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Art Basel: YoungArts + iii points presents Fka Twigs, Clams Casino, James Blake, and more
December 4 – December 5, 7:00pm – 11:55pm
2100 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, Florida 33137
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YoungArts is partnering with the founders of Wynwood's multi-day III Points music festival on a collaborative concert series featuring two of Britain's most genre-defying artists, the singer-songwriter, producer and dancer FKA twigs and producer and singer James Blake. YoungArts alumni from various artistic disciplines will also have an opportunity to work alongside and collaborate with the performers in this series; an incredible platform for our talented alumni to share their talents with the world!
FKA twigs will perform live on December 4, closing out a three-month-long global tour for her debut album, LP1. American hip-hop producer, Clams Casino Official, who has worked alongside musicians including ASAP Rocky and Lana del Rey, will open the show.
On December 5, James Blake will perform in Miami for his first time ever! The long-awaited debut Miami appearance of this Best New Artist GRAMMY® Award nominee will provide the incredible opportunity to hear and see this "modern master of emotional speculation" (Pitchfork).
The series will take place in the YoungArts Tent. Tickets for each show begin at $37, and are available here: iiipoints.com
Art Basel: Slow Motion Walk in partnership with Marina Abramovic Institute
December 4 – December 7, 12pm – 6pm
2100 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, Florida 33137
free
YoungArts is partnering with Marina Abramovic Institute (MAI) to present the Slow Motion Walk, a MAI exercise designed by performance artist Marina Abramovic. Members of the public are encouraged to join performance artist, dancer and YoungArts alumna Brittany Bailey (2008, Dance), and trained facilitators to participate.
Zero Tolerance: Miami
YoungArts
2100 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, Florida 33137
Free and will be open to the public daily
YoungArts and MoMA PS1 partner once again, this time to present Zero Tolerance: Miami curated by MoMA PS1 Director and Chief Curator at Large of MoMA, Klaus Biesenbach, with MoMA PS1 Curatorial Assistant Margaret Aldredge. Named for the 1990s policy under which New York City took a tough stance against vice and crime, Zero Tolerance: Miami brings together works by artists from across the globe that address tensions between freedom and control. Following Zero Tolerance’s initial presentation in New York, the exhibition at YoungArts makes these global concerns relevant to Miami by inviting artists whose work reflects issues of political dissidence, urban redevelopment, social policy and gay rights to participate. Taken together, the artists represented in Zero Tolerance: Miami continue YoungArts’ commitment to cultural vitality while presenting art of a charged and ambivalent nature, responding to concerns specific in place and time.
 The artists in Zero Tolerance: Miami include: YoungArts alumnus Doug Aitken, ACT UP New York, Joseph Beuys, Mircea Cantor, Chimâ†'Pom, Igor Grubić, Sharon Hayes, Deborah Kelly, Amal Kenawy, Yoko Ono, Pussy Riot, Christoph Schlingensief, Voina, and many more.
Sunday Dec 7, 2014, 2:00pm
LMNT Studios
59 NW 36th St.
Miami, FL
Tickets
Artists A-Trak, Danny Brown, DJ Mustard, Milo & Otis, Trippy Turtle, Nick Catchdubs, Flat White, Giraffage, Shash'U, The Outfit TX, and special guests. LMNT is a unique venue located in Midtown Miami encompassing all the elements of art in one space including Production, Recording Studios, Art Gallery, Catering, a Full Bar, and more.
We're closing out 2014 with a DAY OFF in Miami! Help us make this the best one yet!
Sculpt Miami Contemporary Sculpture Art Fair
Wednesday, December 3rd, 11am – Noon, Opening Reception for VIP and Press
Friday, December 5th, 11am – 8pm
Saturday, December 6th, 11am – 8pm
Sunday, December 7th, 11am – 8pm
46 NW 36th Street
Miami FL 33127
Free
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After its successful debut in 2008 as a unique sculpture art fair, Sculpt Miami is looking forward to welcoming sculpture lovers again in 2014. The fair showcases outstanding large-scale indoor and outdoor sculptures by prominent modern artists from around the world. It focuses on the newest aesthetic tendencies in contemporary sculpture highlighting innovative techniques and the use of original materials. Sculpt Miami is the only art space completely dedicated to showcasing contemporary sculpture, making it a vital source for art lovers who wish to discover new developments in modern sculpturing.
In the heart of the popular Wynwood Art District on 46 NW 36th Street within walking distance of the Design District and Midtown, which hosts important satellite art fairs including: Art Miami, Context, Miami Project, Red Dot and Spectrum.
Red Dot Miami
Tuesday, December 2nd, 6pm – 10pm, Opening Reception
Wednesday, December 3rd, 11am – 5pm
Thursday, December 4th, 11am – 6pm
Friday, December 5th, 11am – 8pm
Saturday, December 6th, 11am -8pm
Sunday, December 7th, 11am – 6pm
One Day Ticket – $15
Week Pass – $25
3011 NE 1st Avenue at the corner of NE 31st Street
Miami, FL 33137
Tuesday, December 2nd, 6pm – 10pm, Opening Reception
Tuesday, December 2nd, 6pm – 10pm
Wednesday, December 3rd, 11am – 5pm
Thursday, December 4th, 11am – 6pm
Friday, December 5th, 11am – 8pm
Saturday, December 6th, 11am -8pm
Sunday, December 7th, 11am – 6pm
One Day Ticket – $15
Week Pass – $25
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Red Dot Miami is pleased to announce its 8th edition and return to the same prime location in Wynwood Art District in Miami, December 2- 7, 2014, concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach. Building upon its reputation as a diverse fair, Red Dot will offer a unique selection of approximately sixty galleries exhibiting painting, sculpture, photography and fine-art objects.
The opening reception on Tuesday, December 2nd, will benefit Center for Autism & Related Disabilities of Miami.
Red Dot Miami strives to create a fair specializing in emerging, mid-career and established artists that present work of lasting value. The luxurious layout of the fifty thousand square foot tented venue will provide visitors with a sophisticated and friendly environment to view artwork presented by galleries and dealers. Red Dot is excited about being part of Miami's vibrant art scene and its great fabric of galleries, museums and cultural institutions.
Miami River Art Fair
Thursday, December 4th, 4 – 6pm, Special Collectors Preview
Thursday, December 4th, 6 – 11pm, VIP Opening
Friday, December 5th Noon – 8pm
Saturday, December 6th, Noon – 8pm
Sunday, December 7th, 11am – 6pm
Miami Convention Center at James L. Knight Center
400 SE Second Ave
Miami, FL 33131
FREE with online registration
Complimentary Admission with Art Basel and Miami Art Fairs VIP Pass
Complimentary group guided tour with online registration
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The third edition of the Miami River Art Fair, an international, contemporary art fair, will take place at the Downtown Miami Convention Center inside the James L. Knight International Center.
This art fair was conceived as a showcase of world-class artists and galleries in an indoor booth setting at the Riverfront Hall. This grand show space overlooks the one-of-a-kind outdoor Riverwalk Sculpture Mall that will feature monumental sculpture on the banks of the historic Miami River.
MRAF is providing a unique fair-going experience during the art fair season as the only waterfront art fair. Miami River Art Fair is featuring both an indoor booth setting at the Riverfront Hall of the Miami Convention Center and the one-of-a-kind Riverwalk Sculpture Mall, which is featuring monumental sculpture on the banks of the historic Miami River with a presence of monumental sculptures from Italy, France, Cuba, Colombia, Korea, Spain and a special presentation from Mexico.
The Miami River Art Fair will feature galleries and projects with artists from all around the globe.
The Miami River Art Fair paves the way for the arts in our financial district as the pioneer art fair of the Downtown Miami – Brickell areas during the winter art fair season. The City of Miami welcomes the Miami River Art Fair as a herald for the revitalization of the Lower Miami River district, the city's waterfront destination of the twenty-first century.
Please join us as we celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the Miami River Art Fair and the Opening Night Preview on December 4. Guests will enjoy Italian Limited Edition Organic Wine and exclusive performance uniquely created for the evening.
Funds raised at the event support the Little Dreams Foundation who was established by Orianne and Phil Collins in February 2000. Its mission is to fulfill the dreams of young aspiring talent without the means to achieve their goals.
Special Collectors' Preview: December 4th, 4:00 – 6:00pm, $200 per guest. The exclusive first opportunity to preview and purchase works of art at the fair. Guests are also invited to stay for the Opening Night Preview from 6:00 – 11:00 pm.
Opening Night Preview Benefiting Little Dream Foundation, December 4th, 6:00 – 7:00pm, $100 per guest. Meet LDF's celebrity mentors as Phil Collins, Romero Brito, David Frangioni among others godparents, sponsors and technical advisors. The 100% proceeds supports the Little Dreams Foundation
The Miami River Art Fair 2014 is endorsed by the City of Miami, the Miami River Commission, the City of Miami Beach, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Art Deco Preservation League.
Miami River Art Fair complimentary Shuttle Service to transport passengers to other Art Fairs.
1) Every 30 minutes between The Miami River Art Fair and Miami Beach Convention Center.
2) Every 30 minutes between The Miami River Art Fair and Midtown Miami. Shuttle stop in front of JLK Center.
Miami Project
Wednesday, December 3rd, 10am – 7pm
Thursday, December 4th, 10am – 7pm
Friday, December 5th, 10am – 8pm
Saturday, December 6th, 10am – 7pm
Sunday, December 7th, 10am – 6pm
NE 34th Street and NE 1st Avenue
Miami, FL 33137
One Day Ticket – $25
Multi-Day Pass – $35
VIP Preview Ticket – $35
VIP Preview Ticket and Multi-Day Pass – $50
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November 1 2, 201 4 â€" Brooklyn, NY â€" Art Market Productions is excited to announce the third edition of Miami Project, returning to Miami’s Midtown Art District from December 2 â€" 7, 201 4. Located in the Miami Project Pavilion on NE 34th Street & NE 1 st Avenue, Miami Project will again bring the best in contemporary and modern art from sixty-seven of the country’s top galleries to the heart of the Wynwood design district. We are thrilled to continue working with a significant number of our 201 2 and 201 3 dealers and to welcome new, exciting additions to the fair.
Miami Project has once again emerged as a platform for museum quality work presented by dealers who have defined excellence in the art market for decades. Alongside our continued commitment to mid-career and emerging artists, we will feature exceptional pieces by modernist masters. First time Miami Project dealer Lennon, Weinberg will show major works on paper by Joan Mitchell. DC Moore Gallery will present historical work by Milton Avery, Romare Bearden, and Charles Burchfield, and Tibor de Nagy will exhibit important work by Jane Freilicher and Fairfield Porter. Bridging modern and contemporary, Catharine Clark Gallery will present a survey of work by Masami Teraoka from 1 967 to today, including the debut of the artist’s early minimalist work on paper. Pavel Zoubok Gallery will feature work by two very contemporary artists, with a fresh-from-the-studio Mark Wagner currency collage and new sculpture by Vanessa German. Deborah Butterfield is creating new sculpture, including two full-scale horses welded from found metal, for this year's Miami Project to be presented in a solo exhibition with the Greg Kucera Gallery. We look forward to giving our fair-goers the opportunity to experience the avant-garde of the 20th century shown beside the vanguard of today.
As always, Miami Project’s cultural partners are an essential component of our art fair programming. We are honored to continue our collaboration with an excellent group of institutions and arts organizations. With several new cultural partners joining Miami Project this year, the fair’s third iteration stands to be the most creative and compelling to date. We are pleased to announce that 1 stdibs, the industry’s leading online platform for commerce
and connoisseurship, will sponsor Miami Project’s VIP Preview on Tuesday, December 2nd from 5:30-10:00 pm, joining sponsors The Wall Street Journal and Perrier in helping us create an exciting and extremely visible event for Miami’s arts community. Drawing on their market knowledge, the success of their previous fairs, and their network of national resources and advisors, Art Market Productions’ founders Max Fishko and Jeffrey Wainhause are thrilled to continue contributing to the artistic dialog of Miami, providing the public with an elegantly curated and thoughtfully produced presentation of the country’s best art. Both principals look forward to welcoming back active collectors and igniting interest in new patrons.
ArtSpot Miami
Wednesday, December 3rd, Opening Preview, 6pm – 10pm
Opening to benefit "Life is Art" Preview and Weenend Pass $25
Thursday, December 4th, 1pm – 9pm
Friday, December 5th, 1pm – 9pm
Saturday, December 6th, 1pm – 9pm
Sunday, December 7th, Noon – 6pm
3011 NE 1st Avenue at NE 30th St
Miami, FL 33137
General Admission $5
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ArtSpot Miami is an international, stand-alone art fair that offers exciting and innovative art from galleries and artists around the globe. This year ArtSpot is bringing the highest quality Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art to the Miami Art District during Art Basel Week. Featuring paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and installations from the Masters and ambitious and alternative art work by newly emerging stars.
The show is supported by an exciting schedule of symposiums, lectures, tours and receptions for VIP art collectors alongside special art exhibitions.
Art Miami
Tuesday, December 2nd, 5:30pm – 10pm, VIP Preview (Access for Art Miami VIP Cardholders and Press
Thursday, December 4th, 11am – 7pm
Friday, December 5th, 11am – 8pm
Saturday, December 6th, 11am – 7pm
Sunday, December 7th, 11am – 6pm
Midtown Miami
3101 NE 1st Avenue
Miami, FL 33137
$35 one day, $75 multi-day pass, $15 Students 12-18 years and Seniors
A One Day Fair Pass provides admission to Art Miami and CONTEXT Art Miami Fairs.
A Multi-Day Pass provides admission to Art Miami, CONTEXT Art Miami and Aqua Art Miami Fairs.
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Known as Miami's premier anchor fair, Art Miami kicks off the opening day of Art Week â€" the first week of December when thousands of collectors, dealers, curators and artists descend upon Miami. World-famous for its stylish gallery-like decor, its outstanding quality and extraordinary variety, Art Miami showcases the best in modern and contemporary art from 125 international art galleries.
Art Miami maintains a preeminent position in America's contemporary art fair market. With a rich history, it is the original and longest-running contemporary art fair in Miami and continues to receive praise for the variety of unparalleled art that it offers. It is the "can't miss" event for all serious collectors, curators, museum directors and interior designers, providing an intimate look at some of the most important work at the forefront of the international contemporary art movement.
The fair will commence on December 2, 2014, with Art Miami's highly anticipated Opening Night VIP Preview. In 2013 Art Miami attracted 13,600 collectors, curators, artists, connoisseurs and designers during its Opening Night to benefit the Miami Art Museum (PAMM) and hosted 75,000 attendees over a six-day period.
Basel Castle 2014
Saturday, December 6, 6:00pm – 2:00am
41 NW 20th St.
Miami, FL
Tickets $25
18 & up
A spectacle of bizarre proportions…
The 5th annual Basel Castle combines some of the most influential contemporary artists & musicians with uniquely interactive games, installations, exhibitions and live performances. The full day event is held during Miami’s Art Basel weekend in the heart of downtown Miami.
featuring Future Islands, Yung Lean, & more TBA
Art Conquers All.
Basel Cat
Saturday, December 6, 4:30pm
South Beach Pier Point
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
$5 entrance fee
all bikes welcomed
CASH prize for first fixed
prizes for first through third
4:30pm registration time
Bag highly recommended
Thursday, December 4, 7:00pm
Gale South Beach
1690 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Join us at this Disaronno Terrace
Online bookings are not available. This is a public event.
Bossa Nova Civic Club x Art Basel Miami Party 2014
Gramps
176 NW 24th St
Miami, Florida 33127
Admission is free with RSVP via bossanovacivicclub@gmail.com
Bossa Nova Civic Club x Art Basel Miami Party 2014:
Jacques Renault
Marcos Cabral
Aurora Halal
DUST
Friday, December 5, 10pm
Bardot
3456 N. Miami Ave.
Miami
Tickets cost $37
Ages 21 and up
Welcome to The Carpet 1-800-Dinosaur for a special Art Basel performance following the James Blake live show at YoungArts
Poplife, Brodinski and Bromance Records presents The Deep End
Mondrian South Beach
1100 West Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Ever since Brodi was the new kid on the block, championed at a tender age by such heavyweights as Busy P., 2 Many DJ’s, Tiga and Erol Alkan, he made it his mission to share a healthy obsession with quality dance music with as much people possible.
Life and Death Art Basel by PL0T and Poplife
Grand Central and The Garret
697 N Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33136
Life and Death in ART BASEL by PL0T & Poplife
Officially Hosted by “Aquabootyâ€
From December 4th through December 7th Miami will host the 13th annual edition of Art Basel; one of the biggest and most important art gatherings worldwide. Over the past 3 years a unique response has grown for Art Basel within a very select group of artists and labels from the music industry who know about quality; making this the showcasing home and most influential period for Electronic Music in Miami in our opinion. Made for those who know.
Life and Death and PL0T have been pioneering this movement and its 3rd showcase is coming up. On Thursday December 4th, after their very successful second encounter during Art Basel 2014, PL0T will team up with its acclaimed partner label LIFE AND DEATH; and for the first time ever they will join forces with long time Miami Indie trailblazers from POPLIFE. Together they will bring to life the third edition of their Art Basel series of events. Starring Dixon, Mind Against, Thugfucker, Vaal (US Debut), DJ Tennis, Bob Moses and Recondite LIVE. The event will be hosted by “Aquabootyâ€, Dixon’ s long time promoter in the Miami scene.
After a very booming year and improbable events in the universe Life and Death returns to its beloved Miami, colluding with PL0T and Poplife to challenge themselves upon the creation of a materialized encounter, and sliding us through their diverse worlds blazing between life and death. Based on the vision of bringing the puzzling and undisguised sounds of the label to full sensory dimension, this 10 hour affair shall not resemble a conventional club night nor yet another label showcase. This year with a distinct and noteworthy twist to it… they will be welcoming INNERVISIONS own DIXON as their first special guest, and debuting the label’s star VAAL, alongside the already unshakable label legends. Expect mind-boggling music, Life and Death’s distinct art direction and a physical transformation of Grand Central and The Garret’s performance areas, all of which will be equipped with cutting edge sound, including the club’s own custom Adamson Sound System, to ensure that patrons and art aficionados alike will enjoy the full spectrum of this exquisite multi-sensory experience.
A Life And Death Event By Pl0t And Poplife
Managed By Unreal-Mgmt
Dixon, Innervisions
Bob Moses, Domino Records
Recondite â€" Live, Innervisions / Hot Flush
Mind Against, Life And Death
Thugfucker, Life And Death
Vaal, Miami Debut, Life And Death
Dj Tennis, Life And Death
Ryan Crosson & Shaun Reeves At Do Not Sit On The Furniture Art Basel Edition
Do Not Sit On the Furniture
423 16th St.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tickets $15
Art Basel Closing Party. Closing out our Art Basel week on Sunday, Dec 7th, is our good friends from Visionquest, Ryan Crosson & Shaun Reeves.
No introduction needed for this duo as they are known globally for their b2b sets that have mesmerized so many of us!
We are opening up early for this event, so let's loose, have a drink or two and end a great week in Miami
UNTITLED. Art Fair Miami Beach.
Monday, December 1st, 6pm – 9pm, Vernissage.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 1pm – 3pm, Press Preview.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 3pm – 7pm, VIP Preview.
Tuesday, December 2nd, 6:30pm, Jacob's Ladder – a performance by artist Shahpour Pouyan
Thursday, December 4th, 11am – 7pm
Friday, December 5th, 11am – 7pm
Saturday, December 6th, 11am – 7pm
Sunday, December 7th, 11am – 4pm
Ocean Drive and 12th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
General Admission: $25, 4-day pass $30
Discounted Admission (Seniors and Students): $15
Miami Beach residents: $15
Groups of 15 or more: $15 per person
Children under 12: FREE
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UNTITLED., an international art fair to be held in Miami Beach, announces its vernissage and benefit, its list of exhibitors and programming highlights for its third edition from December 3 to 7, 2014.
At the vernissage on Monday, December 1, UNTITLED. will honor ACRIA, a leading research and education organization working to help people with HIV and AIDS live longer, healthier lives. For more than 20 years, ACRIA has been championed tirelessly by the arts community. Ryan McGinley will host the UNTITLED. vernissage, where a limited-edition print by the artist will be available for sale to benefit ACRIA. On Tuesday, December 2, UNTITLED. will hold a Press Preview from 1 pm to 3 pm, and a VIP Preview from 3 pm to 7 pm. (All these events are by invitation only).
UNTITLED. is proud to welcome exhibitors from across the country and globe. Over 200 artists represented in galleries and non-profit art spaces from 16 US cities and 18 countries are on the 2014 roster. Carefully selected by UNTITLED.'s 2014 curatorial team, led by Artistic Director Omar López-Chahoud with curators Christophe Boutin and Melanie Scarciglia, the list of exhibitors will present the works of emerging and established contemporary artists.
In addition to its roster of international exhibitors, UNTITLED. will feature a series of special projects, conversations, performances and events.
Programming highlights
This year's UNTITLED. catalog is conceived as an artist book and will be published in a limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies. This simple box containing folders and gallery information will mimic a box of press clips focusing on the international profile of the fair.
A series of artist's posters will additionally be produced and distributed for free to the visitors, including two works from the Toilet Paper series by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari. Lawrence Weiner, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Jonathan Monk, Elvire Bonduelle, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Slavs and Tatars among others will also create original posters for the public.
Loosely based on Hyde Park's Speakers' Corner, UNTITLED. TALKS, animated by artist Sean Micka, will create a new space in the heart of the fair where art history will collide with performance, controversy, culture, diatribe and debate with a strong dose of energy.
Furthermore, the Paris-based publisher onestar press is inviting artists Douglas Navarra, Nicole Cherubini, Pier Stockholm, and Silvina Arismendi among others for a publication in their prestigious artist's books collection.
Publicar V (2010), a special project by Paul RamÃrez Jonas, will be presented by Koenig & Clinton, New York. The artist states, "There are two voices that inscribe public space. One is ours and it is ephemeral, improvised, and temporal. The other one is the state's and it tries to be permanent and monumental. Their voice is of stone and bronze. Our voice is cork: capable of accommodating us allâ€"even if for a short time. All we need is a scrap of paper, a pen, and a thumbtack to publish our voice."
Conceptual French artist Mathieu Mercier will present new works exclusively made for the fair and will be showcased by Denis Gardarin Inc. Using everyday objects to explore ideas of the line between functionality and artistic purposelessness, Mercier's work investigates key tropes of modern art and design. Denis Gardarin Inc. will also feature a 20-year survey of Mercier, with the artist's most important works including new sculptures and photographs.
Artists Gordon Matta-Clark, Bill Owens and James Wines / SITE Architects & Howard Silver will present Cutting Through the Suburbs. Featured by non-profit gallery carriage trade, the works engage the almost mythological status of mid-century suburban life. Documented through film, photographs and sketches, the artists' works represent their shared interest in the unusual retail and domestic spaces of 1970s suburbia.
Additionally, for its third edition UNTITLED.'s VIP guests will be granted exclusive access to "MY UNTITLED." two weeks before the fair opens to research and discover works that are exhibited at the fair, build their own digital art collection and print their favorite works from the fair in advance of its opening. In a unique partnership with Curiator, MY UNTITLED. will allow users to discover, collect and share art. Visitors to the fair will have this exceptional opportunity throughout the run of the fair.
(+) R, Barcelona, Spain / ADA, Richmond, VA / ADN GalerÃa, Barcelona, Spain / Alarcón Criado, Sevilla, Spain / Ana Cristea, New York, NY / Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, IL / Anonymous Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico and New York, NY / Arróniz, Mexico City, Mexico / ARTag, Helsinki, Finland / Art Nueve, Murcia, Spain / Arts + Leisure, New York, NY / Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY / bitforms gallery, New York, NY / BravinLee Programs, New York, NY / carriage trade, New York, NY / Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL / Casa Maauad, Mexico City, Mexico / Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY / Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA / Copperfield Gallery & Lawrie Shabibi, London, UK and Dubai, UAE / Cristin Tierney, New York, NY / Curro & Poncho, Jalisco, Mexico / Denis Gardarin Inc., New York, NY / Denny Gallery, New York, NY / Diablo Rosso, Panama City, Panama / Dittrich & Schlechtriem, Berlin, Germany / Document-Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina / Eric Firestone, East Hampton, New York / Espacio No MÃnimo, Guayaquil, Ecuador / Formato Cómodo, Madrid, Spain / Fredericks & Freiser, New York, NY / Fridman Gallery, New York, NY / GalerÃa Bacelos, Madrid, Spain / Galeria Espacio MÃnimo, Madrid, Spain / GalerÃa Juan Silió, Santander, Spain / GalerÃa Nora Fisch, Buenos Aires, Argentina / Galeria Pilar, São Paulo, Brazil / Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montréal, Canada / Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris, France / Galerie Laurent Mueller, Paris, France / Galerie Richard, New York, NY and Paris, France / Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart, Germany / Gallery Sinne, Helsinki, Finland / González y González, Lima, Peru and Brussels, Belgium / Halsey Mckay Gallery, East Hampton, NY / Henrique Faria Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina / Hionas Gallery, New York, NY / Inman Gallery, Houston, TX / Island Press, St. Louis, MO / Jack Bell Gallery, London, UK / Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York, NY / Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA / Josée Bienvenu, New York, NY / Kansas, New York, NY / Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Gallery, New York, NY / Koenig & Clinton, New York, NY / Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY / Kristen Lorello, New York, NY / Little Big Man Gallery, San Francisco, CA / Longhouse Projects, New York, NY / Lora Reynolds, Austin, TX / Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden / LucÃa De La Puente, Lima, Peru / Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles, CA / LVL3, Chicago, IL / Makebish, New York, NY / Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA / Marisa Newman Projects, New York, NY / Marso, Mexico City, Mexico / Max Estrella, Madrid, Spain / Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY / Mite, Buenos Aires, Argentina / MKG127, Toronto, Canada / Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL / Mulherin, Toronto, Canada / Narrative Projects, London, UK / Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY / Nueveochenta, Bogotá, Colombia / onestar press, Paris, France / Parisian Laundry, Montréal, Canada / Present Company, Brooklyn, NY / Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway / Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA / Rincón Projects, Bogotá, Colombia / Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA / Ronchini Gallery, London, UK / Royale Projects: Contemporary Art, Palm Desert, CA / Samsøn, Boston, MA / Sandra Gering Inc., New York, NY / SIC, Helsinki, Finland / Site:Lab, Grand Rapids, MI / Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA / Steven Zevitas, Boston, MA / Susan Inglett, New York, NY / Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY / threewalls, Chicago, IL / Today Is The Day Foundation, New York, NY / Universal Limited Art Editions, Bay Shore, NY / Upfor, Portland, OR / Vigo Gallery, London, UK / Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL / Y Gallery, New York, NY / Zieher Smith & Horton, New York, NY / Zürcher Studio, New York, NY and Paris, France
NADA Art Fair Miami Beach 2014
Thursday, December 4th, 10am – 2pm, Opening Preview by Invitation
Friday, December 5th, 11am – 8pm
Saturday, December 6th, 11am – 8pm
Sunday, December 7th, 11am – 5pm
Free and open to the public
The Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33141
Website
Free shuttle service near Art Basel Miami Beach begins each day at 10:30am. The pick-up and drop-off is at 17th and Washington, near the southeast corner of the convention center.
Founded in 2002, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a not-for-profit collective of professionals working with contemporary art. Our mission is to create an open flow of information, support, and collaboration within our field and to develop a stronger sense of community among our constituency. NADA's fair is held in parallel with Art Basel Miami Beach and is recognized as a much needed alternative assembly of the world's youngest and strongest art galleries dealing with emerging Contemporary Art. It is the only major American art fair to be run by a non-profit organization.
Our international group of members includes both galleries and individuals (art professionals, independent curators, and established gallery directors). The various perspectives and ideas offered by our diverse roster creates a network which, at its most basic, is a resource which people could contribute to and take as much (or as little) as they are inclined. The benefits for some may be a matter of business, for others a source of intellectual or aesthetic stimulation.
To date, our initiatives have succeeded on two fronts: making the contemporary arts more accessible for the general public, and creating opportunities that nurture the growth of emerging artists, curators, and galleries. Our EVENTS have included: artist talks/gallery walks with critics and curators; benefits in support of charitable institutions; members-only seminars to stimulate dedication and ethics in our profession; and an annual art fair in Miami, which is held in December and is free and open to the public.
