Friday, June 01, 2012

The Art of Saturday

BROWARD COUNTY

Unexplored Ocean by Sunman will be on exhibit at Enchantment Under the Sea at Green Room.

Green Room
109 S.W. Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-449-1030, Greenroomlive.com

Enchantment Under the Sea marks the return to Hill Valley High School on Nov. 12, 1955 in Green Room's show named named for the high school dance in which Marty McFly would reunite his parents in Back to the Future. The show will feature art inspired by the sea, sea creatures, beaches and anything water-related. Exhibiting artists will include Sunman, Jennifer Love-Gironda, Kristin Frenzel, Erika Hagarty, Morgan Woods, Ksenia Kazakova, Jenipher Chandley, Ian M. SantosJulia Zuniga, Kristy Albury and live art by Hilda Vazquez and Vena Paylo, who will be mashing up retro record album covers. The five-hour party starts at 10 p.m. June 2.

NORTH BEACH ART WALK

Frank Worth's photographs at NAC Gallery
NAC Gallery
3325 N.E. 32nd St., Fort Lauderdale, 805-272-5831, Nacgallery.com


Grand opening party with an exhibition of iconic Hollywood photos by Frank Worth, a New Yorker who in 1940 moved to Los Angeles fresh out of high school to cover the film industry for International News Service, and recently died, leaving behind images, some of which have never been exhibited in a gallery setting. The show opens 6-9 p.m. June 2 and runs through June.

"Time Will Tell" by Detour Butterfly will be on exhibit at Broward Art Guild's Human Image and Portrait show
Broward Art Guild
3280 N.E. 32nd St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-537-3370, Browardartguild.org

Human Image and Portrait, an exhibition of human figure and portraiture, opens 6:30 to 9 p.m. June 2 and runs through June 22.

Barry Gross Gallery
3335 N.E. 32nd St., Fort Lauderdale, 305-609-2463, Iconeditions.com


Journey of the Mind, Body and Spirit, Gross's exhibition that coincides with North Beach Art walk, opens 7-11 p.m. June 2.

Gallery 101
3350 N.E. 33rd St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-882-1861, Gallery-101.com


Sushi Bar and other shorts directed by Wendy White and written by White, Vanessa Garcia and Megan Roth, starts at 8 p.m. June 1 and 8 p.m. June 2.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY


6th Street Container
1155 S.W. 6th St. (in rear), Miami, 786-587-5279, 6thstreetcontainer.com



Bazaar featuring vintage clothing, vintage silk scarves, records, CDs, books, furniture, empanadas and a chance to view the current solo exhibition by Domingo Castillo, 11 a.m to 5 p.m. June 2.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Local spotlight: The Sincerity Project



When a group from the Schott Communities, a nonprofit agency that assists deaf and disabled people, visited the Pembroke Pines art center Studio 18 in early 2011, a woman asked for a photo of a particular painting. She wanted to create her own version of the work.

Her request sparked the idea for "The Sincerity Project," a show in which local artists loan works to the Schott Communities, Artists With Autism, the Ann Storck Center and other special-needs organizations. The agencies' clients then create their interpretations of the works, which are exhibited along with the originals at Studio 18. The show will return for a second time Friday night and run through July 27.

This year, curator Jill Slaughter decided to establish a theme — devotion — and provide more exhibition space to three of the 23 artists creating original works. "Last year, the works were dispersed equally around the gallery," she says. "And this year, three artists — David "Lebo" Le Batard, Jacklyn Laflamme and Ed King — have one wall each in the main gallery."

To read the rest of Arterpillar's story on The Sincerity Project, visit Sun-Sentinel's June 1 Showtime section.

Above is a slide show of some of works from The Sincerity Project. To see the captions while watching the slide show, click the arrow in the middle, then click in the lower right hand corner of the slide show to expand the pics and then click on "show info" at top right (to see the details that accompany each photo). Or simply view the Flickr set.

The Art of Friday

Ania Mousawell in Artists in Action! at Girls' Club

Girls' Club

117 N.E. Second St., Fort Lauderdale (Hours are 1-5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday), 954-828-9151, Girlsclubcollection.org

Artists in Action! is a series of monthly Friday artists talks (7 p.m.) followed by Saturday workshops (1 p.m.) Admission is free on Friday, $30 on Saturday. Call or e-mail to register. Next up in the series: Ania Moussawell, a Miami-born artist, photographer and videographer whose portraits are explorations of memory, nostalgia and everyday happenings (June 1-2).

