Live painters are needed to paint things of a cat-related nature at Caturday Saturday, which opens Aug. 11 at Green Room in Fort Lauderdale. Contact Gina at Electriccanvas@yahoo.com.
Life Is Art is seeking a promotional image for its Stepping Out for the Arts Luncheon
presented by the Arts & Business Council of Miami. The selected
image will be used for invitations and to promote the event, and the
artist will retain all rights to the piece and receive credit on the
invitation, on the Facebook page and at the event. Deadline is Aug. 3
and entry form can be completed on Life is Art's website.
Artist Kristin Frenzel is looking for artists who
could put together 3-6 works for a movie-inspired show. She can't say any more than that at the moment, because this project is currently top secret, but it won't be a secret forever. If you're interested and the sort of person who can keep a secret, contact Frenzel at Raptor.quest23@gmail.com. Also with the same project we will be doing an entire wall of Margot
Tenenbaum portraits and are asking artists to donate them in return for a raffle ticket that will definitely win them an art work or other raffles prize. Frenzel would like to have the artists confirmed by Aug. 20.
Green Room is seeking artists and one to two live painters for The Alchemy Art Show which opens 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Aug. 24 and will feature paintings, photography, illustration, fashion, and mixed media installations inspired by sorcery, witchcraft, magic, the zodiac, and the elements of earth/wind/fire/water. Each artist may exhibit up to three works or one or two oversized pieces. Art must be ready to hang (and not with double-sided tap) . works must be dropped off between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Aug. 16th and 17th.
Artist intake forms will be mailed. There is no entry fee and no commission taken if your work sells. E-mail Gina at Electriccanvas@yahoo.com.
Jerry's Artarama in Deerfield Beach is looking for artists who want to teach their own classes. Details above.
Arts Bash, which will be held 6-8:30 p.m. Aug. 15 at Arts Garage (180 N.E. First St., Delray Beach) is an event to kick off a new initiative by Creative City Collaborative (the organization that operates Arts Garage). Designed to united the regional cultural community, this open house welcome artists of all disciplines who wish to collaborate with other artists. The free event will include food, drinks and entertainment. Please e-mail your RSVP (with ARTS BASH in the subject line) to info@artsgarage.org.
The second Brickell Art Walkwill take place from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 31 (and the last Tuesday of every month).
The event will feature exhibitions by a dozen artists and performance by local musicians in the Mary Brickell Village area.
Read on for info on some of the exhibiting artists and see a slide show of some the works above.
Expand by clicking the lower right hand corner and then click on "Show
Info" (at top) for titles ... or just view the Flickr set.
Mary Brickell Village Courtyard 901 S. Miami Ave., Miami, 305-381-6130, Marybrickellvillage.com
"Love and Beauty," an oil on canvas by Diana Contreras
Diana Contreras notes that women are the
primary subject matter in paintings that begin as a reflection of her
feelings and end when she feels the emotion, experience or thought has
been vividly described. In that sense, she says, her artwork is
therapeutic and healing.
Contreras counts love,
heartbreak and beauty among her recurring themes in work that depict her
subjects as melancholic but hopeful.
"Remando Se Llega Roma," a mixed media work by Juan Erman Gonzalez
Mary Brickell Village Courtyard 901 S. Miami Ave., Miami, 305-381-6130, Marybrickellvillage.com
Juan Erman Gonzalez will exhibit work from his series titled "The Orange Room Drawings." "I've always utilized methodologies mostly associated with traditional
crafts but unlike traditional practitioners mostly concerned with
function, the only function that concerns me is how to best investigate
my stories of exile, up-rootedness, displacement and trans-culture," Gonzalez says. "In
this series of self portraits I am investigating self in relation to
life experiences, names, adjectives and phrases used by others
when referencing me or my personality as they see it."
The
artist will also exhibit works that were part of
"Casas Viajantes Y
Voladoras."a considerably larger installation that he says originally included "40 houses traveling the gallery
floor carrying
fragments of memories such as clotheslines, palm trees, espresso cups,
chairs, etc. until they developed wings and took off into the gallery
space toward a quilted/framed sky installed in the ceiling, again
speaking to the global migratory experience, even on a spiritual level."
Tom Weinkle,
a painter and illustrator who is currently focused on regional
landscapes ."I'm
trying to use regional landscapes to explore the intersection of place
with time and memory," he notes in a statement about his work. His
intent is to draw attention to moments of time and place that he
believes are "hidden away, and sometimes, in full view."
His current works, according to his website, were created mainly in
soft pastel, using a variety of liquid substances to make the work more
painterly.
F.A.T. Village Art Walk was fun as usual on Saturday. I got to check out the new space for Helium Creative/Project Fine Art, see Diego Romero's works at the Puppet Network, spend time at Samsara Folk Art Gallery and view The Artists of Fat Village Exhibition.