INK Miami Art Fair
Wednesday, December 3rd, 10am – 11:30am, Preview Breakfast
Thursday, December 4th, 10am – 5pm
Friday, December 5th, 10am – 8pm
Saturday, December 6th, 10am – 8pm
Sunday, December 7th, 10am – 3pm
Suites of Dorchester
1850 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Free
The INK Miami art fair held annually in December during Art Basel Miami Beach. The Fair is unique among Miami’s fairs for its focus on modern and contemporary works on paper by internationally renowned artists. It is sponsored by the International Fine Print Dealers Association and exhibitors are selected from among members of the Association for their outstanding ability to offer collectors a diverse survey of 20th century masterworks and just-published editions by leading contemporary artists. Since its founding in 2006, the Fair has attracted a loyal following among museum curators and committed collectors of works on paper.
30 Years of Morgans Hotel Group featuring The Tipi Project.
Mondrian South Beach
1100 West Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
By invitation only.
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DJ set by YACHT
Misaki Kawai, Jen Stark, and Eric Firestone Gallery.
Saturday, December 7, 2:00pm
Mondrian South Beach Poolside
1100 West Ave
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Invite Only
Sunglass designer Linda Farrow celebrates the 10-year anniversary with a Le Baron pop-up party.
Tuesday, December 2 through Sunday, December 7, 11pm
FDR at the Delano
1685 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
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Only VIPs and invited guests.
Select Art Fair
Tuesday, December 2nd: 4 â€" 8 pm, Vip And Press Preview
Thursday, December 4th: 11 am â€" 8 pm
Friday, December 5th: 11 am â€" 8 pm
Saturday, December 6th: 11 am â€" 8 pm
Sunday, December 7th: 11 am â€" 6 pm
SELECT Tent
Collins Avenue between 72nd and 73rd street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Admission: free Entry
VIP Registration
We are located just three blocks from NADA along the sands of beautiful North Beach. Our location has perks such as, beach front views, an attached parking lot, and an amphitheater for music and arts programing. We are conveniently located at the end of the John F Kennedy causeway (route 934), allowing for easy visitor access for clients moving back and forth from the beach to Wynwood.
After two successful years in Miami, SELECT is launching a new program with a new location. SELECT focuses on international galleries that present the works of emerging to mid-career artists. SELECT encourages our exhibiting galleries to alter the booth to appeal to the sensibilities of the work being shown. Additionally, SELECT has made exhibiting New Media works an important component of our fair. Our vision is to expand upon the collectors idea of contemporary art. SELECT 2014 will feature over 50 galleries from around the globe and will be curated by Tim Goossens (MoMA PS1 and currently envoy enterprises director).
Solange Knowles Presents for SELECT Art Fair
North Shore Bandshell
7275 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Admission: Free
Solange Knowles Will Be Curating & Performing At Our Amphitheater!
Solange Knowles, recording artist and founder of Saint Heron Records will curate a selection of performances by feature artists on her label for the duration of SELECT Art Fair 2014.
Performances at will happen nightly from 7 â€" 10 pm on weekdays and 7 â€" 11 pm on the weekend.
All performances at SELECT are FREE and open to the public. Capacity is 1,400 so please arrive early if you plan on getting inside to see the shows.
Life Is Art Give Miami Day
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Life Is Art is dedicated to creating positive change in the community through arts and culture with events and education. Founded in January of 2009, we have produced nearly one-hundred events engaging local artists, residents and businesses. Through money raised during #GiveMiamiDay we hope to be able to increase our outreach, impacting more lives in our community. During Give Miami Day The Miami Foundation provides a bonus gift for every donation between $25 and $10,000, but you are welcome to give any amount.
Miami Foundation #GiveMiamiDay Block Party
6:00pm â€" 9:00pm
Marlins Park
501 Marlins Way
Miami, Florida 33125
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Life Is Art will be joining the big block party hosted by the Miami Foundation at the Marlins Park Plaza! Be a part of this record-breaking day of philanthropy in Miami. Bring your friends and family as we celebrate your favorite local nonprofits with food, fun, performances and games. Look for the Miami Arts Brigade table and come say hi!
Parking is available in the Home Plate | BLUE Garage on the corner of NW 7th St and 15 Ave.
#MiamiArtsBrigade After-Party Hangout
8:00pm-12:00am
Ball & Chain
1513 SW 8th St.
Miami, FL 33135
Join Life Is Art and the Miami Arts Brigade with many other arts groups for the late-night after party to watch the clock tick down and the donations tick up! It should be a full house with O, Miami hosting its Book Fair Party for Jai-Alai Books in the courtyard, Bookleggers on hand with lots of books, Emerging Arts Leaders of Miami Soft Launch, and the Miami Arts Brigade hosting its Give Miami Day After Party. Also enjoy live music and fun drink specials all night! There will be jazz by Nick Tanura and The Ball & Chain Jazz Band followed by DJ Haitian Hillbilly.
Give Miami Day is a unique, online giving event that provides everyone in the community an opportunity to build a greater Miami through philanthropy. During the 24-hour period between midnight November 20 and midnight November 21, individuals may view online profiles of more than 400 nonprofit organizations serving Miami-Dade County and make a charitable gift here on givemiamiday.org.
Follow on Social Media using the hashtags #givemiamiday and #miamiartsbrigade.
Facebook.com/LifeIsArtFest â€" Twitter.com/LifeIsArtFest â€" Instagram.com/LifeIsArtFest
Emerging Arts Leaders of Miami Soft Launch!
Thursday, November 20, 8:30pm
1513 SW 8th St
Miami, FL 33135
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You are invited to Emerging Art Leaders of Miami's soft launch! Join us for a fun, relaxing evening after the hectic flurry of activity for Give Miami Day and before the last weeks prior to Basel craziness.
It should be a full house with O, Miami hosting its Book Fair Party for Jai-Alai Books in the courtyard, Bookleggers on hand with lots of books and the Miami Arts Brigade hosting its Give Miami Day After Party. Also enjoy live music and fun drink specials all night! There will be jazz by Nick Tanura and The Ball & Chain Jazz Band followed by DJ Haitian Hillbilly.
Emerging Arts Leaders of Miami will be on hand to answer questions and provide more details about our future plans. We look forward to bringing together a great group of Miamians who love and work in the arts.
Emerging Arts Leaders of Miami is part of the national Emerging Leaders Network, a program developed by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts defines emerging arts professionals as either being in the first five years of their arts career, or being under the age of 36. While our initiatives are designed with the emerging professional demographic in mind, we welcome the participation of all ages and experience levels.
Diversifying Your Funding
Tuesday, November 18, 8:00am – 10:00am
Catalyst Miami
1900 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 200
Miami, Florida 33132
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Learn the essentials, and necessity, of diversifying your funding. Panelists include The Miami Foundation, Citi Bank (Community Development), and Strategic Philanthropy, Inc.
David Halpern is a local consultant who has been involved with the finances of nonprofits for more than thirty years. He will provide an overview of the importance of not relying on only one source, or type, of funding. He believes that many Miami-Dade organizations have been overly dependent on government funding.
After briefly discussing alternatives such as philanthropy and earned income, this session will focus on grants that are available from foundations and corporations. Changes in the philanthropic landscape and what funders are now looking for will be discussed by a panel.
Participants will have the opportunity to question the panelists and get practical advice on how to improve their chances of winning grants.
PANELISTS
– Barbara Romani, Regional Director South, Citi Bank/Community Development
– Stuart Kennedy, Senior Programs Officer, The Miami Foundation
– Kelly Alvarez Vitale, President, Strategic Philanthropy, Inc.
Moderator: David Halpern, President, Halpern Consulting
*FREE for SFCDC members, but you must register
Lucky You! 7: Get Lucky – Become a Collector – Win Artwork – Mix, Mingle & Support Local Artists
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd St
Miami, Florida 33127
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Lucky You is the signature annual fundraising event for Bakehouse Art Complex, providing vital funding for Miami’s landmark cultural hub, home to 60+ professional resident artists from 16 countries, their art studios, plus galleries, art classes, community outreach and exciting cultural programs. All proceeds go toward the Bakehouse Art Complex's dynamic programming.
Want to Get Lucky & Support Local Art? This Annual Fundraiser features:
Fine Art Raffle – win original artworks by Bakehouse artists
Silent Art Auction – New this year, bid to win artworks selected by renowned curator Denise Gerson
An evening of fine art, live entertainment, open artist studios, open bar & hors d'oeuvres
Hosted by Kalyn James of WPBT2's award-winning nationally syndicated show, artloft
DJ Le Spam of Spam Allstars will provide the groove
South Florida Theatre League will be there, offering guests the opportunity to commission and attend original short plays.
All proceeds benefit the Bakehouse Art Complex. Come get lucky!
CreativeMornings/Miami: CHANCE!
Miami Center for Architecture and Design (MCAD)
100 NE 1st Ave
Miami, Florida 33132
Take a CHANCE ! Taking a chance is at the heart of every CreativeMornings chapter. It’s a chance the organizers take to start their own chapter, the chance a speaker takes to share their story and, of course, the chance the attendees take to get up early in the morning and listen.
This November, we’re celebrating those uncertainties and risks with the theme of Chance and our speaker Robin Hill, photographer for architecture and design.
2014 begins my 28th year as a professional photographer. Back in 2006 I had the good fortune of spending a few hours with my hero, Julius Shulman at the opening of the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. He was 96 years old and still working and was in his 7th decade as a photographer which always helps to give me some perspective. (which as an Architectural Photographer is a very handy thing!) I’m deeply passionate about my chosen field and strongly believe in the power of design to affect our lives in a profound way. I see myself as being an integral part of the design community and my tool is photography. I’ve been very fortunate to have worked with some of the top names in the field, and much of the force of their creative work is displayed throughout the website.
Life Is Art [mi.ami][inter.play] Booth at SPECTRUM Art Fair Miami during Art Basel Week
Wednesday, Dec. 3rd, 6-10pm, Opening Preview
Friday, Dec. 5th, 1pm-9pm
Saturday, Dec. 6th, 1pm-9pm
Sunday, Dec. 7th, 12pm-6pm
Spectrum Art Tent, Booth #S801
3011 NE 1st Avenue at NE 30th St
Miami, FL 33137
www.spectrum-miami.com
Opening Preview + 5 Day Show Pass > $25
VIP Special Events Evening Pass â€" Includes special events & drinks (Dec. 4, 5, 6 â€" beginning at 6pm) > $10
General Admission > $10
Students/Senior Admission > $7.50
Children under 15 > free
Buy Tickets Online
Percentage of all ticket sales go to benefit Life Is Art, a local Miami based charity.
The Five-Day Art Experience Features Local Partnerships and Performances from Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna, Life Is Art, Yo Miami and a Specially Curated Art Labs Series
Life Is Art [mi.ami][inter.play] Booth
Spectrum has provided Life Is Art with a donated booth in which to bring a presentation of Miami artists around the theme of [inter.play] exploring the ways the arts and the community interact and build upon each other. The focus of [mi.ami][inter.play] is collaboration. Collaboration between artists, collaboration between the arts and the community, collaboration between Miami and the Art World at large. This is a juried featuring both experienced and emerging Miami artists. All work is for sale, with only a small commission going to the Life Is Art volunteers.
Spectrum's theme of [inter.play] works perfectly for Miami, and for Life Is Art. Our mission is to create positive change in the community with arts and culture. Life Is Art operates in exactly that interplay between the community and the arts and how those build on and feed each other. Using the arts to build our city is a very hot topic in Miami right now, and we are excited to be able to showcase some of the best our city has to offer.
James Echols, co-founder of Life Is Art said, “We were very pleased to be included by Spectrum Miami last year and are excited to participate once again.†He went on to say, “I am happy to hear that Spectrum has made it a point to feature more South Florida artists in the show this year. We strongly feel that one of the components that has been missing from the Art Basel week is any sort of credit given to our local arts. I applaud Spectrum for being so proactive in that area.â€
Ann Berchtold, Show Director Art San Diego and Spectrum Miami, said, "As the Founder and Director of ART SAN DIEGO, I have always integrated the local arts community into the show through programs like Spotlight Artists, LaunchPad program, and Art Labs – which invite local emerging spaces and institutions into the fair to create site-specific installations around a current theme.†Of her new work in Miami, Berchtold says, “Through my partnership now with Redwood Media Group – we will now be incorporating these programs into the Spectrum Miami show – with hopes to integrate the local Miami art scene into the show. We are pleased to work with James and Life is Art and Yo Miami as an Art Lab for this year."
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Life Is Art [mi.ami][inter.play] Featured Artists: Aquarela Sabol, Lulu, David Gary Lloyd, David Pino, Deborah Gregg, Janet Gold, Andrea Huffman, Derek Wilson, Keepn it Reel, Registered Artist, Ed Stevens, Eleazar Delgado, Fena Gonzalez, Giancarlo Ciavaldini, Harold Rosario, Ian Fichman, Ileana Collazo, Miguel Collazo, Monique Lassooij, Registered Artist, Rainer Lagemann, Richard Bello, Stefanie Caro
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Project: Street Art Girls
Artists: Aquarela Sabol + Lulu
"Street Art Girls" is a gallery collaboration piece between Aquarela Sabol and Lulu, two Miami Based female artists that also paint murals and street art. The piece is 24″ x 24″ created with oils, spray paint and mixed media on four 12″ wooden panels.
Work: “Street Art Girlsâ€, Oils / spray paint / mixed media on wood panels
Project: Icons
Artist: David Gary Lloyd
Inspired by the sociological effects of the advertising world, David Gary Lloyd unfolds symbolic photographs to challenge the messages conveyed by mass marketing.
These images were produced in Miami, showcasing the cultures provocative allure with use of color and sexuality.
Work: “Ecstasyâ€, 20×24, Giclée Print
* David received diplomas in Photography and Graphic Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Exhibitions of his work have been held in Venues ranging from Miami, New York Texas and Vermont. Lloyd currently lives and works from the eclectic art neighborhood Wynwood located in Miami.
Project: Chaos Math = Art (Right&Left Collide)
Artist: David Pino
Mathematical representation in Digital format. This portfolio is designed to disrupt the notion that Right side thinkers and Left side thinkers cannot work on the opposing side. Using mathematical formulas I have been creating fractal art pieces on plexiglass and metal sheet siding. The images are extremely detailed and come to life when lit with proper lighting, revealing a luminescence that is unique to the format. Math and Art collide to create pieces that take weeks to render on a high power computer. creating works that are uniquely organic, despite completely mathematically generated. Disrupting the idea that math leads to non-organic shapes (cylinders and triangles).
Work: “Alchemical Sparkâ€, 30″x40″, Plexiglass Face Mounted
* Dr. David Pino graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2010 from Nova Southeastern University. Since that time he was gone to practice as a pharmacist, manage a business as a pharmacy manager, and now assists in managing a store location. He enjoys the visual arts and specifically enjoys shooting photos, computer rendered images, and videos. Stock photography is a passion he enjoys and is actively submitting pieces for use in websites and magazine publications. His accolades include winning photography competitions (Intel's "A Momentary Lapse", Scott Kelby's WorldWide Photo Walk local winner, and Camelot Days 2012 – 2nd place) and has created commercials for American Express, San Diego Wildlife Conservatory, and Cosi Restaurants. In recent years he has been captivated by mathematical renders and is hoping to participate in a local art fair in 2014 to show his portfolio and increase awareness of these types of mathematical pieces as abstract art. He currently resides in Miami, FL.
Project: Forged and Forbidden
Artists: Deborah Gregg + Janet Gold + Andrea Huffman
This 3-dimensional mixed media work, titled 'Forged and Forbidden', could be a commentary on censorship. It is about looking beyond what is presented to you. It is a deconstruction/construction collaboration and includes uniquely vintage found objects.
Work: “Forged and Fobiddenâ€, 17inx10inx9.5in, vintage books and nails
* Deborah earned a B.F.A. in Graphic Design/Illustration from the University of Miami, studied at the Arts Students League in New York City, and Oxbow School of Art in Saugatuck, Michigan. She began her career as an Art Director for ad agencies, first in Michigan, then as Creative Director in South Florida. She has received numerous Regional, District, and National ADDY awards, both in Michigan and Florida. Later, she transitioned into mixed-media art, while also teaching art to children and adults in an art museum environment. She is a contributing artist in national publications. Deborah's award-winning work appears in many juried, solo and group exhibitions and is in private collections in the U.S. as well. She has had recent solo exhibitions at the Coral Springs Museum of Art, Sunrise Civic Center Gallery and most recently, at the ArtsPark Gallery in Hollywood, FL. She is a member of the Coral Springs Art Guild, Broward Art Guild, Coral Springs Museum of Art and the Six Hands Collaborative.
* Janet Gold is a professional artist and an art educator for over 30 years in South Florida. Her work has been represented both nationally and internationally in galleries and museums. She is a member of the National Association of Women Artists, National Collage Society, and the innovative Six Hands Collaborative.
* After thirty years as an Art Educator in Broward County schools, Andrea Huffman retired from teaching to pursue her work as a full time artist. Working primarily in textiles and collage, Ms. Huffman has shown her work throughout Florida in juried, group and solo exhibits, including the Lee Wagener Gallery, a Broward County public art space at the Ft. Lauderdale airport and at Everglades National Park. She has received several awards and grants for her work. In 2011 she was one of two art educators selected from throughout Florida for a summer Artist-in-Residence program at the prestigious Hermitage Artist Retreat in Sarasota County. In December 2014, Ms. Huffman will be participating in “Piecing Together for a Changing Planetâ€, a juried fiber art exhibit that will be traveling to twelve U.S. National Parks over the next few years. She continues to share her passion for art through various teaching opportunities throughout Florida and is a member of Six Hand Collaborative.
Project: Muse
Artists: Derek Wilson + Keepn it Reel + Registered Artist
Muse… the stimulus that will inspire you to muse
Muse, the brain-child of Sergio, Craig L, and Derek Wilson is a completely interactive installation that attempts to remove the barrier between art and the spectator. The Project inspires the viewer, now participant to act as artist while they interplay with the child-like building blocks, that when assembled correctly, create an original painting(s). The large-scale building blocks of art, not only touch upon a universal nostalgia associated with childhood but provide for a truly one-of-a-kind authentic experience.
Work: “Muse Projectâ€, TBA
* Miami-native Derek Wilson is a local Artist and a veteran art teacher for Dade County Public Schools. Mr. Wilson, who currently teaches at John A. Ferguson Senior High School, devotes his time to developing challenging curriculum for a variety of art courses including IB Art and Advanced Placement Art. A product of Dade County Public Schools himself and a graduate Florida International University, Wilson has consistently exhibited in a variety of galleries and project spaces since earning his degree in Fine Art Sculpture. In addition to his busy exhibition schedule, Wilson is most proud of the work executed for charity events and organizations like, The March of Dimes, Habitat for Humanity, Touching Miami with Love, and Easter Seals; to name a few. “My methodology as it relates to art is always in a state of flux. I am somewhat of an alchemist, spontaneously mixing materials and subtly changing formulas as well as styles to suit the concept I want to address. I am a New Media Artist (always looking for new means of expression). I have an unquenchable thirst for the experiment; the process -this is what drives me.â€
* Craig Ledermann was born and raised in Queens, New York. As a teenager he and his family moved to Boca Raton, Florida where he graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. After contemplating further education, he decided to make a life change. Craig had always enjoyed building and creating things with his father while growing up, so in 2009 he took a chance and headed back to New York to work with family friends. There he learned about construction and carpentry while building sets for "White Collar" (Television Show) on USA Network. He returned to Florida in 2010 continuing his Set Fabrication and Design work on many different TV and Movie sets around South Florida. With his free time Craig started to explore Wynwood, Miami and learn about street art. He had seen graffiti as a child in New York City, but here it was different, here artists painted large scale murals on walls as big as 100+ feet. Being drawn into the culture Craig has now become part of the Wynwood movement, fabricating custom art installations, building wooden canvases, even assisting major Miami street artists with their large scale murals.
* Specializing in pop art influenced by the likes of Roy Lichtenstein and Marvel comics, Registered Artist’s street art can be seen throughout many Miami neighborhoods. RA is a voracious guerrilla artist who puts his work on display through stencils, decals, wheat pastes, murals and stickers. Finding balance between the gallery and urban landscapes, Registered Artist constantly gives back to his community as the founded and director of Free Art Fridays, Miami Chapter: a free art scavenger hunt that’s open to artist and art lovers alike.
Project: ASK, TELL!
Artist: Ed Stevens
The piece “Out on the Gridiron â€" Thank You Michael Sam!†continues this dialogue with the community through the metaphor of team sports. ASK, TELL#2 won Best Mixed Media in the United Arts Competition and Show in June 2014. The ASK, TELL pieces were featured in May 2014 at gallery Tedd’s Art Works in Ft. Lauderdale.
* Ed Stevens began his career in visual and performing arts at Boston University, where he studied art history and visual arts and received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He spent the last 20 years as a playwright, director and set designer, receiving the Kennedy Center’s David Mark Cohen Award. His work was produced in New York City, Provincetown, St. Petersburg and San Diego. He moved to South Florida in 2012, where he creates striking multi-media assemblies that incorporate social commentary and a sense of dramatic storytelling. He was the featured artist in May 2014 at gallery Tedd’s Art Works in Ft. Lauderdale.
Project: Young Van Gogh's Premonition
Artists: Eleazar Delgado + Monique Lassooij
Young Van Gogh's Premonition, a collaboration between Eleazar Delgado & Monique Lassooij. Monique is known for her painting famous people as children in her signature color scheme while Eleazar is known for his bright abstract palate knife work. An unlikely pairing has given birth to a vision of a young Van Gogh having a premonition of his destiny.
Work: “Young Van Gogh's Premonitionâ€, 20″ x 16″, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
* Born in Oklahoma and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Eleazar Delgado practiced Architecture and Interior Design. It was Miami’s radiant sunshine and the vibrant colors of the city that influenced his decision to become an artist. Among his accolades are Dade Heritage Trust selecting “Sunshine Culture†for the cover of their 2012 program, Miami Dade Preservation League chose “Joe Sent Me†for the official Art Deco Weekend poster. “Sea Grasses in the Skyâ€, a public mural in Downtown Miami delights thousands of commuters everyday, as it is visible from I-95 & his latest commission was from the Miami Short Film Festival poster.
* In The Netherlands Ms. Lassooij started out as an abstract painter but over the years she developed a passion for figurative painting. After having studied with Dutch artists such as Pien Hazenberg and Henk Hubenet, she attended the Royal Academy for Fine Arts in The Hague and has gone on to receive several commissions and can be found in public places such as the Town Hall of the city of Scheveningen in The Netherlands. Her paintings hang in numerous private collections in the US and abroad.
Project: Atmosferas
Artist: Eleazar Delgado
Atmospheres of space-time, lost in the clouds of perhaps a world far away and still undiscovered by most.
Work: “Atmosfera Xâ€, 48″ x 24″, Oil on Wood (framed)
* Born in Oklahoma and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Eleazar Delgado practiced Architecture and Interior Design. It was Miami’s radiant sunshine and the vibrant colors of the city that influenced his decision to become an artist. Among his accolades are Dade Heritage Trust selecting “Sunshine Culture†for the cover of their 2012 program, Miami Dade Preservation League chose “Joe Sent Me†for the official Art Deco Weekend poster. “Sea Grasses in the Skyâ€, a public mural in Downtown Miami delights thousands of commuters everyday, as it is visible from I-95 & his latest commission was from the Miami Short Film Festival poster.
Project: Words to Live By
Artist: Fena Gonzalez
MIxed media paintings inspired by poetry, quotes, reflections in my journal. Each piece is an affirmation, an invitation to reflect on how we engage life and how no matter what our background, or differences we are all able to connect through the sharing of archetypal, universal experiences. Each piece is a collaboration with other art media, with writing, and with the viewers themselves.
Work: “A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a songâ€, (inspired by Maya Angelou), 30″x40″, mixed media on canvas
* Objective: To create inspiring artworks which awaken creativity and wholeness. Creative: teaching, painting, mixed media, sewing, interior decorating, visual display installation, trade shows, Healing: Master in reiki, spiritual counseling, and holistic healing; certified angel therapy practitioner, Languages: fluent in English, Spanish,; basic Italian, French. “…Fena Gonzalez celebrates the spirit of her ancestors by weaving patterns and symbols typical of her heritage with a personal and contemporary sensibility. Many artists have done this, especially in the past decade. But Gonzalez in her fabric collages rises above the pack with the intimacy of her work. Nothing showy here, just crystallized expressions of faith and connection.â€
-Boston Globe, Cate McQuaid
Project: Walkabouts
Artist: Giancarlo Ciavaldini
Collection: Hero’s Last Stand, Name: Struggle, Media: Photograph thermically encapsulated between a single plate of glass and a flexible protective coating.
Works: “1960â€, 48in x 36in. Thermically printed in Glass
“Stroggleâ€, 36in x 30in. Thermically printed in Glass
* I am an engineer of assets from an opposite spectrum of life, an artist by heart and a photographer by nature. At the beginning of my career, I tried to comprehend light and all its waves by mirroring its influence over canvas using only acrylic paint and my imagination; but in a revelation, it became clear to me that if I wanted to understand light, I needed to follow its behavior in real life. Consequently, I started composing and recording light in Instamatics and without realizing it, I was becoming a photographer.
Project: Going for the Arts
Artist: Harold Rosario
The art classroom is essential to foster art awareness to future generations in our community. “Going for the Arts,†is a digital photomontage consisting of over 1000 digitally stitched images creating a impossible aerial perspectives of this fostering taking place in a MIami-Dade art class.
Work: TBA
* Harold Rosario is a Miami-based contemporary artist. Primarily focusing on the medium of painting, he has also branched out into the digital era, creating works like “Going for the Arts,†a digital photomontage consisting of over 1000 digitally stitched images to create impossible aerial perspectives. Recently, he has added to the definition of “Street Art†by embarking on a creative series titled Interact With Art. Here he uses social media to engage and awaken followers to the art which is all around us. Using clever sketches, props, poses and a bit of humor, the artist interacts with public art, architecture, sculptures, landscaping, culinary art and the endless supply of artforms that shapes our daily lives. What started as a personal challenge to push his creative potential, evolved into a campaign for art awareness.
Project: Stone Holders
Artist: Ian Fichman
Humanoid figurative steel sculptures holding stones.
Work: “Let it Go 2014â€, steel and stone, 25″H x 10″W x 15″D
* Ian Fichman was born in Miami, Florida in 1978. He had a strong interest in metal sculpture beginning in his early youth, and throughout his adolescence he experimented in various art mediums. In 2002, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Studio Art from Florida State University, and in 2006 he received a second Bachelor of Science degree in Video Game Art Design from the Art Institute of California, San Diego. This eventually led him to a career in graphic design and digital illustration, but in 2010 his focus returned to sculpture.
Project: Floral Fantasies Real and Imagined
Artists: Ileana Collazo + Miguel Collazo
Our painting will honor our state's name: Florida, as well as the colorful people who populate our lively city.
Work: TBA
* I create small worlds of movement, colors, and shapes to entice that observer to travel through my work surfaceâ€"colliding with the images, finding their way around to yet another shape, and finding it as alluring to linger gazing at them as I still find it to linger in a garden; my work is also representative of the twists, turns, bumps, and alternatives each of us transverses in the course of our daily life.
* I not only create art, but spend much time studying the processes, past and present that culminate in the finished pieces. Art history captivates my interest as much as making something of my own.
Properietary Innocence Collaboration
Artists: Monique Lassooij + Registered Artist
"The girl with the Robot Dog" is a rendition of a painting by Leonardo da Vinci
"Little Cleopatra lost her pet snake" is Collaboration with Street Artist Registered Artist.
Work: “The Girl with the Robot Dogâ€, 30″ x 40″, Acrylics on Canvas
“Little Cleopatra lost her pet snakeâ€, 14″ x 18″, Mixed Media on boxed Wood
* Monique Lassooij was born and raised in The Netherlands and moved several years ago to Miami, Florida. Her work explores the paradox in modern pop culture & society, sometimes clearly visible and sometimes through an underlining dichotomy interjected with humor. Ms. Lassooij finds her inspiration in colors and how those colors affect the subject whether she is painting on canvas, wood or a wall. Her subjects are often not placed within a context-giving background, allowing a single or combination of colors and geometric shapes to illuminate the chosen topic. Her paintings hang in numerous private collections in the US and abroad.
