Rembrandt Torn into Little Squares
Wednesday July 10th 7 pm
Gallery Diet
174 Nw 23 Street
Miami FL 33127
www.gallerydiet.com

Join us for a reading of ‘What Remains of a Rembrandt Torn into Little Squares All the Same Size and Shot Down the Toilet’ by Jean Genet, translated by Charlotte Mandell and read by P. Scott Cunningham of The University of Wynwood. Beginning at 7 pm, the evening will start with an introduction by Nathlie Provosty, who will be joining us from New York.

Inside the gallery with beers and conversation with the artist. Street parking available. Please be fairly prompt.

2square Long Hair Don’t Care
Wednesday, June 26, 8:00pm until 3:00am
TSL Lounge
167 NW 23rd Street
Miami, Florida 33127
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2square has been here over a year and half painting wynwood, and it’s surrounding areas. It has been an honor, and a pleasure to be involved in the renaissance of Wynwood.

2square is heading out to travel thru Europe for 4 months on a street art tour. It always hurts to say goodbye to something you love, but we know and feel the time is now. It’s hard, but we must progress to the next chapter of our journey. The gypsy in us calls. Come laugh, sing, and cry with us as we say see hasta luego.

Come support, and party with us one more time, as we have so lovingly supported and partied with you!

Emerson Dorsch invites you to an Algae + Espiritútara viewing-party
Saturday, June 1, 2-6pm
Emerson Dorsch
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127

In conjunction with the group exhibition Object implied, Emerson Dorsch is pleased to share two local brands that capture and exude an effortless energy and enthusiasm unique to Miami. Please join us as we host a viewing-party to share these two local brands while enjoying complimentary cocktails provided by Gramps bar with Perrier Sparkling Natural Mineral Water, bites from La Latina, Azucar ice cream, and a playlist created by Ghostpiss from NYC. Both Algae and Espiritútara will present their current collections, with products available for purchase.
 
Algae is a Miami-based lifestyle brand focused on producing a limited edition artist series each season. Working closely with established and up-and-coming Miami-based artists, Algae helps to produce their vision completely. Fabric, fit, cut and sew, dying, and printing is all up to the artist. Algae guides the process and aims to produce high quality, totally original, and totally Miami products.
 
Espiritútara seeks to empower with beautiful jewelry that possesses elements of protection and positivity. Inspired by travel, art, and the pursuit of magic, the pieces are made of intentional stones and handmade elements that are designed for those searching for both design and the manifestation of light.

Object implied
A group exhibition of artists Kris Chatterson, Dave Hardy, Ryan Roa, April Street, Robert Thiele, and Odalis Valdivieso. On view are works in painting, sculpture, mixed-media, and site-specific installation.
 
Through June 8. 
The exhibition results from an intuitive selection process that favored works and systems characterized by effortlessness in terms of approach, materials, resolution, or position. The exhibition presents the respective systems, proposing to view the work beyond what is visually present and to question their potential as things that allude to ideas, narratives, or physical weights.

Savage: An Art Exhibit Made by Animals for the Benefit of Animals
Saturday, 06/01/2013, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32 Street,
Miami, Florida 33127
Webpage Link

Zoo Miami and the South Florida Chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers (SFAAZK) present “Savage,” an exhibit of art made by animals for the benefit of animals. Enjoy and purchase art made by tigers, giraffes, elephants, birds, reptiles, and more to make a difference in animal conservation projects. Paintings will be available through silent auction and raffle and will be hosted by our very own Ron Magill!. Be sure to show up early for hors d’oeuvres from Taste of the Wild and animal encounters and stay for the food trucks.

Gator Guayabera Guateque
Saturday, 05/18/2013, 06:00 pm – 12:00 am
Villa 221
221 NE 17th St,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link

The Guayabera (goo-ah-yah-bay-rah) is a men’s shirt that originated around Latin America. They are made with light material and are worn outside the pants. Some Guayaberas are embroidered.

A Guateque (goo-ah-tay-kay) is a social gathering in the countryside that originated in Cuba. There is usually music, dancing, and singing, especially of decimas.

Come join us for Good Food, Good Music, Good Times and Most Importantly A GOOD CAUSE.

Also, Honoring Dr. J. Bernard “Bernie” Machen as The Grand Caiman of The Year

Dominoes, Cigars and More

New C-Art Gallery Opening in Miami with Pop-up Exhibition
May 2 at 7p.m.
O. Ascanio Gallery
2600 NW 2nd Ave
Wynwood Miami, FL
RSVP: info@c-artgallery.com

The newest gallery to open in Miami, C-Art Gallery, in collaboration with the prestigious Marlborough Gallery in New York, is pleased to present  “Reflections.” Curated by Kosme de Baraños, the show will take place as a “pop-up” exhibition, as the gallery will reveal its permanent home at a later date.

