barbican, and Beck’s Futures 2004 at the ICA London. His work has been supported by Film London, the Arts Council England, the Channel 4 British Documentary Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Funds, and the Netherlands Funds for Visual Arts (Fonds BKVB).

Exhibition organization and support

Focus Gallery: Mark Boulos is organized by Miami Art Museum and supported by donations to MAM’s Annual Exhibition Fund.

Mark Boulos
All That Is Solid Melts into Air, 2008
Two-channel video installation
Running time: ca. 15 minutes
Collection Miami Art Museum, gift of Ana Carolina & Luiz Guilherme Affonso, Steven and Kathleen Guttman, Patricia and William Kleh, Monique and Alex Halberstein, Carole and Ira Hall and Aymee and Peter Zubizarreta, commemorating the 2010 MAM International Committee visit to Berlin, Germany.

iPhoneographer Jaime Ferreyos Artspace Gallery Opening 4/15/11

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Artspace MAGQ Gallery Presents Jaime Ferreyros
April 15th, 2011 Friday 7pm – 10pm – The Opening
Artspace Magq Gallery
8747 S.W. 134th Street
Miami, Florida 33176

Show Closes May 13, 2011

Please be our guests this Friday evening for the exclusive opening of the iPhoneographer – Jaime Ferreyros a solo show of the artist’s work at Artspace Gallery, Miami.

iPhoneographer – Jaime Ferreyros
www.Artspacemagq.com
www.Printsgicleeshop.com

Artspace MAGQ Gallery in Miami is proud to announce iPhoneographer – Jaime Ferryros, one of the founders of the new movement of artists that are using their iPhones to photograph the world around them and completely edit and artistically create their art within the iPhone.

Jaime Ferreyros will be present during the opening. His signed limited edition photographs will be available for sale and he will also be available to personally sign copies of the poster commemorating the show.

Photographs of Transit Antenna Carnival Fundraiser on 4/9/11

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Transit Antenna Carnival Fundraiser on Saturday, April 9, 2011.  Transit Antenna is a mobile living experiment conducted by successive teams that travel throughout the US researching off grid systems and making art. On April 9th , a new team from Miami – including the founding editor of ARTLURKER.com – is joining forces with Launch Arte’s Launch Miami Market to host a free community driven fundraiser event with a carnival fair theme in preparation for their embarkation in a vintage Greyhound coach converted to a waste vegetable oil and solar powered motor home.

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Writers Read Open Mic at the Bookstore in the Grove 4/14/11

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Writers Read Open Mic at the Bookstore in the Grove
4/14/2011, 7-9 :30 pm
The Bookstore in the Grove
3399 Virginia Street
Coconut Grove, Fl 33133
www.thebookstoreinthegrove.com

A Word with You literary friend.

Do Bright Objects Hypnotize Your Mind? Are you easily seduced by the power and magic of words and how they fall into sentences and onto the page. Are you titillated by the way they tumble out of your mouth? Surely you’re one of us and will want to join our upcoming… “Writers Read” Open Mic—in celebration of National Poetry Month.

Join friends to delight in the indulgence of the written and spoken word. Around the country on this day, people will be celebrating poetry: do it in Miami!

Join us Thursday, April 14. Live music 7-8 p.m. Readings from 8-9:30 p.m. at The Bookstore in the Grove, 3399 Virginia Street, #620, Coconut Grove.

Writers Read Open Mic is open to writers of any genre—fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature. Readers: practice your readings—max. 7 minutes.

Arrive early to sign up to read. Info: mikelrm@aol.com or (305) 281-4089

Guillermo Portieles neochromatic 4/15/11

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Guillermo Portieles: “neochromatic”
Friday April 15, 2011, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th ST
Miami,FL. 33135
www.crematagallery.com

Solo Art Exhibition of :
Guillermo Portieles: “neochromatic”
Reception for the artist
This is a private preview by invitation
Full Open Bar and hors d’oeuvres
RSVP: cremata@crematagallery.com

Guillermo Portieles re-interprets his memories of existing places and familiar objects, thus making his work in a way an invigorating autobiographical account.

Portieles represents himself in the forefront of the canvas of his paintings. The body of the artist seems to enter the painted surface before him, or to dissolve into it. We are presented with one more version of a motif that perhaps has fascinated us for a long time: a character from the real world bursting into the pictorial representation. This motif would look rather stale if it weren’t for the fact that in Portieles’ versions, the images of both the artist and the canvas appear to embody opposite pictorial solutions: a painting that is divided into abstract expressionism and a photographic appearance. The artist’s motif entering the canvas seems rather an excuse to make antagonistic forms coexist, enticing the beholder to discover the myriad of details that are revealed while exploring his paintings.

Yet, they are objects we are familiar with. They are images that remind us, almost in a Proustian sense of our childhood not from those visions that persist in our memory with more or less intensity, but from associations or small flashes that become alive with the sudden contact with objects that we had at hand in another time. They are objects that inhabited our daily lives and seemed rather irrelevant to us at the time.

Portieles in his canvases presents a masterful balance of formal elegance, technical flair and conceptual daring.

Taste and Toast Glenfiddich Afterparty 4/14/11

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Glenfiddich “Music to Drink Whiskey By” afterparty at Artrageous
Thursday, April 14, 9pm – 11pm
Artrageous Gallery at Village of Merrick Park
358 San Lorenzo Avenue, 2nd floor
Coral Gables.
For tickets, visit this page.

On April 14, following the United Way Miami Wine and Food Festival Taste & Toast at Village of Merrick Park , guests can enjoy the Glenfiddich “Music to Drink Whiskey By” afterparty featuring singer-songwriter Heather Greene and Powerman 5000 co-founder Adam Williams, the duo behind the mellow electronica sound of Argon 40. This will be a whisky tasting, being that Greene is one of the world’s only female whiskey experts and an official Glenfiddich ambassador. To also delight the pallet, a special blend of appetizers that pair best with whiskey have been designed by SaWa Restaurant and Lounge.

This is an exclusive experience and tickets are limited. The event is complimentary for members of United Way Young Leaders. Non-members are welcome to attend for a $20 contribution.

www.unitedwaymiami.org

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Bass Museum of Art Annual Fundraising Event A Night at the Museum 4/28/11

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Bass Museum Of Art To Host Annual Fundraiser, “A Night At The Museum”
Thursday, April 28, 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139

Miami Beach cultural landmark presents arts patrons with “An Invitation to LOOK”

The Bass Museum of Art, one of Miami Beach’s key cultural landmarks, along with a select group of the city’s leading arts patrons and philanthropists, will host its annual fundraiser, “A Night at the Museum,” on Thursday, April 28, 2011 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. attracting more than 400 guests with “An Invitation to LOOK/Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Bass Museum of Art.”

While enjoying hors d’oeuvres, GREY GOOSE Vodka cocktails and beats by ESS & EMM, attendees will explore the institution’s new exhibit, “An Invitation to LOOK/Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Bass Museum of Art,” featuring more than 40 works from its permanent collection, including portraits spanning 300 years, painted in varying styles by English, American, Dutch, French and German artists. In addition, a grouping of Impressionist works by French painter Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaumin shares the galleries with 19th-century Austrian still-life paintings, along with 15th-century devotional works and small etchings by Rembrandt. Selections from the Bass Museum’s impressive group of 14th-century Flemish and Italian altarpieces will join devotional statuary of the Madonna, as well as one of the jewels of the collection, “The Coronation of the Virgin with Saints,” by Botticelli and Ghirlandaio.

The Bass Museum traces its roots back to 1963, when John and Johanna Bass donated their collection to the City of Miami Beach. Through the years, the gift has made great art accessible to thousands of visitors, and “An Invitation to LOOK/Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Bass Museum of Art” provides the opportunity for arts enthusiasts and casual fans to browse a comprehensive collection of Renaissance and Baroque art.

Admission to the fundraising event is $125 for two and includes a Sustaining Membership to the Bass Museum of Art for one year. Existing members at the $125 level or higher receive complimentary admission for two, while those members below the $125 level may upgrade to Sustaining Membership. To RSVP, email rsvp@bassmuseum.org, visit www.bassmuseum.org, call 786.800.6302 or visit the museum at 2100 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139.

“An Invitation to LOOK/Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Bass Museum of Art” is open for viewing from Friday, April 1, until Sunday, July 3, 2011. Museum hours are Wednesday to Sunday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Cost of admission is $8 for adults, $6 for students with identification and free for members and children under six.

Galleria Ca’ d’Oro New Exhibit Opening Francesco Lopez Visioni di Roma 4/15/11

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Francesco Lopez’s Opening Night Cocktail Reception
Friday, April 15, 7 PM
Galleria Ca’ d’Oro
135 S. San Lorenzo Avenue, Suite 130
Coral Gables, FL 33146

Opening Night Cocktail Party To Be Held On April 15, 2011
Exhibition Will Be On Display From April 15th Until June 15th

On Friday, April 15, 2011, Francesco Lopez will host a cocktail reception at Galleria Ca’ d’Oro Miami with the US showing of his most recent work “Visioni di Roma.” The gallery will feature various contemporary photographs, each of which were created using familiar imagery, realism and nature – all inspired by Lopez’s love of Rome.

Galleria Ca’ d’Oro was the perfect location to showcase this collection, “Visioni di Roma”, as the gallery’s main objective is to highlight and showcase Italian & European art to the US. Gloria Porcella and her business partner, Lamberto Petrecca, both will curate Lopez’s show. “The title of Francesco’s art show, ‘Visions of Rome’ compounds two loves. Love for a city, Rome, which no longer is a ‘physical’ place but becomes, in his work, an archetype of constant regeneration, and, precisely because of it, remains equal to itself across the time, becoming a category of the Spirit. Therefore not “a” city but “the” City.” – Lamberto Petrecca on Lopez’s “Visioni di Roma.”

Since the beginning of his career, Lopez has used photography to complement his art and with it he brings to life a composition, geometry, as well as details in which all these components transform an authentic emotion into a look that knows how to capture the essences of things in the particulars of reality. Inspired by a visit to the Coliseum in Rome and using his beloved Leica camera, Francesco Lopez created “Visioni di Roma.”

Among the 22 pieces in the collection of “Visioni di Roma,” one of Lopez’s favorite works is “Roman Graffiti,” a photograph measuring 90 x 120 cm. Lopez was inspired and loved the graffiti and combination of colors that he found on the side of an old Roman wall. This he feels is his tribute to one of his favorite painters, Jackson Pollock. This piece captures the essence of nature and Lopez as an artist. Lopez strongly believes “everything already exists in nature, even so great a work as the one done by Pollock.”

Francesco Lopez is a renowned architect and interior designer known throughout Europe and quickly making a name for himself throughout the United States. Lopez has always had an ardor for art and has been using photography as an expression of his art since he was at the university in Rome. He studied and graduated with a degree in architecture, never formally studying art. “I believe that you don’t need to study art to be an artist. Art is the expression of what you have in your soul” – Francesco Lopez.

Following the Opening Night Cocktail reception, Francesco Lopez’s art works will be on display from April 15, 2011 until June 15, 2011, please call 305.205.5981 to schedule an appointment.
Photos of the artists’ works, background information and interview opportunities with Francesco Lopez are available. Your attendance and coverage of this cocktail preview and art installation is invited.

About Galleria Ca’ d’Oro – Miami:
Located at 135 San Lorenzo Avenue, in Coral Gables, the Galleria Ca’ d’Oro Miami branch promotes Italian and European Art in the United States. Galleria Ca’ d’Oro was established in Rome in 1970, by Antonio Porcella. Antonio Porcella is a member of the de Chirico Foundation. Now under the leadership of Gloria Porcella (daughter of Antonio) and Lamberto Petrecca, Galleria Ca’ d’Oro Miami is an extension of the renowned contemporary art gallery in Rome, which has done several important exhibitions in Italy and in the United States. A few major collaborations include, “Omaggio a de Chirico” in New York, Los Angeles and Miami; in addition, they have held the aegis of the UN, patronages of Italian and foreign institutions, G8 organization and have held exhibitions with a number of well-known organizations.

Galleria Ca’ d’Oro Miami, launched during Art Basel Miami Beach, the most important art show in the United States, with the Pink Snails public art exhibit courtesy of the international artistic collective Cracking Art Group as part of the Regeneration Art Project. The Pink Snails can currently be found in Coral Gables, Florida and will soon be continuing their journey in bustling Metropolitan cities all over the nation.
For more information on the museum, visit http://ca-doro.com/miami/home.

Visions of the Conqueror Jain Art during Target Wednesday After Hours 4/13/11

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Join us for “Visions of the Conqueror – Jain Art”
April 13, 6pm
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33199

Phyllis Granoff, Professor of World Religions at Yale University, will deliver an illustrated lecture based on her most recent book Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection. Dr. Granoff is one of the world’s leading scholars of Indian religions whose work has focused on mythology, cults, image worship, art, literature, poetry and medieval Indian law codes. The program will open with a raga by Jorge Alfano on the bansuri flute and Jeffrey Deen on the tabla. The lecture will be followed by a reception.

This program is sponsored in part by Bhagwan Mahavir Professorship, Jain Education and Research Foundation, Program in the Study of Spirituality, Department of Religious Studies, Asian Studies Program and TAK Religious Studies Honors Society.

Students and Alumni come early for “The Art of Schmoozing – How to Work a Room” / 5pm
Co-presented by Career Management from the College of Business Services, this workshop will explore the etiquette of networking and will be followed by presentations by Target representatives and a speed networking session.

Target has teamed up with The Frost Art Museum to sponsor its popular programming series Target Wednesday After Hours. Designed to complement The Frost Art Museum’s exhibitions, these events give visitors the chance to meet contemporary artists and engage with controversial art, live music, talks, films, dance, and performance art.

Telephone: 305.348.2890
Fax: 305.348.2762.
Email: Artinfo@fiu.edu
Website: http://thefrost.fiu.edu
Museum Hours: Tues-Sat: 10am-5pm
Sun: 12pm-5pm
Mon: Closed
For more information on any of these upcoming exhibitions please visit: http://thefrost.fiu.edu/ex_future.htm

Locust Projects presents TYPOE Purgatory (false ceiling) 4/9/11

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TYPOE: Purgatory (false ceiling)
Reception: Saturday, April 9th, 7-10pm
Through April 30, 2011

Locust Projects is pleased to present Purgatory (false ceiling), a new project by infamous Miami graffiti artist TYPOE. In his most ambitious undertaking to date, TYPOE will present a site-specific installation featuring a dropped ceiling covering Locust Projects’ 2,700 square foot gallery space on which he will create an adaption of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.

Purgatory (false ceiling) will present street art in a gallery space, and continue the artist’s exploration of religious and popular iconography. Taking the Sistine Chapel as a starting point, TYPOE will adapt aspects of Michelangelo’s masterpiece using paint, text and collage, infusing elements of his own style and experience. Using a street art practice known as “wheat pasting,” the artist will affix images printed on paper to the dropped ceiling. Combined, the architectural installation and imagery will convey parallel cultural and autobiographical narratives.

TYPOE is the street name adopted by the Miami-based artist. Recent exhibitions include Bang, Bang, Spinello Gallery, Miami, FL and the group exhibitions Manifest Equality, Los Angeles, CA; Abracadabra, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL; and From Gutter to Gallery, Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, FL. He is the co-founder of Primary Flight, which organizes a site-specific, street level mural exhibition annually in the Wynwood and Miami Design Districts.

Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Wynwood Art District Second Saturday Gallery Walk from 2 to 9pm 4/9/11

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Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Invites you to an Opening Reception
Saturday, April 9th
Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts
2043 N Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127
www.dlfinearts.com

Graciela Sacco | M2:Ta
This new series, named for the maximum tension per square meter, is part of the M2 project that the artist has been developing since 2007. Exploring physical as well as symbolic limits is one of the foundations of research in our modern world. The right to possess any space on this planet, however minimal, is essential to allowing individuality. But what is the minimum which would not hinder our thoughts, feelings or actions? Might this have been the issue that motivated the artist to choose the title, somehow implying that physical proximity can contamínate even a figurative independence?

Sacco is a photographer, video and installation artist. She has represented Argentina at several biennials including the Venice Biennale of 2001. Her work has been included in major exhibitions around the world. She was born in Argentina and lives and works in Spain.

Project Room
Mike Swaney | Ancient Scrolls
My work stems from an on-going, sociological investigation into human behavior. Habit, awkwardness, coincidence, embarrassment, mundane objects, funny words, and subtle absurdity in quotidian life are factors which inform my art tremendously. In searching for a meeting point between the rituals of ancient civilizations and the everyday rituals of our contemporary, digital life, I examine how one can influence and evolve the perception of the other. The relationship between painting and performance art is fundamental to my practice. I am fascinated by the possibility of performance as a static object.

Originally from Canada, Swaney now lives and works in Barcelona. His work has been exhibited internationally in Barcelona, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Tokyo, Toronto and Vancouver. In 2008 he participated in the Fountainhead Residency in Miami.

Please note the extended hours for the Wynwood Art District Second Saturday Gallery Walk, from 2 to 9pm.
Exhibitions will be on view through May 7th.

Edge Zones April 9th Opening Receptions Start at 2 PM 4/9/11

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Please Join Us This Saturday, April 9th
Edge Zones’ New Reception Hours: 2 P.M. – 10 P.M.
Edge Zones Art Center
47 NE 25th St.
Miami, Fl 33137
Tel. 305 303 8852
305 576 4001
edgezones@me.com
Plenty of Parking For Everyone!

Edge Zones Main gallery ABSTRACT, agroup exhibition of work of Florida based artists: George Bethea | Julie Davidow | John Germain | Terri Lindbloom | Ekaterina Narciso | Charo Oquet | Kathleen Staples | Ileana Tolibia | Kerry Ware | Bradley Wester

Edge Zones, one of the leading art centers in Miami, will open the vibrant exhibition featuring abstract art by ten Florida based artists, in the main gallery from April 9 – April 29, 2011. The exhibition bring together contemporary Florida artist who are creating abstract art and who employ a wide range of media ,seeking discerning solutions to construct and deconstruction space, utilizing streams of flowing color touching upon the perceptions of recognizable image. This thematic exhibition was a chance to showcase the essential yet powerful effect a form of art in which the artist expresses himself purely through the use of form and color. There is a wide range of stylistic diversity within this nonrepresentational framework.

Opening reception for “Earth’s Fertility,” and “Abstract” on Saturday, April 9, 2011, from 2pm – 10pm. Meet the artists from 7- 10 pm at Edge Zones Art Center, 47 NE 25th Street, Miami, Florida.

Art Walk Gallery Shuttle Launch with Commissioner Edmonson Second Saturday 4/9/11

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The Design District, Midtown & Wynwood Experience, Inc. (DMW) is proud to announce the launch of its Gallery Shuttle which will run on Second Saturdays throughout the 3 Miami Art Districts after which DMW is named.
The Design District, Midtown & Wynwood Experience, Inc. Gallery Shuttle Grand Launch
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Evl World Studio (Artist Erni Vales)
2345 NW 2nd Avenue
Wynwood
Miami 33127

Reception (by invitation): 2-4pm
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: 3:45pm (sharp)
Official Shuttle Launch & Gallery Night Celebrations: 6-11pm

After a brief reception the Honorable District 3 County Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson will conduct the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 3:45pm followed by the Official Gallery Shuttle Launch and Second Saturday Miami Art Walk & Gallery Night Celebrations from
6-11pm.

The DMW Gallery Shuttle is another brilliant incentive of the company that leads this year, hands down, in innovation and ambition to increase awareness and business through elite service and guided tours in the Miami Art Districts.

No more waiting for no-show taxi cabs – Offered to tourists and locals, art, fashion, design and culinary enthusiasts, from students to first-time buyers to explorers and global collectors – DMW brings the long-awaited convenience and access for everyone to enjoy the celebrity eateries and bars, galleries, design houses and even the Walls of Wynwood in Miami’s three art-centric neighborhoods.

Now during Second Saturday Miami Art Walk & Gallery Nights: The Design District, Midtown & Wynwood Experience Gallery Shuttle will accommodate the thousands who visit the area, putting all 3 Art Districts at our convenience, with 7 shuttle stops running on rotation and “Unlimited Hop-On, Hop-Off” tickets, allowing an affordable, fun and long-awaited way for everyone to expand and enjoy their Second Saturday experience.

Riders can pick up the exclusive DMW Gallery Walk Passport and Official Event Guide that is full of incentives and can be carried in-hand, listing the events of all participating businesses throughout the districts every Second Saturday.

You can’t miss this bus – In true DMW style, grab your ticket from uniformed Ambassadors spreading the word in the districts, jump on the bus with DMW’s lovely Tour Guides who lend expertise and charm to the experience, and “Rock-n- Roll” with (DJ) Jason Perez who will be on board to rock the shuttle!

For Reservations and Additional Information, or to participate in DMW art district events and guides, please contact Susana Baker at DesignMidExp@gmail.com or call office 3057224540 / cell 7862377567. Visit www.designdistrictexperience.com.

Be Touched A GLBT Art Exhibition benefiting The Task Force 4/9/11

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Be Touched A GLBT Art Exhibition benefiting The Task Force
04/09/11, 6pm-10pm
Untitled Gallery
10 NE 41 St.
Miami, Fl 33137i

Valient Art Events is proud to present a group show Be Touched An exhibition that acknowledges GLBT pride values through the mastery of photography and paint. Event falls on gallery walk on Saturday April 9, 2011 commencing at 6pm in the grand opening of “Untitled Gallery” 10 NE 41 St. across from the De La Cruz Collection. Portions of proceeds benefiting the Gay and Lesbian Task Force (an uncompromising national voice for full LGBT equality)
The artists foray play on the notion of taction, sexuality, sensuality, emotion, and humor between people and the self through the eyes of both heterosexual and homosexual artist. Be Touched, a double entendre makes light of man’s yearning for basic human contact and interaction.

Featured artist Philip Ross Monro, a contemporary fine artist in mixed media as well as paint. Trained at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Beau Arts in Paris. Ross’ contemporary photography revolves around water images and the human figure. These nudes represent a crossover between high realism and abstract human figure.

Steve Walker’s work may be summed up in a personal quote “Love, Light, Loss, Life. Touching, Watching, Thinking. Yearning, Reflecting, Fearing.” Steven’s work is a combination of realism and a classical romanticism conveys an unapologetic sexual orientation that simply is part of its charm. His work present as many questions as it does answers.

Gil Bitton an emerging artist works also retains an unapologetic sense of self as he explores through photography his personal reflections on sexuality by using himself and ex-girlfriends as the principle subject matter.

Be Touched purpose is to champion GLBT values as well as raise funds to assist the Task Force’s aim for social equality. With equality in mind not all the artist selected for the exhibition are gay or does every artist piece deal with a homosexual theme but better yet conveys an overall cohesive notion of our similarities as humans. The aim of the show is to benefit and unify the community. The date was chosen as a precursor to the Miami Beach Gay Pride Event’s that are being held next week.

Valient Art Events Is Valeriano Torres art consulting business venture. Mr Torres represents and curates exhibitions throughout Miami since 2005 for various organizations such as The Children’s Trust, Art Basel, and other public function with always the community and artist in mind. This event is being Sponsored by Status Vodka, The Task Force, and Pie Studios with Special acknowledgment to Dan Marinberg and Dustin Benge for support and sponsorship. For more information contact: Valeriano Torres

Ileana Tolibia and Her Debut Solo Art Exhibit 4/9/11

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Ileana Tolibia and Her Debut Solo Art Exhibit
Edge Zones Art Center
47 NE 25th St.
Miami, Fl 33137
Tel. 305 303 8852
305 576 4001
edgezones@me.com

Nature and introspection voice the artist’s latest insights in her long-awaited first solo exhibit.
Reprinted with permission from the original Essay by Egberto Amenas from his blog suite 101.

Earth’s Fertility, the first solo exhibit by Ileana Tolibia currently at the Edge Zones Art Center until April 29, 2001, may come about as a delayed prospect for an artist who has for long, despite her youth, hatched a voice rooted in one of the richest pictorial traditions of the Americas. She was born in Cuba and settled in the United States soon after earning an art degree in 1995 from the celebrated San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts in Havana.
As the artist sought broader horizons abroad and pursued further training at the New World School of the Arts and the University of Florida, her imagery seems to have centered ever more on the primal elements of nature and the bearing of its incessant changes on the most tenacious of its creatures. Earth’s Fertility splices yet another plank on the two-way growth of Tolibia’s creative venture, whereby her configurations also chart new passageways to her spiritual chambers.

The Magic of Suggestion
Nature and introspection voice the artist’s latest insights in her long-awaited first solo exhibit.

Nature and introspection spark the bidirectional life of these late pieces. For all their voluptuous swirls, they “look” inward as well, foraying deep into the inner terra incognita from which they have sprouted. In what Baudelaire called the magic of suggestion, here an avid observer of early cultures, mythology, and the always-furtive props of the mind undergirds the gestural organicity of the artwork.
Earth’s Fertility indeed delves far into the interior lushness of nature, but without the ruse of a fit within a literal framing. Never jejune, the analogy calls instead to the free, self-defining amazonian fecundity akin to the artist’s origins and upbringing.
After all, Cuba and its inspiring frondage staged the keenest of all transculturations in the West, and this dynamic trade-off and remix of values amounted at the end to the island’s uniqueness and rarefied excellence in art. Nature there, often holding sway from its magic or marvelous appeal, supplied the feedstock for an imaginative contract with a sense of course and identity.
Transcending Flora, Cycles and Rhythms
Earth’s Fertility likewise assuages Tolibia’s urge to animate the inner self through nature and introspection. However suggestive, she gardens in this solo exhibit a proximate tangibility through a flora that grows and dances and shoots against a failed fulfillment. In a word, that life from the time of inception dangles on the throws of death.
Circling motions, or vine-like attempts to draw them, receptive sheaths, spores and warps of grass, brace a loose archetypical reference that aspires for the ultimate state of being. Earth’s Fertility, abuzz in its rhythms, enchants the viewer with perhaps a feckless antithesis to our last fatality. Meanwhile, if humans shall persist in living, imagination, timely change, and the quest for oneness will certainly ease the stay.

There will be an opening reception for “Earth’s Fertility,” on Saturday, April 9, 2011, from 2pm – 10pm. Meet the artists from 7- 10 pm at Edge Zones Art Center, 47 NE 25th Street, Miami, Florida.

Opening Reception of 21 Artists / 21 Sculptures 4/8/11

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Friday April 8, 8 p.m
Durban Segnini Gallery
3072 SW 38 Ave.
Miami, Fl 33146
durbansegnini.com

Modernism, abstraction and geometry in a variety of expressive resources – wood, bronze, iron, aluminum, plexiglass – are intertwined in a language of volumes and shapes which gives a strong visual coherence to this show of 21 sculptors.
Elisa Arimani, William Barbosa, Pedro Barreto, Milton Becerra, Pedro Briceño, Germán Botero, Agustín Cárdenas, Daniel Couvreur, Roberto Estopiñan, Carlos Evangelista, Bolívar Gaudin, Gay Garcia, Julio Le Parc, Edgar Negret, Cesar Paternosto, Ramírez Villamizar, Carlos Rojas, Antonio Seguí, Jesús Soto, Fernando de Szyszlo, Víctor Valera.
About

Durban Segnini Gallery was founded in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1970 and in Miami, USA in 1992, by its present director and owner Cesar Segnini. It specializes in contemporary painting and sculpture, emphasizing in artists who have worked with abstract expressionism, geometric abstraction and kinetic art.

Simultaneously, the Gallery strives to promote and diffuse new artistic values as well as the historical vanguards that have influenced them. Exhibitions are open to the public all year round in their galleries in Caracas, Venezuela, and Miami, Florida, which includes the Coral Gables Gallery and the newly opened space in the Wynwood District of Miami, an area where a group of major international galleries have concentrated.

Worldwide, Durban Segnini Gallery is known for its expertise in such areas as the integration of artworks to architectural spaces as well as for its customized cnsultant services to private collections.

Dorsch Gallery presents solo shows by Jenny Brillhart, Paul Myoda, Brookhart Jonquil 4/8/11

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Please join us for the opening reception
Friday, April 8th, 6-9pm
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
dorschgallery.com

celebrating solo shows by Jenny Brillhart, Paul Myoda, and Brookhart Jonquil.
The exhibition will run from April 8, 2011 – May 7, 2011.

The gallery will also be open noon-9pm on Saturday, April 9, for the Wynwood Second Saturday art-walk.

Also on view, Borscht @ Dorsch, a collection of objects and images generated in the production of The Borscht Film Festival.
For the Wynwood Second Saturday art-walk, Borscht @ Dorsch will include outdoor festivities in the Dorsch patio.
Stop by and enjoy complimentary cocktails

Photographs of Eleazar Delgado Studio Ribbon Cutting Ceremony And VIP Preview on 4/7/11

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Eleazar Delgado Studio Ribbon Cutting Ceremony And VIP Preview on Thursday, April 7, 2011.  Miami History-Inspired Artist to Unveil New Studio and “Behind the Lights” Collection, Dedicated Painting to Benefit American Red Cross.

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Squares at Gallery 101 Opening Reception 4/9/11

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April 9, 2011 7pm
SQUARES @ Gallery 101 Opening Reception
3354 NE 33rd Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA 33308
954-882-1861

Featuring Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo + Transcendental Artist Justin Thyme and others

Provocative angles on squares. No standing in the corner. Stop going around in circles. Come out and see some of South Florida’s freshest talent. Adam White of Gallery 101 has assembled another fantastic Group Show. On April 9th see the premiere hanging of “Sensual Magic” by Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo.

First Saturday ART WALK May 7th GLAMOUR GIRLS @ 101 and live-art performances with Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo @ Lucho’s on 33rd. www.VictorHugoGallery.com.

Access to China opens in Design District 4/9/11

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International Chinese Fine Arts Council presents “Access to China”
Buena Vista Building Space 120
180 NE 39th Street
Miami Design District, 33137

Miami Design District celebrates Asian Pacific Awareness Month
“The Feminine Flair” by ART LEXING
“Emerging Art on Paper” curated by Inez Suen
Chinese Iconography on Porcelain from the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tse Collection

Opening to public – Saturday, April 9, 2011 and will be on view until May 28, 2011
2nd Saturday Art Walk: Saturday, April 9, 2011
2nd Saturday Art Walk: Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tea Tuesday: Tuesdays, April 12, 26 and May 3, 2011
Lectures TBD: Thursdays, April 21 and May 19, 2011
Closing Reception: Saturday, May 28, 2011

Please call to make an appointment
Lexing Zhang: 305.299.9732 lexing@artlexing.com
Inez Suen 305.439.6787 inez@inezsuen.com

An entire country of treasures awaits collectors during Asian Pacific Awareness heritage month in the Miami Design District. As an active advocate of Asian art and culture, ICFAC and ART LEXING will present a highly curated set of Asian art shows and cultural programs this April and May featuring the finest paintings, sculptures and ceramics to suit every taste. Visit our show room in the Buena Vista building to unlock the richness and diversity of these categories and discover the art of China, up close and personal.

“Access to China” is a three-part exhibition sponsored by the International Chinese Fine Arts Council and Miami Design District showcasing distinctly diverse selection of Chinese art. “The Feminine Flair” by ART LEXING presents a dialog between two acclaimed Chinese artists: Ye Hongxing and Wang Xiaojin. “Emerging Art on Paper” curated by Inez Suen will show four recent graduates from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Chinese Iconography on Porcelain from the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tse Collection is an educational exhibiting targeted at informing the public of various iconographic motifs on Chinese porcelain.

“The Feminine Flair” by ART LEXING
Ye Hongxing employs traditional Chinese motifs and modern elements in her Fusion series. She expresses a unique vision by combining the traditionally Western medium of oil paint together with Chinese porcelain decorative patterns. Her paintings are very alluring self-portraits in which her face, with eyes-closed, appears behind bright winding floral patterns. Composed of shades of grey, her facial expression is of particular significance. As the artist is very concerned with the juxta position of “peace and luxury”, one can detect a tranquil or almost mundane emotion in her gaze. In contrast to using somber tones, the vibrant colors and exquisite composition of flowers and vines elicit the feeling of luxury. Consequently, her work seems to embrace a duality of notions: realism and visionary.

Unlike many contemporary Chinese artists who are attracted by all things modern, Wang Xiaojin is a modernist driven and inspired by the distant past, particularly its women and artistry. Critics claimed that Wang Xiaojin’s artworks have best captured the mood of a bygone era that was altogether most refined and conservative and a time when being “feminine” typified a woman’s existence. Possessing a neoclassical position within contemporary Chinese artists, Wang Xiaojin crosses chronological boundaries in his work, challenging us to see the new in the old…and the old in the new.

“Emerging art on Paper” curated by Inez Suen
China’s art market, which has spread the idea of art as a strong social force within Chinese culture, has cultivated vast exposure for younger Chinese visual artists in the east through curators based outside the country. Fresh out of the China Academy of Art, these Western-influenced artists who have also trained within the Eastern Chinese tradition have given the Chinese art market a modern sensibility and expression primed for the international stage. This exhibition pries open the minds of young Chinese artists. These are artists who grew up in the new China, the post Tiananmen Square government that slowly recognized that stagnation equaled death. These artists’ works reflect the evolving sense of individuality and personal identity formulated because of, or in spite of, a culture that still remains quintessentially Chinese.

Chinese Iconography on Porcelain is an ICFAC sponsored exhibition targeted at educating the general public on the symbols and motif that are commonly found in Chinese art. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Tse are avid collectors of Chinese porcelain and have generously donated a portion of their collection to this exciting event. All the porcelain in this show will be on silent auction until May 28, 2011, where the bidding will close and the highest bidder will go home with their precious ceramics.

The Galleria Spring for the Arts April 9 Performances 4/9/11

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Sat., April 9, 2011
Broward Dance Academy from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (in front of Macy’s)
Nest of Living Arts from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (in front of Macy’s)
Young at Art Children’s Museum from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (adjacent to Dillard’s upper level)
The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale
2414 E. Sunrise Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Free

Jazz, hip-hop and contemporary dance performances by the Broward Dance Academy, plus spoken word and dance performances by Nest of Living Arts and a month-long art exhibition, “Look Who’s Living in the Trees,” from Young at Art Children’s Museum.

The Galleria’s “Spring for the Arts” will unite Broward’s diverse array of arts groups from April 2 through April 30. The arts celebration was created to educate, inspire and motivate the community to embrace the arts. Spearheaded by The Galleria, this month-long program will provide a platform for local arts groups to promote their organizations, plus raise funds for Funding Arts Broward, which provides grants to further the arts in our community.

Photographs of My Heart Won’t Let You Go: A Photographer’s View of Haiti by Patrick Ferell at AE District on 4/6/11

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My Heart Won’t Let You Go: A Photographer’s View of Haiti by Patrick Ferell at AE District on Wednesday, April 6, 2011.  Pulitzer Prize recipient Patrick Farrell has been a professional photojournalist for more than 25 years. His work has taken him to Turkey, Haiti, Cuba and throughout Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean.

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Life Is Art Boca Center South Florida Artist Fair 4/30/11

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Life Is Art Boca Center South Florida Artist Fair

Visual Arts, Fashion, Music, Performance and More!
www.lifeisartfest.org

April 30, 2011
10:00 am – 7:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION
Show is rain or shine.