It was at the latter show that I saw the artist Cenigma (at right) selling raffle tickets to raise money for F.A.T. Village. Seems she is always raffling works to raise money for things she believes in.
I also saw new works by many long-familiar artists and encountered work by artists I was not familiar with, which is always fun.
There's more I could say, but the pictures (and captions) tell the story. They're in the slide show above. Expand by clicking the lower right hand corner and then click on "Show Info" (at top) for titles ... or just view the Flickr set.
Hialeah-born artist Vince Herrera, who works under the name BadPanda,
says he paints to document his story and to depict "simple
visualizations of brutal truths."
For instance, in "Mr. Stress," a
dummy hangs from a noose, with X's where its mouth and eyes would be.
"I was pretty much saying that people are punching dummies," Herrera
says of the piece. "We let people walk all over us, and we take people's
crap all the time."
The artist says the painting has elicited
much response, mostly from people who endure horrible treatment in
workplaces so they can continue to pay their bills. "They saw themselves
in Mr. Stress," he says. "They knew they were letting people walk over
them and couldn't really do anything about it."
Vince Herrera's "Middle Man"
Some of his works are more
personal. Herrera's "Go for Broke" series, painted on printed images of
X-rays of his right hand, which he broke earlier this year, includes
"Middle Man," which is on exhibit through Monday at the Art Place in
Miami. The work, in which a pope holds up a cross, includes text from
Psalm 23. Herrera says it addresses the suicide of a relative.
The series also includes "El Vicenton," which depicts an empty boat
floating amid waves and red drips. It's a tribute to his father, a
commercial fisherman who in 2002 was killed in a collision with a
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission craft in the Florida
Keys.
Herrera, who was 17 at the time, can't think of his father
without feeling torn apart. "I just want my dad to know I love him and
that I am the man I am because of him," he says in a written statement
about the painting. ... Continue readingAfterpillar's story on Herrera in the Sun-Sentinel's July 29 Lifestyle section.
"Contact," by Martin Casuso's found table, mirror, metallic glazed ceramic vessels with cellulose flocked interiors
Last month, I went to see Of-Things-Being-What-They-Are-Not, Martin Casuso's multi-media exhibition at University of Miami Gallery's new home in the Wynwood Buiding.
Casuso has described his work as "an ongoing exploration of how gender,
sexual preference, materials and processes relate to themes of
domesticity." His exhibition contains crafts made by Casuso or "unseens hands of the past" combined with hardware supplies and thrift store housewares (including a pink decorative tissue box holder exactly like one my mother once owned).
Sometime I'm so busy looking at what's on the walls in a room, that I don't always notice what's in the middle, but "Contact," the piece that was more out in the middle of the room at Casuso's show, was pretty striking. Displayed like a low-to-the-ground table, it contained lots of bright red and shiny reflective metal.
"Contact" by Martin Casuso
There seemed to be something that set it apart from other works in the show, so much so that I wasn't sure at first that it was part of the exhibition. I found myself thinking about that work long after I left the show. On some level, it reminded me of a gorgeous garden of bright red flowers all reaching towards the sun ... or a densely populated landscape of giant red satellite dishes ... or lots of hungry mouths, like when you see birds in a nest waiting to be fed ... only the mouths are bigger and rounder.
I began to wonder what Casuso had in mind when he created the work, so I contacted him to see if he could provide some detail about "Contact," which he did.
"In the case of the table piece I conjure a memory of high school, a boy I like squeezing behind me in the cafeteria, casually touching my bare elbow to make room to pass and the initial shock and them flush of warmth that ran through my body," Casuso explains. "But this kind of contact is not specific to me and I have heard so many entertaining interpretations of the piece. The bowls are cast from my elbow, sanded to remove details, glazed and then flocked."
Casuso says he enjoys hearing how others interpret the work, however "I have heard the bowls looked like, well, tea bowls and blood platelets and female body parts," he says. "I always want the work to be ambiguous enough for viewers to attach their own meaning to it."
It's time once again for F.A.T. Village's
big end-of-month bash, and this one will include the musical Hair, a
hip-hop night, an open house at Project Fine Art and several art
exhibitions. The art walk, which takes place just west of Andrews Avenue
between
Northwest Fourth and Sixth avenues in downtown Fort Lauderdale, will run
7-11 p.m. July 28.
Here's a rundown of the events. Feel free to check back as there may be updates.
Andrews Living Arts Studio 23. N.W. Fifth St., Fort Lauderdale, Facebook.com/ALAstudio, 800-838-3006 (for tickets)
If
you've been wondering about all the hippies carrying signs and hanging
out at recent FAT Village Art Walks, they've been promoting Hair. Duh.