For his first solo exhibition in Miami, David Rodriguez Caballero presents thirty aluminum, brass and vinyl art works. His characteristic aluminum and brass pieces are from his metal series, while his vinyl works form part of an independent series that juxtaposes different layers of monochrome acetate resulting in a paint-like finish. The exhibit is comprised of geometric abstractions, wall installations and freestanding sculptures, taking spectators on a journey through the artist’s transition from three-dimensionality to sculpture.

David Rodríguez Caballero arrives in Miami for his solo exhibition after a strong showing at the Marlborough New York (Recent Works, Marlborough Chelsea, February 2012), and Madrid (Ongoing pieces, Marlborough Madrid, November 2012) that were well received by the public, critics and art collectors. In addition, his work was recently showcased at Art Basel Miami Beach, The Armory Show and Arco.

“I am honored that C-Art Gallery has given me this opportunity. Guests will be able to observe the breadth of my work, from my characteristic brass and aluminum pieces, to my recent aesthetic investigations and combinations of organic elements with inorganic elements.  The inspirations derived from living in New York over the past two years are apparent in my newer pieces — the skyscrapers and concrete mix with my visual thinking to produce abstract configurations,” said Rodriguez Caballero.

Director of C-Art Gallery Cesar Rodriguez stated, “we are excited to launch C-Art with such a visionary artist, it sets the tone for what we plan to do next. We are convinced that David’s work is an excellent option for contemporary art collectors throughout South Florida and Latin America, and are certain locals will enjoy the show.

“I am thrilled that his work will be showcased in Miami, his pieces will captivate both art collectors and art aficionados,” quipped Curator Kosme de Baraño. David Rodríguez Caballero is already creating the art works that will be shown in future exhibits, i.e. at the Carmen de Valencia Center in Spain in June of 2013, and the Monaco outpost of the Marlborough next October.

Bakehouse Audrey Love Pavilion Grand Opening Celebration
Friday, May, 17, 2013, 7-10 p.m.
Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood Arts District
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami, FL 33127
305.576.2828
www.bacfl.org

Grand Opening Celebration
Sponsored by Chivas Regal
$10 Admission; Free for BAC Members and Miami Museum Month Participating Organizations’ Members

The Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC), South Florida’s premiere center for emerging and mid-career artists, proudly announces the completion of the Audrey Love Pavilion.
 
The Audrey Love Charitable Foundation recognized the Bakehouse Art Complex for its role in the fabric of Miami’s cultural community with a gift of $250,000. The renovation, funded by the grant, has completely transformed and improved the main entrance to the facility. With its signature flour silos still intact, BAC has converted the courtyard into an inviting outdoor event space. Award-winning architectural firm Shulman + Associates, located in Miami’s Design District, designed the renovations to enable patrons to experience the BAC in a whole new light. New features include a pedestrian ramp with integrated seating leading up to new large glass doors, a window looking into the gallery, a stage for performances, and state-of-the-art lighting. The renovation also provides the opportunity for BAC resident artists working with large scale sculptures to showcase their work outside of the building.
 
"This is the first significant capital development project since the organization’s inception nearly 27 years ago. We are so very grateful to the Audrey Love Foundation, Shulman + Associates, and our board member, Dr. Robert Apfel, for their support and dedication to the Bakehouse Art Complex," expressed Arlys Raymond, Executive Director of the Bakehouse Art Complex.
 
The late Audrey Love of The Audrey Love Foundation was a lifelong patron of the arts, a benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Opera, an early supporter of the Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, The Frost Museum at FIU, and the Florida Grand Opera. Audrey Love passed away in 2003 at the age of 100. The foundation’s recognition of the Bakehouse Art Complex signifies an appreciation for the facility’s 25-year commitment to creativity in the visual arts in Miami and its commitment to the future. And it has given the Bakehouse Art Complex the opportunity, and excuse, to let her name live on in Miami attached to a physical entity, The Audrey Love Gallery and Pavilion.