Shops at Boca center
5150 Town Center Circle
Boca Raton, FL 33486
www.bocacenter.com
With major support by StarMar Events

Media Coverage:
Christine Najac, Fort Lauderdale Restaurant Events Examiner
South Florida Weekend Getaways
South Florida Food and Wine weekend highlights
Shopping Insider Dalia Colon

Life Is Art and the Shops at Boca Center bring you a wonderful day of arts and entertainment. Dozens of south Florida artists are joined by live music, fashion shows and even a circus performance! Sample wine and bubbly while enjoying a day of shopping and culture. All this for free!

Live Music by Krisp
SoMeTiMeS Y via Motivational Edge
Music Ambiance by DJ James
Vintage Fashion by Fab C. Productions
Wine Sampling by Barefoot Wine & Bubbly
Live Performance by Rainbow Circus
Poetry Reading by Renda Writer

FEATURED ARTISTS
Adriana Bottary
Elisabetta Fantone
Kurt Merkel
Dianne Romero Buitrago
Mahesh Patel
Melanie Camp
Nathalie Ramirez
Bhavna Bhen
Sri Prabha
Benny Angene
Karina Luna
Maria Alquilar
Victor Madero
Juancarlos Bravo
Josette Doyle Redwolf
Natalia Oblitas
Anne Marie Brown
Nathan Delinois
Tashmeha Ignacio
Dei Demezier
Jessie Trinchard
Jeannette Garcia
Regina Veedell
Kathy Hunt
Vince Herrera
Alexander Pavlov
Rainer Lagemann
Emilio Hector Rodriguez
Carlos Serra
Nora Meyer
Angeline-Marie Martinez
Anthony Burks
Carlos G. Scott
Elizabet Chacon
Felicia Warren
Julio Bordas
Lorie Setton
Monique Wegmueller
Rose Virginia Miller

10:00am-11:00am: DJ James
11:00am-11:30am: Rainbow Circus
11:30am-12:00pm: DJ James
12:00pm-12:30pm: Fab C Fashion Show/Concert
12:30pm-1:00pm: DJ James
1:00pm-1:45pm: Motivational Edge – SoMeTiMeS Y
2:00pm-2:45pm: Motivational Edge – SoMeTiMeS Y
3:00pm-3:30pm: Rainbow Circus
3:30pm-4:00pm: Poetry by Renda Writer
4:00pm-4:30pm: Fab C Fashion
4:30pm-5:30pm: DJ James
5:30pm-7:00pm+: KRISP

The Shops at Boca Center is a luxury shopping and fine dining destination filled with interesting boutiques and delicious restaurants. Life Is Art is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the support and promotion of the south Florida art community. For more information, visit www.lifeisartfest.org.

Area 23 Galeria Opens In Wynwood Arts District 4/9/11

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Area 23 Galeria
Wynwood Art District
2294B NW 2nd Avenue (corner 23rd Street and NW Second Avenue)
Miami, FL 33127
www.area23galeria.com

Located in the heart of Miami’s Wynwood District, Area 23 Galeria presents a refreshing spin on contemporary and modern art. Showcasing mixed media works, sculpture and painting by resident artists Dario Posada, Luis Jimenez, Rafael Espitia, and Santiago Betancur, the gallery offers a compelling and ever-changing line-up of Latin American and international art.

Upcoming exhibit Arrived by M-Lon 4/9/11

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April 9, starting at 7:00 p.m.
The Lunch Box Gallery
310 NW. 24th St
Miami, FL 33127
Casual. Wine, cheese & crackers.

The Lunch Box Gallery is pleased to announce its new show “Arrived” by emerging Venezuelan artist, painter and illustrator M-Lon (Miguel Gonzalez) on April 9, 2011 at 310 NW. 24th St. Miami, FL 33127, starting at 7:00pm.

“Arrived” gathers 18 photographs intervened with digital illustrations (mixed media), where the artist combines photography with the use of a WACOM digital pen, thus giving life to fascinating images that equally share the participation of both reality and fantasy.

This series is born by the need to awaken reflections about our environment, by means of the visit of imaginary beings that interact with our context. These entities star in scenes of urban and natural encounters, particular or general ones, within a reality which we would consider they don’t belong to, but nevertheless where they try to find their own space.

By penetrating into an unknown society, these beings attempt to discover our world through innocent frolicking; and the behavior that sometimes seems vile or spiteful, is nothing more than a wild and instinctive interaction caused by not knowing the conduct codes of our world. In fact, these are interactions where the process of exploring turns them into personifications of feelings and moods in their maximum state of purity; emotions we can somehow relate to.

These approaches, many times nostalgic and curious but always naïve, along with their visions confronted with joy or lack of it when entering our space, are an invitation to discover, imagine and reconsider the world that surround us.

“Arrived” reflects on M-Lon’s idea that when we truly come close and stop to observe, admire and understand that all these elements, natural or man-made, mean something to someone, it is in that precise moment when we will begin to take care, enjoy and respect it all.

Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival 4/9/11

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Overtown Rhythm & Arts Festival
this Saturday, April 9, 2011, 11am-6pm
the heart of the City of Miami: Historic Overtown District Main Street 1000 NW 3rd Avenue
between 9th and 11th Streets, NW 3rd Avenue
Website.

Leaders of the Overtown and Greater Miami community are throwing a party you don’t want to miss this Saturday.

Celebrate Miami’s rich history with local food, art and entertainment.

The Overtown Rhythm & Arts Festival, organized, planned and implemented by volunteers from the non-profit group Magic-In-Action and local leaders of the Overtown Community, aims to celebrate the rich history of one of Miami’s earliest settlements. Magic-In-Action is Team 5 of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Miami 2010 – 2011 program. Set on the charming main street of NW 3rd Avenue, between 9th and 11th Streets in the Historic Overtown District, this one-day annual Spring Festival comes alive on April 9, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with local food, art, and entertainment. This year’s event will include local church choirs, the Booker T. Washington Marching Band, and local and national musical artists. Overtown Food vendors will treat festival goers with authentic BBQ and southern cooking, Caribbean flavors, and locally grown produce. Admission to the festival is FREE. Join us for this family-friendly event.

The first ever event of its kind, a truly local festival by and for the people of Overtown and Miami.

Luke Campbell, presiding.

Grammy Award Winner Roy Hargrove Headlines a Dazzling Line-up of Jazz, Gospel, Hip Hop and African Cultural artists during the First Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival on April 9, 2011 where Luther “Luke” Campbell will be named King of the inaugural event

The multiple Grammy award-winning Jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove will headline the star-studded stage of the inaugural Overtown Rhythm and Arts Festival, to be held in the main street of NW 3rd Avenue, between 9th and 11th Streets in Miami’s Historic Overtown District, on Saturday April 9, 2011 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Overtown Rhythm & Arts Festival, a one-day, FREE, street festival, aims to celebrate the rich history of one of Miami’s earliest settlements, Overtown. During the festival, the heart of Miami’s Historic Overtown District will come alive with food, music, art, entertainment, and activities for the entire family.

Joining Hargrove on stage will be the renowned Nicole Yarling 4-Tet, Second Chance Gospel Choir, SASA African Dance Theater, Jazz ensemble Instant Attraction, Booker T. Washington High School Marching Band, and the South Florida Hip Hop group Vagabonds.
Inaugurating this year’s festival will be Miss Overtown and Miss Overtown Teen USA together with the King of the Festival, Luther “Luke” Campbell.

Trumpeter Roy Hargrove has firmly established himself among the premier players in jazz and beyond. Ever-stretching into more challenging and colorful ways to flex his musical chops, Hargrove has left indelible imprints in a vast array of artful settings. Hargrove has won Grammy® Awards for two vastly different projects: in 1997, Roy’s Cuban-based band Crisol (including piano legend Jesus “Chucho” Valdes and wonder drummer Horatio “El Negro” Hernandez) won the Best Latin Jazz Performance Grammy for the album Habana, and in 2002, Hargrove, Herbie Hancock and Michael Brecker won Best Instrumental Jazz Album, Individual or Group, for their three-way collaboration Directions in Music.

Jazz vocalist Nicole Yarling is a lecturer in jazz vocal performance at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Nicole Yarling is a rising star in the jazz community. For more than a decade, she has been a part of South Florida’s musical world as a singer and violinist working in most musical genres. Her rich voice and musical prowess has made her a local favorite. Yarling has worked with music legends Dizzy Gillespie and Joe Williams and has gone on tour as the featured soloist with Jimmy Buffett for over two years.

Luther “Luke” Campbell grew up in Overtown and, after his many professional successes has remained an involved member in the Overtown community. He is Co-founder of the Liberty City Optimist Club, and President of the National Youth football & Cheering League with 4,000 participating kids and 350 volunteers. He is also an advocate for improving education in the community.

Book People Eduardo Hernandez 4/6/11

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Book People
Eduardo Hernandez
April 6 – May 15, 2011
Coral Gables Branch Library
3443 Segovia St.

Eduardo Hernandez, The Cook, 2009, oil on canvas, 16” x 20,” courtesy of the artist.
Book People is a series of visual stories created by self-taught artist and library advocate Eduardo Hernandez. In celebration of the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s 40th anniversary, Hernandez’s oil paintings portray real life people making use of the library. The narrative behind Hernandez’s insightful paintings can either be “tragic, humorous, or joyous” and though each is accompanied with a brief story, the artist encourages the viewer to approach each work with a fresh perspective by composing larger stories and originating variant themes that each individual can interpret on their own.
The Book People series was done during a summer spent doing supervised fieldwork and volunteering at a branch of the Miami-Dade Public Library System.

About the artist:
Eduardo Hernandez is a lifelong resident of Miami. He is an educator and a local self-taught artist interested in exploring social issues. His work has been shown at Miami Dade College and at the Hortt Memorial Competition, Museum of Art of Fort Lauderdale. Hernandez received his B.A. in History and his M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction from Florida International University (FIU); a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from the University of South Florida, and is currently working on a doctorate in Education at FIU. While Hernandez continues to experiment with various other types of art, his recent focus has primarily been in drawing and figurative painting.

Trinity Presents the Haiti Philharmonic Orchestra 4/8/11

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Friday, April 8
Art Fair at 6PM
Concert at 8PM
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
464 NE 16 Street
Miami, FL. 33132
Presents The Haiti Philharmonic Orchestra in Concert

$25 in advance/ $30 at the door
All proceeds will go to rebuilding the Music School at Trinity Cathedral, Port au Prince
For tickets: telephone 305-374-3372
www.trinitymiami.org

LoweDown Happy Hour 4/7/11

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LoweDown Happy Hour
Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7-9 PM
Spring on Earth!
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146

Join the Lowe as we celebrate Earth Day with healthy treats from Whole Foods, Cabot Cheese, Popchips and Sabra Hummus. Cocktails generously provided Bacardi and PAMA Spirits. Other beverages courtesy of Smart Water, Vitamin Water Zero, and VitaCoco.
Just added-JOON Natural Skincare for Girls will be sampling their products!

$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members

opening reception Nathlie Provosty Green(ish) Hermeticism 4/8-9/11

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Please join us for an opening reception
Artist Reception, April 8th 6 – 8 PM
Second Saturday, April 9th 11 AM – 9 PM
174 NW 23 Street
Miami, Florida 33127

Nathlie Provosty
Green(ish) Hermeticism
April 8th – May 7th, 2011

Crossroads are both forbidden yet inevitable, the dangerous but profitable locus of transactions for the journeyman or merchant, a place often haunted, often sacred. Hermes, from whom the term Hermeticism is derived, controls crossroads; he is the god of communication and its opposite, silence, similarly commerce and burglary. A green Hermes, however, is nature speechless, nature crossed with commerce. As is well evident, this relationship has gone awry. It is as if the senses of man have been dissolved, because we understand very little, or nothing at all, of the living organism, namely in respect to ecology and ourselves. Green Hermetics are those who recognize life in the undercurrents (even if only in slivers), and therefore rise to challenge all forms of consciousness enslavement, to liberate the image from the machinations of mass production and the manipulations of political rhetoric. A Green Hermeticist understands that nothing is ever exactly as it seems, believes in the poetics and alchemy of ambivalence, and consequently always remains tempted to explore fuller possibilities of understanding man’s constructive and destructive impulses. By submitting to the total mystery of the materials–those means by which one communicates with, to, and through–the union of men and nature is at least obtainable in a work of art.

The paintings and drawings in this exhibition derive from sources as diverse as Giordano Bruno’s Classical and Renaissance memory techniques to specific lines from César Vallejo and William Carlos Williams poems. This exhibition will be Nathlie’s debut solo exhibition as well as her first time exhibiting in Miami, Florida.

Nathlie will be in residence at the de la Cruz collection. For information about the residency and other visiting artists please visit delacruzcollection.org.
Image: Small Apiary 2010 Oil on linen 15 x 12 in

The Michael Margulies Artist Agency | Surface Merchants Collective Presents Lost+Found Freedom in Postgraffism 4/8-9/11

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The Michael Margulies Artist Agency | Surface Merchants Collective Presents Lost+Found Freedom in Postgraffism
Private Show – RSVP Required: Friday, April 8th, 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
RSVP to: info@cafeinamiami.com | 305.438.0792
Opening Reception: Saturday April 9th, 7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Cafeina Lounge
297 NW 23 ST
Miami, Fl. 33127
www.cafeinamiami.com

Lost and found: freedom in Post-Graffism
From April 8th to May 1st, 2011

The Surface Merchants take on the first exhibition of it’s kind. As they express their anticipation to the established Art community, they found a new and empowering channel of expression,”Post-Graffism”, A show filled with cautionary tales of man v.s mother nature, accompanied with a fusion of unique perspectives on paralleled subjects born of influences from their generation.
Michael Margulies Artist Agency, Inc.
1350 NW 8th Court, PH8
Miami, FL 33136
Ph: 305.972.8962
Fax: 786.363.9013
Send Email
www.marguliesagency.com

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

The Workshop and Svedka Present New Work by Benjamin Hollingsworth 4/9/11

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The Workshop & Svedka Present New Work by Benjamin Hollingsworth
April 9,8pm – 12am
171 NW 23rd St
Miami, FL 33127

The Workshop Presents: Works By Benjamin Hollingsworth
Sponsored By: Svedka Vodka

Take in complimentary vodka cocktails and the works of artist Ben Hollingsworth, professional soccer player turned multimedia artist, during April’s Art Walk.

Wynwood is the up and coming destination for the arts and the cultured. Such a specific area has been much needed in Miami, and over the last few years, Wynwood has finally earned its place as the pinnacle of the Miami art-world. The area’s monthly art walks are the culmination of the in-the-know locals and top-tier visitors. Having a presence at these events aligns brands with the most coveted people and happenings in the city.

This month, we are proud to have professional soccer player turned artist Benjamin Hollingsworth display his work in the heart of this art epicenter. As his first Miami appearance since 2010’s Art Basel, it’s an honor to have this up and coming visionary grace the Miami studio walls for April’s walk. Each Hollingsworth piece is distinctively unique, yet, with each one’s unrelentless use of color and subtle use of symbolism, the observer cannot help but to be captivated and moved.
In April, Benjamin will be exhibiting never before seen works that vary from “huge 8 x 10ft drawings on sheets of paper” and then some smaller pieces “done on top of vintage LIFE magazine covers.” Showcased pieces will be available for purchase.

About Benjamin Hollingsworth:
Until three and a half years ago, Benjamin Hollingsworth was living out his childhood dream of being a professional soccer player. At 27, amidst the height of his sporting career, Hollingsworth suffered a serious foot injury, forcing him to reconsider his life’s path.

As a release from his frustrations, he turned to art. Immersing himself in art history books and taking a self-reflecting trip to Paris– all along gallivanting galleries and museums, he found himself entirely consumed by art.

Moving to NYC on a limb, Hollingsworth further integrated himself into the art world – working in a studio by day and delving deeply into his creativity by night. However, it was not until his stepfather was diagnosed with cancer in 2009 that, ironically, he got his big break.

Compelled to leave it all, Hollingsworth returned to Charleston to support his step-father – all the while, never giving up on his new passion.

“I lived in empty building in the middle of downtown Charleston and started producing new work for an idea I had to for a solo exhibit,” he says. In May, he took advantage of the empty space for the exhibition, which put him “on the map.”

“Since then things have taken off,” he says. ” Art saved me, and helped me get over a very, very tragic event in my life.”
As one of the more recognizable up and comers in the art scene, Hollingsworth was featured in the likes of Interview and Versus magazines and has been exhibited in some of the most renowned hotels and shows around the nation, including this past year’s Art Basel.

His works:
Hollingsworth works in a very mixed media format, from installations and photographs to large scale paintings. “I think allot of it is very raw in nature but there are always underlining themes and concepts,” he says. “I tend to do things in series.”

NWSA BFA Exhibition 4/9/11

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Dramatic Bfa Exhibition Highlights Cutting-Edge Art Work From New World School Of The Arts College Graduating Class Of 2011
Opening reception takes place on Saturday, April 9, 7:00 pm -10:00 pm.
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation
1018 N. Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136.
The exhibition is free and open to the public.

It will remain open through Saturday, April 30, 2011. To view after April 9, please call 305.237.3620

New World School of the Arts [NWSA] presents POST… The 2011 BFA candidates’ visual arts exhibition. NWSA has fostered a legacy of graduates that excel in the Visual Arts; becoming prestigious figures in both the local and international art world, such as Hernan Bas, Bert Rodriguez, and Jen Stark.The 22 BFA candidates of 2011 have continued to push the barriers, culminating in a vivid and spanking-new array of work that ranges from sculpture, photography, painting and interactive installation, to graphic design work and video art.

“We are proud that our graduates are tireless in finding new and immediate ways to contribute not only to the burgeoning Miami art scene but their community; donating artwork for humanitarian causes and participating in numerous fundraisers” stated Maggy Cuesta, dean of visual arts at NWSA. “Many of them have already exhibited and sold work from prominent galleries in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as in Miami Art Museum, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation and Art Basel, Miami Beach.”

2011 Exhibiting BFA Artists: Nicole Burko, Franky Cruz, Karla R. Davila, Gustavo González, Mauricio Gonzalez, Nanjoo Hong, Stacye Jones, Herman F. Kaizedo, Jessie Laino, limchoy lee, Inga Loyev, Veronika Lugo, Melissa Mastroeni, María Fernanda Mayorga, Denisse Monge, Natalia (Macky) Ortelli, Francis Pisfil, Colin Sherrell, Dominique Thomas, Sam Ubinas & Zonia Zena.

CIFO, the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, is a non-profit organization founded in 2002 by Ella Fontanals Cisneros and her family, to foster cultural and educational exchange among the visual arts. In six years CIFO has become a dynamic institution promoting cultural exchange through its exhibitions and events.

New World School of the Arts was created by the Florida Legislature in 1984 as a center of excellence in the performing and visual arts. It is an educational partnership of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College and the University of Florida.

More information about this show at 305-237-3620 or at nwsa.mdc.edu.

By NWSA Artist Gustavo González

MOCA Shakers Conversations + Cocktails at Bardot Miami 4/12/11

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Shaker Conversation + Cocktails
April 12 – 8pm
Hosted By Erin Newberg
Bardot
3456 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33127-3534
(305) 576-5570

Join the MOCA Shakers for our next Conversation + Cocktails at Bardot. Enjoy signature cocktails by Grey Goose Vodka, mingle with the Shakers and join in the conversation with Associate Curator Ruba Katrib and special guests regarding the upcoming New Methods Symposium at MOCA (May 4-6)
To learn more about this exhibition please see our website www.mocanomi.org

Cocktails provided by Grey Goose Vodka
Music provided by Bardot
Wristband Required For Entry:
MOCA Shaker and above members plus a guest (Complimentary)
Non Members ($15)

Wristbands available at MOCA or at event Check in*.
*Credit Cards only.

RSVP or call 305 893 6211

Become a MOCA Shaker today, please visit www.mocanomi.org/moca-shakers/

AVA Fine Arts presents New Works by Carlos A. Navarro 4/9/11

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AVA Fine Arts presents New Works by Carlos A. Navarro
4/9/2011, 5pm-10pm
AVA Fine Arts @ Acoustic Architects
271 NW 23rd Street
Miami, Fl, Wynwood
Next to Cafeina Lounge
www.avafineart.com

Ava Fine Art @ Acoustic Architects Presents An Exhibit Of New Works By Miami Artist, Carlos A. Navarro.

Promotion by Erin Mia Milchman of Haute in the City

Percentage of proceeds go to Kimberly Shenker- Bacardi’s Good Karma Foundation for the children of Haiti

Sponsored by;
Matusalum Rum (mojitos)
Sake Blue

After Party At Sake Blue 10pm
225 Altara Avenue
Coral Gables, FL

Rewriting The World Primers And Poetry In The Age Of Confusion Exhibition On View In The Wolfsonian’s Rare Book And Special Collections Library Vestibule 4/7/11

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‘Rewriting The World: Primers And Poetry In The Age Of Confusion’ Exhibition On View In The Wolfsonian’s Rare Book And Special Collections Library Vestibule
April 7, 2011
The Wolfsonian
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University presents Rewriting the World: Primers and Poetry in the Age of Confusion. Drawing on the museum’s holdings of rare books from the early twentieth century, the selection of materials represents a range of attempts to define the contours of everyday life through renovations of language. Whether a motorcar marketing booklet, a literacy manual for non-native speakers, or a poem comprised of innovative typography and non-sense sounds, these works emerged from certain social and political agendas. The exhibition surveys the ways in which such agendas are inscribed in the rudiments of language—set into speech and written into thought.

Rewriting the World is organized by Matthew Abess, curatorial research assistant at The Wolfsonian. The exhibit will be on view April 7 through June 5, 2011 and includes evangelical alphabet primers, National Socialist toothpaste pamphlets, Czech photo-texts, typographic fairytales, and end-of-the-world scenarios filmed by the angel of Notre Dame.

“For the writers, designers, and even corporations behind these works, the transformation of everyday life was something to be achieved by linguistic means, and especially by the transformation of language itself,” notes Matthew Abess. “At their most effective, these efforts to initiate readers into certain visions of the present and future are well concealed. This exhibition aims to make them manifest.”

The exhibition is organized in response to the stated mission of the O, Miami poetry festival that every single person in Miami-Dade County encounter a poem during the month of April. Following this call for encounters, The Wolfsonian also will be projecting Abeceda 2000 in its street front windows from nightfall to sunrise beginning on April 7, 2011. The film recreates the Liberated Theater’s performance of Abeceda—an icon of Czech avant-garde poetry, dance, and constructivist design—using the 1926 “photo-text” publication as its visual guide.

In conjunction with the exhibition and in collaboration with independent curator Brett Fletcher Lauer, The Wolfsonian has also invited five contemporary writers to contribute original postcard poems written through the themes in Rewriting the World. The postcards will be distributed in the museum and also will be used in O, Miami’s international call for mail art, a part of the Abe’s Penny Live installations at ArtSeen, where visitors will be sending the postcards to writers and curators internationally as well as to random addresses throughout Miami-Dade County.

On Friday, April 22nd, following the 6pm gallery tour, Matthew Abess, and director of O, Miami Scott Cunningham, will introduce Rewriting the World and engage with the audience about matters of poetry, persuasion, and the language of everyday life. Wine reception to follow; event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Julieth Dabdoub at 305.535.2622 or julieth@thewolf.fiu.edu.

O, Miami is a county-wide poetry festival inaugurating in April 2011. Produced by the University of Wynwood and funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, it is a month-long series of events and projects mixing traditional readings with innovative poetry-in-public-places projects, weaving poetry into the fabric of the city’s infrastructure and cultural life. The events will culminate in a four-day series of readings, April 27-30 at the New World Center. For more information and a full schedule of events, visit omiami.org.

The Wolfsonian is a museum, library, and research center that uses objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design, to explore what it means to be modern, and to tell the story of social, historical, and technological changes that have transformed our world. The collections comprise approximately 120,000 objects from the period of 1885 to 1945—the height of the Industrial Revolution to the end of the Second World War—in a variety of media including furniture; industrial-design objects; works in glass, ceramics, and metal; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and medals.
The Wolfsonian is located at 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Admission discount in effect through April 14, 2011: $5 for adults; $3.50 for seniors, students, and children age 6 -12; and free for Wolfsonian members, State University System of Florida staff and students with ID, and children under six. The museum is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from noon-6pm; Friday from noon-9pm; and is closed on Wednesday. Contact us at 305.531.1001 or visit us online at www.wolfsonian.org for further information.

East and Far East meet Miami at Myra Galleries Opening 4/8/11

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East and Far East meet Miami at Myra Galleries
Friday, April 8, 2011. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Myra Galleries
177 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127
(Wynwood Art District)

Left: Kwon Soon IK. “After Working”. 90.9 x 72.7 cm. Mixed Media on canvas
Right: Phil Kyo Jang. “Capture”. 105 x 53 cm. Acrylic on canvas
From April 9 through May 31, 2011

For its second exhibition, Myra Galleries is proudly introducing artists from the eastern and far eastern parts of the world, specifically from Korea, Australia and Iran. The gallery is very excited to introduce audiences to this new exhibit and invites the public to attend the opening night event on Friday, April 8th from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Artist Kwon Soon IK was born in South Korea in 1959. “In my recent works, simple and every day objects often appear as main subject matters. Those things such as bags, shoes, lighters, spoons, chopsticks, clothes, etc, are not meant for artistic practices, but the fact that I incorporate them into my work, automatically transforms these objects into a collection through which my life and emotions are permeated. There is also the use of calligraphy and raised texts in my newest body of work, some of them representing patterns of the Korean alphabet. My intention was not to be satisfied with a mere visual delivery, but to represent Korean culture and emotions through the canvas.” Kwon Soon IK has exhibited his works in museums and collections in Colombia, Uruguay, Spain, Japan, and the United States. Some of his pieces were on view at Art Basel Miami last year.

Paul Ching – Bor was born in 1963 and moved to Sydney, Australia in 1987. There he focused on watercolors, portraying primarily the suburban neighborhood of Paddington, where his studio was located. In 1990 Ching-Bor received a scholarship sponsored by Mercedes-Benz and an award from the Royal Agricultural Society for the study of fine art in New York. In the following year he received the Overseas Study Travel Grant from the Rotary Club of Camberwell, Victoria, Australia. During the next four years he saved money to make sure that he would be able to prolong his stay beyond the scholarship’s term, and in 1996 he was able to realize a long-held desire to move to New York. “When I first walked down the streets of Manhattan I was curious about the impact this strident city and the jostling crowds would have on my work,” Ching-Bor recalled. �The structures, arches, and bridges immediately inspired me, and particularly suited my limited color palette. My favo rite colors are black and white, and I found I was able to tackle New York subjects in a very free way that, in the early stages, suggests abstract painting.”

Phil Kyo Jang was born in Korea in 1968. He graduated from the Department of Painting at the College of Fine Arts, Se-Jong University. This talented artist will be exhibiting for the first time in Miami. He says about his dummy figures, “The dummy is a representation of an ordinary human being. Ordinary people have no specific character but have only desire, selfishness and weakness.” Jang use humor and wit to describe humans.

Hossein Edalatkhah was born in Iran in 1979. His oil on canvas works are representing his protest against undemocratic and discriminated societies and governments especially in Iran. His work in the exhibition is a series of eight pieces titled “My body, my private life, my biography.” The artist states, “My body is my source to protest against the governmental propaganda. In my collection I decided to look back to my history so you can witness Safavieh, Qajar, Pahlavi, and Islamic Republic periods.”
Niki Kouhpayma was born in Persia in 1976. He is coming to Miami with very fresh ideas in her photos.
www.myragalleries.com
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Bird Road Art Walk Saturday 4/16/11

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Bird Road Art Walk
Saturday, April 16, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Bird Road Art District
Most studios are off of SW 75 Avenue between SW 41 St. & SW 48 St.

Check out our website or fb page for map.
www.thebirdroadartdistrict.com

Celebrate Miami’s Contemporary Art Scene. Meet artists in their studios, view gallery exhibits, enjoy complimentary wine & light bites, free parking & a complimentary shuttle bus

Join us for the Bird Road Art Walk, on Staurday, April 16 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm (& every third Saturday of each month).

Start your art walk at any of these participating spaces:
Accent Alternative Art Space
Akuara Teatro Workshop
Aperture Studios
Deadalus Art Project
Esteban Blanco Art Studio
Frame & Framing Inc.
Gina Guzman Stained Glass
Ismael Gomez Peralta Studio
Luis Fuentes’ Radical Art Spot
Madero Art
MANO Fine Art Studio/Project Space
Matthew Miller/Nickel Glass Studio
Miami Art Club
Nestor Arenas Art Studio
Onate Fine Art
Rafael Consuegra/Cuadart Studio & Gallery
Ray Azcuy Art Studio
Romero-Hidalgo Artists’ Studios
The Young Artists Academy
The Warehouse/Roberto Bilbao
Tropical Art Gallery @ Palmetto Carpet

About the Bird Road Art Walk:
On the third Saturday of each month the artists of the Bird Road Art District (BRAD) open their studios to host a monthly Art Walk from 7:00pm-10:00pm in one of Miami’s oldest art districts.

The Bird Road Art Walk is a unique opportunity to go behind-the-scenes for a look at the creative process. During the Art Walks you have the chance to meet the artists in their own creative spaces and the prospect of being among the first to view their newest artwork.

The participating studios offer a broad range of contemporary, emerging and established artists working in a variety of mediums; hand-blown glass, painting in all genres, mosaics, frescos, installations, photography, conceptual art, sculpture, digital art etc are all to be found.

Getting there…
The Bird Road Art District (BRAD) is located just off the beaten path, east of SW 75th Avenue, which runs alongside the Palmetto Expressway and between Bird Road (SW 40th St) and SW 48th St. The majority of the artist’s studios are located off of SW 75th Ave.

Traveling from the North
From I-75
Go south to 826, then south to Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

From I-95
Go south to 826, then south to Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

From the Florida Turnpike
Go south to 836, then east to 826 south, then to the Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

Traveling from the South
From US1
Go north to 826, then to Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

From 874
Go north to 826, then to Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

Traveling from the East
From I-95
Go south to 836, then west to 826 south, then to the Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

From Miami International Airport
Go west on 836 to 826 south, then to the Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

Traveling from the West
From Tamiami (8th St.)
Take the Florida Turnpike North to 836, then East to 826 south, then to the Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left into first parking lot.

Tell your friends about the new Bird Road Art Walk every third Saturday from 7:00-10:00 pm
Stay Connected:
Facebook:Bird Road Art District
Twitter:@BirdRoadArts
www.thebirdroadartdistrict.com
Call 305.467.6819

Coconut Grove Art Stroll 4/2/11

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Saturday Night at Coconut Grove Art Stroll
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011. 7:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Promenade of the Shoppes at Mayfair
2911 Grand Avenue
Coconut Grove, FL 33133

A Mix of Artists, Art Demonstrations, Live Music, Dance Performances, Street Magicians, and Food & Beverage Sampling. Free event at Mayfair in the Grove offers Activities for the Whole Family
Admission: Free
On-Site Parking Available by: Park One

Schedule Of Events
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. – Art Exhibits by locals and international artist Gallery Openings.
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. – Street Magicians by The House of Flying Cards.
8:00 p.m. – 8.:30 p.m. – Serena Stroppa, an expressive pop/folk/rock, singer/songwriter
8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. -, Live Music by Miami’s Premier Party Bands

On Saturday, April 2nd, Coconut Grove Art Stroll once again will be offering a fabulous array of new artists and entertainers. Enjoy free food and beverages by some of Miami’s most popular restaurants and sponsors including Coconut Grove’s Milam’s Market, Pollo Tropical, Miller Light Beer and Park One. Over 40 local and international artists will participate. To enrich the experience, festivities will include live music by, one of Miami’s Premier Party Bands. With a mix of rock, funk, blues and a little Latin flavor. Serena Stroppa, an expressive pop/folk/rock, singer/songwriter, will rock you off your feet! The House of Flying Cards will entertain the audience with ongoing street magic performances.

In addition” Artway66 Gallery” Set in a Modern Artist’s loft at the Mayfair promenade in Coconut Grove, ArtWay66 evokes a time when artists found inspiration and community in sharing their work, and philosophy with one another. The bohemian lifestyle fashioned life as a grand celebration, a feast of the senses to be shared and treasured. Together, artists found kinship over every Gallery exhibits and events, over cocktails, live music, artistic performance and conversation. Artway66 Gallery will host a one of a kind Art exhibit, “Arts is Everywhere” presenting artists: Ethis Rodriguez, Johnny Valdes, Proman Garcia, Angel Alfonso, Luis Breso, Candace Chloe, Joseph Lawrence Vasile, Trina Colins, Brent Miller, Alexander Calderon, Alfredo Cruz, Yampier Sardina, Ninoska Prince and Miami Hottest Jewelry Designer Steven Anton Rahage, 14 Artists, 14 different styles. Special Live Music Presentation by: Serena Stroppa. Live Dance performance by: Coconut Grove Ballet and Mid Eastern Dance with Athene present Carmen.

Snacks by “Munchies” in Miami all night long. Ask for your $50 toward the purchase of an art work at the gallery. Sponsored: by Pollo Tropical.
Enjoy Open Bar and Tapas, all night long. Ask for your $50 toward the purchase of an art work at the gallery. Sponsored: by Pollo Tropical.
Call for R.S.V.P 305-726-1466 or
Email at Artway66@Yahoo.com
www.artway66.com

GroveHouse Artist Gallery will be Presenting “All Bets Are Off”
“Wine and cheese will be served”.
An exhibition by Members Artist from 7:00pm – 11:00pm

Grove Retrospective Gallery Featuring in April Fine Haitian Art Original Florida Highwaymen Art. Local Artist-Purvis Young.

Coconut Grove Art Festival Gallery. Will be presenting . “New Paintings” By George Bethea

This free monthly cultural event founded and directed by Johnny Valdes has proved to be an excellent way to spend a casual Saturday evening.

Some of the artists exhibiting works in the festival include Johnny Valdes, Proman Garcia, Barbara Cooper Hanson, Manuel Menendes, Phyllis Hain, Beradette Denoux, Daisy Rodriguez, Ana M Bikic, Rolando J. Mendez, William Mark Coulthard, Pedro Rivero and Vidal J. Rivero. Special exhibit by Venezuelan contemporary modern artist Miguel Angel Rubio presenting his new collection.

By presenting the event flyer, one may enter the raffle to win a free 60″ X 16″ Miami skyline panoramic photo by Johnny.
coconutgroveartstroll@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/coconutgroveartstroll

Miami Art Museum 4th Annual MAM Corporate Luncheon 5/13/11

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Miami Art Museum Corporate Luncheon To Honor Bank Of America For Its Support Of South Florida’s Arts Community
Friday, May 13, 2011
Four Seasons Hotel Miami

Fourth Annual Miami Art Museum Corporate Luncheon

Miami’s business, civic and cultural leaders will gather to honor the private sector’s impact on South Florida’s cultural landscape during the Fourth Annual Miami Art Museum (MAM) Corporate Luncheon on Friday, May 13, 2011. Bank of America, one of the world’s largest financial institutions and a mainstay of support in South Florida’s cultural community, will receive the 2011 Miami Art Museum Corporate Honors for its community development activities including its Museums on Us program, and its philanthropic efforts and consistent support of South Florida’s cultural institutions. Since 1998, Bank of America has provided sustaining support to the Annual Fund for exhibitions and education at Miami Art Museum.

This year’s MAM Corporate Luncheon, presented by South Motors Automotive Group, will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Miami from 11:30am until 2pm. Luncheon proceeds will support The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl, an exhibition which Miami Art Museum will present in 2012 with the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge initiative.

