Arch Gallery 1619 SW 13 St.
Miami, FL 33145
305 644 7500 EMAIL WEB
View by appt.
Opening Reception:
Friday Jan 8 from 7-11
Pablo Contrisciani, Untitled 26, 2009
Pablo Contrisciani: Synthesis Curated by Daniela Montana
Contrisciani’s Synthesis is a visceral manifestation of a collective experience. The work arises from bold gestural movements, dispersing bright colors squeezed, compressed and hurled across the canvas, creating two-dimensional forms imbued wigency of our time, while timeless.
As his contemporaries are celebrated for their appropriation of arts imagery, Contrisciani’s Synthesis, is derivative of prior traditions advocating progressive explorations of color and freedom of expression. As an Argentine, Contrisciani has been influenced by his cultural progenitors. Informalismo Argentino’s impulsive ruptures in traditional composition and use of discarded objects are present in Contrisciani’s works, as is the anarchy of canvas and frenzied rhythmic dispersal of colors reminth a monumental architectural quality. The resulting delirium of color, contour, texture, motion and emotion has the spirit and uriscent of his professor, Luis Felipe Noe.
Synthesis is an experimentation in pure abstraction in which, as with jazz, the artist departs from conventional norms, improvising as he stretches beyond the confines of comfort to the edges of harmony and cohesion.
Ongoing Exhibit A selection from the Montana Collection. Emma Pineiro, Naum Knop and Daniela Viotti.
Maxoly /
Latin Art Core 1600 SW 8 St.
Miami, Fl 33135
305 631 0025 EMAIL WEB
Mon - Fri 12 - 8
Sat. & Sun. by appt.
Open Late Viernes Culturales
Friday Jan 29, 2010
Miguel Padura, Breve Historia del Tiempo, 2009
Oil on Canvas, 57 x 62 in.
Miguel Padura. Recent Works
“Padura is one of the most interesting and innovative younger realist now working in the United States. Unlike many representational painters active in this country whose points of reference are often specifically North American, the look and feel of the frequently enigmatic compositions of Padura encompass allusions to several traditions. He is an artist who is aware of and assimilates the past in a unique way. In some instances he makes the viewer immediately aware of his sources and his points of inspiration. At other moments the beholder of his canvases can become entangled in a web of mysterious allusions that he has seemingly created out of richness of his own fantasy..”Edward J. Sullivan.
“What interests me, as critic of my own geographical latitude, is that in Padura’s paintings I detect a spiritual climate given by luminous and atmospheric equivalents which reveal a personality shaped in that notable geographic and human medium that is the Caribbean. A realist within the most demanding of the traditions, Miguel Padura has with his forcefulness and sensorial richness and important place among our artists of the Spanish-speaking world.
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Rafael Squirru.
VIERNES CULTURALES
Calle Ocho (S.W. 8th Street) Between 14th and 22nd Avenues
Little Havana
305 644 3315
Last Friday of this Month: January 29th, 7 - 11
Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays
Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays takes place on the last Friday of each month in the heart of historic Little Havana. Every month local residents and visitors from all over the world attend Cultural Fridays to stroll Calle Ocho, visit the exhibition openings at a wide selection of art galleries, enjoy dining in the neighborhood's wealth of great restaurants, and just take in the atmosphere of this celebrated street.
Take a walking tour of the district, stop by the Tower Theatre, one of Miami's oldest landmarks, and enjoy live musical performances along the sidewalks of Calle Ocho. At the area's popular art galleries, you will see monthly exhibitions of artwork by renowned Cuban and Latin American artists presented by knowledgeable gallery owners who are happy to share their expertise and love of art with you.
Gallery Night! Every 1st Saturday of each month
from 7 – 10
William Braemer, Moon Over Miami, Mixe Media, 64 x 52 in.
On view until January 31st William Braemer. Global Art Beat Gallery. Olga Dziembowska. Ana Carolina Moreno. Cristina Chacón. Orange Affair Exhibition
William Braemer's artwork is the consequence of an amazing life experience and a personality that hungers for rich tasting adventures. Like a slow brewing, rich tasting stew, William's artwork is peppered with valiant colors, rich strokes and tempting themes.
Global Art Beat Gallery with artists that were born in Cuba and reside now in Europe.
