Please join us in conversations and drinks for the “Inaugural Exhibition” at ARTSITE
Opening Reception December 1st, Tuesday 5-9pm
Open Daily Noon-9pm
Exhibition Duration 12/1/09 – 1/1/10
Artsite
166 Alhambra Circle
Coral Gables, FL, 33134
www.artsitemiami.com
contact@artsitemiami.com

Join us this Wednesday, November 25th at 777 Studio-Gallery for the closing reception of our exhibition featuring the work of Boris Millares and Manuel Millares.
The exhibit will take place from 7-11pm.
777 Studio-Gallery is located at 166 Alhambra Circle, Upstairs (Alhambra / Ponce intersection).
Studio is also open by appointment by calling 305-336-6155.
Hope to see you there…
www.artsite777.com
Click on the link below for a short video of a typical 777 night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vaYSUlc3wQ

WHAT: “Kitchen Dreams” – Works in Glass by Ricky Bernstein
Exhibition sponsored by Myrna and Sheldon Palley and the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass.
Meet the glass artist Ricky Bernstein at a cocktail party on Thursday, Dec. 3.
WHEN: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 5-7pm, part of ArtBasel/Miami Beach
Artist Tour & Presentation: 6 pm
WHERE: Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables
1301 Stanford Drive, University of Miami campus
INFORMATION: (305) 284-3535 or visit www.lowemuseum.org.

Social commentary on Exhibit at Palley Pavilion
at ArtBasel/Miami Beach, December 2009

“Kitchen Dreams” –
Works in Glass by Ricky Bernstein

Considered a social satirist and visual storyteller, studio glass artist Ricky Bernstein draws the viewer into his larger-than-life cartoon dramas – a true slice of Americana.

Berstein’s work has captured those moments of frustration with the minor mishaps of modern life in oversized vibrantly colored glass cartoon wall reliefs. His blown sheet glass of painted commercial glass combines aluminum, wood, plastic, acrylic paints, color pencils and other mixed materials to create assemblages that are humorous social satires.

One man plays tug of war with his dog over a shoe, another tries to untangle himself from a telephone cord, and a woman looks in despair at a clock as she struggles to clean a never-ending pile of dirty dishes. His hilarious characters are caricatures of overworked, overwhelmed and overbooked Americans.

On exhibit during ArtBasel Miami Beach at the Lowe Art Museum on the University of Miami campus, and sponsored by Myrna and Sheldon Palley and the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass will be “Kitchen Dreams”, an exhibit comprised of pieces that remark, with tongue firmly in cheek, about overworked, overbooked, and overwhelmed Americans. Each piece has a story to tell.

Meet the glass artist Ricky Bernstein at a cocktail party on Thursday, Dec. 3.

Bernstein describes his character as “a slice of Americana, going about their daily lives with the barest degree of composure. As they round the next corner looking warily over their shoulder, they sigh, take a deep breath and wonder what could possibly happen next. Mostly the hang on for the big ride and hope for the best.”

Inspired by the wild activity at home with his wife and two young daughters, Bernstein’s work has an underlying humanity to which everyone can relate. The work of Red Grooms, Jack Levine and Gary Larson also have a profound affect on Ricky’s work, along with the sit-com world of 50’s television a time in which he was raised. Ricky also draws influence from such painters as Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh and Paul Cadmus. His narrative, collage-style wall reliefs have a distinct “pop-art” flavor.

Bruce Pepich, 20th century Curator of the Racine Art Museum says of Ricky Bernstein: “He makes us comfortable with amusing characters while simultaneously posing serious questions in these satirical comments on modern life. Whether parody, narrative or farce, the issues Bernstein poses are well worth our serious consideration.”

Bernstein’s work is widely collected throughout the U.S. and Europe, including the Corning Museum of Glass in NY, the Museum of Arts and Design, in NYC, and the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC.

http://www.rickybernstein.com
and http://www.rickybernstein.com/KitchenDreams.html
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LOWEDOWN HAPPY HOUR
DECEMBER 3, 2009, 5-7 PM
Artist Tour & Presentation: 6 pm
Lowe members free; non-members $10

ANNUAL ART BASEL CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH
DECEMBER 6, 2009, 9:30 AM-NOON
Artist Tour: 9:30 am
Event is restricted to Upper Level Lowe Members and Art Basel VIP card holders and exhibitors

About The Myrna and Sheldon Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass and Studio Art at The Lowe Art Museum on the University of Miami campus. Opened in December 2008, The Palley Pavilion displays the Palley glass collection: a collection of over 300 built over 30 years. There is currently work representing 53 different artists, including Howard Ben Tre, Jose Chardiet, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Michael Glancy, Harvey Littleton, Stephen Weinberg, Stanislav Labinsky, and Lino Tagliapietra, among others.

The Palley Pavilion at the Lowe Art Museum displays the Palley Collection on a rotating basis and features additional donations in glass, ceramics and fiber. Janet and Joseph Shein donated a larger-than-life-sized ceramic head on its own pedestal, along with its rendering, by internationally renowned ceramicist Robert Arneson, and anonymous donors donated a William Morris installation, consisting of 15 different elements, a 10 feet tall ceramic oval by Jun Kaneko, and a textile wall hanging Ken Uyemura.

Designed by Coral Gables based architect Ronald Mateu, of Mateu Architecture Inc., the light-filled 3,500 square foot Pavilion incorporates elements that show off the inherent qualities of glass.

Entrance to the Palley Pavilion is a site-specific glass installation by renowned international glass artist and UM art faculty member William Carlson. A chandelier of revolving prisms by Jon Kuhn, donated by the artist, welcomes visitors to the space, which consists of the Beaux Arts Gallery, Matus Family Gallery, the Robert and Florence Werner Showcase, each housing selections from the permanent collection in handsome display cases.