Reception for VIPs and Media
Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
kindly RSVP to gshonek@bacfl.org
11 a.m. Dedication and Ribbon Cutting 

Opening JJ and Daniel PEET In Proximity 4/19/13
Friday, April 19th 6- 9 PM, artist Q&A at 7:30 PM
Gallery Diet
174 Nw 23 Street
Miami Fl 33127
www.gallerydiet.com

JJ and Daniel Peet grew up a little wild on the banks of the Mississippi River.  They are the sons of an antique dealer mother and a father who had various small businesses.
Daniel, the elder, raised three small children; JJ went to Yale for his MFA.
Proxy
Showing and telling
Filter
Day to day tool
Blocker
Decoy
Standard Units
Time Collector
Uniforms
Nexus Moment
Making Moves
Gamnd
Notches in your gun belt
Bringing objects through

Communication would be sporadic; remembrances of earlier conversations, intermittent pictures and short emails. The games of their youth informed many bodies of work for each of them; in the form of photography for Daniel and sculpture, film and installation for JJ.
Daniel Peet’s photographs are a visual tour of the disarming, forgotten, and astonishing scenes he comes across scouring the streets of his hometown, Saint Paul, Minnesota. In addition, he has made large photographic panels featuring what he calls Everyday Objects.
JJ PEET has been the Resistance, the Luxury Leader, and the Sunday Painter. His work is produced inside a series of small studios. He makes paintings, sculptures, film and drawing.

Their collaborative exhibition will be on view at Gallery Diet through June 1st, 2013. This is the first time Daniel is exhibiting in Miami. This will be JJ’s second exhibition at Diet.

Chanoir, “No Hard Feelings”
Friday, 03/22/2013, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Hardcore Art Contemporary Space
72NW 25th Street,
Miami, Florida 33127
Facebook Link

Opening at Hardcore Art Contemporary Space

Alberto Vejarano, aka Chanoir, is a Colombian artist raised in France that became known for his graffiti and especially for the iconic cat that in the mid-nineties began to flood walls in different cities in Europe and Latin America. Chanoir studied at the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris where he was a pupil of Annette Messager, Christian Boltanski and Jean Michel Alberola and others. Among his most important exhibits is the one in the main hall of the Cartier Foundation in 2009.

“No hard feelings” questions the basis of unnecessary suffering and tyranny of power undisturbed. It is based on our experience as human beings, our fears, and emotions and how consciousness and society interferes and manipulates our reality. Beliefs are by definition alienating and to start to question is to start being not alienated, suffering is to accept that alienation.

In his works, the chains symbolize impotence and stuffed animals symbolize the carnal and mortal condition of man. The use of these popular characters allows the viewer to feel identified with the subject. By torturing these inanimate beings there comes an inquiry on human instinct and why they feel satisfaction when others are tortured, killed and humiliated. This desire to “revenge” is a recurring theme in humanity. Good and evil are relative but fundamental, as the symbol of yin and yang, which symbolizes the many dualities that make up our lives and govern the balance of life itself.

Who has the power, is the real question on torture. The opposition between victim and villain defines the notion of equality, an unusual equality, who has power and who has the truth? Both the victim and villain feed on each other’s energy without knowing if happiness is to be bound or loose. Fear is one of the most powerful forces in the world, we, as the knight of the Middle Ages, must separate ourselves from the fears that are not ours and if not, rejoice in our suffering, our compassion that defines us as human beings for anyone who has not suffered is not a man, not a human being. This is an invitation to fear only for our inevitable condition, for have wanted to be gods when we are nothing but animals.

SWAN Spoken Soul Showcase Vol. 6 – SWAN Day Miami
Saturday, 03/23/2013, 06:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Gibson Miami Showroom
The Dorissa Bldg, 2751 North Miami Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33127
Webpage Link

The Award-Winning Spoken Soul Festival Celebrates SWAN Day Miami on Saturday, March 23, 2013.

Showcasing and uniting female warriors armed with paint brushes, microphones, and camera lenses through advocacy and creativity.

Miami, FL (March 7, 2013) – Winner of Miami New Times’ “Best of Miami 2012” Best Place To Meet Intelligent Women, Spoken Soul Festival celebrates its 6th year by continuing to make a HER-storic impact on the arts community in South Florida.

Spoken Soul Festival is a three-day celebration of philanthropy, community, and women artists. For the 3rd year in a row and out of approximately 1000 SWAN Day events, Spoken Soul Festival’s SWAN Day Miami has been named by WomenArts one of the Top 5 Cities in the world that celebrates the international holiday SWAN Day (Support Women Artists Now!). In addition, this not-for-profit festival has been awarded a total of $3000 in grant monies over the past 3 years by WomenArts.