* Specializing in Pop Art influenced by the likes of Roy Lichtenstein and Marvel comics, Registered Artist’s street art can be seen throughout many Miami neighborhoods. RA is a voracious guerrilla artist who puts his work on display through stencils, decals, wheat pastes, murals and stickers. Finding a balance between the gallery and urban landscapes, Registered Artist constantly gives back to his community as the founder and director of Free Art Friday, Miami Chapter: a free art scavenger hunt that is open to artists and art lovers alike.
Project: Are skulls happier in Miami?
Artist: Rainer Lagemann
It is a collection of skulls in stainless steel, painted in bright colors. Artists in all ages have been fascinated by skulls, countless paintings, sculptures have been created, cults celebrate the skull. Skulls have a very dark side, but also represent knowledge.
How does south Florida experience skulls? Do they look happier here? Are they in vacation mode?
Work: “Small Skulls†in various colors, 8″ x 12″ x 9″h, stainless steel welded
* Born in Germany 1959, I have worked in design for over 20 years before i started working full time on my sculptures. I mainly use stainless steel squares to create human bodies in motion. I live and work in Miami, FL
Project: Sleep Walker
Artist: Richard Bello
Life size expression of emergence into the world of reality
Work: “Emerging Man IIâ€, 48″x 48″ fiberglass and wood
I was born in 1952 of Puertorican parents and lived 18 yrs. in Long Island,. I'm a self taught artist. I began drawing and painting in 1970 though I did so since I was five years old, and started sculpting in 1974. For the last 42 years, I have specialized in sculpture in ceramic and fiberglass mostly life size. I have recently moved to Miami in hopes of becoming a part of the growing art scene here.
Project: Pulse'
Artist: Stefanie Caro
Pulse' is a 3-dimensional page made of three layers of meticulously carved water color paper. The scene features a view of downtown Miami, just above the Miami river with iconic buildings and structures turned into musical instruments. A group of large scaled robots, made from found objects and scrap metal utilize the scenery and interact with them as if they were musical instruments, thus bringing this otherwise concrete jungle to life.
Work: “Pulse'â€, 12″ X 6″ X 3″ Watercolor paper, string, ink
* I've never been an advocate for the spoken word. It's difficult to imagine an effective form of communication within the boundaries of strictly audible cognition. I first became an illustrator as a means to understand the space around me, on a level deeper than what my appointed bi-pedaled senses could provide. The world was this complex and painfully interesting thing that I could not filter and dilute to the point of articulation, but I was hungry to try. Through a process of sensory alchemy, I found that I could combine colors, texture, and line to express my small discoveries somehow in a language that was foreign to all but myself until it was laid on a two dimensional surface.
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Redwood Media Group, today announced the return of its celebrated fine art show, SPECTRUM Miami featuring ArtSpot International Art Fair, from Wednesday, December 3 â€" Sunday, December 7 in the heart of the Wynwood Art District during Art Week Miami. SPECTRUM is more than an art show â€" it’s a 5-day fine art experience featuring top galleries and artists from across the US and around the world, along with live performances, curated Art Lab projects and Late Night parties drawing crowds from all corners of the city.
New to this year’s show is a special curated Art Labs series, featuring educational projects and seminars by leading Miami-based art institutions and industry leaders. One such projectâ€"[mi.ami][inter.play], by local nonprofit partner Life Is Artâ€"will be an artistic collaboration within the community. Another, Yo Miami, will be a live, invitational mural painting endeavor involving both experienced artists and up-and-comers.
Other surprises include a partnership with the Cirque du Soleil show, Amaluna, which includes performance art and ticket giveaways throughout the show. There may also be a dramatic photo shoot with dancers by international bookseller and world-renowned photographer Jordan Matter!
The show’s signature VIP opening preview party, SPECTRUM After Dark, takes place from 6 â€" 10 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3, and includes artist unveilings, performance art, music and DJ, a full cash bar, complimentary cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres. The following nights, from Thursday, December 4 â€" Saturday, December 6, features Late Night parties from 7 â€" 9 p.m. daily.
Housed within the SPECTRUM tent for its 2nd year is the independent show, ArtSpot International, organized by Aldo Castillo. ArtSpot presents modern and cutting-edge galleries exhibiting contemporary art, including photography, works on paper, sculpture, and installations from emerging and established artists. The show merges a range of international art with strong Latin American influences. Castillo, the show curator and director, is one of the most respected authorities of modern and contemporary art and has overseen the direction of more than 250 international art exhibitions.
The juried show of contemporary art features original paintings, photography, sculpture, mixed media, glass and limited edition prints. By catering to high-end collectors, buyers and art enthusiasts, SPECTRUM Miami offers gallery owners, designers, architects and collectors extraordinary works by innovative and established artists and galleries from around the world.
About Redwood Media Group
Redwood Media Group has a long history serving the global fine art community. The company’s full suite of fine art services includes fine art exhibitions, art business education, fine art publications, fine art mentoring, marketing and social media, and more. Redwood owns and produces fine art shows and conferences including Artexpo New York, SPECTRUM New York, SPECTRUM Miami, [SOLO] and DECOR Expo Showcase and the National Artist Conference & Art Show (NACA). The company also owns and publishes Art Business News magazine and DECOR magazine. For more information, visit: www.spectrum-newyork.com, www.spectrum-miami.com, www.artbusinessnews.com, www.artexponewyork.com, www.artexponewyork.com/solo, www.artexponewyork.com/decor-expo and www.nationalartistconference.com.
Design Miami/ 2014
Tuesday December 2, Preview Day (by invitation only), Press Conference 2:30pm, Collectors Preview 12-6pm, Vernissage 6-8pm
December 3-4, 10am-8pm
December 5, 11am-8pm
December 6, 12-8pm
December 7, 12-6pm
19th Sreet & Meridian Avenue
Miami Beach
Ten years ago, a small fair for collectible design named design.05 Miami launched concurrently with Art Basel Miami Beach. Located in the Moore Building in the Miami Design District, it offered a selection of fifteen invited exhibitors, with the stated aim of bringing museum-quality galleries together with the best collectors, connoisseurs, and designers from around the world in one of the premier destinations for art and design.
Remaining true to that aim, the intervening decade has seen the blossoming and expansion of the fair alongside the market for collectible design, evidenced by the number of participating galleries, which has almost tripled in that period. As it has matured, Design Miami/ has lead the field in establishing new global standards for creative and inspiring exhibitions, turning the fair into an essential destination for the design press and enthusiasts as well as collectors.
Rodman Primack, Executive Director of Design Miami/ stated, “The fair grew out of the need for a consolidated marketplace that would act as a platform to showcase the range and strength of what was then a fledgling market.†Adding, “Since then, the collectible design market has really changed in scale; it’s internationalized and diversified, and this is reflected very clearly in the fair. Design Miami/ has changed the way galleries engage with their audiences. I am excited to see this ecosystem bringing so many distinct viewpoints and aesthetics together.â€
The burgeoning interest in contemporary design from around the US is particularly evident this year, with the invitation of first-time participants Edward Cella Art+Architecture of LA and Gallery Diet of Miami. These two newcomers to the fair are joined by returning participants Volume Gallery, Chicago and Johnson Trading Gallery from New York. Design Miami/ 2014 also welcomes regular participants of the Basel fair, Galleria O., Rome, specializing in Italian twentieth century and international contemporary design, Galerie Pascal Cuisinier from Paris, with their focus on French design from the 1960s and 70s, Carwan Gallery, Beirut, emphasizing work from Western designers interpreting Middle Eastern craft and Nilufar Gallery, Milan, known for Italian postwar design.
The Miami fair and its Basel sibling have maintained strong bonds with the founding galleries that participated in that first design.05 Miami. Eleven founding galleries of the original fifteen â€" including the previously mentioned Nilufar Gallery, Casati Gallery, Cristina Grajales Gallery, Demisch Danant, Galerie kreo, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Jousse Entreprise, LAFFANOUR-Galerie Downtown, Magen H Gallery, R & Company and Hostler Burrows â€" will be participating in Design Miami/ 2014.
Zesty Meyers, Principal of R & Company, New York commented, “I think what we’ve accomplished in ten years is amazing. Design Miami/ and Design Miami/ Basel have brought a global audience to us: because of them, I don’t know what languages will be spoken in my gallery today. The power of acting under the Design Miami/ umbrella as a group of galleries attracts buyers that we’d never attract individually â€" we keep on getting first time buyers. Because of the clients we have through Design Miami/, we can invest in scholarship and research; we can publish major books and hold museum shows. At a certain point, these pieces we are selling from the twentieth century will be gone â€" we’re saving history with these works, and creating future history with the contemporary.â€
Equally excited by the future as it is inspired by the past, Design Miami/ is launching two new forward-looking initiatives this year: the exhibition strand Design Curio, and the Design Visionary award.
Conceived as contemporary cabinets of curiosity, the four independently curated Design Curio booths scattered throughout the fair will take the widest possible view of design practice. They will go beyond the scope of collectible design to embrace diverse fields from science and technology, to handcraft, and from unrealized prototypes to esoteric collections.
Design Visionary
The new Design Visionary award from Design Miami/ celebrates individuals who have significantly contributed to the field of design, such as collectors, curators, architects and luminaries who influence and are engaged in design in the broadest sense. The laureate of the Design Visionary award is recognized as having a continued, tangible and lasting impact.
The inaugural Design Visionary award will be presented to Peter Marino in December 2014. With this award, Design Miami/ recognizes Marino for his achievements as an architect, for his knowledge and status as a collector of design, art and the decorative arts, and for the impact he has had as an advisor on contemporary and twentieth century design to his numerous clients.
Commenting on the first edition of this award, Primack stated, “This award is about recognizing the figures that have really propelled the world of design in the broader sense. Peter is a great talent, and is also an amazing patron of others’ talents. His knowledge of furniture, his ability to create collections in design and his work with leading brands to help them understand the importance of bringing design voices into their world have substantially impacted the market and the language of designâ€.
Marino founded his eponymous architecture, planning and design studio in New York in 1978 having trained with I. M. Pei and George Nelson. Early clients included Andy Warhol, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, and Gianni and Marella Agnelli.
Alongside his work with private clients, Marino has redefined luxury in the retail space, creating store environments around the world for houses such as Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Bulgari, Graff and Ermenegildo Zegna, commissioning site specific works of art for many of them. His numerous collections include contemporary art and design, photographs, porcelain, and Renaissance and Baroque bronzes, the latter of which were shown at London’s Wallace Collection in 2010 in the exhibition Beauty and Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection. In 2012 he was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.
At Design Miami/ 2014, Marino will be the subject of an exhibition celebrating his multiple roles within the world of design. In a stand-alone display space designed by the architect, the exhibition will feature antique and contemporary chairs from his collection, architectural maquettes and images, and his series of cast bronze boxes.
Pavilion Commission
Minneapolis-based designer Jonathan Muecke has been commissioned to create the Pavilion for the tenth anniversary of Design Miami/.
The Design Miami/ Pavilion Commission has become an important feature of the fair. An ephemeral extension of the fair space itself, the pavilion is at once an exhibit and a piece of functional temporary architecture. While the commission is traditionally given to an early career architect or studio, for its tenth anniversary Design Miami/ has selected a designer whose practice reflects the multifaceted nature of the fair itself.
Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Creative Director at Design Miami/ commented, “For our tenth anniversary, we wanted to pay homage to the type of young designer that Design Miami/ wishes to champion â€" one who experiments with materials, form and scale; who is as much a theorist as a maker; and who challenges us to consider how we relate to the world built around us.â€
Jonathan Muecke studied architecture at Iowa State, interning at the architectural office of Herzog & de Meuron in Basel, Switzerland before studying design at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Muecke has evolved a design practice that resists standard divisions between design, art and architecture, instead focusing on refined forms that investigate notions of positive and negative space, positional relationships to structures and the innate desire to read notions of functionality into objects that relate to human scale.
Centered around a double-layered circular structure with apertures at both poles, Jonathan Muecke’s Design Miami Pavilion (DMP) is designed on a human scale, rejecting monumentality in favor of lightness and variability. Filtered through a translucent canopy that shelters the whole structure, light will bounce off the curved and colored surfaces of the pavilion â€" complementary tones of red and green within, primary blue and yellow without â€" creating a shifting topography of reflected color. Seamlessly shaped seating units made from composite will allow visitors a moment of quiet reflection in a space conceived in part as a refuge from the hyper-stimulating environment of the fair itself.
CONTEXT 2014 Galleries and Special Projects
Tuesday, December 2, 5:30pm – 10:00pm, Access for VIP Cardholders and Accredited Press
to benefit: the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and Miami Light Project.
Wednesday, December 3 through Saturday, December 6, 11am – 8pm
Sunday, December 7, 11am-6pm
2901 NE 1st Avenue
Miami, FL
$35 One day fair pass
$75 One day fair pass including catalog
$75 Multi-day fair pass
$105 Multi-day fair pass including catalog
$45 CONTEXT + Art Miami 2014 catalog
$15 Students 12-18 years and Seniors
Free Children under 12 accompanied by adult
$15 Groups 10 or more
www.contextartmiami.com
CONTEXT Art Miami is pleased to announce the selection of galleries and special projects for its 2014 edition.
CONTEXT continues its success by expanding and redesigning the fair. Seventy-eight international galleries from 20 countries, with more than 460 artists from 43 countries have been carefully chosen by the selection committee consisting of Ethan Cohen, Enrique Guerrero, Alberto Magnan & Dara Metz and Leigh Conner & Jamie Smith, led by new fair director Julian Navarro, to bring Miami Art Week (Dec 2-7 2014) the most promising cutting-edge, mid-career and established artists.
CONTEXT is dedicated to the development and reinforcement of emerging and mid-career artists. Launched in 2012, CONTEXT's open atmosphere creates a meaningful dialogue between artists, galleries and collectors while providing the ultimate platform for the presentation of cutting-edge talent by emerging and established galleries. The combined efforts of CONTEXT and Art Miami provide a unique and alternative opportunity for leading primary dealers and their artists to be marketed and promoted internationally during the most important week for contemporary art in America.
In addition to its group of international galleries, CONTEXT will feature a series of solo artist projects, curated spaces, special projects, conversations and events.
Special Projects Highlights
The Director's Project "CONTEXT-ing / Listening as CONTEXT", creates immersive and intimate situations for listening to the work of sound artists exploring the ontological aspects of sound while also working with various materials, approaches, and techniques. CONTEXT-ing / Listening as CONTEXT will be premiered on the VIP opening night in the 2600sq. ft Sound Positions Pavilion – a dedicated space annexed to the main CONTEXT pavilion featuring 12 individual sound stations, making it the most important and largest sound project in an art fair – and continues during fair hours from December 3rd – 7th. Artists include: Tania Candiani, Mexico; Richard Chartier, USA; Richard Garet, Uruguay / USA; France Jobin, Canada; Emeka Ogboh, Nigeria; Kristin Oppenheim, USA; Manuel Rocha, Mexico; Steve Roden, USA; Hong-Kai Wang, Taiwan; Hildegard Westerkamp, Germany / Canada; Jana Winderen, Norway; Zimoun, Switzerland.
ART FROM BERLIN offers insight into Berlin's influential art scene with six contemporary galleries selected by a panel of Berlin based curators and art critics. In the BERLIN LOUNGE, lvbg will install a curated exhibition and offer information on the city's contemporary art galleries and institutions. This microcosm of the global art capital's gallery community includes a cross-section of established and emerging exhibitors. ART FROM BERLIN is presented at CONTEXT by the Galleries Association of Berlin (lvbg), with official support from the municipality of Berlin and the European Union (EU).
CONTEXT-NEXT. "A Piece of Me" features visual arts students from the high school honors class of Miami's renowned New World School of the Arts collaborating to produce site-specific installations in response to a significant artwork by an acclaimed alumnus from their school, Hernan Bas: a video in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, "All By Myself" (2004, single-channel video, courtesy of the artist and Frederic Snitzer Gallery). The young collaborators will work in the antithetical medium of paper, and the results exhibited with the video by their predecessor, Hernan Bas. "A Piece of Me" is a Wet Heat Project in association with New World School of the Arts, Visual Arts Program.
CONTEXT has partnered with Miami Light Project for the highly anticipated Opening Night VIP Preview. Latin Grammy Nominated artist/producer Mr. Pauer will perform an exclusive selection of his signature sound Electrópicoâ„¢ filled with live percussion and an array of guest singers turning the night into a memorable experience. Miami Light Project will stage a selection of performances that will take place in the CONTEXT Outdoor Garden Lounge daily during General Fair Days between 3PM – 7PM. These music programs are all free in the CONTEXT Outdoor Garden Lounge.
CONTEXT and its sister art fair Art Miami, the original and longest-running art fair in Miami, celebrating its 25th year, will both feature exceptional artworks exhibited in highly visible areas of the pavilion – inside and outside the main entrances of the fairs, the Maserati VIP Lounge at Art Miami, and the VIP Lounge at CONTEXT, amongst others. All works will be selected by LaRete Art Projects curators Julia Draganović, Elena Forin and Claudia Löffelholz.
Concept Aboard the SeaFair mega yacht
December 2, 2014, VIP First View Preview: 6:00pm – 7:30pm, Collector’s Invitational: 7:30pm – 10pm
Thursday, December 4, 2014: 1pm – 7pm
Friday, December 5, 2014: 1pm – 10pm
Saturday, December 6, 2014: 1pm – 10pm
Sunday, December 7, 2014: 1pm – 6pm
Aboard the SeaFair mega yacht docked in the heart of downtown Miami at Bayfront Park. 100 Chopin Plaza
Miami, FL 33131.
Concept Miami will focus on "fresh-to-market" and secondary market artwork, as well as works by blue-chip artists and modern contemporary masters. Limited to approximately 30 carefully selected dealers, the fair has been designed as a sophisticated, elegant waterfront oasis for collectors during the frenetic Art Basel Week. The fair is located within the downtown Arts & Entertainment District, adjacent to the Perez Art Museum Miami and the Frost Museum, two of Miami’s most prestigious visual arts institutions, and in proximity to all major downtown hotels and Brickell World Plaza, one of the largest banking centers in North America. Concept will be open until 10pm each night, giving visitors additional time to view the artwork after other December fairs close, and operating on a schedule more conducive to Miami’s relaxed atmosphere, later dining hours and vibrant nightlife.
The inaugural edition of Concept, a new art fair for downtown Miami during Art Basel Miami Week, will launch December 2nd through 7th aboard the SeaFair yacht docked at Bayfront Park as it awaits its permanent location to open in 2015 at Miami’s Museum Park. Modern and contemporary art, installations, performances, and cutting edge audience engagement technology will be presented in the intimate and luxurious SeaFair exhibition space and surrounding park, delivering a distinct and decidedly refined art fair experience for the public and veteran collectors alike.
Concept aims to position its exhibitors and attendees at the center of Miami’s expanding Arts & Entertainment District amidst one of the world’s fastest growing cities and luxury markets. With a roster of international blue-chip galleries primarily presenting newly available secondary market modern and contemporary masterpieces, Concept will appeal to seasoned art fair veterans and art market professionals interested in portfolio worthy investment pieces.
Modern & Contemporary Masters Exhibited
Exhibitors include: Callegari Fine Arts, Brazil, with a solo exhibition of Brazilian artist Obras Pitágoras; Gary Lichtenstein Editions, Jersey City, will present a several notable series of silkscreens by Richard Meier, Robert Indiana and the first editions by Israeli artist Yigal Ozeri; Gladwell & Patterson, London, will bring their program that focuses on the paintings and sculptures of modern masters including early works by Picasso, Miro, Sisley, Renoir, Pissarro, and Monet, among others; Latin Art Core, Miami, will present works by famed Latin masters including Wilfredo Lam, Tomas Sanchez and Roberto Matta; Galeria Medicci, Caracas, will exhibit modern master Cuban artist, Carbonell Manuel Mendive among other Latin masters Matta, Botero and Oswaldo Vigas; Miniaci Art Gallery, Milan, will present a historic exhibition of the famed Italian neo-Surrealist and neo-Dadaist, Lucio Del Pezzo; Contemporary Art Projects USA, Miami, will present Cosmic Connections, curated by Roberta Gonella, Richard Tooke and Silvia Medina; and Vertu Fine Arts, Miami, will round out the contemporary selection with works by Damien Hirst, Chuck Close and Shepard Fairey.
Special Projects
New Mexico Arts’ Art in Public Places Experimental Dome Program will make its public premiere at Concept, in a state-of-the-art mobile dome outfitted with 50 ft. video projection, Oculus Rift glasses and an interactive digital panel to offer viewers a truly immersive experience.
Visitors to the dome will have one of the first publicly accessible opportunities to view Ai Weiwei and Navajo artist Bert Benally’s collaborative time and land based installation Pull of the Moon. Exhibited in the remote Coyote Canyon last June for the TIME (Temporary Installations Made for the Environment) Land Art program, the temporal sand paintings that incorporated the mediums of fire, sound, and powdered porcelain were documented in the video and will premier at the vernissage event for Concept, with repeat viewings throughout the fair.
Tickets are available for $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Viewing hours are Wednesday, December, 3rd through Saturday, December 6th, 11:00am to 9: 00pm; and Sunday, December 7th, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. Advance reservations are recommended.
In addition to the Pull of the Moon film, the dome will feature In the Round, a program of artists inspired by indigenous cultures selected to have their work translated into moving graphics formatted for the specialized dome projection, including; Seminole artist, designer and metalsmith, Kenneth Johnson; animated paintings by Navajo artist, Tony Abeyta; and a New Mexico Arts featured Art in Public Places project, Blue Flower, by Federico Muelas.
Additionally, open and free to the public, is an interactive video featuring graffiti artists Jaque Fragua, from Jemez Peulo, and Yattika Star Field, of the Seminole tribe, Oklahoma, Friday and Saturday at 9:00pm.
Performances
Spencer Battiest and Zachary Battiest, Seminole artists and rappers, whose video art will also be featured in the Experimental Dome Project, will perform aboard the SeaFair on Friday and Saturday night at 8:00pm.
The performance is a fundraiser for iLSAF (the international Land Sensitive Art Foundation) a tax-exempt organization that supports programs like TIME, and the NM Arts Exchange Program. Tickets are $45.00 in advance online, or $50.00 at door. Advance reservations are recommended.
Pinta Miami 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 6:00 – 9:00 pm Opening Preview (By invitation only)
Wednesday, December 3, 3:00 – 9:00 pm VIP Opening (By invitation only)
Thursday, December 4, 11:00 am – 8:00 pm Open to the public
Friday, December 5, 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 6, 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday, December 7, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
1110 Brickell Ave. Suite 800
Miami FL. 33131
In this 8th edition, four defined sections under the curatorship of Osbel Suarez at Pinta Modern, Sonia Becce at Pinta Next, Moacir Dos Anjos at Pinta Brazil and a curatorial committee for Pinta Contemporary, guarantee a prime result which will satisfy both, the specialized public and the public at large. Pinta Forum, under the curatorship of Roc Laseca, has organized an art fair conversation series comprising of three panels that will hold debates revolving around art collecting and the city of Miami as an international platform for Latin American art.
Pinta Miami is a must-see event for art lovers to have the chance to view high-quality works by artists from Latin America, Spain and Portugal represented by more than 50 of their most prestigious galleries.
On the occasion of its 8th edition, Pinta – the only curated boutique fair devoted to the art of Latin America, Spain and Portugal, sets sail from The Big Apple, expanding its horizons, and settung for the first time in Miami City from December 3-7, joining its energy to this vibrant art week, alongside Art Basel Miami Beach.
Since its creation in 2007, Pinta has distinguished itself from the rest of the art fairs for its specific profile, defining its proposal geographically, placing its bet on quality while focusing on Latin American art identities and issues, and inviting mainstream galleries and artists with the aim of offering an international platform for the dissemination of art from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula.
Its director, cultural manager and editor, Diego Costa Peuser, identifies the need for growth of the art market of Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, and offers this platform to acknowledge the city of Miami as a new venue to consolidate the fair and to continue the promotion of Latin American and Iberian artists, fostering their expansion towards a global context.
Currently, contemporary art from Latin America, Spain and Portugal has gained an important place – in biennials, museums and institutions all over the globe. From its first edition to the present, Pinta has stood out for the quality of its curatorial staff and its collaboration with specialized institutions and organizations.
Aqua Art Miami 2014
Thursday, December 4, 12 pm – 9 pm
Friday, December 5, 11 am – 9 pm
Saturday, December 6, 11 am – 9 pm
Sunday, December 7, 11 am – 6 pm
Aqua Hotel
1530 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
$15 One-day pass to Aqua
$75 Multi-day pass to Art Miami, CONTEXT, Aqua
$10 Students 12-18 years and Seniors
Free Children under 12 accompanied by adult
$10 Groups of 10 or more (per person)
www.aquaartmiami.com
Aqua Art Miami is pleased to announce its roster of confirmed exhibitors for Art Week, when the popular contemporary art fair runs Dec. 3 through Dec. 7, 2014. Long known as one of the top emerging art fairs during Miami Art Week, Aqua Art Miami is critically recognized for presenting vibrant and noteworthy international art programs showcasing emerging and mid-career artists.
Set within a classic Art Deco hotel on South Beach with spacious exhibition rooms that open onto a breezy, charming courtyard, the unique fair has become a favorite gathering spot during the busy week to acquire work, exchange ideas and discover new pieces by well-known artists as well as names new to the international art market. Under its new ownership by Art Miami LLC, Aqua 2013's VIP Preview opened with a line of collectors down Collins Avenue waiting to gain entrance – a first in the history of the fair – and closed on a high note with record breaking sales, outstanding press coverage, and overall attendance of more than 10,000 visitors, which doubled from previous years.
Aqua Art Miami's 2014 edition will feature 46 international exhibitors and a dynamic range of high-quality art that maintains the fair's signature unique atmosphere and energy, showcasing emerging and mid-career artists working in all media from painting, photography and works on paper to design, sculpture, installation, video and multimedia art. "Aqua's affiliation with Art Miami has clearly expanded the fair's ability to reach out to new galleries as well as collecting audiences," said Director Jennifer Jacobs. "Aqua's unique setting and increasingly refined environment transcends notions of the typical hotel fair, and we're incredibly excited for this edition, celebrating Aqua's 10th Anniversary and highlighting the fair's continuing curatorial evolution. We're welcoming back some of the established exhibitors that have defined the fair's success over the years along with fresh galleries new to the Miami art scene, together presenting an exciting roster of solo exhibitions and projects spanning visual art, multimedia, and performance."
For the first time in Aqua's history, exhibitors were selected through an Advisory Committee, comprised of Mat Gleason of Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, Nancy Toomey of Toomey Tourrell Fine Art, San Francisco, and Henry Chung and Robert Walden of Robert Henry Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY. Approximately half of the galleries who have contributed to Aqua's success over the years are returning for the 2014 edition, with a number of new participants traveling to the fair from the Americas, Asia and Europe, many exhibiting in Miami for the first time. Aqua will also debut a design exhibitor for the first time in its history, with Industry Gallery of Los Angeles/Washington DC transforming the hotel's penthouse; and as in years past, the online network and magazine ArtSlant will unveil the winners of a yearlong contest to select several artists from an international open call juried by a panel of art world luminaries.
In honor of the fair's 10th anniversary, Aqua will present innovative performance programs encouraging audience participation in the creative process. Highlights include: Coagula Curatorial presenting renowned performance artist Karen Finley, who will reprise her Artist Anonymous series of 'meetings' encouraging audiences to explore their relationship with art. This series originally premiered as part of the Museum of Art and Design's 2014 MAD Biennial; Elizabeth Leach Gallery will present MK Guth's Advice Station, part psychiatry office and part information booth. Here visitors can sit and talk about their experiences and offer their tips, pointers and opinions about the art fairs in Miami, to be included in a book that can be ordered and shipped after the fair. These projects will be enhanced by a number of pop-up installations and 'performance interruptions' curated throughout the week, enhancing the fair experience for Aqua visitors.