While on the subject of Girls Club, the artspace held its season finale for Chick Flicks last week and it highlighted five short videos by local artists. Among them were Legend, 2009 and Last Look, 2012 by Christina Pettersson, Helium Hum, 2011 by Cristina Molina), The Moon, 2012 by Rebecca K. Lewis and a.muse.ment 2011 by Rhonda Mitrani. If you missed the event you can still watch the videos through Saturday, June 2 on the Girls Club blog. You can also read Arterpillar's story on Chick Flicks season finale in the Sun-Sentinel.


Artist Norval Hall interpreting a work by artist Ruben Ubiera.
Studio 18
1101 Poinciana Drive, Pembroke Pines, 954-961-6067, Ppines.com/studio18 

The Sincerity Project, which will feature art by David "LEBO" Le Batard, Ed King, Jacklyn Laflamme, Antonio Guerrero, Timothy Leistner, Ruben Ubiera, Virginia Erdie, Evo Love and other artists, and interpretations of their art by by clients of several special needs organizations including Artists With Autism, Lucanus Developmental Center, The Ann Storck Center  and other organizations.

The show opens 7-9 p.m. June 1 and runs through July 27 with a salon from 7-9 p.m. July 6. Read Arterpillar's story about the exhibition in the June 1 Showtime section of the Sun-Sentinel.

The Art Place
2722 N.W. Second Ave., Miami, 786-709-1842, Theartplacewynwood.wordpress.com
 

2 Expressionists, an exhibition of paintings selected by Diane Camber, independent curator and director emerita of Bass Museum of Art, and featuring works by Horst Kohlem and Danilo Gonzalez, will close with a reception, 6-10 p.m. June 1. 


Lester's
2519 N.W. Second Ave., Miami, 305-456-1784, Lestersmiami.com


The Miami Rail launch party will celebrate the first issue of Miami's new art publication described as "an editorially independent expansion of The Brooklyn Rail, which has provided acclaimed cultural and political criticism since 1998."

The party, which runs 8 p.m. to midnight June 1, will feature DJs, foot-long Subway subs (while they last), and of course a free copy of The Miami Rail.

New World School of the Arts Artseen Gallery
2215 N.W. Second Ave., Miami, 305-237-3597, Nwsa.mdc.edu


New World School of the Arts senior showcase featuring drawing, installations, painting, photography and sculpture by graduating artists, opens 6-9 p.m. June 1 and runs through June 30.

 Clay Glass Metal Stone Gallery
605 Lake Ave., Lake Worth, 561-588-8344, Clayglassmetalstone.com


Glass the Ripple Effect, an exhibition that showcases fused glass artists Betty Wilson, Sheri Goldstein, Lee Mortensen, Joyce Brown and Wayne Smith, will include glass art demos on frames and fusing, 6-9 p.m. June 1.

Gallery 101
3350 N.E. 33rd St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-882-1861, Gallery-101.com


Sushi Bar and other shorts directed by Wendy White and written by White, Vanessa Garcia and Megan Roth, starts at 8 p.m. June 1 and 8 p.m. June 2.






Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Betweeners



Art is About posts a video and pics from Misael Soto's Beach Towel (Memorial Day) as well as a schedule of his East Coast tour that kicks off in August and includes stops in Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale.... Art Is About also sends readers to the Bass Museum to see work by Charles Ledray, an artist who started his career as the security guard at Seattle Art Museum.

Artlurker announces the winner of the 2012 Miami Writers Prize.

Artist Ashley M. Sheppard provides a closeup step-by-step look at a commission she worked on in a post titled "Commission."
Jennifer Love Girdona takes us under the sea with her latest works.
Jennifer Love Gironda created some beautiful works for the Enchantment Under the Sea show that opens June 2 at the Green Room. They feel peacefully, silently underwater. ...

Photographer Monica McGivern shares some behind-the-scene photos taken during a shoot for the cover Invisible Music's album.

One of 19 pics from Art Blog Art  log on the opening of Leave it to Beavers at Gallery Diet in Wynwood.
Art Blog Art Blog has posted pics from the Leave It to Beavers show which runs through July 14 at Gallery Diet in Wynwood.

Beached Miami's Insta pic of the week is a smile-prompter.

One of a dozen pics posted by artist Amy Gross on Amy Looks Closer
Artist Amy Gross posts pics of a holiday Monday without people. on her blog Amy Looks Closer.

Miami Art Exchange has a story on Eclipse, Hannes Bends' smelly, yet though-provoking exhibit that includes tires from a failed reef.

 A video of Agustina Woodgate's Focus Point lecture at Bass Museum.

If you want to know what inspired this, read the post by Diana "Didi" Contreras.
Diana "Didi" Contreras posts a pic of a mural she did with Alexandra "Lushy" Seda at Bird Road Art Walk, along with some words about what inspired it.

Artist Rolando Chang Barrero has a new Tumblr.