“Each year we grow and many more women artists’ careers are launched. This can only mean we are doing something right, and our community wants it and needs it,” Deborah Magdalena, Founder and Director of SSF.

This year’s SWAN Day Miami festivities are on Saturday March 23, 2013 from 6pm – 10pm during SWAN Spoken Soul Showcase Vol. 6. This FREE event will showcase twelve women artists inside the new buzz-worthy Gibson Miami Showroom at The Dorissa Bldg, 2751 North Miami Avenue. Gibson will graciously lend a one-of-a-kind Gibson guitar to the musicians and their very cool Stanton DJ line for the featured DJ. In addition, our presenting sponsor, DUCK Tape Wine, will award $100 dollars and a case of wine to one featured artist who best incorporates actual DUCK Tape in one of their showcased originals.

On-air radio personality, Chanel from 939 MIA and MEGA 949, will host the SWAN extravaganza. Between DUCK Tape Wine, Santos Sangria, smooth music by the featured DJ, outstanding visual and performance art by some of South Florida’s up and coming super star women artists, SWAN Day 2013 Miami will surely be another award-winning event.

SWAN Goddess 2013 by Nadyia Duff

ABOUT

Featured Artists & Production Team pictures and biographies available on www.spokensoulfestival.com

WomenArts a non-profit arts service organization dedicated to helping women artists all over the world www.womenarts.org

Fractured Atlas is a non-profit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations. www.fracturedatlas.org

DUCK Tape Wine: For when you need something to hold you together. www.premiumblend.com

Gibson www.gibson.com

Opera Preview at Wynwood Second Saturday Art Walk
Saturday, 03/09/2013, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
The Hangar Gallery
2235 NW 2nd Ave,
Miami, Florida 33127
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Opera Preview at Wynwood Second Saturday Art Walk

Florida Grand Opera (FGO) and THE HANGAR gallery host an Opera Preview of the Design District’s very first operatic production during Second Saturday Art Walk on March 9 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Complimentary cocktails courtesy of Little Black Dress Vodka. Event is free with RSVP to rsvp@fgo.org.

Designed to give the community a taste of Florida Grand Opera’s anticipated Design District debut, the evening will feature selections from the company’s tango-themed double bill – Robert Xavier Rodriguez’s Tango and Ástor Piazzolla’s María de Buenos Aires – as well as popular arias performed by the company’s Young Artist Studio.

Performances will take place every hour – at 7:30 p.m., 8:20 p.m., and 9:10 p.m. – amid THE HANGAR’s current exhibition “Miami Minds,” a mix media show depicting Miami’s graffiti subculture as well as portraits breaking conventional standards of appearance.

DATE/TIME: March 9, 2013, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
LOCATION: THE HANGAR, 2235 NW 2nd Ave Miami, FL 33127

Florida Grand Opera debuts in the Design District on March 21 with two tango-themed operettas as part of Unexpected Operas in Unexpected Places, a program funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge For tickets and details, visit www.FGO.org.

Trek6 Through the Looking Glass Opening Cocktail Reception at Hand Crafted Miami
Saturday, 03/16/2013, 07:00 pm – 12:00 am
Handcrafted Miami
3438 N Miami Ave Miami, FL 33127,
3438 N Miami Ave, Florida Miami
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Acclaimed Miami graffiti artist and muralist, Trek6, launches “Through the Looking Glass”, an aerosol portrait exhibition featuring pop icons with eyewear from the Eyemax Collection. Trek6 celebrates the unveiling of his newest collection in his first solo show. His pure aerosol pieces pay tribute to some our favorite pop icons including Andy Warhol and Jackie O.

Saturday, March 16, 2013 | 7 p.m. to Midnight
Complimentary Voli Vodka Cocktails from 7 – 9 p.m
Music by DJ Tom Laroc

Purple Line Opening
March 8 – March 9, 11:00am to 11:00pm
Purple Line | U+Transit Train Station
3651 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, FL.

Miami’s New Community Built Train Station Pops Up March 8th and 9th.

Experience a Miami Transit Station as it could be.

See some of the area’s best artwork, confess your innermost transit woes and dreams, enjoy live music and more — All while we welcome you aboard The Purple Line.

For more information: www.purplelinemiami.com
#thetrainiscoming

UM Gallery Presents MFA Exhibit by Jose Miguel Cabrera Opening reception
March 9, 2013 from 2 pm to 9 pm.
University of Miami Gallery, The Wynwood Building
2750 N.W. 3rd Avenue, Suite 4
Miami

The exhibition runs from March 4 – 23.