These facets will add to the unique and invigorating atmosphere that has made Aqua Art Miami's opening the annual destination on Wednesday of Art Week for influential collectors, connoisseurs and art professionals who migrate en masse from Art Basel Miami Beach's VIP Preview a short walk away. This exclusive first view starting at 3 PM encourages VIP Cardholders to explore the room displays until the festivities wind down at 10 PM, gaining insight from exhibitors and artists while seizing the opportunity to acquire work before the fair opens to the public at noon the following day.
The following galleries have been confirmed for participation at Aqua Art Miami 2014:
Antonio Colombo Milan | ARCO Gallery NYC | Artêria Montreal | ArtSlant Los Angeles | Autobody Fine Art Oakland | AWOL Toronto | Coagula Curatorial Los Angeles | Elisa Contemporary Art Riverdale, NY | Elizabeth Leach Gallery Portland | Ernest G Welch School of Art, Georgia State University Atlanta | Exhibit A Corning, NY | galerie juliane hundertmark Berlin | galerie 103 Kauai | Gallery 300 Santa Rosa, CA | Ghostprint Farmville, VA | Hamiltonian Gallery Washington, DC | Hang Art San Francisco | Imago Verbosa London | Industry Gallery Los Angeles / Washington, DC | j ferguson gallery Richmond, VA | John Wolf Fine Art Los Angeles | Kathryn Miriam Contemporary NYC | Matteawan Gallery Beacon, NY | Mayer Fine Art Norfolk, VA | Michelle Mariaud NYC | Mindy Solomon Gallery Miami | Morton Fine Art Washington DC | Muriel Guepin Gallery NYC | Pele Prints St. Louis | Perihelion Press Phoenix | Projects Gallery Miami | Red Pipe Gallery Los Angeles | Rice Polak Gallery Provincetown, MA | Robert Henry Contemporary Brooklyn, NY | Roza Azora Moscow | Sandra Lee Gallery San Francisco | Seager Gray Gallery Mill Valley, CA | Shulamit Gallery Los Angeles | Space 776 Brooklyn, NY | The Good Luck Gallery Los Angeles | Thinkspace Gallery Culver City, CA | Toomey Tourell Gallery San Francisco | Victori Contemporary NYC | Whitespace Atlanta | William Bazcek Fine Arts Northampton, MA
Wednesday, Nov. 12th, 5:30-8:00p
Park Grove Gallery
2701 South Bayshore Drive
7th Floor, Coconut Grove Bank Building
Coconut Grove, FL 33133
RSVP Required at info@coconutgrovecchamber.com
$10 for Grove Chamber Members
$15 for non-members
Complimentary Valet
Fashion + Art Installation – The World of Mr. Somebody & Mr. Nobody
December 1-15, 2014, open daily from 11am-8pm
91 NE 40 Street
Internationally acclaimed fashion designers, Antwerp-based Walter Van Beirendonck (of the “Antwerp Sixâ€) and Los Angeles-based Bernhard Willhelm, will make their mark in Miami as part of The World of Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody, a group stall/installation coinciding with Art Basel|Miami Beach and Design Miami 2014. Curated by Heidi Chisholm, Cathy Leff, and Sharon Lombard, The World of Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody is part art show, part fashion store, part design exhibition, and part global bazaar.
Inspired by the visual language and culture of their native South Africa, Lombard and Chisholm are creating an environment and narrative for The World of Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody that breaks down the boundaries between practical and intellectual, art and design, craft and commerce, old and new, center and periphery, North and South, sense and non-sense, and beauty and the bizarre.
Van Beirendonck’s and Willhelm’s clothes will be complimented with works by Lombard and Chisholm; on-the-spot images created by New York-based fashion and celebrity photographer Miles Ladin; graphic works by South African performance-artist-turned-graphic designer Peet Pienaar; and clothing by Johannesburg-based Ella Buter. The individual works that comprise this multi-media installation/marketâ€"objects, clothing, graphic design, photography, and furnitureâ€"will be for sale.
The World Of Mr Somebody & Mr Nobody is sponsored by Craig Robins and the Miami Design District. www.miamidesigndistrict.net
Photo Credit: Photo montage using artwork by Heidi Chisolm and Sharon Lombard; fashion from Bernhard Willhelm Spring Summer 2015 Collection, looks photographed by John Paul Thomas; beaded watches by Walter Van Beirendonck.
Prizm Art Fair 2014
AIA Miami Center for Architecture & Design
100 NE 1st Ave
Miami, FL 33132
Opening Reception Thursday, December 4, 2014, 7:00pm -10:00pm, Tax-exempt $10 Donations are accepted: Donate Here
Prizm Invites You Enjoy Our Season Of Events To Celebrate The Presentation Of Works From The Global African Diaspora And Emerging Markets During Basel Season.
PRIZM is the producer of a cutting-edge art fair that is multidisciplinary in scope. Our goal is to expand the spectrum of international artists from the African Diaspora and emerging markets at one of the most prestigious art festivals in the world.
Our mission is to promote the work of artists of color, who reflect global trends in contemporary art, through a blockbuster exhibit held during Art Basel/Miami. Workshops and special events will be organized throughout the year to advance the careers of local and regional artists. We are committed to the Miami cultural community and will work to expand its visual arts landscape, nurture and educate its constituents and provide forums for cross cultural exchange.
Prizm, MoCADA Museum , and Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation co-host the opening of the second annual Prizm Art Fair. Prizm opens its doors to Miami's Basel goers for an evening of cocktails with our exhibiting artists at the Miami Center for Architecture and Design. Exhibiting artists include T. Eliott Mansa, Amber Robles Gordon, Briana McCarthy, Asser Saint-Val, Frank Frazier, Gary L. Moore, and Johnnie Bess.
The winning entry created in our #Prizm App Challenge will be unveiled. Presented by Prizm, Code Fever Miami, URGENT, Inc. and South Florida Cares Mentoring Movement.
Join Prizm on Saturday Dec. 6, for a discussion on how art serves as an agent of change in Miami and how our panelists are working to create sustainable communities with art as their medium. Our estimable guests include:
Dr.George N’Namdi: Director of N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art
Dr.Willie Logan: President and CEO of Opa-locka Community Development Corporation
Tracey Robertson-Carter: E.D. of South Florida Cares Mentoring Movement
Neil Ramsay: Arts and Entrepreneurship Consultant
Coffee and Waffles will be served from by our friends, Mad Chiller Coffee.
Presented by: OLCDC, Miami Center for Architecture and Design, National Organization for Minority Architects South Florida Chapter.
Art Basel Miami Beach
Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 11am to 8pm (by invitation only)
Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 10am, Media Reception (for accredited press only)
Thursday, December 4, 2014, 11am to 3pm (by invitation only)
Thursday, December 4, 2014, 11am to 3pm, Vernissage (by invitation only)
Thursday, December 4, 2014, 3pm to 8pm
Friday, December 5, 2014, 12noon to 8pm
Saturday, December 6, 2014, 12noon to 8pm
Sunday, December 7, 2014, 12noon to 6pm
1901 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Website
Art Basel announces strong selection of galleries and artists for its 2014 edition in Miami Beach Private View
Art Basel’s show in Miami Beach returns this December for its 13th edition with 267 leading international galleries, drawn from 31 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa. 2014 will mark the debut of Survey, a new sector dedicated to precise art-historical projects. In addition to showing premier artworks ranging from Modern masters to the latest contemporary pieces across five gallery sectors, many galleries will present works in Art Basel's project-based sectors: Kabinett, Public and Film. The Art Basel show in Miami Beach, whose Lead Partner is UBS, will take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from December 4 to December 7, 2014.
Attracting leading collectors, curators, museum directors and critics from across the globe, Art Basel in Miami Beach ranks as the premier art show of the Americas, with 50 percent of the galleries having exhibition spaces in the region. Alongside a strong presence of returning galleries from North America, first-time exhibitors from the United States will include Clifton Benevento, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Honor Fraser, Garth Greenan Gallery, Michael Jon, Menconi + Schoelkopf and Simone Subal Gallery. The show will again be marked by a strong presence of galleries with spaces across Latin America, with first-time exhibitors including Central Galeria de Arte and Galeria Bergamin from Brazil, and SlyZmud from Argentina. Reflecting Art Basel’s truly global reach, the show will feature leading galleries with spaces across Asia, including new participants Take Ninagawa and Y++ Wada Fine Arts from Japan and Beijing Commune from China.
Overall, this year's participants have exhibition spaces in 31 countries: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and Uruguay. For the full exhibitor list, please visit artbasel.com/miamibeach/exhibitors.
Comprising 192 of the world’s leading galleries, the Galleries sector is the centerpiece of the show. With a reapplication rate of 100 percent, the selection process was particularly competitive this year. Returning galleries will be joined, following a hiatus, by The Approach, Galeria Raquel Arnaud, Maccarone, Giò Marconi Gallery and ShanghART, while two galleries who previously presented their artists in Nova will exhibit in the sector for the first time: Casas Riegner and galerie frank elbaz. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miamibeach/galleries.
Survey â€" the new sector dedicated to precise art-historical projects ranging from solo shows to thematic exhibitions â€" will launch in Miami Beach with 13 select galleries. The sector will present nine solo exhibitions: Ralston Crawford (Menconi + Schoelkopf), Paul Feeley (Garth Greenan Gallery), Poul Gernes (Galleri Bo Bjerggaard), Tetsuya Ishida (Y++ Wada Fine Arts), Alison Knowles (James Fuentes), Lotty Rosenfeld (espaivisor), Niki de Saint Phalle (Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois), Michelle Stuart (Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects) and Alfredo Volpi (Galeria Bergamin). These presentations will be shown alongside group exhibitions by: The Taller Torres-GarcÃa
(Cecilia de Torres, Ltd.); Henry Darger and Marcel Storr (Andrew Edlin Gallery); Andrei Monastyrski, Valie Export and Alfons Schilling (Charim Galerie); and Gina Pane, Rosemarie Castoro, Lenora de Barros and Lydia Okumura (Broadway 1602). Further information on the individual projects will be announced in the coming weeks. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miamibeach/survey.
Providing younger galleries with a platform to present new work by up to three artists, Nova will feature 34 exhibitors. The sector will include work by David Diao (GalerÃa Marta Cervera); Tania Candiani (Instituto de visión); Laure Prouvost (MOT International); Uri Aran, Ara Dymond and Mairead O’hEocha (mother's tankstation); Shinro Ohtake, Tsuruko Yamazaki, Ryoko Aoki (Take Ninagawa); Oscar Muñoz, Voluspa Jarpa, Teresa Margolles (mor charpentier); Jon Pestoni, Sam Pulitzer (Real Fine Arts); and a performance installation by Brazilian artists Cibelle Cavalli Bastos and Patricia Leite (Mendes Wood DM). For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miamibeach/nova.
The 16 curated solo booths of Positions will provide a focused insight into individual practices, from conceptual artists Sam Ekwurtzel (Simone Subal Gallery), Julien Carreyn (Crèvecoeur), and Nino Cais (Central Galeria de Arte) to painters Meleko Mokgosi (Honor Fraser), Florian & Michael Quistrebert (Galerie Juliètte Jongma), and Borden Capalino (Ramiken Crucible). The sector will also include research-based projects by Faivovich & Goldberg (SlyZmud), urban installations by Ishmael Randall Weeks (Revolver GalerÃa), multi-media work by Maria Laet (Galeria Marilia Razuk), an installation by Thomas Julier (RaebervonStenglin), a reflection on architectural destruction by Hrair Sarkissian (Kalfayan Galleries), new sculptures by Zak Kitnick (Clifton Benevento), and explorations of digital communication by Lucie Stahl (Freedman Fitzpatrick) and Constant Dullaart (Carroll / Fletcher). Demonstrating the range of the sector, Tracey Rose (Dan Gunn) will convert the traditional gallery booth into a stage to present a play with actors performing continuously throughout the show. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miamibeach/positions.
Following the success of its Miami Beach premiere in 2013, Edition will return with 12 global leaders in the field of prints and limited-editioned works: Alan Cristea Gallery, Crown Point Press, GDM, Gemini G.E.L. LLC, Sabine Knust, Carolina Nitsch, Pace Prints, Paragon, PolÃgrafa Obra Gráfica, Paul Stolper Gallery, STPI, and Two Palms. For the full gallery list, please visit artbasel.com/miamibeach/edition.
Another highlight of the Miami Beach show is Film, a premier program of films by and about artists, selected by David Gryn, Director of London's Artprojx, and Zurich collector This Brunner. Curated around the theme of ‘Playfulness’, David Gryn will present over 70 films and videos by an international roster of artists including 'Ex Romance' by Charles Atlas (Luhring Augustine), hand drawn animations by Atsushi Kaga (mother's tankstation), and work by Laure Prouvost (MOT International). Gryn's program will again be shown in SoundScape Park on the 7,000-square-foot outdoor projection wall of the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center. To further integrate Film within the art fair and to allow for ideal viewing conditions, Art Basel will unveil a newly designed film viewing room within the exhibition halls. This Brunner's feature-film selection will be announced later this fall.
Also returning to Art Basel is Nicholas Baume, Director and Chief Curator of New York City's Public Art Fund, who will curate Public â€" the outdoor installation of large sculptural works â€" for the second time. Further information on Public and Film will be released during the fall, along with this year’s selection for Kabinett â€" separate curated interventions delineated within the standard gallery booth â€" and Art Basel’s renowned Conversations and Salon series of panels and talks.
In response to the ever-increasing popularity of the Miami Beach show with arts patrons from all over the world, Art Basel’s opening structure this year will shift slightly with the official Vernissage moving from the evening of December 3 to the morning of December 4, giving exhibitors expanded time to focus on collectors and art world professionals.
Reflecting the show’s long-term impact on the local art scene, South Florida’s leading museums and private collections will again time their strongest exhibitions of the year to coincide with Art Basel. Visitors from across the world will have an opportunity to view the city’s internationally renowned private collections. The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) will show 'Impulse, Reason, Sense, Conflict/Abstract Art in the Ella Fontanals- Cisernos Collection', featuring works exhibited for the first time at the CIFO Art Space.
'Beneath The Surface' at the de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space will include work by Félix González-Torres, Wade Guyton, Rob Pruitt, Dana Schutz and Kelley Walker, among others. The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse will celebrate its 15th anniversary with an exhibition of work by Pier Paolo Calzolari, John Chamberlain, Willem de Kooning , Olafur Eliasson, Dan Flavin, Michael Heizer, Donald Judd, Anselm Kiefer, Jannis Kounellis, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Mario Merz, Joan Miró, Isamu Noguchi, Michelangelo Pistoletto, George Segal, Richard Serra, Tony Smith, Do-Ho-Suh, Franz West and others. The Rubell Family Collection will present 'Collection Overview/50 Years of Marriage'.
In December the Pérez Art Museum Miami will present work by Mario Garcia Torres, in addition to their two concurrent solo shows by Beatriz Milhazes and Geoffrey Farmer.
The Norton Museum of Art will open 'RAW: Klara Kristalova'. Other highlights include 'Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture' at the Wolfsonian-FIU; 'One Way: Peter Marino' at the Bass Museum of Art; and 'Café Dolly: Picabla, Schnabel, Willumsen' at NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale.
Design Miami/, the leading global forum for collectible design, will celebrate its 10th anniversary with an expanded program and the world’s leading galleries specializing in 20th and 21st century design. The 10th edition will take place from December 2 to December 7, 2014. For more information, please visit designmiami.com
Irreversible Magazine Featured Winners Exhibition
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami
770 NE 125th St
Miami, FL 33161
RSVP: norelkysb@irreversiblemagazine.com
Cocktail Reception
Introduction by The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami Director, Babacar M'Bow
IRREVERSIBLE is delighted to announce the 2014 Featured Magazine Competition Winners Congratulations!
Richard Herzog, Taylor Pilote, Natalie Dunham, Judy Gelles, Bear Kirkpatrick, Ira Upin, Anna Olsson, Randy Burman, Jaber AlAzmeh, Oscar Fuentes
As the state’s only large format magazine competition, for our 3rd consecutive year IRREVERSIBLE has introduced the work of thousands – local, estate, national and international artists – working in all media: emerging, mid-career, and established artists. Our annual Featured Artists Competition reinforces Irreversible commitment to artists, provides professional exhibition opportunities for emerging artists, and reveals a provocative and aggressive glimpse â€" through artists’ eyes â€" of the state-of-the-art today through paintings, sculpture, photographs, video and installations. The results of the Featured Artists contest were based on the judge’s extensive experience and knowledge of works that engage audiences with contemporary visual art, creative thinking, and most importantly; an educational component inspiring future generations. The presentation and technical merits of each entry were extremely important, as well as the quality of the work and the information provided in the application.
There is no doubt an artist grows by leaps and bounds when he or she puts artwork in the public eye for feedback, and that is what this art competitions is all about. History, patronage, commissions, and incredible opportunities have all been prizes afforded to winners of major art competitions. Big part of my dream is that IRREVERSIBLE Projects, Exhibitions And The Magazine further the reach and spectrum of opportunities available for an artist of any experience level and medium.
Miami Art Week / Art Basel Miami Beach at Pérez Art Museum Miami
Tuesday, December 2: 10am â€" 6pm
Wednesday, December 3: 10am â€" 6pm
Thursday, December 4: 10am â€" 5pm
Friday, December 5: 10am â€" 6pm
Saturday, December 6: 10am â€" 6pm
Sunday, December 7: 10am â€" 6pm
Project Gallery: Mario Garcia Torres â€" R.R. and the Expansion of the Tropics
Opening Tuesday, December 2
On view: December 2, 2014 â€" April 19, 2015
Open to the public â€" general museum admission
R.R. and the Expansion of the Tropics is a project developed by Mexico City-based artist Mario Garcia Torres (b.1975, Monclova, Mexico) specifically for the Pérez Art Museum Miami in which a number of seemingly unrelated subjects such as Robert Rauschenberg, climate change and Florida are threaded together to form a series of conceptual and political questions. Garcia Torres has long been interested in exploring little-known issues within recent art history and in addressing parallel subjects that find new meanings and contexts through his careful juxtapositions. This project will create a number of gestures, including photographic documentation, film, music and other types of information displays.
Project Gallery: Mario Garcia Torres is organized by Pérez Art Museum Miami Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander.
Beatriz Milhazes book signing
Thursday, December 4, 2014 10am-12pm
Open to the public â€" general museum admission
Artist Beatriz Milhazes will be at Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) signing copies of the 200 page, full-color catalog Beatriz Milhazes: Jardim Botânico, which documents the first U.S. retrospective of the Brazilian artist’s work. The catalog includes essays by PAMM Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander and Paulo Herkenhoff, a Rio de Janeiro-based scholar and curator, as well as an interview with the artist by Tate Curator, Tanya Barson. The book includes a detailed bibliography and chronology on the artist’s practice, as well as plates of all the works in the exhibition and images of the works installed in PAMM’s galleries. The book is available for $60 in the PAMM Shop. The book signing is open to the public and free with museum admission.
PAMM Presents Future Brown featuring Kelela
A DIS Magazine + THV Entertainment Production
Thursday, December 4, 2014, 8pm-midnight
By invitation only â€" PAMM Sustaining and above level members, and Art Basel Miami Beach, DesignMiami/ and Art Miami VIP cardholders.
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) marks its one year anniversary in the new, and now iconic waterfront building with an immersive evening of music and visuals featuring the first U.S. performance by Future Brown with live vocalists. Taking the spotlight at one of the most anticipated events on the Art Basel Miami Beach VIP calendar will be Future Brown, the internationally acclaimed DJ collective comprised of artist and composer Fatima Al Qadiri; Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda of Nguzunguzu; and J-Cush of Lit City Trax. Accompanied with vocals for the first time in the U.S., Future Brown will be joined by guests from their forthcoming album on Warp Records slated for release this winter. The night will open with solo performances by Kelela and Fade To Mind artist Total Freedom with guest appearances by Ian Isiah and Maluca, all of who have garnered a strong following of music industry contemporaries and critics. Future Brown and vocalists will perform on a custom stage with a vibrant light and video production by THV Entertainment to the backdrop of a dynamic water sports event involving a flyboarding performance in Biscayne Bay choreographed by DIS Magazine. The museum’s façade will be used to project the premiere of the PAMM-commissioned music video from Future Brown’s debut album.
PAMM Presents Future Brown Featuring Kelela is organized by Pérez Art Museum Miami. It is presented by Citi. In-kind support is provided by Tui Lifestyle. A music video commissioned by PAMM in conjunction with the event is made possible with in-kind support from Milkmade studios.
SCOPE Miami Beach 2014
Tue, Dec 02, 12:00PM-4:00PM, Platinum Brunch, Invitation or Platinum VIP card for entry
Tue, Dec 02, 4:00PM – 8:00PM, General VIP & Press, VIP card holders and Press only
Thu, Dec 04, 11:00am – 8:00pm
Fri, Dec 05, 11:00am – 8:00pm
Sat, Dec 06, 11:00am – 8:00pm
Sun, Dec 07, 11:00am – 8:00pm
SCOPE Pavilion
910 Ocean Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Tickets
Free for VIP cardholders
Platinum First View, Tue: $150
General VIP & Press, Tue: $100
Public, Wed â€" Sun: $30
Student, Wed â€" Sun: $20
SCOPE Art Show returns to the sands of Miami Beach for its 14th edition, amidst tremendous support from the City of Miami Beach, an unprecedented outpouring of critical acclaim from press, curators and collectors, and a digital and social media outreach campaign that garnered over 110 million impressions. SCOPE Miami Beach’s monumental pavilion will once again be situated on historic Ocean Drive to welcome near 40,000 visitors over the course of 6 days. Over 120 International Exhibitors from 27 countries and 48 cities will present ground breaking work, alongside SCOPE’s FEATURE programs and sponsor integrations, encompassing music, design, fashion and beyond.
Long-established as the original incubator for emerging work, SCOPE’s Breeder Program celebrates its 14th year of introducing new galleries to the contemporary market. A remarkable opportunity for exposure, Breeder Program alumni include: Peres Projects, John Connelly Presents, Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Daniel Reich Gallery, Bischoff/Weiss, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, SEVENTEEN, ROKEBY, Taxter Spengemann, Magical Artroom and Spinello Projects, among other notable galleries.
For the third year in a row, VH1 is teaming up with SCOPE to bring the ultimate mash-up of ART + MUSIC to Miami Beach. SCOPE is unrivalled as the premier showcase for emerging contemporary art and VH1 continues its commitment to music and to helping expose its audience to up-and-coming artists with buzz-worthy music programming like the You Oughta Know concert, Make a Band Famous and Storytellers. On Friday, December 5, VH1 will host the Official VH1 + SCOPE Party, featuring a performance by one of today’s hottest artists on the music scene.
SCOPE Miami Beach opens on Tuesday, December 2, with its exclusive Platinum VIP Brunch benefiting the Mourning Family Foundation, followed by its VIP & Press First View Event, and to the general public December 3 – 7, 2014.
For the third year in a row, VH1 is teaming up with SCOPE to bring the ultimate mash-up of ART + MUSIC to Miami Beach. SCOPE is unrivaled as the premier showcase for emerging contemporary art, and VH1 and SCOPE’s shared commitment to fresh, innovative up-andcoming art of all disciplines makes them the perfect match to celebrate the crossover between the two worlds in fun and exciting new ways.
In past years, VH1 + SCOPE have hosted unforgettable parties featuring performances by today’s hottest artists. In 2012, VH1’s You Oughta Know Artists on the Rise brought the band Metric down for some fun in the sun, while last year’s party featured a live performance by Grammy-nominated duo Tegan and Sara. 2013 also saw a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between painter Hebru Brantley and producer/rapper Kasseem “Swizz Beatz†Dean. This year, experience live music and art like never before. Along with music performances from special guests, award-winning visual artist Aerosyn-Lex Mestrovic will take over the VH1+SCOPE Party with an immersive art installation. Don’t miss the week’s hottest â€" and loudest â€" ticket in town.
When it comes to live music at SCOPE, you can count on VH1 to bring it â€" once again presenting the only fully plugged live performances of Art Week. VH1 is all about continuing its commitment to music and helping expose its audience to up-and-coming artists with buzzworthy music programming like the You Oughta Know Concert and Storytellers.
Last year’s inaugural You Oughta Know Concert featured performances by Ed Sheeran, Lorde, Haim, the Lumineers and Emeli Sandé. This year’s event brought the entire Class of 2014 together at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom â€" featuring 11 amazing acts including A Great Big World, Aloe Blacc, Tove Lo, and Sam Smith. VH1 also keeps the music alive on a daily basis! You can catch daily music performances on Big Morning Buzz Live â€" and weekly artist appearances on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown! And of course VH1’s beloved Storytellers Live franchise continues to showcase intimate and unforgettable performances by your favorite artists.
Scope Pavilion Lounges
With The Support Of The Miami Beach Visitor And Convention Authority Sponsors + Partners
VH1 Lounge
Location: Front Pavilion
Experience Art + Music at the VH1 Lounge, framed by views of Miami’s South Beach.
Lavazza Lounge
Location: Mid Pavilion
Complimentary LavAzza served daily from their sleek espresso lounge area, seamlessly continuing the Italian flavor within the neighboring FIAT booth.
Shokudo Outdoor Lounge
Location: Front Pavilion
ShokudÅ translates to “Cafeteriaâ€, incorporating into their menu solid sushi favorites to playful mixing of seasonal produce with Asian flavors, as well as lite cafe fare. Enjoy the sea air and beach scene while you indulge.
The Heineken House
Location: Back Pavilion
Standing over 35ft tall, The Heineken House features 12 massive live art walls to be handpainted live during SCOPE Miami Beach. The interior features a covered bar serving ice cold Heineken.
Bombay Sapphire Lounge
Location: H25
Experience the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series while relaxing on the terrace with a cocktail, overlooking the ocean.
Red Bull Lounge
Location: E11
Enjoy the Red Bull Curates: Canvas Cooler Project and recharge with a Red Bull energy drink.
Collectrium Charging Lounge
Location: H05
Power your collection in the Collectrium Charging Lounge! Offering a range of charging options and lounge seating, visit Collectrium to learn about digitizing & managing your art collection. Participate to our raffle to win a limited-edition print by photographer Barron Rachman; and discover the unique art scanning feature of the new SCOPE Art Show app.
Scope Pavilion Happy Hour
Complimentary Cocktails served daily from 6-8pm at the following booth locations:
Bombay Sapphire, Location: H25
Rums Of Puerto Rico, Location: H19
Red Bull Lounge, Location: E11
Second Bi-Annual Social Media Club South Florida Speed Marketing Roundtables
Wednesday, November 19, 7:00pm-9:30pm
2727 NW 2nd Ave
Miami, Florida 33127
This meetup is open to everyone and free to attend thanks to our sponsors. See you there!
Join us for a unique learning experience at the exceptional R HOUSE in the heart of Wynwood. Arrive early, check-in on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and enjoy Happy Hour specials.
This "roll-up your sleeves" experience combines the executive roundtable with speed networking for a dynamic and fast-paced conversation. One of our recognized peers will lead each roundtable discussion about their topic of expertise.
There will be eleven roundtables, including:
Visual Communicaton: David Verjano
Social Media Content: Christine de la Huerta
LinkedIn: Andrea Catsicas
Data-Driven Social Media Strategies: Nate C. Mendenhall
Advocacy & Social Media: Gabriela Guzman
Kick Start Your Freelancing: James Echols and Karl Nybergh
Blogging: Maria De Los Angeles and Alex de Carvalho
Boost Your Events: Aubrey Swanson
Social Media Crisis Management: Jonathan Brownfield
Hispanic Marketing: Adriana Serna
Mission-Based / Cause Marketing: Alexandra Figueredo
We will rotate roundtables every 20 minutes, giving you the opportunity to participate in 4 topics of your choice throughout the meetup. Come prepared with your questions and share your own experiences for others to learn from.
Christie’s and JW Marriott Present Warhol Pops Up In Miami
Wednesday, December 3rd and Thursday, December 4th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
255 Biscayne Boulevard Way
Miami, Florida 33131
Exhibit Is Open To The Public And Free Of Charge
Christie’s, JW Marriott® Hotels & Resorts, and JW Marriott Marquis Miami are pleased to announce a pop-up art sale at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami, which will be the first time original art will be available for purchase at a JW Marriott property.