If you missed the Chick Flicks season finale at Girls' Club, you can still watch the five featured videos from South Florida artists on the Girls' Club, but only through June 2.
Michelle Winberg's work in Pictorial Record at Bob Rauschenberg Gallery in Fort Myers.

Michelle Weinberg posts some pics of her work from the opening of Pictorial Record at Bob Rauschenberg Gallery in Fort Myers.

Girls' Club also offers some details on call to artists the 3rd annual Art in the Square Art Festival in Delray Beach, info on how to apply for Miami Light Project's Here and Now 2013 and  and great pics of some of the collages made at the recent Artists in Action! workshop that Miami artist Odalis Valdivieso conducted at Girls' Club.

Samantha Salzinger has 15 minutes of fame, well 14:47 minutes to be exact, in Jacques de Beaufort's recent video interview with the artist. Stick with the video until the very end.

Misael Soto at Beach Towel (Memorial Day)
Misael Soto shares an Instragram pic of him taken during his Beach Towel (Memorial Day) ... Check out all those people on his giant beach towel.

Betweeners is a regular feature that allows Arterpillar to justify her time spent reading other local art blogs and surfing for local art news ... and to talk about herself in third person in italics. 



Tuesday, May 29, 2012

16 New Artist Opportunities

No idea is too outlandish for Swampsace's sculpture garden, but entries deemed unacceptable may be trashed.
Swampspace Gallery has announced its official open call for submissions to the Swampsspace Sculpture Garden Challenge 2012, noting "We are looking for ideas and objects to embellish the grounds of our tropical garden and parking facility. Entrants must submit objects for consideration in fact, anytime. No idea is too outlandish, but we reserve the right to trash stuff deemed not acceptable.
Thanks and good luck to each and all. Kindly present your free sculptural proposal with optional literary support of 150 words or less @ 150 N.E. 42 Street in Miami's Design District."
 
1310 Gallery in Fort Lauderdale has issued a call to visual and performance artists for Appropriated Gender, a show that opens Oct. 20 and runs through Nov. 9. The curator’s goal is "to examine how gender is portrayed visually and enlighten and challenge the audience, stimulating cultural discussion." While contemporary approaches are encouraged, the exhibition is open to all media.  Art must have been created within the last 10 years. Proposals for performances and site-specific installations should be accompanies by an explanation and include examples of previous work. Deadline for entries is Aug. 19 and there will be cash prizes and guest judges. For more information visit the Call For Entries on Facebook.

Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park presents a rotating display of nature themed work by local artists and photographers. Those interested in exhibiting should contact the park at 954-357-5161. 

Green Room has issued a call to working tattoo artists for their painting, illustrations, photographs, sculpture or mixed media works for it's Friday the 13th show on July 13. Confirmed artists include Scott White and Pooch(Altered State Tattoo), Soledad del Real (Black Rose Tattoo Shop), Joey Eyebrows (South Seas Tattoo Company) and Phillip Carlucci (Aces High Tattoo Shop). Art is due 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 5 or 6 and interested artists must contact Gina at Electriccanvas@yahoo.com. Live painters are also needed.
Armory Art Center is seeking artists to participate in 50 Artists/50 Bucks, an event where 50 local and regional artists create works that will be auctioned live. The 50 artists will create original works in a three hour period. The bidding starts at $50 and artists will receive 50 percent of the sale. The art event and auction will take place on Sept. 15. Deadline to apply is July 1. There's a $10 fee for submitting up to five examples of your work. Accepted artists will be notified by July 15. Tickets to the event are $10 and can be purchased by calling 561-832-1776. For more information, visit Armoryart.org/artist-opportunities.

Youngblood: Homecoming 2012, the fifth annual installment of the New World School of the Arts alumni show, seeks former NWSA students to submit works. Deadline for submissions is July 7. For more details on submitting work visit Youngbloodnwsa.wordpress.com/submit/.

Rossetti Fine Art seeks entries for Abstracts 2012, an open-media exhibition that opens June 27 and runs through July 26. Entry fee is $20, $10 for each additional entry. Guidelines can be found at Tomrossetti.com/news.html. Artists should pre-register online by June 22. Intake is June 23.

Lunchbox Gallery has issued a call to artists for its 2012 Summer Photo Show which is open to all photographers over the age of 18 and will include a Best in Show and two honorable mentions in an exhibition that will run Aug. 11 through Oct. 6. entry fee is $25 for four photographs and $5 for each additional JPG. Deadline for submissions is July 20. For full guidelines, visit the Call For Entries section at Thelunchboxgallery.com. 