Eight niches, measuring nine feet square and situated on the south and west facing walls, contain large-scale objects in all three media, and include works by Therman Statom, Rick Beck, Clifford Rainey, Robert Palusky, and former UM art faculty members Christine Federighi, Robert Willson, and Ken Uyemura. Floor pedestals scattered throughout the pavilion showcase single objects.

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. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for non-UM students with I.D., $5 for adult groups of 10 or more, $3 to student groups of 10 or more, and free to members, University of Miami students, faculty and staff, and children under age 12. For more information, call (305) 284-3535 or visit www.lowemuseum.org, click on wingnut for Palley Pavilion page.

RDZ FINE ART, cordially invites you to the Grand Opening of its New Gallery in the heart of Coral Gables
Sat – Nov. 21st, 2009 at 8 PM
Featuring:
Jose Grillo New Light
Greg Busch The Lace Project
Also: Yuri Martinez Ramos, Elaine Hughes, Betty Haight, Edward Rodriguez, Oleg Zakomorny, and Ariel Abad
RDZ Fine Art ‘s mission is to provide the Miami/South Florida Art Collector with a unique cultural and art buying experience, reminiscent with what is routinely offered in the galleries of SOHO New York, Laguna Beach – California and Lyme – Connecticut; that being one of striving to understand the collector’s goals and in doing so, educating the Art collector as to trends, the wonderful artists to be represented by RDZ Fine Art, and the various forms of media and artistry which will help them enjoy their collections for generations to come. RDZ Fine Art also strives to be a gathering place for South Florida artists and their unique visions by offering the gallery as a “show place” for their work, and from time to time, sign these artists to representational contracts. The gallery has participated in numerous fairs including Art Basel, Bridge Art-Miami, Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts-California, Arte Americas-Miami Beach, and will be participating in this year’s Red Dot-Miami/Wynwood (Dec 2-6,2009) as well as The Armory Show-New York City (March 4-8, 2010) The Opening Reception is FREE to the Public:
RDZ Fine Art
37 Merrick Way
Coral Gables, Fl 33134
www.rdzfineart.com
sales@rdzfineart.com
Hours:
Tues-Thurs: 6 pm -8 pm
Fri: 7 pm -10 pm
Sat:10 am -9 pm

Join us this Friday, November 6th at 777 Studio-Gallery for a painting exhibition featuring the work of Boris Millares and Carlos Diaz Barrios. Also featuring new charcoal on cardboard figure drawings by Manuel Millares.

The exhibit will be from 7-11pm.

777 Studio-Gallery is located at 166 Alhambra Circle, Upstairs (Alhambra / Ponce intersection).
Hope to see you there…
www.artsite777.com
Click on the link below for a short video of a typical 777 night

Cernuda Arte Presents
Happy Birthday, Víctor Manuel (1897-1969)
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009, 7 – 10 P.M.
Left: Víctor Manuel García, detail of Peasant Bride, ca. 1948, oil on canvas, 30 x 22 inches
Right: Víctor Manuel García, detail of Woman with Fur Hat, ca.1929-1930, oil on canvas, 22 x 17 inches

Join us for this special exhibition highlighting over fifteen works by revered master,
Víctor Manuel García, the Father of Cuban Modernism.
Also on display, a selection of paintings by his favorite professor, Leopoldo Romañach,
and a group show of Víctor Manuel’s Contemporaries.
Featuring artists such as, Wifredo Lam, Amelia Peláez, Fidelio Ponce de León,
Eduardo Abela, René Portocarrero, Carlos Enríquez, Mariano Rodríguez,
Antonio Gattorno, Roberto Estopiñán and others.

Cernuda Arte
3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, FL 33134
305-461-1050 cernudaarte@msn.com / www.cernudaarte.com

Poetry Party at Books & Books

CCE Miami presents Proyecto Habitar
From Oct 16th through Nov 25th, 2009
Raúl Cárdenas / Torolab. White Noise. 2001. Still
Opening reception: Friday, October 16th, 2009. 8:00 p.m.
Location: Centro Cultural Español. 800 Douglas Road, Suite 170. Coral Gables, FL 33134
Dates: From October 16th through Nov 25th, 2009
Curator: Luisa Espino
Admission: Free

Since the sixties, cities have changed at a dramatic pace. This has been due in large part to real estate and financial interests, disconnected from collective needs. This deep restructuring has affected both demography and socio-economic configurations. The quality of life within each growing sector of the population has been compromised.

At the end of the Twentieth Century, while some neighborhoods deteriorated, others regenerated socially via occupation by the upper class and so generating a rapid rise in the economic value. Every year, more and more people are displaced from their homes because of abandonment of neighborhoods, land expropriation and re-zoning, rate rises and costs that outstrip salaries. The constant pressures of urban decay, land speculation, the establishment of ghettos, the influx of international migrants or the homeless from neighboring regions makes as essential review of our ideas of habitability.

A group of artists has rallied against these situations, fostering a counter culture where contemporary city decadence is approached from different angles. They challenge housing problems, the use of public space, land speculation, urban settlements on the fringe of legality, enforced desertion of neighborhoods and buildings, urban decay and the formation of ghettos. They demand a new approach to homelessness.

Individual and collective artists such as Raúl Cárdenas/Torolab, Santiago Cirugeda/Recetas Urbanas, Democracia, Gean Moreno, Ernesto Oroza, Juan Carlos Robles and Todo por la Praxis, illustrate the following cases in Madrid, Seville, Miami, Tijuana and Havana.