Described as the musical "that puts rock music and the culture that went with it back on stage," it includes the songs "Aquarius," "Good
Morning Starshine," "I Believe in Love," "Hair," "I Got Life," "What a Piece of
Work Is Man" and "Let The Sunshine In." Andrews Living Arts Studio notes that Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical "has a strong effect on everyone, and acts as a bridge between
generations and viewpoints. What looks like incredible chaos is actually
organized chaos. This show has a vitality, a
timelessness and a meaning that outlives the late 1960's and early
1970's in America." Hair contains adult content and nudity.
Rolling Stock Gallery will be closed during F.A.T. Village Art Walk, so the
14-member cast of Hair can perform the musical among the murals and
artwork. Feel free to bring your own lawn chair or cushion (folding
chairs will be provided to those who do not). The theater notes that
performances will be held in the courtyard, unless bad weather prompts a
move indoors, where the lawn chairs and cushions unfortunately will not
fit.
If you miss it during F.A.T. Village Art Walk, Hair
runs 8:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sundays through
Aug. 5. Tickets are $29.95 and can be purchased online at
Brownpapertickets.com/event/254313.
C&I Studios 541 N.W. First Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-357-3934, C-istudios.com
Hip-hop nightfeaturing performances by Bleubird (check out one of their videos above) and The Astrea Corporation and DJ G-FCTRplaying hip-hop tunes throughout the night. There
will
be a photo booth with plentiful props, a live
shoot with models dressed in hip-hop apparel from local designers and
free drinks for 21-and-up all night. As C&I Studios puts it, "We go
big. If you do too, join us." The party starts at 8 p.m.
Project Fine Art 500 N.W. First Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-333-8900, Projectfineart.com
Project Fine Art, once located in Progresso Plaza near Laser
Wolf, has offoicially moved into its new space in F.A.T. Village and
invites guests to check out their new gallery and office. Look for the
blue doors at the corner of First and Fifth.
Inside you will find works by artists Joseph Fischer, Jim Bobick, Brian Buzzella and Eddie Mendieta, who will be showing "Icon," pictured above. He also painted a permanent mural off First Street.
Ryan Sirois, senior designer at Helium Creative, says the new space is a blend of their marketing and design studio, Helium Creative, and an art gallery. They're always looking for new artists to exhibit, so interested artists should send samples to Info@projectfineart.com.
"My Soul" by Carmen Cordero @ Sheuat and Green's Art Studio
Sheuat and Green's Art Studio 115 N.W. Fifth St., Fort Lauderdale,
Carmen Cordero
will be showing her oil paintings, which she notes "rely on chance and
intuition" as this month's guest artist at Sheuat and Green. The show
will run through Aug. 18.
Leah Brown's work in the Modded show at The Projects/North in F.A.T. Village
The Projects/North 523 N.W. First Ave., Fort Lauderdale Modded, a group exhibition in which artists Leah Brown, Ryan Farrell, Jonathan Rockford and Peter Symons
combine technology and found and sculpted objects in works such as "It
Takes a Community," Farrell's interactive work made from auto parts
and stationary bicycles that power car headlights; "Piggyback" a large sculpture Symons made from cut
plywood; "Report," Rockford's work made from stenographs,
tripods and paper that come together to form the shape of a star; and
a large face that Brown made from foam, foamcoat and
paint.
Because the face is suspended from the rafters and looking downward, we
can see what's inside her head, which is open and reveals a girl laying
on her stomach and propped up on her elbows. She's peering into a
dollhouse, probably imagining the world inside.
This photo by Sara Nichols' will be on exhibit at The Projects South.
The Projects South 523 N.W. First Ave., Fort Lauderdale
The Artists of F.A.T. Village, featuring works carefully
selected by each artist and gallery in F.A.T. Village in an effort to
"depict the individual styles, innovation, creative use of reclaimed
materials and distinct vision of the artists."
The Art of Diego Romero on exhibit at The Puppet Netowrk
Art of Diego Romero is a chance to meet the artist whose work includes illustrations, paintings
and animations. According to Diego Romero's bio, he became involved in the theatre and visual arts after spending a year in a fellowship at
Stanford University and explores social issues experimenting with animations frame
by frame."
"Indian Chief" by Billy F.R.E.D. Hellams at Samsara Gallery
Samsara Folk Art Gallery 501 N.W. First Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Samsarafolkart.com
Sing-Sing-Papua New Guinea, a photography series by Sara
Nichols, will be on display along with the gallery's collection of
Southern Folk Art which includes work by Billy F.R.E.D. Hellams and Michael Banks.