“We are proud to honor Bank of America for its longtime commitment to enacting positive change in South Florida,” said Aaron Podhurst, chairman of Miami Art Museum’s board of trustees. “Bank of America’s support for the arts is a shining example of how our community’s corporate citizens are directly impacting our cultural institutions, and in the process, our economy and quality of life. Miami Art Museum’s strength as a public-private partnership will take on added significance as we continue our capital campaign in the span leading up to the debut of our new building in Museum Park.”

Antonio L. Argiz, CEO and managing partner of accounting firm Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC, will serve as 2011 Luncheon Honorary Chair. Pedro A. Fernandez, principal of Bernstein Global Wealth Management, and Alex Espenkotter, partner with law firm Heller Waldman, PL, will serve as Luncheon Chairmen.

Thomas Collins, director of Miami Art Museum, and Dennis Scholl, Vice President, Arts, for John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will serve as keynote speakers during the luncheon. In an address, entitled “Growing Miami, Growing Miami Art Museum: A Dialogue for the Corporate Community,” Collins and Scholl will discuss the current state of affairs in Miami’s arts and cultural landscape, which has undergone a dramatic resurgence in recent years.

“Miami Art Museum’s annual Corporate Luncheon is an opportunity for our business and civic community to reflect on the collective impact the private sector has had on raising Miami’s profile as an international arts destination,” said Collins. “Looking ahead, our corporate partners will play an increasingly pivotal role in our institutional advancement as we expand our programming and educational initiatives in our new Museum Park home.”

Collins is an arts administrator, art historian, educator and author with more than 15 years of museum experience. He joined the Museum as director in 2010 after serving for five years as director of the Neuberger Museum of Art in Westchester County, New York. An art collector for more than 30 years, Scholl has lead local and national philanthropic efforts in the visual arts. In addition to having served as founding co-chair of the Miami Art Museum Collectors Council, he has served as founding chair of the Guggenheim Photography Committee and of the Tate Modern American Acquisitions Committee.

Luncheon sponsorships are available, ranging from $2,500 for a partial table to $20,000 for two tables of ten. Individual tickets range from $150 for a single ticket to $1,500 for a partial table and recognition in the event program. For additional information or to reserve seats, please contact Brooke Minto at (305) 375-2617, or by email at bminto@miamiartmuseum.org.

Miami Art Museum Corporate Luncheon supporters include: Presenting Sponsor South Motors Automotive Group; Diamond Sponsor The Fairholme Foundation; Gold Sponsors Bank of America, Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP, Frank Crystal & Company, Grossman Roth, P.A., Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A., Lehman Auto World, Mallah Furman, Morrison Brown Argiz & Farra, LLC, Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller, P.A., Shutts & Bowen LLP, SunTrust Bank Florida and U.S. Trust; Silver Sponsors Bernstein Global Wealth Management, John Moriarty & Associates, LAFCO New York / Santa Maria Novella and Merrill Lynch; and Media Sponsor PODER Magazine.

Miami Art Museum, a modern and contemporary art museum located in downtown Miami, FL, is dedicated to collecting and exhibiting international art of the 20th and 21st centuries with an emphasis on the cultures of the Atlantic Rim—the Americas, Europe and Africa—from which the vast majority of Miami residents hail. Recently, Miami Art Museum has presented exhibitions of works by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Quisqueya Henriquez, Guillermo Kuitca, Wifredo Lam, Susan Rothenberg and Yinka Shonibare, and its Permanent Collection includes works by Doug Aitken, José Bedia, Mark Dion, Marcel Duchamp, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ann Hamilton, Arturo Herrera, Alfredo Jaar, Sol LeWitt, Vik Muniz, Wangechi Mutu, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, James Rosenquist, Tomas Saraceno, Lorna Simpson and Rachel Whiteread. Miami Art Museum’s educational programming currently reaches more than 30,000 people every year, with the largest art education program outside the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. The new Miami Art Museum at Museum Park, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is scheduled to open to the public in 2013. The new facility will provide room to showcase growing collections, expanded exhibition space to bring more world-class exhibitions to Miami-Dade County, and an educational complex. For more information about Miami Art Museum, visit miamiartmuseum.org or call 305.375.3000.

Accredited by the American Association of Museums, Miami Art Museum is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts; with the support of Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners. Miami Art Museum is an accessible facility. For sign language interpretation or assistive listening devices please call Miami Art Museum’s education department 305.375.4073 at least five days in advance. Materials in accessible format may be requested.

Art Of Life 4/16/11

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Art Of Life
Saturday, April 16th, 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Gerry Kelly’s TRIO ON THE BAY
1601 79st Causeway,
North Bay Village,
Miami, FL 33141

Must RSVP as guest list will be strictly enforced.
http://artoflife2011.eventbrite.com

Art Exhibit / Unveiling / Auction and Glamorous Fun for a good cause. World renowned artist / painter NOEL and photographer Lloyd Goradesky, who created the largest photo in the world, will jointly exhibit their favorite art pieces and donate one original art to be auctioned out during the event.

World recognized painter Leonid Afremov has painted one original painting specially FOR our event and this piece will be unveiled to the world during our event and be auctioned out as well.

Published writer Peter Baksa will be present in person to introduce his new book ‘Point Of Power’, and will meet with everyone who are interested to become the best of who they are.

On the glamor side, Ms Latina International current title holders will co-host our red carpet and make this event unforgettable.

Look forward to seeing you there,
Belinda, Event producer, host & artistic model.
“When creativity is involved, possibilities are endless” ~ Belinda.
Special thanks to Gerry Kelly of Trio On The Bay for housing the event.

Art in the Park Miami 4/9-10/11

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Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, April 10, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Bayfront Park
Downtown Miami
artintheparkmiami.com

Join us April 9-10 as fine artists will fill Bayfront Park, downtown Miami’s premiere outdoor venue with an outdoor art exhibition destined to be a staple for years to come. Art in the Park Miami, showcases some the best contemporary fine art and craft from around the country.

The Inaugural Art in the Park Miami is destined to be a can’t miss annual Arts experience. Located in beautiful Bayfront Park, located in the heart of downtown Miami on breathtaking Biscayne Bay.
The Festival showcases the works of international fine artists and craftsmen. Visitors have the opportunity to meet with exhibiting artists, sample fine cuisine, enjoy live entertainment and experience the local artistic culture.

Live form Tina Hills Pavilion

SATURDAY: APRIL 9
12 pm – Robert Elias
1:45 pm – Chris Alvy Band
3:30 pm – The Mann Sisters
5:15 pm – Jacob Jeffries Band

SUNDAY: APRIL 10
12 pm – Omine
1:30 pm – Phil Jacobson
3 pm – Vic Kingsley
4:30 pm – Sylvia Emmerson
5:30 pm – Dreaming in Stereo

Champagne Deutz Reception and Art Exhibit by Holly Jones 4/5/11

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Champagne Deutz Reception & Art Exhibition by Holly Jones
Tuesday, April 05, 7pm – 8:30pm
Country Club Ballroom
RSVP Now.

Attire: Business Casual
Fees and Restrictions: Premier Members Free; Resort Guests $25

Meet American Artist Holly Jones, known for her vibrant color paintings and bold brush strokes, while sipping Champagne Deutz and listening to the tunes of DJ Guillo Cartaya.

Powerful Show at Edge Zones 4/9/11

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There will be an opening reception for Abstract
Saturday, April 9, 2011, from 2pm – 10pm.
Meet the artists from 7- 10 pm
Edge Zones Art Center
47 NE 25th Street
Miami, Florida.

Edge Zones Main Gallery ABSTRACT, a group exhibition of Florida based artists: George Bethea | Julie Davidow | John Germain | Terri Lindbloom | Ekaterina Narciso | Charo Oquet | Kathleen Staples | Ileana Tolibia | Kerry Ware | Bradley Wester

Edge Zones, one of the leading art centers in Miami, will open the vibrant exhibition featuring abstract art by ten Florida based artists, in the main gallery from April 9 – April 29, 2011. The exhibition bring together contemporary Florida artist who are creating abstract art and who employ a wide range of media seeking discerning solutions to construct and deconstruction space, utilizing streams of flowing color touching upon the perceptions of recognizable image. This thematic exhibition was a chance to showcase the essential yet powerful effect a form of art in which the artist expresses himself purely through the use of form and color. There is a wide range of stylistic diversity within this nonrepresentational framework.

Non-objective art is one of several means of transcendence of the objective, practical modern world. For John Germain, painting becomes by default an interior, subconscious journey. It is in this way that he creates forms that comply with his sensibility; where material, means and content converge. He utilizes his inconclusive yet fascinating process as an exhilarating means to self-discovery; a record of choices made over periods of time, physical and psychic visual residue.

In recent work Bradley Wester returns to the painterly gesture describing an illusionistic image on canvas. However, these new paintings are meant to be quotations of familiar images, in this case, Japanese motifs and decoration. He treats these motif-paintings simply as another everyday material or image-object that he combines with other recognizable objects to make art. He inserts and arranges them as one component of many, inside what he calls a cluster. Bradley sees each cluster as an individual and complete work of art that relates. The intention is to equalize the value of the familiar Japanese image with the common, everyday objects he uses. He treats these cluster-pieces, or pods of visual narrative that radiate out to other pod-narratives and that can be seen to mirror our hyper-linked digital age, with no start or finish, and no linear historic narrative.

Ekaterina Narciso’s, work concerns deconstruction of space found in contemporary abstract painting today. Fragments of brightly colored shards migrate in and out of picture planes echoing systems, pattern and state of flux found in nature. Kaleidoscopic portals and streams of flowing color touch upon the perceptions of recognizable image occasionally hinting at the landscapes or the city, as well as referring to the elements of nature and space.

Through the use of drawing, small mixed media objects, and painting Ileana Tolibia struggles to understand the synchronization within the unbounded space. Her transformative, organic and aerial paintings attempt to translate images of her subconscious combined with emotions and associations into a conscious language of meaningfulness.

George Bethea’s uses acrylic paint, gels, sand and other textural elements to express himself through color, surface, and design in his attempt to make paintings that are beautiful and full of life.

Julie Davidow creates contradiction, which are inherent to her work. A struggle to control and relinquish are persistent drives in her process. At once measured and defined, she embraces chance through pliage. The folds and scores in the canvas yield an aleatorical ground. Space, organization, pattern seeking, discerning solution guide a precise, meticulous investigation to map the visual information and establish structure. It is a search for the gestalt. The imagery is drawn from biological, sexual, botanical, geological, cartographic, and architectural influences; and an overall concern with the conflicts between the natural and the built environments.

Kathleen Staples paints wet on wet with fluid paints suspended in acrylic medium, obtaining a variety of transparency and texture. Each layer interacts with the layer underneath and the one above, and layers of wet paint laid down at different stages of dryness create different surface effects. She uses colors as the “soul” of the painting, an intuitive expression of her feeling.

Terri Lindbloom takes an inter-disciplinary approach. Working predominantly within multi-media installations. His conceptual work can be at times minimal and terse. In some of her “text” drawings she has been investigating the internal “chatter” within the mind, editing it down to a few sound bytes. The creative roots of her installations come from her drawing investigations, which need each other for their evolution.

Charo Oquet is interested in introducing a sense of intense chaos in her paintings, in some areas that are later covered and controlled, connected to “action paintings”. Her delivery is a sophisticated blend of complex overlapping layers and compositions.

Kerry Ware’s paintings exhibit subtle shifts of color on scrubbed surfaces. The work is infused with color similar to frescos – using painting as a source of spiritual nourishment that goes beyond labels, language, gimmicks and glitz.

meet the artists-opening reception 4/2/11

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meet the artists-opening reception
april 2 2011, 6 – 9pm
artists haven gallery
2757 east oakland park blvd
fort lauderdale, fl 33306
954-8174893
www.artistshavengallery.com

group art exhibition april 2011
meet the artists – opening reception
complimentary wine hors d’ oeuvres and desserts
casual attire, open to the public, plenty of free parking

artists, ana maria hoyos, nitin banwar, philip catania, elizabeth dawson, john henson, gail morrison-hall, victor pedelty, roxene sloate.

Spring for the Arts Showcase 4/2/11

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One-Day Arts Showcase To Take Center Stage During The Galleria’s “Spring For The Arts”
April 2, 10am-9pm
The Galleria at Fort Lauderdale
2414 E. Sunrise Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304
Free
www.galleriamall-fl.com

Tri-Rail Senior Idol Auditions from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (in front of Dillard’s upper level)
Arts Showcase from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (throughout the mall)
Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (in front of Macy’s)
Jubilee Dance Theatre from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (in front of Macy’s)
Life is Art from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (adjacent to Dillard’s upper level)
Young at Art Children’s Museum from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (adjacent to Dillard’s upper level)

An expo of 32 arts organizations to educate visitors on their mission and upcoming events, plus auditions for Tri-Rail’s Senior Idol, a theatrical performance by the Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre, a dance performance by the Jubilee Dance Theatre, a 60-piece art exhibition by Life is Art and the launch of a month-long children’s art exhibition, “Look Who’s Living in the Trees,” from Young at Art Children’s Museum.

The Galleria’s “Spring for the Arts” will unite Broward’s diverse array of arts groups from April 2 through April 30. The arts celebration was created to educate, inspire and motivate the community to embrace the arts. Spearheaded by The Galleria, this month-long program will provide a platform for local arts groups to promote their organizations, plus raise funds for Funding Arts Broward, which provides grants to further the arts in our community.

Guild at The Ladder Room Gallery 4/2/11

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GUILD
April 2nd, 2011, 7 pm – 10 pm
The Ladder Room Gallery
6900 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33138
guild-artists.com

A new group of eight artists, GUILD, will be having solo exhibitions at the Ladder Room Gallery, located at Biscayne Blvd. and 69th Street, in Miami’s MiMo district. Each exhibition will run approximately two weeks. The invitation with schedules is attached. The first opening is on Saturday, April 2nd.

As their group name suggests, GUILD places strong emphasis on craft and ideas. They recover concepts from various movements within Modernist art which beckon further exploration, while pursuing new horizons in painting.

I am sure you will enjoy being part of the emergence of this exciting new group in Miami’s cultural landscape.

Guild,
New Group Of Eight South Florida Artists
To Exhibit Works At The Ladder Room

In a bold move, The Ladder Room Art Gallery is dedicating the next four months to launching an eight-artist group that has recently emerged in South Florida. GUILD consists of painters who reconnect with art’s long-standing traditions, and gladly embrace concepts of originality and craftsmanship which have been derided by trends of the last couple of decades.

The painters of GUILD are: Abdiel Acosta, Frank Garaitonandia, Lu Gold, Todd Eliott Mansa, Yamel Molerio, Vincent Serritella, José Telot, and Jovan Karlo Villalba. All currently live in South Florida, except for Serritella who now lives in Oakland, CA. All of GUILD’s artists are Miamians and graduates from The New World School of the Arts, where many first met and established friendships and common cause, before going on to pursue degrees in fine arts at various universities. The group had gathered loosely and had begun exhibiting irregularly. However, it has recently formed into a focused association at the instigation of art critic and poet, Ricardo Pau-Llosa, who first encountered their work last December at a Little Havana exhibition space they had rented to show their work during Art Basel week. Pau-Llosa was taken by the group’s diversity, passion, and the high quality of their work. He is the curator of these exhibitions at The Ladder Room Art Gallery and wr
ote the essay which appears in the group’s first catalogue.

GUILD’s artists have defined their unifying ideas and mission in a ten-point statement, which is attached. The group is conscious of the irony implicit in their position as rebels who seek to move Art forward precisely by not abandoning craftsmanship, the cult of originality, and other traditions which are central to Western art, and last extolled in Modernism. As Pau-Llosa points out in his essay, GUILD is part of a broader generational awareness which he terms “Renewal Modernism” and which has taken a new look at ideas within this compendium of styles which are full of promise for future innovation. GUILD, Pau-Llosa affirms, is aware that the old linear narrative of stylistic novelty, derailed by Post-Modernist theorists and artists, has ironically led many younger artists back to Modernism itself to recover avenues of thought which the market-driven rush to new art had abandoned prematurely.

The schedule of GUILD exhibitions at The Ladder Room Art Gallery follows. All the openings will be on Saturday evenings, from 7-10 PM. Opening receptions are free, and the public is welcome.

Lu Gold, opens April 2, through April 14.
Todd Eliott Mansa, opens April 16, through April 28.
Group exhibition of works not included in the solo shows, opens April 30, through May 5.
Frank Garaitonandia, opens May 7, through May 19.
Jovan Karlo Villalba, opens May 21, through June 2.
Vincent Serritella, opens June 4, through June 16.
José Telot, opens June 18, through June 30.
Abdiel Acosta, opens July 2, through July 14.
Yamel Molerio, opens July 16, through July 28.

Curator: Ricardo Pau-Llosa
www.pau-llosa.com

GUILD is a group of individual artists who affirm:
1) that Art is Alive and well and always will be.
2) that Art thrives on the power of time-honored skills and the belief in the originality of the individual artist.
3) that the work of Art cannot be reduced to a message, and that while Art can broach any subject, it cannot help but be transcendent, ambiguous, and essentially enigmatic.
4) that Art which denies skill, originality, and ambiguity is just a one-line joke, a transparent screed, or yet another pathetic and anachronistic attempt to shock—but who?, we wonder.
5) that because Art is never about the individual artist—however confessional it might appear to be—the appreciation of its merits should always resist the cult of personality. The work of Art stands alone, as often the artist too must stand alone.
6) that the business of Art is a laudable and meritorious contributor to the artist’s wellbeing and the life of our culture, provided it is based on rewarding merit.
7) that as individuals and as artists we are indebted to the past—manifested in the history of Art as well as in the particular cultural legacies we have inherited and absorbed as individuals—but that we pay back that debt by making the past live in the transformative and innovative power of our work. We honor the past but do not live in it. We seek the new but are not slaves of novelty.
8) that Art without Ideas is worthless.
9) that life without Art results in slavery—to states, slogans, greed, and other symptoms of the refusal to reflect actively in the course of everyday existence.
10) that we capitalize the first letter of the word Art to honor its importance in our lives as artists and in the Western tradition to which we belong.

http://www.guild-artists.com/

ArtNight SpringHill Suites Presents Miami’s Aspiring Artists 4/12/11

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ArtNight SpringHill Suites Presents: Miami’s Aspiring Artists
April 12, 2011, 4:00pm to 8:00pm
SpringHill Suites Miami Art/Health District
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Miami Arts/Health District
1311 NW 10th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33136 USA

On April 12 Miami’s SpringHill Suites will open their doors for ArtNight SpringHill Suites, where senior students from Miami Arts Charter School (MACS) will show off their work in the hotel with complimentary food and drink. MACS will showcase artwork from students in their senior year at the local hotel, allowing them to discuss their vision and ideas with community members, guests and neighbors while expanding their skills as artists, helping them to boost their confidence about their craft. The open event runs from 4 -8pm.

The event is FREE and open to all!

Eleazar Delgado Studio Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and VIP Preview 4/7/11

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Community Officials And Celebrity Socialites To Attend Eleazar Delgado Studio Ribbon Cutting Ceremony And VIP Preview In The Heart Of Wynwood Arts District
Thursday, April 7 At 6:30pm
2703 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127

Miami History-Inspired Artist to Unveil New Studio and “Behind the Lights” Collection, Dedicated Painting to Benefit American Red Cross

Celebrating the success of his Art Basel satellite event reception last December, fine artist Eleazar Delgado is looking forward to having his beautiful art permanently on display at the new Eleazar Delgado Studio in the heart of the Wynwood Arts District at 2703 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33127.

Community dignitaries and celebrity socialites are confirmed to attend the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and VIP Preview of Eleazar Delgado’s new creative space in the thriving Wynwood area where the artists will be presented with a proclamation from Miami-Dade county officials declaring the day “Eleazar Delgado Studio Day.” The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 7th at 6:30pm. The private, invite-only, blue-carpet affair will continue with a cocktail reception accented by cupcakes, color and creativity. The event will be hosted by an art-loving, philanthropist and socialite group of ladies, Allison Weiss Brady, Amy Rosenberg, Tina Carlo, Elena Santayana and Erin Newberg who are supporting Eleazar Delgado’s latest venture.

In light of the recent tragedy in Japan, Delgado felt it was fit to donate a dedicated piece to American Red Cross in hopes to raise much needed funds for this vital organization. American Red Cross Miami Chapter leaders will be at the event to accept the donation.

Currently on display at Eleazar Delgado Studio is the artists’ Behind the Lights collection. Created in Miami and inspired by the same, the prolific work of Eleazar Delgado’s Behind the Lights collection is a true mirror image of the beauty and complexity behind Miami’s history. Born in Oklahoma, raised in Venezuela, Eleazar returned to Miami, a city he fell in love with at first sight during his youth. He turned his love and inspiration into a beautiful collection honoring the original Miami benefactors with works entitled Julia, Flagler and Fisher, to name a few. While many choose to paint on canvas, Delgado paints on doors as a symbolic representation of the doors his subjects opened for Miami’s citizens.

“My work illuminates portals to expose the beautiful way color and light shape the relationship of Miami’s visionaries with the Magic City. Each subject chosen for this collection was a door to Miami’s development and enrichment. My visual relation tells a story, using native symbols of plants, animals, landmarks and those who had the vision to see behind the wilderness. Their enthusiasm and courage inspired this exploration of the people who shaped Miami,” said Delgado.

Eleazar Delgado has gone back to his origins, his inner voice; epic painting was his earliest fascination. Behind the Lights explores the relationship between history and art, fully illustrating the story of those who fashioned the Miami we know today. Pulling from this range of discipline, he uses bold, bright colors and geometric patterns, as his epic oil paintings take on a kinetic, 3-dimensional life. Delgado’s work honors Miami’s vibrant lifestyle and beautiful history in an expressionist yet abstract style.

A seasoned professional in the areas of architecture and interior design, US-born, Venezuelan-raised and Miami-based Eleazar Delgado has taken his Miami inspired vision, applying his research of reading between the lines and seeing behind the lights to present oil paintings as a 3-dimensional story. More information at www.EleazarDelgado.com

Special Thank You:
Allison Weiss Brady
Amy Rosenberg
Elena Santayana of Santayana Jewelers of Key Biscayne
Erin Newberg
Tina Carlo
Liza Santana & Gabriel Pineres of Creativas Group
James Echols & Annette Piekert of SoulofMiami.org

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Beats after sunset at the Bass 4/1/11

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Happy Hour, Art On View & Guest DJ Keep Beats After Sunset @ The Bass On The Radar
Friday, April 1 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.bassmuseum.org
Parking: Metered parking lot on site. Additional metered parking is available on perimeter streets.

Cost: Members: free, non-members: $8 (cost of museum admission)

This Friday, April 1 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach celebrates another installment of their monthly happy hour “beats after sunset @ the bass.” Launched earlier this year, the successful happy hour takes place at the museum’s terrace and attracts art and music hipsters. Scheduled on the first Friday of every month, the event serves complimentary specialty cocktails generously sponsored by Herradura Tequila. Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and Vitamin Water are also plentiful. Beats will be provided by DJ Yanni Difranco.

This week’s beats after sunset @ the bass will also serve as the opening reception for the museum’s latest exhibit, Come Together: Frances Trombly and Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova.

Now through June 19, 2011
Come Together: Frances Trombly and Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova

The Bass Museum of Art will exhibit the work of Frances Trombly and Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, two prolific Miami artists who also happen to be married. Both artists will create intriguing installations inspired by everyday objects. Trombly’s sculptures of mops, blank canvases and painters’ drop cloths fool the eye; these things appear to be mass-produced, but in fact they have been meticulously hand-stitched, crocheted and embroidered. Rodriquez-Casanova works with home-decorating items in an attempt to deconstruct the domestic environment. His installation will feature a section of ceiling, vertical blinds and a chandelier, skewed at an angle. In a third installation the couple will combine their efforts merging the hand-made and mass produced, using contrasting elements that are either organically soft or rigidly structured.

Coconut Grove Gallery Project Art Stroll 4/2/11

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Saturday, April 2nd from 7 pm to 10 pm
Located on the Promenade in the Shops at Mayfair #162
Grand Ave in Coconut Grove

GroveHouse Artists Gallery will be opening a new general membership exhibit
Featured Artists of the Month – Uta
Grid Exhibit – Threads – Ocean Wave Quilters

General exhibit will run through May 28th
Featured Artist and Grid exhibit will run through April 23rd

Gallery Hours: 11 am to 7 pm Tuesday – Sunday
by appointment – Monday

Celebrate the Library’s 40th with Arva Moore Parks 3/30/11

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Wednesday – March 30 at 7 p.m.
Shenandoah Branch Library
2111 SW 19 Street.

Lifelong Miami resident and author Arva Moore Parks celebrates Miami and its first libraries. Enjoy great music by Reggie Paul and vocalist Sherrill Martin. It happens this Wednesday – March 30 at 7 p.m. at the Shenandoah Branch Library located at 2111 SW 19 Street. For more information, call 305.250.4688

Hope to see you there!
Miami-Dade County provides equal access and equal opportunity in employment and services and does not discriminate on the basis of a disability.
If you need an accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or material in alternate format contact the Branch Manager at least 7 business days in advance.

Muralis The Closing 4/8/11

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Flagler Arts Space closing reception for its ‘Muralis’ mural exhibit
Friday, April 8, 5 – 10 p.m.
172 W. Flagler St.,
across from the Miami Art Museum.

Nine artists collaborated to paint every square inch of wall space in the gallery. Chunks of the wall can be purchased by the square inch. An interactive space was painted by visitors to the gallery over the past two weeks, and visitors can keep adding to the public mural until the last minute.

Refreshments will be served. The closing reception is free.

The gallery and studios were recently opened by a cooperative of local artists working to build welcoming and interactive exhibits in downtown Miami. The artists — Annie Blazejack, David Olivera, Juan Travieso, Leonardo Castañeda, Nicole Mucher, Nicole Serize, Noah Garcia, Ray Lopez, and Reinier Gamboa — began their artmaking at Miami magnet arts high schools, and have recently returned from continuing their studies at some of the nation’s top art schools. Gallery and studio space has been donated by The Thomas Center, a real estate company commited to enlivening downtown Miami.

For more information, email flaglerartsspace@gmail.com or visit http://flaglerartsspace.com

Locust Projects Spring Fling 4/30/11

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Locust Projects’ Spring Fling
Saturday, April 30th, 7-10pm
1111 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach
Buy your tickets now.

Featuring the “Who Done It” Silent Auction
Dance Party!

“Who Done It?” Silent Art Auction
Bid on one-of-a-kind 8 x 10” artwork. The catch: Signed on the back, the artists’ identities will remain secret until after the sale.

Participating artists: Daniel Arsham, Zach Balber, Hernan Bas, Jose Bedia, Berry Van Boekel, Charles Browning, Pablo Cano, Nathan Carter, Edouard Duval Carrié, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Sabine Dehnel, Francesca DiMattio, Julie Heffernan, Marie Lorenz, Pepe Mar, Sarah Morris, Gavin Perry, Adam Putnam, Leigh Ruple, Frances Trombly, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Michael Vasquez, Gabriel Vormstein, Wendy Wischer

Plus a Luxury Silent Auction
Restaurants, wine, shopping and much more!

Tickets per person:
$125 non-member
$100 Locust Projects member
locustprojects.org or 305.576.8570

Power by Nadine Daskaloff 3/31/11

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“POWER” by Nadine Daskaloff
March 31, 2011, 7 – 9pm
Miami Shared’s “D” Gallery
990 Biscayne Blvd
#501
Miami, Fl. 33132
305-929-8688 ext 122
http://MiamiShared.info

The 21st century has seen the City of Miami become an artistic free-zone, where artists from around the world come to find the freedom to create. This incredible freedom has attracted a new wave of daring artists willing to push their imagination to a higher level of consciousness, portraying subtle human emotions that transcend both language and culture.

This Thursday, MiamiShared.com is honored to present the arrival of the collection of artworks by Nadine Daskaloff, a brilliant international artist making a splash in the center of Downtown Miami. Please join us for an open reception to meet the Artist, Enjoy some wine and discuss this beautiful collection.

About the artist:
Born in Marseilles, France, Nadine Daskaloff traveled extensively during her formative years. She received her artistic training at L’Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and was honored with her first solo exhibition at the age of 21 at Bellas Artes of Mexico City. Her major exhibitions include showings at the Biennial of Young Artists in Paris as well as the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City. Also a print maker, her prints are displayed in various major museums in Mexico and Japan. She currently works and resides at her studio in East Hampton, New York.

The best way to get to the building from Brickell or Downtown is to take the Metromover to the Park West station, cross NE 2 Avenue at NE 9 Street, and walk around to the building’s main entrance on Biscayne Boulevard (The 900 Building)

There is $5 valet parking behind the building on NE 2 Avenue; this is designated event parking with large signs.

If interested on displaying your artwork at MiamiShared.com please contact Bessy Montenegro at 305-929-8688 ext. 122 or montenegro@miamishared.com

Rough Draft 4/7/11

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Rough Draft
April 7, 2011, 7:00pm
Satoro Lounge
2050 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, Fl 33020
http://roughdraftinc.com

The purest exhibition of art through the sharing and cultivating of the creative process by way of freestyle. You create. It’s Witnessed. We Revolutionize. The music plays and the magic happens.

Interested in creating? Contact us info@roughdraftinc.com or (305) 600-3097

Sunni Patterson WordSpeak Performance and Residency 4/1/11

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Reading/Performance
Friday, April 1, 8 pm
Books and Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables
booksandbooks.com
FREE
tigertail.org for maps and directions

Words are powerful tools for self-expression and for changing the world. New Orleans-based (from the lower Ninth Ward), African-American performer and award-winning poet Sunni Patterson brings a warm spirit, stirring lyrics and passionate performance to her work. WordSpeak, a project for teens, includes workshops, slams and performances. Sunni has been featured at HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry and worked with well-known artists and performers including Hannibal Lokumbe, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez, Wanda Coleman, and Amiri Baraka, among others. Sunni Patterson comes to Miami to launch the sixth year of Tigertail’s WordSpeak, an ongoing spoken word program for South Florida teens. Sunni will be in Miami from March 28 – April 1, 2011 for a residency that includes school and community-based workshops and readings.

Bal Harbour Art Nights featuring Photography 3/31/11

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Bal Harbour Art Nights Photography
Thursday, March 31
Bal Harbour
655 96th Street
Bal Harbour, Florida 33154

7pm – Conversation:
Constance Collins, Peggy Levinson Nolan and Natasha Duwim at Neiman
Marcus

6pm to 9pm
Preview Installations By:
Iran Issa-Khan, benefiting the Wolfsonian FIU at Saks Fifth Avenue
Peggy Levinson Nolan courtesy of Dina Mitrani Gallery at St. RegisLounge
Ernesto Oroza courtesy of Tresart and Alonso Art, benefiting the Front Museum FIU at Elie Tahari
Bal Harbour Magazine and Greg Lotus, benefiting the Bass Museum of Art at 100% Capri
Bruce Weber’s Curiosity and Photography in honor of the 10th Anniversary of his All-American Series at Books & Books
Bert Stern, Serge Mendjisky and Alaoui-Guerra photo exhibit at Opera Gallery
Roberto Cavalli Fall 2011 Collection and photo archives “Black is Never Absolute” at Roberto Cavalli
“By and About Women” special portfolio of art and poetry, created to assist women and children in need, benefiting The Lotus House at Neiman Marcus
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida presents “Artes en Pointes,” silent auction of art works inspired by pointe shoes featuring forty international artists including Luciana Abait, Alicia Erminy, Leonel Matheu, Pat Morales, Sandra Perez-Lieberman, Carlos Poveda and Orlando Urdaneta at Calypso St. Barth.

A Night with Poetry Everywhere 4/14/11

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A Night with Poetry Everywhere
with Liam Callanan and Campbell McGrath
as part of O, MIAMI, a county-wide poetry festival
Thursday, April 14, 6:30-8:30p.m.
Main Library Auditorium
101 W. Flagler Street

Liam Callanan, executive producer of Poetry Everywhere, and award-winning poet Campbell McGrath will host an evening of screenings, readings, and discussions dedicated to poetry in the public sphere. Poetry Everywhere consists of a series of 30 short animated poetry films. The texts for the films come from a broad, diverse range of contemporary poets, ranging from Miami’s own Campbell McGrath to the current Santa Fe Poet Laureate Valerie Martínez, former US Poet Laureate Kay Ryan and Nobel Laureate WisÅ‚awa Szymborska. The films, screened on public television and in buses, libraries, and classrooms, are meant to bring poetry into public life.

This event is presented in collaboration with University of Wynwood, University of Wisconsin, and the Poetry Foundation as part of O, MIAMI, a county-wide poetry festival inaugurating in April 2011. Its goal is for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem during the month of April.

Paint for Education at United Hearts of America 4/9-10/11

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Paint for Education at United Hearts of America.
April 9th and 10th!
Bayfront Park

Join Our Community Art Project for Education

On April 9 & 10, our “Citizen Artists” will assemble in Bayfront Park at the inaugural Art in the Park Miami art festival in downtown Miami. Armed with paint brushes and a healthy love for education, these citizen artists will paint four huge American flags comprised fully of hearts, showing love for education!

The finished heart flags and videos will be delivered to the White House, Congress, and the Secretary of Education. This art project is democracy in action — an artistic revolution of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Visit our website! Join Our Facebook Page! Get your school, family, friends, and office involved in this historic event. Event hours are Saturday and Sunday from 10am – 6pm, all day. Join Us Any Time!!

Miami’s Only Live/Work Residency for Artists Debuts at Special Private Eye 4/7/11

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Miami’s Only Live/Work Residency for Artists Debuts at Special “Private Eye” Party
April 7, 7 to 10 p.m.
the Residency
1035 N. Miami Ave.

For tickets and more information, visit www.legalartmiami.org.
General admission is $30. For $150, partygoers will take home a limited edition work from one of nine artists that will be selected for them during a unique performance art piece by Clifton Childree.

Partygoers Go Behind the Scenes to Experience Artists’ Creative Process Building Designed by an Artist, For Artists

LegalArt and Board Chair Daniel Arsham will celebrate Miami’s first and only live/work residency for artists at a special launch party April 7. The theme: “Private Eye,” as partygoers will get behind the scenes access to the artistic process on two levels.

First, they will tour the LegalArt Residency, a 1920’s era warehouse converted into seven, 600-square-foot studios plus communal living space at 1035 N. Miami Ave. The building is a true work of an artist for artists. Arsham, a visual artist with commissions from Dior Homme and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, along with his firm Snarkitecture, designed the interior space.

In addition, the silent auction will offer special Behind the Scenes art experiences with some of Miami’s best-known visual artists. Items include a pasta dinner with Naomi Fisher and Jim Drain, a bike tour of Wynwood’s graffiti with Primary Flight and a home cooked dinner by the LegalArt Residency artists where the bonus is a portrait session with Jiae Hwang. (A list of all silent auction experiences is available at legalartmiami.org.)

“For eight years, LegalArt has created innovative programming for Miami’s visual arts community. The ‘Private Eye’ event introduces our biggest accomplishment to date, the opening of our residency program and headquarters. With ‘Private Eye,’ LegalArt continues to cultivate new collectors while celebrating our city’s dynamic and vibrant artists,” said Carolina Garcia Jayaram, LegalArt co-founder.