Activities at the Cultural Center of Spain are sponsored by the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation to the Development (AECID), Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

Schedule is subject to changes. All activities have limited seating. For more information, please visit www.ccemiami.org
Centro Cultural Español
800 Douglas Road. Suite 170
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Ph: 305.448.9677

Sent by: Arts & Business Council Miami
photo exhibit opening reception by Laura Bruny at Area Stage Gallery 10/8/09

Visual artist Cecilia Moreno-Yaghoubi’s forthcoming exhibition, “Girl from Cali”, opens on Friday, October 2, 2009 at the Consulate of Colombia in Coral Gables.
Cecilia’s “assemblages” address social issues and culturally-relevant topics, but the use of discarded dolls and random, found objects in her work adds an interesting spin that is both diminutive and disturbing. It’s particularly ironic that her controversial pieces will be showing at a staunch government institution like the Colombian Consulate and are yet very accessible to the public – you don’t have to know art to get this..
Opening night on October 2 coincides with the monthly Coral Gables artwalk. Comp bites by Café Mamajuana and cocktails courtesy of Nuvo; event is free and open to the public.

Cremata Gallery presents Argentine Visions: from Modernism to Contemporary Aesthetics
Friday, September 18th, 2009. 7:30 p.m.
Bruno Venier. “Primavera” 1955. Oil on wood. 30″ x 40 “. Illustrated in the book by Petit de Murat, Haedo and Ganuza, “Bruno Venier”, Buenos Aires, 1984
Location: Cremata Gallery. 1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: From September 15th through October 3rd, 2009
Admission: Free
Regular hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. and Mondays by appointment

Argentina is a major center for Latin American art where artists thrive, particularly in the vibrant and active cultural milieu of Buenos Aires, but also in the provincial capitals. Known and appreciated around the world, Argentine artists of the twentieth century have consistently absorbed global artistic trends without losing their national identity.

Cremata Gallery is pleased to present Argentine Visions: from Modernism to Contemporary Aesthetics, an exhibition featuring an exciting collection of acrylics, oils, collages, inks, and watercolors, from the fifties to today. From Italo-Argentine Modernist masters Bruno Venier and Carlo Monzani, who has exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, to contemporary artists living in Argentina, Cremata Gallery is showcasing 17 artists with very different styles. Like U. S. art, Argentine art has a strong flavor of the melting pot, that has lately been turning from European influences to its native resources. Many of the paintings and water colors in the show were inspired by the École de Paris, from staid academic works to surrealism. Others are more indigenous.

Join us for this awaited show and enjoy Malbec wines, Argentine hors d’oeuvres and a special Tango performance by Claudio y Yanira, who teach Tango at the Alliance Francaise of Miami every Monday evening.
Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
Ph: 305.644.3315
Cell: 305.300.0068
Fax: 305.644.3319
cremata@crematagallery.com
www.crematagallery.com

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

ESPACIO ABIERTO: “ENTRE CALLES” BYLVIA MARTíNEZ
START DATE: 09-10-2009
END DATE: 09-30-2009
HORARIO: 7 pm
ESPACIO ABIERTO: “Entre Calles” by Sílvia Martínez
Program for the promotion of local creativity
Thursday September 10, 7pm
At CCE | Free Admission
800 S Douglas Rd. Suite: 170. Coral Gables, FL 33134.
On view till 09| 31
Sílvia Martínez Kuti
A daughter and sister of artists, KUTI lived in Havanaf rom 1998 to 2008.
Graduated of biology from the University Complutense of Madrid, she developed her professional activity until 1998 in pharmacy and publicity fields.
Her first exhibition was in May 2006. Her work has been published in several art magazines. Her photos have been object of radio and television programs.
KUTI’s work stands for bringing together known and unknown realities. She focuses on the rural and urban Cuba, exceeding the topics and diving in a reality that is inaccessible for the new observer. Her work evolves from the paper, as printed material, towards the canvas and the aluminum, trying to find constantly the new and the different.
Some of Silvia’s work is in private collections and art foundations in Cuba as well as other countries. Actually, she lives in Miami.
www.photoproducers.es/kuti
CONTACT PHONE: 305 448 9677

Exhibition “Entre Calles” by Silvia Martinez “Kuti”

Opening reception: Thursday, September 10th, 2009. 7:00 p.m.
Location: CCE Miami. 800 Douglas Road, Ste 170. Coral Gables, FL 33134. Ph: 305.448.9677
Admission: Free
Also in September, CCE will present the photo exhibition Entre Calles by Spanish photographer Silvia Martínez “Kuti” as part of the “Espacio Abierto” initiative. Her work is eye catching in what it brings you closer to unknown and familiar realities, always characters and surroundings of rural and urban Cuba, beyond the typical images of Cuba and digging into an inaccessible reality for the observer. She evolves from paper as a printing material, towards canvas and aluminum. Her work has caught the attention of multiple private collections and art foundations both in Cuba and abroad. At present, she lives in Miami.
The Cultural Center of Spain (CCE Miami) is a non-profit organization dedicated to education, arts and culture that aims to promote and foster cultural cooperation, local creation and fostering dialogue of space and exchange by means of a yearly continuous programming.
Activities at the Cultural Center of Spain are sponsored by the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation to the Development (AECID), Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
Schedule is subject to changes. All activities have limited seating. For more info visit the center’s webpage at www.ccemiami.org
Centro Cultural Español
800 Douglas Road. Suite 170
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Ph: 305.448.9677
Fax: 305.448.9676
www.ccemiami.org

Friday, October 2, 2009
Hispanic Art Expressions Exhibit Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony
Regions Bank
2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd.
Coral Gables, FL
Exhibit & Opening Reception
7:30 – 11:00 p.m.
(Exhibit will be on display throughout the month of October
Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.)
Free Admission

SMALL WORKS, BIG IDEA Vol. I
Friday, Sept. 4 2009 From 7:00-10:00 PM
Coral Gables Gallery Walk Night
DaVinci’s Gallery
2914 Ponce de Leon Blvd, CG, Florida
The Works will remain on view through Set. 29th
For more information call, 305-460-9002.