The unique selling event, which will be held December 3-4 on the hotel’s fifth floor, will coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach 2014. The public is welcome to view the exhibit free-of-charge.
The exhibit is part of Andy Warhol at Christie’s, a multi-year, multi-platform partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. A curated group of more than 20 paintings, photographs, prints, and works on paper, many of which have never been seen before and with price points ranging from $3,000 to $50,000, will be available for sale to the public and hotel guests.
“This exhibition presents a unique opportunity for collectors to acquire original works by Andy Warhol that come directly from Warhol’s collection â€" he’s the only person who has owned it. Collectors have the added bonus that proceeds of the sales benefit The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts’ grant-making initiatives,†comments Amelia Manderscheid, Associate Vice President, Specialist, Warhol Private Sales.
As with all sales in Andy Warhol at Christie’sâ€"including live auctions, online-only auctions, and private sales â€" all works are drawn from the collection of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, with proceeds benefitting the Foundation’s grant-making programs.
db Bistro Moderne Miami, Chef Daniel Boulud’s restaurant located within the JW Marriott Marquis Miami, will also pay homage to Warhol during the week with dishes and cocktails inspired by the artist’s works. Chef Boulud – who cooked for Warhol himself in the 1980s in NYC – Executive Chef Jason Pringle, and Pastry Chef Jerome Maure channel their creativity on the chefs’ canvas, the plate. Guests who visit the gallery may bring their ticket to db Bistro to redeem a complimentary Warhol-inspired cocktail from December 2-7. Cocktails include:
POP ART: red wine, coke, lime juice, served in a Campbell’s soup can; VELVET UNDERGROUND: gin, St. Germaine, banana, sparking wine, hibiscus; CANDY DARLING: white wine, ginger liqueur, soda, mint ice ball.
As the official hotel partner of Art Basel, Design Miami, Art Miami, and the Perez Art Museum, the JW Marriott Marquis Miami is immersed in the growing art scene already present in the city. Besides its more than $250,000 in sponsorships, and its support of other arts organizations such as the Miami International Symphony Orchestra, Florida Grand Opera, and others, the hotel and JW Marriott brand boast a strategic partnership with Christie’s, the world’s leading art auction house. The partnership began during Art Basel 2010 when the hotel featured a popular exhibition of Post-War and Contemporary highlights which included pieces from artists such as Andy Warhol, Antony Gormley, and Damien Hirst. The hotel also houses a museum-caliber art collection worth more than $1 million, called the Art of Reinvention.
“We are excited to partner with Christie’s Auction House for the fifth consecutive year during Art Basel. This unique art event celebrating the remarkable works of one of America's most important art showmen while supporting the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts will be a must see for Art Basel visitors and local art enthusiasts,†said Florencia Tabeni, General Manager, JW Marriott Marquis Miami.
The exhibit will be launched at an invitation-only lunch and panel discussion titled ‘Disruptors: Thinking Outside the Box’ on Tuesday, December 2nd. Confirmed panelists include Daniel Boulud, chef-owner of DB Bistro, Eric Chang, co-founder and designer for Hellman-Chang furniture, Matthew Von Ertfelda, vice president Insight, Strategy + Innovation at Marriott International, Amelia Manderscheid, Christie’s Andy Warhol expert, and Eric Shiner, Director, Andy Warhol Museum. MIAMI magazine is the official media partner and moderator for the panel.
Friday, November 7, 7pm
Sidebar Miami
337 SW 8th St
Miami, Florida 33130
Please join us for our opening night this Friday. We are happy to contribute this new venue to the historic, Calle Ocho. Please contact us if you have any questions or request.
We will be featuring new screenings and an art exhibit.
You can park and enter through the rear of the building.
Live in Liquid Latex at Dapur Asian Tapas
Dapur, Asian Tapas and Lounge
1620 N Federal Hwy
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33305
$10. at the door = One Cocktail & a Raffle Ticket.
Cocktails. Music. Lite Bites. Live Entertainment.
Dress Code: Please Dress to Impress! Red is the Color of the Night.
Five Fort Lauderdale Professionals Give it up for Charity and will be Painted LIVE on Stage by Celebrated Visual Performance Artist, Shannon DeFreitas
Five of Fort Lauderdale's Finest Professionals will be chosen to be honored by SMARTRide11 cyclist, rider #222, Maritza Bedoya and painted LIVE in Liquid Latex by artist, Shannon DeFreitas.
Shannon's latex art performances are a visual, visceral experience set to music and unlike anything you've seen before.
On Friday, November 7th the scene will be set, the honorees will be chosen and the art will be created before your very eyes.
Don't miss this exciting night of fun and and fundraising for HIV/Aids. 100% of all proceeds go directly to those affected right in our own community.
Very special thanks to Edi Mulyanto and our host venue, Dapur, Asian Tapas and Lounge
Miami Book Fair International
MDC Wolfson Campus
300 Northeast 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33132
Tickets:
An Evening With events: $15
Street Fair: Fri., Nov. 21, FREE
Sat., Nov. 22 and Sun., Nov. 23, $8, $5 for ages 13-18 and 62+,
FREE for ages 12 and under
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The nation’s finest and largest literary gathering, Miami Book Fair International, presented by The Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami Dade College (MDC), a program of Miami Dade College’s MDCulture, will celebrate its 31st edition this year.
New to the Fair this year will be Playtime, an international children’s theatre festival presented by Teatro Prometeo, and The Swamp, a pop-up lounge featuring live music and writers whose works explore the beauty, contradictions, uniqueness and weirdness of life in the Sunshine State. Both are made possible by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge.
The Book Fair this year will feature 6WordsMiami, a community project where all are invited to submit their six-word stories. Whether it’s a memoir, fiction, fantasy or other â€" all submissions are welcome, though the Fair hopes some are inspired by Miami life. A 6WordsMiami reading will take place at the Book Fair. Some stories will be paired up with original photography and published in a limited-edition postcard set. Submissions will be accepted in English, Spanish or Creole. There is no limit to how many stories one can submit. Submission dates are June 15 through October 1 at 6wordsmiami@gmail.com and through social media using the hashtag #6WordsMiami.
The Miami Book Fair, one of Miami’s flagship cultural events, will treat book lovers to eight days of cultural and educational activities, including the beloved Evenings With… series, the IberoAmerican Authors program, literacy and learning activities for children and teens during Generation Genius Days, and The Kitchen, demos and panels for food enthusiasts in partnership with the college’s Miami Culinary Institute. Fairgoers will also enjoy more than 200 exhibitors from around the country selling books in a festive atmosphere and hundreds of authors reading and discussing new books during the weekend Street Fair.
Miami Book Fair International 2014 promises to be another exceptional literary event!
2014 Confirmed Authors and Guests
Salar Abdoh, Annik Adey-Babinski, Rabih Alameddine, Andrew Albanese, Elisa Albo, Elizabeth Alexander, Rebecca Alexander, Larry Allan, David Altshuler, June Aming, Roberto Ampuero, Sergio AndricaÃn, MarÃa Teresa Andruetto, Alejandro Anreus, Molly Antopol, Donald Antrim, Katherine Applegate, Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, J. J. Armas Marcelo, Andrea Askowitz, Liz Atlan, Helene Atwan, Paul Austin, Judy Bachrach, Joaquin Badajoz, Robert B. Baer, Frank Báez, Matt Bai, Nicholson Baker, Ross K. Baker, Russell Banks, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Monica Bill Barnes, Lynne Barrett, Pablo Barrios, Dave Barry, Sam Barry, AnnaAnna Bass Bass, Tanya Batson-Savage, Megan Bayles, Charles Belfoure, Erin Belieu, David Bezmozgis, Mark Bibbins, Kai Bird, Joan Biskupic, Jennifer Bisram, Robin Black, Peter Blackstock, Vanessa Blakeslee, Richard Blanco, Charles M. Blow, Judy Blume, Cynthia Bond, Annette Bonnier, James O. Born, Catherine Bowman, Carole Boyce Davies, Peg Boyers, Joyce Brabner, Rick Bragg, Jennifer DeVere Brody, Box Brown, Charles Burns, Janet Burroway, Ismael Cala, Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bella, Jim Camacho, Madeline Cámara, Harkaitz Cano, Lan Cao, Jennine Capó Crucet, Joe Cardona, Anne Louise "Missy" Carricarte, Jennifer Carroll, Wiley Cash, Soman Chainani, Cathleen Chambless, Vikram Chandra, Jeff Chang, Denise Chávez, DaÃna Chaviano, Alan Cheuse, Joan E. Childs, Michael Cho, C.M. Clark, James C. Clark, John Cleese, Joe Clifford, George Clinton, James E. Clyburn, Andy Cohen, Rachel Cohn, J.J. Colagrande, JaQuavis Coleman, Nathan Daniel Beau Connolly, Michael Connors, T Cooper, Robert Coover, Billy Corben, Enrique Córdoba, Patricia Cornwell, Maureen Corrigan, Dana Cowin, Richard C. Crepeau, Jessa Crispin, Maddie Crum, Marie-Laure Cruschi, Aaron Curtis, Farel Dalrymple, Edwidge Danticat, Aaron Davidson, Richard Dawkins, Uva de Aragón, Joachim de Posada, Rachel Deahl, John W. Dean, Michael DeForge, Michael Deibert, Anjanette Delgado, Denise Jacobs Denise Jacobs, Mark DeNote, Mario Diament, Fanuel Hanán DÃaz, Jaquira DÃaz, Eddy DÃaz Souza, Phillippe Diederich, Angela DiTerlizzi, Tony DiTerlizzi, Lou Dobbs, Jordi Doce, Tony Dokoupil, Beverly Donofrio, Caitlin Doughty, Nick Douglas, Ann Douglas, Kirstin Downey, MarÃa Dueñas, John Dufresne, Daniel Dugas, Denise Duhamel, Andrew Durbin, Paul Durham, Stuart Dybek, Sheila E., Barbara Ehrenreich, Jonathan Eig, Rob Elba, Tim Elfrink, Stephen Elliott, Marvin Elliott Ellis, Grace Ellis, Nora Erro-Peralta, Carlos Escamilla, Carlos Espinosa DomÃnguez, Mark Evanier, John W. Evans, Maggie Evans Silverstein, Scott Eyman, Nuruddin Farah, Joyce Farmer, Chris Farrell, Cristina Favretto, Ray Fawkes, Joshua Max Feldman, Cecilia M. Fernandez, Michael "Mike" B. Fernandez, Ramiro A. Fernández, Roberto G. Fernández, Teresa Fernández Soneira, Guillermo Ferrara, Liana Finck, Boris Fishman, Neil Flanzraich, Estrella Flores-Carretero, Rory Flynn, Franklin Foer, Jessie Ann Foley, Carolyn Forché, Richard Ford, Lauren Francis-Sharma, Jorge Franco, Lucinda Franks, Michael Fry, Oscar Fuentes, Maureen Fura, Jorge Galán, M. Evelina Galang, Hannah Gamble, Carlos Gámez Pérez, Kami Garcia, Alina GarcÃa-Lapuerta, Rhonda K. Garelick, Nicholas Garnett, Linda Gassenheimer, Amina Gautier, Assaf Gavron, Rita Geada, Mark “Oz†Geist, Don George, Carrie Gibson, David Giffels, Peter Gizzi, Ira Glass, Allison Glock-Cooper, Kaiama L. Glover, Louise Glück, Laura Godwin, Chris Goldberg, Francisco Goldman, Kathi Kamen Goldmark, Dana Goldstein, FermÃn Goñi, Orlando González Esteva, Yara González-Montes, Mary Gordon, Jorie Graham, Ben Greenman, Nicholas Griffin, James Grippando, Annabelle Gurwitch, Gail Gutradt, Leigh Haber, Matt Haggman, Kimiko Hahn, James W. Hall, Jake Halpern, Barbara Hamby, Gabrielle Hamilton, Carlos Harrison, Kathryn Harrison, Lola Haskins, Felecia Hatcher, Ben Hatke, Peter Heller, Michael Nolden Henderson, Smith Henderson, Ted Henken, Cristina HenrÃquez, Ran Henry, Bob Herbert, Daisy Hernández, Andrés Hernández Alende, Adriana Herrera, Michael Hettich, Joan Hilty, Kirsten Hines, Edward Hirsch, Tony Hoagland, Michelle Hodkin, Ron Hogan, Bob Holman, Ann Hood, Dave Horner, Fanny Howe, Lindsay Hunter, Siri Hustvedt, Leon Ichaso, Gwen Iffil, Elena Iglesias, Enrique V. Iglesias, Walter Isaacson, J. Courtney Sullivan J. Courtney Sullivan, Tracey Jackson, Marlon James, Jeffrey C. JBarnett, Van Jensen, Tory Johnson, William Johnson, Marilyn Johnson, Steven Johnson, Ashley M. Jones, Ellen Jaffe Jones, Saeed Jones, Jen Karetnick, Bill Kartalopoulos, Ben Katchor, Kate Christensen Kate Christensen, Amanda Season Keeley, Daniel Kehlmann, Cristina Keller, Christopher Kenneally, Randall Kennedy, Todd Kessler, Kazu Kibuishi, Russ Kick, Laura Kipnis, Denis Kitchen, Phil Klay, Sarah Klein, Aidan Koch, James Kochalka, Charles Kochman, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Peter Kornbluh, Nicholas D. Kristof, Talia Kurlansky, Mark Kurlansky, James A. Kushlan, Robin LaFevers, Laila Lalami, Dave Landsberger, Michael Largo, David Lawrence Jr., Gloria Leal, Norman Lear, David “Lebo†LeBatard, Valerie LeBlanc, William M. LeoGrande, Kate Leth, Yiyun Li, Eric Lichtblau, Chely Lima, Ricardo Siri Liniers, Sara Lipton, Steven P. Locklin, Sandra Tsing Loh, Manuel Adrian Lopez, Alfred J. López, Michael Love, Jessica Machado, Nathaniel Mackey, Kellie Magnus, Vanessa Manko, Phillip Margolin, Melissa Marr, Ann M. Martin, Guillermo MartÃnez, Pablo MartÃnez Burkett, Luis MartÃnez-Fernández, Esther Martinez-Kenniff, Steve Martorano, Petra Mason, Gustavo Matamoros, Oliver Mayer, Jacob Maymudes, Paula Mazur, Alexander McCall Smith, Marva McClean, Anne McCrary Sullivan, Conor McCreery, Laura McDermott Matheric, Maureen N. McLane, Larry McMurtry, Heather McPherson, Pedro Medina León, Peter Mehlman, Judy Melinek, Brad Meltzer, David Menasche, Maruchi Mendez, Daphne Merkin, Carlos Mesa Gisbert, Larry Bud Meyer, Ben Mezrich, Betty Milan, Kathryn Miles, Valerie Miles, Adrian Miller, Lauren Miller, Laura Miller, Lydia Millet, Elizabeth Shown Mills, Susan Minot, Bob Minzesheimer, Deborah Mitchell, Cecly Ann Mitchell, T.J. Mitchell, Marlene Moleón, Gary Monroe, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Arturo Morell, Mervyn Morris, Bradford Morrow, Walter Mosley, Jennifer Moxley, Verónica MurguÃa, Azar Nafisi, Ted Naifeh, Ramita Navai, William Navarrete, Julia Navarro, Manuel Navarro Seva, Geoff Nicholson, Anders Nilsen, Dr. Robert A. Norman, Elizabeth Nunez, Pat O’Brien, Joyce Carol Oates, Achy Obejas, Dianne Ochiltree, Libby O'Connell, George O'Connor, Mari Jose Olaziregi, Kate Olesin, Lauren Oliver, Lee Olsen, Theodore B. Olson, Andrés Oppenheimer, Diana Ossana, Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, Emily Parker, Kris “Tanto†Paronto, Ann Patchett, Anita Paul, Pamela Paul, Derick Pearson, Ana Sofia Peláez, Otto Penzler, Yaddyra Peralta, Willie Perdomo, Rick Perlstein, Carl Phillips, Charles U. Phillips, Charlie Pickett, Eveline Pierre, Vanessa Pierson, Susan Pinker, Steven Pinker, Camilo Pino, Carlos Pintado, Ed Piskor, Craig Pittman, Valerie Plame, Stanley Plumly, Adam Plunkett, David James Poissant, Robert Polito, Mimi Pond, Elena Poniatowska, Catherine Prescott, Steven Pressman, Francine Prose, Trevor Pryce, Ana Quincoces, Joanna Rakoff, Antonio RamÃrez Almanza, Claudia Rankine, Martha Raoli, Ron Rash, Chelsea Rathburn, Paige Rawl, Cristina Rebull, Roger Reeves, Andres Reynaldo, Anne Rice, Jenn Risko, Ryan Rivas, Beatriz J. Rizk, Dr. Judith Rodin, Antonio Orlando RodrÃguez, Arturo RodrÃguez, Orlando Rojas, Dave Roman, Karen Romano Young, Dr. Nicholas Romanov, James Romberger, Roger Rosenblatt, Hanna Rosin, Elizabeth Rosner, Orlando Rossardi, David Rothkopf, Jess Row, Emma Ruby-Sachs, Alberto Ruy Sánchez, Clara Sánchez, Howard Sanders, Cristina Saralegui, Caleb Scharf, Jesse Schenker, Barb Schmidt, Howard L. Schnellenberger, Danniel Schoonebeek, Ariel Schrag, Lee Brian Schrager, Eliot Schrefer, Heidi Schulz, Joanna Scott, Jon Secada, Lisa See, Jason Segel, Gary M. Segura, Colleen Selvon-Rampersad, Vijay Seshadri, Doree Shafrir, Fatima Shaik, Don Share, Solmaz Sharif, Nancy Sharp, Tom Shroder, Ana MarÃa Shua, Ketchy Shuby, Hampton Sides, Ira Silverberg, Jared Silvia, Joel Simon, Pablo Simonetti, Mona Simpson, Mary Simses, Michael Slosek, Tavis Smiley, Danez Smith, Skip Snow, Stephen Snyder-Hill, Nick Spencer, Ilan Stavans, Garth Stein, Darcey Steinke, René Steinke, Caryl M. Stern, Bryan Stevenson, Maggie Stiefvater, Sara Stites, Robert Stone, Mark Strand, Emma Straub, Sean Strub, Daniel Suarez, Tom Swick, Natalia Sylvester, Margaret Talbot, Mariko Tamaki, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Adam Tanner, Astra Taylor, Mervyn Taylor, Phyllis Taylor, William Taylor, Oren J. Teicher, Raina Telgemeier, Victoria Tennant, AaronThier Thier, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Helen Thorpe, John “Tig†Tiegen, Merrit Tierce, Josh Tierney, Adam D. Tihany, Tim Dorsey, Héctor Tobar, Chuck Todd, Ezequiel Torres, Emma Trelles, Gaby Triana, Julio Trujillo, Brian Turner, Katia D. Ulysse, Thrity Umrigar, David Unger, Nick Vagnoni, Amanda Vaill, José Ignacio Valenzuela, Daisy Valls, Nicole Valls, Reed Van Brunschot, Marguerite Van Cook, Jeff VanderMeer, Roxanne Vargas, Maria Venegas, Hernán Vera Ãlvarez, Lu Vickers, José A. Villar-Portela, Fabio Viviani, Ocean Vuong, Lynn Waddell, Julie Marie Wade, Ayelet Waldman, Leslye Walton, Jesmyn Ward, John Warley, John Waters, Tom Watson, Roland Watson-Grant, Bruce Weber, Robert Weil, Sarah Weinman, Kim Weiss, Dr. Cornel West, Lucie Whitehouse, Wayne A. Wiegand, Michelle Wildgen, Sarah Wildman, Deborah Wiles, Alec Wilkinson, Neville Williams, Paul Williams, Cinda Williams Chima, Charles Wright, Duncan Wu, Tiphanie Yanique, Joann Yarrow, Morowa Yejidé, José Antonio Zabalgoitia, Cynthia Zak, Jorge Zepeda Patterson, Mark Zingarelli, Gary Phillip Zola, Alicia Zuckerman, Todd Zuniga
Miami Book Fair International, widely considered the largest and finest literary event in the U.S., is the premier event of The Center for Literature and Theatre @ Miami Dade College, a part of MDCulture, the Cultural Affairs Department of the College. The Center promotes reading, writing and theater at locations throughout South Florida by consistently presenting activities open to all. Its Generation Genius programs for children and teens promote literacy and learning. Its creative writing program has national appeal, and courses are taught by local and visiting authors. It is also home to Prometeo Theatre, the nation's leading Spanish language, conservatory-style program offering training for actors, and featuring performances throughout the year. In 2012, the Center celebrated its tenth year with a renewed commitment to the advancement of literary and theater arts.
Miami Book Fair International is made possible through the generous support of the State of Florida and the National Endowment for the Arts; the City of Miami; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Miami-Dade County Public Schools; the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; the Miami Downtown Development; and the Friends of the Fair; as well as many corporate partners.
MDCulture is the Cultural Affairs Department of Miami Dade College (MDC). Comprising the Miami Book Fair International, Miami International Film Festival, Tower Theater, the Center for Literature and Theatre, Koubek Center, Freedom Tower, MDC Live Arts and MDC Galleries and Museum of Art + Design, MDCulture is committed to providing everyone the opportunity to come in contact with innovative thinkers, creators and tradition bearers from around the world. With each presentation, MDCulture offers a bridge between cultures and ideas, creating new opportunities for the increasingly diverse population of Miami to come together through shared live arts experiences. For more, visit mdculture.org.
Miami Dade College has a long and rich history of involvement in the cultural arts, providing South Florida with a vast array of artistic and literary offerings through MDCulture, it’s cultural affairs department, including the Miami Book Fair International, the Center @ MDC, the Miami International Film Festival, MDC Live Arts performing arts series, the Cuban Cinema Series, the Miami Leadership Roundtable speakers’ series, numerous renowned campus art galleries and Theatres, and the nationally recognized School of Entertainment and Design Technology. With an enrollment of more than 165,000 students, MDC is the largest institution of higher education in the country and is a national model for many of its programs. The college’s seven campuses and two outreach centers offer more than 300 academic pathways leading to baccalaureate degrees, associate in arts and science degrees and numerous career training certificates leading to in-demand jobs. MDC has served more than 2,000,000 students since it opened its doors in 1960.
Miami’s Independent Thinkers and 305 Creative Group present: Sunset Situations
Thursday, November 6th, 2014, 7pm-midnight
297 NW 23rd Street
Miami FL 33127
Miami’s Independent Thinkers and 305 Creative Group present: Sunset Situations, a photographic series of landscapes taken in various areas throughout Miami, FL. The third solo show by Kerry McLaney will feature 20 limited-edition framed prints available for purchase. The exhibition will be on display November 6th – November 24th, 2014 at Cafeina Wynwood Lounge in the Wynwood Gallery District.
Sunset Situations launches Thursday, November 6th, 2014 from 7pm to midnight for Gallery Walk Collectors Preview Night as well as Saturday, November 8th, 2014 for Second Saturday Gallery Walk. The regular gallery hours are Thursday-Saturday, 5pm-midnight.
About Miami’s Independent Thinkers
Miami’s Independent Thinkers is a non-profit organization dedicated to the unity, development and promotion of Miami’s flourishing art community. Our assemblage embraces established, emerging and young artists, visionaries and intellectuals.
Our mission is to provide a sustainable support base for Miami’s creative community, including: painters, photographers, filmmakers, sculptors, animators, writers, musicians, performance and new media artists.
About Cafeina Wynwood Lounge
Nestled in the heart of the Wynwood Art District, Cafeina is singular. A joint lounge, gallery, tapas-style restaurant and event space, the eclectic hotspot layers art upon nightlife upon celebrated cuisine for something completely different, since 2009.
Thursday November 13, 2014, 10:00am-11:30am
Pinecrest Gardens
11000 S Red Road
Miami, FL 33156
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The International Network Of Social Journalist & Nina Torres Fine Art Present Art & Environment: A Conversation
Nina Torres Fine Art space
1800 North Bayshore Drive â€" CP1
Miami, FL
The International Network of Social Journalism (INSJ) in partnership with Nina Torres Fine Art presents: ART & ENVIRONMENT: A CONVERSATION. The event will be an intimate look at how art can create awareness of the environment and how we live.
Participating in the panel will be world-renowned artist Ruben Santurian, environmental champions Luiz Rodrigues, executive director of ECOMB (Enviromental Coalition of Miami and Beaches) and Cinema Green and Brett Bibeau, Managing Director of the Miami River Commission. Nina Torres will be moderating.
INSJ is an organization that operates in the field of social communication and human development. Society, Culture and Heritage, New Technologies, Environment, Children's Rights, Domestic Violence and HIV and AIDS are some of the topics that have been developed from the perspective of communication as a central focus. Their goal is to improve media coverage, bring awareness to social issues, and to create forums that encourage discussion, reflection and participation. ISNJ also develops and promotes curricula at all levels of training, ensuring greater social awareness and participation by raising the sense of responsibility all stakeholders.
“We wanted to create a space in which we can explore the relationship between art and the environment. To have an artists, a gallery owners and the directors of two of Miami’s most active environmental organization, is the perfect combination for a productive and thought-provoking exchange of ideas.†Explained Horacion Knaeber, Director of INSJ.
Art as a vehicle to create consciousness of the environment as a living space is not a strange concept for our panelists. Ruben Santurian is a world-renowned artist who is now launching his latest series: Trashformers â€" which are sculptures made of trash and recyclable materials in the shape of who will be speaking about the relationship between men and nature through art. His new series Trashformers will be showcased at Nina Torres Fine Art.
The program will start with a introduction by gallery owner Nina Torres, who will touch on Art as a tool of raising awareness; Brett Bibeau, from the Miami River Commission will talk about the Miami River, its ecological challenges, and its relationship with the Miami River Fair. Luiz Rodrigues from ECOMB will discuss the mission of the organization, its challenges and Cinema Green.
For more information on the conversation, our participants and how to rsvp please email us at image4brand@gmail.com or call 305.333.5453.
Urban MATERs: Art. Music. Mix in Support of In-Need Kids
Friday, November 14, 8:00pm
342 NW 24 St
Miami, FL 33127
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Contrasting traditional fundraisers, the Centro Mater Foundation is kicking off Miami's art season with a casual community celebration of urban art, music and entertainment in support of local underprivileged youths.
Designed as an urban art fair, Urban MATERs will offer food trucks, sweets, spirits, and craft beer-all included in the ticket price. Entertainment will include live music and a creative variety of artistic expressions, including opportunities for guests to create their own masterpieces. Local artist "GG" will present an exhibition and live art display. Guests will also be able to peruse memorabilia at a Romero Britto Pop-Up Shop.
The Centro Mater Foundation is a South Florida institution that supports the efforts of Centro Mater Child Care Services Inc., a non-profit organization that provides quality care and education to economically disadvantaged youths. The funds raised through the event will largely support Centro Mater's noted summer program, which annually serves 800 at-risk children.
Event sponsors include: Sazon Goya, Coastal Wine and Spirits, FirstBank Florida, Mercantil Commercebank, Cantera & Associates, Catholic Health Services, Diario las Americas, Merrill Lynch, Palmetto57, Femwell Group Health, HLB Gravier, KPMG LLP, Permal Group, Verdeja & De Armas, LLP, Atelier Monnier, and Panagra.
Fabulous Miami Multi-Chamber of Commerce Event
Blue Martini Brickell
900 S Miami Avenue #250
Miami, FL 33130
Cost: Members $10,Non Members $15 in advance
Cost at the Door: Members $15 ,Non Members $20 at the door
rsvp@fabulousmiami.com by Wednesday, November 12th 2014
Valet Parking: Valet $5, Public Parking Available
Dress Code: Business Attire
The Chambers of Bolivia, Camacol,Coconut Grove, Colombia, Chile, Downtown Miami & Brickell, Ecuador, HaitÃ, Honduras, Junior Chamber International, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, along with Brickell Rotary Club, invite you to celebrate the Monthly Multichamber of Commerce networking. Mix and mingle with local professionals, promote your business, share your ideas, expand your network and have fun! Members $10 in advance and $15 at the door cash only Non-members $15 in advance and $20 at the door cash only To purchase your tickets go to www.multichamberevents.com or click on the buttons below
Includes: A complimentary drink
Bring your Business card to participate in raffle to win surprise prizes.