Laura Atria's "Economic Development in the year 2045"
World and Eye 109 N.W. Fifth St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-540-9897, Worldandeye.com
Money is
a group exhibition in which artists explore that paper stuff that's at
the root of so many people's struggles. The show examines money-related
questions such as "who has it? How does it connect to questions of power
and helplessness? How are we connected and/or divided personally,
societally and globally by issues of wealth and poverty."
The exhibition "Economic Development in the Year 2045," a dress that artist Laura Atriamade from pennies, Cenigma's "Is The Economy Killing Your Sex Drive?" which will be raffled at the event, and Allan Pierce's
"White Picket Fence," a photograph that depicts a yard with a decaying
wood fence, a mattress in the corner and what looks like blocks of
cement, perhaps part of a house foundation, strewn everywhere. A person
is laying on the ground. The photo recently took a first place award at
The Artists Guild Gallery in Delray Beach.
Other participating artists include Randy Hendler and Mimes,Perry Pandrea, and Judith Schwab.
Alfred Phillips in his F.A.T. Village Studio
Visit Studios throughout F.A.T. Village
Alfred Phillips, 113 N.W. Fifth St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-326-3133, Alfredphillips.com; Andrews Living Arts Studio, 23 N.W. Fifth St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-530-1879, Andrewslivingarts.com InduArt Gallery, 445 N.W. First Ave., Fort Lauderdale, Induartgallery.com Iron Forge Press, 537 N.W. First Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-563-5255, Ironforgepress.com Sixth Star Entertainment, 21 N.W. Fifth St., Fort Lauderdale, 954-462-6760, Sixthstar.com.
Revolution Live 100 S.W. Third Ave., Fort Lauderdale
Indie Craft Bazaar: Summer of Love brings more than 60
artists and crafters to Himmarshee Village for a five-hour afternoon
market that will include artwork, hand-stuffed monsters, homemade
accessories, jams and soaps and original artworks. The event will also
feature live music, tarot card readings, a free DIY T-shirt dyeing stand
(just bring your white T-shirt) and a vintage fashion show presented by
Andrew Vincent of Public Image Vintage Apparel.
For your shopping pleasure, there will be $3 mimosas available and a
lunch menu that includes, burger sliders, dogs, hummus wraps and vegan
mac and cheese. The event is noon to 5 p.m. July 28. Admission is $5 and the first 100 guests get a free swag
tote bag. For info, contact Chris Gaidry, 954-785-7475 or Amanda Weiner,
Indiecraftbazaar@gmail.com.
When you finish up there, you can go for a leisurely dinner and head over to F.A.T. Village Art Walk.
Meet the new neighbors: Digsy and Lauren VanArman have established Soul Focus House in Boynton Beach Art District.
I think South Florida may be trying to break records for the place with the most art walks.
Tonight it's Boynton Beach Art Walk, which takes place on the fourth Thursday of each month and includes open galleries and studio spaces and a performance by singer-songwriter Spencer Allan Patrick at 6 p.m. (bring a chair). There will also be a strumming alongsession, so musicians are
welcome to bring their guitars and even leave their instrument cases open, in case
someone wants to toss in tips.
As for the art, you can check out the closing of Symbolism: Pushing Boundaries billed as a show that "highlights traditional imagery (symbols) in works done on non-traditional
surfaces." The exhibition, which features works by Cesar Garcia, Juan Erman Gonzalez, Debbie Lee Mostel, Nikki Saraiva and Karla Walter, is on display at Rolando Chang Barrero's ActivistArtistA Gallery (422 W. Industrial Ave., Boynton Beach, 786-521-1199).
Digsy and his art at Soul Focus House (Photos by Lauren VanArman)
You can also check out the new kids on the block at Soul Focus House (422 W. Industrial Ave., #7, Boynton Beach). Soul Focus Houseis a joint collaboration DJ of artist Digsy of DigsyEmpire and Lauren VanArman of Lauren's Art House. Digsy is a painter, singer, designer and turntablist, while VanArman, a painter, illustrator, printmaker, designer and more. She recently went to the Virgin Islands, and a show she built around her trip, will be on exhibit in their space tonight.
Munchies will be available from Get Toasted Gourmet, a food truck that
offers grilled cheese sandwiches, paninis, empanadas, fried pickles and
more Like Barrero is always saying, "Come for the art, stay for the food!"
If you miss the art walk, you can still check out Soul Focus House's new space on Saturday night, when the duo will host Sketchy, an event where artists can "paint, sculpt, write, knit or just doodle" and watch a performance by Lauren's Art House, whileDigsy
spins an eclectic selection of music from 6-9 p.m. July 28. Admission
is $5 and will include a raffle ticket for a Jerry's Artarama gift basket.
Philadelphia Italian Ices will also be available. The first 20 guests get
a free goody bag.