Join us this Friday, September 4th at 777 Studio-Gallery for a painting exhibit featuring the work of Carlos Diaz Barrios and Ayessa Lopez Navarro. Also featuring new charcoal on cardboard figure drawings by Manuel Millares.
The exhibit will be from 7-11pm. Enjoy live music performances by composer Maria Isabel Saavedra and Dennis Alonso.
777 Studio-Gallery is located at 166 Alhambra Circle, Upstairs (Alhambra / Ponce intersection).
Hope to see you there…
www.artsite777.com

Artefacto Coral Gables Presents the WOW Event! / Sept 3 / RSVP rsvpmiami@modernluxury.com

FROM A STRANGE TOWN
A ONE-PERSON EXHIBITION BY VICENTE HERNÁNDEZ at Cernuda Arte

OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 7-10 P.M.

Cernuda Arte will host an exhibition of artwork by contemporary Cuban artist, Vicente Hernández entitled, From a Strange Town. The exhibit which inaugurated at the Servando Gallery in Havana will now show in Miami, Florida. The artist has been granted a visitor’s visa by the US government to attend the Opening Reception of his solo show at the gallery on Friday, September 4, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.

Vicente Hernández has had one-person exhibitions in Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Venezuela, Spain, and the United States. This will be the artist’s second personal exhibition in the USA. Hernández resides with his family in Batabanó, Cuba and is represented by Cernuda Arte world-wide.

The exhibition, From a Strange Town, comprises more than thirty works on canvas and is accompanied by a thirty-six page full color catalog. Hernández’ paintings, grand in scale and vibrant colors, reveal a convoluted universe in which surreal elements and artifacts of multifarious nature move and float freely about in navigable seas and skies. Inspired by his native surroundings in Batabanó (a fisherman’s town south of Havana), the artist approaches his main plastic discourse – the massive migrations of people – from a contemporary perspective. In a distinct style of his own, the painter renders riveting and thought-provoking images, reminiscent of noteworthy painters who have marked history.

As professor, art critic and curator, Alejandro Anreus comments,
“…Recently I encountered the work of a young painter living and working in Cuba which has simply amazed me. His name is Vicente Hernández. He is a native son of Batabanó and a painter with a capital P. His pictures, canvases that range in size from the modest to the monumental, are synthesis of good drawing, balanced composition and painterly colors. Floating neighborhoods and islands inhabit his paintings, as do boats and ships, towers and flying machines. Within each one of these universes we encounter other worlds, where people struggle, make love, dream and escape, while animals are curious witnesses to human folly. Although I might find some antecedent “family member” within Cuban painting in Hernández’ work… I choose to see him as a homegrown Brueghel from Batabanó. Like the Flemish master, Hernández is very much a moralist with a compassionate sense of humor. Brueghel was anchored in the humanism of Erasmus. I have been told Hernández is a devout Baptist, therefore he is probably anchored in this most libertarian of Christian faiths.”

LoweDown Kick-off Party at Novecento!
August 26, 2009, 6-8 PM
Join the Lowe at a special kick-off party for the LoweDown season!
Featuring…
6 – 7 PM: Two complimentary drink tickets and complimentary hors d’ouvres
7 – 8 PM: Two-for-one drink specials and fixed price dinner menu
20% off Lowe Museum Store coupons for all new Lowe Art Museum memberships.
Raffle prizes: Lowe T-shirts, catalogs, 20% off coupon for the Lowe Museum Store, and much more!
Novecento of Coral Gables is located at:
121 Alhambra Plaza, Coral Gables, FL 33134
305.557.0900
Space is limited, so RSVP is required. RSVP: yaba@miami.edu

6 SENSES ART EXHIBIT CLOSING CELEBRATION
at CHAMIZO ART GALLERY, 2101 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, Fl

This coming Thursday, August 20th, 2009 from 7:00 pm-10:00 pm, Chamizo Art Gallery, will welcome guests for the Group-Art Exhibit: “6 Senses”.

We invite you to our gallery for the closing of this season. We will be closed for vacations throughout the month of September .

We pride ourselves in offering excellence in our exhibits and a responsibility to the art community and the artists who are part of it. The artists: CHAMIZO, GAPAL, GG, MANO, PABLO, and “Exotic Ceramic Art” group, offer us another glimpse at their work on this unique exhibit and a new opportunity to acquire any of the pieces you have so kindly praised. Don’t miss this chance.

This is a free event, offering wine and cheese, but specially fine art. All of which is made possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and hard work of the artists and staff involved.

Below and the Aug. 7th, curatorial prologue, (displayed at the exhibit).

