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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Event Title: CAMP KAPPAWANNA
Where: various
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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City Theatre and The Adrienne Arsht Center present
CAMP KAPPAWANNA
There's something completely new for families this summer! Take a trip to Camp Kappawanna -- a world premiere musical that will instantly transport you to summer camp with hip, cool music by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb and a script by rising national playwright and South Florida native Marco Ramirez.
Join young Jennifer Jenkins, the show's awkward and adorable 12-year-old heroine, as she faces the fear and enjoys the fun of going away from home for the very first time.
Camp Kappawanna is the summer's must-see musical!
Appropriate for ages 7 and up.
June 17-27, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater
In the Ziff Ballet Opera House
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33132
Tickets: $25
For tickets, visit www.arshtcenter.org or call the Box Office at (305) 949-6722.
Visit www.arshtcenter.org for up-to-date information for details and schedules.
July 1-3, 2010
Epstein Center for the Arts at Nova Southeastern University
3375 S.W. 75th Avenue, Davie, FL, 33314
Tickets: $20
For tickets, visit www.citytheatre.com or call the Box office at (305) 365-5400.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present a flawed providence, a group exhibition, from June 11th - July 10th, 2010. An opening reception will be held on Friday June 11th from 7-10pm. We will also be open for Second Saturday from 7-10pm. Please join us!
a flawed providence
A group exhibition featuring the work of:
Rene Barge
Jenny Brillhart
Richard Haden
Michelle Hailey
Corin Hewitt
Annie Hollingsworth
Jungil Hong
Jonathan Laustsen
Brandon Opalka
Ralph Provisero
Clement Valla
Neal T Walsh
Jay Zehngebot
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present in direct quote, a solo show by David Marsh following his recent MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Miami, from June 11th - July 10th 2010.
Marsh's new work produced for this show reveals an artist with a strong foundation who is actively and quickly evolving. Despite the influence of his mentors and other artists (including Darby Bannard, Jules Olitski, and more recently Robert Thiele), Marsh is consistently developing his own visual language through a rigorous process of inquiry. He is squarely committed to abstraction, affirming its relevance as a living practice.
Marsh's paintings are a product of the constant challenges he places upon his materials, techniques, and even his own assumptions as a painter. He tends to work in layers, adding and subtracting material, exploring the effects of each element, and uncovering earlier gestures. The result is a finely tuned balance between extremes. The work included in this exhibition makes bold use of scale and form, yet retains a delicately handled surface. In contrast to the heroic scale of some of the paintings, a close view is rewarded by subtle details of image and texture. Drawing emerges out from under broad and bright washes of paint and strips of heavy fabric. At times, he even employs distinctly feminine imagery, including flower shapes torn off an old quilt. The paintings are, in keeping with his intentions, very alive - they offer a rich experience for the viewer to dive into, bringing his or her own sets of influences and references to have a fresh and personal experience of the work.
The opening reception will be held on June 11th from 7-10pm. The gallery will also be open late for Second Saturday, from 7-10pm.
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Friday, July 2, 2010 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Friday, July 2, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Event Title: CAMP KAPPAWANNA
Where: various
Friday, July 2, 2010
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City Theatre and The Adrienne Arsht Center present
CAMP KAPPAWANNA
There's something completely new for families this summer! Take a trip to Camp Kappawanna -- a world premiere musical that will instantly transport you to summer camp with hip, cool music by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb and a script by rising national playwright and South Florida native Marco Ramirez.
Join young Jennifer Jenkins, the show's awkward and adorable 12-year-old heroine, as she faces the fear and enjoys the fun of going away from home for the very first time.
Camp Kappawanna is the summer's must-see musical!
Appropriate for ages 7 and up.
June 17-27, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater
In the Ziff Ballet Opera House
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33132
Tickets: $25
For tickets, visit www.arshtcenter.org or call the Box Office at (305) 949-6722.
Visit www.arshtcenter.org for up-to-date information for details and schedules.
July 1-3, 2010
Epstein Center for the Arts at Nova Southeastern University
3375 S.W. 75th Avenue, Davie, FL, 33314
Tickets: $20
For tickets, visit www.citytheatre.com or call the Box office at (305) 365-5400.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Friday, July 2, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present a flawed providence, a group exhibition, from June 11th - July 10th, 2010. An opening reception will be held on Friday June 11th from 7-10pm. We will also be open for Second Saturday from 7-10pm. Please join us!
a flawed providence
A group exhibition featuring the work of:
Rene Barge
Jenny Brillhart
Richard Haden
Michelle Hailey
Corin Hewitt
Annie Hollingsworth
Jungil Hong
Jonathan Laustsen
Brandon Opalka
Ralph Provisero
Clement Valla
Neal T Walsh
Jay Zehngebot
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Friday, July 2, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Friday, July 2, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present in direct quote, a solo show by David Marsh following his recent MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Miami, from June 11th - July 10th 2010.
Marsh's new work produced for this show reveals an artist with a strong foundation who is actively and quickly evolving. Despite the influence of his mentors and other artists (including Darby Bannard, Jules Olitski, and more recently Robert Thiele), Marsh is consistently developing his own visual language through a rigorous process of inquiry. He is squarely committed to abstraction, affirming its relevance as a living practice.
Marsh's paintings are a product of the constant challenges he places upon his materials, techniques, and even his own assumptions as a painter. He tends to work in layers, adding and subtracting material, exploring the effects of each element, and uncovering earlier gestures. The result is a finely tuned balance between extremes. The work included in this exhibition makes bold use of scale and form, yet retains a delicately handled surface. In contrast to the heroic scale of some of the paintings, a close view is rewarded by subtle details of image and texture. Drawing emerges out from under broad and bright washes of paint and strips of heavy fabric. At times, he even employs distinctly feminine imagery, including flower shapes torn off an old quilt. The paintings are, in keeping with his intentions, very alive - they offer a rich experience for the viewer to dive into, bringing his or her own sets of influences and references to have a fresh and personal experience of the work.
The opening reception will be held on June 11th from 7-10pm. The gallery will also be open late for Second Saturday, from 7-10pm.
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Friday, July 2, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Friday, July 2, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Friday, July 2, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Event Title: CAMP KAPPAWANNA
Where: various
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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City Theatre and The Adrienne Arsht Center present
CAMP KAPPAWANNA
There's something completely new for families this summer! Take a trip to Camp Kappawanna -- a world premiere musical that will instantly transport you to summer camp with hip, cool music by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Lisa Loeb and a script by rising national playwright and South Florida native Marco Ramirez.
Join young Jennifer Jenkins, the show's awkward and adorable 12-year-old heroine, as she faces the fear and enjoys the fun of going away from home for the very first time.
Camp Kappawanna is the summer's must-see musical!
Appropriate for ages 7 and up.
June 17-27, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater
In the Ziff Ballet Opera House
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33132
Tickets: $25
For tickets, visit www.arshtcenter.org or call the Box Office at (305) 949-6722.
Visit www.arshtcenter.org for up-to-date information for details and schedules.
July 1-3, 2010
Epstein Center for the Arts at Nova Southeastern University
3375 S.W. 75th Avenue, Davie, FL, 33314
Tickets: $20
For tickets, visit www.citytheatre.com or call the Box office at (305) 365-5400.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present a flawed providence, a group exhibition, from June 11th - July 10th, 2010. An opening reception will be held on Friday June 11th from 7-10pm. We will also be open for Second Saturday from 7-10pm. Please join us!
a flawed providence
A group exhibition featuring the work of:
Rene Barge
Jenny Brillhart
Richard Haden
Michelle Hailey
Corin Hewitt
Annie Hollingsworth
Jungil Hong
Jonathan Laustsen
Brandon Opalka
Ralph Provisero
Clement Valla
Neal T Walsh
Jay Zehngebot
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present in direct quote, a solo show by David Marsh following his recent MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Miami, from June 11th - July 10th 2010.
Marsh's new work produced for this show reveals an artist with a strong foundation who is actively and quickly evolving. Despite the influence of his mentors and other artists (including Darby Bannard, Jules Olitski, and more recently Robert Thiele), Marsh is consistently developing his own visual language through a rigorous process of inquiry. He is squarely committed to abstraction, affirming its relevance as a living practice.
Marsh's paintings are a product of the constant challenges he places upon his materials, techniques, and even his own assumptions as a painter. He tends to work in layers, adding and subtracting material, exploring the effects of each element, and uncovering earlier gestures. The result is a finely tuned balance between extremes. The work included in this exhibition makes bold use of scale and form, yet retains a delicately handled surface. In contrast to the heroic scale of some of the paintings, a close view is rewarded by subtle details of image and texture. Drawing emerges out from under broad and bright washes of paint and strips of heavy fabric. At times, he even employs distinctly feminine imagery, including flower shapes torn off an old quilt. The paintings are, in keeping with his intentions, very alive - they offer a rich experience for the viewer to dive into, bringing his or her own sets of influences and references to have a fresh and personal experience of the work.
The opening reception will be held on June 11th from 7-10pm. The gallery will also be open late for Second Saturday, from 7-10pm.
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Saturday, July 3, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Where: Mayfair in the Grove
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST
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Saturday Night at Coconut Grove Art Stroll
A Mix of Artists, Art Demonstrations, Live Music, Dance Performances, Food & Beverage Sampling.
Free event at Mayfair in the Grove
Activities for the Whole Family
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010. 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Art Exhibits by locals and international artist Gallery Openings.
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Serena Stroppa, an expressive pop/folk/rock, singer/songwriter
8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Different Faces, one of Miami's Premier Party Bands
On Saturday, July 3rd, Coconut Grove Art Stroll once again will be offering a fabulous array of new artists and entertainers. Enjoy free food and beverages by some of Miami's most popular restaurants and sponsors including Coconut Grove's Milam's Market, Pollo Tropical, and MillerLight Beer. Over 40 local and international artists will participate. To enrich the experience, festivities will include live music by Different Faces, one of Miami's Premier Party Bands. With a mix of rock, funk, blues and a little Latin flavor thrown in, they're gonna get you moving. There will also be a special presentation by Serena Stroppa, an expressive pop/folk/rock, singer/songwriter, who will rock you off your feet! Dharma Studio will be featuring artists Jeanette Aquino and Dalis Soto. Blu Moon Studio of Art in Coconut Grove will host an open gallery exhibit in collaboration with C oconut Grove Art Stroll, presenting Live Music by Miami sensation, Serena Stroppa. Open cocktail reception from 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.
This free monthly cultural event founded and directed by Johnny Valdes has proved to be an excellent way to spend a casual Saturday.
Some of the artists exhibiting works in the festival include Johnny Valdes, Proman Garcia, Barbara Cooper Hanson, Manuel Menendes, Arien Lopez, Javier Martinez, Juan Vilacoba, Phyllis Hain, Beradette Denoux, Marlene Gasiba, Daisy Rodriguez, Ana M Bikic, Rolando J. Mendez, William Mark Coulthard and special presentation by two Cuban artist/brothers Pedro Rivero and Vidal J. Rivero reunited after 4 decades will be exhibiting their work.
In addition, kids can enjoy creating and painting at the Children's Arts & Crafts area, which is taught by "Captain Art" the kid's number 1 Art Teacher, former school teacher for over 25 years in the Miami Dade School System.
By presenting the event flyer, one may enter the raffle to win a free 60" X 16" Miami skyline panoramic photo by Johnny.
Coconut Grove Art Stroll
Promenade of the Shoppes at Mayfair
2911 Grand Avenue
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Ph: 305.726.1466
coconutgroveartstroll@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/coconutgroveartstroll
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Independence Day
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: 8th Street and Ocean Drive, South Beach
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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Greater Miami Youth Symphony ("GMYS") Announces Symphony Orchestra Performance at Miami Beach's Fire on the Fourth Celebration! On July 4th, 2010, the GMYS Symphony Orchestra will perform as part of the Miami Beach July 4th Celebration at 8pm at 8th Street and Ocean Drive, South Beach. Under the direction of GMYS Music Director Huifang Chen, the Symphony Orchestra will perform a variety of patriotic and American selections. In addition, the youth symphony will perform with Elizabeth Caballero from Florida Grand Opera.
Free July 4th Concert! The concert is free and everyone is encouraged to arrive early, bring beach chairs, and towels. Free bus shuttle transportation will be available from 5pm to 11pm from Collins Ave and 72-81 streets to Washington Ave and 11 St.
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Bayfront Park
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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Sunday, July 4: America's Birthday Bash
Bayfront Park
Downtown Miami
Celebrate the birth of our great nation with one of the largest fireworks displays in South Florida! This spectacular display can be seen from anywhere in the park. Enjoy food and beverages, and a free Kids' Zone with inflatable slides, a "kiddie carousel," hoops, face painting and more. Bring the whole family!
FREE ADMISSION
The Park is Open All Day
Free Kids' Zone: 3:00pm-7:00pm
Fireworks: 9:00pm
America's Birthday Bash is presented by Bayfront Park Management Trust, a limited agency of the City of Miami, with support from the City of Miami, the Mayor and the Miami City Commission. Additional support is provided by Miami Parking Authority,
Miami Downtown Development Authority, and Bayside Marketplace.
Bayfront Park, 301 N. Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132
305-358-7550 / www.bayfrontparkmiami.com
NO BOTTLES, CANS, COOLERS, OR PERSONAL FIREWORKS ALLOWED
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Sunday, July 4, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Monday, July 5, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Monday, July 5, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Monday, July 5, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Monday, July 5, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Monday, July 5, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present a flawed providence, a group exhibition, from June 11th - July 10th, 2010. An opening reception will be held on Friday June 11th from 7-10pm. We will also be open for Second Saturday from 7-10pm. Please join us!
a flawed providence
A group exhibition featuring the work of:
Rene Barge
Jenny Brillhart
Richard Haden
Michelle Hailey
Corin Hewitt
Annie Hollingsworth
Jungil Hong
Jonathan Laustsen
Brandon Opalka
Ralph Provisero
Clement Valla
Neal T Walsh
Jay Zehngebot
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present in direct quote, a solo show by David Marsh following his recent MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Miami, from June 11th - July 10th 2010.
Marsh's new work produced for this show reveals an artist with a strong foundation who is actively and quickly evolving. Despite the influence of his mentors and other artists (including Darby Bannard, Jules Olitski, and more recently Robert Thiele), Marsh is consistently developing his own visual language through a rigorous process of inquiry. He is squarely committed to abstraction, affirming its relevance as a living practice.
Marsh's paintings are a product of the constant challenges he places upon his materials, techniques, and even his own assumptions as a painter. He tends to work in layers, adding and subtracting material, exploring the effects of each element, and uncovering earlier gestures. The result is a finely tuned balance between extremes. The work included in this exhibition makes bold use of scale and form, yet retains a delicately handled surface. In contrast to the heroic scale of some of the paintings, a close view is rewarded by subtle details of image and texture. Drawing emerges out from under broad and bright washes of paint and strips of heavy fabric. At times, he even employs distinctly feminine imagery, including flower shapes torn off an old quilt. The paintings are, in keeping with his intentions, very alive - they offer a rich experience for the viewer to dive into, bringing his or her own sets of influences and references to have a fresh and personal experience of the work.
The opening reception will be held on June 11th from 7-10pm. The gallery will also be open late for Second Saturday, from 7-10pm.
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center, Teatro Avante, and American Airlines present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7 - August 1, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater (in the Ziff Ballet Opera House)
Experience some of the best theater companies from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. onstage at the Carnival Studio Theater! This award-winning festival raises the curtain on Hispanic culture, with plays, dance performances, and even children's theater. This year the festival presents an array of works in a tribute to Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATER FESTIVAL is the only festival of its kind in the United States, and The Miami Herald raves: "The quality attests to the vibrancy and talent of theater being produced in the Spanish-speaking world."
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present a flawed providence, a group exhibition, from June 11th - July 10th, 2010. An opening reception will be held on Friday June 11th from 7-10pm. We will also be open for Second Saturday from 7-10pm. Please join us!
a flawed providence
A group exhibition featuring the work of:
Rene Barge
Jenny Brillhart
Richard Haden
Michelle Hailey
Corin Hewitt
Annie Hollingsworth
Jungil Hong
Jonathan Laustsen
Brandon Opalka
Ralph Provisero
Clement Valla
Neal T Walsh
Jay Zehngebot
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present in direct quote, a solo show by David Marsh following his recent MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Miami, from June 11th - July 10th 2010.
Marsh's new work produced for this show reveals an artist with a strong foundation who is actively and quickly evolving. Despite the influence of his mentors and other artists (including Darby Bannard, Jules Olitski, and more recently Robert Thiele), Marsh is consistently developing his own visual language through a rigorous process of inquiry. He is squarely committed to abstraction, affirming its relevance as a living practice.