Collaboration: Boys to Men Art Expo is described as a show by a dozen male artists, age 16 through 70-something, from throughout the Palm Beach County area.
"These paintings are a figment of my imagination," Brouse says in a statement about his work. "They come directly from my heart and often put me in a cool and calm place where I like to be. My whimsical and eclectic subject matter brings me to think that there can be better places full of color, peace, and harmony."
Henry Kaye's work in the show is interactive. That's Henry, holding the pitchfork.
Asked what prompted an all-male show, Anthony Burks who coordinated the show along with his wife Trina Slade-Burks through their company A.T.B. Fine Artists and Designers, says "My wife Trina who has been working in the field for a long time felt
that often female artists are always saluted ... but the males in these
times are often overlooked. Especially younger and older artists."
While there was a call to artists for the show, some exhibitors were recommended by gallerist Paul Fisher and some were simply artists that the Burks' have worked with and respect. In terms of medium, there was not a specific criteria. "The criteria is that all the artists are unique from one another, original and passionate about their craft," Anthony Burks says.
The show runs 6-10 p.m. July 28 in a space provided by Christian Angle Real Estate at 809 N. Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach.
B.e. Easy Music and Arts Festival, a music and arts festival, will be held to celebrate the life of Ben Evans, a South Floridian who died last year at age 23.
Ben Evans
The event is a fundraiser for the B.e. Easy Scholarship Fund to help addicts in need of treatment. As B.E. organizers note, "We realize addiction is a disease and that without treatment, it worsens and can become fatal. We, at the B.e. Easy Scholarship Fund, have made it our mission to reach out and bring awareness to as many people as possible. Our slogan 'Open Dialogue Saves Lives' promotes helping yourself or a friend that is struggling with addiction. Ben was a huge-hearted extremely talented and loved individual. His only fault was getting caught up in this deadly cycle of addiction which has become an epidemic among our young people."
Additionally, counselors will be available at the event for anyone who wants to talk. "There are so many young people either caught in the struggle of
addiction or know someone that is struggling," note the family members behind the event. "Many of them do not know
where to turn for help or cannot afford treatment. We want to make this an annual event and our hope is that by promoting
an open dialogue we can help someone who is struggling and wants help,"
The event, which will include beer and food trucks, will serve up $2 grilled cheeses. It's all happening from noon to midnight July 28 at The Bubble, 810 N.E. Fourth Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets are $15 through Brown Paper Tickets, or $20 at the door.
It's July and it's too darned hot to go out and ride your bike or walk.
World and Eye, an art and culture space in Fort Lauderdale's F.A.T. Village, offers a refreshingly cool and potentially enlightening Thursday night alternative. Titled Documentaries: Insight From the Artists, it's a night of local films accompanied by a Q&A with the filmmakers, snacks, cold drinks and cushy seats.
"The Folk Finders" (embedded above) was made by Zander Nichols, who followed F.A.T. Village-based Samsara Folk Art Gallery owners Sara Nichols and Christie Jago, to the Kentuck, a Tuscaloosa, Alabama folk art festival, where the best friends were on a mission to acquire new works for their Fort Lauderdale gallery. The filmmaker, who follows them as they encounter old friends and new at the fest, has produced a highly enjoyable glimpse into their world. I've been to Samsara many times, and very much appreciate the work there. Seeing the film behind their travels to acquire these works will make my future visits to the space even more special.
Filmmaker Sonia Baez-Hernandez
The film night will also include: two videos about about Miami artists (Cuban sculptor Ivan
Galindo and performance artist and decorator Jose Ramirez); "A Taste
of the Telling," which depicts an
interdisciplinary performance about abuse and empowered storytelling; and "The Unexpected City: A Love Poem to Miami," in which writer and photographerPaul Seligmann Jordan, takes viewers on a walking tour of homes and gardens
along the Miami River and around the downtown Miami skyscrapers.
Also, Broward-based artist, filmmaker and cancer survivorSonia Baez-Hernandez will share her own story and interviews with others in "Territories of the Breast," a film she made about "discriminatory health practices and health-care inequities for minority women in the United States." The night of films begins at 7 p.m. July 26. Admission is $12. Watch a trailer of Sonia Baez-Hernandez's "Territories of the Breast" below.
For those not familiar with Soto's works, the performative artist dreams up little projects that turn things we tend to do in isolation
- such as tweeting, texting, driving, listening to music or watching
television - into communal events. On Memorial Day, he took that concept to the beach, a place where many people head with their towel,
headphones and a good book to scope out their spot, often as far away from everyone else as possible.
Soto, on the other hand, took his giant towel, 56 x 29 feet to be exact, and waited for others to join him and share snacks, conversation, games, all of which happened by day's end, along with live music, right there at the giant beach towel. See video from Art Is About below.