MANO Fine Art Announcement
Join MANO for an evening of art, conversation & cocktails…
Chamizo Gallery invites you to the opening reception of
Six Senses featuring artwork by: Chamizo, Exotic Ceramic, GG, Gapal, MANO & Pablo
Opening Reception
Friday, August 7
7:00 – 10:00 pm
Chamizo Gallery
2101 Ponce de Leon Blvd.
Coral Gables, FL
For more information
305.875.1127
Off-street metered parking available

CLOSING RECEPTION OFFERS LAST CHANCE TO VIEW THE EXHIBITION FUEGO EN EL BATEY
Join us for the Closing Reception of the exhibition,
Fuego en el Batey, at Cernuda Arte
Friday, August 7, 2009, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m
There is still time to view this re-discovered masterpiece, Fuego en el Batey by Cuban master, Mario Carreño, accompanied by an array of remarkable works rendered by other acclaimed artists from the modernist period, including: Wifredo Lam, Víctor Manuel, Amelia Peláez, Eduardo Abela, Carlos Enríquez, Fidelio Ponce, René Portocarrero, Cundo Bermúdez, Mariano Rodríguez and Luis Martínez Pedro.
Culminating a one-month run of excellent response and four edifying evenings of lectures, the exhibition will end with a memorable fiesta.
Come seize this opportunity, invite your friends and celebrate with us.
Cernuda Arte
3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Coral Gables, FL 33134
305-461-1050 cernudaarte@msn.com / www.cernudaarte.com

You are cordially invited to a night of art, hors d’oeuvres, and cocktails. An exhibit of my Caribbean and Elements & Values series will be on display at the Latin Builder’s Association (LBA) during Coral Gables’ Gallery Night.
When: Friday, August 7, 2009
Where: 4110 Laguna Street, Coral Gables, FL
Time: 5 to 7 p.m.
R.S.V.P.: Maria Oliveira at molivera@lbaorg.com
RODEZ Fine Art Gallery, Inc. Phone: (786) 543-7237
E-mail: GEORGE@RODEZart.COM

Pablo Picasso at the Americas Collection
Thursday, July 9, 2009
7:00 to 10:00 pm at
2440 Ponce De Leon Blvd
Coral Gables, Fl. 33134
305- 446-5578
On July 9th, the gallery will present the complete collection of twenty-nine lithographs from the Suite entitled Imaginary Portraits by Pablo Picasso. This exhibition will be on display for cultural and educational purposes only. After a two week presentation at The Americas Collection, the show will embark on a two year traveling exhibition around Central and South America
The Americas Collection has the pleasure of inviting you to an extraordinary cultural event on Thursday, July 9, from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. The gallery will showcase works of Pablo Picasso courtesy of the Ortiz-Gurdian Family Collection. Mr. & Mrs. Ramiro Ortiz are the founders and owners of The Americas Collection and The Ortiz-Gurdian Foundation, a not for profit organization in Nicaragua. As a tribute to their friends, clients, and the cities of Coral Gables and Miami, Mr. and Mrs. Ortiz are honored to share with the public their love for the arts and their support for the cultural enrichment of the local community.
The Ortiz-Gurdian Foundation was created in 1996 with the purpose of diffusing and promoting the visual arts in Central America. This organization has sponsored the various biennials that have taken place in this region for the past 12 years. In 2002, parallel to their art program, the Ortiz-Gurdian Family expanded their commitment to their community by creating the Breast Cancer Program for low income women of Nicaragua. This health program currently saves the lives of approximately 600 women each year.
The Americas Collection is another institution close to Mr. and Mrs. Ortiz’s hearts. Moved by the same love that made The Ortiz-Gurdian Foundation possible, The Americas Collection has dedicated 18 years to the enhancement of Latin American art.
On July 9th, the gallery will present the complete collection of twenty-nine lithographs from the Suite entitled Imaginary Portraits by Pablo Picasso. This exhibition will be on display for cultural and educational purposes only. After a two week presentation at The Americas Collection, the show will embark on a two year traveling exhibition around Central and South America.
This special evening will be accompanied by lectures from two of the most respected persons in the Miami art community, the Director and Chief Curator of the Frost Art Museum, Dr. Carol Damian, and the art critic for El Nuevo Herald, Mr. Carlos Luis. The lectures are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.
This exhibition will be the last presentation at the gallery’s 2440 Ponce de Leon location. Beginning August 1st, The Americas Collection will continue its exhibitions at 214 Andalusia Avenue in Coral Gables – across the street from its former location.
We hope you can join us for a glass of champagne to celebrate this extraordinary evening with friends. The exhibition will be open from July 9 through July 25, 2009.
Velia Larcinese, Director
214 Andalusia Avenue,
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Phone: 305-446-5578 / fax: 305-446-1148
www.americascollection.com

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On Friday, July 3rd, from 5:30 pm-8:00 pm…(or artistically longer), Art by Chamizo Gallery, located at 2101 Ponce de Leon Blvd., will once again display Rubén Chamizo’s Art Exhibit Collection: “Capricious”. We are also proud to announce the inclusion of our talented guest: GAPAL, presenting his collection: “Rhythm & Space.” This is a totally free event, made possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and hard work of the artists involved. Wine and tapas will be offered.

Rex Art Framing showcase
Margie Bauer, Christine Lyall, Beatrice McClelland, Paul McClelland, Valentina Ramos
www.rexart.com

ART EXHIBITION: MINED LIVES, TEN YEARS BY GERVASIO SÁNCHEZ.

START DATE: 06-26-2009
END DATE: 07-31-2009
HORARIO: 8 pm

Program for the defense of Human Rights
Opening June 26, 7pm
On view until July 31. Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
www.vidasminadas.com
At CCEMiami. Free Admission.

7pm. Round table.
The impact of Antipersonnel Mines with Gervasio Sánchez and Gustavo Laurie from the United Nationes Mine Action Service (UNMAS).