Marsh's paintings are a product of the constant challenges he places upon his materials, techniques, and even his own assumptions as a painter. He tends to work in layers, adding and subtracting material, exploring the effects of each element, and uncovering earlier gestures. The result is a finely tuned balance between extremes. The work included in this exhibition makes bold use of scale and form, yet retains a delicately handled surface. In contrast to the heroic scale of some of the paintings, a close view is rewarded by subtle details of image and texture. Drawing emerges out from under broad and bright washes of paint and strips of heavy fabric. At times, he even employs distinctly feminine imagery, including flower shapes torn off an old quilt. The paintings are, in keeping with his intentions, very alive - they offer a rich experience for the viewer to dive into, bringing his or her own sets of influences and references to have a fresh and personal experience of the work.
The opening reception will be held on June 11th from 7-10pm. The gallery will also be open late for Second Saturday, from 7-10pm.
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: COLONY THEATRE
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Out in the Tropics
South Florida's first gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangender Contemporary Performing Arts Festival
July 7-11, 2010 at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre
Gender-bending, lesbian marriage, Cuban theater, queer circus arts, racy humor, laughter, tears and much more will fill the stage at Out in the Tropics, South Florida's first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) contemporary performing arts festival, from July 7-11, 2010. A stellar group of award-winning, cutting-edge artists from around the world are already set for the festival's line-up at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, and other venues. Out in the Tropics, presented by FUNDarte, one of South Florida's most successful presenters of alternative culture, in association with Tropical Wave Productions, was launched this past November with a wildly successful one-night showcase.
The festival's first two performances at the Colony Theatre on Thursday, July 8 and Friday, July 9, at 8:00 pm, are by Teatro El Público, Cuba's most important and daring theater company, for the first time in the U.S. They will present Las Amargas Lágrimas de Petra Von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant), their Spanish-language theatrical reinterpretation of the classic film by famed bad-boy German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The twist in this version is that the parts of the three main female characters, who are involved in a dark and dramatic but also hilarious lesbian love-triangle, are all played by male actors. El Público's founder Carlos Díaz, one of Latin America's most well-known theater directors, brings his uniquely modernist Cuban sensibility to this award-winning production. The play will be performed both nights with English supertitles.
Out in the Tropics continues on Saturday, July 10, at 8:00 pm, at the Colony, with the South Florida premiere of The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac, featuring sensational gender deconstructionist, performer, actor, composer and director Taylor Mac in this solo show. The evening is funny, surprising and adults-only outrageous, as Mac slips in and out of his stunning outfits, pieces of art in and of themselves, tells stories from his life, and sings his unique brand of smart and provocative original songs. He is reimagining a bohemian tradition of drag that ranges from Jackie Curtis to Bloolips to John Cameron Mitchell. The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac was a hit at New York's Under the Radar and the Edinburgh Fringe festivals. Mac has won numerous awards in his long career, including most recently a Hammerstein Award for playwriting, and been named one of Out Magazine's 100 for 2008.
The festival closes on Sunday, July 11, at 7:00 pm at the Colony Theatre, with Sara Felder in the South Florida premiere of June Bride, her one-woman multi-character theater piece that has traveled around the world. The play takes the audience from an awkward first date between Felder and her soon-to-be girlfriend to the struggle to hold a "lesbian wedding ceremony" that, while radical in its pairing of two women, is also a "traditional" Jewish one. While the subject matter may be serious, Felder mines it for both comedy and pathos, blending traditional theater with a zany range of circus arts - including 3-ball juggling,, sharp knives, colorful scarves, a crystal ball and a straitjacket escape - to create her signature vaudevillian style that is both engaging and thought provoking.
"We are so excited to be able to present this international mix of amazingly talented, accomplished artists who address the subjects of gender, identity and sexuality from both personal and political perspectives," says Robert Rosenberg, Artistic Director of Out in the Tropics. "The festival is a unique addition to South Florida's cultural landscape that we hope will quickly become a signature GLBT event for the entire community." In addition to the Colony Theatre shows, there will be a number of other events throughout the five-day festival. On opening night Wednesday, July 7, at 7:00 pm all festival performing artists plus additional guests will participate in a panel discussion entitled Queer Culture, Global Culture, followed by a reception, that is free and open to the public. During the festival, participating artists will be offering workshops for GLBT teenagers, master classes for professional artists, and attending parties after their shows. Details and locations on all these events to-be-announced.
Tickets for all performances are $35, $30 an $25 reserved seating, and $30, $25 and $20 for students (25 and under) and seniors (65 and over) Tickets may be purchased in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com and by phone (800) 745-3000 (service charges apply). They are also available in advance in-person at the Colony Theatre box office in Miami Beach, Tuesday through Saturday, Noon - 5:00 pm without a service charge. Group sale discounts can also be arranged by calling (305) 316-6165. More information about the festival and the can be found online at www.fundarte.us or by contacting FUNDarte at info@fundarte.us or (305) 316-6165.
For more information 305-316-6165
info@fundarte.us
<www.fundarte.us>
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Event Title: Are We There Yet?
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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A Musical Family Survival Guide, 'Are We There Yet?' Arrives at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre on July 7
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre presents a hysterical summer musical that takes a fresh, contemporary look at the typical and not-so-typical American family. Are We There Yet?, which runs July 7 - August 15, 2010, is a musical revue that allows audience member's to "Enjoy the Ride" as a cast of four covers nearly all possible family plights.
Fresh, funny, and totally entertaining, this light-hearted comedy tackles the question we so often ask ourselves on life's roller coaster journey of ups and downs, Are We There Yet? The typical bumps, u-turns, and roadblocks that are all too familiar are played out on stage in a riotous fashion. Through a series of very funny vignettes, the show takes a look at the modern American family - and every variation of it - in a way that may strangely remind audiences of their own family situations. This refreshing and reflective comedy that has been called the parents' edition of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! will ultimately prove that the answer to life's question is to simply have a sense of humor.
"Are We There Yet? is the perfect summer event for our audiences," Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein said. "It looks at the universalities of family life and tackles them in a fun way. This musical comedy is a great way for audiences to come and enjoy themselves at the Miracle Theatre."
Artistic Director David Arisco also feels Are We There Yet? is the perfect fit for the summer months.
"Are We There Yet? is exactly the kind of new musical I love for the summer -- fresh, relevant, relatable material presented in a vignette style," said Artistic Director David Arisco. "It's very funny, a little 'out there' and totally now."
Artistic Director David Arisco has compiled a slew of talented musical and comedic professionals to present these twisted tales of life and love. Multiple-Carbonell nominated Christopher A. Kent who has been seen at Actors' on numerous occasions including The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Aida and Footloose, performs alongside his wife Carbonell-nominated actress Lisa Manuli, who has performed in Grease, Beauty and the Beast and Aida. Meghan Moroney, who was first seen in Oliver! back when the Actors' Playhouse was located in Kendall, Florida, has since made her debut at the Miracle Theatre in this season's The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and has also worked with the likes of Jimmy Buffet and the Broadway company, Mamma Mia. Having recently been seen in Mid Life! The Crisis Musical, Thumbs and Urinetown, Allan Baker, who also played FDR in the 30-year anniversary national tour of Annie, rounds out the talented cast. Actors' Playhouse's award-winning creative team for Are We There Yet? is made up of costume designer Ellis Tillman and set designer Gene Seyffer, with lighting design by Patrick Tennant and sound by Alexander Herrin.
Are We There Yet? will preview at the Miracle Theatre July 7 and 8, open on July 9 and will play through August 15, 2010. Performances will be held Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through July 24, Thursday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through August 15, with additional Wednesday matinees on July 14 and 21 at 2 p.m.
Preview night tickets on the first Wednesday and Thursday are $35. Tickets for weeknights and matinees are $40, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $48. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification. Discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday and Sunday.
Group discounted rates are offered for 15 or more through the group sales department. Single tickets may be purchased through the box office at 305-444-9293 or online at www.actorsplayhouse.org
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Thursday, July 8, 2010 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center, Teatro Avante, and American Airlines present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7 - August 1, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater (in the Ziff Ballet Opera House)
Experience some of the best theater companies from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. onstage at the Carnival Studio Theater! This award-winning festival raises the curtain on Hispanic culture, with plays, dance performances, and even children's theater. This year the festival presents an array of works in a tribute to Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATER FESTIVAL is the only festival of its kind in the United States, and The Miami Herald raves: "The quality attests to the vibrancy and talent of theater being produced in the Spanish-speaking world."
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present a flawed providence, a group exhibition, from June 11th - July 10th, 2010. An opening reception will be held on Friday June 11th from 7-10pm. We will also be open for Second Saturday from 7-10pm. Please join us!
a flawed providence
A group exhibition featuring the work of:
Rene Barge
Jenny Brillhart
Richard Haden
Michelle Hailey
Corin Hewitt
Annie Hollingsworth
Jungil Hong
Jonathan Laustsen
Brandon Opalka
Ralph Provisero
Clement Valla
Neal T Walsh
Jay Zehngebot
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present in direct quote, a solo show by David Marsh following his recent MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Miami, from June 11th - July 10th 2010.
Marsh's new work produced for this show reveals an artist with a strong foundation who is actively and quickly evolving. Despite the influence of his mentors and other artists (including Darby Bannard, Jules Olitski, and more recently Robert Thiele), Marsh is consistently developing his own visual language through a rigorous process of inquiry. He is squarely committed to abstraction, affirming its relevance as a living practice.
Marsh's paintings are a product of the constant challenges he places upon his materials, techniques, and even his own assumptions as a painter. He tends to work in layers, adding and subtracting material, exploring the effects of each element, and uncovering earlier gestures. The result is a finely tuned balance between extremes. The work included in this exhibition makes bold use of scale and form, yet retains a delicately handled surface. In contrast to the heroic scale of some of the paintings, a close view is rewarded by subtle details of image and texture. Drawing emerges out from under broad and bright washes of paint and strips of heavy fabric. At times, he even employs distinctly feminine imagery, including flower shapes torn off an old quilt. The paintings are, in keeping with his intentions, very alive - they offer a rich experience for the viewer to dive into, bringing his or her own sets of influences and references to have a fresh and personal experience of the work.
The opening reception will be held on June 11th from 7-10pm. The gallery will also be open late for Second Saturday, from 7-10pm.
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: COLONY THEATRE
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Out in the Tropics
South Florida's first gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangender Contemporary Performing Arts Festival
July 7-11, 2010 at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre
Gender-bending, lesbian marriage, Cuban theater, queer circus arts, racy humor, laughter, tears and much more will fill the stage at Out in the Tropics, South Florida's first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) contemporary performing arts festival, from July 7-11, 2010. A stellar group of award-winning, cutting-edge artists from around the world are already set for the festival's line-up at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, and other venues. Out in the Tropics, presented by FUNDarte, one of South Florida's most successful presenters of alternative culture, in association with Tropical Wave Productions, was launched this past November with a wildly successful one-night showcase.
The festival's first two performances at the Colony Theatre on Thursday, July 8 and Friday, July 9, at 8:00 pm, are by Teatro El Público, Cuba's most important and daring theater company, for the first time in the U.S. They will present Las Amargas Lágrimas de Petra Von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant), their Spanish-language theatrical reinterpretation of the classic film by famed bad-boy German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The twist in this version is that the parts of the three main female characters, who are involved in a dark and dramatic but also hilarious lesbian love-triangle, are all played by male actors. El Público's founder Carlos Díaz, one of Latin America's most well-known theater directors, brings his uniquely modernist Cuban sensibility to this award-winning production. The play will be performed both nights with English supertitles.
Out in the Tropics continues on Saturday, July 10, at 8:00 pm, at the Colony, with the South Florida premiere of The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac, featuring sensational gender deconstructionist, performer, actor, composer and director Taylor Mac in this solo show. The evening is funny, surprising and adults-only outrageous, as Mac slips in and out of his stunning outfits, pieces of art in and of themselves, tells stories from his life, and sings his unique brand of smart and provocative original songs. He is reimagining a bohemian tradition of drag that ranges from Jackie Curtis to Bloolips to John Cameron Mitchell. The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac was a hit at New York's Under the Radar and the Edinburgh Fringe festivals. Mac has won numerous awards in his long career, including most recently a Hammerstein Award for playwriting, and been named one of Out Magazine's 100 for 2008.
The festival closes on Sunday, July 11, at 7:00 pm at the Colony Theatre, with Sara Felder in the South Florida premiere of June Bride, her one-woman multi-character theater piece that has traveled around the world. The play takes the audience from an awkward first date between Felder and her soon-to-be girlfriend to the struggle to hold a "lesbian wedding ceremony" that, while radical in its pairing of two women, is also a "traditional" Jewish one. While the subject matter may be serious, Felder mines it for both comedy and pathos, blending traditional theater with a zany range of circus arts - including 3-ball juggling,, sharp knives, colorful scarves, a crystal ball and a straitjacket escape - to create her signature vaudevillian style that is both engaging and thought provoking.
"We are so excited to be able to present this international mix of amazingly talented, accomplished artists who address the subjects of gender, identity and sexuality from both personal and political perspectives," says Robert Rosenberg, Artistic Director of Out in the Tropics. "The festival is a unique addition to South Florida's cultural landscape that we hope will quickly become a signature GLBT event for the entire community." In addition to the Colony Theatre shows, there will be a number of other events throughout the five-day festival. On opening night Wednesday, July 7, at 7:00 pm all festival performing artists plus additional guests will participate in a panel discussion entitled Queer Culture, Global Culture, followed by a reception, that is free and open to the public. During the festival, participating artists will be offering workshops for GLBT teenagers, master classes for professional artists, and attending parties after their shows. Details and locations on all these events to-be-announced.
Tickets for all performances are $35, $30 an $25 reserved seating, and $30, $25 and $20 for students (25 and under) and seniors (65 and over) Tickets may be purchased in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com and by phone (800) 745-3000 (service charges apply). They are also available in advance in-person at the Colony Theatre box office in Miami Beach, Tuesday through Saturday, Noon - 5:00 pm without a service charge. Group sale discounts can also be arranged by calling (305) 316-6165. More information about the festival and the can be found online at www.fundarte.us or by contacting FUNDarte at info@fundarte.us or (305) 316-6165.
For more information 305-316-6165
info@fundarte.us
<www.fundarte.us>
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Event Title: Are We There Yet?
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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A Musical Family Survival Guide, 'Are We There Yet?' Arrives at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre on July 7
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre presents a hysterical summer musical that takes a fresh, contemporary look at the typical and not-so-typical American family. Are We There Yet?, which runs July 7 - August 15, 2010, is a musical revue that allows audience member's to "Enjoy the Ride" as a cast of four covers nearly all possible family plights.
Fresh, funny, and totally entertaining, this light-hearted comedy tackles the question we so often ask ourselves on life's roller coaster journey of ups and downs, Are We There Yet? The typical bumps, u-turns, and roadblocks that are all too familiar are played out on stage in a riotous fashion. Through a series of very funny vignettes, the show takes a look at the modern American family - and every variation of it - in a way that may strangely remind audiences of their own family situations. This refreshing and reflective comedy that has been called the parents' edition of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! will ultimately prove that the answer to life's question is to simply have a sense of humor.
"Are We There Yet? is the perfect summer event for our audiences," Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein said. "It looks at the universalities of family life and tackles them in a fun way. This musical comedy is a great way for audiences to come and enjoy themselves at the Miracle Theatre."
Artistic Director David Arisco also feels Are We There Yet? is the perfect fit for the summer months.
"Are We There Yet? is exactly the kind of new musical I love for the summer -- fresh, relevant, relatable material presented in a vignette style," said Artistic Director David Arisco. "It's very funny, a little 'out there' and totally now."
Artistic Director David Arisco has compiled a slew of talented musical and comedic professionals to present these twisted tales of life and love. Multiple-Carbonell nominated Christopher A. Kent who has been seen at Actors' on numerous occasions including The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Aida and Footloose, performs alongside his wife Carbonell-nominated actress Lisa Manuli, who has performed in Grease, Beauty and the Beast and Aida. Meghan Moroney, who was first seen in Oliver! back when the Actors' Playhouse was located in Kendall, Florida, has since made her debut at the Miracle Theatre in this season's The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and has also worked with the likes of Jimmy Buffet and the Broadway company, Mamma Mia. Having recently been seen in Mid Life! The Crisis Musical, Thumbs and Urinetown, Allan Baker, who also played FDR in the 30-year anniversary national tour of Annie, rounds out the talented cast. Actors' Playhouse's award-winning creative team for Are We There Yet? is made up of costume designer Ellis Tillman and set designer Gene Seyffer, with lighting design by Patrick Tennant and sound by Alexander Herrin.