That event became a launch for Soto's Beach Towel East Coast Tour that will begin in South Florida (Miami Beach on July 28, Fort Lauderdale Beach on July 29 and Hollywood Beach on July 30) and make its way to several other cities before landing in Rockaway Beach on Aug. 11.
He set up a Kickstarter to raise funds and with only 6 days left has gotten pledges for $760 of the $1500 he needs to make the trip. Those who want to help him foot the bill can check out his Kickstarteror just show up in his backyard, where he'll host "an enchanting little outdoor brunch" where for $10 or more, you can enjoy mango waffles, eggs (of some variety), mimosas and live acoustic music by Raffa. The big giant towel will be there too. After all, this event is all about the towel and the journey it will take and the stories it would one day tell if towels ever learn to talk.
Bonus mimosas will be available for $3 (or two for $5).
The brunch, a fundraiser for Soto's Beach Towel East Coast Tour, runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Misael's house (4724 N.E. First Ave., Miami).
"The Halls Ways," the fourth novel written by local musician (Pocket of Lollipops) and filmmaker Tony Kapel,
tells the story of Jason, a middle school security guard witnessing the
downfall off an educational system compromised by mandatory tests that
increase dropout rates and result in false funds and grants. Kapel will
release the book at at a party in which he will also offer a look inside
the notebooks and sketchpads that led up to the book and exhibit items he collected and used while writing the story. The
exhibition opens 7-11 p.m. July 21 and runs through Aug. 21.
Jode Bedia's "Mama Quiere Menga"
Miami Art Museum
101 W. Flagler St., Miami, 305-375-1704, Miamiartmuseum.org
Bird Road Art Walk Just off the Palmetto Expressway between Bird Road and S.W. 48th Street, Miami, 305-476-6819, Thebirdroadartdistrict.com
Bird Road Art Walk runs the third Saturday of each month (the next is July 21) and will feature a free shuttle to shows at 3rd Door Art Project (which will present the works of its nine resident artists), Abuela Art Gallery, Aperture Studios, Luisa Mesa Artspace, The Yellow Canopy and more than two dozen other art spaces.
Lake Worth collage artist Victoria Skinner has tables and hundreds of flat-file drawers in her garage-turned-home studio. The drawers hold what she estimates to be "maybe hundreds of thousands of images" she's been cutting from books, magazines and other sources for more than two decades. She categorizes them by colors, shapes, ideas, body parts and other classifications that evolved from her need to locate just the right one for a particular collage. When a category becomes unwieldy, she breaks it into smaller categories.
Lake Worth artist Victoria Skinner
Body parts, for example, have been subcategorized. "I have drawers that are arms and hands," she says. "I have drawers that are legs. I have drawers that are heads."
ArtCenter/South Florida artistic director Susan Caraballo encountered Skinner's elaborate filing system while visiting her studio to select works for "By Hand," which opens Aug. 11.
The show at ArtCenter/South Florida is described as an eight-artist exhibition of works created meticulously by hand through "an intense and time-consuming method of production that is obvious in the final product." Other artists include Jenny Brillhart, Rosemarie Chiarlone, Robin Griffiths, Hugo Moro, Lea Nickless, Evan Robarts and Tom Virgin.
Caraballo, who is curating the exhibition, had not seen Skinner's work before visiting her studio, and she was struck by a series of collages Skinner created from magazine cutouts and transparencies in Petri dishes. "They're like really intricate drawings but they're collage," she says. "I had never really seen collage work like this before, especially in something as tiny as a Petri dish."
Yuval Ofir of Yo Miami, an artist collective-occupied gallery that opened in late May, says the collective's first Average Joe Art Sale was a hit. As a result, Average Joe Art Sale: The Somewhat Above Average Edition will take place on Sunday and like the first sale, will include local bands, food trucks and artists.
As Ofir puts it in the event invitation, "Let's face it, most of us can't hang with the De La Cruz's and Rubells of the world. We're resigned to putting up our kids' work on the fridge or buying some not-horrible mass produced Target art to decorate our homes. NO MORE!! Come out to Yo Space and aside from having a good time playing ping pong on our custom table, smoking hookah, and/or hobnobbing, check out some great works by local artists."
ChrisRiggsForMayor will be selling works such as this one at Average Joe Art Sale at Yo Miami.
The event presented by Yo Miami, will include resident artists as well as newcomers selling original work, limited edition prints, merchandise, apparel - all priced under $250. Wynwood Brewing Company will provide refreshments andLos Chamos Food Truck will be selling arepas, empanadas and more and there will be handcrafter gelato bars from HipHOPS.