The highly competitive LegalArt Residency is home to five local artists, including two collaboratives, with additional studios set aside for a visiting national or international artists and a writer, scholar, or curator. Designed as an incubator, the Residency offers artists access to exhibition, lecture, legal counseling spaces and an upcoming resource library. Living communally allows them to collaborate in ways only a residential model can offer.

In addition, as part of the residency, all artists produce a project that gives back to the community. Projects this year include Jiae Hwang’s computer technology series for artists including instructions in digital image formatting, Facebook marketing and metadata for images. Manny Prieres’ art in the classroom project brings professional artists into high school art classes. In addition, the TMSisters will be hosting a series of salons to discuss the intersection of art and science, technology, literature, architecture and modern life.

“This building, with its industrial bones and modern design, provides the kind of infrastructure Miami needs to foster and attract artists to South Florida year-round,” said Kathleen Carignan, LegalArt executive director. “Research indicates that communal live/work environments have been the most sustainable and successful for both the artists and the community. With its national and international artists, writers, and curators, as well as innovative programming, we look forward to all that the LegalArt Residency can help bring to Miami’s arts scene.”

The LegalArt Residency is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge, a $40 million effort to bring South Florida together through the arts. The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation and the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs are providing additional support.

“Private Eye” event sponsors include Chivas, which will offer three signature cocktails including Chivas Smash and Out of This World Punch along with Chivas 18, Magners Irish Cider, neMesis, a new restaurant going in downstairs being created by Top Chef Season 3 contestant and owner of The Wandering Chef catering company Micah Edelstein. An after party will take place at The Vagabond.

Special thanks to the Host Committee members who include Bert Rodriguez, Steven Giles, Amir Ben Zion, Norelkys Blazekovic, Hadley Henriette, Mitchell Kaplan, Carmel Ophir and others.

About LegalArt
LegalArt empowers artists by providing affordable legal services, professional development services, the Live/Work Residency, grants and educational opportunities. The SeminArt series brings experts to educate artists on wide-ranging subjects including strategic planning, marketing, wage theft, winning arts commissions, and public speaking. LegalLink, a legal assistance and education program which partners with University of Miami Law School and local attorneys, provides legal services on a pro bono, barter or reduced rate basis. LegalArt’s professional staff made up of attorneys and arts advocates offers training in copyright and trademark, incorporation, portfolio management, writing skills and maintains the LegalArt headquarters where South Florida artists are welcome to seek guidance, support, resources and a greater sense of community with their peers. For more information, visit www.legalartmiami.org.

About Snarkitecture
Snarkitecture is a collaborative practice operating in territories between the disciplines of art and architecture. Working within existing spaces or in collaboration with other artists and designers, the practice focuses on the investigation of structure, material and program and how these elements can be manipulated to serve new and imaginative purposes. Searching for sites within architecture with the possibility for confusion or misuse, Snarkitecture aims to make architecture perform the unexpected. Snarkitecture was established by Alex Mustonen and Daniel Arsham and is represented by Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin. More at Snarkitecture.com

CANDO Arts Co Op members Only Show Opening Night 4/1/11

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April 1st from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Cando Arts Co –op Gallery
309 23rd St. Miami Beach, Fl 33139
( one block west of Collins Ave.)

The “Members Only” show is the first time this year Cando Arts will be exhibiting resident artist works to the public. The exhibit will run from March 25th to April 17, 2011. The opening reception is on April 1st from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm with a special preview on March 25th from 6:00pm to 8:00 pm. Works included will address a range of topics from beauty, nonmaterial desires, transformation, the unconscious, commentary on waste, identity, and ecology. This show will be showcasing the core values of these artists and there will be something for everyone in this wonderful and thoughtful show. Works will include the current resident artists and 2 new resident artists Luis Valle and Sri Prabha.

Artists to show are Alissa Christine’s work known for capturing the true essence of beauty by a fusion of photography, lighting, movement, painting, sculpture, and display. Annfaye Poole’s sculptures of clay, glass, and metal that explore the nonmaterial transcendent desires bound to the material. Augusto Esquivel’s work known for transforming simple buttons into it’s greatest potential of being a unique sculptural entity. Janet M. Mueller’s work known for painting messages in abstract images with a brush and garden hose, and 3-dimensional works made with found objects. Julio Green’s abstractions that evolve from everyday objects or situations expressed into forms and colors on canvas.

Lucinda Linderman’s work focusing on upcycling the waste consumer goods creates, into sculpture by twisting and heat fusing plastic and printing with worm castings on handmade paper. Sid Daniels’ work about mortality, sexual identity, social anxiety, social hang-ups, sexual paranoia, and past taboos with references to advertising, fashion, and entertainment. Sri Prabha’s works that simultaneously convey the conflicting forces and processes that create and alter the natural world yet are often hidden from the human eye. Luis Valle’s work of continuous self-discovery including his origins, nationality, race, spirituality, psyche and purpose.

CANDO Arts Coop is a contemporary Art Center in Miami Beach that was founded by Ray Breslin, president of Collins Park Neighborhood Association (CPNA) in November, 2009. CANDO, which stands for Cultural Arts Neighborhood Districts Overlay, is in the Collins Park neighborhood. The thought-provoking work of resident and guest artists is showcased in 5000 square feet of gallery space. The historic building, known as Palm Court, is a work of art in itself, with archways framing tall display windows. Having been previously occupied by the W Hotel’s administrative offices, the gallery’s interior is impeccably designed. Over a dozen professional artists display their work in sections of the contemporary atmosphere. The center space is used for special exhibits.

International Art Fair at Espanola Way 4/10/11

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Segafredo’s Espanola Way & Drexel Irish Pub Invite you to International Art Fair
Sunday April 10, 2pm-8pm
500 Espanola Way
Miami Beach, 33139

With Plenty of Photography, Paintings, Sculptures, Jewelry, Fashion, Illustrations, Mixed Media, Entertainment and more

For More Information (786) 363-8570 or Artfair@VErestaurants.com

J’Clark International Entertainment and Fabulous Miami presents the II International Art and Design Fair Espanola Way 2011.

International Art Design Sunday Night, April 10th
Join us for a day of Art and Design
Reserve your table Now
Exhibitor Tables will get great Exposure, media cover.
This is a great opportunity to showcase your business at Segafredo at Espanola Way, Miami Beach.

Only few Spaces Are Available starting at USD$150
From 2:00pm to 8:00pm
Bring Your Family and Enjoy Opening a Day of International Art and Design

RSVP to RSVP@fabulousmiami.com

For more information and opportunities please contact:
Jennifer Clark : jennifer@jclarkentertainment.com
Fabiola Castro: Fabiola@fabulousmiami.com or call 786-439-7820

Agustina Woodgate’s Solo Exhibition Collectivism + 5 Year Celebration & Official Launch Of Spinello Projects 4/9/11

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Second Saturday, April 9th, 7pm-10pm
Spinello Projects
155 NE 38th Street, No. 101
Miami, Florida – 33137
Artist | Agustina Woodgate, Solo Exhibition | Collectivism
Youtube Teaser Video.

Anthony Spinello announces – Spinello Projects, a re-imagined curatorial/creative endeavor marking five influential years in facilitating the cultural development of Miami, its emerging art scene and beyond. On April 9th, 2011, Spinello will celebrate the milestone by proudly presenting the highly anticipated “group” installation, Collectivism, by Spinello’s first-ever represented Artist, Collaborator, and International Projector, Agustina Woodgate. Collectivism is a multimedia collection and conversation among Woodgate’s most significant works to date. This will be Woodgate’s forth solo exhibition with Spinello.

Agustina Woodgate’s work reminds us that all corporeal entities are interconnected with themselves and each other. Her practice investigates how stories, rituals, and traditions transform our relationships with the objects and places around us. This being-in-relation is a way of perceiving, a mode of moving, and a narrative of global truths designed by cultural fictions. Collectivism presents Woodgate’s evolution by moving its audience towards a collective future, that is integrated, involved, inclusive, and in continual process.

Woodgate explains, “I create art that fosters exchanges between people rather than encounters between a viewer and object. Through these exchanges, meaning is elaborated collectively, rather than in the space of individual consumption.”

She creates responses to social narratives through situations that unveil the tensions between the natural-becoming-unnatural and the unnatural-becoming-natural. Woodgate’s work discovers illogical, surreal scenarios from otherwise realistic or “normal” settings, revealing unconscious transience in beliefs and behaviors between these two worlds.

Collectivism includes pivotal early career works such as “Changes” to Woodgate’s most recent monumental accomplishment to date, “No Rain No Rainbows”.

Agustina Woodgate Installing “No Rain No Rainbows” at Spinello Projects, Miami | Photo Credit: Anthony Spinello

Timeless Treasures Opening Reception 4/9/11

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Timeless Treasures Opening Reception
Saturday, April 9th, 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 second exciting exhibition of the year 2011, tilted “Timeless Treasures”. This exhibition features 32 emerging to mid-career contemporary artists from across the globe. The exhibit exposes the intricate diversity of photography and a voluminous array of original paintings and sculptured works that are sure to add some color to your spring. Be sure to highlight this great event on your calendar.

Live music and refreshments will be served. For more information please call 305.573.5730 or email our gallery at info@artfusiongallery.com.

Photographs of Fashion Loves Haiti at Funkshion on 3/25/11

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Fashion Loves Haiti at Funkshion Fashion Miami on Friday, March, 25, 2011.  Fashion Loves Haiti: Changing the perception of fashion through Haiti’s leading designers.  Featured Collections by Michel Chataigne, Les Pericles, Bien Abye by Dayanne Danie, RAX Collection, MeJeanne Couture.  A Special Tribute was giving to Designer Murielle Leconte and live music by Zenglen, MaWoN and TPO.

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Glamour Girls 5/7/11

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Glamour Girls
May 7, 2011, 7pm to 10pm
Gallery 101
3350 NE 33rd Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308
Phone: 954-882-1861
awhite@thegallery101.net
www.thegallery101.net

The intoxicating mix of ART and FASHION meet for the first time in North Beach, the Beverly Hills of Ft. Lauderdale. Robin White and Diana Kramer join forces for a seductive evening of the most glamorous of women and the most provocative of fashion. Gallery 101, the crown jewel of South Florida art is host to this most scintillating event.

Robin was born in and raised in Miami, Florida. She studied painting at the University of Florida
and at Ringling School of Art, where she graduated with a BFA in Graphic Design & Illustration in 1982.

“I look for a direct way to make an emotional connection with my visuals. I find the simpler the piece, the more powerful. Every painting is a journey and is a necessary step of the progression for the artist. My favorites always seem to be the more simple, iconic images. My “Big Faces” collection utilizes a simple subject matter, but within that, I have explored many variations of lighting, color, and emotion so it becomes an endless exploration of all those subtleties, while still maintaining the directness that seems to characterize my style.”
Robin has exhibited at Art Fusion, Miami, UNCOMMON Gallery, Leches Vitrines, ArtServe, Arts Arena and Gallery 101.
Robin can be seen in South Florida inline skating or swinging kettlebells.
To see more of Robin’s work, go to: www.robinwhiteart.com

Diana Kramer was born in Lithuania. At the age of eight, her family moved to Haifa, Israel where she spent the rest of her formative years. After graduating from the Hanrietta Erval College of Design,

(WIZO Design) Diana spent two years serving as an Uzi packing Sergeant in the Israeli army.
Upon discharge from the military, Diana relocated to Paris France to pursue her design career.
After several years of work and study in Paris, Diana relocated to South Florida where she has been actively involved in fashion design.

Diana has over 20 years of experience in creative design, production and sales of Couture for boutiques and individual patrons operating under the name “Dinka Designs”. She chose the name “Dinka” as it was her nickname given to her by her parents. In the Russian language, Dinka means dimunitive or Little one.

Diana often acquires her creative inspiration from some of her favorite interests including ballroom dancing, scuba diving, and running. Diana currently resides in Boca Raton Florida, where she continues developing her line of designer clothes.
Contact Diana at inquiries@dinkadesigns.com

Reinier Gamboa Elemental Opening Reception 4/9/11

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Reinier Gamboa // Elemental // Opening Reception
Saturday, April 9th, 2011, 8PM – 12AM
Villa 221
221 NE 17th Street (2nd floor)
Miami, FL 33132
www.christophermirogallery.com
www.villa221.com

The Christopher Miro Gallery is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition for Reinier Gamboa being held at the enchanting Villa 221. The exhibition will incorporate a body of paintings and drawings inspired by the title “Elemental”. Please join us Saturday April 9th (second saturday) from 8pm – 12am.

Villa 221 will also be hosting The Official Art Walk After Party, for the Wynwood Art Walk, and will feature Live Bands & DJ’s, Food, and Full Bar through out the night. Featured Music will be announced as the event draws near. Please join us Saturday April 9th.

Villa 221 is located at 221 NE 17th Street, Miami, FL 33132. The exhibition will be on display until May 7th, 2011. For images or information please contact the Christopher Miro Gallery at info@christophermirogallery.com, or 305.741.0058.

@cmirogallery
@villa221

www.christophermirogallery.com
www.villa221.com

Life Is Art Creative Connections 12 Copyright for Everyone 4/12/11

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Creative Connections
An artistic networker and professional development series for artists, arts professionals and those interested in art.
Presented by Life Is Art
www.lifeisartfest.org

#11 – Copyright for Everyone
April 12, 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Artway66 Gallery
2911 Grand Ave, Suite 400d
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
www.artway66.com

presentation by
Faudlin Pierre
Entertainment Lawyer

6:30-7:30; Arrival & Networking
7:30-8:30; Seminar
8:30-9:30; Afterparty & Socializing

* $10.00 at the door
* Complimentary beverages & bites
* RSVP Here.

Seminar Description:
You probably do not understand Copyright. Almost nobody does. It is a commonly misunderstood law and does not work the way most people think it does. Faudlin is going to break it down for the non-lawyer. This is VERY important information for all artists and anyone involved in the creative process. This seminar will give you a much better idea about how copyright works, what it protects, and what it does not protect.

The night opens with time for socializing and networking with complimentary beverages and bites provided by Life Is Art. After the seminar, there is time for further specific questions and more networking. This is an excellent opportunity to come meet other working artists and arts professionals from around the area.

Photographs Alec Monopoly Can’t Get Out of Jail Free Opening Reception at Avant Gallery on 3/24/11

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Alec Monopoly Can’t Get Out of Jail Free Opening Reception at Avant Gallery on Thursday, March 24, 2011.   Avant Gallery proudly presents the work of ‘Alec Monopoly’, a young street artist based in Los Angeles, known throughout major city centers such as New York, London and Los Angeles for his placement of the beloved protagonist of the synonymous board game over lampposts, billboards, walls and telephone posts.

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Japan Now Fundraiser 3/26/11

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Japan Now
Saturday March 26, 2011 from 6 to 10 PM
ArtSeen 2210
NW 1st Pl
Miami, FL 33137

In light of Japan’s recent natural disasters, we are requesting your help to assist those in need in the regions that were hit. You can help by attending Japan Now, a fundraiser in the form of a silent art auction, that will take place on Saturday 26th from 6 to 10 PM at ArtSeen (2210 NW 1st Pl, Miami, 33137). All proceeds will be disbursed to:

Prefecture Miyagi.

The Miyagi Prefecture is the most damaged of all areas in Japan by the earthquake and the tsunami, with currently 191,467 people hurt, dead and missing. For information on the Prefecture’s post earthquake-tsunami situation and funding objectives please see this site.

It is crucial that we come together as a community to support Japan. We are thrilled to let you know that, in just a few days, the response from the arts community has been overwhelmingly supportive as the list of donating artists grows daily. These include: New World Visual Arts Senior Class 2011 as well as Adler Guerrier, Bert Rodriguez, Christy Gast, Jiae Hwang, Dara Friedman, among many other talented national and international artists.

The works exhibited and your presence will gather much needed aid for Japan during this terrible time. In addition to the generous artists, Control Hair Salon will donate proceeds from their services to the cause during Saturday 26th.

We look forward to seeing you at Japan Now and are grateful for your support in advance. Diego Singh, Tomm El-Saieh and Inga Loyeva

Ellis Gallagher Pop Up Exibit At Adjust Gallery Wynwood Arts District Vernissage 4/9/11

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“Indelibly Ephemeral”
Vernissage Saturday, April 9th, 7pm to 11pm
Adjust Gallery

Bringing to light the temporary nature of New York Artist Ellis Gallagher’s exterior street works juxtaposed against the permanent pieces of Gallagher’s interior gallery work. Save the date Miami!

Gallagher’s Pop-Up Solo Exhibition Is At Adjust Gallery In The Wynwood Arts District, Downtown Miami, Florida. Vernissage Is On Saturday, April 9th, with a private viewing from 5pm to 7pm, then intermittent live art from 7pm to 11pm. Coinciding With Wynwood Second Saturdays Art Walk, An exhibit of this scope is not to be missed! Incorporating Installation, Photography, Screenprints, Originals, Paintings And Live Art, The Show Is Entitled “Indelibly Ephemeral” and Will Be On View Through April 23rd.

Music Provided By:
Dj Elle (Nyc/Mia)
Dj Nelly G

RODEZart.com Gallery April Exhibit 4/2/11

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RODEZart.com Gallery Presents: “Hard Edge & Beyond” a Israel Guevara Solo Exhibit
Vernissage will be held on Saturday, April 2, 2011 during Coconut Grove Gallery Walk from 7 to 10 p.m.
CocoWalk
3015 Grand Ave., Suite 237
Coconut Grove, FL 33133

Venezuelan artist Israel Guevara’s visual language immerses the viewer into a creatively intellectual yet exhilarating dynamic world of amazing color through his use of sharply defined edges, geometric shapes, bright colors, and his unique and characteristic use of overlapping line-work. His impeccable quality and provocative detail takes Hard-edge painting to a new dimension. His “teaser” style intensifies the viewer’s curiosity, luring their attention through a maze of optical illusions from every which perspective.

His architectural background still strongly influences his modernly exclusive creations. His work includes two and three-dimensional paintings and sculptures in various media.
April 2 – 30, 2011

Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Young collectors welcomed! We look forward to meeting you and thank you for supporting the Arts.

Abe’s Penny Live Opening Reception 4/2/11

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Abe’s Penny in collaboration with O, Miami presents Abe’s Penny Live
Opening Reception: April 2, 7 thru 10pm
Artseen Gallery
2215 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida
8pm: Readings by Denise Duhamel and Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Featuring works by:
Lee Materazzi
Francie Bishop Good
Samantha Salzinger
Robby Campbell

Writing space installations designed by Cynthia Cruz, Nicole Doran, Patti Her & sleeper will be available for use during the exhibition.

“Wish You Were Here,” an exhibition of postcards and visual poems, curated by Craig Saper, runs concurrently.

University Of Miami College Of Arts And Sciences Gallery Presents 6th Annual Salon Des Refuses Exhibtion Opening Reception 4/1/11

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Friday, April 1st at 5pm
CAS Gallery
Wesley Foundation Building
1210 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL

The Department of Art and Art History, in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at UM presents the 6th Annual Salon des Refuses exhibition. The Salon des Refusés is named after the celebrated Salon des Refusés exhibition of 1863, in Paris, in which the Impressionists exhibited their revolutionary new paintings that had been “refused” by the French Academy. The Art Department will showcase the work of students who entered the Annual Juried Student Competition and were not accepted.

In celebration of the event there will be an opening reception on Friday, April 1st at 5pm along with the department’s annual BBQ.

Salon des Refuses will be on view at the CAS Gallery from April 1st to April 29th at the CAS Gallery located at Wesley Foundation Building at 1210 Stanford Drive, on the Coral Gables campus.
Opening reception for the Juried Student Exhibition at the Lowe Art Museum will take place on Friday, April 15th; awards for the show will be announced immediately after the lecture.

A full schedule of exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art. For more information about the exhibition or CAS Gallery, call (305) 284-2543 or email m.cardoso1@miami.edu.

Andrews Living Arts Studio To Feature Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo For Fat Village Arts District Artwalk 3/26/11

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Andrews Living Arts Studio To Feature Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo For Fat Village Arts District Artwalk
March 26, 2011, 7pm-11pm
Andrews Living Arts Studio
23 N.W. 5th Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

FAT Village Arts District

www.VictorHugoGallery.com + www.AndrewsLivingArts.com

Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo’s “Modern Art Gonzo Journalism” is a last bastion of Free Speech and the vanguard of new journalism fusing the printed word style of Hunter S.Thompsons’ “Gonzo Journalism” and Vaca’s own cryptic messages in the visual-art style of Salvador Dali. Bold colors emerge from the chaos of current affairs. Vaca exposes fraud & exploitation, Ponzi Schemes, a corrupt Florida Bar operating as the “Good Ol Boys” with no oversight, serial killers on the loose, a crazed actor taunting and harassing and so many more vital topics unfold in his acclaimed art. The featured artist of the Andrews Living Arts Studio, March 26th for the FAT Village Arts District ArtWalk, the Maverick Artist will exhibit several historic Contemporary Art pieces and will present an inter-active mini-theatrical experience.

Music by Josh Wetherington.
Experience in-person Vaca at his best: Natural. Un-censored. Un-edited.

www.VictorHugo Gallery.com
www.AndrewsLivingArts.com
www.FatVillage.com

Contact: Christine Alfonso Global Marketing Alliance @ 954-615-7171

Andrews Living Arts Studio is an intimate black-box, 50-seat theater with an educational program presenting controversial topics such as the recent Laramie Project and the upcoming Equis featuring the painting by Victor-Hugo : “DUKE”. For the March 26th ArtWalk, the garage doors behind the stage open up to the street to allow a free-flow of fans.

Photographs of Creative Connections 11 at Mano Fine Art Studio on 3/22/11

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Life is Art Creative Connections 11 at MANO Fine Art in the Bird Road Art District on Tuesday, March 22, 2011.  We had a great crowd and everyone had a great time.

We had John Mahoney do a presentation on The Social Media Starter. John Mahoney was a currencry trader. He started using social media and found that it enhanced his own business. He taught himself all about Facebook and Twitter and Meetup, as well as the other social media sites. He then converted that use to support his love of the arts. As a self-taught social media expert, he knows exactly what other beginners are going through.

Find John Mahoney on his website at www.socialmedia305.com .

Check out Life is Art at www.lifeisartfest.org for more details and rsvp information.

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Members Only Exhbit At Cando 3/25/11

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The first ever Members Only art exhibit at CANDO Arts Co-op will open
Friday, March 25 from 6-10pm for a preview.
CANDO Arts Co-Op
309 23rd Street
Miami Beach
one block west of Collins Ave.

The gallery features thought-provoking and progressive work of 12 resident artists. Contemporary paintings, sculptures, photography and video will be included.
Opening reception is next weekend, Saturday, April 2 from 6-10pm. Exhibit runs through April 17.
Open Thurs. Sun. & Mon. 1-6 pm /Fri. & Sat. 1-10 pm.
www.candoartscoop.com/ 305 672 3336

Mix, mingle and unwind at Wine Down Wednesday 4/6/11

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Wine Down Wednesday
First Wednesday of the Month
April 6 from 5 – 8pm

HistoryMiami invites you to enjoy live jazz, poetry, and art as we celebrate National Poetry Month! Come see local artist the Oscar Fuentes Combo with special programming by University of Wynwood founder, Scott Cunningham.
FREE General Admission
Members and County Employees Complimentary Glass of Wine
$15 open bar and light snacks provided by 2B Asian Bistro
$5 per glass

Free parking available at 50 NW 2nd Avenue.

RSVP by April 4
Call 305-375-1614 or email rsvp@historymiami.org

Helping Haiti Art Exhibit and Benefit at Gallery Art 3/24/11

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Helping Haiti
Art Exhibit and Benefit at Gallery Art
March 24th 7-10 pm
http://gallart.com

From Michael Capponi:
Please come support our Helping Haiti Fundraiser this Thursday at Gallery Art, we desperately need your support to keep this mission alive!

With your support, we have been able to provide food, tents, water, medical supplies and sustainable housing for the people of camp Belvil, since that tragic day. As most of you already know, we have moved 22 families to our new humanitarian village in Jacmel, Haiti. The families of this camp are celebrating and thankful for the opportunity to live a better life. We have been able to provide sustainable housing for each family and have enrolled over 35 children in Jacmel’s advanced school system.

I am hoping this fundraiser will be able to raise the necessary funds to continually support these families and provide the same opportunity for various families still in need. I have been working with the non-profit Lageho and Ken Hendel, in organizing an Art Exhibit and Fundraiser to help keep this mission alive!

Please join me tomorrow night at Gallery Art in the Promenade shops in Aventura. The doors open at 7pm. I hope you will stop by for a cocktail and a bite to eat. You’ll be able to show your support by adopting a family, purchasing the featured art or simply participating in the live auction and raffle. 100% of all proceeds benefit our mission for the people Haiti.

Please call my office to RSVP. 305-695-4410 or email rsvp@capponigroup.com

Family Closing Celebration 3/27/11

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Family Closing Celebration
Sunday, March 27, 2011, 1-3:30 PM
Film viewings at 1:30 and 2:30pm
Kids can participate in an art activity from 1 – 3pm

1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146

$10 Adults; Free for Children, Lowe Members, UM Faculty, Staff, Students, and Alumni

This is the last opportunity to view the Rafael Soriano retrospective with the whole family!

Adults can view the documentary film, La Profundidad del Silencio (The Depth of Silence): An Intimate Portrait of the Cuban Painter Rafael Soriano by Jorge Moya. Please note the film is in Spanish with English subtitles.
Event is sponsored by The Rafael Soriano Foundation.

Enjoy tasty Cuban treats;
Beverages by Vitamin Water Zero

Alec Monopoly Can’t Get Out of Jail Free Opening Reception 3/24/11

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Thurs/March 24th/7-10pm
Avant Gallery
3850 N. Miami Avenue
Miami. Florida. 33127
rsvp to rsvp@avantgallery.com

Avant Gallery proudly presents the work of ‘Alec Monopoly’, a young street artist based in Los Angeles, known throughout major city centers such as New York, London and Los Angeles for his placement of the beloved protagonist of the synonymous board game over lampposts, billboards, walls and telephone posts.

‘Alec Monopoly’ is the alias of an unidentified graffiti artist, originally from New York City. The artist primarily works… in the urban environments of New York and Los Angeles, using varied materials (including stencils, spray paint, epoxies, varnishes and newspapers) to subversively depict the protagonist of the internationally-beloved board game, Monopoly. ‘Alec’ cites his artistic origins as learning from his mother, an artist, eventually abandoning traditional academically-driven art classes to pursue an individual methodology. ‘Alec’ and his work have been covered by The Huffington Post, The Wooster Collective (New York), Juxtapoz Magazine, and The Dirt Floor.com. Recently, Paramount Pictures commissioned Alec to design the logo for their new production company, Insurge. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles.

Reception is sponsored by TAI Entertainment, 944 Magazine, Russian Standard Vodka, and Presidente.

Join us for the official after-party at Philippe Restaurant/Gansevoort Hotel, featuring DJ Danny Daze.

AVA’s Premier Video presentation and new works by artist Greg Pitts 3/29/11

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AVA’s Premier VIDEO presentation and new works by artist GREG PITTS
Tuesday, March 29,2011, 6pm-9pm
AVA Fine Arts @ Acoustic Architects
271 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33060
www.avafineart.com

AVA Fine Art @ Acoustic Architects presents its first video presentation of Gregg Pitts and Lamar TV. Greg will also be premiering select pieces of his new series “Tired”.

Greg Pitts is a diverse, self taught artist with over 30 years experience as a photographer. He was a winning semi-finalist in “W” Magazine’s “Obsession” contest and a participating artist in 2010 Art Basel.

AVA is home to a state of the art 12′ projection screen and excited to finally have an evening to showcase an local video artist.

This is one night only event, so this is the only chance that you will have to see it, so please don’t miss this!

Viernes Culturales/ Cultural Fridays Arts and Culture Festival 3/25/11

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Viernes Culturales/ Cultural Fridays Arts & Culture Festival
March 25, 2011, 7:00pm-11:00pm
Little Havana
SW 8th Street between 13 & 17th Avenues.
Little Havana, Miami, FL 33135
www.viernesculturales.org

Join us Friday, March 25 7-11:00pm for a night of art & culture at Viernes Culturales/ Cultural Fridays. This month enjoy a live musical performance by Grammy award nominated band, Conjunto Progreso,
the multi-talented musician Pedro Alfonso and Chiflado the Clown for childrens entertainment.
Also enjoy a free walking Tour of Little Havana led by Legendary local historian Dr. Paul George.
Where: Meet in front of the Tower Theater (1508 SW 8th St.)
When: 7 pm
Also, Viernes Culturales Art Gallery Presents cuban painter Casimiro Gonzalez. Casimiro’s work has been exhibited in galleries in Miami, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Panama, Mexico and Barcelona.
For more info visit www.viernesculturales.org

Galleria Ft. Lauderdale Spring for the Arts Life Is Art South Florida Artist Show 4/2-3/11

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Galleria Ft. Lauderdale Spring for the Arts Life Is Art South Florida Artist Show
April 2-3, 12:00pm-6:00pm
2414 East Sunrise Blvd
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304

The Galleria’s “Spring for the Arts” was created to educate, inspire and motivate the community to embrace the arts. This premiere event will serve as a platform to show the positive impact art and culture has on our community. Life Is Art is presenting several South Florida artists on April 3rd.

Alissa Christine

Carlos Serra-Marchal

Carol-Anne McFarlane

Eva Roffe

Irena Gapkovska

Kalunda J. Hilton

Lino Manco

Monique Lassooij

Monique Wegmueller

Nathan Delinois

Paul A. Vitello

Susan Alvarez

Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr

Museum Of Art Fort Lauderdale All Together Now Young Adults Group Sips and Bites Event At Dcota Design House 4/29/11

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Friday, April 29, 7-10 p.m.
DCOTA, Building A
1855 Griffin Road
Dania Beach, FL 33004

$25 per member; $35 per non-member. Price includes admission to the exhibition, cocktails, appetizers, tips from designers and parking.

Attendees to Enjoy Private Viewing of DCOTA Showhouse
Film + Design: The Golden Age of Hollywood, Cocktails and Appetizers

“All Together Now” (ATN), the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale’s dynamic gathering of young adults ages 21-39 with an interest in visual arts and design, is hosting a “Sips & Bites” event at Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA). Guests will enjoy a private viewing of DCOTA Design House’s Film + Design: The Golden Age of Hollywood and cocktails and appetizers paired with rooms from the exhibition.

Film + Design: The Golden Age of Hollywood features a 10,000-square-foot model house with 18 beautifully designed and decoratedrooms created by leading interior design firms. Each installation is inspired by a classic American film from the 1920s through the 1960s. During the event, several designers will be discussing their work and influences.

Event proceeds will benefit the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale and ATN’s Programming Fund.

ATN’s mission is to support the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale’s strategic plan to grow the Museum into a dynamic hub for cultural life in South Florida and an educational resource for the 21st century through educational, social, and philanthropic programming.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please call (954) 262-0245, email atn@moafl.org or go to moafl.org.

The Wolfsonian-FIU Members Preview and Reception 4/14/11

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The Wolfsonian-FIU Invites You to a Members’ Preview and Reception
Thursday, April 14, 6-8pm
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach

Art for All: British Posters for Transport

6pm—Introductory Remarks by Exhibition Curator Teri J. Edelstein
Members’ Preview Follows

Free for Wolfsonian members and the FIU community; guests of members $10. RSVP required: 305.535.2631 or rsvp@thewolf.fiu.edu.

Parking garages located on Collins and 7th, 10th, and 13th streets, and on Washington at 12th street.

Art for All, an exhibition organized by the Yale Center for British Art, explores the evolution of transport posters in twentieth-century Britain, showcasing some of the world’s most recognizable images produced by the London Underground and the British Railways.

On view through August 14, 2011.

An illustrated catalog is available in The Dynamo Museum Shop.

West Encounters East at the Lowe Art Museum

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On the evening of Wednesday, March 16, 2011, at the Lowe Art Museum, Joel Hollander, Ph.D., full-time faculty member at the University of Miami, delivered an informative speech for the project “West Encounters East,” whose focus is to rethink the significance of cultural exchange and diversity by identifying emerging Latin American artists of Asian heritage. Dr. Hollander focused on reflections of Japanese art and culture in the imagery of contemporary Argentine artists, including Valeria Yamamoto, Ary Kaplan Nakamura, Guillermo Ueno, and Lucila Heinberg, whose work will be highlighted in a special pavilion at arteaméricas art fair, March 25 – 28, at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

“One of the primary considerations in ‘West Encounters East’ is to investigate how officially sponsored Japanese emigration programs to South America during the late 19th century and first half of the 20th century changed the ethnic and cultural heritage of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, as well as other countries in the region,” said Dr. Hollander. He added, “The precedent for exploring how Western artists respond to Japanese art can be traced back to the French Impressionists who helped to shape the genesis of modern art.”

The lecture, which began with a moment of silence to honor the victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, along with the reception and refreshments that followed, were sponsored by Stella M. Holmes, president of The Brickellian, Inc., an art consultancy group, and founder of Brickell Gallery Night. According to Ms. Holmes, “’West Encounters East’ is a natural evolution of Brickell Gallery Night’s mission to introduce emerging artists with Asian roots to the West.” She stated that, “For me, the emphasis is the fusion of the two traditions. I think of it as Artists Without Borders – a beautiful way that we can learn from each other through a meaningful exchange of culture.”

Photographs of the event

Photographs of We Cannot Forget Hope for Haiti Cocktail Gala on 3/18/11

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We cannot forget Hope for Haiti Cocktail Gala at Players Car Rental Center on Friday, March 18, 2011.  All proceeds from this benefit the Haiti Cherie Heritage.

Haiti Cherie Heritage is working with rural communities in Haiti to help bring about growth, and improve quality of life while focusing on youth and youth related activities.
Their mission is Helping to make a difference one community at a time.

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Experience Life, Culture and Art at Maitardi MaiArt Series 3/30/11

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Wednesday March 30, 6PM to 9PM
Maitardi
163 NE 39th Street
Miami, FL 33137

RSVP Here.

Complimentary Prosecco & Tapas from 6-7pm

Continuing the Successful MaiArt Series, Maitardi Features Underwater Macro Photography, Figurative Realistic Paintings and Whimsical Reality Photography

On March 30th, Maitardi hosts its fifth MaiArt event with artists Henrik Welle, Bruce Gilling and Tom De Vita. Though with very different approaches to their subjects, all three artists work with light and colors in their pieces exploring emotional and visual contrasts and forms. Guests enjoy complimentary Prosecco and tapas from 6 to 7pm and music by Soul P until 9pm.

Henrik Welle, an avid diver and passionate about everything related to water, shares his underwater experiences through photography. Born in Germany and now living in Miami, Henrik’s work showcases nature’s creation up-close with its strange yet hypnotizing structures, forms and colors. “In a way most people will never see it otherwise,” comments Henrik. He chose media photography over film for the basic reason of capturing a moment and freezing it in time. “A photo can create an emotion, a feeling and inspire your imagination whenever you gaze at it,” Henrik adds.

Tom De Vita was born and raised in Queens, New York and currently owns his own De Vita Studio, an art and design company that creates murals and fine art, while teaching at the Art Institute of Forth Lauderdale, Barry University and Broward College. The essence of his work is based on “sea of visual noise” where he wants to force multiple readings of images and the deconstruction of their meanings. “We inherited our contemporary way of seeing, but I wanted to still preserve my conviction towards painting in the grand tradition of figuration,” De Vita explains.