Are We There Yet? will preview at the Miracle Theatre July 7 and 8, open on July 9 and will play through August 15, 2010. Performances will be held Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through July 24, Thursday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through August 15, with additional Wednesday matinees on July 14 and 21 at 2 p.m.
Preview night tickets on the first Wednesday and Thursday are $35. Tickets for weeknights and matinees are $40, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $48. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification. Discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday and Sunday.
Group discounted rates are offered for 15 or more through the group sales department. Single tickets may be purchased through the box office at 305-444-9293 or online at www.actorsplayhouse.org
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Event Title: MOJAZZ Music
Where: MIAMI SHORES COUNTRY CLUB
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST
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MOJAZZ
THURSDAYS july-aug-sept 7-11pm:
JAM NIGHTS hosted by MADAFO, percussion
+ LARRY KARP/ARTHUR CRUZ keys + sit-ins
FRIDAYS 7-11 PM:
JULY 9: JORGE GARCIA, gtr + Madafo +Mo Morgen guest sax/vocals
JULY 16: MIKE GERBER, keys + Madafo
JULY 23/30: JORGE GARCIA, gtr + Madafo
AUG 6, 13, 20, 27 PATRICK LOPEZ keys/tpt + Madafo
SEPT 3, 10, 17 one or more of the above/Mo returns Sept 23/24
+ "surprise guests" will often perform on Fridays
MIAMI SHORES COUNTRY CLUB
no cover, and you do NOT have to be a member
w/side Biscayne Blvd(US1) just north of ne 96st
free self parking all times, free valet parking Fri.
optional table reservations (3+) 305 795-2360 ext 107
Friday night menu attached (pdf)+ free cold buffet
Thursday night abbreviated menu
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM EST
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
BABALU
Starring Lucie Arnaz, Raúl Esparza, Valarie Pettiford, and special guest Desi Arnaz, Jr.
"Mr. Esparza, whose parentage is Cuban, infused the songs with a fiery theatrical intensity and nostril-flaring passion!" -- The New York Times
It's show time at the Tropicana! Hear Desi Arnaz's greatest hits, including the hip-swiveling "Cuban Pete," his signature conga "Babalu," and the beloved theme from "I Love Lucy," plus dozens of Latin and Broadway standards -- performed to a Cuban beat -- in this one-of-a-kind tribute to the most glamorous music of the '40s and '50s.
BABALU is not only Lucie Arnaz's loving tribute to her father, but also a chance for all of us to celebrate Desi's extraordinary musical career and the major role Latin music has played in American pop culture. Joining Lucie on stage is four-time Tony Award-nominated Miami native Raúl Esparza, acclaimed for his performances in the Broadway hits Company, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Taboo, and Cabaret, plus Broadway star Valarie Pettiford (Dancin, Fosse, Sophisticated Lady), a pair of smoldering Latin dancers, and a 15-piece band playing all original music from the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.
July 8-11, 2010 at 8pm
Knight Concert Hall
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132
Tickets: $30 - $70
For reservations, visit www.arshtcenter.org or call the box office at (305) 949-6722
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center, Teatro Avante, and American Airlines present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7 - August 1, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater (in the Ziff Ballet Opera House)
Experience some of the best theater companies from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. onstage at the Carnival Studio Theater! This award-winning festival raises the curtain on Hispanic culture, with plays, dance performances, and even children's theater. This year the festival presents an array of works in a tribute to Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATER FESTIVAL is the only festival of its kind in the United States, and The Miami Herald raves: "The quality attests to the vibrancy and talent of theater being produced in the Spanish-speaking world."
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Where: various
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Symphony of the Americas & American Airlines present Summerfest 2010
Ft. Lauderdale's Symphony of the Americas will host the Mont Blanc Chamber Orchestra from France, for its 2010 Summerfest, under the baton of the Symphony's Artistic Director, Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese. Orchestral concerts feature the music of Vivaldi, Paganini, Telemann, Sarasate, Brahms, Copland, and the American composer Arthur Foote, and Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, Artistic Director of the Mont Blanc Orchestra. Performances are highlighted by Hungarian violinist Laszlo Pap, and American flutist, Marilyn Maingart.
Summerfest presented by American Airlines, annually hosts an acclaimed European chamber orchestra for one month of cultural exchange performances throughout Florida, Central and South America joined by selected members of the Symphony of the Americas, and funded in part by the Broward Cultural Council. Symphony of the Americas is Broward's only professional orchestra, and Broward Center for the Performing Arts is its performance home.
Summerfest begins July 6 with nearly 25 performances throughout Florida and continuing with 2010 cultural exchange performances in Panama and Brazil. Activities include performances, master classes, and educational outreach, taking the masterful sounds of this great ensemble to audiences in corners of the world who have never before experienced the exhilaration of live performances of great composers.
The Mont Blanc Chamber Orchesra, under its Artistic Director, Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, is renowned for its virtuosity and first-rate soloists. Situated at the crossroads of France, Switzerland and Italy, if offers a cultural diversity that is of great advantage in its programs, which vary from the Baroque era to the 20th Century.
"musicians are remarkable soloists,and the orchestra was able, through its crystal-clear sound and alert interpretation, to transport us to distant horizons. The musical works were perfectly executed with unexpected fervor."
Le Dauphiné Libéré, France
"The Mont-Blanc Symphony Orchestra: more than just a discovery, a revelation….dazzling virtuosity…. all the soloists, without exception, demonstrated virtuosity and sensitivity to delight the public".
Le Dauphiné Libéré, France
Summerfest presented by American Airlines, is sponsored in part by Hyatt Regency Pier 66 -Luxury Hotels & Resorts, Sun-Sentinel, Wachovia, Royal Rent A Car, Broward Cultural Council & Board of County Commissioners.For further information, please contact the Symphony of the Americas office at 954 - 545 - 0088, or on-line at www.symphonyoftheamericas.org
2010 SUMMERFEST CONCERTS
Mont Blanc Chamber Orchestra
joined by musicians of the
Symphony of the Americas
FLORIDA PERFORMANCES
Fri. July 9 Main Beach at S.E. 1st Ave. 7:00 pm
Deerfield Beach
954 - 480 - 4433 (Free concert)
Sat. July 10 Sunshine Cathedral 8:00 pm
Ft. Lauderdale
Box Office: 954 - 462 - 2004
Sun. July 11 Florida Atlantic University Theater 4:00 pm
Boca Raton
Box office: 800-564-9539 www.fauevents.com
Wed. July 21 Broward Center for the Perf. Arts ~ Amaturo Theater 8:00 pm
Tickets $24, $35 & $ 60 (includes reception)
Box Office: 954 - 462 - 0222 www. browardcenter.org
Thurs. July 22 Susan B. Katz Theater 7:00 pm
Pembroke Pines
Box Office: 954 - 961 - 6067
Sat. July 24 John Knox Village . 2:00 pm
Box Office: 954 - 783 - 4039
Sun. July 25 Miami Beach Community Church 3:00 pm
Box Office: 305 - 538 - 4511
Sun. July 25 Miami Lakes Methodist Church 8:00 pm
Box Office: 305 - 364 - 6100 #138
Mon. July 26 Temple Dor Dorin 8:00 pm
Weston Philharmonic Society
Weston, Florida
Info: 954 - 849 - 8374
Tues. July 27 St. Paul's Episcopal Church 8:00 pm
Key West, Florida
Info: 305 - 296 - 4761
TOUR PERFORMANCES
July 12 - 19 Performance Residency ~ Panama
July 29 - Aug. 8 Performance Residency ~ Brazil
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present a flawed providence, a group exhibition, from June 11th - July 10th, 2010. An opening reception will be held on Friday June 11th from 7-10pm. We will also be open for Second Saturday from 7-10pm. Please join us!
a flawed providence
A group exhibition featuring the work of:
Rene Barge
Jenny Brillhart
Richard Haden
Michelle Hailey
Corin Hewitt
Annie Hollingsworth
Jungil Hong
Jonathan Laustsen
Brandon Opalka
Ralph Provisero
Clement Valla
Neal T Walsh
Jay Zehngebot
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Friday, July 9, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present in direct quote, a solo show by David Marsh following his recent MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Miami, from June 11th - July 10th 2010.
Marsh's new work produced for this show reveals an artist with a strong foundation who is actively and quickly evolving. Despite the influence of his mentors and other artists (including Darby Bannard, Jules Olitski, and more recently Robert Thiele), Marsh is consistently developing his own visual language through a rigorous process of inquiry. He is squarely committed to abstraction, affirming its relevance as a living practice.
Marsh's paintings are a product of the constant challenges he places upon his materials, techniques, and even his own assumptions as a painter. He tends to work in layers, adding and subtracting material, exploring the effects of each element, and uncovering earlier gestures. The result is a finely tuned balance between extremes. The work included in this exhibition makes bold use of scale and form, yet retains a delicately handled surface. In contrast to the heroic scale of some of the paintings, a close view is rewarded by subtle details of image and texture. Drawing emerges out from under broad and bright washes of paint and strips of heavy fabric. At times, he even employs distinctly feminine imagery, including flower shapes torn off an old quilt. The paintings are, in keeping with his intentions, very alive - they offer a rich experience for the viewer to dive into, bringing his or her own sets of influences and references to have a fresh and personal experience of the work.
The opening reception will be held on June 11th from 7-10pm. The gallery will also be open late for Second Saturday, from 7-10pm.
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: COLONY THEATRE
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Out in the Tropics
South Florida's first gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangender Contemporary Performing Arts Festival
July 7-11, 2010 at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre
Gender-bending, lesbian marriage, Cuban theater, queer circus arts, racy humor, laughter, tears and much more will fill the stage at Out in the Tropics, South Florida's first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) contemporary performing arts festival, from July 7-11, 2010. A stellar group of award-winning, cutting-edge artists from around the world are already set for the festival's line-up at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, and other venues. Out in the Tropics, presented by FUNDarte, one of South Florida's most successful presenters of alternative culture, in association with Tropical Wave Productions, was launched this past November with a wildly successful one-night showcase.
The festival's first two performances at the Colony Theatre on Thursday, July 8 and Friday, July 9, at 8:00 pm, are by Teatro El Público, Cuba's most important and daring theater company, for the first time in the U.S. They will present Las Amargas Lágrimas de Petra Von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant), their Spanish-language theatrical reinterpretation of the classic film by famed bad-boy German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The twist in this version is that the parts of the three main female characters, who are involved in a dark and dramatic but also hilarious lesbian love-triangle, are all played by male actors. El Público's founder Carlos Díaz, one of Latin America's most well-known theater directors, brings his uniquely modernist Cuban sensibility to this award-winning production. The play will be performed both nights with English supertitles.
Out in the Tropics continues on Saturday, July 10, at 8:00 pm, at the Colony, with the South Florida premiere of The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac, featuring sensational gender deconstructionist, performer, actor, composer and director Taylor Mac in this solo show. The evening is funny, surprising and adults-only outrageous, as Mac slips in and out of his stunning outfits, pieces of art in and of themselves, tells stories from his life, and sings his unique brand of smart and provocative original songs. He is reimagining a bohemian tradition of drag that ranges from Jackie Curtis to Bloolips to John Cameron Mitchell. The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac was a hit at New York's Under the Radar and the Edinburgh Fringe festivals. Mac has won numerous awards in his long career, including most recently a Hammerstein Award for playwriting, and been named one of Out Magazine's 100 for 2008.
The festival closes on Sunday, July 11, at 7:00 pm at the Colony Theatre, with Sara Felder in the South Florida premiere of June Bride, her one-woman multi-character theater piece that has traveled around the world. The play takes the audience from an awkward first date between Felder and her soon-to-be girlfriend to the struggle to hold a "lesbian wedding ceremony" that, while radical in its pairing of two women, is also a "traditional" Jewish one. While the subject matter may be serious, Felder mines it for both comedy and pathos, blending traditional theater with a zany range of circus arts - including 3-ball juggling,, sharp knives, colorful scarves, a crystal ball and a straitjacket escape - to create her signature vaudevillian style that is both engaging and thought provoking.
"We are so excited to be able to present this international mix of amazingly talented, accomplished artists who address the subjects of gender, identity and sexuality from both personal and political perspectives," says Robert Rosenberg, Artistic Director of Out in the Tropics. "The festival is a unique addition to South Florida's cultural landscape that we hope will quickly become a signature GLBT event for the entire community." In addition to the Colony Theatre shows, there will be a number of other events throughout the five-day festival. On opening night Wednesday, July 7, at 7:00 pm all festival performing artists plus additional guests will participate in a panel discussion entitled Queer Culture, Global Culture, followed by a reception, that is free and open to the public. During the festival, participating artists will be offering workshops for GLBT teenagers, master classes for professional artists, and attending parties after their shows. Details and locations on all these events to-be-announced.
Tickets for all performances are $35, $30 an $25 reserved seating, and $30, $25 and $20 for students (25 and under) and seniors (65 and over) Tickets may be purchased in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com and by phone (800) 745-3000 (service charges apply). They are also available in advance in-person at the Colony Theatre box office in Miami Beach, Tuesday through Saturday, Noon - 5:00 pm without a service charge. Group sale discounts can also be arranged by calling (305) 316-6165. More information about the festival and the can be found online at www.fundarte.us or by contacting FUNDarte at info@fundarte.us or (305) 316-6165.
For more information 305-316-6165
info@fundarte.us
<www.fundarte.us>
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Friday, July 9, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Water
Audrey Love Gallery
Art by Resident and Associate Artists of the Bakehouse Art Complex
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010 7-10PM
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 St, Wynwood 305.576.2828
Live music from Hyllus, Wine from Schnebly's Winery in the Redlands FL, and Food from Wynwood's Lost and Found Restaurant!
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Books
A collection of artist made books, sketchbooks, and sketches
Swenson Gallery
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010, 7-10PM
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 Street, Wynwood. 305.576.2828
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Event Title: Are We There Yet?
Friday, July 9, 2010
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A Musical Family Survival Guide, 'Are We There Yet?' Arrives at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre on July 7
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre presents a hysterical summer musical that takes a fresh, contemporary look at the typical and not-so-typical American family. Are We There Yet?, which runs July 7 - August 15, 2010, is a musical revue that allows audience member's to "Enjoy the Ride" as a cast of four covers nearly all possible family plights.
Fresh, funny, and totally entertaining, this light-hearted comedy tackles the question we so often ask ourselves on life's roller coaster journey of ups and downs, Are We There Yet? The typical bumps, u-turns, and roadblocks that are all too familiar are played out on stage in a riotous fashion. Through a series of very funny vignettes, the show takes a look at the modern American family - and every variation of it - in a way that may strangely remind audiences of their own family situations. This refreshing and reflective comedy that has been called the parents' edition of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! will ultimately prove that the answer to life's question is to simply have a sense of humor.
"Are We There Yet? is the perfect summer event for our audiences," Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein said. "It looks at the universalities of family life and tackles them in a fun way. This musical comedy is a great way for audiences to come and enjoy themselves at the Miracle Theatre."
Artistic Director David Arisco also feels Are We There Yet? is the perfect fit for the summer months.
"Are We There Yet? is exactly the kind of new musical I love for the summer -- fresh, relevant, relatable material presented in a vignette style," said Artistic Director David Arisco. "It's very funny, a little 'out there' and totally now."
Artistic Director David Arisco has compiled a slew of talented musical and comedic professionals to present these twisted tales of life and love. Multiple-Carbonell nominated Christopher A. Kent who has been seen at Actors' on numerous occasions including The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Aida and Footloose, performs alongside his wife Carbonell-nominated actress Lisa Manuli, who has performed in Grease, Beauty and the Beast and Aida. Meghan Moroney, who was first seen in Oliver! back when the Actors' Playhouse was located in Kendall, Florida, has since made her debut at the Miracle Theatre in this season's The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and has also worked with the likes of Jimmy Buffet and the Broadway company, Mamma Mia. Having recently been seen in Mid Life! The Crisis Musical, Thumbs and Urinetown, Allan Baker, who also played FDR in the 30-year anniversary national tour of Annie, rounds out the talented cast. Actors' Playhouse's award-winning creative team for Are We There Yet? is made up of costume designer Ellis Tillman and set designer Gene Seyffer, with lighting design by Patrick Tennant and sound by Alexander Herrin.
Are We There Yet? will preview at the Miracle Theatre July 7 and 8, open on July 9 and will play through August 15, 2010. Performances will be held Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through July 24, Thursday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through August 15, with additional Wednesday matinees on July 14 and 21 at 2 p.m.
Preview night tickets on the first Wednesday and Thursday are $35. Tickets for weeknights and matinees are $40, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $48. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification. Discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday and Sunday.