SPECTRUM Miami presents Cirque du Soleil Amaluna Sneak-Peek Preview Performance
Saturday, December 6, 2:00pm-4:30pm, 5:30pm-8:00pm.
Spectrum Miami Tent
3011 NE 1st Ave
Miami, FL 33137
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This performance art piece will be taking place in front of SPECTRUM Miami. Surprise performances from will also take place inside the SPECTRUM tent at 6:00pm, 7:00pm and 8:00pm.
Cirque du Soleil and Redwood Media Group announce its partnership with contemporary art show, SPECTRUM Miami, which takes place in the heart of Miami’s Wynwood Design District during Art Week Miami and alongside Art Basel Miami Beach from December 3 – 7. After the remarkable success of TOTEM in 2013, Cirque du Soleil returns to Miami with one of its newest touring shows, Amaluna, directed by Tony Award Winning Director Diane Paulus. The show premieres on December 11, 2014, under the iconic blue and yellow Big Top at Sun Life Stadium.
SPECTRUM is more than an art show â€" it’s a 5-day fine art experience featuring top galleries and artists from across the US and around the world, along with live performances, curated Art Lab projects and Late Night parties drawing crowds from all corners of the city.
Amaluna from Cirque du Soleil will partner with SPECTRUM Miami to offer guests a special sneak-peek preview performance and behind-the-scenes look at an extraordinary show, during Miami’s famous art week. The partnership also includes special ticket pricing and chances to win tickets to see Amaluna from social media giveaways and contests. Follow @Cirque and @SPECTRUMArtFair to learn more!
We've captured a rare breed of Cirque du Soleil artist, hailing from the magical island of Amaluna, for the purposes of public observation. Recreating her natural habitat in Wynwood, guests are invited to witness and capture this exclusive fishbowl look at how this exquisite performer prepares before a show. Don’t miss out on the rare opportunity to study Amaluna’s ‘Crystal Goddess’ before we have to safely re-release her back into the Big Top at Sun Life Stadium.
Special ticket offers for Amaluna
There are two specialty discounts available to book your tickets for Amaluna through SPECTRUM Miami:
· Me+3: Bring three friends and get in for Free! Click Here
· 30th Anniversary: Cirque du Soleil celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special offer of $30 off on select tickets! Click here
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PRESS RELEASE
MIAMI, FL â€" Nov. 3rd, 2014 â€" As part of the director’s collective effort to continue shedding light on the history behind Miami’s up-and-coming arts district, short film Right to Wynwood will now be available for online streaming to the general public. Winner for ‘Best Documentary’ at the 2013 Miami Short Film Festival, Right to Wynwood explores the causes and effects of gentrification, documenting how a Puerto Rican neighborhood became purposely unaffordable for its low-income residents and morphed into profitable opportunities of redevelopment for the money hungry.
After a series of interviews with developers, gallerists, artists, Puerto Rican residents and community leaders, producer Camila Ãlvarez and photographer Natalie Edgar carefully observed and documented the rapidly changing patterns of the community in Wynwood and saw the need to tell the story behind the so-called new Arts District in Miami, FL.
Although both Ãlvarez and Edgar are keen advocates of the opportunities that Wynwood brings to artists, they feel that creating awareness of how gentrification in Wynwood was developerâ€"led instead of it being artist-led, as it happened in places like Soho in New York, or in Berlin, was necessary.
Even though street art started appearing in the neighborhood organically, when local art collective Primary Flight saw the opportunity to make Wynwood their playground, it soon became a marketing tool, when their efforts were co-opted by developers who realized that “including culture and arts in change was the best way to get the most bang for your buck,†as stated by David Lombardi, one of the first developers to start buying properties in the area, said Camila Ãlvarez, producer and co-director of the film.
The 21-minute documentary can be streamed online at: www.righttowynwood.com
For more information or press inquiries on Right to Wynwood: righttowynwood@gmail.com
South Florida decides who wins $20,0000 in Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award
Voting takes place October 20 through November 17, 2014
Voting is via text message or via the Knight Arts People's Choice Website.
Starting Oct. 20, South Floridians can vote for one of six small and emerging arts organizations vying for $20,000 as the winner of the 2014 Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award.
As a way to shine the spotlight on smaller groups, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is asking the public to vote by text for their favorite of the six nominees to determine the People’s Choice winner. To vote, the public can text the nominees individual code to 22333 in the U.S. or 747-444-3548 toll-free, through 11:59 p.m. Monday Nov. 17. The effort is part of the Knight Arts Challenge, which funds projects that bring South Florida together through the arts.
FATVillage Arts District: A contemporary art exhibition space in Fort Lauderdale, FATVillage showcases large-scale, interactive works. Right now, the space is only open for its monthly art walks. The prize would help FATVillage open more often, with more programming. (Text VOTE1 to 22333)
HICCUP: The acronym stands for Hialeah Contemporary Culture Project, and the collective works to take art out of galleries and into the streets of Northwest Dade. With funding, HICCUP wants to open-up a basis of operations in Hialeah to launch its works and make the city “a place for creative action.†(Text VOTE2 to 22333)
Ife-Ile: The Afro-Cuban dance troupe wants to expand its annual dance festival, and also to create a musical that is based on the lives and influence of Cubans who came to Miami during the Mariel Boatlift. Through its work, IFE-ILE not only provides a place for Cuban-American artists to practice their craft, but also a place to tell their own stories. (Text VOTE3 to 22333)
Key West Art and Historical Society: The group wants to take the art and history of Key West into schools. One idea, for example, is to take the works of local artist Mario Sanchez, who created scenes of the city, into classrooms as a way to understand the island’s and Monroe County’s history and culture. (Text VOTE4 to 22333)
Swampspace: This Design District gallery run by artist Oliver Sanchez wants to continue to provide an exhibition space that focuses on artistic values rather than profit. The prize would help Swampspace fund more large-scale exhibitions and allow artists to bring their big ideas to fruition (Text VOTE5 to 22333)
Mexican American Council: This long-time community group works to reduce the drop out rate and increase cultural opportunities for Mexican-Americans in South Dade. With funding, the council hopes to open a mariachi academy for students where they can both learn to play instruments and understand Mexican culture. (Text VOTE6 to 22333)
Waffle Wednesday Presents: Meet the Knight Arts Challenge People's Choice Nominees
Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 9:00AM – 10:00AM
120 NW 25th St, Loft #301
Miami, FL 33127
Free Entry
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Art + tech + waffles is a winning combination any day of the week, but we hope you will come enjoy it next Wednesday, Nov. 5 at a very special edition of #WaffleWednesday, hosted by LiveNinja.
The weekly tech meet-up in Wynwood is welcoming the South Florida Knight Arts Challenge People’s Choice Award nominees. Over breakfast, the six small arts groups vying for $20,000 will be there to talk about their projects, answer questions â€" and hopefully secure a few votes.
Below is a bit more about our nominees, and videos of each are up at knightarts.org/peopleschoice. RSVP for Waffle Wednesdays on Eventbrite. Big thanks to LiveNinja and the Arts and Business Council for co-hosting.
FATVillage Arts District: A contemporary art exhibition space in Fort Lauderdale, FATVillage showcases large-scale, interactive works. Right now, the space is only open for its monthly art walks. The prize would help FATVillage open more often, with more programming. (Text VOTE1 to 22333)
HICCUP: The acronym stands for Hialeah Contemporary Culture Project, and the collective works to take art out of galleries and into the streets of Northwest Dade. With funding, HICCUP wants to open-up a basis of operations in Hialeah to launch its works and make the city “a place for creative action.†(Text VOTE2 to 22333)
Ife-Ile: The Afro-Cuban dance troupe wants to expand its annual dance festival, and also to create a musical that is based on the lives and influence of Cubans who came to Miami during the Mariel Boatlift. Through its work, IFE-ILE not only provides a place for Cuban-American artists to practice their craft, but also a place to tell their own stories. (Text VOTE3 to 22333)
Key West Art and Historical Society: The group wants to take the art and history of Key West into schools. One idea, for example, is to take the works of local artist Mario Sanchez, who created scenes of the city, into classrooms as a way to understand the island’s and Monroe County’s history and culture. (Text VOTE4 to 22333)
Swampspace: This Design District gallery run by artist Oliver Sanchez wants to continue to provide an exhibition space that focuses on artistic values rather than profit. The prize would help Swampspace fund more large-scale exhibitions and allow artists to bring their big ideas to fruition (Text VOTE5 to 22333)
Mexican American Council: This long-time community group works to reduce the drop out rate and increase cultural opportunities for Mexican-Americans in South Dade. With funding, the council hopes to open a mariachi academy for students where they can both learn to play instruments and understand Mexican culture. (Text VOTE6 to 22333)
Thursday, 11/20/2014, 06:30 pm – 09:30 pm
997 North Greenway Drive
Miami, Florida 33134
Website
Entry: $72; Ten People: $550
The exhibition gala will be attended by some of Miami’s most well-known figures in the real estate, arts, architecture and design communities, as well as representatives from the media, Miami-Dade government, FIU students, faculty, and alumni. The Interior Architecture Advisory Board coordinates the exhibition and accompanying gala reception. As in past years, net proceeds from the Festival of the Trees will be used to support FIU’s Interior Architecture Department and help talented students pursue a quality education at FIU’s College of Architecture + The Arts. This annual holiday extravaganza has raised over $150,000!
â€Å"Design GPS: Global Prismatic Spectrums†is the theme of this year’s exhibition that showcases the amazing creativity of the community by engaging top local, national and international designers in the design of spectacular holiday trees made from every imaginable material. All who attend the gala reception on November 20th can bid on these extraordinary tree creations, and the winning bidder can display them as holiday decorations in their homes or offices, for years to come.
Single tickets are $72 and a $550 ten-person group rate is currently available for purchase at www.festivalofthetrees.net.
On the Road to the 31st Miami Book Fair International – Our Lady of Charity in the soul of the Cuban people
Saturday, 11/15/2014 – 11/15/2014 02:00 pm – 04:00 pm
2705 SW 3rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33135
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Our Lady of Charity in the soul of the Cuban people
Presentation of Emilio Cueto’s book, La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre en el alma del pueblo cubano, which explores the presence of Cuba’s patroness in different cultural expressions.
Victoria Park Winn-Dixie Store Open House Celebration
Sunday, 11/12/2014 – 06:00 pm – 07:30 pm
680 N. Federal Hwy.,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33304
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Winn-Dixie has freshened up its Victoria Park store and invites neighbors to check out the enhanced shopping experience during an Open House event. As part of the celebration, customers will enjoy delicious product tastings that highlight the store's new offerings, a meet and greet with store managers, live jazz entertainment, giveaways and more.
Magical SnowFall @ Dolphin Mall
Wednesday, 11/26/2014 – 01/04/2015 07:00 pm –
11401 NW 12th St.,
Sweetwater, Florida 33172
Webpage Link
Cost: FREE
Experience the holiday season with our winter wonderland experience complete with a magical snowfall! Visitors will get to enjoy a bevy of snow flurries on the Ramblas Plaza every night at 7 p.m., with an additional snowfall at 9 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
To create a more memorable snowfall, Dolphin Mall will give away magical wands to children under the ages of 12 years old. Once the clock strikes 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., young magicians can wave their wondrous wands to unleash the snowstorm and create a glistening winter wonderland. Children can retrieve the enchanted wands 30 minutes prior to the snowfal
5th Annual Taste of Brickell Food & Wine Festival Holiday Gourmet Food & Wine Showcase
Sunday, 11/16/2014 – 11/16/2014 01:00 pm – 07:00 pm
825 Brickell Bay Drive, apt 341,
Miami, Florida 33131
Eventbrite Link
Cost: 65.00
Come celebrate our Holiday kick-off party
A Gourmet Food & Wine Showcase
Benefiting the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
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Sunday, November 16th 2014 – 1pm – 7pm
Miami/Brickell–The Miami Taste of Brickell Food & Wine Festival Presents its 5th Annual Holiday kick-off event with a special Holiday Gourmet Showcase. The festivities will be held at the La Scala Ball Room at the Four Ambassadors. The event starts at 1:00 pm and ends at 7:00pm.
Attendees will be able to sip wine from many wineries from across the globe and also sample gourmet food from some of world’s finest suppliers and chefs.
Attendees will have an opportunity to sample, and purchase, from many different food and spirits labels. Food pairings will include gourmet items of an extensive nature. Marky’s Gourmet will be a featured sampling area as well as other product lines from around the world.
Please make sure you bid on the Silent auction which will held in La Scala there will be lots of great prizes, trips, dinners etc, great for holiday gifts.
This Holiday event is the kick off to The 5th Annual Miami Taste of Brickell Food & Wine Festival to be held March 14th 2015. For more information and participation contact 786-355-4800 or c-bettner@yahoo.com or go to our website at www.tasteofbrickell.com.
Fact Sheet:
What: Holiday Wine and Gourmet Food Showcase Presented by Taste of Brickell – Kick off party
Where: La Scala at the Four Ambassadors.
When: Sunday, November 16th, 2014 –
Time: 1:00 early entrance –1 pm to 8 pm
Brunch Series – 2 Sessions (Early / Late)
8 pm to 12 midnight follows live entertainment and Dancing and Cocktails
Tickets and Participation can be found our website.
Information: Go to: www.tasteofbrickell.com – Direct 786-355-4800.
EcoTech Launch
Thursday, 11/20/2014 – 04:00 pm – 06:00 pm
667 Northwest 90th Street,
Miami, Florida 33150
Webpage Link
Cost:
On November 20th 2014, EcoTech Visions opens its doors to the public. The new business incubator and accelerator is designed to assist entrepreneurs in creating, planning, and launching innovative and â€Å"green†manufacturing businesses in South Florida.
In collaboration with Give Miami Day, EcoTech Visions is hosting its first benefit for green advocates, the public, city officials, and philanthropist alike. This event features live music by Inner City Youth and Preforming Arts (ICYPA), high school violinists, light fare, auctions, and showcases EcoTech Visions’ facilities.
EcoTech’s mission is to address systemic poverty and climate change through manufacturing and environmentally-conscious ideas.
E11EVEN MIAMI Presents Lil Jon & George Acosta
Friday, 10/31/2014 – 11:00 pm –
29 NE 11th St.,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: $40 Men, $20 Ladies
Spend Halloween at E11EVEN MIAMI with The King of Crunk himself, Lil Jon!
$40 Men, $20 Ladies.
Join George Acosta E11EVEN Rooftop Afterhours. 1AM No Cover.
Costumes highly encouraged!
Love & Wine
Saturday, 11/22/2014 – 08:00 pm – 11:00 pm
4000 Ponce de Leon Boulevard,
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
Webpage Link
Cost: See website for ticket packages.
Love & Wine – a Rooftop Wine & Spirits, Gastronomic Affair brings together world-renowned wine & spirit brands, celebrated Miami restaurants, and the most devout food and beverage aficionados. The event will bring together exclusive wine and spirit producers, leading figures in the culinary scene, live entertainment and local influencers in one of the city’s most posh rooftop settings. Attendees will enjoy the characteristically breezy atmosphere unique to South Florida in the fall season while iconic labels such as Moët, Johnnie Walker Gold Label, Minuty and Ketel One, provide unique opportunities to taste select wines & spirits that have brought them worldwide acclaim. Guests will also have access to other champagne and premium spirits while indulging in flavors from the most widely recognized kitchens in Miami. The rooftop locale will serve as a whole entertainment experience, complete with live musical performances, DJs and exclusive sponsored cocktail & spirit lounges. Each sponsored lounge will create a series of mini-experiences for event-goers as they sip, sample and share in a magical evening under the stars.This one-of-a-kind event results from a collaboration between three lifestyle powerhouses. Passion Group Restaurants, owners of local favorites Love is Blind, Lolita, and Crazy About You, Ocean Drive Magazine and Zevents, a leading event and experiential marketing company in Miami, which join forces to showcase the enchantments of the Magic City.
Beautiful Death
Saturday, 11/15/2014 – 12/02/2014 08:00 pm – 12:00 am
164 N.W. 20st,
Unit 101, Florida Miami
Webpage Link
Cost: free
Viophilia presents: Beautiful Death | Christopher Maslow Solo Exhibition
Viophilia resident artist Christopher Maslow debuts his latest project "Beautiful Death", a series of paintings and installations that explore flowers as symbols of mortality  both in their own short lifespan and in their ceremonial presence throughout a person's lifetime. These new works examine the parallels and intersections of fragility, superficiality, and transiency shared by flowers and human beings. Maslow unfurls a more personal and subtly alarming significance with each blossom, one that is routinely overlooked in our daily encounters with these lifeforms. In a poignant display of similarities and coincidences, and with a touch of nostalgia, Maslow draws the viewer's attention inward to recharge the appreciation for being alive.
Show preview is November 8th, 2014, 8:00pm till midnight.
Official show is November 15th, 2014, 8:00pm till midnight.
For viewing appointments after November 15th, please call 321.917.6559 or send an email to viophilia@gmail.com.
ABOUT CHRISTOPHER MASLOW
Maslow is a MiamiÂÂbased fine artist whose creative practice centers primarily around painting and sculpture. A former Los Angeles resident, Maslow graduated in 2003 from The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising with a degree in product development. He quickly grew into a notable clothing designer and produced for multiple labels in Southern California. A few years into his career as a fashion designer, Maslow found himself gravitating towards street art. Subsequently, after many years of experimentation with multiÂÂmedia, Maslow realized a greater calling to fine art. Since his transition onto canvas, Maslow has shown artwork in galleries across the United States and has experienced equal success in curation as well. Maslow has been a resident artist at Viophilia since November 2013, and simultaneously runs a studio gallery in his hometown of Melbourne, Florida.
"CRI Book Presentation" Revolutionary Cuba
Thursday, 11/06/2014 – 08:00 pm – 09:30 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Ave.,
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Webpage Link
Cost: FREE
Dr. Luis MartÃÂnez-Fernández's book is the first in more than three decades to offer a complete and chronological history of revolutionary Cuba, including the years of rebellion that led to the revolution and bringing the reader to the present-day transformations initiated by Raúl Castro.
Donna Degnan Presents at Cotton's 24 Hour Runway Show
Saturday, 11/08/2014 – 11/08/2014 10:00 am – 11:00 am
8th St. and Ocean Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Webpage Link
Cost: FREE
Donna Degnan will present 10 women’s contemporary 'Moment of our Lives' outfits on Cotton Incorporated's 24 Hour Runway Show. The presentation will be live streamed online Saturday, November 8th, at 10a.m. EST. Hosted by Miami entertainment journalist, Ellie Rodriguez, highlights will include patterned blazers, bermuda shorts, a striped shirt dress, and corset sleeveless tops. Donna Degnan's collection can be found online at www.donnadegnan.com.
SFCDC – Diversifying Your Funding
Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 8:00AM – 10:00AM
Catalyst Miami
1900 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
Tickets: Members – Free
Nonmembers – $15
Register Online
Learn the essentials, and necessity, of diversifying your funding.
David Halpern is a local consultant who has been involved with the finances of nonprofits for more than thirty years. He will provide an overview of the importance of not relying on only one source, or type, of funding. He believes that many Miami-Dade organizations have been overly dependent on government funding.
After briefly discussing alternatives such as philanthropy and earned income, this session will focus on grants that are available from foundations and corporations. Changes in the philanthropic landscape and what funders are now looking for will be discussed by a panel.
Participants will have the opportunity to question the panelists and get practical advice on how to improve their chances of winning grants.
Panelists
Barbara Romani, Regional Director South, Citi Bank/Community Development
Stuart Kennedy, Senior Programs Officer, The Miami Foundation
Kelly Alvarez Vitale, President, Strategic Philanthropy, Inc.
Moderator: David Halpern, President, Halpern Consulting
Fall Harvest Food + Wine Pairing at Oceanaire
Wednesday, 11/05/2014 – 07:00 pm – 09:30 pm
900 S Miami Ave,
Miami, Florida 33130
Buy Tickets Link
Cost: $60 (all-inclusive) if purchased by Nov. 2nd + $65, thereafter
Savor Tonight has partnered up with Oceanaire for a food + wine pairing event, highlighting the flavors of the season. For those who have been following us [Savor Tonight] for awhile, know about love for Oceanaire and Chef Kareem (and for those new to the group, you'll soon find out for yourself), so we happily obliged. Did you know that he just won The Chef Showdown for the Hess Select South Beach Seafood Festival?
So, join us on Wed., Nov. 5th at 7:00 p.m. for an evening of great food, fine wine and good company. Chef Kareem will spoil us with a Harvest-themed menu, designed especially for the group — and each course will be served with a matching wine.
Cost is $60 if purchased by Sun., November 2 and $65, thereafter, if space is available. This includes the food + wine pairings, along with tax + gratuity. Remember to buy your tickets early, as our events at Oceanaire usually sell out.
Please note that you must purchase your ticket in advance to secure your spot.
Amuse
JERK MAHI MAHI
citrus sweet potato | pineapple chutney
Kung Fu Girl Riesling
** Chef Kareem just won the Chef's Throwdown at the Hess Select South Beach Seafood Festival with the above dish.
First Course
ROASTED CORN SOUP
maine lobster
Fog Head Chardonnay
Second Course
PARMESAN CRUSTED SCALLOP
on a half shell
Deadbolt White Blend
Third Course
BRAISED SHORT RIBS
goat cheese polenta cake | crispy brussels sprouts | aji panca demi-glace
Penfolds Thomas Hyland Shiraz
Fourth Course
APPLE TART
pumpkin ice cream
regular coffee available upon request
Red Bull Drome Miami- Fixed Gear Cycling Race
Saturday, 11/08/2014 – 07:00 pm –
318 NW 23rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33127
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Fixed-gear riders from across the South will take their talent to the track in a test of mental stamina, technical precision and raw strength at Red Bull Mini Drome in Miami on November 8. From its original debut in New Zealand and its roots across the pond, Red Bull Mini Drome will come back for another lap in the states with a stop at Mana Wynwoodâ€â€a prominent hub for innovation in the Wynwood Arts District.
For starters, a fixed-gear (more affectionately known as a fixie) is a bicycle in its purest, simplest form– no gears and sometimes no brakes. Often considered the ultimate marriage between man and machine, a sub-twenty-pound piece of machinery is the only thing separating your body from the hard, unforgiving ground below.
At Red Bull Mini Drome, skill, speed, balance, and braves are brought together on this steep, shrunken down version of the traditional velodrome. With track speeds exceeding 30mph and course measurements of 46 ft. x 24 ft. and 8 ft. high at the end banking, it is sure to be one of the most challenging and treacherous thrill rides to hit the fixed-gear scene. Competitors will need to pedal hard and watch the ledge if they want to take home the winning title.
Seeing as Halloween is tomorrow, today’s civic engagement post is fittingly related to the spooky festivities. The Third Street Garage will be hosting an inaugural fine art Gala to benefit the Fridge Art Fair. The organisation was first created to bring to the Miami audience an amalgam of cultural art coming from all around the region. Artists will also be present to open up a dialogue, which is promised to be equally thought provoking and entertaining.
The events will kick off with an opening reception for â€Å"Pairs and Other Lovers†in the Allen Ginsburg Project Room. These exhibitions will feature Linda DiGusta’s drawings of pears, collaborations with the late abstract painter Mark Wiener and even Ginsburg’s critically acclaimed dog paintings. Within the next month, Third Street Garage will also open its doors to the â€Å"Freezer Pops†exposition, showcasing masterpieces by artists from Miami and New York.
All proceeds of the Halloween Gala will support these talented artists and will give the opportunity for rising talent and dealers to grow and expose their visions to the public. The aim of this gala is to create a safe haven for art lovers to communicate, interact and mingle. So make sure you check it out!
When: October 31st 2014 – November 23rd 2014
Where: : 300 SW 12th Ave, Miami, FL (On the corner of SW 12 Ave. & SW 3rd St)
Price: $40 (Presale tickets are $10!)
The event is open to the public, anyone and everyone is welcomed.
Buy your tickets here!
For more information, click here!
– Lina Fahmy
On the Road to the 31st Miami Book Fair International – Ernesto Guevara: His final days
Friday, 11/14/2014 – 11/14/2014 08:00 pm – 09:30 pm
2705 SW 3rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33135
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Ernesto Guevara: His final days
Presentation and discussion of Che Guevara: valgo más vivo que muerto. A historic account of Ernesto Guevara’s last days in Bolivia. The event will be held in Spanish and is free and open to the public
E11EVEN MIAMI Presents Borgeous & Oscar G.
Saturday, 11/01/2014 – 11:00 pm –
29 NE 11th St.,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: $40 Men, $20 Ladies
Join E11EVEN MIAMI Halloween weekend!
Saturday night live set by Borgeous.
$40 Men, $20 Ladies
Oscar G. live at E11EVEN Rooftop Afterhours at 1AM. No Cover.
Serendipity 3 on Lincoln Road Hosts Annual Spooktacular Halloween Bash
Friday, 10/31/2014 – 09:00 pm – 02:00 am
1102 Lincoln Rd,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
As if sweet treats and candy cocktails weren’t enough, Serendipity 3 is at it again with their huge annual Halloween party on Lincoln Road! S3 is the place to be in your best costume yet – and you won’t want to miss out on the scrumptiously petrifying desserts and frightfully refreshing specialty cocktails.
But that’s not all. S3 plans to turn up with a Live DJ and an indoor and outdoor bar so you can dance the night away until 2am!
Get ready for a deliciously spine-chilling experience.
Serendipity 3’s all new spooky cocktails include:
Pumpkin Guts ($12):
• 1 oz. Hiram Walker’s pumpkin flavored liqueur
• 1 oz. of Stoli vanilla vodka
• 1 oz. of spiced simple syrup
• A splash of mango purée
• Diced mangos
• A pinch of cinnamon
• Black widow spider for garnish
Witch’s Brew Martini ($11):
• 1 oz. Three Olives Purple Vodka
• 1 oz. Peach schnapps
• 4 oz. Cranberry juice
• 1 oz. lime sours
• ½ oz. Blue Curacao
See you there!!!
E11EVEN MIAMI Presents Anthony Pisano
Thursday, 10/30/2014 – 11:00 pm –
29 NE 11th St.,
Miami, Florida 33132
Webpage Link
Cost: $20 after 8PM
Halloween weekend kicks off tonight at E11EVEN MIAMI with a live set by Anthony Pisano. Costumes highly encouraged!
Amigos Jr Special October Mask Month Friends Jr at Nabu Home on Wednesday, October 29, 2014.
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#VOTE305: Officially Nonpartisan at The Stage Miami on Wednesday, October 29, 2014.  #Vote305 is a civic initiative for voters to become better educated about candidates and the issues in the final week before the November 4th election.
#Vote305 will provide a nonpartisan platform for candidates running for office to *briefly* share about their candidacy with a diverse stakeholder group of voters. Ballot item representatives will also be given equal time to present affirmative and opposing positions on state and county ballot issues, from medical marijuana legalization to allowing libraries in parks. Stay tuned for more info on confirmed candidates and representatives!
Host Committee: Aileen Alon, Alexandra Manrique, Alex Dominguez, Binsen Gonzalez, Caryn Lavernia, David Moscoso, Dwight Bullard, Luis Gazitua, Marlon Hil, Nelson Diaz, Saif Ishoof, Vance Aloupis
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Mad Hatter Arts Festival 2014
Saturday, 11/15/2014 – 11/16/2014 10:00 am – 05:00 pm
3485 Main Highway,
Miami, Florida 33133
Webpage Link
Cost: Art Festival is Free Park Entrance Fee is $2.00
Come to Coconut Grove and join us in celebrating the TENTH year of The Mad Hatter Arts Festival on Nov.15 & 16th from 10-5pm. Enjoy Art, live music, drumming, D.J.,Specialty Foods, Contests and Tons of Fun for all ages. Costumes and crazy Hats are encouraged!!! Oh, there is also "Chalk it Up" a Street Art Interactive Event. and "Graffiti Grove".
And if that isn't enough on Saturday evening, The Barnacle will reopen its gates at 6:30 to allow people back into the park to for a special outdoor viewing of the original 1951 Disney version of the beloved "Alice in Wonderland" movie. You can bring a blanket and a picnic and enjoy the movie as you sit under the stars. This festival is always a well loved event. So "Get Grovey" and come join the fun.