England-born Bruce Gilling has been said to master the essence of photography. He projects intensity through spectacular angles, bright utopic colors and shadowing. His subjects are people, places and animals captured in such a way each picture transports the viewer into a whimsical world where perfection of movement, color and light is undeniable.

April’s MaiArt event will bring Michele Palmisano and Alex Heria. Michele is part of the Graspa Group family and his pieces focus on light and movement of elements like water as well as manipulations of plexiglass photography. Alex is a nationally recognized artist whose work has been exhibited in Miami, New York and Spain. MaiArt is scheduled for Wednesday April 27th at 6pm.

Located in the oak-shaded plaza corner of NE 2nd avenue and 39th Street (163 NE 39th Street), also known as the heart of the Miami Design District, the risto-bar, a European concept combining ristorante and bar, opened Fall 2009. Maitardi’s experience rests on a casual, outdoors and sociable ambiance, delicious tapas meant for sharing and friendly and professional service. The location has retained its architectural design with the floor to ceiling leaf-mosaic façade along with the native oak trees throughout the patio giving it an irresistible appeal to relax, catch up on work or a book, hang out with friends for happy hour or lunch with a client. Complimentary Wi-Fi and outside bar available.

Celebrate The Library’s 40th Birthday 3/21/11

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You are cordially invited to share an evening with author Seth Bramsom and musician Howard Moss
Monday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m.
Miami Beach Regional Library
227 22 Street
Miami Beach.

Author Seth Bramson has written 18 books of historical significance on the people, places and events that shaped South Florida. Join him in discussing the significance of the library in preserving local flavor, culture and history. Topping off the evening is Howard Moss, local jazz preservationist!
For more information visit www.mdpls.org, or call 305.535.4219

Alain Godon Opening 4/20/11

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Wednesday, April 20, 7p.m. to 9p.m.
New World Center
Miami Beach, FL

French Artist Alain Godon
Feature Exhibition Opening Reception
Collection Debut of Artwork Inspired by Premier Architectural Landmarks of Miami
Benefitting the New World Symphony

If you want to receive our formal invitation with the exhibition catalogue
please send us back your entire mailing address info@markowiczfineart.com

Visit www.markowiczfineart.com

MoA/FL Art of Wine and Food 3/24/11, 4/28/11

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Museum Of Art | Fort Lauderdale Continues “Art Of Wine And Food” Series
Thursday, March 24 — Women of Wine: Sample Wines Created By The Fairer Sex. Learn Why Women Have a Wine-Making Advantage!
Thursday, April 28 — The Rhone Rangers: Explore France’s Rhone Grape Varietals Produced in the U.S.A.!
Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
One East Las Olas Boulevard at Andrews Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
954.525.5500
www.moafl.org

Certified Specialist of Wine Stephanie Miskew and Acclaimed Local Chefs
Lenore Nolan-Ryan, and Remy Gautier to Host

The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, continues its “Art of Wine and Food” tasting series with locally renowned chefs and Certified Specialist of Wine Stephanie Miskew in March and April. The once-a-month series gives attendees a social, fun and educational opportunity to learn about delicious wines and foods.

Each event within the series will be co-hosted by Miskew, author of the blog Stephanie Savors the Moment. March 24th, Chef Lenore Nolan-Ryan of Lenore Nolan-Ryan Cooking School and Catering in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea; and April 28th, Chef Remy Gautier of Argentelle in Fort Lauderdale will co-host.

During each tasting, attendees will enjoy three to four wines presented with food pairings. Miskew will discuss each wine, theregion it is from, color, aroma, flavor, etc. Each chef will describe the food experience and how the accompanying dish, artfully prepared and using the freshest and highest quality ingredients, was created. During and after each presentation, guests are encouraged to discuss the wines and pairings and will have the opportunity to ask questions; then socialize before moving on to the next wine.

Originally from Fort Lauderdale, Miskew is an independent wine consultant and enjoys blogging about adventures in food & wine on Stephanie Savors the Moment.

Chef Lenore Nolan-Ryan opened Lenore Nolan-Ryan Cooking School and Catering in 2000. She was chosen by Paula Deen to represent the entrée category of a cooking contest sponsored by Kraft Foods. Chef Nolan-Ryan creates recipes and videos that are used as sales and promotional pieces for various companies. Currently, she is writing a memoirs cookbook with her sister and launching a line of spices and food.

With 30 years of professional culinary experience in the U.S. and in France, Chef Remy Gautier founded Argentelle Café and Catering in Fort Lauderdale in 2006. Hailing from Normandy, France, he served as sous-chef at the French Embassy in Amsterdam before becoming the chef de cuisine at the French consulate in New York City in 1978. In 1981, he joined the culinary staff of New York City’s Carlyle Hotel. He founded Argentelle in New York City in 1984.

All wine tastings take place from 6 until 7:30 p.m. The Museum’s galleries remain open from 5 pm until the start of the wine tastings to allow a private viewing of stellar installations of art from around the world. Make a special point to visit the Museum’s refurbished William Glackens galleries and browse the selections in the recently-opened Books & Books.

$35 per person (credit cards accepted)

Reservations are required; seating is limited. To RSVP, please call 954-262-0249 or email gvilone@moafl.org. For general information about the Museum, please call 954-525-5500 or visit www.moafl.org.

L M N T Contemporary Arts Vernissage 4/2/11

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L M N T Contemporary Arts Vernissage
Saturday April 2, 2011, 7-10PM
L M N T
55 NW 36 Street
Miami, FL 33127

Flanked by the Design and Wynwod Arts District
www.l-m-n-t.com

8 artists from 6 countries inaugurate the new contemporary arts space
Come experience The Latin American rEvolution

L M N T Vernissage
Angel Vapor
caraballo-farman
elRAiSe
Gastón Ugalde
Liset Castillo
Milcho
Ramon Williams
Tatiana Blanco

Preview at the exhibit at ArteAmericas 3.24 – 3.28
booth 207 (across from VIP)

Locust Projects presents a Conversation and Tasting with Hedy Goldsmith 3/24/11

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March 24th, 6:30pm
Locust Projects
155 NE 38th Street #100
Miami, FL 33137

$15 member / $30 non member
RSVP locustprojects@yahoo.com or 305.576.8570

Conversation and Tasting with Hedy Goldsmith, Executive Pastry Chef Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink

Goldsmith combines simple and straightforward flavors, often blurring the line between savory and sweet, and draws from a rich assortment of local fruits and herbs. At Locust Projects, she will prepare local basil panna cotta with a strawberry consommé, fresh berries and candied kumquats, along with anise almond biscotti.

pecha kucha miami #10 slow art day wine wander wonder 3/19/11

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March 19, 2011 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Miami #10
Bass Museum Of Art Hosts Pechakucha Event On Slow Art Featuring Local Thought Leaders
Please note NEW Address
2100 Collins Avenue
New Collins Park entrance
Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.bassmuseum.org
Admission is free for members, $8 for adults and $6 for seniors and students with ID.

PechaKucha was devised in Tokyo in February 2003. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. During wine, wander, wonder at the bass museum of art, panelists will be discussing the slow art movement, dedicated to realizing the idea that “if you look slowly, you will see.”

panelist presenters:
myra wexler | musing with myra
jason hedges | artist
kathleen carignan, esq | legalart
karelle levy | stitching bitches
dr. adrienne von lates, phd | bass museum of art
kerry mclaney | miami independent thinkers
dennis leyva | miami beach art in public places

www.pecha-kucha.org/night/miami/10

The Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach will host a PechaKucha, a creative networking event, exploring the local Slow Art Movement on Saturday, March 19th from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. as part of the museum’s monthly Wine, Wander, and Wonder program. PechaKucha is a Japanese inspired event for creatives to meet, network and share their work in public.

With 20 Power Point slides shown for 20 seconds each, local thought leaders – Myra Wexler (Musing with Myra), Jason Hedges (Artist), Kathleen Carignan, Esq (LegalArt Residency Program), Karelle Levy (Stitching Bitches), Dr. Adrienne Von Lates (Bass Museum of Art), Kerry McLaney (Miami Independent Thinkers), Dennis Leyva (Miami Beach Art in Public Spaces) – will have about seven minutes to talk about developing conversations and community issues around their passion in the arts.

A wine reception available to all attendees will immediately follow the presentation.

About Slow Art
Slow Art Day started in 2009 as an experimental program with the hypothesis to see if it was possible to make great art more enjoyable and accessible to the general public – i.e. to share the “secret” that art experts, curators, educators, artists and others know: that if you look slowly, you will see. The end goal is to create “inspired, not tired” art experiences that keep audiences engaged. www.slowartday.com/index.html

About PechaKucha
PechaKucha was conceived in Tokyo in February 2003 by architects Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein as an event where young designers could meet, network and show their work in public. Over time, it has evolved into a massive celebration of creativity with over 380 cities represented hosting 900 events last year. The combined power of these cities equates to an incredible 10,000 presentations and 200,000 PechaKucha attendees annually.

Drawing its name from the Japanese phrase for the sound of conversation (“chit chat”), the PechaKucha format is simple—20 images x 20 seconds—and designed to keep presentations concise and moving at a rapid pace. www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/miami

About Bass Museum of Art
Located in Miami Beach, the Bass Museum of Art offers a dynamic year-round calendar of exhibitions presenting contemporary art, works of art from its permanent collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, sculpture and textiles, and newly opened Egyptian Gallery. Artist’s 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. For more information, please visit http://www.bassmuseum.org

Free music and dance shows at Family Fest Rhythms of the World at the Adrienne Arsht Center 3/26/11

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Diverse And Engaging Entertainment For The Whole Family To Enjoy Together
March 26, 11:30am
Free Admission
Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza
and John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall

Family Fest begins at 11:30 a.m. on the Parker and Vann Thomson Plaza with free entertainment, including performances by Ballet Brika at 11:30, Perú Expresión at 12:10 p.m., and Lee Koon Hung Lion Dance Show at 12:50 p.m. Families will also be able to enjoy make-and-take your own drum at Craft Corner in the West Plaza; Rhythms of Africa Drumming Workshop for Kids in the Carnival Studio Theater (11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:00 p.m.); and Story-telling Corner, left of the stage in the Plaza (11:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 12:30 p.m., and 1:00 p.m.).

The fun continues at 2 p.m. with a free performance by the Miami Music Project Orchestra in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. All First Access Passes for the indoor performance have been reserved; however, patrons who do not have a First Access Pass can join the stand-by-line beginning at 1 p.m. outside the theater. Patrons in the standby line will be let into the theater at 1:45 p.m. if seats are still available in the theater.

Now celebrating its Fifth Anniversary Season, the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County presents its exciting March installment of Family Fest: Rhythms of the World, featuring Ballet Brika, Perú Expresión and Lee Koon Hung Lion Dance Show. Activities and performances will take place beginning at 11:30 a.m., followed by the Miami Music Project Orchestra’s 2:00 p.m. family performance inside the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall. Admission is Free.

Family Fest is generously sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, as part of the organization’s community-driven mission, as well as the Miami Downtown Development Authority.

“Family Fest at the Adrienne Arsht Center embodies the Center’s mission to enlighten, educate and entertain our community,” said M. John Richard, President and CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center. “This edition of Family Fest will explore art forms from around the globe, like West African dance and Chinese drumming and dance, and from our own backyard, through the Miami Music Project’s classical music ensemble.”

Throughout the day, families will enjoy music and dance shows by a variety of groups and performers, including:

· Ballet Brika West African Dance Theater, the resident performance ensemble of the Renaissance Village Project, a U.S.-based cooperative of African-centered artists. The ensemble cast of musicians, percussionists, dancers, singers, storytellers, and performers presenting West African Art forms with a focus on Mande cultures.

· Perú Expresión is made up of a talented group of young Peruvians in the U.S. who came together to realize their desire to keep playing the music and performing the dances of their country. In Peru, music and dance have always walked together hand in hand; the art forms reveal the joy, sadness and wisdom of many cultures and backgrounds. PERÚ EXPRESIÓN is the manifestation of the sound and movement of Peruvian color and gusto. Percussionist and director Johnny Mora is highly regarded in Peru and beyond, and has performed with artists like Eva Ayllon, Lucia de la Cruz, Arturo “Zambo” Cavero, Pepe Vasquez, Carlos Santana, and more. He is dedicated to teaching others about the wonders of Peruvian black music, and this young musician now leads PERÚ EXPRESIÓN in its presentation of Peruvian music in the U.S.

LEE KOON HUNG ASSOCIATION founded by the late Grandmaster Lee Koon Hung strives to teach the southern Chinese style of Martial Arts and craft of Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu through its school in South Florida. The Association also keeps its Chinese traditions alive through performances of the Lion Dance. The Lion Dance, according to legend was used to scare off Lions that terrified villages. The colorful costumes along with drumming, cymbals, and gongs are used throughout the dance to celebrate the tradition and delight South Florida audiences.

· THE MIAMI MUSIC PROJECT was founded in 2008 by world-renowned conductor James Judd, post music director of the Florida Philharmonic. MMP is a classical music ensemble with a focus on education and community engagement, and presents this exciting concert featuring MMP professionals and local youth orchestra musicians in a program titled Rhythms of the World. This unique, interactive orchestra performance for all ages is equally fun and educational.

For additional information, call the Adrienne Arsht Center box office at (305) 949-6722 visit www.arshtcenter.org.

O, Miami Miami-Dade Poetry Festival April, 2011

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Is it possible to get all 2.5 million people in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem in just thirty days? Who would even try?

University of Wynwood is proud to announce the most ambitious project in its three-year history: O, Miami, a county- wide celebration of contemporary poetry.

How Pedestrian – Poems on the Street

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O, Miami is a month-long effort to get every single person in Miami-Dade County—all 2.5 million of them—to encounter a poem. Designed and produced by University of Wynwood, O, Miami is made possible through generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

“O, Miami will help engage South Florida in great literature, and remind us all how important and enriching poetry can be in our lives,” said Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation’s vice president/arts.

Beginning April 1st and ending April 30th, Miami-Dade County will be flooded by over 30 events and 23 projects that bring poetry to a new audience. Over fifty poets from around the world will participate, in addition to 30 partner organizations and a vast array of cultural curators.

“Traditionally, you ask the audience to come to your festival,” says O, Miami Director P. Scott Cunningham, “We tried to design a festival that comes to the audience.”

Events include

-Poetry readings by United States Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin, the actor James Franco, Tony Hoagland, and Iraq War Veteran Brian Turner

-Poet Anne Carson collaborating with choreographers Rashaun Mitchell and Jonah Bokaer from the Merce Cunningham Dance Company

-The Anthology of Rap—Yale University Press’s definitive text on hip-hop lyrics—presents an evening of rap and poetry

-Dual language readings by Forrest Gander, Victor Rodriguez Nunez, and Raúl Zurita

-Eating Our Words, a night of food and poetry inside of Key Biscayne’s Bill Bagg State Park

-Abe’s Penny Live, a month-long exhibition of Miami photographers designed to incite new work by local poets (with original “writing spaces” designed by New World School of the Arts students)

Projects include

-“Herald Bloom”, a poetic spokesperson for The Miami Herald who will be writing original verse versions of the day’s news published on miamiherald.com and on Twitter @heraldbloom

-Poetry Society of America’s Poetry in Motion program on Miami-Dade County buses, featuring a poem by Charles Simic in English beside brand-new translations of that poem in Spanish and Creole

-A “Poetic Guide” to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens, created by local Miami poets and installed inside the Gardens throughout the month of April

-“One Poem, One Community”: a poetry postcard created by Florida Center for the Literary Arts and featuring a poem in English and Spanish by W.S. Merwin that will be distributed throughout Miami-Dade County

-“Now Taste This!” Poetry in Miami area restaurants curated by Jen Karetnik

-“How Pedestrian” Random Miamians will be stopped on the street and asked to read a contemporary poem; then the videos will be posted to omiami.org

-Poetry banners in Everglades National Park

-Poems in Miami-Dade County schools and prisons

O, Miami begins on the morning of April 1 with a dedication ceremony and special announcement at the Ziff Ballet Opera House courtyard at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and culminates in a four-day celebration titled “Final Lines” at the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center on Miami Beach.

“Final Lines” begins on Wednesday, April 27th with a bilingual reading by Forrest Gander and Victor Rodriguez-Nunez. Thursday, April 28th features the poetry of James Franco and Tony Hoagland, moderated by Campbell McGrath, and also includes a late night event hosted by Literary Death Match that will feature New Yorker editor Ben Greenman and Miami author Patricia Engel. On Friday, April 29th, the main hall at New World Center welcomes Yale University Press’s “The Anthology of Rap”, followed by a late night performance at Purdy Lounge by Andrew Whiteman from Broken Social Scene and Andrew Yeomanson, aka DJ Le SPAM of the SPAM All-Stars. “Final Lines” culminates on Saturday the 30th with poets Brian Tuner, Raúl Zurita, Jill McDonough in the afternoon and W.S. Merwin and Carla Faesler in the evening.

Additional information—including a schedule, partners, and participants—can be found at www.omiami.org.

Principal Sponsors: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami-Dade County, The Miami Herald, El Nuevo Herald, WLRN, Books & Books, and Miami Design District.

About O, Miami The goal of O, Miami is for every single person in Miami-Dade County to encounter a poem during the month of April 2011. O, Miami is produced by the University of Wynwood and funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. For more, visit omiami.org.

About University of Wynwood University of Wynwood curates events and projects that advance contemporary literature in Miami, FL. Founded in 2008 by P. Scott Cunningham, University of Wynwood combines the guise of a university with the infrastructure of a non- profit arts organization in order to produce innovative programming. For more, visit universityofwynwood.org.

About Knight Foundation The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote informed, engaged communities and lead to transformational change. For more, visit www.knightfoundation.org.

Vizcaya Moonlight Garden Tour 3/16-17/11

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March 16 & 17, 6:30 pm
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
3251 South Miami Avenue
www.vizcayamuseum.org

Experience a South Florida treasure by moonlight this week!

Enjoy Vizcaya’s breathtaking gardens along Biscayne Bay under the light of the full moon. Enjoy informal concerts of live music. Light refreshments for sale in the courtyard of the Main House. Vizcaya’s Volunteer Guides will be on hand to answer questions and lead area tours in the gardens. Reservations are not required. Not all garden areas are wheelchair-accessible.

Travesias by Helier Batista Art Exhibition 3/19/11

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Travesias by Helier Batista
Saturday, March 19 · 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Aperture studios
7360 SW 41 St
Miami, FL 33155
Enjoy this wonderful experience that everyone is talking about…the New Bird Road Art Walk!

Meet local artists in their own studios
View Gallery exhibitis
People Watching
Complimentary cocktails & hors d’ oeuvres
Enjoy Gourmet Food Trucks
Free Parking & complimentary shuttle service
Amazing ART by Miami’s hottest artists

On the third Saturday of each month the artists of the Bird Road Art District (BRAD) open their studios to host a monthly Art Walk from 7:00pm-10:00pm in one of Miami’s oldest art districts.

The Bird Road Art Walk is a unique opportunity to go behind-the-scenes for a personal look at the creative process. During the Art Walks you have the chance to meet the artists in their own creative spaces and the prospect of being among the… first to view their newest artwork.

Enjoy complimentary wine and hors d’ oeuvres, free parking and our very own Bird Road Art Walk Shuttle, courtesy of Norle Properties that will take you to each major studio hub throughout the night.

The participating studios offer a broad range of contemporary, emerging and established artists working in a variety of mediums; hand-blown glass, painting in all genres, mosaics, frescos, installations, photography, conceptual art, sculpture, digital art etc… are all to be found.

Start your art walk at any of these participating studios/spaces:
Accent Alternative Art Space
Akuara Teatro Workshop
Art Works II
Aperture Studios
Carlos Antonio Rancano
Chavarriaga Fine Art Studio
Deadalus Art Projects
Erik Speyer Studio
Esteban Blanco Art Studio
Gina Guzman Stained Glass Studio
Ismael Gomez Peralta Studio
Lambertini Art
Luis Fuentes’ Radical Art Spot
Madero Art
MANO Fine Art Project Space
Miami Art Club
Nestor Arenas Fine Art
Nickel Glass Studio/Matthew Miller
Onate Art Gallery
Pablo Lazo Studio
Rafael Consuegra/Caudart Gallery & Studio
Ray Azcuy Art Studio
Romero Hidalgo Artists’ Studios
Tropical Art Gallery@Palmetto Carpet
The Warehouse/Roberto Bilbao
Valmar Design Studio

Tell your friends about the new Bird Road Art Walk every third Saturday from 7:00-10:00 pm

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SAVE Dade’s Women’s Committee Presents A Celebration of Art 4/7/11

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Thu, 04/07/2011 – 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Wynwood Kitchen & Bar
2550 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, FL, 33127
More Info and Purchase Tickets.

Please join us Thursday, April 7, for live entertainment, libations, culinary treats, and the opportunity to win the signature piece from Nelson Viera’s Tattoo collection.

This event promises to be the best show Viera has displayed in his years of exhibiting. Tattoo is the edgier side of Viera’s body of work– A must see event in the heart of one of Wynwood’s hottest spots for the arts.

Our goal is to create a space for women in Miami-Dade County to come together for social and political engagement. The Committee has been working rigorously on this and other events that tie-in with the overall mission of SAVE Dade, and will ultimately engage more people in the fight for full equality.

Advanced tickets are now available for purchase online. The first 100 ticket holders will receive a FREE raffle ticket to win the signature piece from the Tattoo collection!
Thank you for continuing to be part of the movement for equality. You can learn more about the Women’s Committee and sign up to volunteer by clicking here.

Aesthetics and Values 2011 at The Frost Art Museum Opening 3/23/11

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The Frost Art Museum Presents
2011 Aesthetics & Values Exhibition An art exhibition curated by FIU Honor’s College Students
March 23, from 6 pm to 9 pm
Target Wednesday After Hours
The Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17 Street
Miami, FL 33199.

Writing done with fly pigment, ping pong balls in the shape of clouds and paper shapes that seem to go on forever are just a few of the objects that bridge the line between the real and surreal, the natural and man-made and the figurative and abstract works in the next installation of Aesthetics & Values Fine Art Exhibition (A&V) at The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University (FIU). Sixty-four FIU Honors College students worked with 10 of Miami’s most notable artists at the sixth annual A&V exhibition. This event, which is free and open to the public, runs from March 8, 2011 through April 17, 2011. The opening reception is March 23, 2011 during Target Wednesday After Hours from 6 pm to 9 pm at The Frost Art Museum located on 10975 SW 17 Street, Miami, FL 33199.

“This collaboration has proven to be quite successful,” said Carol Damian, Director and Chief Curator of The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum. “Now in its second year at the museum, this is a unique experience for students to learn the intricacies of curating an exhibition within the confines of a true operational museum.”

Each of these works will have visitors challenging the concept of reality. The A&V 2011 exhibition will feature the works of Daniel Arsham, José Bedia, Ivan Toth Depeña, Jacin Giordano, Fabian Peña, Karen Rifas, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, John Sanchez, Jen Stark and Antonia Wright. Several of the artists have created works specifically for this year’s exhibition.

“Most of my recent pieces are made with insect parts in a process where I transform these repulsive creatures into other anatomies. I re-context these organic elements into significant objects that address existential matters. The questioning of the artwork as a cultural product happens through an image of death and resurrection. The viewer’s perception is relocated; it is a “re-awakening” to place the spectator in an ambiguous perceptual trap. The artwork becomes both a map and a detour,” says artist Fabian Peña, whose work for the exhibition is a phrase written with fly pigment across the windows on the first floor of The Frost Art Museum.

The Aesthetics & Values seminar teaches students about the role art plays in the social and cultural events in history and our daily lives. Taught by artist and Honors College John Bailly, the class aims to show how artists have enforced or challenged authority and ideas on controversial social and cultural issues. Students participate in the art community and learn how art makes people see the world differently. The students, who major in many different fields, then act as curators and work closely with established local artists to create their own increasingly prestigious contemporary art exhibition. The Aesthetics & Values class is respected not only locally, but across the nation. A&V students have annually presented at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference (NCHC) since 2007.

A&V will provide student-run tours of the exhibition on March 22, 2011 from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. at The Frost Art Museum. The opening reception will be during the museum’s popular Target Wednesday After Hours event on March 23, 2010 from 6 to 9 p.m. Target Wednesday After Hours is intended to supplement The Frost Art Museum’s exhibitions and grant visitors the opportunity to meet contemporary artists and connect with thought-provoking art of all mediums, live music, dance, films, and talks.

Image Credit: Daniel Arsham, Pixel Cloud (Miami), 2010, Plastique, peinture / Plastic, paint, 21 ¼ x 27 ½ x 31 inches
Courtesy of Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin

The Aesthetics and Values seminar, taught by artist and Honors College Fellow John Bailly, examines the vital role visual art plays in the social and cultural dialogue surrounding controversial issues. It investigates how artists have challenged or enforced authority by creating new aesthetics. It further explores how art is used to initiate, accelerate, or combat social change. Website: http://www.avexhibition.org.

Lowe Museum presentation of West Encounters East 3/16/11

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Brian Dursum, director of Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, and Stella M. Holmes, founder of The Brickellian Inc. and Brickell Gallery Night, invite you to the presentation of West Encounters East
Wednesday, March 16, 8-10 p.m.
Lowe Art Museum
1301 Stanford Drive
UM’s Coral Gables campus.

The event will be presented under the auspices of the Consulate General of Argentina in Miami.
Free and Open to the Public

The evening includes an informative speech by Joel Hollander, Ph.D., an art historian and full-time faculty member at the UM, focusing on reflections of Japanese art and culture in the imagery of contemporary Argentine artists, including Valeria Yamamoto, Ary Kaplan Nakamura, Guillermo Ueno, and Lucila Heinberg. This presentation will be followed by a reception and refreshments. The work of these artists will be shown in a special pavilion at arteamericas art fair, March 25 – 28, Miami Beach Convention Center).

Ms. Holmes said the focus of “West Encounters East” is to rethink the significance of cultural exchange and diversity in contemporary society by identifying emerging and mid-career Latin American artists of Asian heritage.

“It’s a natural evolution of Brickell Gallery Night’s mission to introduce emerging artists with Asian roots to the West,” Ms. Holmes said. “For me, the emphasis is the fusion of the two traditions. I think of it as Artists Without Borders – a beautiful way that we can learn from each other through a meaningful exchange of culture.”

“One of the primary considerations in ‘West Encounters East’ is to investigate how officially sponsored Japanese emigration programs to South America during the late 19th century and first half of the 20th century changed the ethnic and cultural heritage of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru, as well as other countries in the region,” Dr. Hollander added. “The precedent for exploring how Western artists respond to Eastern art and culture can be traced back to the French Impressionists who helped to shape the genesis of modern art.”

Ary Kaplan Nakamura, Espejitos Japoneses (2009), Fotografía Digital Color, Toma Directa, 1/8 edition, 16 x 20 in., (USD 1,800)

MOCA Shakers After Party Studio at The Shelbourne 3/17/11

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MOCA Shakers After Party
Thursday, March 17 at 10pm
Studio at The Shelbourne (located in the basement)
1801 Collins Avenue

MOCA Shaker and above members only please. RSVP or call 305 893 6211

Hosted By Ivonne Ronderos and Dawn Esposito
MOCA Shakers and above members and their guests are invited to join us for the official MOCA Opening After Party.

Enjoy signature cocktails by Grey Goose Vodka , Karoake at Studio and celebrate with local Miami artists from our exhibition Open Process and At Capacity on display March 17 – June 5.
See website for further details www.mocanomi.org

Cocktails provided by Grey Goose Vodka
Music provided by Studio at The Shelbourne

Become a MOCA Shaker today, please visit www.mocanomi.org/moca-shakers

Daedalus Art Project Collective Mural 3/19/11

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Daedalus Art Projectv Collective Mural
Saturday, March 19, 2011, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Daedalus Art Project
In the Bird Road Art District
4485 SW 75 Avenue
Miami, FL 33155

Daedalus Art Project invites you to a unique art-filled evening. Be part of a collective mural project in conjunction with the Bird Road Art Walk on Saturday March 19 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. The public is invited to assist Daedalus’ resident artists in creating a mural during a live performance by The Melting Pot of the Sound.

About Daedalus Art Project
Daedalus Art Project is one of the newest initiatives in the Bird Road Art District. The project was created by Miami-based artists, Ismael Gomez Peralta and Miguel Leiva. The project is a unique artist’s co-op gathering creatives from all disciplines, recognizing the importance of individuality in order to achieve collective goals.

About the Name
In Greek mythology Daedalus was a cunning worker, a skilled craftsman and a very fine artist. In Homer’s language, objects which are daidala are finely crafted, in the Bird Road Art District Daedulus is a unique co-op of artists sharing a common space, respecting individuality and achieving collective awesomeness!

Daedalus Art Project is located at 4485 SW 75 Avenue in the Bird Road Art District. For more info call 786.545.4552.

Don Giovanni’s Feast 3/26/11

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Don Giovanni’s Feast
Mar. 26 – 8-11pm
Wynwood Kitchen and Bar
2550 Northwest 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33127

The Crescendo Circle welcomes you to an eclectic evening that melds classic and contemporary featuring famous selections from Don Giovanni sung by members of Florida Grand Opera’s Young Artist Studio and the stylistic spinning of a surprise guest DJ. Celebrate FGO’s latest production with complimentary cocktails and appetizers and party with the stylish, young patrons of the opera against the artsy backdrop of Wynwood nightlife. Admission is $30 for Crescendo Circle members and $50 for non-members. To RSVP or for more details, contact crescendocircle@fgo.org

MANO Fine Art presents Paralelos featuring work by Claudia Ferrari 3/19/11

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MANO Fine Art presents Paralelos featuring work by Claudia Ferrari
Saturday, March 19, 2010, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
MANO Fine Art Project Space
Bird Road Art District
4225 SW 75 Avenue
Miami, FL 33155
RSVP: 305.467.6819
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www.manofineart.com

Please join us for the Opening Reception of Paralelos
Featuring Claudia Ferrari

MANO Fine Art is pleased to present Paralelos featuring the exciting new work of Claudia Ferrari. Ferrari, a well known Latin American arist was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has always followed her passion for languages and painting. While studying at the Sorbornne in Paris she had the opportunity to meet many local artists and was introduced to Japanese ideograms, for the next ten years Ferrari studied Japanese and discovered her inner world through sumi-e, an antique Japanese technique using natural dyes on rice paper. Together with her teacher, Kazu Takeda she turned more and more towards the oriental world where she recreates her occidental being through the techniques of sumi-e color.

On Saturday, March 19, MANO Fine Art presents Ferrari’s brilliant series, “Realidades Paralelas” (Parallel Realities) with a selection from MANO’s stunning new body of work, Erikae, which is also inspired by Japanese culture.

The Opening of Paralelos will be in conjunction with the Bird Road Art Walk.

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WAREHOUSE Alternative Space and miami nice pop up Party 3/19/11

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WAREHOUSE Alternative Space and miami nice pop up Party
Saturday, March 19, 2011, 7pm
WAREHOUSE Gallery and Alternative Space
WAREHOUSE in the Bird Road Art District
4396 SW 74th Ave
Miami, FL

WAREHOUSE Gallery and Alternative Space partners with miami nice pop up for their first “pop-up” party to introduce a new concept during BRAD Art Walk. On March 19th, WAREHOUSE and miami nice will bid farewell to Victor Alarcon’s sold out exhibit, welcome new editions, and look to bring local projects together. Tunes from your favorite up-and-coming artist Cris Cab will be flowing through the gallery, OYE Cuban Grill is providing bites to fulfill your Cuban cravings and drinks by Miami’s own Fenom Modern Absinthe.

About WAREHOUSE
Robert Bilbao opened WAREHOUSE Gallery and Alternative Art Space in December 1998 to promote contemporary artists that were starting their careers. A wide spectrum of artists started their emergence here from visual to performance art, including: Luis Gispert, Emilio Perez, William Cordova, Ruben Torres Llorca, Wendy Wischer, Tomas Esson, Florencio Gelabert, Alejandro Aguilera, Leondro Soto and Pedro Viscaino. A recent graduate of Florida International University, Andres Bilbao, sharing his father’s love of the arts, is continuing to promote and curate shows for up-and-coming artists. Andres plans to unite contemporary talents from diverse backgrounds, aesthetics and perspectives to further advance conversation and appeal to contemporary art.

About miami nice pop up
miami nice pop up was started by Patricia Guarch who became a little obsessed with the city she grew up in after being away at college. A student at New York University, she returned home and wanted to share the culture she could see from a distance. miami nice functions as a pop up, producing temporary projects, and curating the brand for Miami’s young people that she could see by tapping into the Afro-Cuban Jazz live music scene that’s becoming the new sound of the city, interviewing designers, and people doing interesting things. The pop up form is meant to keep the project fresh and relevant, giving the flexibility for new ideas and collaborations, and serving a generation that gets bored easily. www.miaminicepopup.com

Vagabond’s Artist of the Month Lorie Setton 3/19/11

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Vagabond’s Artist of the Month: Lorie Setton
Saturday, March 19, 10pm
the Vagabond
30 NE 14th Street
Miami, FL 33132
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The newest addition to Vagabond’s “Artist of the Month Family” is none other than Lorie Setton, a local artist whose work has been featured at GAB Studio and the “River is Art” show recently at Bar 721.
In timing with Miami’s Winter Music Conference, the exhibition is already on display with the official opening reception taking place on March 19th.
Free Russian Standard vodka cocktails from 10-11pm.

Winning at ArtCenter No Relation to Charlie Sheen Opens 4/9/11

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Winning!! — Artcenter/South Florida’s 9th Annual Winning Art! Raffle Exhibit Opens
Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
800 Lincoln Road

Big Draw Slated for May 7; Works for Bid Online and On View in Main Gallery – Miami Beach

ArtCenter/South Florida launches the 9th Annual Winning Art! benefit raffle. The opening reception slated for Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at 800 Lincoln Road will showcase contemporary works up for bid by forty of ArtCenter’s artists-in-residence. In the wake of damages caused by a recent fire in artist Nina Surel’s space, also affecting Alex Heria and Natasha Duwin’s studios, the non-profit gallery is counting on this year’s event to rally renewed support for its artists and programs.

At a humble $10 per raffle ticket, patrons will have the opportunity to bid on their choice piece, donated by an established or emerging professional resident artist. The math is simple: the more tickets purchased, the higher the odds of winning. With works currently on view at www.artcentersf.org and at the gallery from April 8 until May 8, the big draw will take place on Saturday, May 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the main gallery. Admission to the raffle event is $20 or free for ArtCenter members (raffle ticket costs additional).

More About ArtCenter/South Florida Membership
For more than 25 years, ArtCenter/South Florida members have enjoyed the benefits of an enriching program, including behind-the-scenes studio visits with artists, invitations to exclusive events and discounted tuition for a variety of encompassing art classes. ArtCenter members not only take part in bringing contemporary art to the community, the membership program allows ArtCenter to generate valuable job opportunities for artists and educators, as well as free art programs for at-risk youth.

About ArtCenter/South Florida
Established in 1984, ArtCenter/South Florida (located at 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach) is a non-profit 501(C)(3) organization that provides subsidized studio and exhibition space as well as teaching opportunities for emerging and career artists in their facilities at 800, 810 and 924 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach. The mission of the ArtCenter is to advance the knowledge and practice of contemporary visual arts and culture in South Florida while providing affordable programming and work-space for professional artists. ArtCenter/South Florida is open Tuesday through Thursday from 12:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. and Friday through Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. For further information please call 305.674.8278 or visit the website at www.artcentersf.org.