Group discounted rates are offered for 15 or more through the group sales department. Single tickets may be purchased through the box office at 305-444-9293 or online at www.actorsplayhouse.org
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Friday, July 9, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Event Title: MOJAZZ Music
Where: MIAMI SHORES COUNTRY CLUB
Friday, July 9, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST
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MOJAZZ
THURSDAYS july-aug-sept 7-11pm:
JAM NIGHTS hosted by MADAFO, percussion
+ LARRY KARP/ARTHUR CRUZ keys + sit-ins
FRIDAYS 7-11 PM:
JULY 9: JORGE GARCIA, gtr + Madafo +Mo Morgen guest sax/vocals
JULY 16: MIKE GERBER, keys + Madafo
JULY 23/30: JORGE GARCIA, gtr + Madafo
AUG 6, 13, 20, 27 PATRICK LOPEZ keys/tpt + Madafo
SEPT 3, 10, 17 one or more of the above/Mo returns Sept 23/24
+ "surprise guests" will often perform on Fridays
MIAMI SHORES COUNTRY CLUB
no cover, and you do NOT have to be a member
w/side Biscayne Blvd(US1) just north of ne 96st
free self parking all times, free valet parking Fri.
optional table reservations (3+) 305 795-2360 ext 107
Friday night menu attached (pdf)+ free cold buffet
Thursday night abbreviated menu
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Friday, July 9, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM EST
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
BABALU
Starring Lucie Arnaz, Raúl Esparza, Valarie Pettiford, and special guest Desi Arnaz, Jr.
"Mr. Esparza, whose parentage is Cuban, infused the songs with a fiery theatrical intensity and nostril-flaring passion!" -- The New York Times
It's show time at the Tropicana! Hear Desi Arnaz's greatest hits, including the hip-swiveling "Cuban Pete," his signature conga "Babalu," and the beloved theme from "I Love Lucy," plus dozens of Latin and Broadway standards -- performed to a Cuban beat -- in this one-of-a-kind tribute to the most glamorous music of the '40s and '50s.
BABALU is not only Lucie Arnaz's loving tribute to her father, but also a chance for all of us to celebrate Desi's extraordinary musical career and the major role Latin music has played in American pop culture. Joining Lucie on stage is four-time Tony Award-nominated Miami native Raúl Esparza, acclaimed for his performances in the Broadway hits Company, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Taboo, and Cabaret, plus Broadway star Valarie Pettiford (Dancin, Fosse, Sophisticated Lady), a pair of smoldering Latin dancers, and a 15-piece band playing all original music from the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.
July 8-11, 2010 at 8pm
Knight Concert Hall
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132
Tickets: $30 - $70
For reservations, visit www.arshtcenter.org or call the box office at (305) 949-6722
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
TAP DOGS
June 30 - July 10, 2010
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
Tickets $40 - $50
"Exciting, athletically feisty, fun-loving, and hilarious!" -- The Chicago Tribune
It's the hottest show with the hottest legs! Winner of 11 International Awards, TAP DOGS premiered at the Sydney Theatre Festival, moved on to London and New York, and has been a howling success across the globe. The seriously sexy TAP DOGS have taken the world by storm with a fast and fabulous theater-dance spectacle that combines the strength and power of hunky workmen with the precision and speed of the world's most thrilling tap dancers. of tap dancing. The show started with six guys from a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS; an 80 minute reinvention of tap. Australian DEIN PERRY, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the garage behind his dance teacher's house in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney where, as young boys, he and the "Dogs" learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before moving to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Dein's big break when he was cast in the long running Sydney production of 42ND STREET. When it closed, Dein decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates. TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 - it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. TAP DOGS went on the play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; an off Broadway, New York season in 1997 and three previous SOLD OUT visits to South Africa where they dazzled 137,000 people. So far the company has won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York. The Australian dance sensation returned home in 2000 to take part in the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games. 1000 TAP DOGS from companies around the world performed to an audience of 3.4 billion viewers as the event was televised across the world. The TAP DOGS story has gone on to be immortalized in the movie BOOTMEN, directed by Dein Perry and inspired by his TAP DOGS experiences. And nearly fifteen years later, the stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world - this high voltage tap sensation, 80-minute show of raw pulsating energy has performed in over 300 cities world wide. The stage show continues to wow audiences all over the world with 2009 seeing TAP DOGS perform in South Africa before returning to the USA. WHAT THE WORLD PRESS HAD TO SAY: "Tap Dogs - the wildly successful tap musical; part theatre, part rock concert and part construction site" - Barry Davis (BBC dance, Commentator, Sydney Olympic Games) "A phenomenon … They make Popstars look like shrinking violets" - London Metro "… a truly refreshing show … these tap dogs really are top dogs" - What's On in London "Non-stop display of conversational clatter and competitive tap tattoos… astonishing stamina and industrial-strength testosterone" - The Stage "Guaranteed good-time entertainment" - The Times "The hard lads of the international dance circuit" - The Guardian "High-energy...raw-edged tap" - Los Angeles Daily News "A high voltage tap sensation … a hell of a good time" - Time Out, New York "Tap Dogs is positively electrifying" - NY Observer "Spectacular! Triumphant! An amazing achievement!" - The Los Angeles Times "Sexy, fast and fabulous" - San Francisco Chronicle "The hottest show on legs" - London Time Out "Kill to get a Ticket" - The Scotsman "Tap Dancing will never be the same again" - The Times "Hot, hunky and highly inventive" - Whats On "Raw pulsating energy" - Daily Mail "Does to steel capped boots what Gene Kelly did for umbrellas" - Independent On Sunday "Tap Dogs is a howling success" - News of the World A high-voltage, A high-voltage, fast paced, non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world - from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End - winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. non-stop sweat-a-thon, the TAP DOGS have wowed audiences around the world -- from their native Australia to South America, from the Edinburgh and Spoleto festivals to Off Broadway and the West End -- winning a bootload of top theatrical prizes, including London's Olivier Award and New York's Obie. Nine fantastic dancers tap fast, slow, on water, on ladders, with basketballs and iron rods, and even hanging upside down. With award-winning choreography by Dein Perry, a construction site set by Nigel Triffitt, and a driving score by Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is a rough, tough, rocking show!
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center, Teatro Avante, and American Airlines present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7 - August 1, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater (in the Ziff Ballet Opera House)
Experience some of the best theater companies from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. onstage at the Carnival Studio Theater! This award-winning festival raises the curtain on Hispanic culture, with plays, dance performances, and even children's theater. This year the festival presents an array of works in a tribute to Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATER FESTIVAL is the only festival of its kind in the United States, and The Miami Herald raves: "The quality attests to the vibrancy and talent of theater being produced in the Spanish-speaking world."
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Where: various
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Symphony of the Americas & American Airlines present Summerfest 2010
Ft. Lauderdale's Symphony of the Americas will host the Mont Blanc Chamber Orchestra from France, for its 2010 Summerfest, under the baton of the Symphony's Artistic Director, Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese. Orchestral concerts feature the music of Vivaldi, Paganini, Telemann, Sarasate, Brahms, Copland, and the American composer Arthur Foote, and Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, Artistic Director of the Mont Blanc Orchestra. Performances are highlighted by Hungarian violinist Laszlo Pap, and American flutist, Marilyn Maingart.
Summerfest presented by American Airlines, annually hosts an acclaimed European chamber orchestra for one month of cultural exchange performances throughout Florida, Central and South America joined by selected members of the Symphony of the Americas, and funded in part by the Broward Cultural Council. Symphony of the Americas is Broward's only professional orchestra, and Broward Center for the Performing Arts is its performance home.
Summerfest begins July 6 with nearly 25 performances throughout Florida and continuing with 2010 cultural exchange performances in Panama and Brazil. Activities include performances, master classes, and educational outreach, taking the masterful sounds of this great ensemble to audiences in corners of the world who have never before experienced the exhilaration of live performances of great composers.
The Mont Blanc Chamber Orchesra, under its Artistic Director, Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, is renowned for its virtuosity and first-rate soloists. Situated at the crossroads of France, Switzerland and Italy, if offers a cultural diversity that is of great advantage in its programs, which vary from the Baroque era to the 20th Century.
"musicians are remarkable soloists,and the orchestra was able, through its crystal-clear sound and alert interpretation, to transport us to distant horizons. The musical works were perfectly executed with unexpected fervor."
Le Dauphiné Libéré, France
"The Mont-Blanc Symphony Orchestra: more than just a discovery, a revelation….dazzling virtuosity…. all the soloists, without exception, demonstrated virtuosity and sensitivity to delight the public".
Le Dauphiné Libéré, France
Summerfest presented by American Airlines, is sponsored in part by Hyatt Regency Pier 66 -Luxury Hotels & Resorts, Sun-Sentinel, Wachovia, Royal Rent A Car, Broward Cultural Council & Board of County Commissioners.For further information, please contact the Symphony of the Americas office at 954 - 545 - 0088, or on-line at www.symphonyoftheamericas.org
2010 SUMMERFEST CONCERTS
Mont Blanc Chamber Orchestra
joined by musicians of the
Symphony of the Americas
FLORIDA PERFORMANCES
Fri. July 9 Main Beach at S.E. 1st Ave. 7:00 pm
Deerfield Beach
954 - 480 - 4433 (Free concert)
Sat. July 10 Sunshine Cathedral 8:00 pm
Ft. Lauderdale
Box Office: 954 - 462 - 2004
Sun. July 11 Florida Atlantic University Theater 4:00 pm
Boca Raton
Box office: 800-564-9539 www.fauevents.com
Wed. July 21 Broward Center for the Perf. Arts ~ Amaturo Theater 8:00 pm
Tickets $24, $35 & $ 60 (includes reception)
Box Office: 954 - 462 - 0222 www. browardcenter.org
Thurs. July 22 Susan B. Katz Theater 7:00 pm
Pembroke Pines
Box Office: 954 - 961 - 6067
Sat. July 24 John Knox Village . 2:00 pm
Box Office: 954 - 783 - 4039
Sun. July 25 Miami Beach Community Church 3:00 pm
Box Office: 305 - 538 - 4511
Sun. July 25 Miami Lakes Methodist Church 8:00 pm
Box Office: 305 - 364 - 6100 #138
Mon. July 26 Temple Dor Dorin 8:00 pm
Weston Philharmonic Society
Weston, Florida
Info: 954 - 849 - 8374
Tues. July 27 St. Paul's Episcopal Church 8:00 pm
Key West, Florida
Info: 305 - 296 - 4761
TOUR PERFORMANCES
July 12 - 19 Performance Residency ~ Panama
July 29 - Aug. 8 Performance Residency ~ Brazil
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present a flawed providence, a group exhibition, from June 11th - July 10th, 2010. An opening reception will be held on Friday June 11th from 7-10pm. We will also be open for Second Saturday from 7-10pm. Please join us!
a flawed providence
A group exhibition featuring the work of:
Rene Barge
Jenny Brillhart
Richard Haden
Michelle Hailey
Corin Hewitt
Annie Hollingsworth
Jungil Hong
Jonathan Laustsen
Brandon Opalka
Ralph Provisero
Clement Valla
Neal T Walsh
Jay Zehngebot
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Dorsch Gallery
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Dorsch Gallery is pleased to present in direct quote, a solo show by David Marsh following his recent MFA thesis exhibition at the University of Miami, from June 11th - July 10th 2010.
Marsh's new work produced for this show reveals an artist with a strong foundation who is actively and quickly evolving. Despite the influence of his mentors and other artists (including Darby Bannard, Jules Olitski, and more recently Robert Thiele), Marsh is consistently developing his own visual language through a rigorous process of inquiry. He is squarely committed to abstraction, affirming its relevance as a living practice.
Marsh's paintings are a product of the constant challenges he places upon his materials, techniques, and even his own assumptions as a painter. He tends to work in layers, adding and subtracting material, exploring the effects of each element, and uncovering earlier gestures. The result is a finely tuned balance between extremes. The work included in this exhibition makes bold use of scale and form, yet retains a delicately handled surface. In contrast to the heroic scale of some of the paintings, a close view is rewarded by subtle details of image and texture. Drawing emerges out from under broad and bright washes of paint and strips of heavy fabric. At times, he even employs distinctly feminine imagery, including flower shapes torn off an old quilt. The paintings are, in keeping with his intentions, very alive - they offer a rich experience for the viewer to dive into, bringing his or her own sets of influences and references to have a fresh and personal experience of the work.
The opening reception will be held on June 11th from 7-10pm. The gallery will also be open late for Second Saturday, from 7-10pm.
Dorsch Gallery
151 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1278
Hours: Tue-Sat, 12-5
dorschgallery.com
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Where: Calix Gustav Gallery
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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The Passing. Calix Gustav Gallery
From Jul 10th through Sept 1st, 2010
Calix Gustav's The Passing exhibits the fleeting of time, new seasons and new beginnings representing rebirth.This resurgence is only accomplished with the understanding of life; its meaning and its hardships. Ecuadorian-born artist, Jovan Karlo Villalba creates cinematic paintings featuring visions of sweeping cataclysmic events. The increasing threat of man-made devastation in forms of biological and nuclear warfare, environmental catastrophe and economic ruin, in conjunction with their magnified portrayal in the media, has created an onslaught of social alarm and has subversively woven feelings of doom into the fabric of present-day life in America.
Colombian-born artist, Catalina Jaramillo creates an installation that deals with issues raised upon both separation from her partner and her mother's death. The installation celebrates the obsessive tendencies that some manifest with their loss and grief, it is an accumulation of the memories and objects left behind at times of loss. In reviving those who we've lost we learn to accept life's realities and thus, learn to move on and accept our destiny. The installation will combine aspects of performance art, video, photography, and sculpture.
Sculptor Richard Herzog examines parts of society and nature trying to bring awareness to these elements hoping to alter the viewer's perceptions and make them look at things differently and consider the world they live in. The sculptures are a combination of a systematic organization of natural forms possessing a chaotic multi-layered visual effect mimicking our world, dominated by its rapid pace and over stimulation.
Calix Gustav Gallery
98 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL 33137
305.576.8116
www.calixgustav.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: COLONY THEATRE
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Out in the Tropics
South Florida's first gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangender Contemporary Performing Arts Festival
July 7-11, 2010 at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre
Gender-bending, lesbian marriage, Cuban theater, queer circus arts, racy humor, laughter, tears and much more will fill the stage at Out in the Tropics, South Florida's first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) contemporary performing arts festival, from July 7-11, 2010. A stellar group of award-winning, cutting-edge artists from around the world are already set for the festival's line-up at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, and other venues. Out in the Tropics, presented by FUNDarte, one of South Florida's most successful presenters of alternative culture, in association with Tropical Wave Productions, was launched this past November with a wildly successful one-night showcase.
The festival's first two performances at the Colony Theatre on Thursday, July 8 and Friday, July 9, at 8:00 pm, are by Teatro El Público, Cuba's most important and daring theater company, for the first time in the U.S. They will present Las Amargas Lágrimas de Petra Von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant), their Spanish-language theatrical reinterpretation of the classic film by famed bad-boy German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The twist in this version is that the parts of the three main female characters, who are involved in a dark and dramatic but also hilarious lesbian love-triangle, are all played by male actors. El Público's founder Carlos Díaz, one of Latin America's most well-known theater directors, brings his uniquely modernist Cuban sensibility to this award-winning production. The play will be performed both nights with English supertitles.
Out in the Tropics continues on Saturday, July 10, at 8:00 pm, at the Colony, with the South Florida premiere of The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac, featuring sensational gender deconstructionist, performer, actor, composer and director Taylor Mac in this solo show. The evening is funny, surprising and adults-only outrageous, as Mac slips in and out of his stunning outfits, pieces of art in and of themselves, tells stories from his life, and sings his unique brand of smart and provocative original songs. He is reimagining a bohemian tradition of drag that ranges from Jackie Curtis to Bloolips to John Cameron Mitchell. The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac was a hit at New York's Under the Radar and the Edinburgh Fringe festivals. Mac has won numerous awards in his long career, including most recently a Hammerstein Award for playwriting, and been named one of Out Magazine's 100 for 2008.
The festival closes on Sunday, July 11, at 7:00 pm at the Colony Theatre, with Sara Felder in the South Florida premiere of June Bride, her one-woman multi-character theater piece that has traveled around the world. The play takes the audience from an awkward first date between Felder and her soon-to-be girlfriend to the struggle to hold a "lesbian wedding ceremony" that, while radical in its pairing of two women, is also a "traditional" Jewish one. While the subject matter may be serious, Felder mines it for both comedy and pathos, blending traditional theater with a zany range of circus arts - including 3-ball juggling,, sharp knives, colorful scarves, a crystal ball and a straitjacket escape - to create her signature vaudevillian style that is both engaging and thought provoking.