Olga Dziembowska. A theme that often seems to creep into the works of Olga Dziembowska is the presence of animals, she places high value on animals and also do fear the disruption that human presence has on our world and nature.
Ana Carolina Moreno. Moreno is a talented artist born in Venezuela. As an art lover she has always being very sensitive to the human nature and its different ways of expression.
Cristina Chacon. Artist in Residence, is a contemporary artist who was born in Colombia. Her work is plenty of abundance and full of colors and texture but simple and clean in the concept.
Beaux Arts Gallery 2451 Brickell Ave., Main Floor
Brickell Townhouse,
Miami, Fl 33129
305 858 6776 EMAIL WEB YouTube
Mon.-Fri. 10-6
Sat. by Appt.
Permanent Exhibit of the Works of Manuel Carbonell and Mauro Arbiza.
Carbonell with “Madonna of the Moon”, bronze, 2008, 1/8, 3 feet high at Art and Sculpture Unlimited Foundry
Third Thursday - Brickell Gallery Night
Manuel Carbonell. Modern Master Sculptor
Permanent Exhibit An important collection of maquettes, sculptures, bas-reliefs and monumental sculptures by Cuban Master Sculptor Manuel Carbonell. His commissioned work as the creator of two of Miami’s most important landmarks, “The Tequesta Family” at the Brickell Avenue Bridge and “El Centinela del Rio” at the entrance of the Miami River in Brickell Key, denotes his more classical and figurative style. The works exhibited at the Gallery are modern, where Carbonell searches for the essence of the form and the absence of detail while giving a sense of monumentality to his work.
Three monumental 8-foot Carbonell sculptures will be part of two upcoming fairs; the Miami International Art Fair at the Miami Beach Convention Center on January 7-10 and at Art Palm Beach at the Palm Beach County Convention Center on January 15-19, together with an important collection of paintings by Cuban Masters Rafael Soriano and Humberto Calzada.
"We invite you to visit our booth 207 at the Miami International Art Fair, January 7-10 and both 311 at Art Palm Beach January 15-19."
Arts At St. Johns St. John's on the Lake
4760 Pinetree Drive
Miami Beach, Fl 33140
P:
305 613 2325 EMAIL WEB
Mark Your Calendar Now!!
March 19, 20 and 21, 2010!
Wish You Were Here.
The History of Miami Beach – The Musical
“Wish you were here” has plenty of opportunities for individuals, performers, organizations and businesses to be part of this show! Please contact us if you have stories about living, working or visiting Miami Beach, particularly in its earlier years!!
Performing Arts & ballet
Miami city ballet
2200 Liberty Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Adrienne Arsht Center: January, 8 – 10
Broward Center January, 22 - 24 Kravis Center January, 15 - 17
Program II
Twyla Tharp’s The Golden Selection. Divertimento No. 15, Valse Fantaisie (1953) and Slaughter on Tenth Ave.
The Golden Selection with choreography by Tharp and music by Byrne. "There were thirteen dancers," Tharp has recalled, "and there was one impulse." Dressed in dancer/athlete get-ups of burnished gold, as if they were all Olympic champions, the seven male and six female dancers sail, soar, and tear through the air of the stage's golden, glowing light.
Divertimento No. 15 with choreography by Balanchine and music by Mozart is a plotless ballet in five movements (the second of the score's six minuets was not choreographed). It contains starring roles for five women, all of whom receive ample opportunities to shine, including sharply characterized solo variations in the second movement.
Premiered in 1953, Valse Fantaisie (1953) with choreography by Balanchine and music by Glinka. One man and three women: it was an arrangement of dancers and dynamics that choreographer Balanchine used often throughout his career. This concept led him to place his danseur noble among three equally compelling women, rather than opposite one or torn between two.
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue was created as part of the 1936 musical comedy On Your Toes (Balanchine’s first Broadway collaboration). It was actually a “play within a play” – an integral element in the overall storyline.
The Adrienne Arsht Center
for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County
1300 Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33132
Mon – Fri 10 – 6
Sat. & Sun. until curtain time Box Office
305.949.6722 EMAIL
WEB
Tony Bennett
An Evening With Tony Bennett at the Adrienne Arsht Center
ONE NIGHT ONLY! TICKETS ARE SELLING FAST! Friday, January 8 @ 8 p.m.