José Miguel Cabrera’s photographic series RELATIVity portrays interrelated fragments of real-life situations that operate on the level of a puzzle and invite the viewer to decipher a story. Using techniques associated with narrative cinema, he has collaborated with amateur actors to create multiple “tableaux vivants” that, taken together, tell a single story that represents a simultaneous moment across various captured viewpoints. Cabrera montages still images to provide the subtle arc to a silent narrative that weaves and explores the phenomenon within a viewer’s individual reality and secret history to, ultimately, yield an experience of unique personal meaning.

Cabrera holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication from the University of Miami with dual majors in art photography and motion picture production. In 1997, he moved to New York City and worked in production for filmmaking and network television. He then worked as a “wet darkroom” printer and electronic media artist in the photography industry. In late 2002, he returned to South Florida and has since focused his projects on writing and electronic media. This exhibition is part of his work toward his Masters in Fine Arts at UM.

Bunny Yeager Sudio at Center for Visual Communication OPening
Thursday, 02/28/2013, 07:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Bunny Yeager Studio
557 NW 27th St.,
miami, Florida 33127
Webpage Link

Bunny Yeager Returns!
Miami’s Legendary Pin-Up Photographer Opens New Studio
Grand Opening Exhibition and Fashion Presentation February 28

Bunny Yeager and CVC invite you to join us for the opening of the Bunny Yeager Studio in Miami’s Wynwood Art District.
Bunny Yeager is the legendary model, photographer, writer and swimsuit designer whose pictures of Bettie Page catapulted both Page and Yeager to fame in 1954. The publication of Yeager’s centerfold photo of Bettie Page in Playboy launched Yeager’s photographic career and began a lifelong friendship with Hugh Hefner, the magazine’s publisher. Yeager’s new studio is a permanent venue for the artist to continue her work as a portrait photographer, complete new projects and present an ongoing exhibition of her most famous images of women at their most natural and seductive.
Yeager defined a new genre of portraiture with her sensual images of the girl next door and with her self portraits. Beginning with her early photographs for men’s magazines in the 1950’s she produced compelling images both in the studio and on location. Her groundbreaking work inspired and influenced a new generation of photographers from Cindy Sherman to those who shoot swimsuit models outdoors for Sports Illustrated.
Based in Miami since the 1950’s, Yeager developed special techniques for camera, location and lighting that mark each of her images as indelibly hers. Yeager is a master at envisioning and bringing out the unique qualities of the female form in each of her models. The tricks and secrets of her direct and beguiling images are published in over 30 books she has written over the last 50 years. Her newest book Bunny Yeager’s Darkroom by Petra Mason, Rizzoli, 2012, features over 250 classic images, many in full page format.
Yeager’s new studio will feature an exhibition area presenting her most iconic images of Bettie Page and the other models she discovered and brought to the attention of an entire generation of men who still find them captivating.
Center for Visual Communication’s Miami Masters series celebrates Miami arts icons that have long influenced and shaped South Florida’s now vibrant art scene. Bunny Yeager launches CVC’s Miami Masters studio program, a new initiative that provides working studio and exhibition facilities to South Florida’s most notable artists.

Grand Opening Event with Bunny Yeager Thursday, February 28, 2013
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Reception
8:00 p.m. Fashion Presentation Featuring
Designs by Lingerini and Models from Nicole Shelley Models and Miss Latina International

Reservations Required – RSVP to studiolaunch@visual.org or 305-571-1415

Studio address: 557 NW 27th Street at NW 5th Avenue, Miami FL • Parking available on site.
Studio hours: By Appointment studiomanager@visual.org or 305-571-1415

CVC • 541 NW 27th Street • Miami, Florida 33127 • Phone 305-571-1415 • www.visual.org

Copyright © 2013 Center for Visual Communication, Inc.

Grand Opening Exhibition and Swimsuit Fashion Presentation February 28
Thursday, 02/28/2013, 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Center for Visual Communication
557 NW 27th Street at NW 5th Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33127
Webpage Link