Hilda Vazquez will debut her painting of Nashville bassist, instructor, composer and producer Kevin Simonelic, along with another ofJohn Paul Soars from the musician series she plans to exhibit later this year. Vazquez, who has found a way to combine her passions for music and art, will also paint live. "Art is incredibly personal," Vazquez notes in her statement about her work. "Sharing it with others puts everything you are and feel on display. I hope people walk away feeling something. There's no need to understand it ... just feel."
"Lively Up Yourself. Bob Marley" by Vena Paylo
Also exhibiting is Vena Paylo, who grew up immersed in her parents' album collection. “My parents didn’t believe in, or own, a television, so I grew up on a rich diet of books, music and art supplies,” she notes on her blog, Vena's Art Lounge. “They often hosted parties where I was exposed to a diverse group of artists, intellectuals and drop-outs. We spoke about Shakespeare and Camus as though they were relatives. Dinners were exotic gourmet feasts, punctuated by lively philosophical discussions and set to the soundtrack of Coltrane, Miles or Monk. I spent endless hours pouring over my father’s jazz albums, enthralled by their covers, which were brimming with the romance of dapper geniuses clutching their instruments while strutting proudly through the streets of big cities.”
Paylo, who earned a degree in graphic design from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and has created album art and poster for various musicians, will exhibit "Lively Up Yourself. Bob Marley."
The show, which include $3 vodka drinks until midnight, starts at 10 p.m. July 21 at Green Room
109 S.W. Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Cover is $5. Call 954-449-1030 or visit Greenroomlive.com.
Culture Clash is a monthlong celebration of aliens,
fashion and two- and three-dimensional artworks that are "colorful,
cultural, fashion, cosmic, extraordinary, otherworldly."
At the core of Culture Clash, which opens Saturday at 1310 Gallery in Fort Lauderdale, is Niki Lopez,
an artist, designer and art teacher who examines the concept of “alien”
in her art, noting, “We’re all aliens in some way, not just feeling out
of place in this new economy, but being transplanted in new
surroundings and having new frames of mind."
Co-curators Asanyah Davidson and Niki Lopez
Co-curating the show with Lopez is Asanyah Davidson, a Jamaica-born fashion designer and creative director of the apparel company Circa24,
who will debut her new Grace Jones-inspired evening line. Davidson
notes that “Fashion is a vehicle to communicate culture and change a
person’s perspective about themselves. Sometimes expressing culture
leaves people feeling alien from the collective, but being apart also
means standing out.”
Exhibition-related events will continue with a community outreach workshop
(2-5 p.m. July 28), a clothing swap and tea party (3-6 p.m .July 29), a
Dr. Sketchy session (7-11 p.m. Aug. 4) and the final closing party,
which is 7-11 p.m. Aug. 11.
1310 Gallery (Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts) is at 1310 Middle St., Fort Lauderdale. Call 305-975-6262 or visit Sailboatbendartists.com.
* Palm Beach County artists sought for Lula's 9 Arch Mural Event,
in which nine selected artists will duplicate their submission on the
arches of 1000 Lake Avenue on November 17, 2012. Each arch is nine feet
tall and 6.5 feet wide. Submission of digital images of artwork and a
$25 fee is required. For more info, visit Lakewortharts.com or e-mail
Tcoffey@lakeworth.org. Submissions will be accepted through Aug. 1.
* Rossetti Fine Art has issued a call to artists for it's Summer Heat III, an open-themed, open-media exhibition for two- and three-dimensional artworks. The show will run Aug. 1 through 31. Entrey fee is $20 for one entry and $10 for each additional. Awards range from $50 for judges recognition to $500 for best in show. Henning Haupt, an Assistant Professor at Florida Atlantic University
School of Architecture, will judge the show. Pre-register by July 26. More info at Tomrossetti.com.
* Brickell Art Walk seeks established artists to show in the Brickell area. Details and requirements can be found at Brickellartwalk.com. BAW charges a 30 percent commission on works sold.
* Jerry's Artarama is seeking live artists for The Great 16 X 20 Art Jam, which runs 5-10 p.m. July 28 at its store at 2505 Q Okeechobee Blvd.' West Palm Beach. Bring your paint, tools and brushes and they will provide refreshments, music and free SOHO and LUKAS paint samples. Call 561-684-7036 or visit Facebook.com/jerrysartaramawpb.
* Here'sthe lowdown on the 5th annual Trash-2-Art Competition, which runs Aug. 13 through Sept. 7 at ArtServe in Fort Lauderdale. Artist registration forms can be found at Trash2treasurefl.org. Entry fee is $50, $25 (or $25 and $15 for T2T members) with a $5 discount for registering by Aug.
4. Intake is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 11 at ArtServe.
* There's a call to artists for a Pretty in Pink '80s Art Show at Green Room in Fort Lauderdale. The show opens Aug. 3 and open to painters, photographers, sculptors, installation artists, illustrators.Live painters also needed. E-mail Gina at Electriccanvas@yahoo.com.