A Feast of the Senses at Jimmy’z Kitchen during the Wynwood Art Walk 3/12/11

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Join us this Saturday for A Feast of the Senses at Jimmy’z Kitchen during the Wynwood Art Walk
Saturday, March 12th
6:00 pm – 11:00 pm
2700 N. Miami Avenue
R.S.V.P info@jimmyzkitchen.com

Chef Jimmy and the Jimmy’z Kitchen Gang Invite You to an Amazing Night of Art, Delicacies, Music and Drinks to Celebrate the Wynwood Arts Walk

Wynwood Art Walk Party
Art Lovers, Foodies, Music Lovers, and Miamians are invited to Jimmy’z Kitchen Wynwood for a fun time before, during or after the Art Walk in the Wynwood Art District

Happy Hour Mojitos by DonQ

Spirits and Bar Service by Premier Beverage Catering

Jimmy’z 40 crafts beers and great selection of wines.

Musical Direction by Andres Amadeus

Art Exhibit by Rollin Stirman
Artist Rollin Stirman will be presenting a site-specific retrospective of his artwork at Jimmy’z Kitchen on March 12th. A Miami resident for the past fifty-five years, he has considered Miami an artistic paradise. His color palate is saturated with the lush hues of the sub-tropical metropolitan city that he calls home. His subject matter ranges from formal to provocative and documents his exploits with the brushwork of an impressionist.

Photographs of Victor Hugo Vaca Jr presents his Modern Art Gonzo Journalism on 3/9/11

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Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr presents his Modern Art Gonzo Journalism at Red Bar Gallery on Wednesday, March 9, 2011.  Concurrent with Miami International Film Festival Week, we got to meet Award-Winning Director Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr and see the Miami Premiere of his 18-minute short: “Crackhead Jesus : The Movie” winner of 2010 DBFF.

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Spoken Soul Showcase Support Women Artists 3/25-27/11

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South Florida’s Spoken Soul Festival Is Selected As One Of The Top Five Swan Day Celebrations In The World

Spoken Soul Festival 2011 Event Schedule
Spoken Soul Festival & Wemerge Magazine Press Party
Saturday March 12, 2011 6pm
THE STAGE 170 NE 38th Street Miami FL 33137
FREE and open to the public. Press must RSVP at info@spokensoulfestival.com

Swan Community Program
Volunteer Appreciation & Youth Art Activity Day,
Artocconecto in participation with Arts Studio Miami
Friday March 25, 2011 12pm – 5pm
Arts Studio Miami 7230 NW Miami Ct, Studio #5 Purple Door, Miami, 33150
NOTES This FREE event requires RSVP at info@spokensoulfestival.com.
Limited Seating

Swan Spoken Soul Showcase Vol. 4
Saturday March 26, 2011 6pm – 10pm
THE STAGE 170 NE 38th Street Miami FL 33137
FREE to the public; Hosted by 939MIA on-air personality Chanel

Vanessa Baez Memorial Women’s Brunch
Sunday March 27, 2011 11:30am – 2:30pm
UVAS Restaurant – 6900 Biscayne Blvd # 3 Miami, FL 33138
Women only event; $40 per person to be pre-paid at www.spokensoulfestival.com
Requires RSVP: info@spokensoulfestival.com. Limited seating.

Spoken Soul Festival’s Three Day Event Honors and Promotes South Florida Female Artists During International Women’s History Month

Three days of community service, sexy designs, hypnotizing hips, powerful poetry, and delicious mimosas is just a glimpse for what is to be expected at the 4th Annual Spoken Soul Festival – SWAN Day 2011. “I am so impressed with the women organizers of SWAN Day Miami. Their Spoken Soul Festival is one of the top five SWAN Day celebrations in the world, and it gets better every year,” states founder of the international holiday celebrating women artists, SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now), Martha Richards.

The mission of this three-day event is to produce an annual festival that will help advance the careers of a variety of women artists. Spoken Soul Festival’s three feature events are: SWAN Community Program, SWAN Spoken Soul Showcase – SWAN DAY, and the Vanessa Baez Memorial Women’s Brunch.

Since its launch in March 2008, the festival has been awarded proclamations from the City of Miami Beach, Miami Dade County and the City of Miami. Featured artists have been commissioned or featured at Art Basel Miami, Gibson Guitar Showroom, New York Fashion Week, and Gen Art’s Fresh Faces Miami.

To kick off the 4th year in style, festival sponsor Dacra Development will host SSF’s press party on Saturday March 12, 2011 during their 2nd Saturday Gallery Walk at The Stage.“Spoken Soul Festival’s focus on women artists and community outreach is a natural fit to take place in the Miami Design District,” states Tiffany Chestler, manager and curator for The Craig Robins Collection.

Featured artists from past years and this year will participate in SWAN Community Program on Friday March 25, 2011 at 12pm. The program benefits Artoconecto’s KIDSART program, in partnership with Art Studio. Artists will be mentoring at-risk youth by discussing positive image, role models, and women of the future by using drawing, painting and poetry.

For the 3rd year in a row radio personality Chanel from 93.9 MIA FM will host the 4th annual SWAN Day – SWAN Spoken Soul Showcase Vol 4. Chanel shares, “I had the honor of meeting some amazingly talented women and can’t wait to see who will be a part of this year’s show.” This FREE event will be held in the heart of the Miami Design District at The Stage located at 170 NE 39th Street on Saturday March 26, 2011 at 6pm. The venue will be buzzing with women DJs, belly dancing, poets, fine artists, designers and much more. The event will be an opportunity for powerful, inspiring women to network and show support for each other’s work.

The 7th Annual Vanessa Baez Memorial Women’s Brunch is the closing event of the annual Spoken Soul Festival on Sunday March 27, 2011 at 11:30am. The founder of ArtSpring, the inspiring Leslie Neal will be the guest speaker. Seating is limited and for women only. The all-inclusive delicious brunch costs $40 per person hosted at UVAS Restaurant 6900 Biscayne Blvd. Visit www.spokensoulfestival.com to buy your ticket now. Guests will receive a complimentary gift bag full of surprises from the brunch sponsors. “It is obvious that our community wants an event like this, where indeed women artists are appreciated. I intend to produce this festival for the rest of my life,” says Deborah Magdalena, founder of Spoken Soul Festival and sister of Latin Grammy Winner Nestor Torres.

Thin Walls A photography Exhibit 3/12/11

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“Thin Walls”, A photography Exhibit
March 12, 2011, 5pm- 10pm
Neox Image Photography Studio
250 NW 23rd St, #204, Miami Fl 33127
www.neoximage.com

A fine art photography exhibition by local photographer Janelle Proulx.
Proulx’s photographic series titled Thin Walls explores the complex relationship that forms between people when living with one another. She is particularly interested in the concept of cohabitation as a universal human experience. The images from this developing series depict private moments of both confrontation and reflection that revolve around this relationship.

Samantha Salzinger Opening Reception 3/11/11

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Samantha Salzinger Nine
Opening Reception Friday, 03.11.2011, 6 – 8 PM
Second Saturday 03.12.2011, 11 AM – 9 PM
Gallery Diet

Two 2011 Inkjet print 20″ x 30″

Gallery Diet is pleased to present Samantha Salzinger’s second solo exhibition at Diet. These works explore the fabricated environment questioning the collective mind of the age, where reality is as malleable as a simulation and a simulation as lifelike as reality. Projecting mysterious places in an era of genesis, the images reference ideologies of popular culture that play to our fantasies, fears, and deires. The metaphoric creation of the idyllic, sublime landscape, act as core unconscious escapism. Weaving together the awe of the grandeur of nature with science fiction, the viewer is dreamer in an imaginary world, optimistic of the future.

Samantha Salzinger graduated with an MFA in photography from Yale University and is a two time winner of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant. She has exhibited prolifically throughout South Florida at venues that include Gallery Diet, Locust Projects, The Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, and The Girls Club, the private collectin of Francie Bishop Good and David Horovitz where she is part of the permanent collection.

This exhibition will run thru April 2nd, 2011

Regular gallery hours are Tuesday thru Saturday 11 am – 5 pm

2nd Saturdays Art Walk At The Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery 3/12/11

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Miguel Paredes Fine Art Gallery (Wynwood Arts District)
March 12 * 7pm – 11pm
173 NW 23RD ST.
Miami, FL

Miguel Paredes
Fine Art Gallery
2nd Saturdays’ Art Walk

Performance by:
Miami’s own dj ari x

Cocktails provided by:
Bombay Sapphire / Heineken / Bacardi USA

Food provided by:
Miss Yip Chinese Café

Miguelparedes.Com
Rsvp@Miguelparedes.Com / 866.534.2184 X 2244

Facebook.com/artistmiguelparedes – twitter.com/paredesstudios

ArtCenter Presents a Winning Art! Celebration 3/12/11

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ArtCenter/ South Florida Presents a Winning Art! Celebration
Saturday, March 12, 2011, from 7-10PM
4141 NE 2nd Ave.
Miami FL 33137

Join us for a Winning Art! celebration this Saturday, March 12, 2011, during this Saturday’s Art + Design Night in Design District.

ArtCenter/ South Florida will be hosting a party honoring our resident artists, and Shiva, the destroyer of evil and restorer of the universe! Stop by, get your bindi, and preview art from Winning Art!, ArtCenter’s annual raffle fundraiser.

For one night only, raffle tickets will be available for purchase at (3) for $25! Special edition art created by our resident artists will be given to guests that purchase an ArtCenter/ South Florida membership, while supplies last.

Music provided by DJ Saint Chill and light refreshments will be served!
Event is open and free to the public.

Learn more about us and Winning Art! at www.artcentersf.org.
Space generously provided by DACRA.

Back In Black Lounge 4th Annual Fall In Furniture Love Art Event 3/12/11

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FIFL Art Event Hollywood
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Scan Design of Hollywood
4150 North 28th Ter
Hollywood, FL 33020
6-9 PM

4th ANNUAL
fall in furniture love
ART EVENT
More Info.

Please join Scan Design and other art enthusiasts as we showcase the entries and announce the winners in our fourth annual Fall in Furniture Love art contest.

Come enjoy custom works of art created exclusively for this event as well as other select pieces.

Guests can also enjoy musical entertainment, fine wine and spirits courtesy of Voga Wine, Tequila Herradura and Gentleman Jack Whiskey as well as premium hors d’oeuvres. Take part in interactive art painting and experience our “BACK IN BLACK LOUNGE” featuring work from tattoo artist Guillermo Chaviano.

We also encourage you to enter our raffle to win a limited piece of Scan Design furniture provided by Gamma International and participate in our silent auction with all donations going to support our local charity, Care Resource.

We would appreciate your RSVP to:
hollywood@scandesign.com

Locust Projects presents a Conversation and Tasting with Hedy Goldsmith 3/24/11

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March 24th, 6:30pm
Locust Projects
155 NE 38th Street #100
Miami, FL 33137
Conversation and Tasting with Hedy Goldsmith, Executive Pastry Chef
Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink

Goldsmith combines simple and straightforward flavors, often blurring the line between savory and sweet, and draws from a rich assortment of local fruits and herbs. At Locust Projects, she will prepare local basil panna cotta with a strawberry consomm, fresh berries and candied kumquats, along with anise almond biscotti.

$15 member / $30 non member

RSVP locustprojects@yahoo.com or 305.576.8570

A Tribute To Your Fresh showcase by Ariel Cruz 3/13/11

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“A Tribute To Your Fresh” showcase by Ariel Cruz
Sunday March 13, 2011, 7-11pm
Bar 721
721 N. Lincoln Lane Miami Beach, FL
Meetup Page.

Will be displaying the collection of the Top 25 DJ’s in the world by Ariel Cruz at “Bar721” on Sunday Evening March 13 at 7pm.

His collection “A Tribute to Your Fresh” was inspired by his love of House Music and those who have supported him in his journey as an artist/designer.

We have an exclusive invitation to this one time event prior to the signing and gifting of these paintings to the respective Musical Artists that they represent. Through-out the evening we may expect to have appearances of some of the world’s Heavy-weight House DJ’s including Louie Vega, Oscar G, DMS12, & Todd Terry.

The striking beauty of this collection as well as the social conscious message behind it has touched art lovers in the Miami art scene and has solidified Ariel as a promising up and coming artist in the Miami art scene.

This is a 25 piece collection so please be ready to expect any of these artists to appear at any time to receive this amazing gift. (Photos of the collection will be sent out as well!)

This collection was featured at the “W” South Beach Hotel Sept 27th,2010

This was huge accomplishment for Ariel to have his work featured amongst the private collection that is housed in the “W” South beach Miami Hotel with artists like Andy Warhol, Jean Basquiat, Danny Clinch to name a few.

This event is sponsored by Bar721 & Wynwood Art Lovers via SocialMedia305 Events
We will be enjoying 2×1 drink specials till 9pm and complementary Hors d’oveuvres .

Music will be provided by DJ Manic:
Combining a blend of skill, ability to read the dance floor and dynamically control the energy. His particular taste in music allows him to be diverse, exciting and on the cutting edge.As co-producer of the song “Never Ending” along with Ronnie Ventura and Alan Scott Plotkin featuring Latrice Verrett, it debuted at “Hot Shot Breakout” ( #31) on the Billboard Dance charts

Annual UM Faculty And Student Exhibitions At The Lowe Featuring A Ceramic Installation By Ivan Albreht Opening 4/15/11

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April 15, 2011, 7-10 PM
Exhibitions Preview And Reception: Ivan Albreht: Repetitive Choices and Annual Juried Student Competition Exhibition
Artist Lecture: 7pm
Reception: 8-10pm
Light refreshments will be served. Beverages provided by Vitamin Water Zero.
Event is free and open to the public

Annual UM Faculty And Student Exhibitions At The Lowe
Will feature a ceramic installation by Ivan Albreht

This spring The University of Miami Lowe Art Museum will host a faculty exhibition highlighting the work of Ivan Albreht. Ivan Albreht: Repetitive Choices will be on view at the Lowe from April 16 to May 29, 2011. On view through May 8, is the first of the yearly two-part student exhibitions, the Annual Juried Student Competition Exhibition. A preview with an artist lecture and reception for the juried student exhibition and Repetitive Choices will be held April 15 at 7pm. The evening will be highlighted with a special lecture by Albreht. A preview reception for the Annual Masters of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition, on view from May 12 through June 5, will be held May 11 at 7pm. Both receptions are free and open to the public.
Ivan Albreht was born and raised in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia (present Serbia). He is Assistant Professor of Ceramics / Sculpture at the Department of Art and Art History at UM.

Albreht’s current work explores issues of individuality in the sociopolitical context of the western society. He is specifically interested in ways in which technological advancement, consumerism and global politics influence the emergence of an individual. He is engaged in exploring the perception of “beauty” in Western society.
He has actively exhibited both nationally and internationally since 1997. Solo exhibitions include: WeissPollack Gallery in NYC, University of Pittsburg in Bradford, Gallery of American Cultural Center in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia. International competitions include: Ceramics of Europe – The Westerwald Prize 2009, The Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards 2001. Bibliography includes: full feature articles in Ceramic Review (London, UK) and Ceramics Art and Perception (US and Australia), inclusions in books: Contemporary Ceramics (Thames and Hudson, 2009), 500 Ceramic Sculptures (Lark Books, 2009), as well as numerous catalogues. His work has received significant recognitions, including Special Prize at the 4th World Ceramic Biennale 2007 Korea (CEBIKO), the largest and most competitive juried international exhibition in the field of ceramic arts.

In 2009, Albreht was nominated and elected as member of International Academy of Ceramics (IAC) based in Genève, Switzerland. He has also participated in several artist residency programs in the United States and Europe.

The exhibition is organized by the Lowe Art Museum.
The Lowe Art Museum is located at the University of Miami at 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 12 to 7 p.m. Thursdays and 12 to 5 p.m. Sundays. 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.

The University of Miami’s mission is to educate and nurture students, to create knowledge, and to provide service to our community and beyond. Committed to excellence and proud of our diversity of our University family, we strive to develop future leaders of our nation and the world. www.miami.edu.

University Of Miami Wynwood Project Space Presents Brian Gefen Development of Power vs. Untitled Creatures 3/12/11

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University Of Miami Wynwood Project Space Presents Brian Gefen Development of Power vs. Untitled Creatures
Saturday, March 12, 2011 from 6 – 10 PM
University of Miami Wynwood Project Space,
2200-A NW 2nd Avenue
Miami.

The Department of Art and Art History, in the College of Arts and Sciences at UM presents the Master of Fine Arts exhibition by contemporary artist, Brian Gefen, beginning March 12, 2011. The exhibition titled, “Development of Power vs. Untitled Creatures” is a progressive series of narrative artwork that grasps ideas out of various 20th century artists to create an endless graphic narrative. The exhibition will be available for viewing from March 12 to March 25 at the University of Miami Wynwood Project Space, 2200-A NW 2nd Avenue, Miami.

The theme of the exhibition, Development of Power vs. Untitled Creatures, demonstrates a conflicting mythical world in which characters battle one another for food and the basic amenities of life. The mythical world exposes a system of nobility, featuring King Steamer and Queen Tatiana Dee Dee. Untitled Creatures is tribal, with leaders such as Doyleox, Helmet Jack and Hixon.

Development of Power controls the food and weapons which are heavily guarded by the security farmers who are constantly on alert because the opposing, Untitled creatures, lurk around the land in an attempt to steal food. The two groups cannot agree on anything and as a result tension grows. This discord is displayed through Brian Gefen’s series of paintings in Development of Power vs. Untitled Creatures.

Aesthetically, Brian Gefen’s painting surfaces are visually flat but complimented by many strongly contrasting color combinations and lively characters illustrating events in the ongoing, unfolding artistic drama of Development of Power vs. Untitled Creatures. Gefen uses an array of mixed media which include acrylic paint, spray paint, markers, photos, computer printouts and vinyl stickers.

For more information regarding the artist, email bgefen@aol.com. A full schedule of exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art. In celebration of the exhibition’s opening, there will be a reception for the artist on Saturday, March 12, 2011 from 6 – 10 PM. Other viewing times can be arranged by appointment.

in New Light Sabine Kutt Solo Exhibition 3/12/11

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“in New Light” Sabine Kutt Solo Exhibition
Opening reception: Saturday, March 12, 2011. 5:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Miami, DACRA Art and Design Space
4141 NE 2nd Avenue, Ste 101C
Miami, FL 33137
www.dacra.com
www.skfineartphoto.com

From March 15 through March 19, 2011

“In New Light” Photography as Painting – The Magic of the ‘In-Between’ Realm
Sabine Kutt, an international fine art photographer, will present her latest images at a solo exhibition at DACRA Art & Design Space owned by Craig Robins.

In her first career as a ballerina and choreographer Sabine Kutt was fortunate to work with many legendary European dance and acting companies. This theatrical background is reflected in her photographic work in an ever-changing variety of subjects, themes and styles. In her alluring abstracts, she applies the formal compositional theories of stage design to the format of photography. Other examples of her art have the strength of well-lit yet seemingly casual studies with a beckoning romanticism. Her photographic technique in these pieces creates a feeling reminiscent of classic watercolors and oil paintings. In all of her work she experiments with alternative techniques and media, hand-crafting each piece to capture a fleeting moment in time.

Sabine Kutt’s photos impress upon one’s imagination the magic of this “state of inbetweeness”- the transition from photograph to painting, the changes from lucid tones to opaque color, the metamorphosis of the objective on ones thoughts. Her works live in the transcendental glance of the arrangement of our seemingly banal surroundings. Still and shrill, frozen moments in time persist through the composition, movement is ‘released’ and a feeling somewhere between remembrance and desire is set in motion. Her photos are like watercolor paintings, snap shots in pastel. They search for the completion of form in arbitrary everyday pleasure and find originality in their creation.
Sabine Kutt lives and works in Delray Beach, Florida.

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Samba at Soho Studios Wynwood Art Walk Event 3/12/11

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Saturday 2.12.11, Doors open at 7:30pm
Vitamin C & Soho Studios present Art do Brazil
Soho Studios
2136 Nw 1st Ave
Wynwood Convention Center
RSVP Required Email RSVP@yourvitaminc.com

Wynwood’s Art Walk Afterparty At Soho Studios

Follow the Brazilian Parade to Soho Studios for Complimentary Cocktails from 8 to 9pm

Samba Dancers & Capoeira Performances

Iemanja Brazilian Swimwear Fashion Show

Food Trucks
Art Instillations
Music by VJ Bounce

Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Just As You Were a solo show by Jipsy at Butter Gallery on 3/8/11

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Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of photojournalist Jipsy debuts first solo show Just As You  Were at Butter Gallery in Wynwood on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.   What an awesome show, the photographs were amazing and so much fun.  I loved it, this is a must see exhibition.

Just As You Were was curated from thousands of photographs taken by Jipsy herself from 2005 to the present. A prominent nightlife fixture since arriving to Miami in 1996, Jipsy’s photos tell a story with captivating colors, stories and characters.

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

Photographs of Just As You Were a solo show by Jipsy at Butter Gallery on 3/8/11

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Photojournalist Jipsy debuts first solo show Just As You  Were at Butter Gallery in Wynwood on Tuesday, March 8, 2011.   What an awesome show, the photographs were amazing and so much fun.  I loved it, this is a must see exhibition.

Just As You Were was curated from thousands of photographs taken by Jipsy herself from 2005 to the present. A prominent nightlife fixture since arriving to Miami in 1996, Jipsy’s photos tell a story with captivating colors, stories and characters.

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HistoryMiami Event Listings April

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Matheson Hammock Sketching Eco Walk
Saturday, April 2 from 10 am – 12:30 pm
Matheson Hammock Park, 9610 Old Cutler Road, Miami
Join HistoryMiami’s eco-historian Frank Schena through shady Matheson Hammock and sketch the surroundings if you wish. Hear about its distant past as an Indian hunting ground and absorb the diversity of flora and fauna that grows there today. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Inside The Vault Series
Saturday, April 2 at 4 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
Enter the secret world of collections at HistoryMiami. View exclusive architectural drawings from Arquitectonica and a special talk from architect, author and Professor Allan Shulman. Invitations to Inside the Vault events are a privilege to those participating in our highest contributing levels of membership.
To join, upgrade your membership or to RSVP, call 305-375-5356 or email:
membership@historymiami.org.
Fellow and c100 member invitation only.

Biscayne to Bacardi Walk
Sunday, April 3 from 10 am – 12 pm
Latin Café, 2500 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
Join HistoryMiami’s historian Dr. Paul George through this downtown Miami neighborhood and view historic architecture, including Art Deco and classic bungalows. End the tour at the iconic blue and white tiled Bacardi Building, recently designated for historic preservation. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Eighth Annual South Florida History Challenge
Sunday, April 3 from 2 – 4 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
Show your knowledge during this 2-hour game hosted by HistoryMiami’s historian Dr. Paul George. Join in the fun as a contestant or enjoy it as a spectator. Mix and mingle with the past winners. You could win one of the several door prizes available.
For contestant applications and information, call 305-375-1621.
Discounted parking is available at 50 NW 2 Avenue.
Members: Free Non-Members: Free with General Admission ($8)
Info: Call: 305-375-1621

Discovery Day: Florida’s Little-Known Explorers
April 4 from 9 am – 5 pm
Many explorers have visited our region, several of them are not well known. HistoryMiami invites you to learn who they are and see why their adventures seem to have been lost to history. The day will include making floatable wooden sailing ships and a lesson in navigation.
Members: $35 Non-Members: $45
Free before and after care (8:30-9 am and 5-5:30 pm)
To register, call 305-375-1629, email: education@historymiami.org, or online at www.historymiami.org.

Wine Down Wednesday
April 6 from 5 – 8pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami invites you to enjoy live music, poetry and an art show by musician
Oscar Fuentes and Wynwood University founder Scott Cunningham!
Free General Admission
Members and County Employees Complimentary Glass of Wine
$15 open wine bar and light snacks $5 per glass
FREE Parking available at 50 NW 2nd Avenue
RSVP by April 4
Call (305) 375-1614 or email: rsvp@historymiami.org

Florida’s Fabulous Hotel Lobbies Coach Tour
Saturday, April 9 from 10 am – 1 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
Explore some of South Florida’s most beautiful and iconic hotel lobbies with HistoryMiami’s historian Dr. Paul George. Visit the Biltmore in Coral Gables, then head to Miami Beach to discover the Essex, the Fontainebleau, the Eden Roc, and the Doral. Advance reservations and payment required.
Members: $44 Non-Members: $49
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Family Fun Day: Wonders of the Miami Circle®
Saturday, April 9 from noon – 5pm
The mysterious Miami Circle® is ready to welcome visitors. Join HistoryMiami for an intimate look at the ancient artifacts found at the site and enjoy educator-led tours of the new park.
Free and open to the public.
Info: Call: 305-375-1629 or email: education@historymiami.org

Islands of the Bay & Indian Creek Village Boat
Sunday, April 10 from 10 am – 1 pm
Bayside Marketplace, 401 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
Enjoy a cruise of Biscayne Bay from Indian Creek Village to sizzling South Beach, with HistoryMiami’s Dr. Paul George. Along the way see the sites of homesteading communities Lemon City and Buena Vista, the islands that Christo wrapped, and the famous hotels along the water. Advance reservations and payment required.
Members: $44 Non-Members: $49 Children: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Everglades Chokoloskee & Ochopee Eco Coach Tour
Sunday, April 17 from 9 am to 4 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
Travel in an air-conditioned coach through the Everglades to Smallwood Store with eco-historian Frank Schena. See alligators and bird life along the way. Tour stops include the Big Cypress Preserve Visitor’s Center, Clyde Butcher’s gallery, and the Everglades Museum in Everglades City. Bring your picnic lunch.
Advance reservations and payment required.
Members: $44 Non-Members: $49
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Little Havana Historic Neighborhood Walk
Sunday, April 17 from 10 am – 1 pm
Torch Monument Across From Nuevo Siglo Market, 1305 SW 8 Street, Miami
Join HistoryMiami for a stroll with historian Dr. Paul George on this classic tour through one of Miami’s most exciting neighborhoods. Visit Domino Park, Cuban Memorial Boulevard and see the home of Miami’s first mayor. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Souvenir Maps and Plates
Thursday, April 21 at 6 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
Join HistoryMiami for the opening our latest exhibit. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Members: Free Non-Members: $10
RSVP by April 18 to 305-375-5356 or membership@historymiami.org.

Discovery Day: For the Birds
April 22 from 9 am – 5 pm
Celebrate Earth Day! Join HistoryMiami for an intimate look at Miami’s first tourists- the birds. Learn about their migration and habits as well as conservation efforts to protect them. Enjoy making freestanding models of our fine feathered friends and a trip to Simpson Park.
Members: $35 Non-Members: $45
Free before and after care (8:30-9 am and 5-5:30 pm)
To register, call 305-375-1629, email: education@historymiami.org, or online at www.historymiami.org.

Symposium: Evolution of The Modern Jury Trial
Friday, April 22 at 4pm
Dade County Courthouse,73 West Flagler, Miami
HistoryMiami’s 11th Judicial Historical Society invites you to a panel discussion led by renowned trial attorney Ervin A. Gonzalez about the increased role technology has in modern trial practice.
Free and open to the public.
RSVP to 305-375-1614 or 11JCHS@historymiami.org.

Stiltsville, Key Biscayne & Cape Florida Lighthouse Boat Tour
Saturday, April 23 from 10 am – 1 pm
Bayside Marketplace, 401 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
Voted best tour by the Miami New Times. Enjoy this beautiful boat trip with HistoryMiami’s historian Dr. Paul George to one of Miami’s hidden gems—Stiltsville, a remnant community of seven houses perched on stilts in the middle of the turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay. Advance reservations and payment required.
Members: $44 Non-Members: $49 Children: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

71st Annual Membership Meeting
Thursday, April 28 at Noon
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
HistoryMiami invites you to celebrate “Miami Stories” through the eyes of members of the community, which came from around the world to make our city their home. Miami Stories is part of a joint project between HistoryMiami, Miami Herald, The Weiser Family Foundation and Arva Moore Parks, to bring people together through history. Light refreshments and lunch will be included with admission.
Members: $6 Non-Members: $12
RSVP by April 21 to 305-375-5356 or rsvp@historymiami.org.

Secrets of Miami City Cemetery
Saturday, April 30 from 10 am – 12 pm
1800 NE 2 Avenue, Miami
Join HistoryMiami’s guide Nathan Samuels as he leads you through this historic graveyard. Hear about graveyard customs from other cultures including Mexico’s Day of the Dead. Learn about the people buried here and see the resting places of some well-known inhabitants, including the Burdine family, Julia Tuttle, Bernard Mackey of the Inkspots Quartet; Judge Lawson Thomas, first black judge in the South; and Richard Toomey, Miami’s first black lawyer. Park inside the cemetery front gate. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Missing Merrill Stevens: Miami River Presentation
Saturday, April 30 at 1 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
HistoryMiami invites you to learn the fate of East Coast Fisheries, Merrill Stevens Boatyard, and other disappearing landmarks on the Miami River. View slides of pioneer life and modern architecture along the ever changing Miami River by Dr. Elliot Salloway and historian Dr. Paul George. Advance reservations suggested.
iscounted parking available at 50 NW 2 Avenue.
RSVP to 305-375-1621 or citytours@historymiami.org.
Members: Free Non-Members: Free with general Admission ($8)

Wine Down Wednesdays
Every first Wednesday of the month from 5 – 8pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
Don’t sit in rush hour traffic when you can be drinking wine, listening to live music and mingling with other professionals at HistoryMiami.
Free parking at 50 NW 2 Ave.
Free and open to the public.
Members: Complimentary Glass Of Wine
RSVP to 305-375-1614 or rsvp@historymiami.org

HistoryMiami Event Listings March

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HistoryMiami Event Listings – Spring/ Summer 2011

South Beach Art Deco Walk
Saturday, March 5 from 10 am – 1 pm
News Café, 800 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Experience South Beach’s landmark Ocean Drive with HistoryMiami as historian Dr. George acquaints you with Art Deco hotels and returns you back to the 1930s and 40s. Relax inside the Essex Hotel and see the Wolfsonian museum’s frozen fountain. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Women’s History Metromover Tour
Sunday, March 6 from 1 – 3 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Celebrate Women’s History Month with HistoryMiami and travel on the Metromover to famous sites dedicated to pioneering women Julia Tuttle, Mary Brickell, Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Roxcy Bolton with guide Sylvia Gurinsky. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Symposium: Ripped From The Headlines
Friday, March 11 at 8:30 am
Dade County Courthouse, Courtroom 6-1, 73 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami’s 11th Judicial Circuit Historical Society invites you to step inside the courtroom where Giuseppe Zangara stood on trial for the attempted assassination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and where William Lozano, Miami Police officer, stood on trial for the murder of a motorcyclist. Learn about the media’s role in Miami courtrooms today.
Free and open to the public.
RSVP to 305-375-1614 or 11JCHS@historymiami.org.

Secrets of Coconut Grove Walk
Saturday, March 12 from 10 am – 1 pm
Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami
Discover the charming history and hidden secrets of one of Miami’s original settlements, Cocoanut Grove as you walk with HistoryMiami and historian Dr. Paul George. Visit the memorable sites including the Peacock Inn, Millionaire’s Row, and the Barnacle, the preserved home of Commodore Ralph Munroe. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Family Fun Day: Reflections of Florida
Saturday, March 12 from Noon – 5 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Come see the new exhibit at HistoryMiami Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865-1965 as you capture old Florida on canvas with special guests from Young at Art Children’s Museum. Join these artists and create your own colorful masterpieces throughout the afternoon.
Free and open to the public.
Info: Call: 305-375-1629 or email: education@historymiami.org

Stiltsville, Key Biscayne & Cape Florida Lighthouse Boat Tour
Sunday, March 13 from 10 am – 1 pm
Bayside Marketplace, 401 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
Voted best tour by the Miami New Times. HistoryMiami invites you to enjoy this beautiful boat trip with historian Dr. Paul George to one of Miami’s hidden gems—Stiltsville, a remnant community of seven houses perched on stilts in the middle of the turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay.
Members: $44 Non-Members: $49 Children: $25
Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Spring Camp: Reflections of South Florida
March 14 – 18, 2011 from 9am – 5 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Our region has many lush, watery and beautiful vistas. With inspiration from HistoryMiami’s new exhibit, Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865-1965, campers will create paintings of Biscayne Bay,
downtown Miami, and other local sites. The week will include a visit to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, where campers will enjoy an exciting tram tour throughout the gardens and make colorful naturalistic portraits.
Camp Rates:
Members: $165/week Non-Members: $190/week
Free before and after care (8:30-9 am and 5-5:30 pm)
To register, call 305-375-1629, email: education@historymiami.org, or online at www.historymiami.org.

Disc Signing & Wine Pairing Salon
Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30 pm
Riviera Country Club, 1155 Blue Road, Coral Gables
HistoryMiami invites you to enjoy a private wine pairing dinner experience and disc signing ceremony featuring photographer Rob Gage, a 30 year veteran advertising photographer.
RSVP to 305-375-1619 or rsvp@historymiami.org.
C100 Member Invitation Only

Elliott Key & Boca Chita Eco Boat Adventure
Saturday, March 19 from 9 am – 4 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami invites you to enjoy a close-up view of Elliott Key from the water and then choose to go ashore at Boca Chita, or stay with the boat and go snorkeling for an hour at a wreck. Relax in an air-conditioned luxury coach with eco-historian Frank Schena as you travel to Biscayne National Park and embark on a 3-hour boat tour of Elliott Key and Boca Chita.
Members: $59 Non-Members: $64
Maximum capacity is limited to 45.
Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Little Havana Cuban Cuisine & Culture Walk
Sunday, March 20 from 10 am – 1 pm
Torch Monument, Across From Nuevo Siglo Market, 1305 SW 8 Street, Miami
Join HistoryMiami and explore Cuban culture with guide Pepe Menendez. Walk through this dynamic neighborhood, as you sample the food and coffee. Visit the monuments and glimpse inside a cigar factory that still employs hand rollers. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Secrets of Courtroom 6-1
Thursday, March 24 from 4 – 5 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami invites you to join historian Dr. Paul George and11th Circuit Court historian Judge Scott Silverman for a tour inside the newly restored Miami-Dade County Courthouse Room 6-1. Within these walls Guiseppe Zangara was convicted of trying to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt and Al Capone faced justice for tax evasion.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Lecture: Southern Romanticism and Historical Florida Painting
Thursday, March 24 at 6:30 PM
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865-1965 from the collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown currently on display at HistoryMiami join Jay Williams, the former Gary R. Libby Curator of Art at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, as he presents an interpretive view of the Cici and Hyatt Brown collection and its relationship to Romanticism as an international, national, and local phenomenon.
Free and open to the public.
Info/RSVP: email: e.info@historymiami.org
Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865-1965 from the collection of Cici and Hyatt Brown is organized by the Museum of Art & Sciences, Daytona Beach.

Centennial Fort Lauderdale Bonnet House and Gardens Eco Coach Tour
Saturday, March 26 from 10 am – 2 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami’s Eco-historian Frank Schena leads you on a coach trip to one of the country’s most endangered sites – the Bonnet House. The house, owned by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, is full of delightful decorative elements and personal treasures. Bring your picnic lunch.