Ten 10 years after the creation of the Ottawa Treaty against antipersonnel mines only 151 countries have signed the document. Today 167 millions of those gadgets are still buried in 78 countries all over the World. The work by the Spanish photo journalist Gervasio Sánchez, awarded with the Rey de España International Press Price in 2008, shows us how countries involved in war change forever.
Antipersonnel mines are still a problem for the international community. Dozens of countries suffer the consequences while many governments systematically break their promises or even violate the Treaty they have already signed. This show offers an overview of the present reality of the victims that were part of Sanchez’s first works on the issue. The aim is to raise public awareness about the impact of those weapons.
The show has been on tour in 2008 (60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) and has visited among others the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and the United Nations in New York. Vidas Minadas 10 años después / Mined Lives 10 years later will be on view until July 31th.

CONTACT PHONE: 305 448 9677

CERNUDA ARTE WILL EXHIBIT ON FRIDAY, JULY 3, AT 7:00 P.M. THE ICONIC PAINTING FUEGO EN EL BATEY
BY CUBAN MASTER MARIO CARREÑO, ACQUIRED FOR 2.18 MILLION DOLLARS AT CHRISTIE’S MAY AUCTION IN NEW YORK
MARIO CARREÑO, Fuego en el Batey, 1943,Duco and oil on wood panel,
48 x 65 inches

Cernuda Arte proudly announces the acquisition – in equal partnership with the Rudman Family from the Dominican Republic – of the painting, Fuego en el Batey (Fire in the Sugar-Mill Village) a rediscovered gem of Cuban modernism. The painting, the highest valued work at Christie’s Latin American May sale, sold above its high estimate for 2.18 million dollars. Fuego en el Batey will be exhibited at Cernuda Arte on Friday, July 3rd at 7:00 p.m.
Fuego en el Batey was painted in Cuba, in 1943 and is considered one of three seminal masterworks of a series of paintings on wood panel in Duco and oil rendered by the Cuban master. The painting – known to biographers, art historians and collectors – was regarded as a lost treasure until recently found in the private collection of the late Milton and Nora Ward of New York, where it had been hanging on a wall of their home for more than 50 years. Fuego en el Batey, and two other major Duco works that conform the artist’s celebrated triad – Danza Afrocubana and El Corte de Caña – were exhibited together in Havana, in 1943. One of the exhibitions took place in Galería del Prado (a gallery owned by María Luisa Gómez Mena, the prominent Cuban Maecenas who later married Carreño.) The second one was a one-person-exhibition at Galería Lyceum. It is also believed that in 1944, when Mario Carreño resided for some time in New York, Fuego en el Batey and other works of this period were shown at Perls Galleries.

Fuego en el Batey portrays a scene of a family escaping a fire in the batey (a small village of precariously built houses and stables, in the surroundings of a sugar mill, where the sugar cane cutters and their families lived). The mother rapidly hands the child to a guajiro peasant riding a gallant-spirited horse. In the eyes of the viewer, the guajiro and horse become the heroic figures of this scenario. The moving image of this magnificent painting attests to Carreño’s desire of conveying, in some of his major works of this period, a Cuban national ethos. Regarding the high quality of this masterpiece, art historian Alejandro Anreus says, “The overall meatiness of the figures recalls Picasso’s neo-classic phase, the evocation of movement… brings to mind the Italian Futurists, yet the end product is pure Carreño, a skilled and powerful picture that is both classical and baroque in its pictorial language.”

In celebration of this memorable event, Cernuda Arte will be exhibiting – for the first time in Miami – this resurfaced treasure of Cuban art. We are very fortunate and honored to be able to share the enjoyment of this painting with the South Florida community. The exhibition, Fuego en el Batey, will also feature a group of museum quality works by Mario Carreño’s contemporaries such as, Wifredo Lam, Víctor Manuel, Eduardo Abela, Amelia Peláez, Carlos Enríquez, Fidelio Ponce, Luis Martínez Pedro, René Portocarrero, Cundo Bermúdez and Mariano Rodríguez, among others.

A series of lectures, given by Alejandro Anreus, PhD Professor of Art History and Latin American Studies at William Paterson University, New Jersey; Juan Martínez, PhD Professor of Art History at Florida International University and Architect-Urbanist Nicolás Quintana, Professor Emeritus of Florida International University, will be organized during the time-period of this exhibit.
Our gallery is located at 3155 Ponce de Leon Blvd, Coral Gables, Florida. For further information, please contact us at 305-461-1050 or at cernudaarte@msn.com

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777 Studio Gallery presents Gaby Guimarey and Floyd True Colors Art Exhibition
Music by Kill That Rooster
Special Guest Trudy Miquelerena, Fernando Lorenso Portela
www.artbyfloyd.com

All about Eames
DWR celebrates the work and life of Charles and Ray Eames.
Young and old are invited to join us at the DWR Coral Gables Studio as we
reflect on how the Eames’ multi-faceted vision impacts our daily lives.
Bring your vintage Eames “potato chip” chair, early snapshots of yourself
crawling by the Eames Lounge or the photo you took of the Case Study House
while you were on vacation in California. We’ll be projecting short films
from the Eames Office, and you can show off your knowledge in our Eames
trivia game. Wine, fruit and cheese will be served.
RSVP by June 3 to coralgables@dwr.com.
All About Eames
Friday, June 5, 5-7pm
DWR Coral Gables Studio
77 Miracle Mile
Coral Gables, FL 33134
Phone: 305.569.9730

Center for A Free Cuba and TotalBank Cordially invite you to attend a fine art exhibit
and sale featuring the original works of Cuban Masters and Contemporary Artists
Jose Maria Mijares
Hector Molne
Vicente Dopico-Lerner
George Rodez
Rafael Consuegra
Cocktail Reception Thursday, May 21, 2009 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Casa Bacardi, UM Center for Cuban & Cuban American Studies
1531 Brescia Ave., Coral Gables, FL. USA
Exhibit presented by Vivian Pazos Quiroga, Esq., Exhibit director & curator
Vintage Cuban coin jewelry by Jimmy Quiroga Designs
Artwork will be on view during regular Museum hours Monday thru Friday from May 19 through May 29.
Please RSVP to Maria Delgado 305-982-3133
George Rodez
RODEZ Fine Art Gallery, Inc. d/b/a Rodezart.com
6854 SW 114 Pl. #G
Miami, FL 33173

Buy Tickets Online Now for Fine Wines at Fairchild on May 16 (Tickets Selling Out Fast!)