* Green Room in Fort Lauderdale has also issued a call to artists for Rocky Horror Picture Show. Show opens Aug. 17. Live painters needed too. E-mail Gina at Electriccanvas@yahoo.com
Baby Kitty's first tea party
* Arterpillar seeks art for its onlineItty Bitty Kitty Show. Deadline: July 25. * Big Lego contest coming up at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. Built entries must be delivered to the art center between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Aug. 5 through 8, and the exhibition of work will remain on exhibit Aug. 11 through 19 in the gallery. An awards presentation will start at 2 p.m. Aug. 19. Details can be found at Artandculturecenter.org/brick-challenge-2.
* 1310 Gallery in Fort Lauderdale has issued a call to visual and performance artists for Appropriated Gender, a show that opens Sept. 15. 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. Judges will include arts writer Juliana Accioly, Girls Club Art Collection owner and founder Francie Bishop Good, Lotus House founder and director Constance Collins Margulies, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space director and executive director Adreina Fuentes and Rochi Llaneza, gallerist Carol Jazzar and others. Deadline for entries is Aug. 19 and there will be cash prizes and guest judges. The exhibition will run Sept. 15 through Oct. 12. For more information visit the Call For Entries on Facebook.
Astral Weeks, an exhibition presented by Art Blog Art Blog
and curated by Van Hanos, explores the ideas and questions prompted by
Brion Gysin's "The Dream Machine," a flickering art work meant to be
viewed with closed eyes. The show will include works by Liz Deschenes, Brock Enright, Keltie Ferris, Jackie Gendel, Brion Gysin, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge,Corinne Jones, Jon Kessler,Nicholas Lobo, Rory Parks,Chad Scoville and Patrick Walsh.The show opens6-9 p.m. July 19 and runs through Sept. 1.
Cuthills Backyard 511 N.E. 4th St., Boynton Beach, 561-740-0399, Cuthillsbackyard.com
Breezing Through the Arts, a night of guided trolley rides to
Boynton Beach galleries and studios, each with its own event draw
including entertainment, hand-on art projects, wine and treats etc., for
those who wish to park their car in the valet lot at Cuthills and
trolley to Art-Sea Living, Beachcomber Art, Artful Dreamers Stdio,
ActivistArtistA Gallery (where you can check out the Symbolism: Pushing Boundaries show and show your ticket for free admission to a Chinese bookbinding workshop that runs 7-8 p.m.), Tortoise Treasures and then back to Cuthills
for a free draft beer to go with your food order.
The Trolley will do a continuous loop so if you're running late, you can listen to live music at the
Cuthills while you wait for the next. Tickets, including tax and event
fee, are $22.08 ($11.15 for kids) and can be purchased online at
Creativebusinessalliance.com/events.html. The four-hour event will start
at 5 p.m. July 19, Aug. 16 and Sept. 20.
Second Avenue Studio Florida Atlantic University's Downtown Campus 220 S.E. Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale, 954-762-5695 or Kaesteve@fau.edu
Yater, a fiber artist and area director for the Florida Craftsmen,
planned a regional exhibition that would feature the best artists
working in the fiber arts, which she says are often considered as mostly
quilts and clothing. "It is my hope that this show of fiber artists
would help to educate the public as to a more contemporary approach to
making art with various fabrics and textile-related materials while
incorporating beads, wood, metal and paper," she says. "'Art quilts'
today are being presented in very non-traditional methods. The fiber
sculpture has taken a turn that often rivals that of traditional fine
art sculpture. Clothing has reached a level of 'art to wear.'"
The show opens 6-8:30 p.m. July 19 and runs through Aug. 16. Regular
gallery hours are 4-6 p.m. Wednesday and noon to 5 p.m. Thursday and
Friday.
Photos from Fresh Design: Fiber Art in the New Millenium can be found in the slide show above. Expand by
clicking the lower right hand corner and then click on show info (at top)
for titles ... or just view the Flickr set.
Jezebelle Red of The Reckless Dames
Stage 84 9118 W. State Road 84, Davie, 954-474-5040, Stage84fl.com
Dr. Sketchy is a monthly evening of drinking, eating and drawing a
model that poses for periods ranging from 5 to 20 minutes. July's
model will be Jezebelle Red of The Reckless Dames. Bring your "sketchpads, i-pads or do-dads," a hard drawing
surface (if you have one) and your pencils, pens or crayons. No easels.
Artistic skills are not a prerequisite. If you can doodle an image on a
cocktail napkin, you will be welcome here. The next session runs 7-10
p.m. July 19. Tickets are $10 in advance (Drsketchysofla.com) or $12 at the door.