Members: $44* Non-Members: $49
*Rate also applies to Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society Members

Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Croquet & Cocktails
Sunday, March 27 at 4 pm
Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach

Join HistoryMiami’s Flagler Street Society for their signature fundraising event, Croquet & Cocktails. Enjoy croquet, live entertainment, refreshing cocktails and savory local fare!

General Admission: $25
Flagler Street Society members including VIP benefits: $25
VIP: $45
White attire suggested.

RSVP by March 21
For event details, sponsorship or underwriting opportunities, call 305-375-5356 or email: membership@historymiami.org

Centennial Fort Lauderdale Intracoastal Boat Tour
Sunday, March 27 from 9 – 11 am
Riverfront, Las Olas, Fort Lauderdale
Celebrate Fort Lauderdale’s Centennial with a cruise along the New River, with HistoryMiami and historian Dr. Paul George. View the site of two forts, from which the city derives its name, as well as Birch State Park, and Bonnet House.
Members: $44* Non-Members: $49 Children: $25
*Rate also applies to Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society Members
Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Centennial Fort Lauderdale Stranahan House Walk
Sunday, March 27 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Stranahan House, 355 Se Sixth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Celebrate Fort Lauderdale’s Centennial with HistoryMiami! Join historian Dr. Paul George for a walk at this charming house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. See antiques owned by the family of Fort Lauderdale’s first postmaster, Frank Stranahan, and his wife Ivy Cromartie. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20* Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org
*Rate also applies to Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society Members

Centennial Fort Lauderdale Historical Society Walk
Sunday, March 27 from 1 pm – 2 pm
Riverfront, Las Olas, Fort Lauderdale
Celebrate Fort Lauderdale’s Centennial with HistoryMiami and historian Dr. Paul George along the tree-shaded banks of the New River, and a visit to the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society’s museum, housed in Broward’s oldest tourist hotel. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20* Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org
*Rate also applies to Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society Members

Wine Down Wednesdays
Every first Wednesday of the month from 5 – 8pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami
Don’t sit in rush hour traffic when you can be drinking wine, listening to live music and mingling with other professionals at HistoryMiami.
Free parking at 50 NW 2 Ave.
Free and open to the public.
Members: Complimentary Glass Of Wine
RSVP to 305-375-1614 or rsvp@historymiami.org

Betsey Johnson’s Midsummer Night’s Dream by WFK 3/12/11

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Wasabi Fashion Kult Presents: Betsey Johnson “Midsummer Night’s Dream”
March 12th, 2011 at 10pm (after ArtWalk)
CONTROL Salon & Gallery
2812 N. Miami Ave, FL 33127
Free Admission
Open bar 10-11pm
Link with info.

A living fashion sculpture show featuring Betsey Johnson’s 2011 Spring Collection.
“Lose Control” Sculpture Garden Party// “Midsummer Night’s Dream” living fashion sculpture.

Wasabi Fashion Kult presents “Midsummer Night’s Dream” a living fashion sculpture show making it’s debut at CONTROL Salon’s “Lose Control” garden party. A fashion exhibit transformed into an enchanted garden party, where beautiful fairies dressed with Betsey Johnson and styled with the romance and poetic scent of a midsummer night’s dream will bring the garden into life. The magical scenery will be captured on Kazilla’s canvas as she paints the mystical creatures live.

Please join us for this fantasy event where fashion, music, and art dress the night. Other installations will be presented by Monica L. Travis, Zusel Escriba, Rachel Page, Jason Peterman. Music by DJ Caroline Geys (Off the Radar & Kill Your Idol,) Haitian Hillbilly, and Desiree.

Art for All British Posters for Transport Member Preview And Reception 4/14/11

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‘Art For All: British Posters For Transport’
Explores The Evolution Of Transport Posters In Twentieth-Century Britain
members’ preview and reception
April 14, 2011 at 6pm
The Wolfsonian
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

Exhibition to Open at The Wolfsonian–FIU April 15, 2011

Art for All presents more than eighty masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, many of them donated to the Yale Center by Henry S. Hacker, Yale College, Class of 1965. In addition, the installation will include works from The Wolfsonian collection that complement the exhibition. To inaugurate the show, The Wolfsonian is hosting a members’ preview and reception on April 14, 2011 at 6pm, featuring introductory remarks by the exhibition’s curator, Teri J. Edelstein.

The Wolfsonian–Florida International University presents Art for All: British Posters for Transport, an exhibition that explores the evolution of transport posters in twentieth-century Britain, and features outstanding examples executed for both the London Underground and the British railways. The exhibition, on view from April 15, 2011 through August 14, 2011, is organized by the Yale Center for British Art.

Art for All traces the changing graphic styles from the second decade of the twentieth century through the 1970s and highlights specific features such as the career of Edward McKnight Kauffer, the work of women artists, how the posters were initially displayed, and the larger implications of these advertising campaigns. “Art for All continues The Wolfsonian’s exploration of the role that graphic design—and design in general—plays in shaping our everyday life experiences,” notes Sarah Schleuning, The Wolfsonian’s curator. “The London Underground’s diverse yet distinct advertising campaign to encourage ridership and promote goodwill among citizens is considered one of the landmark design programs in modern history.”

In 1908 under the leadership of Frank Pick, the London Underground (later, London Transport), began a promotional campaign that became one of the most successful, adventurous, and best sustained branding operations ever attempted. The posters commissioned by Pick engendered goodwill and encouraged ridership on the public transport system. They also helped to foster a civic identity for the city of London.

A string of major artists, including Edward McKnight Kauffer, Frederick Herrick, Hans Schleger, and Anna Zinkeisen worked for Pick. From 1923—when numerous British railway companies were amalgamated into four lines: the Great Western Railway (GWR), the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and the Southern Railway (SR)—until the nationalization of the railways in 1948, the “Big Four” followed Pick’s lead in mounting their own poster campaigns. While none of the British rail lines matched the scope and ambition of the Underground campaign, some of the same artists, such as Kauffer, and Walter Spradbery, also designed for the mainline railways. Other no less gifted artists, such as Tom Purvis and Frank Newbould, created extraordinary graphics for the railways.

The title of the show, Art for All, is taken from an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1948 (organized by the V&A and London Transport), which featured original works of art, the maquettes for the posters. This exhibition contains the art truly seen by all: the posters themselves.

CREDITS
Art for All: British Posters for Transport is organized by the Yale Center for British Art and curated by Teri J. Edelstein, Principal, Teri J. Edelstein Associates Museum Strategies.

The Wolfsonian is located at 1001 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL. Admission discount in effect through April 14, 2011: $5 for adults; $3.50 for seniors, students, and children age 6 -12; and free for Wolfsonian members, State University System of Florida staff and students with ID, and children under six. The museum is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from noon-6pm; Friday from noon-9pm; and is closed on Wednesday. Contact us at 305.531.1001 or visit us online at www.wolfsonian.org for further information.

Boudoir Girls And Pin-Up Dolls 3/19/11

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Boudoir Girls And Pin-Up Dolls
March 19, 201, 7pm to 11pm
Howard Austin Feld Gallery
309 23rd St. South Beach
TheBoudoirDiaries.com

Boudoir And Pin-up Photography

ART 33139 Presents: Meet the PIN-UP DOLLS at Howard Austin Feld’s Gallery Block Party… It will be a rockabilly time, with giggle water, the jukebox and an after party at Mokai… (right next door) Wear your favorite Pin Up/Boudoir outfit and you could win a $1000 H.A.F. Photo shoot! Palm Court 309 23 St South Beach March,19 7-11pm. Over 7000sq feet of exhibiting artists! Special exhibit by Tomas Loewy and Maria Lankina.

Locust Projects presents TYPOE Purgatory (false ceiling) 3/12/11

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TYPOE: Purgatory (false ceiling)
Opening reception: Saturday, March 12th, 7-10pm
Locust Projects, Inc
155 NE 38th Street Suite 100
Miami, Fl 33137

Through April 30, 2011

Locust Projects is pleased to present Purgatory (false ceiling), a new project by infamous Miami graffiti artist TYPOE. In his most ambitious undertaking to date, TYPOE will present a site-specific installation featuring a dropped ceiling covering Locust Projects’ 2,700 square foot gallery space on which he will create an adaption of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.

Purgatory (false ceiling) will present street art in a gallery space, and continue the artist’s exploration of religious and popular iconography. Taking the Sistine Chapel as a starting point, TYPOE will adapt aspects of Michelangelo’s masterpiece using paint, text and collage, infusing elements of his own style and experience. Using a street art practice known as “wheat pasting,” the artist will affix images printed on paper to the dropped ceiling. Combined, the architectural installation and imagery will convey parallel cultural and autobiographical narratives.

TYPOE is the street name adopted by the Miami-based artist. Recent exhibitions include Bang, Bang, Spinello Gallery, Miami, FL and the group exhibitions Manifest Equality, Los Angeles, CA; Abracadabra, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL; and From Gutter to Gallery, Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, FL. He is the co-founder of Primary Flight, which organizes a site-specific, street level mural exhibition annually in the Wynwood and Miami Design Districts.

Edge Zones // Project Space Presents Cosmic She-ness Opening 3/12/11

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Opening Reception for Cosmic She-ness
Saturday, March 12, 2011, from 7pm – 10pm
Edge Zones Art Center
47 NE 25th Street, Miami, Florida.

Edge Zones // Project Space Presents Cosmic She-ness, a Selection of Work from New York Based Artist Diana McClure

Edge Zones Art Center will present Cosmic She-ness, an exhibition by New York based artist Diana McClure, in the Project Space from March 12th – April 1st, 2011. The exhibition features selections from McClure’s recent body of work, Changing Woman (I’m Every Woman), which references both indigenous folklore in the form of the Changing Woman story of the Navajo, and the classic disco/R&B hit “I’m Every Woman” by Chaka Khan. Goddesses in this work are understood to act as representatives of the focus of the human mind, while icons allow a shorthand method of talking about ability, power and agency.

Engaging with the interconnectedness of concepts of Ashé, Shakti, Ch’i, The Holy Ghost, energy (sexual energy), Prana, essentially life force energy, the work explores the relationship between spiritual agency and the liberation of thought embodied in concepts of female divinity from around the world.

Using photography, small mixed media objects, and the re-contextualization of images and text as tools of construction, Cosmic She-ness continues to explore McClure’s fascination with taking the perceptual to immaterial levels.

Ms. McClure is an interdisciplinary artist who works in photography, mixed media, writing and web based projects. In 2009 she was a member of the Curatorial Committee for photoMiami, the international contemporary art fair for photo-based art, video & new media, and wrote the Living Arts column for the NewYorkTimes.com/LOCAL as part of a New York Times experimental project on hyperlocal and collaborative journalism. Diana has also written for Art Asia Pacific and The Studio Museum in Harlem magazine among others. She has received grants/fellowships from The New School for Social Research, The Mellon Foundation, and CUNY School of Journalism, although she was unable to attend.

Her photographic work has appeared in The Philadelphia African American Museum, The Los Angeles Times, Judy Chicago’s Envisioning the Future project, NYMAG.com, and in galleries across the United States. From 2007-2009 she founded and curated Cultureserve.net, a global art + culture news website that was a 2008 Finalist for a Creative Capital l Warhol Foundation – Arts Writers Grant. Diana holds a BA from Columbia University, an MA from The New School, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

At Capacity Opening Reception at MOCA NoMi 3/17/11

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Opening Reception
Thursday, March 17, 7-9 pm
Museum of Contemporary Art
770 NE 125 Street
North Miami | FL | 33161
RSVP Required: rsvp@mocanomi.org or 305 893 6211. Free for MOCA members, North Miami residents and City of North Miami employees; $10 non-members.

Shaker and Above members:
After Party in Honor of Open Process Artists, 10 pm.
The Shelbourne Beach Resort, 1801 Collins Avenue, South Beach. RSVP required.

Also on view: WORD Poetry Related Work in the Permanent Collection

Hernan Bas Exhibition at Fredric Snitzer Opening Reception 3/12/11

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Hernan Bas, The Forest for the Trees
Opening Reception: March 12, 2011, 7:30 – 10 pm
Fredric Snitzer Gallery
Gallery 2247 NW 1st Place
Miami, FL 33127
snitzer.com

Hernan Bas, A Forest Through the Forests, 2011

Fredric Snitzer Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Miami-born artist Hernan Bas. March 12 – April 14 2011

Though recently transplanted to Detroit, Michigan, Hernan Bas is still considered one of South Florida’s most celebrated artists and one of its most prolific—turning out many-layered compositions depicting naturalist themes, compelling subjects, and symbolism that is both manifest and mysterious. References to the Romantic poets, the American transcendentalists and mythology appear prominently in his work. His signature inspired landscapes reveal an abiding love for, and faith in the transformative powers of nature. But Bas’s landscapes are as concealing as they are revealing.

In the large-scale panoramic painting, The Road Ahead is Golden…Silver…Bronze, the largest work the artist has done to date, an isolated male figure sits by a stream nursing a bloodied shin. Not too far off, a white car comes to a stop having careened down a ravine, and further in the distance rusted bits of cars—shells of earlier wrecks—meld with the landscape like relics as a color palette of burnished gold, silver and bronze washes over the panels, weaving through the greens, blues and browns of swirled brushwork, both illuminating and abstracting the scene.

In this painting, and in other works in the show, the artist skillfully plays with the tension between what you see and what you don’t, as he aims to strike a new balance between abstraction and representation. For an artist heretofore interested in creating scenes with more focused narratives, this new interest in abstract issues is both a departure and an evolution.

Charles Burchfield’s uniquely rendered landscapes with their passionate expression and eerie qualities are strong influences here, as are the bold lines of block prints and silkscreen techniques that inform this new work. The artist includes several large-scale works on paper in the exhibition.

The Forest for the Trees continues through April 14, 2011.

Art and Design Night for Above and Beyond 3/12/11

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Art & Design Night for “Above & Beyond”
Saturday, March 12th, 7-10 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street,
Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our first exhibition of the year 2011! This group exhibition, titled “ABOVE & BEYOND” will feature 32 dazzling, emerging, contemporary artists from around the globe. Come & join us for a night full of art & design at Art Fusion Galleries & discover the beauty and passion of the fine arts as we continue to seduce and paint the world. Be sure to highlight this great event on your calendar.

Live Music by DJ Josh Nemcik
Complimentary Wine & Refreshments
Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking.

Spring Into Art 2011 3/11/11

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Spring Into Art 2011
Friday, March 11, 7:00 Pm
Lowe Art Museum
More Info.

$125 per person

Festive Food and Drink
Silent Auction of contemporary art by Miami’s leading artists, and
A Featured Gallery of exclusive America-inspired works

All proceeds will benefit the Lowe Art Museum
Please call 305 284 6756 for tickets and further information.

Gifford Lane Art Stroll 3/6/11

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Coconut Grove’s Other Art Festival
Gifford Lane between Oak and Day Avenues (3200 block)
Sunday, March 6th from 12 noon to five o’clock.

Gifford Lane Art Stroll Reappears for 13th Year as World’s Coolest Small Arts Festival

It’s the Grove the way the Grove once was. The lucky thirteenth annual celebration of the original Gifford Lane Art Stroll will burst into colors, smiles, and rocking music along one usually sleepy little block of Gifford Lane between Oak and Day Avenues (3200 block) on Sunday, March 6th from 12 noon to five o’clock.

The event features more than seventy visual artists displaying their works on the fences and in the front yards along the demure little lane, including a number of the finest artists in the region.

Sculpture, portraits, tile mosaics, large abstract paintings, photography, mixed media, and jewelry, as well as several specific art forms that have no name will be displayed along the shady lane in the informal tropical setting.

The Art Stroll has long established a strong reputation for first rate art that sells at amazingly affordable prices. Unlike some other street festivals, the Stroll is known among the artist community as a place where artists really come to sell and people come to buy. Artists line up to get in this show. All sorts of folks show up for the festivities: people from the next block, celebrities from the Beach, well-known City and County politicians, sports stars, and now people from out of state are showing up for what is called one cool art party.

Some neighbors open their homes to perfect strangers who want to just hang out and chat or maybe use the rest room or discuss any and everything under the sun.

This is one amazing place to buy tropical art and tuck it under your arm, but it is an even more remarkable place to just chill, sip endless glasses of intoxicating cucumber punch, or eat grilled shrimp on big skewers, have home cooked burgers, and participate in long leisurely political or philosophical conversations with absolute strangers, and then do some mean dancing in the street, and then dance a little more.

The live music is nonstop all afternoon and the tunes are sweet, sweeter, and sweetest. In addition to the Coconut Grove Juggling Exchange, there will also be a number of popular bands appearing, including: Twisted Willy; Denny Rowand, lead singer from Outta D’ Blues; Solar Dogs; Birds on a Wire; and The Transition Blues Band Unplugged. Additionally, other well-known musicians, including Izzy Buholzer, are expected to drop by and jam. There is plenty of street dancing as the party progresses. Live music, old style.

The legendary little Gifford Lane Art Stroll continues a Grove tradition of wild and crazy artists who defy convention to bring people together in a magical clearing under the trees. More than a decade ago, a half-dozen active artists lived on this block of Gifford. They started the tradition. Most of them have now moved away but a hearty band of neighbors-several dozen strong–meet frequently to carry on this most unlikely of all arts festivals.

Almost the only way you are going to hear about the Gifford Lane Art Stroll is by word of mouth. Each year thousands of people attend over the course of the afternoon. People who knew the Grove decades ago swear this is the closest thing you’re ever going to experience that looks and feels just exactly like the old Grove the way it was.

“We only have the Art Stroll one afternoon a year,” says founder Trina Collins, “but we now have residents who have purchased homes on the block because of the Art Stroll. It is all done by resident volunteers. In the months of January through March we have potluck suppers with 25 to 40 folks in people’s homes and have some amazing food and planning sessions. It is really quite remarkable how this little festival has brought so many diverse neighbors together. We all know each other as a result of this. It has made us a community. The Gifford Lane Art Stroll is a real friendly afternoon in Coconut Grove. Everybody should come out and buy some art and have some cucumber punch.”

Once again this year, all of the participating artists at the Art Stroll will be giving a percentage of their sales to two Grove charities-this percentage will be added to contributions made by the public and neighbors living on the block. The two benefiting Grove charities are the St. Stephen’s AIDS Ministry and the St. Alban’s Day Care Center in the Village West. Each year, the Art Stroll donates 100% of the proceeds to the charities. Last year more than $4,000 cash was donated. More than $30,000 has been contributed to Grove charities since the Art Stroll began.

The Gifford Lane Art Stroll promises to be a good hearted afternoon of delights under the leafy canopy on Sunday, March 6 from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. Be sure to be there.

Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr presents his Modern Art Gonzo Journalism 3/9/11

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Award-Winning Director & Fine Artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr presents his “Modern Art Gonzo Journalism”
Wednesday March 9, 2011, 7pm-9:30pm
Red Bar Gallery Brickell
52 SW 10th Street
Miami, FL 33130
Website.

Concurrent with Miami International Film Festival Week, meet Award-Winning Director Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr and see the Miami Premiere of his 18-minute short: “Crackhead Jesus : The Movie” winner of 2010 DBFF. Complimentary wine and hors d’oeuvres. Ladies Night. 7:30 – 9:30 Gallery Night spotlights the provocative fine art of Maverick Artist Victor-Hugo, creator of “Modern Art Gonzo Journalism” fusing the journalistic approach of Hunter S Thompson and the cryptic artwork of Salvador Dali. Major media outlets call Victor-Hugo a “modern-day Van Gogh…Picasso…and Warhol…” Vaca’s work consistently ranks in the top 1% of Google Image search for “Modern Art”. Experience this enlightening and thought provoking evening of film, art and music.

This is a FREE event. Complimentary hors d’oeuvres & wine. Wednesday is Ladies night with free champagne 8pm-10.

AVA Fine Art at Acoustic Architects presents Delray Artist William Debilzan 3/12/11

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AVA Fine Art @Acoustic Architects presents Delray Artist WILLIAM DEBILZAN
March 12th, 7-10
AVA Fine Art @ Acoustic Architects
271 NW 23rd Street, Miami, Fl 33127
Website.

William Debilzan is an abstract expressionist that has galleries in Key largo, Delray Beach, and Laguna Beach California. The Unique style of his Debilzan’s paintings relies heavily on the thoughtful composition and masterful use of color. The compositions themselves at first appear complex given the wide variety of textures, however the juxtaposition of the simplistic figurative elements serves to provide the viewer with an effortless, yet refined resolution.

Purple Sunday Creative exchange 3/13/11

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Purple Sunday – Creative exchange
3/13/11, 12pm – 7pm
Redland koi Gardens
25600 sw 147th ave.
Homestead, FL 33032
Website.

MIAMI’S HIDDEN ARTISTIC TALENT SHINES ON PURPLE SUNDAYS
Purple Sunday is a creative arts exchange festival held to showcase Miami’s hot, upcoming artistic talent, to be held in the beautiful Redlands Koi Gardens in Homestead, Florida on March 13th, 2011. “Purple Sunday is about providing opportunity and showing people what the real Miami has to offer,” says organizer and founder Alicia Hugh. “People can come see great art work, unique lifestyle goods, and live music, but more importantly, they can meet the creators, find out what inspires them, and allow themselves to become a part of the story,” revels Ms. Hugh.

Purple Sunday artists and designers have been featured in print publications such as the New Times and Miami Herald, as well as online publications such as www.thrillist.com, and have been present at local art events like The Wynnwood Market. “We want Purple Sunday to become a name synonymous with great local art and design, where artists and vendors, whether advancing or well-noted, can come to exchange creative ideas, network, and showcase their work,” adds co-founder Rachel Hugh.

Purple Sunday was birthed in April 2009, when sisters Alicia and Rachel Hugh, with a handful of friends, realized their creative work had no platform or outlet to show the public. The first event took place in a neighbourhood backyard, with only a handful of vendors and approximately 80 attending. The first event generated so much attention and demand that Ms. Hugh organized the second just months after, in July 2009, and changed the venue to the Redland Koi Gardens to accommodate more guests. Ten vendors were booked and 250 people attended. This year they are approximating to have 20 vendors and at least 400 people attend.

For further information and vendor details, please contact Alicia Hugh at info@purplesunda yfestival.com , or check out our website at www.purplesundayfestival.com

The French Erotic Circus of Jacques Faifer Opening 3/10/11

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The French Erotic Circus of Jacques Faifer
Opening Reception
Thursday, March 10, 7pm – 10pm
1205 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
At the corner of Washington Avenue and 12th Street

Adults………………………………..$15.00
Seniors over 60 (with I.D.)…$14.00
Students (with I.D.)……………$13.50
Members FREE

The passion and inherent fun of a young man finding his way to art clearly define the colorful paintings of the late Jacques Faifer. An artist who first saw the beginning of a life-long love of the arts in 1931 when at the age of 8 he entered a Montmartre department store drawing contest and won first prize, it was several years later that his colorful oils and sculptures were to take him to such major Paris galleries and antique stores as La Triade and Drouet on the Rue du Fauborg Saint-Honore, Les Independents at Place des Vosges, Rec on Rue Charlemagne, La Palette d’ Or and to such prominent Deauville galleries as the Royal and Danilelle Gautier.

With a life defined by World War II where he hid in a monastery in the south of France as a member of the French Resistance providing false IDs for Jewish people to escape the Nazi-occupied country, Faifer, returned to his love of painting, frequently to be found at Paris’ famed Cligancourt Flea Market area where he shared the worlds of such famed contemporaries as Alain Bonnefoit, Henry Lantier, Siniecky, Monique Morelli, Aragon, and Leo Ferre. As a true “Bon Vivant” and through his favorites themes of clowns, the circus, the carnival and, not surprisingly, erotic nudes, Faifer established himself as one of the most important and endearing artists of his time.
Exhibition on view through April 30, 2011

Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Lou’s Beer Garden Artist Showcase on 3/3/11

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Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of Lou’s Beer Garden Artist Showcase on Thursday, March 3, 2011.   This was the launch of their monthly art showcase to be held first Thursday of every month.  This month they featured art by JC Bravo and Adam C. Schrimmer.  Lou’s Beer Garden is located 7337 Harding Avenue, Miami Beach, behind a historical hotel, The New Hotel.

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his facebook page, click here.

The Super Punch Tarot exhibition opens 3/5/11

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The Super Punch Tarot this Saturday, March 5, 2011 from 7-10pm!
The Super Punch Tarot
Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery
inside/upstairs at TATE’S Comics+Toys+Videos+More
4566 North University Drive / Lauderhill, Florida 33351

On exhibit: March 5 – April 23, 2011

Link to Show Flyer | RSVP on facebook

Curated by Super Punch blogman John Struan!
Check out his blog at superpunch.blogspot.com

Sneak preview of artwork will be available for online purchase, Friday, March 4th at 9am

Artwork by an international group of super punchy artists: Aaron Miller; Adam Koford; Bethalynne Bajema; Brent Engstrom; Brent Nolasco; Brigid Ashwood; Britt Wilson; Casey Weldon; Cormac McEvoy; Dan Goodsell; Dave Perillo; Dean Reeves; E.G. Gauger; Eric Wirjanata; Franco Brambilla; Geoffrey Trapp; Geoffrey Trapp; Heather Hudson; J. Shea; Jason Chalker; Jerrod Maruyama; Jerrod Maruyama; Joe Alterio; Justin Van Genderen; Kat Brunnegraff; Ken Turner; M.S. Corley; Mario Graciotti; Meghan Murphy; Melita Curphy; Mindy Lee; Nancy Dorsner; Roman Laney; Rosemary Travale; San Smith; Santiago Matias Caruso; Squink!; Steam Crow; Stephanie Buscema; Sven Ruthner; The Beast Brothers and MORE!

Marcus, di•chotomous a solo exhibition Opening Reception 3/10/11

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Marcus, di•chotomous | a solo exhibition
Opening Reception : MARCH 10, 2011 | 6:00 – 10:00 PM
Markowicz Fine Art
1 NE 40th Street #5
DESIGN DISTRICT
Miami, FL 33137

Exhibition on view: March 11 – April 5 2011

Marcus’ career has greatly grown throughout recent years… He has placed work in prominent collections throughout the US as well as Europe- including celebrities and NBA stars. His work has been shown in museums across the country, including the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s Annual Juried Competition Exhibition. Marcus’ paintings can be seen in galleries in New York and Denver. His work can also be seen in nationally recognized publications as well as published competitions, such as Studio Visit Magazine.

This exhibition at Markowicz Fine Art follows his impressive showing at Arts For a Better World, during Art Basel Week this past December. With an array of works, created throughout 2009, 2010 and 2011, it is anticipated to be one of the best exhibitions in Miami this season.

We are proud to annonce that 20% of proceeds from of the retail price of exhibition sales will be donated to Hadassah of Greater Miami.

Peggy Levison Nolan Exhibition Reception for the Artist 3/10/11

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Peggy Levison Nolan (Thanks, But I’m) Just Looking
Reception for the Artist: Thursday March 10, 6-9pm
Dina Mitrani Gallery

Open Second Saturday Wynwood Art Walk,
March 12, 2-9pm

March 10 – April 23, 2011

Dina Mitrani Gallery is proud to present Peggy Levison Nolan: (Thanks, But I’m) Just Looking opening with a reception for the artist on Thursday, March 10, 2011 from 6 – 9pm. This is Nolan’s second solo exhibition at the gallery and will be on view through April 23, 2011.

Continuing her search for beauty and poetry in life’s ordinariness, Nolan exhibits various photographic formats illustrating her almost obsessive act of observing what is around her on a daily basis. She explores the concept of narrative in her series of photographs of the amaryllis flowers that grow in her backyard. This series, approximately thirty 8 x 8 inch prints, depicts her investigative way of looking, studying the everyday phenomenon of nature’s life cycles. Another way the artist is probing her process is by experimenting with the panoramic format. With these rectangular images, she is able to obtain more information within the camera’s frame, capturing more life and its details. In this exhibition, we see new formats alongside her signature square format photographs, but Nolan is still capturing everyday people, places and things in a manner that makes them worthy of our special attention.

Nolan’s work is included in collections such as the MOMA in New York, the San Francisco MOMA and the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington DC. Her work was most recently exhibited at the Miami Art Museum, and has just been acquired by the Harn Museum at the University of Florida. She participated in By and About Women, a portfolio of 10 photographs that included notable women photographers such as Helen Levitt, Carrie May Weems and Mary Ellen Mark. Nolan has received numerous grants and awards including the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship and has been teaching photography at Florida International University for over 10 years.

For more information, please contact the gallery.
www.dinamitranigallery.com

image above: Peggy Levison Nolan, Untitled, 2010, (tomato), c-print, edition 6.

Citizens Interested in Arts to host 2011 luncheon at Fontainebleau 3/8/11

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Judy Drucker, Beloved Impresaria Of South Florida’s Classical Music World, To Be Honored As “Champion Of The Arts” By Citizens Interested In Arts, Inc. (Cia)

Annual membership luncheon to be held on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Fontainebleau Hotel

Acknowledging her more than 40 years as South Florida’s peerless presenter of classical music and dance, Judy Drucker, internationally famed impresaria and friend to scores of the world’s most honored musical artists, will be the recipient of the Citizens Interested in Arts (CIA) 2011 Champion of the Arts Award at the organization’s annual fund-raising membership luncheon on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at Fontainebleau Hotel.

Currently busy re-launching her long-time Concert Association of Florida which will be presenting a mix of four classical and dance events to be held at both the Fillmore Miami Beach and the New World Center, Drucker is universally regarded as among the nation’s most driving forces in capturing the world’ greatest symphony orchestras, opera singers and dance companies for presentation to both Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. Along the way of the more than 40 years since she began a series at Miami Beach’s Temple Beth Sholom, Drucker created long-time friendships with such classical icons as Artur Rubenstein, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Pavarotti, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherand, Renee Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Pinchas Zukerman.

Now in its 12 year, the 2011 CIA luncheon, chaired by Lenore Toby-Simmons with Hollis Friemark, co-chair, will mark another step forward in their ever-growing reputation as one of the key South Florida organizations that devote total efforts and funds to financially support the diverse array of performance and visual arts organizations that color our community. To date, CIA, with a membership numbering nearly 300 volunteers with no paid employees, has recorded $600,000 in grants.

Reservations are $85 with Patron tickets $100. Checks may be payable to Citizens Interested in Arts, Inc., attention Madelyn Fradkin 20350 West Country Club Drive #4-119 Aventura, Fl, 33160 or by calling Lenore 305-733-0061

Art Indulgence WMC 2011 Edition 3/9/11

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Art Indulgence WMC 2011 Edition
Wednesday – March 9, 2011 (2pm-4am)
Moonchine Bistro+Bar+71Lounge
7100 Biscayne Blvd
Miami,FL 33138
moonchine.com

Moonchine Would Like To Invite Everyone Out March 9TH

SanedracHunter Presents: WMC 2011 Art Indulgence

SanedracHunter invites you out to join with world class music guests DJ Sets – while emerging in Art, Fire, and Canvas at Moonchine – Miami’s choice indoor/outdoor space with unique drinks and Asian cuisine bistro also boasting a VOID sound sSee More
SanedracHunter Presents: WMC 2011 Art Indulgence.

lyde Butcher Exhibition at CVC Lecture and Book Signing 3/12/11

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Clyde Butcher Exhibition at CVC – Lecture and Book Signing March 12
March 12, 2011, 6:30pm
Center for Visual Communication
541 NW 27 Street
Miami, FL 33127
www.visual.org

Join us for a rare Miami appearance by Master Photographer Clyde Butcher on Saturday, March 12 as we celebrate his new images from Across America.

We are pleased to announce our upcoming exhibition Clyde Butcher: Across America featuring new images by the Dean of Florida photographers.

His new dramatic images are the fruits of a five year project to photograph America’s most cherished natural places.

Clyde Butcher is recognized nationally as the foremost artist working in the tradition of the great landscape photographers.
He has received numerous awards and has often been cited as a contemporary Ansel Adams or Edward Weston.

The opening events for the exhibition include a slide lecture by the artist followed by a reception and book signing.
Both are open to the public. Reservations are required for both and there is a $10 fee for the lecture.

Departing from Florida, where he has earned a reputation as staunch supporter of the environment as well as a consummate artist, Butcher now invites us to experience entirely new environments with extremes of altitude, geology, temperature and light. For the past five years Butcher has traveled across the country exploring the majestic drama of our National Parks and open spaces. Spanning the four corners of the United States from Maine to California and from Florida to Washington he has made over 1,500 negatives to date with his custom built film cameras for this project.

Butcher’s photographs seem larger than life, like the artist himself, and compel us to step into the places he depicts. His unique talent is that he sees and feels vistas that sing the spirit of place. The artist’s sixth sense draws out the power and essence of the places he photographs.

Butcher’s large scale photographs are permanently on view in many of the state’s public buildings including the Capitol, airports and museums. His books and prints can be found in the homes and offices of some of our most influential decision makers from legislators to corporate chairmen. Numerous museums around the country and the world have presented solo exhibitions of his work.

For fifty years Butcher has used large format view cameras similar to those used by Jackson, O’Sullivan, and Watkins – the men who accompanied Lewis and Clark and other explorers who widened the boundaries of a growing America. 150 years ago they sent home sent home astounding images that whet our appetite to experience these places ourselves. Butcher, with his heightened sense of drama, gives us just such images today – images that let us see these places as if for the first time, with an intensity that often escapes the casual visitor.

Butcher’s photographs are imbued with the spirit of unfettered possibilities – the same spirit that beckoned and challenged a nation of people to discover their future as they traveled west in awe and wonder through the American landscape. We are pleased to invite you to share this American spirit and vision.

Coconut Grove Art Stroll 3/5/11

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Coconut Grove Art Stroll
Saturday, March 5th, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Mayfair Promenade
2911 Grand Ave, Coconut Grove Florida
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Saturday Night at Coconut Grove Art Stroll
A Mix of Artists, Art Demonstrations, Live Music, Dance Performances, Street Magicians, and Food & Beverage Sampling. Free event at Mayfair in the Grove offers Activities for the Whole Family

7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. – Art Exhibits by locals and international artist Gallery Openings.
7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. – Street Magicians by The House of Flying Cards.
8:00 p.m. – 8.:30 p.m. – Serena Stroppa, an expressive pop/folk/rock, singer/songwriter
8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. – Sunday Quorum, one of Miami’s Premier Party Bands

On Saturday, March 5th, Coconut Grove Art Stroll once again will be offering a fabulous array of new artists and entertainers. Enjoy free food and beverages by some of Miami’s most popular restaurants and sponsors including Coconut Grove’s Milam’s Market, Pollo Tropical, and Miller Light Beer. Over 40 local and international artists will participate. To enrich the experience, festivities will include live music by Sunday Quorum, one of Miami’s Premier Party Bands. With a mix of rock, funk, blues and a little Latin flavor. Serena Stroppa, an expressive pop/folk/rock, singer/songwriter, will rock you off your feet! The House of Flying Cards will entertain the audience with ongoing street magic performances.