Armory Art Center will organize Open Invitational: On the Map, a juried open invitational that is open to artists from the tri-county area and will feature works of all media in a showcase of recent work (done in the last three years) by emerging and mid-career artists. The fee for submitting up to five images is $30. Deadline for entries is Sept. 7 and accepted artists will be notified by Sept. 14. The exhibition will take place Oct. 18 through Nov. 10 at Montgomery Hall, with an opening reception 7-9 p.m. Oct. 26. For more info, visit Armoryart.org/artist-opportunities. 

Dark Art Exhibition, which will take place at Armory Art Center's Inferno 2012, is a show themed around "sinister, horror, day of the dead, unsettling, voodoo, vampy/campy, secrets etc."Application and images (4x6 at 300dpi) must be sent by Oct. 1 via email only to Loren@armoryart.org. The show will take place 7-10 p.m. Oct. 18. For more info, visit Armoryart.org/artist-opportunities.

Inferno 2012 seeks art booth vendors including sculptors, painters, photographers and crafters for its evening art fest and exhibition held 7-10 p.m. Oct. 18. Deadline for applications is Sept. 7 and the contact is Loren@armoryart.org.

Fashion ARTillery, the first annual wearable art fashion show presented by the Armory Art Center, is coming in January 2013. The exhibition is a showcase of work by artists who transform their artistic visions into wearable art. General admission and VIP tickets will be sold with the latter including a special pre-runway cocktail party featuring an open bar, hors d'oeuvres, performances. and  priority seating for runway show. Application package will be online in June, so check back at Armoryart.org/artist-opportunities.

Cintas Foundation has announced that its competition for the 2012-13 Fellowships in architecture, music and the visual arts is now open. Deadline is Aug. 1 and an exhibition for visual arts finalists will open Oct. 10 in Miami Dade College's Freedom Tower. Check out the announcement about the competition and the application for $10,000 fellowships that are awarded annually and paid in quarterly stipends.

Broward Art Guild seeks landscapes or still life works for its Landscapes and Still Life exhibition that runs July 5 through 27, with an opening reception 6:30 to 9 p.m. July 7. Artist intake is 4-6 p.m. June 29 and noon to 3 p.m. June 30. For more info, visit Browardartguild.org/exhibitions.htm.

C&I Studios will hold a Night Owl Market that starts at 5 p.m. June 30 and will feature indie vendors selling clothing accessories and one-of-a-kind items while local DJ and Radio-Active Records store owner Mikey Ramirez plays music. There will also be food trucks and free craft beer, wine and cocktails all night. Interested vendors should contact Indiecraftbazaar@gmail.com.

The Bubble seeks artists for Paint for Your Liiiife, described as "a multi-faceted art experience representing how life and art are one. " The event will include art vendors, food, a theatrical performance by Good Theatre, burlesque by Sofia Luna, extreme juggler Pablo and music by The Midnight Hour, Yuri Keyes, Dooms De Pop and Drawing Bored. The party starts at 7 p.m. June 30. Admission is $10 and includes free drinks all night. Artists and vendors who want to part of this event should contact Billie B Good at Billiebeegood@hotmail.com.

To view even more artist opportunities, visit Arterpillar's Artist Opps Page.

Art discussions

Low Country, acrylic on linen by Elisabeth Condon
Dorsch Gallery
151 N.W. 24th St., Miami, 305-576-1278, Dorschgallery.com


Walk With Me, a solo exhibition of paintings and works on by Elisabeth Condon,  runs through June 9, along with Felecia Chizuco Carlisle's show Facade and Michelle Weinberg's exhibition, The Pretend Dimension. All three artists will talk about their work in a discussion that begins at 6:30 p.m. May 29.

FIU's Miami Beach Urban Studios
420 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Mbus.fiu.edu


Beach Talks is a three-event series in which panelists, meeting 10 years after the first Art Basel, consider how Miami's contemporary art scene will look in another decade. The third panel will feature Gallery Diet owner Nina Johnson, Maggie Cuesta, dean of visual arts at New World School of the Arts and independent curator Manuel E. Gonzalez. The talk, which starts at 7 p.m. May 30, will take place on the fourth floor where MFA candidates will be waiting to direct guests.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

The Art of Sunday

Wood Tavern
2531 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, 305-748-2828, Woodtavernmiami.com

 
Backyard Boogie BBQ Throwdown, presented by Miami’s Independent Thinkers,
a local organization designed to unite, develop and promote Miami’s art community, will feature Southern style BBQ ribs ($9) and burgers both (beef or veggie are both $4), corn ($2), beer, sweet tea vodka and spiked lemonade in a Wynwood beer garden.

Bonnie Beats, Tom LaRoc, Ray Milian and Induce will play nu-disco and funk at the party which runs from 3-9 p.m. May 27. Cost: $15 donation (for MIT's fundraising kickoff for its (4th Edition Art Basel Satellite Fair) gets you free drinks from 3-4 p.m.