"We are so excited to be able to present this international mix of amazingly talented, accomplished artists who address the subjects of gender, identity and sexuality from both personal and political perspectives," says Robert Rosenberg, Artistic Director of Out in the Tropics. "The festival is a unique addition to South Florida's cultural landscape that we hope will quickly become a signature GLBT event for the entire community." In addition to the Colony Theatre shows, there will be a number of other events throughout the five-day festival. On opening night Wednesday, July 7, at 7:00 pm all festival performing artists plus additional guests will participate in a panel discussion entitled Queer Culture, Global Culture, followed by a reception, that is free and open to the public. During the festival, participating artists will be offering workshops for GLBT teenagers, master classes for professional artists, and attending parties after their shows. Details and locations on all these events to-be-announced.
Tickets for all performances are $35, $30 an $25 reserved seating, and $30, $25 and $20 for students (25 and under) and seniors (65 and over) Tickets may be purchased in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com and by phone (800) 745-3000 (service charges apply). They are also available in advance in-person at the Colony Theatre box office in Miami Beach, Tuesday through Saturday, Noon - 5:00 pm without a service charge. Group sale discounts can also be arranged by calling (305) 316-6165. More information about the festival and the can be found online at www.fundarte.us or by contacting FUNDarte at info@fundarte.us or (305) 316-6165.
For more information 305-316-6165
info@fundarte.us
<www.fundarte.us>
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Water
Audrey Love Gallery
Art by Resident and Associate Artists of the Bakehouse Art Complex
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010 7-10PM
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 St, Wynwood 305.576.2828
Live music from Hyllus, Wine from Schnebly's Winery in the Redlands FL, and Food from Wynwood's Lost and Found Restaurant!
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Books
A collection of artist made books, sketchbooks, and sketches
Swenson Gallery
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010, 7-10PM
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 Street, Wynwood. 305.576.2828
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Where: Locust Projects
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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MIAMI ART SCENE PIONEER, LOCUST PROJECTS, ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION BY SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The LAB (Locust Arts Builders)
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 10, 7-10pm
Through August 2019
Pioneers in the Miami art scene, Locust Projects is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition by a select group of South Florida High School students. Under the direction of renowned contemporary artist Monica Lopez de Victoria of the TM Sisters, nine local high school students will experience the invigorating and arduous process of conceiving and executing original artworks from June 28 to July 10, 2010.
These students, currently attending Design and Architecture Senior High, Hialeah Senior High, Miami Northwestern Senior High and New World School of Arts answered an open call and were hand-selected by a committee of local art professionals.
Participating Artists: Omar Alvarez, Leslie Chavez, Jason Flores, Luna Goldberg, Kevin Hobbs, Ximena Izquierdo, Vanessa Lacayo, Asher Mones, Christina Quinlan
As a hallmark that makes Locust Projects stand out from other art venues, the organization embraces cutting-edge exhibitions and innovation in art. In furtherance of the not-for-profit's twelve-year commitment to providing an approachable arts venue for the South Florida community, for the first time, Locust Projects has created an exciting new program in which a young generation of artists are given the opportunity to create a collaborative exhibition in a public venue.
The project will be developed and exhibited in Locust Projects' 2,700 square foot space in Miami's Design District and culminate in a publicized show, open to the public. The goal is to promote contemporary art and project-based learning as a means to encourage creativity, critical analysis, and problem solving, while building communication skills. This unique initiative will allow young artists to learn the practical and exciting aspects of creating a public exhibition in collaboration with their peers.
About Locust Projects
2010 marks Locust Projects' 12-year anniversary. Locust Projects is alternative, not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work and Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas and methods. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artists. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has supported site-specific and installation artworks featuring photography, video, performance, sculpture, drawing, painting and digital media making it a nationally-recognized art institution, and a landmark in the Miami art scene.
About the artist:
Monica Lopez De Victoria is a Miami-based artist that works in collaboration with Tasha Lopez De Victoria under the name TM Sisters. Together the sisters work in the mediums of video, digital video performance, VJing, collage, social experiments, zines, clothing, installations, and interactive video created along with their brother Samuel. The TM Sisters' recent exhibition, WHIRL CRASH GO! at Locust Projects was featured in The Miami Herald. The sisters' work has been included in the international traveling exhibition "Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium;" the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, and PERFORMA 07 in New York. Their work has been seen and written about in publications like L'Officiel magazine, The Guardian, STEP Inside Design, the New York Times, Vogue Italia, and on the cover of ARTnews.
This exhibition is made possible with the support from: Andy Warhol Foundation; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. Special thanks to Jonathan Eismann Restaurants.
For further information contact: Monica de Miguel
305.576.8570
locustprojects@yahoo.com
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Event Title: Are We There Yet?
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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A Musical Family Survival Guide, 'Are We There Yet?' Arrives at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre on July 7
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre presents a hysterical summer musical that takes a fresh, contemporary look at the typical and not-so-typical American family. Are We There Yet?, which runs July 7 - August 15, 2010, is a musical revue that allows audience member's to "Enjoy the Ride" as a cast of four covers nearly all possible family plights.
Fresh, funny, and totally entertaining, this light-hearted comedy tackles the question we so often ask ourselves on life's roller coaster journey of ups and downs, Are We There Yet? The typical bumps, u-turns, and roadblocks that are all too familiar are played out on stage in a riotous fashion. Through a series of very funny vignettes, the show takes a look at the modern American family - and every variation of it - in a way that may strangely remind audiences of their own family situations. This refreshing and reflective comedy that has been called the parents' edition of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! will ultimately prove that the answer to life's question is to simply have a sense of humor.
"Are We There Yet? is the perfect summer event for our audiences," Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein said. "It looks at the universalities of family life and tackles them in a fun way. This musical comedy is a great way for audiences to come and enjoy themselves at the Miracle Theatre."
Artistic Director David Arisco also feels Are We There Yet? is the perfect fit for the summer months.
"Are We There Yet? is exactly the kind of new musical I love for the summer -- fresh, relevant, relatable material presented in a vignette style," said Artistic Director David Arisco. "It's very funny, a little 'out there' and totally now."
Artistic Director David Arisco has compiled a slew of talented musical and comedic professionals to present these twisted tales of life and love. Multiple-Carbonell nominated Christopher A. Kent who has been seen at Actors' on numerous occasions including The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Aida and Footloose, performs alongside his wife Carbonell-nominated actress Lisa Manuli, who has performed in Grease, Beauty and the Beast and Aida. Meghan Moroney, who was first seen in Oliver! back when the Actors' Playhouse was located in Kendall, Florida, has since made her debut at the Miracle Theatre in this season's The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and has also worked with the likes of Jimmy Buffet and the Broadway company, Mamma Mia. Having recently been seen in Mid Life! The Crisis Musical, Thumbs and Urinetown, Allan Baker, who also played FDR in the 30-year anniversary national tour of Annie, rounds out the talented cast. Actors' Playhouse's award-winning creative team for Are We There Yet? is made up of costume designer Ellis Tillman and set designer Gene Seyffer, with lighting design by Patrick Tennant and sound by Alexander Herrin.
Are We There Yet? will preview at the Miracle Theatre July 7 and 8, open on July 9 and will play through August 15, 2010. Performances will be held Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through July 24, Thursday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through August 15, with additional Wednesday matinees on July 14 and 21 at 2 p.m.
Preview night tickets on the first Wednesday and Thursday are $35. Tickets for weeknights and matinees are $40, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $48. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification. Discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday and Sunday.
Group discounted rates are offered for 15 or more through the group sales department. Single tickets may be purchased through the box office at 305-444-9293 or online at www.actorsplayhouse.org
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM EST
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
BABALU
Starring Lucie Arnaz, Raúl Esparza, Valarie Pettiford, and special guest Desi Arnaz, Jr.
"Mr. Esparza, whose parentage is Cuban, infused the songs with a fiery theatrical intensity and nostril-flaring passion!" -- The New York Times
It's show time at the Tropicana! Hear Desi Arnaz's greatest hits, including the hip-swiveling "Cuban Pete," his signature conga "Babalu," and the beloved theme from "I Love Lucy," plus dozens of Latin and Broadway standards -- performed to a Cuban beat -- in this one-of-a-kind tribute to the most glamorous music of the '40s and '50s.
BABALU is not only Lucie Arnaz's loving tribute to her father, but also a chance for all of us to celebrate Desi's extraordinary musical career and the major role Latin music has played in American pop culture. Joining Lucie on stage is four-time Tony Award-nominated Miami native Raúl Esparza, acclaimed for his performances in the Broadway hits Company, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Taboo, and Cabaret, plus Broadway star Valarie Pettiford (Dancin, Fosse, Sophisticated Lady), a pair of smoldering Latin dancers, and a 15-piece band playing all original music from the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.
July 8-11, 2010 at 8pm
Knight Concert Hall
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132
Tickets: $30 - $70
For reservations, visit www.arshtcenter.org or call the box office at (305) 949-6722
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center, Teatro Avante, and American Airlines present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7 - August 1, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater (in the Ziff Ballet Opera House)
Experience some of the best theater companies from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. onstage at the Carnival Studio Theater! This award-winning festival raises the curtain on Hispanic culture, with plays, dance performances, and even children's theater. This year the festival presents an array of works in a tribute to Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATER FESTIVAL is the only festival of its kind in the United States, and The Miami Herald raves: "The quality attests to the vibrancy and talent of theater being produced in the Spanish-speaking world."
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Where: various
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Symphony of the Americas & American Airlines present Summerfest 2010
Ft. Lauderdale's Symphony of the Americas will host the Mont Blanc Chamber Orchestra from France, for its 2010 Summerfest, under the baton of the Symphony's Artistic Director, Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese. Orchestral concerts feature the music of Vivaldi, Paganini, Telemann, Sarasate, Brahms, Copland, and the American composer Arthur Foote, and Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, Artistic Director of the Mont Blanc Orchestra. Performances are highlighted by Hungarian violinist Laszlo Pap, and American flutist, Marilyn Maingart.
Summerfest presented by American Airlines, annually hosts an acclaimed European chamber orchestra for one month of cultural exchange performances throughout Florida, Central and South America joined by selected members of the Symphony of the Americas, and funded in part by the Broward Cultural Council. Symphony of the Americas is Broward's only professional orchestra, and Broward Center for the Performing Arts is its performance home.
Summerfest begins July 6 with nearly 25 performances throughout Florida and continuing with 2010 cultural exchange performances in Panama and Brazil. Activities include performances, master classes, and educational outreach, taking the masterful sounds of this great ensemble to audiences in corners of the world who have never before experienced the exhilaration of live performances of great composers.
The Mont Blanc Chamber Orchesra, under its Artistic Director, Lorenzo Turchi-Floris, is renowned for its virtuosity and first-rate soloists. Situated at the crossroads of France, Switzerland and Italy, if offers a cultural diversity that is of great advantage in its programs, which vary from the Baroque era to the 20th Century.
"musicians are remarkable soloists,and the orchestra was able, through its crystal-clear sound and alert interpretation, to transport us to distant horizons. The musical works were perfectly executed with unexpected fervor."
Le Dauphiné Libéré, France
"The Mont-Blanc Symphony Orchestra: more than just a discovery, a revelation….dazzling virtuosity…. all the soloists, without exception, demonstrated virtuosity and sensitivity to delight the public".
Le Dauphiné Libéré, France
Summerfest presented by American Airlines, is sponsored in part by Hyatt Regency Pier 66 -Luxury Hotels & Resorts, Sun-Sentinel, Wachovia, Royal Rent A Car, Broward Cultural Council & Board of County Commissioners.For further information, please contact the Symphony of the Americas office at 954 - 545 - 0088, or on-line at www.symphonyoftheamericas.org
2010 SUMMERFEST CONCERTS
Mont Blanc Chamber Orchestra
joined by musicians of the
Symphony of the Americas
FLORIDA PERFORMANCES
Fri. July 9 Main Beach at S.E. 1st Ave. 7:00 pm
Deerfield Beach
954 - 480 - 4433 (Free concert)
Sat. July 10 Sunshine Cathedral 8:00 pm
Ft. Lauderdale
Box Office: 954 - 462 - 2004
Sun. July 11 Florida Atlantic University Theater 4:00 pm
Boca Raton
Box office: 800-564-9539 www.fauevents.com
Wed. July 21 Broward Center for the Perf. Arts ~ Amaturo Theater 8:00 pm
Tickets $24, $35 & $ 60 (includes reception)
Box Office: 954 - 462 - 0222 www. browardcenter.org
Thurs. July 22 Susan B. Katz Theater 7:00 pm
Pembroke Pines
Box Office: 954 - 961 - 6067
Sat. July 24 John Knox Village . 2:00 pm
Box Office: 954 - 783 - 4039
Sun. July 25 Miami Beach Community Church 3:00 pm
Box Office: 305 - 538 - 4511
Sun. July 25 Miami Lakes Methodist Church 8:00 pm
Box Office: 305 - 364 - 6100 #138
Mon. July 26 Temple Dor Dorin 8:00 pm
Weston Philharmonic Society
Weston, Florida
Info: 954 - 849 - 8374
Tues. July 27 St. Paul's Episcopal Church 8:00 pm
Key West, Florida
Info: 305 - 296 - 4761
TOUR PERFORMANCES
July 12 - 19 Performance Residency ~ Panama
July 29 - Aug. 8 Performance Residency ~ Brazil
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Calix Gustav Gallery
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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The Passing. Calix Gustav Gallery
From Jul 10th through Sept 1st, 2010
Calix Gustav's The Passing exhibits the fleeting of time, new seasons and new beginnings representing rebirth.This resurgence is only accomplished with the understanding of life; its meaning and its hardships. Ecuadorian-born artist, Jovan Karlo Villalba creates cinematic paintings featuring visions of sweeping cataclysmic events. The increasing threat of man-made devastation in forms of biological and nuclear warfare, environmental catastrophe and economic ruin, in conjunction with their magnified portrayal in the media, has created an onslaught of social alarm and has subversively woven feelings of doom into the fabric of present-day life in America.
Colombian-born artist, Catalina Jaramillo creates an installation that deals with issues raised upon both separation from her partner and her mother's death. The installation celebrates the obsessive tendencies that some manifest with their loss and grief, it is an accumulation of the memories and objects left behind at times of loss. In reviving those who we've lost we learn to accept life's realities and thus, learn to move on and accept our destiny. The installation will combine aspects of performance art, video, photography, and sculpture.
Sculptor Richard Herzog examines parts of society and nature trying to bring awareness to these elements hoping to alter the viewer's perceptions and make them look at things differently and consider the world they live in. The sculptures are a combination of a systematic organization of natural forms possessing a chaotic multi-layered visual effect mimicking our world, dominated by its rapid pace and over stimulation.
Calix Gustav Gallery
98 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL 33137
305.576.8116
www.calixgustav.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: COLONY THEATRE
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Out in the Tropics
South Florida's first gay, lesbian, bisexual and trangender Contemporary Performing Arts Festival
July 7-11, 2010 at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre
Gender-bending, lesbian marriage, Cuban theater, queer circus arts, racy humor, laughter, tears and much more will fill the stage at Out in the Tropics, South Florida's first Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) contemporary performing arts festival, from July 7-11, 2010. A stellar group of award-winning, cutting-edge artists from around the world are already set for the festival's line-up at Miami Beach's Colony Theatre, 1040 Lincoln Road, and other venues. Out in the Tropics, presented by FUNDarte, one of South Florida's most successful presenters of alternative culture, in association with Tropical Wave Productions, was launched this past November with a wildly successful one-night showcase.
The festival's first two performances at the Colony Theatre on Thursday, July 8 and Friday, July 9, at 8:00 pm, are by Teatro El Público, Cuba's most important and daring theater company, for the first time in the U.S. They will present Las Amargas Lágrimas de Petra Von Kant (The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant), their Spanish-language theatrical reinterpretation of the classic film by famed bad-boy German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The twist in this version is that the parts of the three main female characters, who are involved in a dark and dramatic but also hilarious lesbian love-triangle, are all played by male actors. El Público's founder Carlos Díaz, one of Latin America's most well-known theater directors, brings his uniquely modernist Cuban sensibility to this award-winning production. The play will be performed both nights with English supertitles.
Out in the Tropics continues on Saturday, July 10, at 8:00 pm, at the Colony, with the South Florida premiere of The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac, featuring sensational gender deconstructionist, performer, actor, composer and director Taylor Mac in this solo show. The evening is funny, surprising and adults-only outrageous, as Mac slips in and out of his stunning outfits, pieces of art in and of themselves, tells stories from his life, and sings his unique brand of smart and provocative original songs. He is reimagining a bohemian tradition of drag that ranges from Jackie Curtis to Bloolips to John Cameron Mitchell. The Be(a)st of Taylor Mac was a hit at New York's Under the Radar and the Edinburgh Fringe festivals. Mac has won numerous awards in his long career, including most recently a Hammerstein Award for playwriting, and been named one of Out Magazine's 100 for 2008.