The Coming Alzheimer's Epidemic: A Wake-Up Call to Boomers and the Medical Community
Friday, 10/31/2014 – 03:30 pm –
11200 SW 8th Street Building AHC2 Room 170,
Miami, Florida 33199
RSVP Link
Cost: Free
Join Meryl Comer, a New York Times best-selling author, as she discusses her new book, Slow Dancing with a Stranger. She'll share her unvarnished account of her physician husband’s early onset battle with Alzheimer’s disease, one of today’s most pressing and least-understood health epidemics. Comer takes on the medical community's inclination to not diagnose the disease because they can't treat it, inpatient management nightmares, and the despair of families left to manage bizarre behaviors at home and alone. She paints an intimate and moving portrait of Alzheimer’s and, in the process, Comer reveals the truth about the disease and everyone it affects.
For more information about the event, call 305-348-0570.
This event is open to the public.
Meryl Comer is president and CEO of Geoffrey Beene Foundation Alzheimer’s Initiative. An Emmy-award winning reporter, veteran TV producer and business talk show host, she is winner of the 2005 Shriver Profiles in Dignity Award and the 2007 Proxmire Award.
Behind the Candelabra | Halloween at VINTRO Hotel and Kitchen
Friday, 10/31/2014 – 10/31/2014 07:00 pm –
2216 Park Avenue,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Webpage Link
Cost: None
VINTRO Hotel and Kitchen invites you to go â€Å"Behind the Candelabra†this Halloween, an event sure to make anyone scream with excitement! Join us on Friday, October 31st from 7:00 p.m. for a specialty a la carte menu and custom cocktails at VINTRO Kitchen followed by DJ NYX spinning classic disco on The Rooftop and at the Scorpion Bar. Costume attire suggested, however not mandatory. For reservations, please call: 305.704.3680
Treat Your Tresses to the Ultimate Indulgence at McAllister Spa
Sunday, 11/14/2014 – 11:00 am – 09:00 pm
1301 Alton Rd,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Webpage Link
Cost: FREE
McAllister Spa is teaming up with L’ANZA to provide a day of complimentary â€Å"Ultimate Treatments†for new and existing clients. The Ultimate Treatment is a 3-step customized healing service (shampoo, deep treatment and power protector) that restores maximum health and shine to the hair. The treatment relies on revolutionary Power Booster additives, allowing the stylist to customize the service to the client’s hair type. Service takes 5 to 10 minutes. Results are instant and long lasting.
W SpeakerBox Presents Amber Monique & Kyle Dion
Thursday, 10/30/2014 – 10/30/2014 08:30 pm – 10:30 pm
2201 Collins Avenue,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Webpage Link
Cost: open to the public
American singer-songwriter, Amber Monique, opening for the talented Kyle Dion will bring her old-school vibe of soulful sounds mixed with a new school feel to the Living Room Bar at W South Beach. Shortly after the release of her first full-length album â€Å"Elevateâ€Â, Amber Monique was nominated for â€Å"Musician of the Year†in Miami. Kyle Dion has performed in local talent shows, festivals and local libraries. His determination to make it in the music industry landed him a contestant spot on the 1st season of The X Factor USA. As guests mix and mingle, to the melodic tone of Amber Monique and Kyle Dion’s unique musical styling, the talented mixologists at The Living Room Bar will craft signature cocktails for the evening. Snacks from Living Room’s exclusive menu crafted by Conor Hanlon, executive chef of Andrew Carmellini's award-winning American restaurant at W South Beach, The Dutch, will additionally be available for purchase.
Wonderland Night at the Movies
Thursday, 11/06/2014 – 07:30 pm –
3015 Grand Ave.,
Miami, Florida 33133
Webpage Link
Cost: $25.00
Wonderland Night at the Movies is going to be a Fun-Filled Evening taking place at Paragon Theater's BackLot Wine Bar & Lounge in Cocowalk, at 7:30pm Thursday Nov.6th. Come join us for cocktails, and a fabulous selection of Silent Auction items, plus contests and prizes AND a Private screening of the Johnny Depp "Alice in Wonderland" movie. All for $25 all proceeds go to support The Mad Hatter Arts Festival (which will take place in Coconut Grove on Nov. 15&16th), So wear your craziest costume or hat, because there will be prizes and come have fun and raise money to support art and the Mad Hatter Arts Festival.
Pop-Up Street Art Exhibition to Celebrate Miami Marine Stadium During Art Basel
Saturday, December 1-Sunday, December 7, from 10AM-10 PM.
Miami, Florida 33127
The opening reception for the Art | History Mural Project’s pop-up exhibition space will be held Monday, December 1, from 6 PM-10 PM. The opening reception is invitation only. RSVP to rsvp@arthistory2014.com.
What happens when Miami’s most iconic structure inspires top street artists from around the world? Find out at an exciting pop-up exhibition kicking off Art Basel and featuring artists from the Art | History Mural Project.
Ron English, Doze Green, Risk, Tristan Eaton, Logan Hicks, Crash, Risk, Reinier Gamboa, The London Police, Rone, Evoca 1, , Hoxxoh Elbow Toe, Stinkfish Axel Void, Tatiana Suarez, Astrk, Pixel Pancho, Joe Iurato, Ian Kuali’l, Luis Berros, Jose Mertz.
Hosted by the Art | History Mural Project, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and Friends of Miami Marine Stadium, the exhibition is free and open to the general public. Families are encouraged to attend, as children in attendance will be invited to assist in the creation of six large-scale murals.
Event for Art Basel celebrating the restoration of Miami Marine Stadium. In a special pop-up exhibition space that will be open throughout Art Basel, the Art | History Mural Project will feature the work of renowned local, national, and international street artists who created site-specific work at Miami Marine Stadium. Proceeds from the sale of these one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces will help fund the stadium’s restoration. At the opening reception, children from the community will participate in the production of six murals. There will also be a special area where children can create murals throughout the exhibition. All murals produced for the Art | History Mural Project are partially underwritten by Liquitex Artist Materials.
Swamptoberfest and People's Choice Award at Swampspace Gallery on Wednesday, October 22, 2014.
The director of Swampspace, Oliver Sanchez announced the nomination of the gallery by the Knight Foundation to their People's Choice Award, South Florida. The announcement is a welcomed recognition for the maverick artist run project space located in the Miami Design District for nearly a decade.
Swampspace was founded on the premise that promoting artistic values increases civility among diverse groups that make up our greater community. It presents monthly exhibitions ranging from visual arts and sculpture to theatrical performance and musical interludes. With nearly fifty exhibitions and critical acclaim, Swampspace is now recognized to be a place both sophisticated enough for arbiters of taste and unvarnished enough for the iconoclast.
The People's Choice Award highlights small arts groups making a difference in South Florida. It's part of the Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide contest funding the best ideas for the arts. Winners of both the challenge and People's Choice will be announced in December.
As a way to shine the spotlight on smaller groups, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is asking the public to vote by text for their favorite of the six nominees to determine the People’s Choice winner. To vote, the public can text the nominees individual code to 22333 in the U.S. or 747-444-3548 toll-free, through 11:59 p.m. Monday Nov. 17. The effort is part of the Knight Arts Challenge, which funds projects that bring South Florida together through the arts.
The Knight Arts Challenge is a South Florida-based initiative to draw the best and most innovative ideas out of local organizations and individuals seeking to transform the community through the arts. If you have a great idea in the arts, let us know. Take part in a community rising to new levels of artistic achievement and global recognition. In the last six years, 193 ideas were funded. Is this your year?
Voting for People's Choice Begins October 20th Ends Nov 17.
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Monday, November 3, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Northern Trust
600 Brickell Ave
Miami, Florida 33131
RSVP to Lesli Cuenca, LCuenca@chasemiami.com, (305) 567-0280
Celebrate the Season of Thanks and Giving
Generously sponsored and hosted by Northern Trust, 600 Brickell Avenue (note new address)
Featuring Keynote Speaker: Marlon A. Hill, 2010 Ruth Shack leadership Award winner
Meet Gustavo Oviedo, an artist who draws inspiration from all over sunny South Florida, both by land and sea. He currently has a mural titled Limulidae at Young Art Museum. Limulidae is an abstract mural that incorporates his ideas about marine environments and resusing materials.
Oviedo has a keen interest in marine environments, and has become an "accidental environmentalist" of sorts, collecting collecting discarded objects from the bay and transforming them into art. Over the past three years, he has explored many of the marine environments of South Florida, and these experiences inspired him to research specific topics, including the horseshoe crab (LimulidaeÂÂin Latin), which Oviedo chose as the title for his mural because it symbolizes the inspiration behind for the exhibition.
Want to meet the artist? Members of the Young Art Museum have the chance to meet Gustavo during ColorFALL Fest, Saturday November 8th from 1:00-3:00pm.
(Space is limited, please RSVP to membership@youngatartmuseum.org with chosen time slot: A) 1:00-1:30 B) 1:30 – 2:00 C) 2:00-2:30 D) 2:30 – 3:00)
Chima Brazilian Steakhouse to Host Caipirinha Tasting
Friday, 11/07/2014 – 05:00 pm – 08:00 pm
2400 East Las Olas Boulevard,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
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Cost: $20
On Friday, Nov. 7 come to Chima Brazilian Steakhouse to enjoy a sip and bite of Brazil. The evening is dedicated to Brazil's national drink — the Caipirinha, a cocktail featuring cachaca, lime and sugar. Guests can indulge in three flavors of freshly-muddled Caipirnhas, and an upscale bar bites sampler of a beef skewer, chicken and pineapple skewer, caprese skewer, and their signature cheese bread and meat croquettes.
Wednesday, October 29, 6 PM – 9 PM
90 NE 17th Street
Miami, FL
RSVP to RSVP@canvascondos.com.
Looking forward to this evening of live art, film, and music, featuring a screening of Miami Film Festival’s â€Å"Grey City†as well as a live show by NYC’s Suzanna Choffel, all in collaboration with YoungArts. Hors d’oeuvres will be curated by Roman Jones and Kevin Aoki’s restaurant Otabe at CANVAS.
The Pink Corset Project at Rik Rak Salon Boutique and Bar on Wednesday, October 22, 2014.  The Pink Corset Project in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.   The corset is made of 100% recycled materials & symbolizes â€Å"protection†for women, designed by Luis Valenzuela. This "Art to Wear" piece will go around the globe in an effort to raise funds and awareness for breast cancer.  Funds raised from the raffle will go to Badges of Courage, a local nonprofit organization, was founded to provide assistance to low income women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer and those who are in treatment.
Special guests:
Luis Valenzuela, designer and founder of The Pink Corset Project
Marysol Patton
Alexia Echevarria
Norma Quintero
Zurami Pascual
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Artist Workshop with Tom De Vita
Friday, 11/14/2014 – 01:00 pm – 03:00 pm
BC North Campus | Drawing Studio / Bldg. 50 Room 211
1000 Coconut Creek, Blvd.,
Coconut Creek, Florida 33066
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Cost: Free
Oil Painting from a Live Model
Learn new skills and hone your existing abilities in an intimate studio setting with acclaimed local and international artists. Join us during BC North Campus’ 2015 Art Fest for an exclusive oil painting demo and workshop during which participants will be able to paint from a live model. Beginners are welcome and the workshop is tailored to all experience levels.
Each artist workshop takes place the day after a Lecture by the artist at 6:30pm. Join us November 13th for Tom De Vita’s Artist Talk in the BC North Campus Omni Auditorium.
HARRISART presents an Artists Talk with Toa Castellanos, ERMAN, Jane Harris, Loone Sherbill Weinstein
Saturday, 11/01/2014 – 04:00 pm – 06:00 pm
4432 SW 74 Ave,
Miami, Florida 33155
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Cost: Free
Join HARRISART on Saturday, November 1st for an Artist Talk with Toa Castellanos, ERMAN, Jane Harris and Loone Sherbill Weinstein enjoy an opportunity to meet the artists and hear firsthand about the ideas and inspiration behind the pieces in the exhibition â€Å"FRAGMENTS†as well as the motivation that directs each artist to develop works and narrative using recycled fragments from nature and man made. Refreshments will be offered.
HARRISART is a warehouse-style gallery and working studio of Jane Harris. Centrally located in the heart of Miami's Bird Road Art District. HARRISART often presents guests artists as well as special programs and interactive projects.
On the Road to the 31st Miami Book Fair International – Argentinian Artists in Miami
Sunday, 11/08/2014 – 04:00 pm – 06:00 pm
2705 SW 3rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33135
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Cost: Free
Argentinian Artists in Miami
Presentation of Artistas Argentinos en Miami, a book published by the Argentinian consulate with the participation of the Consul General of Argentina in Miami, Miguel Talento. The event will be held in Spanish and is free and open to the public.
TechBar Key Biscayne Grand Opening
Thursday, 11/13/2014 – 06:00 pm – 09:00 pm
328 Crandon Blvd,
Key Biscayne, Florida 33149
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Cost: Free
Join us for an evening of cocktails, light bites, and fun as we celebrate the grand opening of our second TechBar location in Key Biscayne.
Unplugged with Raquel Sofia
Thursday, 11/06/2014 – 11/06/2014 06:30 pm – 08:30 pm
1657 N Miami Ave,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free
Miami we are stoked to unveil our first #Unplugged Bi-Monthly Concert Series with the talented Raquel Sofia! Join us as WLRN's Michael Stock & The Prism Music Group hosts a very special audible evening with free liquid vibes from PBR & Barrow's Intense Ginger Liqueur as well as yummy empanadas & cheese platters from KIND. Rsvp to attend rsvp@aedistrictmiami.com
On the Road to the 31st Miami Book Fair International – Verycuetos II: The art of literary miscellany
Saturday, 11/08/2014 – 11/08/2014 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm
2705 SW 3rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33135
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Cost: Free
Verycuetos II: The art of literary miscellany
Cuban author Juan Cueto-Roig presents his latest book, discussing, and reflecting upon literary culture, politics and history. The event will be held in Spanish and is free and open to the public.
Casting Call for New Spanish Language Reality Show at Cano Health
Saturday, 11/15/2014 – 09:00 am – 06:00 pm
680 N. University Drive,
Pembroke Pines,, Florida 33024
RSVP Link
Cost: FREE
Cano Health, a full service healthcare center, announces a casting call for a new, Spanish language medical reality TV show called, â€Å"Medicina Moderna†(Modern Medicine) set to air on VME TV.
Cano Health is seeking contestants, ages 18-45, for a new healthcare oriented reality TV show called â€Å"Medicina Moderna.†Contestants do NOT have to have a healthcare background, but must be creative, enthusiastic, and have a passion for the healthcare industry. Preference will be given to bilingual (Spanish and English) speakers.
The casting call will be filmed as part of the first two episodes; therefore, people attending will be filmed as the selection process is underway. The day will have live radio and TV broadcasts and celebrity guest appearances.
TWELVE contestants will be selected from thousands of applicants to participate on the show and will compete for the grand prize of $10,000 and an executive position at the healthcare center with a $50,000 salary.
A Respect For Light The Photography of Mario Algaze
Thursday, 11/13/2014 – 01/18/2015 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm
101 W Flagler St,
Miami, Florida 33130
More Info Link
Cost: Free
Join HistoryMiami for the opening reception of Photographer Mario Algaze’s exhibition A Respect for Light: The Photography of Mario Algaze; the first comprehensive exhibition highlighting the Miami-based photographer’s body of work, including images captured throughout Latin America, panoramic images of South Florida and concert photography. The complementary reception will include a book signing of the artist’s latest collection of photography.
To attend, RSVP using the following link: marioalgaze-historymiami.eventbrite.com
On the Road to the 31st Miami Book Fair International – New Treasure from the Golden Age
Friday, 11/14/2014 – 07:00 pm – 08:00 pm
2705 SW 3rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33135
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
New Treasure from the Golden Age
Researcher and scholar Alfredo RodrÃÂguez López-Vázquez in conversation with journalist and cultural critic, Olga Connor, about the book Segunda parte del Lazarillo de Tormes and its importance to Hispanic literary culture, and how RodrÃÂguez López-Vázquez rediscovered it. The event will be held in Spanish and is free and open to the public.
Drunkin Pumpkin Halloween Party
Friday, 10/31/2014 – 09:00 pm – 03:00 am
7100 Biscayne Boulevard,
Miami, Florida 33138
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Cost: $10 General, No Cover before 11pm
On Halloween Night, Moonchine Lounge invites you to join us for 1, or 2, or as many drinks as you can humanly handle at our Halloween Party extravaganza with OPEN BAR. Why pay for expensive drinks elsewhere?
Drunkin Pumpkin
Featuring the infamous DJ Scoobz
Playing your favorite Top40, Hip-Hop, and Reggae Music
Doors open 9:00pm
21 and Over (ID a must)
OPEN BAR WRISTBAND (3 hours 9pm – 12am)
ââ€" $20 pre-sold, see link below to purchase online
ââ€" $25 at the door
ââ€" Valet Parking: $5.00
ââ€" Costumes Preferred but not Required
Note: The Kitchen will be open until 1:00am
Please Drink Responsibly, Dont Drink and Drive
Leadership Learning Center Annual Gala
Friday, 11/07/2014 – 07:00 pm – 12:00 am
997 N. Greenway Drive,
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
RSVP Link
Cost: $400
The Leadership Learning Center at St. John Bosco Catholic Church will host its gala on Friday, Nov. 7, at the Coral Gables Country Club. The gala will kick-off a capital campaign, which will fund the new facility being constructed on the Center’s campus. Once the building is complete, the Center will be able to double the amount of students it serves annually.
The event’s theme will celebrate the program’s golden anniversary and officially mark the beginning of the next chapter of the Leadership Learning Center’s work in the community. Gala chairs Yuri Rossi and Dr. Ada Armas will join leaders from the business and civic community, including alumni of the program.
Univision anchors Eileen Cardet and Jorge Hernandez will serve as the Masters of Ceremonies, and Willy Chirino will perform live for attendees. The event include cocktails and a silent auction followed by dinner and dancing.
Gala sponsors include Humana; MCCI Medical Group; Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc.; Quantum Technology Partners; Artisan Media; Bacardi U.S.A.; Healthcare Image Centers Radiology VIP; Astor; Ocean Bank; and Jaxi Builders, Inc.
The Elements of the Arts, The Elements of Involvement
Thursday, 11/06/2014 – 07:00 pm – 09:00 am
59 NW 36th Street,
Miami, Florida 33127
RSVP Link
Cost: $10 Suggested Donation
Discover how Arts for Learning is empowering young people to thrive in the world with knowledge, creativity and passion.
Learn how you can help while enjoying cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and the chance to win extraordinary raffle prizes.
Program and student performances begin at 7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation
Cash bar
Street parking available
Please RSVP and purchase tickets here:
http://artsforlearning.splashthat.com/
For more information, kindly contact Carolina@a4lmiami.org
Education in Miami-Dade County: A Conversation with Alberto Carvalho
Wednesday, 11/05/2014 – 11/05/2014 09:30 am – 10:30 am
11200 SW 8 Street,
Miami, Florida 33199
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Cost: FREE
Alberto M. Carvalho, Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools and one of the most admired education leaders in the U.S., will share his insight and vision at Florida International University (FIU) on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. The event, free and open to the public, will be held at the Graham Center Ballroom on FIU’s Modesto Maidique campus.
Alberto M. Carvalho
â€Å"The Future of Education: A Conversation with Superintendent Alberto Carvalho†is part of the annual Miami Leadership Dialogues created and presented by the FIU Center for Leadership at the College of Business, in partnership with the Office of the President and, this year, the College of Education.
Carvalho was honored by President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at a White House ceremony on May 1, after he was selected as National Superintendent of the Year by AASA, The School Superintendent’s Association.
Carvalho has served in his current position since 2008. He is a nationally recognized expert on education transformation and finance who has successfully elevated his district’s academic profile and streamlined its business operations and financial systems. Now considered one of the nation’s highest-performing urban school systems, Miami-Dade was named as the 2014 College Board Advanced Placement Equity and Excellence District of the Year, as well as the 2012 winner of the Broad Prize for Urban Education.
A versatile leader, Carvalho is also the self-appointed principal of two award-winning schools, the Primary Learning Center and the iPrep Academy, and has served as President of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents.
Carvahlo was recently named by Scholastic Administrator as one of â€Å"The Fantastic Five†educators making a difference in America. He has been awarded a number of honorary degrees including a Doctor of Public Service by FIU and has been featured on CNN, NBC, and ABC and in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, District Administration Magazine and The Christian Science Monitor.
The Miami Leadership Dialogues continues its quest.
The Center for Leadership’s annual Miami Leadership Dialogues provide an opportunity for speakers to share their perspectives on the current state of, and future opportunities for the South Florida community. Speakers are recognized community leaders from business, government and civic organizations, who also use the opportunity to field questions from community members.
To register for the event for free please follow the event link provided and save your seat today.
Four Seasons by Philip Haas in Pinecrest Gardens
Saturday, 11/15/2014 – 04/06/2015 08:00 am – 05:00 pm
11000 Red Road,
Pinecrest, Florida 33156
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Cost: $5
Pinecrest, Fla. – Internationally-renowned contemporary artist and filmmaker Philip Haas will display his acclaimed FOUR SEASONS installation November 16th to April 6, 2015 in Pinecrest Gardens’ lush botanical sanctuary.
Consisting of four 15-foot-tall busts, Haas’s FOUR SEASONS bring 16th-century Renaissance portraiture by Italian artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo into modern times through a transformation of scale, material and dimensionality.
While Arcimboldo’s paintings present each subject in profile, Haas’s unconventional twist on the classical form allows visitors the opportunity to walk around the sculptures, to see the subjects from all sides, and from many different and surprising vantage points.
Each work represents an individual season and is distinctly unusual and extravagant. AUTUMN is comprised of fall vegetables, ripe grapes and leaves turning color. Weathered bark and verdant moss make up WINTER’s stoic bust, which sits on top of a cloak of straw. SPRING evokes rebirth and vibrancy with a face consisting of rose-colored petals and hair brimming with elaborate flowers. SUMMER’s hue is a variety of sun-kissed yellows; its face and headdress sprout onions, garlic, corn, peas, a multiplicity of fruit, and a cucumber nose. The sculptures are made of pigmented and painted fiberglass, supported by interior steel frames.
â€Å"I started the FOUR SEASONS project wanting to bring Arcimboldo’s Renaissance painted nature imagery into the 21st-century physical world. I can’t think of a better venue than Pinecrest Gardens to inaugurate the Florida tour of this work, where the sculptures will arrive in the one of the oldest outposts of the New World, having fled their earlier homes as paintings in European museums, to now rest, and blend in, for an extended period amid the lush tropical flora, rock formations and historic water features,†said Haas.
In marrying sculpture, painting, film, and architecture, Philip Haas has created a contemporary visual vocabulary all his own. He describes his process as â€Å"sculpting by thinkingâ€Â. His groundbreaking artwork has been featured by museums, including the National Gallery of Art (Washington DC), the Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, Texas), Dulwich Picture Gallery (United Kingdom), and Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris). In the public realm, his work has been exhibited in the Piazza del Duomo (Milan) and the Gardens of Versailles (France). His feature films include ANGELS & INSECTS, THE MUSIC OF CHANCE and UP AT THE VILLA. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as other awards. He has taught in the visual arts and creative writing programs at Princeton University. He lives and works in New York and London.
FOUR SEASONS by Philip Haas is the latest commission of Pinecrest Garden’s art program.
Brownes Beauty Hosts â€Å"All Hail the Nail†Launch Event Thursday, November 6th
Thursday, 11/06/2014 – 12:00 pm – 06:00 pm
32 N.E. 39th St.,
Miami, Florida 33137
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Cost: Free and open to the public
Brownes Merchants & Trading Co. is lacquering up locals with the launch of You Nailed It, Miami’s first monthly mani (or mani/pedi) membership program featuring weekly nail services and exclusive, VIP program perks.
Those looking to delight their digits with a weekly indulgence can opt for the Red Carpet Mani Membership (four monthly manicures for the price of three) for $66 or â€Å"play footsie†with the Velvet Rope Mani/Pedi Membership (four manicures and two pedicures) for $123. You Nailed It members will always have the perfect polish at their fingertips thanks to the salon’s luxurious selection of top-of-the-line lacquers including Essie and an assortment of Nars shades exclusive to Brownes.
Believe cuticle care should be shared? Unlike other beauty membership programs, Brownes’ nail club is happy to spread the lacquer love and transfer or gift one service from one beauty buff to another. Better yet, members looking to tap into their enterprising energy can score a $15 credit for each successful You Nailed It referral.
In addition to the promise of perfectly groomed hands and feet, Brownes’ nail club offers exclusive, VIP perks to members including complimentary refreshments and 15 percent off all retail purchases from their expertly-curated product assortment of beauty brands including Briogeo, Molton Brown, Nars, Skinceuticals, Diptyque, Caudalie, Red Flower, Escentric Molecules, Bumble & Bumble Bliss and more. Just in time for holiday gifting, Brownes is also offering You Nailed It member’s gratis gift-wrapping and delivery on all beauty basket orders over $100.
Taking the stress out of booking weekly services, Brownes offers standing appointments featuring convenient text reminders and the ability to cancel at the click of a button. Members can also elect to book online, allowing them to select a desired date, time, service and nail technician in one hassle-free step.
To kick off the festivities, Brownes will host an â€Å"All Hail the Nail†launch party on Thursday, November 6th from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. AT BOTH LOCATIONS, South Beach and Design District. Guests will enjoy complimentary cocktails, sweet treats, and manicure touch-ups, while watching history in the making as Miami’s budding artists play on the â€Å"nail art†trend by creating original works with a palate of polishes.
The Miami Open Coffee Club (MOCC) is a collaboration between FIU’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center and MapYourStartup.co. In the past, the meetup has typically held â€Å"speed-mentoring†events, which partners with mentors for short periods (around 30 minutes). Starting on October 30, however, MOCC is introducing a a new meetup style, which will include â€Å"fireside chats,†bringing in well-known local entrepreneurs and subject matter experts to provide immediate advice in front of a live-studio audience. This interactive discussion style can serve as an example of what a meeting with a mentor, coach, prospective board member, and even prospective might look like.
The meetups are held at the FIU Downtown on Brickwell, located at 1101 Brickwell Avenue, 10th floor. They will start at 7:30am. As mentioned before, the first meetup with the new format will be held on Thursday, October 30, and will feature Xavier Cossard from Plarity and Charles Irizarry from Rokk3r Labs. The second meetup will take place on November 20.
The goal of this new, collaborative format is to benefit the entrepreneurial community at large.
Check out the event’s Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/381322645356227/
RSVP here: https://fiupgec.hobsonsradius.com/crm/forms/x7kT3GEM003m0x671can
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In The Mix: GRAMMY® Festival at Sea Cruise Kick-Off
Monday, 11/03/2014 – 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Will Call Miami
700 NE 2nd Ave,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Free
In The Mix: GRAMMY® Festival at Sea Cruise Kick-Off
Featuring a live acoustic performance by 2014 Florida GRAMMY Showcase winner & GRAMMY Festival at Sea: Women Who Rock performer Tayler Buono
Join The Recording Academy® and fellow music community members for a casual networker to celebrate GRAMMY Festival At Sea: Women Who Rock Cruise, departing from Miami the following day. Enjoy drink specials and complimentary hors d'oeuvres courtesy of Will Call Miami.
Free admission for Recording Academy members and anyone who would like to learn about or join The Recording Academy. RSVP to florida@grammy.com.
Special thanks to our sponsors: SAE Institute, SESAC, Tampa Hillsborough Film & Digital Media Commission, and Will Call Miami
On the Road to the 31st Miami Book Fair International – I’m 50… so what?
Friday, 11/07/2014 – 08:00 pm –
2705 SW 3rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33135
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Cost: Free
I’m 50… so what? Actress and TV presenter Giselle Blondet will talk with the audience about her book: Tengo 50… ¿y qué?, in which she advises women about what they can do to be successful and beautiful at 50. The event will be held in Spanish and is free and open to the public.