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The Daily Bread Food Bank of South Florida is teaming up with all the post offices all over South Florida to collect cans for the hungry during their annual Mail Carrier’s Food Drive on Saturday, so Friday we will be in front of the gallery providing important information on how you can help end childhood hunger in South Florida. Bring cans and other non perishable foods as we will have a setup to take your donations. Visit www.dailybread.org for more info. Make sure to put out your cans in a plastic or paper bag on Saturday morning for the mail carriers to collect!

miArte Gallery: Favorite Things
Exhibit Opening Reception
Friday, May 1, 2009
7:00 – 10:30 pm

miArte Gallery
85 Merrick Way
Coral Gables, FL
305.445.2783
www.miartegallery.com

“Raindrops on roses…” so goes the song. miArte Gallery’s new exhibition Favorite Things features an assemblage of works on canvas and paper by artists MANO and George Rodez representative of their favorite pieces.

The artists worked with gallery staff to present a wide selection of works from their most popular collections that have captivated viewers time and again along with new favorites that are being exhibited for the first time. The exhibit conveys a freshness of thought and a contemporary approach bringing together things remembered and new possibilities.

Both artists will be in attendance at the opening reception on May 1 from 7:00 – 10:00 pm.
This exhibition of favorites will be on view at miArte Gallery from May 1 through May 23, 2009.

Wine & Art Pairing
Vinisimo Wines will present a Wine & Art Pairing during the Opening Reception of Favorite Things on Friday, May 1 from 7-10 pm. Ivette Echeverria Perez of Vinisimao and artists MANO and George Rodez will match their favorite wines to the art work based on the characteristics of the wine and their interpretation of the art work. Guests are invited to sample the wines and form their own pairings using the same criteria.

Vinisimo specializes in high quality wines from Spain, mostly, from the world famous Rioja, Ribera del Duero and Rias Baixas Regions.

Vinisimo is located at 2960 SW 22 Street (Coral Way) 305.648.2964 visit them on-line at www.vinisimo.us

Directions: miArte Gallery is located at 85 Merrick Way, one block north of Miracle Mile and west of Douglas Road.
Parking: Off-street metered marking available. Multi-storied Municipal Parking Garage located directly in front of miArte Gallery – use entrance on Aragon Avenue.

Official signing of Deon Davis’ book I’ll Find A Way (A Mother’s Journey of Love and Acceptance for her Gay Son). The book signing will take place at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida on May 9, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. For further information on the location, please see below.
What: Author Deon Davis Book Signing
When: May 9, 2009 @ 5:00 p.m

Where: Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33134
www.booksandbooks.com

Hope to see your there!
Deon Davis, Author
I’ll Find A Way (A Mother’s Journey of Love and Acceptance for her Gay Son

Recently published book I’ll Find A Way hit the online bookstores and Authorhouse.com February 19, 2009, the book is written by first time author Deon Davis who expressingly shares her journey of raising her gay son throughout her book.

Davis felt the need to put their experience in book form to help not only parents but the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender young adults and teenagers. The emotional and physical toll that this deep dark secret took on her son almost destroyed his life but through family, love, self-acceptance and therapy he found a way and now enjoys the best that life has to offer.

Each year we lose our children to suicide, substance abuse or the cruel and lonely streets because of the ignorance so many of us share for the GLBT Community. In writing this book, Author Deon M. Davis dedicates herself to fight for one less suicide, glbt living on the streets, and last but not least, defamation against this beautiful community of human beings.
A proceed from each book sold will be donated to organizations that provide safe havens, counseling and other necessities.

Divas Cocktail Party

You’re invited to join us for a special cocktail party and a last look at the exhibit everyone has been talking about, “Some Are Divas”.

The event is co- presented by miArte Gallery & Bigelow Tea. Guests can expect an art-filled evening, mar-TEA-ni signature cocktails, tea-time savory bites, special guests Edward Berounsky, MANO, George Rodez, and Brazilian recording artist Marta Rhaulin.

Save the date, Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 – 9:00 pm at miArte Gallery.
Open Bar courtesy of Bigelow.
RSVP suggested 305.445.2783
MANO Fine Art P: 305.447.9745 E: info@manofineart.com www.manofineart.com

220 Alhambra Circle, Suite 260. Coral Gables
Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 6:00pm
Exhibicion de aviones Pop Art en las instalaciones de SBA Airlines.
An Exhibiton of Pop Art Airplanes on SBA Airlines offices

Gallery Night: Alicia H. Torres “Abstract Dreams”
www.aliciahtorresart.com
133 Giralda Ave
Coral Gables, Fl. 33134
305 441-1618
Friday, April 3rd 2009 -Gallery Night at Agartha!!!
Exhibiting the Abstract Art of Alicia H. Torres

Her colorful work contains great beauty and admiration for the world. The texture, composition and intense colors are the main elements of her work. Her goal is to have her paintings release emotions, creating a language through which she communicates with the spectator. Her paintings expresses the joy of living and her soul.