The festival closes on Sunday, July 11, at 7:00 pm at the Colony Theatre, with Sara Felder in the South Florida premiere of June Bride, her one-woman multi-character theater piece that has traveled around the world. The play takes the audience from an awkward first date between Felder and her soon-to-be girlfriend to the struggle to hold a "lesbian wedding ceremony" that, while radical in its pairing of two women, is also a "traditional" Jewish one. While the subject matter may be serious, Felder mines it for both comedy and pathos, blending traditional theater with a zany range of circus arts - including 3-ball juggling,, sharp knives, colorful scarves, a crystal ball and a straitjacket escape - to create her signature vaudevillian style that is both engaging and thought provoking.
"We are so excited to be able to present this international mix of amazingly talented, accomplished artists who address the subjects of gender, identity and sexuality from both personal and political perspectives," says Robert Rosenberg, Artistic Director of Out in the Tropics. "The festival is a unique addition to South Florida's cultural landscape that we hope will quickly become a signature GLBT event for the entire community." In addition to the Colony Theatre shows, there will be a number of other events throughout the five-day festival. On opening night Wednesday, July 7, at 7:00 pm all festival performing artists plus additional guests will participate in a panel discussion entitled Queer Culture, Global Culture, followed by a reception, that is free and open to the public. During the festival, participating artists will be offering workshops for GLBT teenagers, master classes for professional artists, and attending parties after their shows. Details and locations on all these events to-be-announced.
Tickets for all performances are $35, $30 an $25 reserved seating, and $30, $25 and $20 for students (25 and under) and seniors (65 and over) Tickets may be purchased in advance through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com and by phone (800) 745-3000 (service charges apply). They are also available in advance in-person at the Colony Theatre box office in Miami Beach, Tuesday through Saturday, Noon - 5:00 pm without a service charge. Group sale discounts can also be arranged by calling (305) 316-6165. More information about the festival and the can be found online at www.fundarte.us or by contacting FUNDarte at info@fundarte.us or (305) 316-6165.
For more information 305-316-6165
info@fundarte.us
<www.fundarte.us>
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Water
Audrey Love Gallery
Art by Resident and Associate Artists of the Bakehouse Art Complex
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010 7-10PM
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 St, Wynwood 305.576.2828
Live music from Hyllus, Wine from Schnebly's Winery in the Redlands FL, and Food from Wynwood's Lost and Found Restaurant!
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Books
A collection of artist made books, sketchbooks, and sketches
Swenson Gallery
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010, 7-10PM
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 Street, Wynwood. 305.576.2828
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Where: Locust Projects
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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MIAMI ART SCENE PIONEER, LOCUST PROJECTS, ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION BY SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The LAB (Locust Arts Builders)
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 10, 7-10pm
Through August 2019
Pioneers in the Miami art scene, Locust Projects is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition by a select group of South Florida High School students. Under the direction of renowned contemporary artist Monica Lopez de Victoria of the TM Sisters, nine local high school students will experience the invigorating and arduous process of conceiving and executing original artworks from June 28 to July 10, 2010.
These students, currently attending Design and Architecture Senior High, Hialeah Senior High, Miami Northwestern Senior High and New World School of Arts answered an open call and were hand-selected by a committee of local art professionals.
Participating Artists: Omar Alvarez, Leslie Chavez, Jason Flores, Luna Goldberg, Kevin Hobbs, Ximena Izquierdo, Vanessa Lacayo, Asher Mones, Christina Quinlan
As a hallmark that makes Locust Projects stand out from other art venues, the organization embraces cutting-edge exhibitions and innovation in art. In furtherance of the not-for-profit's twelve-year commitment to providing an approachable arts venue for the South Florida community, for the first time, Locust Projects has created an exciting new program in which a young generation of artists are given the opportunity to create a collaborative exhibition in a public venue.
The project will be developed and exhibited in Locust Projects' 2,700 square foot space in Miami's Design District and culminate in a publicized show, open to the public. The goal is to promote contemporary art and project-based learning as a means to encourage creativity, critical analysis, and problem solving, while building communication skills. This unique initiative will allow young artists to learn the practical and exciting aspects of creating a public exhibition in collaboration with their peers.
About Locust Projects
2010 marks Locust Projects' 12-year anniversary. Locust Projects is alternative, not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work and Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas and methods. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artists. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has supported site-specific and installation artworks featuring photography, video, performance, sculpture, drawing, painting and digital media making it a nationally-recognized art institution, and a landmark in the Miami art scene.
About the artist:
Monica Lopez De Victoria is a Miami-based artist that works in collaboration with Tasha Lopez De Victoria under the name TM Sisters. Together the sisters work in the mediums of video, digital video performance, VJing, collage, social experiments, zines, clothing, installations, and interactive video created along with their brother Samuel. The TM Sisters' recent exhibition, WHIRL CRASH GO! at Locust Projects was featured in The Miami Herald. The sisters' work has been included in the international traveling exhibition "Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium;" the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, and PERFORMA 07 in New York. Their work has been seen and written about in publications like L'Officiel magazine, The Guardian, STEP Inside Design, the New York Times, Vogue Italia, and on the cover of ARTnews.
This exhibition is made possible with the support from: Andy Warhol Foundation; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. Special thanks to Jonathan Eismann Restaurants.
For further information contact: Monica de Miguel
305.576.8570
locustprojects@yahoo.com
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Event Title: Are We There Yet?
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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A Musical Family Survival Guide, 'Are We There Yet?' Arrives at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre on July 7
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre presents a hysterical summer musical that takes a fresh, contemporary look at the typical and not-so-typical American family. Are We There Yet?, which runs July 7 - August 15, 2010, is a musical revue that allows audience member's to "Enjoy the Ride" as a cast of four covers nearly all possible family plights.
Fresh, funny, and totally entertaining, this light-hearted comedy tackles the question we so often ask ourselves on life's roller coaster journey of ups and downs, Are We There Yet? The typical bumps, u-turns, and roadblocks that are all too familiar are played out on stage in a riotous fashion. Through a series of very funny vignettes, the show takes a look at the modern American family - and every variation of it - in a way that may strangely remind audiences of their own family situations. This refreshing and reflective comedy that has been called the parents' edition of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! will ultimately prove that the answer to life's question is to simply have a sense of humor.
"Are We There Yet? is the perfect summer event for our audiences," Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein said. "It looks at the universalities of family life and tackles them in a fun way. This musical comedy is a great way for audiences to come and enjoy themselves at the Miracle Theatre."
Artistic Director David Arisco also feels Are We There Yet? is the perfect fit for the summer months.
"Are We There Yet? is exactly the kind of new musical I love for the summer -- fresh, relevant, relatable material presented in a vignette style," said Artistic Director David Arisco. "It's very funny, a little 'out there' and totally now."
Artistic Director David Arisco has compiled a slew of talented musical and comedic professionals to present these twisted tales of life and love. Multiple-Carbonell nominated Christopher A. Kent who has been seen at Actors' on numerous occasions including The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Aida and Footloose, performs alongside his wife Carbonell-nominated actress Lisa Manuli, who has performed in Grease, Beauty and the Beast and Aida. Meghan Moroney, who was first seen in Oliver! back when the Actors' Playhouse was located in Kendall, Florida, has since made her debut at the Miracle Theatre in this season's The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and has also worked with the likes of Jimmy Buffet and the Broadway company, Mamma Mia. Having recently been seen in Mid Life! The Crisis Musical, Thumbs and Urinetown, Allan Baker, who also played FDR in the 30-year anniversary national tour of Annie, rounds out the talented cast. Actors' Playhouse's award-winning creative team for Are We There Yet? is made up of costume designer Ellis Tillman and set designer Gene Seyffer, with lighting design by Patrick Tennant and sound by Alexander Herrin.
Are We There Yet? will preview at the Miracle Theatre July 7 and 8, open on July 9 and will play through August 15, 2010. Performances will be held Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through July 24, Thursday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through August 15, with additional Wednesday matinees on July 14 and 21 at 2 p.m.
Preview night tickets on the first Wednesday and Thursday are $35. Tickets for weeknights and matinees are $40, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $48. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification. Discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday and Sunday.
Group discounted rates are offered for 15 or more through the group sales department. Single tickets may be purchased through the box office at 305-444-9293 or online at www.actorsplayhouse.org
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Sunday, July 11, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Time: 8:00 PM EST
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
BABALU
Starring Lucie Arnaz, Raúl Esparza, Valarie Pettiford, and special guest Desi Arnaz, Jr.
"Mr. Esparza, whose parentage is Cuban, infused the songs with a fiery theatrical intensity and nostril-flaring passion!" -- The New York Times
It's show time at the Tropicana! Hear Desi Arnaz's greatest hits, including the hip-swiveling "Cuban Pete," his signature conga "Babalu," and the beloved theme from "I Love Lucy," plus dozens of Latin and Broadway standards -- performed to a Cuban beat -- in this one-of-a-kind tribute to the most glamorous music of the '40s and '50s.
BABALU is not only Lucie Arnaz's loving tribute to her father, but also a chance for all of us to celebrate Desi's extraordinary musical career and the major role Latin music has played in American pop culture. Joining Lucie on stage is four-time Tony Award-nominated Miami native Raúl Esparza, acclaimed for his performances in the Broadway hits Company, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Taboo, and Cabaret, plus Broadway star Valarie Pettiford (Dancin, Fosse, Sophisticated Lady), a pair of smoldering Latin dancers, and a 15-piece band playing all original music from the Desi Arnaz Orchestra.
July 8-11, 2010 at 8pm
Knight Concert Hall
Adrienne Arsht Center
1300 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL 33132
Tickets: $30 - $70
For reservations, visit www.arshtcenter.org or call the box office at (305) 949-6722
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Monday, July 12, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center, Teatro Avante, and American Airlines present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7 - August 1, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater (in the Ziff Ballet Opera House)
Experience some of the best theater companies from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. onstage at the Carnival Studio Theater! This award-winning festival raises the curtain on Hispanic culture, with plays, dance performances, and even children's theater. This year the festival presents an array of works in a tribute to Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATER FESTIVAL is the only festival of its kind in the United States, and The Miami Herald raves: "The quality attests to the vibrancy and talent of theater being produced in the Spanish-speaking world."
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Monday, July 12, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Calix Gustav Gallery
Monday, July 12, 2010
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The Passing. Calix Gustav Gallery
From Jul 10th through Sept 1st, 2010
Calix Gustav's The Passing exhibits the fleeting of time, new seasons and new beginnings representing rebirth.This resurgence is only accomplished with the understanding of life; its meaning and its hardships. Ecuadorian-born artist, Jovan Karlo Villalba creates cinematic paintings featuring visions of sweeping cataclysmic events. The increasing threat of man-made devastation in forms of biological and nuclear warfare, environmental catastrophe and economic ruin, in conjunction with their magnified portrayal in the media, has created an onslaught of social alarm and has subversively woven feelings of doom into the fabric of present-day life in America.
Colombian-born artist, Catalina Jaramillo creates an installation that deals with issues raised upon both separation from her partner and her mother's death. The installation celebrates the obsessive tendencies that some manifest with their loss and grief, it is an accumulation of the memories and objects left behind at times of loss. In reviving those who we've lost we learn to accept life's realities and thus, learn to move on and accept our destiny. The installation will combine aspects of performance art, video, photography, and sculpture.
Sculptor Richard Herzog examines parts of society and nature trying to bring awareness to these elements hoping to alter the viewer's perceptions and make them look at things differently and consider the world they live in. The sculptures are a combination of a systematic organization of natural forms possessing a chaotic multi-layered visual effect mimicking our world, dominated by its rapid pace and over stimulation.
Calix Gustav Gallery
98 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL 33137
305.576.8116
www.calixgustav.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Monday, July 12, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Monday, July 12, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Monday, July 12, 2010
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Water
Audrey Love Gallery
Art by Resident and Associate Artists of the Bakehouse Art Complex
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010 7-10PM
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 St, Wynwood 305.576.2828
Live music from Hyllus, Wine from Schnebly's Winery in the Redlands FL, and Food from Wynwood's Lost and Found Restaurant!
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Monday, July 12, 2010
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Books
A collection of artist made books, sketchbooks, and sketches
Swenson Gallery
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010, 7-10PM
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 Street, Wynwood. 305.576.2828
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Where: Locust Projects
Monday, July 12, 2010
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MIAMI ART SCENE PIONEER, LOCUST PROJECTS, ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION BY SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The LAB (Locust Arts Builders)
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 10, 7-10pm
Through August 2019
Pioneers in the Miami art scene, Locust Projects is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition by a select group of South Florida High School students. Under the direction of renowned contemporary artist Monica Lopez de Victoria of the TM Sisters, nine local high school students will experience the invigorating and arduous process of conceiving and executing original artworks from June 28 to July 10, 2010.
These students, currently attending Design and Architecture Senior High, Hialeah Senior High, Miami Northwestern Senior High and New World School of Arts answered an open call and were hand-selected by a committee of local art professionals.
Participating Artists: Omar Alvarez, Leslie Chavez, Jason Flores, Luna Goldberg, Kevin Hobbs, Ximena Izquierdo, Vanessa Lacayo, Asher Mones, Christina Quinlan
As a hallmark that makes Locust Projects stand out from other art venues, the organization embraces cutting-edge exhibitions and innovation in art. In furtherance of the not-for-profit's twelve-year commitment to providing an approachable arts venue for the South Florida community, for the first time, Locust Projects has created an exciting new program in which a young generation of artists are given the opportunity to create a collaborative exhibition in a public venue.
The project will be developed and exhibited in Locust Projects' 2,700 square foot space in Miami's Design District and culminate in a publicized show, open to the public. The goal is to promote contemporary art and project-based learning as a means to encourage creativity, critical analysis, and problem solving, while building communication skills. This unique initiative will allow young artists to learn the practical and exciting aspects of creating a public exhibition in collaboration with their peers.
About Locust Projects
2010 marks Locust Projects' 12-year anniversary. Locust Projects is alternative, not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work and Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas and methods. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artists. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has supported site-specific and installation artworks featuring photography, video, performance, sculpture, drawing, painting and digital media making it a nationally-recognized art institution, and a landmark in the Miami art scene.
About the artist:
Monica Lopez De Victoria is a Miami-based artist that works in collaboration with Tasha Lopez De Victoria under the name TM Sisters. Together the sisters work in the mediums of video, digital video performance, VJing, collage, social experiments, zines, clothing, installations, and interactive video created along with their brother Samuel. The TM Sisters' recent exhibition, WHIRL CRASH GO! at Locust Projects was featured in The Miami Herald. The sisters' work has been included in the international traveling exhibition "Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium;" the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, and PERFORMA 07 in New York. Their work has been seen and written about in publications like L'Officiel magazine, The Guardian, STEP Inside Design, the New York Times, Vogue Italia, and on the cover of ARTnews.
This exhibition is made possible with the support from: Andy Warhol Foundation; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. Special thanks to Jonathan Eismann Restaurants.
For further information contact: Monica de Miguel
305.576.8570
locustprojects@yahoo.com
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Monday, July 12, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center, Teatro Avante, and American Airlines present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7 - August 1, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater (in the Ziff Ballet Opera House)
Experience some of the best theater companies from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. onstage at the Carnival Studio Theater! This award-winning festival raises the curtain on Hispanic culture, with plays, dance performances, and even children's theater. This year the festival presents an array of works in a tribute to Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATER FESTIVAL is the only festival of its kind in the United States, and The Miami Herald raves: "The quality attests to the vibrancy and talent of theater being produced in the Spanish-speaking world."
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Calix Gustav Gallery
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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The Passing. Calix Gustav Gallery
From Jul 10th through Sept 1st, 2010
Calix Gustav's The Passing exhibits the fleeting of time, new seasons and new beginnings representing rebirth.This resurgence is only accomplished with the understanding of life; its meaning and its hardships. Ecuadorian-born artist, Jovan Karlo Villalba creates cinematic paintings featuring visions of sweeping cataclysmic events. The increasing threat of man-made devastation in forms of biological and nuclear warfare, environmental catastrophe and economic ruin, in conjunction with their magnified portrayal in the media, has created an onslaught of social alarm and has subversively woven feelings of doom into the fabric of present-day life in America.
Colombian-born artist, Catalina Jaramillo creates an installation that deals with issues raised upon both separation from her partner and her mother's death. The installation celebrates the obsessive tendencies that some manifest with their loss and grief, it is an accumulation of the memories and objects left behind at times of loss. In reviving those who we've lost we learn to accept life's realities and thus, learn to move on and accept our destiny. The installation will combine aspects of performance art, video, photography, and sculpture.