John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
His initial successes came via a string of Columbia singles in the early 1950's, including such chart-toppers as Because of You, Rags To Riches and a remake of Hank Williams' Cold, Cold Heart. He had 24 songs in the Top 40, including I Wanna Be Around, The Good Life, Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) and his signature song, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, which garnered him the first two of his eight Grammy Awards.
Tony Bennett is one of a handful of artists to have new albums charting in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. He introduced a multitude of songs into the great American Songbook that have since become standards for pop music.
Buy Tickets Now (www.arshtcenter.org) or call the box office at 305 949 6722 to purchase your tickets today!
New World Symphony 541 Lincoln Road
Miami Beach, Fl 33139
Box Office: 305 673 3331 EMAIL
WEB
Led by Artistic Director and Founder Michael Tilson Thomas, the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy, prepares gifted graduates of prestigious music programs for successful careers in orchestras and ensembles worldwide.
The New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy (NWS), is dedicated to the artistic, professional and personal development of outstanding young musicians. Its fellowship program provides top graduates of music programs the opportunity to enhance their education by working with renowned professionals and coaches to further develop their skills. In the 22 years since our founding, more than 730 alumni have gone on to make a difference in the music profession worldwide.
Artistic Director and Founder Michael Tilson Thomas has commissioned Pritzer Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry to design NWS’s new campus, a laboratory for classical music that will further explore methods for teaching and the concert-going experience. Located in the heart of Miami Beach, the campus is scheduled to open in January 2011.
Museums & Art Centers
MAM
Miami Art Museum Downtown
Miami, FL 33130
Miami-Dade
Cultural Center
101 West Flagler Street
305 375 3000 EMAIL WEB
Tue - Fri 10 – 5
Sat - Sun noon – 5
Open Late:
Third Thursdays.
Until 9
Closed: Mon.
Carlos Bunga, Miami Art Museum installation, 2009. Photo by Juan Cabrera
Until January 17, 2010 Guillermo Kuitca: Everything, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980-2008
This major retrospective of Argentine artist traces the evolution of Kuitca’s work through more than 50 canvases and 25 works on paper, spanning 28 years of the artist’s career. In addition to the artworks within Miami Art Museum’s on-site gallery space, the Museum will also host Guillermo Kuitca: Everything (else), at Miami’s Freedom Tower.
The Freedom Tower is open weekdays Noon – 5pm, Saturdays 11am – 4pm; closed Sundays.
Until February 28, 2010 Space as Medium
This group exhibition directly engages the museum’s walls, floors and ceilings, mixing extant objects with newly commissioned projects.
Until February 28, 2010 Carlos Bunga:Metamorphosis
Carlos Bunga’s large-scale, site-specific installations involve notions of history and memory embodied in the constructive/deconstructive nature of architecture.
MOA Museum of Art
Fort Lauderdale Nova Southeastern University One East Las Olas Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Just 40 minutes from Downtown Miami via I-95 North off exit Broward Blvd
1-954 525 5500 EMAIL WEB
Museum Hours:
Daily 11 – 5
Closed Tue
Third Thursdays
from 5 - 8 Free Admission
Norman Rockwell, No Swimming, 1921, Oil on canvas,
25 ¼” x 22 ¼”
American Chronicles:
The Art of Norman Rockwell Exhibition
The exhibition features more than 70 works from the Norman Rockwell Museum’s collections, including Rockwell’s 323 Saturday Evening Post covers, his greatest oil paintings and preparatory sketches, as well as archival photographs and documents that illustrate his artistic process. It’s a major retrospective of Rockwell’s work throughout his 65-year career.
American Chronicles showcases Rockwell’s portrayal of American life, from scenes of childhood innocence to the wrenching Murder in Mississippi (1965), the artist’s response to the slaying of three civil rights workers. One of the most popular American artists of the 20th century, Rockwell (1894-1978), was a keen observer of human nature and a gifted storyteller, and chronicled the changing American society through nuanced scenes of ordinary people in everyday life.
The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue featuring in-depth scholarship by longtime Curator of Rockwell Collections Linda Szekely Pero. Irvin Lippman, Executive Director of the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale said “The exhibition also allows us to examine our renowned William Glackens collection within the context of his illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post as well as Munsey’s, Scribner’s, and Harper’s magazines.” Glackens as Illustrator will be on view concurrently with the Rockwell exhibition.