You are invited to the opening of her latest works.
Friday, April 3, 2009 7:30 p.m. -11:00 p.m.

Wine and refreshments will be served.

Identidades Marcadas
La Galeria del Teatro
Area Stage Company at the Riviera Theatre
1560 South Dixie Highway, Coral Gables, FL
Carlos Eloy, Francisco Nunez, Ulises Gonzalez, Igor Beceiro (Teo)
Arelys Hernandez – Gallery Director
John Rodaz – Producing Artistic Director
Maria Banda-Rodaz – Executive Director

Join Us for Divas & Caipirinhas
miArte Gallery presents Some Are Divas… women who inspire seduce & excite

featuring paintings & sculpture by Ed Berounsky, MANO & George Rodez

Friday, April 3
7:00 – 10:00 pm
85 Merrick Way
Coral Gables, FL
305.445.2783
www.miartegallery.com

Rex Art Frame Gallery Presents: Ana B. Galano and Beatrice McClelland
Organic Expressions
Experience overlapping organic lines of nature and art; intertwining to tell visual stories of the mind and soul.
Opening Reception Thursday, April 9, 2009
6:00-9:00 p.m.
3160 Coral Way
Miami, FL 33145
Please join us for an evening of art, music, food and wine.
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To speak or not to speak on Carlos García de la Nuez
Presentation: March 25, 20:00 hours
Location: Books and Books 265 Aragón Ave.
Coral Gables, FL. 33134
The art book CARLOS GARCIA will be presented on March 25, at 8:00 pm, at Books and Books, 265 Aragón Ave. Coral Gables, FL. 33134, tel. 305 442 44 08, fax. 305 44 97 51. orders@boooksandbooks.com This launching will be held within the framework of Arteamericas 09, one of the most important art fairs taking place in the United States, where Carlos García will show his art works. The book’s edition which took one year to complete, is the product of the author’s comprehensive work, with more than 160 photographs of his paintings and critical essays by renowned writers, in 295 pages. The editor of this publication is Galería Talento Arte Visual, located in Mexico City.

It would seem that the spirit of the man who dreams is completely satisfied. That refractibilitat, that pulling and encrypted energy composing the crash between objects, signs and moods in an encounter of fortuity, embraces the aesthetic experience of Carlos García, whose work, besides poetic is an act of giving in, always aimed towards the edge of painting.

From its depth, this book speaks of the heritage of abstractionism placed within figurative traces, re-symbolized landscapes and territories conquered by pigment stains, calligraphies, punctuation and writings, like chromatic metaphors of a new nature.

Carlos García lifts off with his work within the so called 80´s Generation, marked by the rupture with the traditional school of Cuban painting. His group, Cuatro por Cuatro, is considered one of the most important in the context of visual arts in Havana during that decade. He has participated with his work in the 19th edition of the São Paulo Biennial in Brazil. He has worked with the Donberger Gallery in Germany; Galerie Nesle and Galerie Artuel in France; Galería Talento Visual, from Mexico. He has exhibited his paintings in Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Argentina; all this, to highlight only a few of the most important moments in the universe of this renowned painter.

His work is part of the Permanent Collection of Museo de Bellas Artes in Havana, Cuba.

Margie Bauer & Valentina Ramos
Nature’s Spirit

Opening Reception
Thursday, March 5, 2009, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

March 5th through April 5th, 2009

Please join us for an evening of art, music, food & wine.
3160 SW 22 Street Miami Florida 33145 (Just east of Miricle Mile on Coral Way) 305 442 2324
Rex Art Framing

Art speaks to the Heart…
Join us for a special Gallery Night featuring a selection of romantic, sexy, passionate and unforgettable art from our current exhibitions
Friday, February 6, 2009 7:00 – 10:00 pm
miArte Gallery
85 Merrick Way
Coral Gables, FL
305.445.2783
www.miartegallery.com

Happy Valentine’s Day!
Gallery Hours: Tues – Fri: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm & Sat 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. miArte Gallery is located one block north of Miracle Mile and west of Douglas Road in Coral Gables, Florida.

Our wonderful sponsers for this event:
Thanks to Emilio Guerra of Dreyfus, Ashby & Co. for donating the wine. Dreyfus, Ashby & Co., are one of the oldest and most respected fine wine inporters in the United States.
3160 SW 22 Street (Just east of Miracle Mile on Coral Way)

305 442 2324 fax 305 445 1412 www.rexart.com/framing.html

NEW LOCATION
Romance In A Can At Cosford Cinema
The Cultural Affairs Committee of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce cordially invites you to a cinematic preview of European Romantic films at the “Romance In A Can” event beginning at 5:30pm in the University of Miami’s Cosford Cinema. Bring that special someone to enjoy some delicious Italian and French wines, luscious and decadent chocolates, festive strawberry champagne and much more as you preview award-nominated entries in the upcoming European Romantic Film Festival. The cost is $25, or $20 for chamber members. Call 305-446-1657 to rsvp. http://www.coralgableschamber.org

Cosford Cinema is located on the second floor of the Memorial Classroom building on UM campus. Call 305-284-4861. http://www.cosfordcinema.com

www.romanceinacan.com

*Closing Party!*
Thursday, January 22, 2009 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

If you couldn’t make it to the opening party for Christine Lyall and
Eric Rodriguez’ art exhibit, now’s your chance to see it before it comes
down. Please join them and Rex Art Framing in celebrating a successful show!

Complimentary wine and food will be served.

Rex Art Framing | 3160 Coral Way | Miami | FL | 33145