Sculptor Richard Herzog examines parts of society and nature trying to bring awareness to these elements hoping to alter the viewer's perceptions and make them look at things differently and consider the world they live in. The sculptures are a combination of a systematic organization of natural forms possessing a chaotic multi-layered visual effect mimicking our world, dominated by its rapid pace and over stimulation.
Calix Gustav Gallery
98 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL 33137
305.576.8116
www.calixgustav.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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Water
Audrey Love Gallery
Art by Resident and Associate Artists of the Bakehouse Art Complex
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010 7-10PM
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 St, Wynwood 305.576.2828
Live music from Hyllus, Wine from Schnebly's Winery in the Redlands FL, and Food from Wynwood's Lost and Found Restaurant!
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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Books
A collection of artist made books, sketchbooks, and sketches
Swenson Gallery
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010, 7-10PM
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 Street, Wynwood. 305.576.2828
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Where: Locust Projects
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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MIAMI ART SCENE PIONEER, LOCUST PROJECTS, ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION BY SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The LAB (Locust Arts Builders)
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 10, 7-10pm
Through August 2019
Pioneers in the Miami art scene, Locust Projects is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition by a select group of South Florida High School students. Under the direction of renowned contemporary artist Monica Lopez de Victoria of the TM Sisters, nine local high school students will experience the invigorating and arduous process of conceiving and executing original artworks from June 28 to July 10, 2010.
These students, currently attending Design and Architecture Senior High, Hialeah Senior High, Miami Northwestern Senior High and New World School of Arts answered an open call and were hand-selected by a committee of local art professionals.
Participating Artists: Omar Alvarez, Leslie Chavez, Jason Flores, Luna Goldberg, Kevin Hobbs, Ximena Izquierdo, Vanessa Lacayo, Asher Mones, Christina Quinlan
As a hallmark that makes Locust Projects stand out from other art venues, the organization embraces cutting-edge exhibitions and innovation in art. In furtherance of the not-for-profit's twelve-year commitment to providing an approachable arts venue for the South Florida community, for the first time, Locust Projects has created an exciting new program in which a young generation of artists are given the opportunity to create a collaborative exhibition in a public venue.
The project will be developed and exhibited in Locust Projects' 2,700 square foot space in Miami's Design District and culminate in a publicized show, open to the public. The goal is to promote contemporary art and project-based learning as a means to encourage creativity, critical analysis, and problem solving, while building communication skills. This unique initiative will allow young artists to learn the practical and exciting aspects of creating a public exhibition in collaboration with their peers.
About Locust Projects
2010 marks Locust Projects' 12-year anniversary. Locust Projects is alternative, not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work and Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas and methods. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artists. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has supported site-specific and installation artworks featuring photography, video, performance, sculpture, drawing, painting and digital media making it a nationally-recognized art institution, and a landmark in the Miami art scene.
About the artist:
Monica Lopez De Victoria is a Miami-based artist that works in collaboration with Tasha Lopez De Victoria under the name TM Sisters. Together the sisters work in the mediums of video, digital video performance, VJing, collage, social experiments, zines, clothing, installations, and interactive video created along with their brother Samuel. The TM Sisters' recent exhibition, WHIRL CRASH GO! at Locust Projects was featured in The Miami Herald. The sisters' work has been included in the international traveling exhibition "Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium;" the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, and PERFORMA 07 in New York. Their work has been seen and written about in publications like L'Officiel magazine, The Guardian, STEP Inside Design, the New York Times, Vogue Italia, and on the cover of ARTnews.
This exhibition is made possible with the support from: Andy Warhol Foundation; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. Special thanks to Jonathan Eismann Restaurants.
For further information contact: Monica de Miguel
305.576.8570
locustprojects@yahoo.com
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center, Teatro Avante, and American Airlines present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7 - August 1, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater (in the Ziff Ballet Opera House)
Experience some of the best theater companies from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. onstage at the Carnival Studio Theater! This award-winning festival raises the curtain on Hispanic culture, with plays, dance performances, and even children's theater. This year the festival presents an array of works in a tribute to Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATER FESTIVAL is the only festival of its kind in the United States, and The Miami Herald raves: "The quality attests to the vibrancy and talent of theater being produced in the Spanish-speaking world."
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
THE ALUMINUM SHOW
July 14 - August 8, 2010
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House
Tickets $55
"Ravishing and engaging!" - Time Out, Tel Aviv
In the family-thrilling tradition of Slava's Snowshow, Blue Man Group, Cirque du Soleil and Stomp, THE ALUMINUM SHOW is stunning and incredible entertainment and a sensational hit around the world! Originally created in Israel by a team of theater and dance innovators, the show boasts a cast of dancers, acrobats, and prop operators with a driving score combining original and pop music. THE ALUMINIM SHOW debuted to rave reviews in Israel, went on to tour Europe, and now comes to the Adrienne Arsht Center with a magnificent, customized staging exclusively for the Miami engagement. THE ALUMINUM SHOW combines amazing special effects, jazz and modern dance, and puppetry while performers use creative mechanical contraptions and acrobatic movement to bring the star element of the show - aluminum -- to life with awesome energy and theatrical wit. Half the time you won't know if what's on stage is a dancer, a prop, a costume, a giant slinky, a piece of scenery, or all of the above. The result is an imaginative, luminous adventure that critics agree is unlike anything audiences have ever seen.
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Calix Gustav Gallery
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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The Passing. Calix Gustav Gallery
From Jul 10th through Sept 1st, 2010
Calix Gustav's The Passing exhibits the fleeting of time, new seasons and new beginnings representing rebirth.This resurgence is only accomplished with the understanding of life; its meaning and its hardships. Ecuadorian-born artist, Jovan Karlo Villalba creates cinematic paintings featuring visions of sweeping cataclysmic events. The increasing threat of man-made devastation in forms of biological and nuclear warfare, environmental catastrophe and economic ruin, in conjunction with their magnified portrayal in the media, has created an onslaught of social alarm and has subversively woven feelings of doom into the fabric of present-day life in America.
Colombian-born artist, Catalina Jaramillo creates an installation that deals with issues raised upon both separation from her partner and her mother's death. The installation celebrates the obsessive tendencies that some manifest with their loss and grief, it is an accumulation of the memories and objects left behind at times of loss. In reviving those who we've lost we learn to accept life's realities and thus, learn to move on and accept our destiny. The installation will combine aspects of performance art, video, photography, and sculpture.
Sculptor Richard Herzog examines parts of society and nature trying to bring awareness to these elements hoping to alter the viewer's perceptions and make them look at things differently and consider the world they live in. The sculptures are a combination of a systematic organization of natural forms possessing a chaotic multi-layered visual effect mimicking our world, dominated by its rapid pace and over stimulation.
Calix Gustav Gallery
98 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL 33137
305.576.8116
www.calixgustav.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Water
Audrey Love Gallery
Art by Resident and Associate Artists of the Bakehouse Art Complex
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010 7-10PM
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 St, Wynwood 305.576.2828
Live music from Hyllus, Wine from Schnebly's Winery in the Redlands FL, and Food from Wynwood's Lost and Found Restaurant!
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Books
A collection of artist made books, sketchbooks, and sketches
Swenson Gallery
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010, 7-10PM
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 Street, Wynwood. 305.576.2828
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Where: Locust Projects
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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MIAMI ART SCENE PIONEER, LOCUST PROJECTS, ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION BY SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The LAB (Locust Arts Builders)
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 10, 7-10pm
Through August 2019
Pioneers in the Miami art scene, Locust Projects is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition by a select group of South Florida High School students. Under the direction of renowned contemporary artist Monica Lopez de Victoria of the TM Sisters, nine local high school students will experience the invigorating and arduous process of conceiving and executing original artworks from June 28 to July 10, 2010.
These students, currently attending Design and Architecture Senior High, Hialeah Senior High, Miami Northwestern Senior High and New World School of Arts answered an open call and were hand-selected by a committee of local art professionals.
Participating Artists: Omar Alvarez, Leslie Chavez, Jason Flores, Luna Goldberg, Kevin Hobbs, Ximena Izquierdo, Vanessa Lacayo, Asher Mones, Christina Quinlan
As a hallmark that makes Locust Projects stand out from other art venues, the organization embraces cutting-edge exhibitions and innovation in art. In furtherance of the not-for-profit's twelve-year commitment to providing an approachable arts venue for the South Florida community, for the first time, Locust Projects has created an exciting new program in which a young generation of artists are given the opportunity to create a collaborative exhibition in a public venue.
The project will be developed and exhibited in Locust Projects' 2,700 square foot space in Miami's Design District and culminate in a publicized show, open to the public. The goal is to promote contemporary art and project-based learning as a means to encourage creativity, critical analysis, and problem solving, while building communication skills. This unique initiative will allow young artists to learn the practical and exciting aspects of creating a public exhibition in collaboration with their peers.
About Locust Projects
2010 marks Locust Projects' 12-year anniversary. Locust Projects is alternative, not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work and Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas and methods. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artists. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has supported site-specific and installation artworks featuring photography, video, performance, sculpture, drawing, painting and digital media making it a nationally-recognized art institution, and a landmark in the Miami art scene.
About the artist:
Monica Lopez De Victoria is a Miami-based artist that works in collaboration with Tasha Lopez De Victoria under the name TM Sisters. Together the sisters work in the mediums of video, digital video performance, VJing, collage, social experiments, zines, clothing, installations, and interactive video created along with their brother Samuel. The TM Sisters' recent exhibition, WHIRL CRASH GO! at Locust Projects was featured in The Miami Herald. The sisters' work has been included in the international traveling exhibition "Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium;" the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, and PERFORMA 07 in New York. Their work has been seen and written about in publications like L'Officiel magazine, The Guardian, STEP Inside Design, the New York Times, Vogue Italia, and on the cover of ARTnews.
This exhibition is made possible with the support from: Andy Warhol Foundation; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. Special thanks to Jonathan Eismann Restaurants.
For further information contact: Monica de Miguel
305.576.8570
locustprojects@yahoo.com
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Event Title: Are We There Yet?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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A Musical Family Survival Guide, 'Are We There Yet?' Arrives at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre on July 7
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre presents a hysterical summer musical that takes a fresh, contemporary look at the typical and not-so-typical American family. Are We There Yet?, which runs July 7 - August 15, 2010, is a musical revue that allows audience member's to "Enjoy the Ride" as a cast of four covers nearly all possible family plights.
Fresh, funny, and totally entertaining, this light-hearted comedy tackles the question we so often ask ourselves on life's roller coaster journey of ups and downs, Are We There Yet? The typical bumps, u-turns, and roadblocks that are all too familiar are played out on stage in a riotous fashion. Through a series of very funny vignettes, the show takes a look at the modern American family - and every variation of it - in a way that may strangely remind audiences of their own family situations. This refreshing and reflective comedy that has been called the parents' edition of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! will ultimately prove that the answer to life's question is to simply have a sense of humor.
"Are We There Yet? is the perfect summer event for our audiences," Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein said. "It looks at the universalities of family life and tackles them in a fun way. This musical comedy is a great way for audiences to come and enjoy themselves at the Miracle Theatre."
Artistic Director David Arisco also feels Are We There Yet? is the perfect fit for the summer months.
"Are We There Yet? is exactly the kind of new musical I love for the summer -- fresh, relevant, relatable material presented in a vignette style," said Artistic Director David Arisco. "It's very funny, a little 'out there' and totally now."
Artistic Director David Arisco has compiled a slew of talented musical and comedic professionals to present these twisted tales of life and love. Multiple-Carbonell nominated Christopher A. Kent who has been seen at Actors' on numerous occasions including The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Aida and Footloose, performs alongside his wife Carbonell-nominated actress Lisa Manuli, who has performed in Grease, Beauty and the Beast and Aida. Meghan Moroney, who was first seen in Oliver! back when the Actors' Playhouse was located in Kendall, Florida, has since made her debut at the Miracle Theatre in this season's The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and has also worked with the likes of Jimmy Buffet and the Broadway company, Mamma Mia. Having recently been seen in Mid Life! The Crisis Musical, Thumbs and Urinetown, Allan Baker, who also played FDR in the 30-year anniversary national tour of Annie, rounds out the talented cast. Actors' Playhouse's award-winning creative team for Are We There Yet? is made up of costume designer Ellis Tillman and set designer Gene Seyffer, with lighting design by Patrick Tennant and sound by Alexander Herrin.
Are We There Yet? will preview at the Miracle Theatre July 7 and 8, open on July 9 and will play through August 15, 2010. Performances will be held Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through July 24, Thursday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through August 15, with additional Wednesday matinees on July 14 and 21 at 2 p.m.
Preview night tickets on the first Wednesday and Thursday are $35. Tickets for weeknights and matinees are $40, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $48. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification. Discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday and Sunday.
Group discounted rates are offered for 15 or more through the group sales department. Single tickets may be purchased through the box office at 305-444-9293 or online at www.actorsplayhouse.org
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Thursday, July 15, 2010 (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31)
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center, Teatro Avante, and American Airlines present
INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATRE FESTIVAL
July 7 - August 1, 2010
Carnival Studio Theater (in the Ziff Ballet Opera House)
Experience some of the best theater companies from Spain, Latin America, and the U.S. onstage at the Carnival Studio Theater! This award-winning festival raises the curtain on Hispanic culture, with plays, dance performances, and even children's theater. This year the festival presents an array of works in a tribute to Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL HISPANIC THEATER FESTIVAL is the only festival of its kind in the United States, and The Miami Herald raves: "The quality attests to the vibrancy and talent of theater being produced in the Spanish-speaking world."
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Where: Adrienne Arsht Center
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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Adrienne Arsht Center presents
THE ALUMINUM SHOW
July 14 - August 8, 2010
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House
Tickets $55
"Ravishing and engaging!" - Time Out, Tel Aviv
In the family-thrilling tradition of Slava's Snowshow, Blue Man Group, Cirque du Soleil and Stomp, THE ALUMINUM SHOW is stunning and incredible entertainment and a sensational hit around the world! Originally created in Israel by a team of theater and dance innovators, the show boasts a cast of dancers, acrobats, and prop operators with a driving score combining original and pop music. THE ALUMINIM SHOW debuted to rave reviews in Israel, went on to tour Europe, and now comes to the Adrienne Arsht Center with a magnificent, customized staging exclusively for the Miami engagement. THE ALUMINUM SHOW combines amazing special effects, jazz and modern dance, and puppetry while performers use creative mechanical contraptions and acrobatic movement to bring the star element of the show - aluminum -- to life with awesome energy and theatrical wit. Half the time you won't know if what's on stage is a dancer, a prop, a costume, a giant slinky, a piece of scenery, or all of the above. The result is an imaginative, luminous adventure that critics agree is unlike anything audiences have ever seen.
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Where: Wolfsonian-FIU
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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+5: RECENT ACQUISITIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
OPENS APRIL 23, 2010
April 23, 2010 through September 26, 2010
On the occasion of its fifteenth anniversary, The Wolfsonian presents +5, an exhibition showcasing the dynamic growth of its collection over the past five years. The objects on view, acquired through donation or purchase since 2006, include decorative arts, architectural elements, books, posters, and printed ephemera. The new acquisitions strengthen and broaden the collection's core themes, including design reform, urbanism, travel and transportation, advertising, and political propaganda. Highlights include rare works such as a tabletop sculpture by Gio Ponti and Tomaso Buzzi designed for the Italian Foreign Ministry and produced by Richard-Ginori; a large unusual Teco bottle vase with swirled base; a historically significant oak sideboard for the Oak Parlour in Old Heath Hall by Thomas Jeckyll; exceptional art moderne paintings, songbooks, and other works from the Mac Harshberger archive; and delicate watercolors of local scenes created during the New Deal as part of the Florida Art Project.
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Where: Calix Gustav Gallery
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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The Passing. Calix Gustav Gallery
From Jul 10th through Sept 1st, 2010
Calix Gustav's The Passing exhibits the fleeting of time, new seasons and new beginnings representing rebirth.This resurgence is only accomplished with the understanding of life; its meaning and its hardships. Ecuadorian-born artist, Jovan Karlo Villalba creates cinematic paintings featuring visions of sweeping cataclysmic events. The increasing threat of man-made devastation in forms of biological and nuclear warfare, environmental catastrophe and economic ruin, in conjunction with their magnified portrayal in the media, has created an onslaught of social alarm and has subversively woven feelings of doom into the fabric of present-day life in America.
Colombian-born artist, Catalina Jaramillo creates an installation that deals with issues raised upon both separation from her partner and her mother's death. The installation celebrates the obsessive tendencies that some manifest with their loss and grief, it is an accumulation of the memories and objects left behind at times of loss. In reviving those who we've lost we learn to accept life's realities and thus, learn to move on and accept our destiny. The installation will combine aspects of performance art, video, photography, and sculpture.