Bunny Yeager Returns!
Miami’s Legendary Pin-Up Photographer Opens New Studio
Grand Opening Exhibition and Swimsuit Fashion Presentation February 28
Bunny Yeager and CVC invite you to join us for the opening of the Bunny Yeager Studio in Miami’s Wynwood Art District.
Bunny Yeager is the legendary model, photographer, writer and swimsuit designer whose pictures of Bettie Page catapulted both Page and Yeager to fame in 1954. The publication of Yeager’s centerfold photo of Bettie Page in Playboy launched Yeager’s photographic career and began a lifelong friendship with Hugh Hefner, the magazine’s publisher. Yeager’s new studio is a permanent venue for the artist to continue her work as a portrait photographer, complete new projects and present an ongoing exhibition of her most famous images of women at their most natural and seductive.
Yeager defined a new genre of portraiture with her sensual images of the girl next door and with her self portraits. Beginning with her early photographs for men’s magazines in the 1950’s she produced compelling images both in the studio and on location. Her groundbreaking work inspired and influenced a new generation of photographers from Cindy Sherman to those who shoot swimsuit models outdoors for Sports Illustrated.
Based in Miami since the 1950’s, Yeager developed special techniques for camera, location and lighting that mark each of her images as indelibly hers. Yeager is a master at envisioning and bringing out the unique qualities of the female form in each of her models. The tricks and secrets of her direct and beguiling images are published in over 30 books she has written over the last 50 years. Her newest book Bunny Yeager’s Darkroom by Petra Mason, Rizzoli, 2012, features over 250 classic images, many in full page format.
Yeager’s new studio will feature an exhibition area presenting her most iconic images of Bettie Page and the other models she discovered and brought to the attention of an entire generation of men who still find them captivating.

Center for Visual Communication’s Miami Masters series celebrates Miami arts icons that have long influenced and shaped South Florida’s now vibrant art scene. Bunny Yeager launches CVC’s Miami Masters studio program, a new initiative that provides working studio and exhibition facilities to South Florida’s most notable artists.

Grand Opening Event with Bunny Yeager Thursday, February 28, 2013
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Reception
8:00 p.m. Fashion Presentation Featuring
Designs by Lingerini and Models from Nicole Shelley Models and Miss Latina International

Reservations Required – RSVP to studiolaunch@visual.org or 305-571-1415 ask for Laura

Studio address: 557 NW 27th Street at NW 5th Avenue, Miami FL  Parking available on site.
Studio hours: By Appointment studiomanager@visual.org or 305-571-1415

Copyright © 2013 Center for Visual Communication, Inc.

Contemporary artist, Randee Heller at Art Fusion Galleries during Wynwood Art Walk.
Saturday, 02/09/2013, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
3550 North Miami Avenue ,
Miami , Florida 33127
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Contemporary artist, Randee Heller at Art Fusion Galleries during Wynwood Art Walk.

Hosted by Erin Mia Milchman

7-10pm Saturday, February 9th
Art Fusion Galleries
3550 North Miami Avenue
Miami, Florida 33127

* Refreshments
* Live Music
* Valet Parking Upon Request

Biography
RANDEE began painting at a young age, born into the artistic nature of New York. Her passion to pursue art is nothing short of destiny. In the 1980’s she began working with Textile Prints in the creative capital Miami, Florida.
As a Designer, RANDEE assisted artists with textile renderings. Participation in several local and regional art shows helped RANDEE to gain enough recognition to inevitably sell designs to many of today’s Fort Lauderdale manufacturers.

The self-trained & award winning artist is best known for her colorful composition. You will also notice the graceful movements in RANDEE’s work within her profoundly reflective paintings. Her unique taste for texture perception has become increasingly well received in the art world, having made custom pieces for the personal homes of Hollywood celebrities.

The artist’s value is heavily steeped in the appreciation of contemporary abstract art. Her paintings portray the significance of the harmonious balance between human discord & nature. Much like a Kandinsky, the representational elements are removed, leaving paintings that communicate through the pure abstract language of symbols, shapes, and most importantly, color. RANDEE’s gift and ability to combine color has made her an expert at her craft.

Looking toward the future, RANDEE is working on an art curriculum for children in local hospitals as this gifted artist is driven by her passion for philanthropy.

www.RandeeHeller.com

Twitter: @RandeeArt

BAC Spotlight Series Premieres with José Pacheco Silva Preview Reception
Friday, February 8, 2013, 7-10pm.
Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood Arts District
561 NW 32nd Street
Miami, FL 33127
305.576.2828
www.bacfl.org

On view- February 9 – March 1, 2013

The Bakehouse Art Complex (BAC), South Florida’s premiere center for emerging and mid-career artists, presents the inaugural exhibition in an annual series, entitled BAC Spotlight, featuring BAC Resident Artist, José Pacheco Silva. Guest curators Adriana Herrera and Willy Castellanos, of the Aluna Curatorial Collective, collaborated with Pacheco Silva for the past year to develop Transformed Interceptions / Encuentros Transformados. This premiere solo exhibition will open with a preview on Friday, February 8, 2013 from 7-10pm in the Audrey Love Gallery. Also opening that evening is another solo exhibition in the Swenson Gallery featuring Bryan Hiveley entitled The Snake Revolution. Both exhibitions will be on view to the public through March 1, 2013.
 