In addition” Artway66 Gallery” Set in a Modern Artist’s loft at the Mayfair promenade in Coconut Grove, ArtWay66 evokes a time when artists found inspiration and community in sharing their work, and philosophy with one another. The bohemian lifestyle fashioned life as a grand celebration, a feast of the senses to be shared and treasured. Together, artists found kinship over every Gallery exhibits and events, over cocktails, live music, artistic performance and conversation. During the Love Month Artway66 Gallery will host a one of a kind Art exhibit, “Different Strokes” presenting artists: Lea Alcantara, Johnny Valdes, Proman Garcia, Angel Alfonso, Luis Breso, Kurt Merkel, Arien Lopez, Haydee Pichardo, Candace Chloe, Joseph Lawrence Vasile, Trina Colins, Brent Miller, Alexander Calderon, Alfredo Cruz, Yampier Sardina and Miami Hottest Jewelry Designer Steven Anton Rahage, 16 Artists, 16 different styles. Special Live Music Presentation by: Silvia Dalessandro and Pepin Rivero, singer and acoustic guitars, Sunday Quorum, Serena Stroppa. Live Poetry by: Ariel Sakowitz and Keilah Rose Varona . Enjoy Open Bar and Tapas, all night long. Ask for your $50 toward the purchase of an art work at the gallery. Sponsored: by Pollo Tropical.

R.S.V.P Email at Artway66@Yahoo.com
www.artway66.com

GroveHouse Artist Gallery will be Presenting “The Chair Fair”
“Wine and cheese will be served”.
An exhibition by Members Artist from 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Grove Retrospective Gallery Featuring in March Fine Haitian Art Original Florida Highwaymen Art. Local Artist-Purvis Young.

Coconut Grove Art Festival Gallery. Will be presenting “Eco Abstraction” The Art of Scherley Buch.

This free monthly cultural event founded and directed by Johnny Valdes has proved to be an excellent way to spend a casual Saturday evening.

Some of the artists exhibiting works in the festival include Johnny Valdes, Proman Garcia, Barbara Cooper Hanson, Manuel Menendes, Arien Lopez, Phyllis Hain, Beradette Denoux, Daisy Rodriguez, Ana M Bikic, Rolando J. Mendez, William Mark Coulthard, Pedro Rivero and Vidal J. Rivero. Special exhibit by Venezuelan contemporary modern artist Miguel Angel Rubio presenting his new collection.

By presenting the event flyer, one may enter the raffle to win a free 60″ X 16″ Miami skyline panoramic photo by Johnny.

The Galleria Fort Lauderdale Spring for the Arts Calendar of Events April 2011

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Spring for the Arts
April, 2011
Galleria at Ft. Lauderdale
2414 East Sunrise Boulevard
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304

One-day arts showcase, April 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tickets are available for the kick-off celebration to benefit Funding Arts Broward on Tues., March 29 hosted by Truluck’s Ft. Lauderdale at The Galleria.

· Saturday, April 2 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Tri-Rail’s Senior Idol auditions
· Saturday, April 2 – Saturday, April 30 – Young at Art Museum (art showcase)
· Saturday, April 2 from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 – Jubilee Dance Theatre (dance)
· Sunday, April 3 from 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. – Life is Art (art show)
· Sunday, April 3 from 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Joi Street Dance (dance)
· Friday, April 8 from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. – Palms Center for the Arts (jazz band)
· Saturday, April 9 at 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Broward Dance Academy (dance)
· Saturday, April 9 from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Nest of Living Arts (dance)
· Sunday, April 10 from 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. – The Florida Special Arts Center (art show/sale)
· Wednesday, April 13 from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m. – Art & Culture Center of Hollywood (art show)
· Friday, April 15 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. – Ann Storck Center (art show/sale)
· Saturday, April 16 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. – ArtsUnited (art show)
· Saturday, April 16 from 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Fort Lauderdale Gay Men’s Chorus (concert)
· Saturday, April 16 from 4 p.m.- 5 p.m. – Fort Lauderdale Women’s Chorus (concert)
· Sunday, April 17 from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Symphony of the Americas (musical ensemble)
· Wednesday, April 20 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. – Gold Coast Watercolor Society (workshop)
· Saturday, April 23 from 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. – ArtServe (art show)
· Saturday, April 23 from 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre (theatrical performance)
· Saturday, April 23 from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.– Girl Choir of South Florida (concert)
· Thursday, April 28 from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. – Florida Grand Opera (musical performance)
· Friday, April 29 from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. – Le P’ti Club (showcase- documentary film, poetry, song)
· Saturday, April 30 from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Coral Springs Museum of Art (art show)
· Saturday, April 30 from 1 p.m. -2 p.m. – Nova Singers (concert)

Photographs of Miami’s Independent Thinkers Electroclectic on 3/2/11

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Miami’s Independent Thinkers presents Electroclectic Launch party at Cafeina on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.

Electroclectic is a collaborative New Media art exhibition showcasing South Florida’s premiere, emerging and young artists. To be held at Cafeina, Wynwood Lounge (297 Northwest 23rd Street Miami, FL 33127) in the Wynwood Exhibition Center (WEC), a 1,000-square-foot art gallery during March 2011 to coincide with Winter Music Conference and Masquerade Motel.

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Photographs of Wine Down Wednesday at HistoryMiami on 3/2/11

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Wine Down Wednesday at HistoryMiami on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.  Wine Down Wednesday takes place first Wednesday of the month.  This is a great place to network with young professionals while drinking wine and listening to live music.   This month they had Cat Shell performing and as usual she was amazing.  This is the perfect place to spend Wednesday evening, to unwind, have a glass of wine and listen to some amazing music.

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Wine Down Wednesday 3/2/11

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Wine Down Wednesday
March 2 from 5 – 8pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami

Mix, mingle and unwind at HistoryMiami while drinking wine, listening to live music by Cat Shell and browsing our new gallery Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865 – 1965.

Free General Admission
Members and County Employees Complimentary Glass of Wine
$15 open wine bar and light snacks $5 per glass

FREE Parking available at 50 NW 2nd Avenue

RSVP by May 2
Call (305) 375-1614 or email: rsvp@historymiami.org

Bird Road Art Walk A Behind-the-scenes look at the Creative Process 3/19/11

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March 19th Bird Road Art Walk, A Behind-the-scenes look at the Creative Process
Saturday, March 19, 7:00pm-10:00pm
Bird Road Art District
Most of the studios are located off of SW 75 Avenue, between SW 41 & SW 48 St.

On the third Saturday of each month the artists of the Bird Road Art District (BRAD)open their studios to host a monthly Art Walk from 7:00pm-10:00pm in one of Miami’s oldest art districts. Enjoy an exciting opportunity to go behind-the-scenes for a personal look at the creative process. During the Art Walks you have the chance to meet some of Miami’s best artists in their own creative spaces and the prospect of being among the first to view their newest artwork.

Enjoy complimentary cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres, plenty of free parking and our shuttle bus that will take you to each major studio hub throughout the night.

The Bird Road Art Walk showcases over 25 individual artists studios, a handful of galleries and alternative art spaces, art schools, an artist’s co-op, a few pop-up galleries and a live theater group that is scheduled to open in the spring of 2011.

The Bird Road Art District (BRAD) is located east of SW 75th Avenue, which runs alongside the Palmetto Expressway and between Bird Road (SW 40th St) and SW 48th St. The majority of the artist’s studios are located off of SW 75th Ave.

Start your Art Walk at any of these participating spaces:
Accent Alternative Art Space
Akuara Teatro Workshop
Art Works II
Aperture Studios
Carlos Antonio Rancano
Chavarriaga Fine Art Studio
Deadalus Art Projects
Erik Speyer Studio
Esteban Blanco Art Studio
Gina Guzman Stained Glass Studio
Ismael Gomez Peralta Studio
Lambertini Art
Luis Fuentes’ Radical Art Spot
Madero Art
MANO Fine Art Project Space
Miami Art Club
Nestor Arenas Fine Art
Nickel Glass Studio/Matthew Miller
Onate Art Gallery
Pablo Lazo Studio
Rafael Consuegra/Caudart Gallery & Studio
Ray Azcuy Art Studio
Romero Hidalgo Artists’ Studios
Tropical Art Gallery@Palmetto Carpet
The Warehouse/Roberto Bilbao
Valmar Design Studio

Getting there …
Traveling from the North
From I-75
Go south to 826, then south to Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

From I-95
Go south to 826, then south to Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

From the Florida Turnpike
Go south to 836, then east to 826 south, then to the Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

Traveling from the South
From US1
Go north to 826, then to Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

From 874
Go north to 826, then to Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

Traveling from the East
From I-95
Go south to 836, then west to 826 south, then to the Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

From Miami International Airport
Go west on 836 to 826 south, then to the Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left at first parking lot.

Traveling from the West
From Tamiami (8th St.)
Take the Florida Turnpike North to 836, then East to 826 south, then to the Bird Rd. exit. go east 1 block and turn right onto 74th Ct (Shell Station on corner) continue on 74th Ct, follow the curve and turn left into first parking lot.

Tell your friends about the new Bird Road Art Walk every third Saturday from 7:00-10:00 pm

Become a fan on facebook- Bird Road Art District
Follow us on twitter @BirdRoadArts.com

Website coming soon: http://www.thebirdroadartdistrict.com

Need More info? Call 305.467.6819

Miramar International Arts – Fest/2011 3/27/11

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Miramar International Arts – Fest/2011
Sunday March 27th, 2011, 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Crosstown Shoppes Skylight Dome
3448 Red road Miramar,Fl 33025
www.cacfl.org
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LE P’TI CLUB arts, entertainment & cultural organization (non-profit) will commemorate the 1st Anniversary of “LE P’TI CLUB DAY” in Miramar. This day was proclaimed by Miramar Mayor Lori Moseley last year.

This year’s celebration will take place on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at the Crosstown Skylight Dome, located at 3448 Red Road, Miramar, FL 33025. In collaboration with the Community Access Center, this event will increase the awareness of the connection between community and culture, and how the arts plays an important role in creating a wonderful bridge between both.

Artists will exhibit and perform during the event. There will be also the Haiti post-earthquake photographic display by Fotokonbit. Le P’Ti Club will also present an exciting calendar of events slated for 2011.

Support and participation from the community is strongly desired. This is a free event and all are welcomed.

Art exhibition by Sean Glenn & Robin White starting at 4:00pm until 6:30pm Art collectors best time to tour the exhibiton

Photography display by Fotokonbit
Haiti post earthquake

Music jam by: DJ Francois & DJ Alex

Cultural performances of:
Dance
Fashion & Hair show
Carnival costumes presentation

Food & Refreshments for a small fee

Free Admission

Contact: Jimmy # 754 423-6465
lepeticlub@aol.com
www.espacebrandt.com
www.cacfl.org

Press And Media Invitation:
-Sun Sentinel
-Miami Herald
-Broward Times
-Nbc6
-Sun Sentinel/Tribune Tv
-Wpbt2
-Uvu
-Island Tv
-Florida International Magazine

HistoryMiami Events March 2011

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HistoryMiami Event Listings – March

Wine Down Wednesday
March 2 from 5 – 8pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Mix, mingle and unwind at HistoryMiami while drinking wine, listening to live music by Cat Shell and browsing our new gallery Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865 – 1965. Experience the largest collection of South Florida paintings!
Free General Admission
Members and County Employees Complimentary Glass of Wine
$15 open wine bar and light snacks $5 per glass
FREE Parking available at 50 NW 2nd Avenue
RSVP by May 2
Call (305) 375-1614 or email: rsvp@historymiami.org

South Beach Art Deco Walk
Saturday, March 5 from 10 am – 1 pm
News Café, 800 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Experience South Beach’s landmark Ocean Drive with HistoryMiami as historian Dr. George acquaints you with Art Deco hotels and returns you back to the 1930s and 40s. Relax inside the Essex Hotel and see the Wolfsonian museum’s frozen fountain. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Women’s History Metromover Tour
Sunday, March 6 from 1 – 3 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Celebrate Women’s History Month with HistoryMiami and travel on the Metromover to famous sites dedicated to pioneering women Julia Tuttle, Mary Brickell, Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Roxcy Bolton with guide Sylvia Gurinsky. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Symposium: Ripped From The Headlines
Friday, March 11 at 8:30 am
Dade County Courthouse, Courtroom 6-1, 73 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami’s 11th Judicial Circuit Historical Society invites you to step inside the courtroom where Giuseppe Zangara stood on trial for the attempted assassination of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and where William Lozano, Miami Police officer, stood on trial for the murder of a motorcyclist. Learn about the media’s role in Miami courtrooms today.
Free and open to the public.
RSVP to 305-375-1614 or 11JCHS@historymiami.org.

Secrets of Coconut Grove Walk
Saturday, March 12 from 10 am – 1 pm
Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami
Discover the charming history and hidden secrets of one of Miami’s original settlements, Cocoanut Grove as you walk with HistoryMiami and historian Dr. Paul George. Visit the memorable sites including the Peacock Inn, Millionaire’s Row, and the Barnacle, the preserved home of Commodore Ralph Munroe. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Family Fun Day: Reflections of Florida
Saturday, March 12 from Noon – 5 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Come see HistoryMiami’s new exhibit Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865-1965 as you capture old Florida on canvas with special guests from Young at Art Children’s Museum. Join these artists and create your own colorful masterpieces throughout the afternoon.
Free and open to the public.
Info: Call: 305-375-1629

Stiltsville, Key Biscayne & Cape Florida Lighthouse Boat Tour
Sunday, March 13 from 10 am – 1 pm
Bayside Marketplace, 401 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
Voted best tour by the Miami New Times. HistoryMiami invites you to enjoy this beautiful boat trip with historian Dr. Paul George to one of Miami’s hidden gems—Stiltsville, a remnant community of seven houses perched on stilts in the middle of the turquoise waters of Biscayne Bay.
Members: $44 Non-Members: $49 Children: $25
Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Spring Camp: Reflections of South Florida
March 14 – 18, 2011 from 9am – 5 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Our region has many lush, watery and beautiful vistas. With inspiration from HistoryMiami’s new exhibit, Reflections: Paintings of Florida 1865-1965, campers will create paintings of Biscayne Bay, downtown Miami, and other local sites. The week will include a visit to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, where campers will enjoy an exciting tram tour throughout the gardens and make colorful naturalistic portraits.
Camp Rates:
Members: $165/week Non-Members: $190/week
Free before and after care (8:30-9 am and 5-5:30 pm)
To register, call 305-375-1629, email: education@historymiami.org, or online at www.historymiami.org.

Overnight Camp-In
Ongoing
6 pm Fridays to 9 am Saturdays
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
Embark on an overnight adventure at HistoryMiami! Campers will explore the galleries after dark and enjoy arts and crafts, skits and other interactive activities. See unique artifacts such as a 1920’s trolley as you sleep beneath a Seminole chickee or a colonial fort.
Choose from one of the following themes:
• Florida’s Fab Femmes: Women in History
• Sea Legs 101: Pirates in our Midst
• Camp Fire Takes: Stories of the Wild, Wild South
Camp-in rate:
Members: $45/child; $25/chaperone
Non-Members: $50/child; $30/chaperone
To register, call 305-375-1629, email: education@historymiami.org, or online at www.historymiami.org.

Disc Signing & Wine Pairing Salon
Wednesday, March 16 at 6:30 pm
Riviera Country Club, 1155 Blue Road, Coral Gables
HistoryMiami invites you to enjoy a private wine pairing dinner experience and disc signing ceremony featuring photographer Rob Gage, a 30 year veteran advertising photographer.
RSVP to 305-375-1619 or rsvp@historymiami.org.
C100 Member Invitation Only

Elliott Key & Boca Chita Eco Boat Adventure
Saturday, March 19 from 9 am – 4 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami invites you to enjoy a close-up view of Elliott Key from the water and then choose to go ashore at Boca Chita, or stay with the boat and go snorkeling for an hour at a wreck. Relax in an air-conditioned luxury coach with eco-historian Frank Schena as you travel to Biscayne National Park and embark on a 3-hour boat tour of Elliott Key and Boca Chita.
Members: $59 Non-Members: $64
Maximum capacity is limited to 45.
Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Little Havana Cuban Cuisine & Culture Walk
Sunday, March 20 from 10 am – 1 pm
Torch Monument, Across From Nuevo Siglo Market, 1305 SW 8 Street, Miami
Join HistoryMiami and explore Cuban culture with guide Pepe Menendez. Walk through this dynamic neighborhood, as you sample the food and coffee. Visit the monuments and glimpse inside a cigar factory that still employs hand rollers. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Secrets of Courtroom 6-1
Thursday, March 24 from 4 – 5 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami invites you to Join historian Dr. Paul George and11th Circuit Court historian Judge Scott Silverman for a tour inside the newly restored Miami-Dade County Courthouse Room 6-1. Within these walls Guiseppe Zangara was convicted of trying to assassinate Franklin Roosevelt and Al Capone faced justice for tax evasion.
Members: $20 Non-Members: $25
Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Lecture: Southern Romanticism and Historical Florida Painting
Thursday, March 24 at 6:30 PM
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami invites you to join Jay Williams, the Gary R. Libby Curator of Art at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, as he presents an interpretive view of the Cici and Hayatt Brown collection in light of Romanticism as an international, national, and local phenomenon.
Free and open to the public.
Info/RSVP: email: e.info@historymiami.org

Centennial Fort Lauderdale Bonnet House and Gardens Eco Coach Tour
Saturday, March 26 from 10 am – 2 pm
HistoryMiami, 101 West Flagler Street, downtown Miami
HistoryMiami’s Eco-historian Frank Schena leads you on this coach trip to one of the country’s most endangered sites – the Bonnet House. The house, owned by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, is full of delightful decorative elements and personal treasures. Bring your picnic lunch.
Members: $44* Non-Members: $49
*Rate also applies to Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society Members
Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Croquet & Cocktails
Sunday, March 27 at 4 pm
Fontainebleau Miami Beach, 4441 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach
Join HistoryMiami’s Flagler Street Society for their signature fundraising event, Croquet & Cocktails. Enjoy croquet, live entertainment, refreshing cocktails and savory local fare!
General Admission: $25
Flagler Street Society members including VIP benefits: $25
VIP: $45
White attire suggested.
RSVP by March 21
For event details, sponsorship or underwriting opportunities, call 305-375-5356 or
email: membership@historymiami.org

Centennial Fort Lauderdale Intracoastal Boat Tour
Sunday, March 27 from 9 – 11 am
Riverfront, Las Olas, Fort Lauderdale
Celebrate Fort Lauderdale’s Centennial with a cruise along the New River, with HistoryMiami and historian Dr. Paul George. View the site of two forts, from which the city derives it name, as well as Birch State Park, and Bonnet House.
Members: $44* Non-Members: $49 Children: $25
*Rate also applies to Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society Members
Advance reservations and payment required.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Centennial Fort Lauderdale Stranahan House Walk
Sunday, March 27 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Stranahan House, 355 Se Sixth Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Celebrate Fort Lauderdale’s Centennial with HistoryMiami! Join historian Dr. Paul George for a walk at this charming house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. See antiques owned by the family of Fort Lauderdale’s first postmaster, Frank Stranahan, and his wife Ivy Cromartie. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20* Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org
*Rate also applies to Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society Members

Centennial Fort Lauderdale Historical Society Walk
Sunday, March 27 from 1 pm – 2 pm
Riverfront, Las Olas, Fort Lauderdale
Celebrate Fort Lauderdale’s Centennial with HistoryMiami and historian Dr. Paul George along the tree-shaded banks of the New River, and a visit to the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society’s museum, housed in Broward’s oldest tourist hotel. Advance reservations suggested.
Members: $20* Non-Members: $25
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org
*Rate also applies to Ft. Lauderdale Historical Society Members

Private Group Tours
HistoryMiami offers customized boat, coach, walking, and bike tours for private groups led by historian Dr. George. Specialized tours not listed may be created to your group’s needs. All tours include a one-time free admission pass to The Museum for each member of your group.
Info/RSVP: Call: 305-375-1621 or email: citytours@historymiami.org

Friends Of Art Of The Um Lowe Art Museum Present Spring Into Art America 3/11/11

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Friends of Art of the um Lowe Art Museum present “Spring Into Art – America!”
March 11, 2011 at 7 pm
UM Lowe Art Museum
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables

Annual Auction to feature emerging talent, Wynwood artists, and Seadream Yacht Voyage

Spring Into Art, the annual silent art auction presented by Friends of Art UM Lowe Art Museum (1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables) will be held March 11, 2011 at 7 pm. It will be an evening rich in the talent that comprises the contemporary American and Miami Art Scene. More than 50 original works of art in all types of media put the finishing touch to the donations to this year’s cocktail party and auction. The event is $125 per person. All proceeds from the evening benefit Lowe.

18 of Miami’s nationally- and internationally-acclaimed artists are contributing pieces to celebrate their interpretations of this year’s theme, “America!” The artists are: Carlos Alves, Susan Banks, Jose Bedia, Carlos Betancourt, Martin Casuso, Joyce Chadroff, Xavier Cortada, Mark Diamond, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Sheila Elias, Lidia Godoi, Karl Hollinger, Ruben Torres Llorca, Aramis O’Reilly, Ralph Provisero, George Rodez, Donna Underwood, and Tom Weinkle.

And for the first time, Wynwood galleries are supporting the Lowe with donations of the works of eight of their artists, including Jorge Luis Santos, (Pan American Art Projects); Erni Vales, (EVL WORLD); Patricia S. Gutierrez , (Bakehouse Art Complex); Maxine Spector, Sara Rytteke, Alette Simmons-Jimenez, Natasha Duwin, (Artformz). Dina Mitrani Gallery will donate the photography of one of its artists, as well. Emerging and established artists from throughout the Miami and International Art Scene will also contribute, among them are: Venezuelan artist Cristina de Guillot, Betty and Richard Pober, as well as artists and students from the New World School of the Arts.

At the close of the silent auction, SeaDream Yachts will auction off a 7-night Mediterranean yacht voyage. This Live Auction will take place while desserts and coffee are served. This five-star yacht cruise company is generously donating and conducting the yacht cruise auction for the benefit of the Lowe for the first time. A performance by the New World School of the Arts Barbershop Quartet will round out the celebration of “America!” Selected works in the silent auction can be previewed one week before the event at the Friends of Art website: www.friendsoflowemuseum.cfsites.org

For more information and tickets call 305-284-6756 or email FriendsofArt@miami.edu .

Closing Reception at Cernuda Arte 3/4/11

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Important Cuban Artworks Volume Nine
Closing Reception – Friday, March 4, 2011
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Cernuda Arte
3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd
Coral Gables, FL 33134
cernudaarte.com

Last Opportunity to view the ninth edition of our annual blockbuster exhibition.
Highlighting works by classical, modern and contemporary Cuban artists such as,

Wifredo Lam, Víctor Manuel, Ponce, Amelia, Carreño, Abela, Carlos Enríquez,
Portocarrero, Milián, Mariano, Cundo, Carmelo, Mijares, Oscar García Rivera,
Eduardo Morales, Rodríguez Morey, Domingo Ramos, Romañach, Juan Gil García,
Sosabravo, Flora Fong, Mendive, Antonia Eiriz, Servando, Uver Solís,
Pedro Pablo Oliva, Fabelo, Larraz, Scull Sisters, Bedia, Tomás Sánchez,
Vicente Hernández, Miguel Florido, Ramón Vázquez, Sandro de la Rosa,
David Rodríguez, Giosvany Echevarría, Joel Besmar, Irina Elén González,
Ania Toledo, Juan Roberto Diago, Williams Carmona, Miguel Padura, among others.

The Show Is Accompanied By A 136-Page Full-Color Catalog, Documenting 195 Artworks.

View the Exhibition Online
http://www.cernudaarte.com/cgi-local/exhibitions.cgi?mode=show_detail&id=93

Vicente Hernández, (The Conquest), 2010, mixed media on canvas, 59 ¼ x 78 ¾ inches

New Environments Four Women Artists 3/6/11

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New Environments: Four Women Artists
March 6 -May 7, 2011, Mon – Thur, Sat -Sun: 10am-4pm
Women’s Park
Roxcy O’Neal Bolton Women’s History Gallery
10251 W Flagler St
Miami, FL
www.salonmiami.org

Salon Miami presents New Environments: Four Women Artists, featuring works by:

Annfaye Pool
Lucinda Linderman
Kim Yantis
Amanda Serrano

An exhibition in honor of Women’s History Month and the shared creative faculty of women. New Environments: Four Women Artists examines women’s diverse relationship to their environments – natural, construct, and social – from feminine and artistic perspectives.

Please join us at the opening reception Sunday, March 6, 1-4pm at the Roxcy O’Neal Bolton Women’s History Gallery, Women’s Park, 10251 W Flagler St, Miami, FL. Exhibition dates: March 6-May 7, 2011.

The Conversation Starts Here Reception 3/25/11

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The Conversation Starts Here
Reception, Friday, March 25, 5-8pm
Graham Center Art Gallery, FIU
Florida International University
Graham Center
11200 SW 8th St
Modesto A. Maidique Campus
Miami, FL 33199
www.salonmiami.org

Show run: March 1 – March 31, 2011, Mon – Fri: 6am-2am; Sat -Sun: 7am-12am

Salon Miami presents: The Conversation Starts Here. Curated by Anastasia Hamilton. Featuring work by:
Ingrid Eliasson
Tracey Hagen
Babette Herschberger
Regina Jestrow
Bianca Pratorius
Marcia Ramos-Perello
Tina Salvesen
Patricia Schnall-Gutierrez
Amanda Serrano
Anica Shpilberg

The Conversation Starts Here, a contemporary art exhibition in honor of Women’s History Month, celebrates women’s diversity and artistry.

Salon Miami is an organization of women artists. The aims are to showcase women in the arts, provide a network for women artists, promote high standards of creative skill, foster professional development, and engage the public with art, stimulating thought and discussion about the significance of art in personal and community life.

Please join us at our reception Friday, March 25, 5-8pm at Graham Center Art Gallery.
Exhibit on view: March 1 – March 31, 2011

Closing Reception for Sound Art Exhibition at 18 Rabbit Gallery with Pocket of Lollipops 2/26/11

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Pocket of Lollipops
Saturday, Feb 26, 7-10pm
18 Rabbit Gallery
16 NW 1st St.
Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33301

Closing Reception for Sound Art Exhibition

Performance by Pocket of Lollipops begins at 8. (Art and music are like pb and j, jeans and t-shirts, husband and husband.

Whatever your preference, music and art pretty much always go well together, and sometimes great artists make great music. That is the case with husband and wife team Tony Kapel and Maitejosune Urrechaga make both art and beautiful music together.

Their new incarnation has been given the jaunty name Pocket of Lollipops. The duo has been creating all sorts of interesting material for many years now. Having returned from playing shows in New York, Maryland and Virginia, these two back to impress Miami audiences with their unique sound. The group mixes culture and technology to create intensity of sound. Often, the auditory art is accompanied by visual projections, created mostly by themselves or local artists.- NBC Miami)

Sound Art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus. There are often distinct relationships forged between the visual and aural domains of art and perception. Like many genres of contemporary art, sound art is interdisciplinary in nature, or takes on hybrid forms. Sound art often engages with the subjects of acoustics, psychoacoustics, electronics, noise music, audio media and technology (both analog and digital), found or environmental sound, explorations of the human body, sculpture, film or video and an ever-expanding set of subjects that are part of the current discourse of contemporary art.

Exhibiting Artists include: Tina La Porta, Donna Haynes, Cesar Barroso, Raphael Domenech, Mark Paper Scissor, Nicole Martinez, Matthew Falvey, PJ Mills, Amy Letter, John Shirk, Peter Symons, {in boxes}, Misael Soto, Leif Inge, Lauren Jacobson, Cristina Sierra, AdrienneRose Gionta, Joni Younkins-Herzog, Tabitha Pennekamp, Circle2Labs, Catalina Jaramillo, Pocket of Lollipops.

Celebrate Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays 2/25/11

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Come Celebrate Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays
Friday, February 25, 2011. From 6:30 to 11:00 p.m.
SW 8th Street (Calle Ocho)
between 13th and 17th Avenues

Miami’s Best Arts and Music Festival on the last Friday of every month

7:00 – 7:45 p.m. – Free History Walking Tour of Little Havana led by Dr. Paul George. (Meet in front of Tower Theater)
7:00 – 10:00 p.m. – Art Gallery Openings
7:00 – 11:00 p.m. – Carnaval de Barranquilla – La Guacherna
8:00 – 8:30 p.m. – DJ Live
Ongoing – Films at the Tower Theater

Free History Walking Tour of Little Havana led by Dr. Paul George
Dr. Paul George will guide you through Little Havana, pointing out the significance of South Florida bungalow architecture, the Tower Theater, old-fashioned hand rollers at a cigar factory and more. Visit Cuban Memorial Boulevard and observe the monuments that speak to the exile presence in Miami. The tour features architectural details, cultural history and other interesting tidbits from the mind of South Florida’s most respected historian.

Carnaval de Barranquilla – La Guacherna
Little Havana is about to get a taste of Colombia, thanks to Viernes Culturales and O&E Arts and Culture. Little Havana will celebrate “Carnaval de Barranquilla en Miami.” The upcoming festival called “La Guacherna” will bring Colombian dance troupes, folkloric performances, costumed dancers, Cuban conga players “Tambores Del Sur” and Uruguayan street performers to Calle Ocho. The festivities are scheduled for Friday, February 25th at 7:00 p.m. at Calle Ocho’s historical Domino Park. This event will mark the 5th year of “Carnaval de Barranquilla”.

Casimiro Gonzalez at the Viernes Culturales Art Gallery
The Viernes Culturales Art Gallery is proud to host Cuban painter Casimiro Gonzalez in its monthly gallery exhibit. Casimiro’s work has been exhibited in galleries in Miami, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Panama, Mexico and Barcelona. He received the Miami-Dade County Certificate of Appreciation award for his valuable contributions to the community. His art work will be displayed at the Viernes Culturales Art Gallery from February 25 through March 25, 2011.

Films at the Tower Theater
To all those cinema lovers we would like to invite you to discover one of Miami’s best-kept secrets, the historic Tower Theater. Enjoy a great foreign movie, independent film or art exhibition since the programs at the theater are exquisitely catered for people interested in cultural life. Bringing a refreshing oasis among the popular mall multiplexes, one can find cycles of new independent Spanish cinema, revelations from the Middle East and great works from European masters. And to top it off screenings have English subtitles and prices are just $6 for general public and $5 for students and seniors, can it get any better than this?

Agustin Gainza Fine Art – Exhibition of works of Agustin Gainza
Cremata Gallery – Exhibition of works of Rita Coll
Imago Art Gallery – Exhibition of works of various
Marta G. Ismail Fine Art – Exhibition of works of Marta G. Ismail
Maxoly / Latin Art Core – Exhibition of works of Cuban Masters
Mildred Guillot Fine Art – Exhibition of works of Mildred Guillot
Molina Fine Art – Exhibition of works of Luis Molina
Obrapia / Fine Art Restoration & Framing – Exhibition of works of Pavel Ominchar
Unzueta Fine Art – Exhibition of works of Ramon Unzueta
Vienes Culturales Art Gallery – Exhibition of works of Casimiro Gonzalez

2B Asian Bristo – Alfaro’s – Casa Panza Restaurant – Cuba Ocho – Domino’s Pizza – El Buen Sabor Cafeteria – El Cristo Restaurant & Cafeteria – El Pub – El Exquisito Restaurant – I Love Calle Ocho – La Casa de Tula – Le’Hooka Lounge – Little Havana to go – McDonald’s Restaurant – Oriental Restaurant – Pizza Hut – Quiereme Mucho Morena – Subway – Tower Theater – Tutti Frutti Ice Cream.

Second Saturday Gallery Walk New Hours 3/12/11

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New Hours For Wynwood’s Second Saturday Gallery Walk

15 MADA (Miami Art Dealers Association) members band together in an effort to expand the popular gallery walk series.

MADA, a new association comprised of a consortium of art professionals and dealers, announces extended hours for the Wynwood Second Saturday Gallery Walk. Starting in March, with the March 12th Gallery Walk, the new times will include daytime hours and run from 2 – 9 p.m.

“With the great success of the Second Saturdays, the galleries want to provide art lovers with these expanded hours to visit after lunch or before dining, to provide art collectors with more time to browse, and to better accommodate families,” said Isaac Perelman, Presidentof MADA and owner of Dot Fiftyone Gallery.

The participating galleries offer a diverse look at contemporary, emerging and established artists working in a variety of mediums; they include:
– Alejandra von Hartz Gallery
– Ascaso Gallery
– Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
– Black Square Gallery
– Calix Gustav Gallery
– Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts
– Dina Mitrani Gallery
– Dot Fiftyone Gallery
– Hardcore Gallery
– ID Gallery
– Kelley Roy Gallery
– Nina Torres Fine Art
– Now Cotemporary
– Pan American Art Project
– Zadok Art Gallery

Photographs of Pure Imagination present Ed King Pop on 2/24/11

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Pure Imagination presented Ed King Pop at The Mutiny Hotel on Thursday, February 24, 2011.  We got to see the  unveiling of the new collection of unique Neo-Pop Artwork by Ed King , we also enjoy complimentary appetizers and drinks by Atchana’s East/West Kitchen. This event  benefited the Family Resource Center of South Florida “Gimme Five Campaign”

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Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Life is Art River of Art at Bar 721 on 2/23/11

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Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of Life is Art River of Art at Bar 721 on Wednesday, February 23, 2011.  Thanks to everyone that came out to support Life is Art.  We had an such an awesome crowd.  Thanks to Bar 721 for providing us the space to have an artist showcase and Taconteno for providing the passed appetizers (so yummy).  The following are the artist that were showcased in this months River of Art:  Jaime Ferreyros, Vanessa Velez, Clara Ruiz, Vince Herrera, Nathan Grip, Lorie Setton and Monique Lassoij.

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page, click here.

Photographs of Life is Art River of Art at Bar 721 on 2/23/11

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Life is Art River of Art at Bar 721 on Wednesday, February 23, 2011.  Thanks to everyone that came out to support Life is Art.  We had an such an awesome crowd.  Thanks to Bar 721 for providing us the space to have an artist showcase and Taconteno for providing the passed appetizers (so yummy).  The following are the artist that were showcased in this months River of Art:  Jaime Ferreyros, Vanessa Velez, Clara Ruiz, Vince Herrera, Nathan Grip, Lorie Setton and Monique Lassoij.

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Photographs by Anthony Jordon of the Funkshion Book Launch And Art Work Unveiling on 2/22/11

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Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of the Funkshion Book Launch And Art Work Unveiling at the Beach Welcome Center on Tuesday, February 22, 2011.  Featuring the Real Time Art Project by Djordje IsHere.

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page, click here.

Roberto Perez Funky Zoo Art Show at the Carlton Hotel 2/25/11

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Roberto Perez Funky Zoo Art Show
Friday, February 25, 2011 7pm
Carlton Hotel
1433 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach

Funky Zoo is the latest exhibit being shown by the famous Puerto Rican designer and architect Roberto Perez. These pieces are a mix between toys and puzzles with graffiti style inspiration. The idea for this series was born when the artist became the father of twins, these paintings are a visual lifestyle motivated by enjoying the small things in life.
Not to mention while enjoying this explosion of art and design you can pick up some drink specials by the pool!

$5 Well Drinks
$2 Shots
$10 Malibu Mojitos
$10 Patron Margaritas
$8 Ciroc Red Berry Bombs
$10 Grey Goose Martinis

Beats by resident DJ’s Ayran, Carlos Lopez, Luigi Rodiguez and guests.
The hottest beats in the city will be blazing by the pool until the sun comes back up in celebration of this artist. Do not miss out on the fusion of these crazy artists combined!
Roberto Perez Art Show

The show runs from Friday, February 25, 2011 7pm – Sunday February 27