Sculptor Richard Herzog examines parts of society and nature trying to bring awareness to these elements hoping to alter the viewer's perceptions and make them look at things differently and consider the world they live in. The sculptures are a combination of a systematic organization of natural forms possessing a chaotic multi-layered visual effect mimicking our world, dominated by its rapid pace and over stimulation.
Calix Gustav Gallery
98 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL 33137
305.576.8116
www.calixgustav.com
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Where: Artformz Alternative
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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Artformz Alternative Presents
small wonders (art) salon
An Afternoon Art Party & Evening Exhibition Opening Reception
WHERE: Artformz Alternative
171 NW 23rd Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL 33127
WHEN: Afternoon BBQ Party: 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Evening: Art Walk 2nd Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Show Dates: May 8, 2010 - August 28, 2010
small wonders (art) salon
Summer Fundraising Project
Artformz has the pleasure of announcing the opening of "small wonders (art) salon"
On May 8th the gallery will turn its exhibition halls into one of the most exciting art events of this year. Sixty-two of South Florida's best local artists will be exhibiting affordable small jewels of artwork. The works will fill the wall space and the gallery will be converted into a cornucopian installation of diverse expressions. Small Wonders promises to be a sensory overload of visual offerings that will delight the public and document the pulse of current artistic practice in our community.
The exhibit will highlight artists from around South Florida who will be showing works in a multitude of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Many artists will be exhibiting works that are their latest explorations. Small Wonders aims to raise everyone's respect for these thoughtful - coveted - irreverent - spontaneous - small works, and to showcase these works that are an important part of every artists practice as they experiment and explore ideas not connected to producing work for any specific market trend, nor for institutions or galleries.
Small Wonders has been curated by the member artists at Artformz. Each member artist invited a group of respected peers. Small Wonders is an experimental event, placing a finger on the pulse of what is happening now and showcasing it. This art belongs to "now", small, but quick and directly to the point.
Artformz strongly encourages the sale of these very affordable works of art. The goal is to raise funds for South Florida artists and to support the venue's yearly community projects. All artists will be donating a portion of their sales to the gallery. Collectors purchasing art will be supporting the individual exhibiting artists and also the upcoming Artformz Project "ArtistaInvitaArtista" (ArtistInvitesArtist). This project is a Cultural Exchange program co-curated by Alette Simmons-Jimenez, artist and director of Artformz (Miami, USA) and Cristina Ghetti, artist and director of Red Nomade (Valencia, Spain). Artformz' member artists as well as a delegation from Italy, will be hosted in Valencia by Red Nomade, Miguel Gago Albert, Cultural Council of the city of Godella, and La Casa de la Cultura de Burjassot in October of 2010. The scheduled art exhibit in Spain will be accompanied by panel discussions, artist's talks, and introductions to local organizations and curators to broaden opportunities between participants. Artformz will in turn host the artist group from Spain, headed by Cristina Ghetti, and present an exhibit of their artwork at Artformz in early 2011. This event will coincide with similar cultural activities introducing these exceptionally talented artists to the Miami art scene.
Artformz invites the community to the gallery on the afternoon of the traditional 2nd Saturday Wynwood Art Walk. From 4:00pm to 7:00pm the member artists will host a party for all the exhibiting artists, and guests to enjoy an afternoon Pre-Art Walk event. The party will feature delicious local BBQ, drinks, music and a special artist performance. This is a free event for adults and children.
Artformz Exhibiting Artists Host Committee:
Natasha Duwin, Henning Haupt, Donna Haynes, Sibel Kocabasi, Anja Marais, PJ Mills, Ray Paul,
Guillermo Portieles, Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Exhibiting Guest Artists:
Harumi Abe, Gustavo Acosta, Eric Anfinson, Rosario Bond, Duane Brandt, Pip Brandt, Leah Brown,
Bill Burke, Stephanie Cunningham, Angi Curreri, Rai Escale, Shady Eshghi, Christian Feneck,
Luis Garcia Nerey, Paul Glass, John Gurbacs, Bryan Hiveley, Judy King, Jacek Kolasinski, Greg Latch, Leila Leder Kremer, Silvia Lizama, Jules Lusson, John Martini, Lauren McAloon, Luisa Mesa,
Venessa Monokian, Hugo Moro, Carol Munder, Sam Perry, Ron Pieniak, Brian Reedy, Barbara Rivera, David Rohn, Gustavo Román, Sara Rytteke, Beatricia Sagar, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas, John Sandell, Claudia Scalise, Gretchen Scharnagl, Shari Schemmel, Carolyn Schlam, Nina Surel, Peter Symons, Chu Teppa, Paloma Teppa, Kristin Thiele, Jackie Tufford, Jovan Karlo Villalba, Daniel Viñoly, Tom Virgin, Ramon Williams
Performance:
Jackie Tufford
Music:
Pocket of Lollipops
Eats:
Marks BBQ
The Cheese Course, Midtown Miami
Please visit <http://artformzprojects.blogspot.com/>
where a preview of work that will be on exhibit at the gallery can be seen and purchased online.
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Where: HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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CRIME IN MIAMI EXHIBIT WITH THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN FLORIDA
February 19 - August 29, 2010
If you love mysteries and thrillers, you won't want to miss a reading by five of Florida's best-loved authors in this genre. The Florida Center for Literary Arts in partnership with the Historical Museum of Southern Florida will present Edna Buchanan, Carolina Garcia Aguilera, James Grippando, Jeff Lindsay and Les Standiford each reading from their works and discussing why they write crime. This event complements the Museum's exhibit, Crime in Miami, an interactive examination of the impact of crime and law enforcement on this city over the past 100 years. The exhibit runs through August 29.
Panel Discussion and Readings:
Thursday, March 18, 2010 6:30 p.m.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida 101 West Flagler Street
Downtown Miami
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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Water
Audrey Love Gallery
Art by Resident and Associate Artists of the Bakehouse Art Complex
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010 7-10PM
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 St, Wynwood 305.576.2828
Live music from Hyllus, Wine from Schnebly's Winery in the Redlands FL, and Food from Wynwood's Lost and Found Restaurant!
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Where: Bakehouse Art Complex
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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Books
A collection of artist made books, sketchbooks, and sketches
Swenson Gallery
Opening Reception: July 9th, 2010, 7-10PM
July 10 - August 13, 2010
Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32 Street, Wynwood. 305.576.2828
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Where: Locust Projects
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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MIAMI ART SCENE PIONEER, LOCUST PROJECTS, ANNOUNCES A COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION BY SOUTH FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The LAB (Locust Arts Builders)
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 10, 7-10pm
Through August 2019
Pioneers in the Miami art scene, Locust Projects is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition by a select group of South Florida High School students. Under the direction of renowned contemporary artist Monica Lopez de Victoria of the TM Sisters, nine local high school students will experience the invigorating and arduous process of conceiving and executing original artworks from June 28 to July 10, 2010.
These students, currently attending Design and Architecture Senior High, Hialeah Senior High, Miami Northwestern Senior High and New World School of Arts answered an open call and were hand-selected by a committee of local art professionals.
Participating Artists: Omar Alvarez, Leslie Chavez, Jason Flores, Luna Goldberg, Kevin Hobbs, Ximena Izquierdo, Vanessa Lacayo, Asher Mones, Christina Quinlan
As a hallmark that makes Locust Projects stand out from other art venues, the organization embraces cutting-edge exhibitions and innovation in art. In furtherance of the not-for-profit's twelve-year commitment to providing an approachable arts venue for the South Florida community, for the first time, Locust Projects has created an exciting new program in which a young generation of artists are given the opportunity to create a collaborative exhibition in a public venue.
The project will be developed and exhibited in Locust Projects' 2,700 square foot space in Miami's Design District and culminate in a publicized show, open to the public. The goal is to promote contemporary art and project-based learning as a means to encourage creativity, critical analysis, and problem solving, while building communication skills. This unique initiative will allow young artists to learn the practical and exciting aspects of creating a public exhibition in collaboration with their peers.
About Locust Projects
2010 marks Locust Projects' 12-year anniversary. Locust Projects is alternative, not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work and Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas and methods. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artists. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has supported site-specific and installation artworks featuring photography, video, performance, sculpture, drawing, painting and digital media making it a nationally-recognized art institution, and a landmark in the Miami art scene.
About the artist:
Monica Lopez De Victoria is a Miami-based artist that works in collaboration with Tasha Lopez De Victoria under the name TM Sisters. Together the sisters work in the mediums of video, digital video performance, VJing, collage, social experiments, zines, clothing, installations, and interactive video created along with their brother Samuel. The TM Sisters' recent exhibition, WHIRL CRASH GO! at Locust Projects was featured in The Miami Herald. The sisters' work has been included in the international traveling exhibition "Uncertain States of America: American Art in the 3rd Millennium;" the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, and PERFORMA 07 in New York. Their work has been seen and written about in publications like L'Officiel magazine, The Guardian, STEP Inside Design, the New York Times, Vogue Italia, and on the cover of ARTnews.
This exhibition is made possible with the support from: Andy Warhol Foundation; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. Special thanks to Jonathan Eismann Restaurants.
For further information contact: Monica de Miguel
305.576.8570
locustprojects@yahoo.com
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Event Title: Are We There Yet?
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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A Musical Family Survival Guide, 'Are We There Yet?' Arrives at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre on July 7
Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre presents a hysterical summer musical that takes a fresh, contemporary look at the typical and not-so-typical American family. Are We There Yet?, which runs July 7 - August 15, 2010, is a musical revue that allows audience member's to "Enjoy the Ride" as a cast of four covers nearly all possible family plights.
Fresh, funny, and totally entertaining, this light-hearted comedy tackles the question we so often ask ourselves on life's roller coaster journey of ups and downs, Are We There Yet? The typical bumps, u-turns, and roadblocks that are all too familiar are played out on stage in a riotous fashion. Through a series of very funny vignettes, the show takes a look at the modern American family - and every variation of it - in a way that may strangely remind audiences of their own family situations. This refreshing and reflective comedy that has been called the parents' edition of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! will ultimately prove that the answer to life's question is to simply have a sense of humor.
"Are We There Yet? is the perfect summer event for our audiences," Executive Producing Director Barbara S. Stein said. "It looks at the universalities of family life and tackles them in a fun way. This musical comedy is a great way for audiences to come and enjoy themselves at the Miracle Theatre."
Artistic Director David Arisco also feels Are We There Yet? is the perfect fit for the summer months.
"Are We There Yet? is exactly the kind of new musical I love for the summer -- fresh, relevant, relatable material presented in a vignette style," said Artistic Director David Arisco. "It's very funny, a little 'out there' and totally now."
Artistic Director David Arisco has compiled a slew of talented musical and comedic professionals to present these twisted tales of life and love. Multiple-Carbonell nominated Christopher A. Kent who has been seen at Actors' on numerous occasions including The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Aida and Footloose, performs alongside his wife Carbonell-nominated actress Lisa Manuli, who has performed in Grease, Beauty and the Beast and Aida. Meghan Moroney, who was first seen in Oliver! back when the Actors' Playhouse was located in Kendall, Florida, has since made her debut at the Miracle Theatre in this season's The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and has also worked with the likes of Jimmy Buffet and the Broadway company, Mamma Mia. Having recently been seen in Mid Life! The Crisis Musical, Thumbs and Urinetown, Allan Baker, who also played FDR in the 30-year anniversary national tour of Annie, rounds out the talented cast. Actors' Playhouse's award-winning creative team for Are We There Yet? is made up of costume designer Ellis Tillman and set designer Gene Seyffer, with lighting design by Patrick Tennant and sound by Alexander Herrin.
Are We There Yet? will preview at the Miracle Theatre July 7 and 8, open on July 9 and will play through August 15, 2010. Performances will be held Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through July 24, Thursday - Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. through August 15, with additional Wednesday matinees on July 14 and 21 at 2 p.m.
Preview night tickets on the first Wednesday and Thursday are $35. Tickets for weeknights and matinees are $40, and on Friday and Saturday evenings $48. The theatre offers a 10 percent senior discount rate the day of performance and $15 student rush tickets 15 minutes prior to curtain with identification. Discounts are based on availability and exclude Saturday and Sunday.
Group discounted rates are offered for 15 or more through the group sales department. Single tickets may be purchased through the box office at 305-444-9293 or online at www.actorsplayhouse.org
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Where: Dina Mitrani Gallery
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image
Curated by Orlando Estrada
Preview and panel discussion:
How digital technology affects artists using
the photographic process to create their work
Saturday, May 22, 2010, 6 pm
Panel Speakers: Orlando Estrada,
Colleen Plumb, and Samantha Salzinger
Exhitibition dates
June 12 - August 28, 2010
Dina Mitrani Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Disposable: Nostalgia for the Still Image. Curated by Orlando Estrada, this show presents a reference to the obsolete disposable film camera and a connection to the disposable quality now associated with digital picture making. Disposable will feature eight emerging and mid career photographers whose work addresses the connection between photography and memory and how the digital revolution is transforming the notion.
Photographs for many are a means of preservation; little relics from times past. These artifacts are treasured safeguards of our fleeting memories. The development of digital picture making devices and technology has warped our perception of images. It is certain that now thanks to the nature of digital photography, people are photographing more, but without the same emotional connection to the object that the traditional photographic process produces.
Danielle Bender uses photography as an ironic means of commenting on that emotional connection and obsolete technology. Bender searches for VHS format home-video footage and then re-photographs it using a 35mm camera. Her photographs serve as the ultimate lament for the traditional photographic medium. Grant Willing, photographing using film, produces compelling images which emphasize the things themselves; photographs. Presented in varying sizes, his composition of photographs emphasizes their physical characteristics as opposed to being only about the images they contain.
In his Faded series, Luis Lazo manipulates his own family's portraits to capitalize on the nature of traditional photographic prints; eventual decay. In his manipulation of the images, all information about the people and events being photographed is obscured until it is almost unrecognizable as a photograph, making references to death and the past. Abner Nolan, who also uses vernacular photography, employs found negatives from garage sales and flea markets, pairs them with celestial imagery, and printis the images on non-archival-sure-to-turn-to-dust-in-ten-years newsprint paper. A silent dialog of the unknown is formed, a theme also represented in the work of Samantha Salzinger.
Salzinger works with meticulously constructed dioramas which she photographs using a 4x5 view camera. She then scans her sheet negatives, and in the case of her Outer Space series, digitally constructs the sky and atmosphere of her invented landscapes. Unlike Salzinger, Humberto Torres chooses to capture in photos a landscape that is actually vanishing rather than a ephemeral brain map of alien worlds. Torres makes his work in the Florida Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands off the South western coast of the state, an environment currently threatened by what is estimated to be the worst oil spill in United States history. Poetically, his fascination with a disappearing art and a dissolving landscape makes a statement about where and on what humans place value.
In attempt to expose our psychologically constructed world, both Colleen Plumb and Kyle Ford focus in on what Plumb refers to as "Fake Nature." This theme connects back to the nature of photography today, in which the unavoidable question is always asked when something astonishing is seen in a photograph: "Is that Photoshopped?"
Over the past twenty years, the digital revolution has literally lowered the value we place on pictures. We have replaced tangible documents, such as prints and negatives, with phantom information stored on Stick Drives and Memory Cards. While the ability to instantly see what the camera has captured has its advantages, what is seen on a palm-sized LCD screen is usually clear, crisp, and candy-coated. The anticipation that builds with the time spent waiting to develop and process film keeps the medium magical and breathes life into our images and the memories we have connected to them.
The photographers in this exhibition, regardless of processes used, give the viewer back what the digital revolution has taken away; the sense of nostalgia associated with the visual documentation of places and things.
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Event Title: MOJAZZ Music
Where: MIAMI SHORES COUNTRY CLUB
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM EST
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MOJAZZ
THURSDAYS july-aug-sept 7-11pm:
JAM NIGHTS hosted by MADAFO, percussion
+ LARRY KARP/ARTHUR CRUZ keys + sit-ins
FRIDAYS 7-11 PM:
JULY 9: JORGE GARCIA, gtr + Madafo +Mo Morgen guest sax/vocals
JULY 16: MIKE GERBER, keys + Madafo
JULY 23/30: JORGE GARCIA, gtr + Madafo
AUG 6, 13, 20, 27 PATRICK LOPEZ keys/tpt + Madafo
SEPT 3, 10, 17 one or more of the above/Mo returns Sept 23/24
+ "surprise guests" will often perform on Fridays
MIAMI SHORES COUNTRY CLUB
no cover, and you do NOT have to be a member
w/side Biscayne Blvd(US1) just north of ne 96st
free self parking all times, free valet parking Fri.
optional table reservations (3+) 305 795-2360 ext 107
Friday night menu attached (pdf)+ free cold buffet
Thursday night abbreviated menu
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