About Transformed Interceptions / Encuentros Transformados by José Pacheco Silva:
"Behind the austerity of these photographs, there lies hidden the affective intention of retaining the image of the places where he passed by, with the knowledge that everything is condemned to a form of destruction. His references to this responds more to a personal biography than to a collective memory, but they construct a poetic of death as a constant chord of his work, inseparable from the notion that everything is out of control. This idea trespasses the same creative process in which Pacheco Silva leaves space to accident and chance. His works, fabricated through montages that mix pictures with blackened blocks of wood, and violent expressive strokes, contain gestures foreign to perfect forms, but have the capacity to make the gaze burn. In this act of preservation, one can see the "concept of salvaging" that Walter Benjamin united to the recovering of the past. Although it is submerged in nostalgia, his work contains that of an affirmation, a laugh that affectively maintains the spaces that were once inhabited, and that now belong to the construction of the artistic world of José Pacheco Silva, for whom this exhibition is an entrance." -Aluna Curatorial Collective.
 
About The Snake Revolution by Bryan Hiveley:
This solo exhibition is about the absurdity of nature and the artist’s fascination of evolution and intelligent design… It challenges these ideas by breaking the laws of nature. The artworks are based on the artist’s individual interpretations of animals and serves to question their typical archetypes and zoological imagery.
 
Exhibitions Preview:                                                                                                        
Transformed Interceptions / Encuentros Transformados by José Pacheco Silva (Audrey Love Gallery) and
The Snake Revolution by Bryan Hiveley (Swenson Gallery)      
 
$5 Admission; Free for BAC Members (and Press-please contact gshonek@bacfl.org for reservations)

Celebrated Painter Diego Jacobson Hosts Cocktail Reception
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013, 7 p.m. reception
LMNT Gallery
59 NW 36 Street
Miami, FL 33127
Kindly RSVP to DiegoJacobson@TaraInk.com

On-site complimentary parking available

Titled “Everything Is Perfect,” the exhibition will focus on artist Diego Jacobson’s spiritual and philosophical outlook on life based on the principle “do not judge”

Abstract expressionist painter Diego Jacobson will host a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception featuring 70 paintings from his personal collection. Titled “Everything is Perfect,” the exhibition is based on Jacobson’s philosophy on life, which is simply: “If everything is perfect, you can’t judge anything.”

For Jacobson, every brushstroke is painful, but that didn’t stop the Miami resident from conquering dystonia, a crippling neurological disorder, to become one of the most celebrated Latino artists of his generation. Born in Argentina and raised between Puerto Rico and New York, Jacobson dabbled in drawing as a child, but concluded he just wasn’t any good. When he was eight years old, the earliest signs of generalized dystonia began to creep into his body, forcing him into a wheelchair. At 13, Jacobson underwent cryosurgery, an invasive brain surgery that drastically improved his symptoms.

Jacobson officially began painting when he was in his 30s – after managing a clothing manufacturing business, completing a Master’s degree in Practical Spirituality at the Peace Theological Seminary & College of Philosophy in California, and traveling the world. It wasn’t until Jacobson discovered the artwork of Beatles’ artist Paul McCartney that he felt inspired to put paint to canvas. Today, Jacobson’s paintings have been shown in exhibitions from New York to Italy, and have impressed critics around the world.

Rise Up Gallery Opening Exhibition
Friday, January 16, 7:00pm until 11:00pm
Rise Up Gallery
187 NW 27th St
Miami, Florida 33127
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Come celebrate the opening of our new gallery located in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District! We will be hosting a wine reception and art auction complete with a DJ and Live Music Performances! Check out our latest works, meet our artists, and show some love to our fresh new home!

Rise Up Gallery provides a venue for artists with disabilities to showcase their work and offers art therapy workshops to the community. Rise Up is a registered 501c3 non profit organization. All donations are 100% tax deductible.

Our award winning community programs are made possible as a direct result of your generous support. So please come out & bring a crew, tell your friends, share on social media, whatever it takes to spread the word! Thank you!

Can’t make it but still want to support? Please consider making a donation via our website, thank you!