Frost Art Museum
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33199
305 348 2890 EMAIL WEB
Free and open to the public
Mon Closed
Tues - Fri 10 to 5
Sun Noon to 5
José Gurvich, Hombre cósmic NY, Témpera / papel
January 20 – April 11 The Fantastic World of José Gurvich José Gurvich was an extraordinary artist whose life bridged distant places and cultures. When he was six years old his family emigrated to Uruguay. His pictorial language developed from the diverse environments and art forms he was exposed to: intimate domestic scenes in Montevideo, rural life and religious festivities in Israel, New York's crowds and vibrant urban views. Each element in his paintings is carefully chosen from lived experience and condensed by his constant search for the fundamental and essential.
His art speaks directly to the soul, addressing the need to see reality through the eyes of the spirit. In his work Gurvich paired the fantastic and the everyday in a way that appears effortless. So join us for the opening and come experience The Fantastic World of José Gurvich.
January 20 – April 25 Wome’ns Work / Men’s Work: Labor and Gender in America Women’s Work / Men’s Work: Labor and Gender in America, an exhibition that explores how the sexual division of labor in America has been represented in art, propaganda, and advertising. This exhibition inaugurates the Frost Museum’s collaboration with The Wolfsonian in creating an on-campus teaching gallery, in which The Wolfsonian’s collection can be presented at a site that is near the geographic center of FIU’s academic community.
Last Days. Not to be Missed
Until January 10 The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama This project as a unique opportunity to explore the idea of art as an interpretation of, and a catalyst for peace.
CCE
Centro Cultural EspaÑol 800 Douglas Road,
Ste. 170 Coral Gables,
FL. 33134
305 448 9677 EMAIL WEB
On January 11, at 7 pm Vanishing Amazement. Presentation of the book by author Amelia Castillo.
January – February, The Curatorial Process. Workshop conducted by Jose Antonio Navarrete at the South Florida Art Center
A new year that starts with literature and arts training - After a very productive 2009, the Cultural Center of Spain (CCE Miami) is starting the year with two key events on literature and arts training. The first event of the year will be on January 11th at 7 pm at CCE's headquarters in Coral Gables, the presentation of the bilingual poetry book Vanishing Amazement by Amelia del Castillo. Then we will present the workshop "The curatorial process" with Jose Antonio Navarrete, a unique opportunity to explore the art's intricacies with a renowned curator. The workshop will be offered in six sessions during January and February at the Art Center South Florida in Miami Beach and requires the presentation of a portfolio and resume. For more details please call 305.448.9677 or info@ccemiami.org.
Art Schools
New World School of the Arts 2215 NW 2nd. Ave.
Wynwood Arts District
Miami, Fl 33127
305 237 3620 WEB
NWSA College senior Renata Eastlick in her one-person show Yours Truly Billie Holiday this month. Photo by Juan Cabrera
On January 27, 1:15 pm Make Art Work Conversation with Jack Anderson
New World School of the Arts continues its lecture series, Make Art Work (MAW), with Anderson talking about Dancing with the Dancing World.
About NWSA: A Florida center of excellence in the visual and performing arts, NWSA provides a comprehensive program of artistic, creative and academic development through a curriculum that reflects the rich multicultural state of Florida. With programs accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art, Dance, Music and Theater, NWSA offers four-year BFA and BM college degrees. Through its rigorous curriculum and conservatory-style teaching NWSA empowers its students to become leaders in the arts. New World School of the Arts was created by the Florida Legislature in 1984 as a center of excellence in the performing and visual arts. It is an educational partnership of Miami Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College and the University of Florida.
Miami International University of Art & Design 1501 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL, 33132
305 428 5700 EMAIL WEB / WEB
Faculty Exhibition
Until January 15th
Annual juried faculty exhibition titled, New Works: Faculty Exhibition 09 featuring multimedia works made by University Faculty.
Pablo Contrisciani, Untitled 26, 2009
William Braemer, Moon Over Miami, Mixe Media, 64 x 52 in.
Golden Section 2- Miami City Ballet Dancers in “The Golden Section”. Photo © Joe Gato.