Cafeina Wynwood’s Packed Art Basel Line-up
Thursday, Dec. 6, through Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012
Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
297 Northwest 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127
305.438.0792
www.cafeinamiami.com

Cafeina, the chic lounge, art gallery and outdoor garden nestled in the Wynwood Art District, is proud to announce its lineup for Art Basel Miami Beach 2012, featuring its signature blend of art and nightlife including international art exhibitions, the official after party for NYC-based Fountain Art Fair, works by Miguel Paredes, and a roster of burgeoning DJs from around the world.

From Thursday, Dec. 6 through Sunday, Dec. 9, Cafeina’s Wynwood Exhibition Center gallery will house the “The Extraordinary Five,” an international group show featuring mixed media curated by artist Alejandro Mendoza, including works by Tania Marmolejo, cover artist for MIAMI Magazine’s December 2012 issue; Carlos Caballer; Alejandro Mendoza; Angel Ricardo Rios and Aida Tejada. The exhibition will portray artists breaking free from traditional aesthetic signature and cultural molds to showcase the individual’s conceptual works.

“The show presents five artists who have developed a plastic expression without allusion to ethnicity, a conventional visual language of discourse in Latin American art. It has semiotic approach, within an international framework, in which the importance lies not in who we are or where we come from, but in what is proposed aesthetically within the context of Contemporary Art” said Mendoza.

The full Art Basel Miami Beach 2012 lineup includes:
Thursday, Dec. 6, 5 to 8 p.m.
Kickoff Happy Hour drinks and tapas for Cafeina’s packed Art Basel lineup
6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Curator Alejandro Mendoza and “The Extraordinary Five” present a meet-and-greet plus the Vernissage preview party with Wynwood Exhibition Center
and Irreversible Magazine
Set begins at 7 p.m.: Live beats by DJ A-Train + Special Guests

Friday, Dec. 7, 5 to 8 p.m.
Happy Hour hosted by Svedka Vodka and Beck’s Beer
7 p.m. to midnight: Sounds by DJ Skitty and special video DJ set by Tom Laroc
Midnight to 5 a.m.
Official after-party for the Miami edition of NYC based, Fountain Art Fair 2012 co-hosted by official sponsor, cream*hotel® with ‘Resolute’ resident DJ Connie, sounds by Low Pitch Orchestra and special aerial performance by Masci

Saturday, Dec. 8, Noon to 4 p.m.
Brunch returns to Cafeina
Curator Alejandro Mendoza presents á la carte “Brunch n’ Basel” menu with $25 bottomless mimosas for 2 hours, signature dishes, cocktails and pitchers in the Big Garden and gallery with beats by DJ Jatinder Channa. Reservations encouraged.
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Artist Miguel Paredes’ with Cone present a Mural Reception at the Rouge Garden. Signature beats by resident DJ SUPERSEDE
11 p.m. to close: Cafeina and Safe Music present Europe’s biggest upcoming DJ’s, Joy Orbision & Ben UFO, and special guests to make their Miami Debut with ART OF MUSIC sponsored by REDBULL, Svedka and Beck’s Beer in the Big Garden

Sunday, Dec. 9, Noon to 4 p.m.
Grand closing “Brunch n’ Basel” fete in the Big Garden and gallery
À la carte, signature dishes and cocktails
beats by DJ Jatinder Channa

Art Basel Kick-off Party
Wednesday, 12/05/2012, 07:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Daniela Cadena
11263 NW 51 Tr,
Doral, Florida 33178
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, Art Basel is back!

Come celebrate with us as the largest art fair in the world makes it way to Miami. Shop local emerging designers and try your hand as an artist with our paint-by-numbers mural featuring urban artist GG.

Brought to you by: Style CTZN, Creative Native, Queens of Sheba, GG Artwork, All ’bout Trees, AVivas Hidalgo, Yummy ChunBuns, Capurro Premium Pisco, and Connies Treats.

Oxenberg Art: The Paintings of Ashley Colilns
Thursday, 11/29/2012, 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Oxenberg Fine Art
50 NE 29 Street,
Miami, Florida 33137
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OXENBERG FINE ART: THE PAINTINGS OF ASHLEY COLLINS

Oxenberg Fine Art cordially invites you to a special preview reception featuring:

The Paintings of Ashley Collins

Thursday, November 29, 2012
7:00 – 10:00PM

Guests will receive a first view of mega-scale artworks to be presented in the solo exhibition during Miami Art Week and enjoy light fare and refreshments.

RSVP: 305.854.7104 or gallery@oxenbergart.com

Image caption:
Ashley Collins, Bridge
Mixed media on aged paper
84 x 96 inches