MCABSL 6th annual Pit Bull BBQ
Sunday, 11/02/2014 – 11/02/2014 10:00 am – 04:00 pm
Topeekeegee Yugnee Park, 3300 N Park Rd,
Hollywood, Florida 33021
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Cost: Donation welcome at entrance of event at Pavillion 12
Please come & join the Miami Coalition Against Breed Specific Legislation MCABSL for our 6th Annual Pit Bull BBQ. Celebrate these beautiful dogs with their responsible owners. We'll have food, activites, great raffles & beautiful Pit Bulls. If you bring your dog please have them leashed at all times
(no retractable leashes allowed), no female dogs in heat, your dog must be up to date on vaccines & good tempered with other dogs, people & kids. Bring lots of water for your dog too. We hope to see you there at Pavillion 12.
Amigos Jr Special October Mask Month Friends Jr
Tuesday, October 28, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Miami, FL 33127
Friend Networking Night
Join Us and be part of our Amigos of JR, While we share ideas and concepts , we can also get to know others Dream’s or Goals and explore Different Strategies and make your opportunities a success
Jose Rodrigo Umaña Martinez Amigos JR es donde al cruzar la puerta de Fado las tarjetas de negocios y los temas de negocios quedan atrás. Si allá.. Es donde conoceremos la persona y el amigo por ese tema que le llamo la atención y quiere compartir.entre amigos. Si .. es una reunión de amigos..es es..
Jose Rodrigo Umaña Martinez
Amigos JR. starts when you cross Fados door and all business cards and business thoughts are left behind. Yes its there at that moment that you are part of Amigos to let us know yopur important point of view or topic to talk about. Yes even sign or a nice smile .. Its a moment to be with friends . That is what it is Amigos JR. .. is that Friends…
Amigos Jr Brindis â€Å"UP The Cupâ€Â, Mingle With: Friends
Special Guest : Wear the Mask and be part of the Night.
You…. Usted, Friend – Amigo, Special Presentation of Rosy Sosa and her Music
Drinks & appetizers
White Wine
tapas
Special Bar Service
Fashion and Mode.
Special Tabasco
Street Parking
Raffles & More Surprises
Special Presentation Of Blue Rack Fashion Mode
Host By Hubu Homes, Cram Group Corporation
Miamiartzine 9th Anniversary Celebration at Miami Beach Botanical Gardens on Monday, October 27, 2014.  This years Miamiartzine.com honored a member of its arts community for their work and dedication to the arts. This year’s honorees are Merle Weiss, arts advocate, and ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami arts pioneer for 30 years.
Live music by Cachi and His Salsa Jazz Ensemble, provided by KCC Productions, A live dance performance by Brigette Cormier Dance Company. Featuring art installations by Miami based artist Sid Daniels and Palm Beach artist Naomi Cordero. Hosted hors d’oeuvres by the Crepe Marker and libations by Desperados Tequila Barrel lager.
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A Life Well Lived – Seymour Pollack curated by Jonathan Rose
Aluna Art Foundation
172B West Flagler St.
(Downtown) Miami, FL 33130
Schedule
Sat., Nov. 1, 7-10: New Opening Reception with multi-lingual poetry readings and surprises
Sun. Nov. 2, 2-5
Fri. Nov. 7, 7-10 M-DAD Downtown First Fridays
Sat. Nov. 8, 2-5
Sun. Nov. 9, 2-5
Sat. Nov. 15, 7-10: Closing event
Sun. Nov. 16, 1-4, Book Fair begins later that afternoon
At the times when the gallery exhibit is open, remembrances will be read, along with personal stories told. Poetry will be recited in several languages.
Location is across from the Plaza containing the Main Library and HistoryMiami & 1 block South of Government Center.
Seymour "Sy" Pollock
You are invited to share memories/stories/anecdotes (if you write them and wish someone else to read them, poets and others will be available to do so) about Sy at an interactive art installation "A Life Well Lived" Presented by Aluna Art Foundation and Culture in the City – Installation by Jonathan Rose
Hess Select South Beach Seafood Festival on Saturday, October 25, 2014. The Hess Select South Beach Seafood Festival celebrates its 2nd year with an amazing seafood from local restaurants show off what they do best.
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Badges of Courage Dessert Reception & Silent Auction at MANO Fine Art Project Space on Thursday, October 23, 2014.  Badges of Courage Foundation presented a delicious and decadent dessert reception and silent ART auction to benefit breast cancer patients. We enjoy a wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres and sample signature desserts from some of Miami’s top confectioneries while bidding on unique Badges of Courage™ created by top Miami artists.
Invited Artists: Aquarela Sabol, Luis Berros, Toa Castellanos, Silvina Castillo, Ileana Collazo, Diana Contreras, Pablo Contrisciani, Debra Cortese, Atena de Jong, Karen Deilke, Eleazar Delgado, EFFIS, ERMAN, Vicente Fabre, Oswald Franco, Sheri A Friedman, Marcy Grosso, Mila Tapperi Hajjar, Jane Harris, Ernesto Kunde, Monique Lassooij, Maura Leonardo, MANO, Tony Mendoza, Odilia Mezquia, Aurora Molina, Mary Pickwell, Lori Pratico, Derek Wilson, Macarena Zilveti.
Desserts by: Bunnie Cakes, Feverish Pops, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Liberty Caffe and Misha’s Cupcakes, Daddy Brew and El Carajo provided the wine. Door prizes courtesy of Azul & Company and The Yellow Canopy.
Badges of Courage Mission: "Badges of Courage Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was founded to provide assistance to low income women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer and those who are in treatment. Often, these women cannot work during their lengthy treatment and without the possibility of income, cannot afford their basic living expenses. Our goal is to give women tranquility and hope when faced with this disease."
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The Haunted Palace
Friday, 10/31/2014 – 04:00 pm – 11:00 pm
1200 Ocean Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
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Cost: Free
This Halloween, Palace is putting the FEAR back in FEARce! For the first year ever, there are no gay bars/clubs on Lincoln Road so naturally the party is coming over to 12th and Ocean! That's right! No insanely packed road, bobbing and weaving through drunken restaurant and mall patrons… you, all your local and tourist LGBT friends, your Ketel One premium cocktail, and all the space on Ocean Drive. Join us as 3 Queens host a night of Tricks & Treats. Kicking off at 4pm with the sounds of DJ Zehno and followed soon after by drag shows with TP Lords, Shanaya Bright, and Noel Leon, this is sure to be a wild night to howl at the moon. Expect over-the-top costumes, giveaways, eye-CANDY, zombie gogo dancers, a $100 costume contest, killer entertainment… even some zombie flash mobs. So skip the cover charges at clubs, forget about dressing up if you don't want to, and come enjoy Halloween however you want hunty. You're a Queen, and this is your Haunted Palace.
Concierto de Aranjuez
Friday, 11/14/2014 – 08:00 pm – 10:00 pm
1300 Biscayne Boulevard,
Miami, Florida 33132
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Cost: Tickets start at $36
The Cleveland Orchestra opens its 2014-15 Miami season with Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. Inspired by the fountains and gardens of the palace of Aranjuez, Rodrigo’s concerto is elegant, distinctively Spanish. It is arguably the best known composition for guitar, thanks in no small part to the extraordinary beauty of its central Adagio.
Award-winning classical guitarist MiloÅ¡ Karadaglić joins the Orchestra for these concerts. â€Å"KaradaglicÌ is a guitarist of superior musical and technical gifts who allows his personality to sing through the music with taste and intelligence.†(The Guardian)
Red Bull Minidrome
Saturday, 11/08/2014 – 11/08/2014 07:30 pm – 11:30 pm
318 NW 23rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33127
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Cost: Free to the Public
The world’s smallest Velodrome comes to Miami! Red Bull Minidrome is a racing competition for fixed gear cyclists, who will race against the clock and then against each other to see who is the fastest burner on two wheels. In front of a cheering audience, 64 riders will compete in head-to-head knockout brackets on the miniaturized version of a typical velodrome until at winner is crowned in the heart of Wynwood at Mana.
Groupon Deal – The Rough Set Comedy Open Mic
Wednesday, 10/29/2014 – 10/29/2014 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
7100 Biscayne Blvd,
Miami, Florida 33138
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Cost: Free
One of a kind Open Mic night…
Looking for a unique experience with a side of laughter during hump day? Imagine a scenario where you can decide the fate of local up and coming comedians as they polish their material for you. You decide the topics to make humorous. You can boo, heckle or laugh. Either way a good time is to be had.
Prizes given throughout the night for participating audience members. Doors open at 7 and Happy Hour
2 for 1 goes on until 8pm!
Purchase a ticket online for $10 and we will give you a $20 bar tab! (Limit one per attendee. Redeemable only during showtime 7-10pm at the lounge. taxes and gratuity not included.)
We are also ON GROUPON= $14 get you $24 during showtime!
http://www.groupon.com/deals/moonchine-asian-bistro-1
On the Road to the 31st Miami Book Fair International – Recent Books from La Pereza
Saturday, 11/01/2014 – 06:00 pm –
2705 SW 3rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33135
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Presentation of the new books published by Ediciones La Pereza: Facundo Cabral: sus últimos correos; El rap de la morgue y otros cuentos, de Claudia Amengual; Toda una vida, de Luisgé MartÃÂn, and Noches de Obon, MarÃÂa José Rivera. Event will be held in Spanish and are all free and open to the public.
ArtIST WORKSHOP | Tom De Vita
Thursday, 11/13/2014 – 11/13/2014 06:30 pm – 08:30 pm
Omni Auditorium | Broward College North Campus
1000 Coconut Creek, Blvd.,
Coconut Creek, Florida 33066
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Oil Painting & The Human Figure
Tom De Vita was born in Queens, New York and received his received his Master of Fine Arts from Miami International University of Art & Design. Now based in South Beach, De Vita has produced paintings and murals for many of South Florida's more prestigious businesses and residences and teaches these techniques at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and Broward College. De Vita exhibits locally and nationally and his solo exhibition was on view at The Lee Wagener Gallery, in the Hollywood/Fort Lauderdale Airport.
Join us at 1pm the following day for a figure painting workshop in the Fine Arts Department’s Drawing Studio (Bldg. 50 / Room 211).
ArtIST WORKSHOP | Tom De Vita
Thursday, 11/13/2014 – 11/13/2014 06:30 pm – 08:30 pm
Omni Auditorium | Broward College North Campus
1000 Coconut Creek, Blvd.,
Coconut Creek, Florida 33066
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Oil Painting & The Human Figure
Tom De Vita was born in Queens, New York and received his received his Master of Fine Arts from Miami International University of Art & Design. Now based in South Beach, De Vita has produced paintings and murals for many of South Florida's more prestigious businesses and residences and teaches these techniques at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and Broward College. De Vita exhibits locally and nationally and his solo exhibition was on view at The Lee Wagener Gallery, in the Hollywood/Fort Lauderdale Airport.
Join us at 1pm the following day for a figure painting workshop in the Fine Arts Department’s Drawing Studio (Bldg. 50 / Room 211).
Halloween Hell Yeah
Friday, 10/31/2014 – 11/02/2014 07:00 pm – 03:00 am
297 NW 23rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33127
Facebook Link
Cost: Free
Join Cafeina's 5th annual annual spook-tacular party, Halloweeh, Hell Yeah! It's double the party this year, celebrating both Friday October 31st and Saturday, November 1st. Enter into the underworld and relish amongst fire and brimstone. Let your inner Lucifer out to play and dance the nights away with Dj's Sharpsound and Skitty. Group reservations are recommended to secure table area's in advanced due to limited seating. rsvp@cafeinamiami.com or (305) 438-0792
TigerDirect Innovation: IT Conference and Expo
Marlins Park
501 Marlins Way,
Miami, Florida 33125
RSVP Link
Cost: Free
TigerDirect will hold its first-ever TigerDirect Innovation: IT Conference and Expo, an exclusive business-to-business (B2B) sector symposium to be held during the Third Annual TigerDirect Tech Bash, on November 7, 2014 at Marlins Park in Miami. The must-attend business-to-business (B2B) event, which will be keynoted by Kevin O’Leary of ABC’s hit TV show â€Å"Shark Tank,†will showcase the latest technology trends and solutions via nearly 20 breakout sessions, direct access to top technology manufacturers, interactive demonstrations and on-site purchasing capabilities. The title sponsor is Lenovo and the double platinum sponsor is HP.
Nightmare on the Beach 2014: Alien Invasion
Lummus Park on South Beach
901 Ocean Drive, Lummus Park
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Purchase Tickets Online
Join The Little Lighthouse Foundation for its 5th annual Halloween fundraiser, Nightmare on the Beach: Alien Invasion! Nightmare on the Beach is the only Halloween party on the actual sands of South Beach. All attendees will be treated to premium open bar, cuisine from Miami's top restaurants and caterers, and live entertainment.
Top-shelf open bar and and food from 8 PM – 1 AM
Tickets
+Include top shelf cocktails, beer, and wine during the event
+Samples from sponsoring restaurant & catering partners
VIP Table Service
Call The Little Lighthouse Foundation at 305-417-8553 for VIP table information and pricing
NOTB2014 Is Rain Or Shine
Tickets to Nightmare on the Beach are non-refundable
The 6th Annual Reel Horror Ball Miami
Grand Central Miami
697 N. Miami Ave.
Miami, FL 33136.
Tickets use code JDVIP for 50% off VIP tickets!
The premiere event known for over-the top-production and a who’s who crowd partners up with Jack Daniel’s.
Halloween is just around the corner and Miami’s premier event, the 6th Annual Reel Horror Ball taking place at Grand Central Miami is gearing up to provide guests another year to act just a little bit naughty. This year’s theme will be based around the hit horror movie, â€Å"The Purgeâ€Â.
Presented by Vitamin C Communications, the 6th Annual Reel Horror Ball will feature music by some of Miami’s most well-known DJ’s to include Robbie Rivera, Armand Pena, and Tony G. Hollywood quality décor will put guests in the â€Å"Purge†state of mind as they â€Å"try and survive the night. Guest will also have the opportunity to win $1000 cash by entering the â€Å"Jack Daniel’s Halloween in Miami†costume contest.
The 6th Annual Reel Horror Ball will also offer a Jack Daniel’s VIP section for those who are looking to celebrate their Halloween with some style. The Jack Daniel’s VIP ticket allows guests a private VIP section offering up a full open bar for three hours, lite bites, and Jack Daniels give aways and swag from 10:00PM- 1:00AM.
Need a costume to enter the â€Å"Jack Daniel’s Halloween in Miami†at the 6th Annual Reel Horror Ball? No worry, as Playthings Miami is offering a 10% discount on all costumes when using the promo code â€Å"Purgeâ€Â.
Vitamin C productions and Jack Daniel Whiskey is looking forward to seeing you all â€Å"Survive the Night†at the 6th Annual Reel Horror Ball: The Purge.
SPECTRUM Miami and ArtSpot during International Art Week Miami
Wednesday, Dec. 3rd, 6-10pm, Opening Preview
Friday, Dec. 5th, 1pm-9pm
Saturday, Dec. 6th, 1pm-9pm
Sunday, Dec. 7th, 12pm-6pm
3011 NE 1st Avenue at NE 30th St
Miami, FL 33137
www.spectrum-miami.com
Opening Preview + 5 Day Show Pass > $25
VIP Special Events Evening Pass – Includes special events & drinks (Dec. 4, 5, 6 – beginning at 6pm) > $10
General Admission > $10
Students/Senior Admission > $7.50
Children under 15 > free
Buy Tickets Online
Percentage of all ticket sales go to benefit Life Is Art, a local Miami based charity.
The Five-Day Art Experience Features Local Partnerships and Performances from
Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna, Life Is Art, Yo Miami and a Specially Curated Art Labs Series
Redwood Media Group, today announced the return of its celebrated fine art show, SPECTRUM Miami featuring ArtSpot International Art Fair, from Wednesday, December 3 – Sunday, December 7 in the heart of the Wynwood Art District during Art Week Miami. SPECTRUM is more than an art show  it’s a 5-day fine art experience featuring top galleries and artists from across the US and around the world, along with live performances, curated Art Lab projects and Late Night parties drawing crowds from all corners of the city.
New to this year’s show is a special curated Art Labs series, featuring educational projects and seminars by leading Miami-based art institutions and industry leaders. One such projectâ€â€[mi.ami][inter.play], by local nonprofit partner Life Is Artâ€â€will be an artistic collaboration within the community. Another, Yo Miami, will be a live, invitational mural painting endeavor involving both experienced artists and up-and-comers.
Other surprises include a partnership with the Cirque du Soleil show, Amaluna, which includes performance art and ticket giveaways throughout the show. There may also be a dramatic photo shoot with dancers by international bookseller and world-renowned photographer Jordan Matter!
The show’s signature VIP opening preview party, SPECTRUM After Dark, takes place from 6 – 10 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3, and includes artist unveilings, performance art, music and DJ, a full cash bar, complimentary cocktails and passed hors d’oeuvres. The following nights, from Thursday, December 4 – Saturday, December 6, features Late Night parties from 7 – 9 p.m. daily.
Housed within the SPECTRUM tent for its 2nd year is the independent show, ArtSpot International, organized by Aldo Castillo. ArtSpot presents modern and cutting-edge galleries exhibiting contemporary art, including photography, works on paper, sculpture, and installations from emerging and established artists. The show merges a range of international art with strong Latin American influences. Castillo, the show curator and director, is one of the most respected authorities of modern and contemporary art and has overseen the direction of more than 250 international art exhibitions.
The juried show of contemporary art features original paintings, photography, sculpture, mixed media, glass and limited edition prints. By catering to high-end collectors, buyers and art enthusiasts, SPECTRUM Miami offers gallery owners, designers, architects and collectors extraordinary works by innovative and established artists and galleries from around the world.
About Redwood Media Group
Redwood Media Group has a long history serving the global fine art community. The company’s full suite of fine art services includes fine art exhibitions, art business education, fine art publications, fine art mentoring, marketing and social media, and more. Redwood owns and produces fine art shows and conferences including Artexpo New York, SPECTRUM New York, SPECTRUM Miami, [SOLO] and DECOR Expo Showcase and the National Artist Conference & Art Show (NACA). The company also owns and publishes Art Business News magazine and DECOR magazine. For more information, visit: www.spectrum-newyork.com, www.spectrum-miami.com, www.artbusinessnews.com, www.artexponewyork.com, www.artexponewyork.com/solo, www.artexponewyork.com/decor-expo and www.nationalartistconference.com.
If you love Latin dancing, its music or its culture, this is the weekend cruise for you! Back for its second year as a full ship charter and seventh time cruising the high seas, Aventura Dance Cruise (ADC), the world’s largest floating Latin dance cruise, will be setting sail out of the Port of Miami on board the Carnival Ecstasy from November 7-10, 2014. Attendees will be treated to an amazing musical  lineup including some of Latin music’s most celebrated, award-winning artists, like Chino y Nacho , the Latin GRAMMY-winning and Billboard Latin chart-topping Venezuelan reggaeton duo with a romantic, tropical style; Leslie Grace, Latin GRAMMY-nominated artist for Best Contemporary Tropical Album 2013, as well as one of Latin music’s most influential vocalists and living legend Jos é â€Å"El Canario†Alberto .
The Carnival Ecstasy boasts 1,028 cabins, with lodging for up to 4 of your best friends, accommodating 2,400 on board. Included onboard are mini-golf, a full jogging track, a swimming pool, two main dining rooms and the lido buffet restaurant. Service is one of the bright spots on Ecstasy; so don’t be surprised if your waiters or waitresses remember your name or even your meal preferences.
 Aventura Dance Cruise Official Video Trailer: http://vimeo.com/aventuradancecruise
Guests will have the opportunity to enjoy world-class dance performances, take any of the 60+ dance workshops, two private island Bahamas beach parties, 70+ hours of social dancing with several interactive performances.  There's even a workshop especially for beginners or novices that may need to brush up on their Latin dancing skills. It really is a pretty sick deal!
Additionally, the Aventura Dance Cruise is hosting several day and night parties with various themes such as ‘represent’, superheroes, whatever floats your boat, pirates of the Caribbean, white hot and the red carpet start. ÂÂCheck out the website for the event schedule.
Last year, our friends who took the cruise said it was one of the most amazing and most fun experiences they ever had! We are booked any ready to go, so come salsa and party with us. You don't want to miss it! ÂÂHurry because booking ends November 1st.
For bookings and payment information on the  Aventura Dance Cruise, please visit: http://aventuradancecruise.com/prices-registration/
Thanksgiving Feast at Pilar Local Restaurant & Bar
Thursday, 11/27/2014 – 12:00 pm –
20475 BISCAYNE BLVD,
Aventura, Florida 33180
Webpage Link
Cost: Adults $40, children ages 5 – 11 for $25, children ages 4 and under complimentary
This Thanksgiving, Pilar Local Restaurant & Bar will be hosting a traditional holiday three-course feast. Menu items include Butternut Squash Soup, Nanny’s Brisket, Oven-Roasted Turkey, Pumpkin Pie and more.
Adults can dine for $40 and children ages 5 – 11 for $25, while children ages 4 and under will be served complimentary meals.
There will be three seatings on Thanksgiving Day for lunch and dinner: 12 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m..
For more information and to make reservations please visit www.pilarrestaurantandbar.com, or call 305.937.2777.
Macchialina's Halloween Bar Takeover
Thursday, 10/30/2014 – 11:00 pm – 02:00 am
820 ALTON ROAD,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Webpage Link
Cost: Free Admission
Macchialina will host the latest installment of its monthly Bar Takeover series with a Halloween-themed twist. Adam DelGiudice is taking over the bar with spooky spirits along with Macchialina’s own Will Rivas. Small bites will be prepared by Chef Danny Grant and Chef Michael Pirolo setting the scene for one of the best pre-Halloween parties in South Beach.
As October comes to an end, its time to get excited for the Miami Nice Jazz Festival! The festival kicks off on November 1, and goes until November 23. This monthlong festival fuses music and history by bringing international artists to play at some of Miami’s most celebrated landmarks. The jazz festival is a partnership between Miami and its sister city of Nice, France. The festival coincides with â€Å"French Weeks Miami,†which aims to highlight various events to engage the audience with France’s cultural identity. Each Sunday, there will be a Jazz brunch at the National Hotel in Miami Beach, with performances by The French Horn. This year’s lineup includes : Cuban jazz pianist Roberto Fonseca, Creole trumpeter Etienne Charles, Spanish flamenco singer Diego El Cigala, Miami leading ladies of Jazz Nicole Yarling, Kate Reid, Wendy Peterson, the Hot Sardines, The French Horn and more.
To learn more about the festival and check out the lineup, visit:
http://www.miaminicejazzfestival.com/
by: Leah Bury
On the Road to the 31st Miami Book Fair International – Recent Books from La Pereza
Saturday, 11/01/2014 – 01:00 pm – 06:00 pm
2705 SW 3rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33135
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Presentation of the new books published by Ediciones La Pereza: Facundo Cabral: sus últimos correos; El rap de la morgue y otros cuentos, de Claudia Amengual; Toda una vida, de Luisgé MartÃÂn, and Noches de Obon, MarÃÂa José Rivera. Event will be held in Spanish and are all free and open to the public.
New Leaders Council Miami's Last Call (for applications)!
Monday, 11/03/2014 – 06:00 pm – 08:00 pm
7301 Biscayne Blvd.,
Miami, Florida 33138
RSVP Link
Cost: Free
Last Call! (for applications)
New Leaders Council Miami is hosting one last get together for potential applicants to hear more about NLC Miami, its benefits for your personal and professional development, and the application process (Deadline is November 11).
If you have questions or are debating whether NLC Miami Institute is for you, join us for networking, an alum panel, and tips on completing your application. We are excited to host this event at the newly revitalized Vagabond Hotel with local tea company Lemon City debuting some NLC (NLC Nectar anyone?) themed cocktails.
Ready to apply? Go to www.newleaderscouncil.org
The Idea Center Launches at MDC
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus
315 N.E. Second Ave., Bldg. 8, Fifth Floor
Miami, FL
Register Online
Official Launch of The Idea Center
Opening Ceremony: 10:30 a.m.
In Partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Join thought leaders from the Miami community to inaugurate this state-of-the-art facility and learn about the College’s landmark initiative to create a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Pulse Miami Beach Art Fair
Indian Beach Park
4601 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
Website
Admission
MultiPass (4-day entry) $25
General Admission $20
Students/Seniors with valid ID $15
Group Discount (10 or more) $10
Thursday December 4, 9am–1pm, Private Preview Brunch, Invite-only
Thursday December 4, 1pm–7pm
Friday December 5, 10am–7pm
Saturday December 6, 10am–7pm
Sunday December 7, 10am–5pm
No new entries 20 minutes prior to closing
Since 2005, PULSE Contemporary Art Fair has been the premiere satellite fair for the discovery and acquisition of cutting-edge contemporary art. With annual editions in Miami Beach and New York City, the fair cultivates a supportive environment for its international community of galleries and provides a platform for their growth and expansion in the contemporary art market. From its inception, PULSE has presented thoughtfully-curated exhibitions and ever-evolving programming that reflect the fair’s commitment to making the visitor experience a dynamic one.
PULSE Contemporary Art Fair is delighted to announce its 2014 Miami Beach programming highlights and PULSE Prize nominees for its tenth anniversary edition. With over 170 exhibiting artists presented by a select group of exhibitors from Asia, Europe and the Americas, PULSE Miami Beach will offer visitors a dynamic environment in which to discover and collect cutting-edge contemporary art.
PULSE Projects, the fair’s presentation of large-scale installations and performance, will feature a piece by Ontario-based artist Shayne Dark, presented by Art Mûr. Tangle Wood (below), Dark’s meditative 8x18x10’ painted wood sculpture, is a reference to log driving on North American rivers in the early part of the century. Jenna Spevack will also present Birds of Brooklyn, an audio installation that brings the sounds of displaced and bygone birds to sites in Brooklyn and Miami, courtesy of the artist and Mixed Greens.
PULSE Play, the fair’s platform for new media and video art, will be presented by Tumblr and curated by new media scholar Lindsay Howard. For PULSE Play, Howard will select a group of artists whose work is thematically linked from among exhibiting galleries. "Video and New Media Art have become essential components of contemporary art collections. The artists included in PULSE Play are experimenting with the aesthetics and technical aspects of emergent technologies, through topics such as religion, poetry, human form, light, and performance,†explains Lindsay Howard. The PULSE Play selections will be on view on PULSE’s Tumblr, and at the fair.
PULSE is honored to present the PULSE Prizeâ€â€a cash grant awarded directly to a jury-selected artist of distinction who is being exhibited in a solo booth at the fair. The New York 2014 winner of the PULSE Prize was Hassan Hajjaj, presented by GUSFORD | los angeles.
The nominees for the 2014 Miami Beach PULSE Prize are:
Andrea Canepa – Rosa Santos, Valencia, Spain
David Magnusson – Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN
Genevieve Chua – GUSFORD | los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Dalton – Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY
Jinny Yu – Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
John Mills – Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Ken Matsubara – MA2Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Lisa Levy – Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NY
Maya Hayuk – CC Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Mia Rosenthal – Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Michael Van den Besselaar – Black & White Gallery/Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
Natalia Arias – Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
Russell Tyler – Ballast Projects, New York, NY
Tm Gratkowski – Walter Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Tom Fruin – Paul Loya Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Miamiartzine 9th Anniversary Celebration
Monday, October 27, 2014 from 6-9pm
2000 Convention Center
Miami Beach
Advance tickets only $25 and $30 at the door
Click Here to pay in advance
Join us in celebration of Miamiartzine's 9th year anniversary in an evening of art, music, food & drink and fundraising! Live music by Cachi and His Salsa Jazz Ensemble, provided by KCC Productions, A live dance performance by Brigette Cormier Dance Company. Featuring art installations by Miami based artist Sid Daniels and Palm Beach artist Naomi Cordero
Hosted hors d'oeuvres by the Crepe Marker and libations by Desperados Tequila Barrel lager. Plus, don't miss the silent auction!
Each year, miamiartzine.com honors a member of its arts community for their work and dedication to the arts. This year's honorees are Merle Weiss, arts advocate, and ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami arts pioneer for 30 years.
Proceeds benefit the Miami Beach Arts Trust
Gran Fondo Italia and KIDS to KIDS Re-Cycling Project to Host Awards Ceremony this Saturday at Ironside Pizza; Proceeds to Benefit Miami Children’s Health Foundation. A CME event.
Saturday, 10/25/2014 – 05:00 pm – 07:00 pm
7610 NE 4th Court,
Miami, Florida 33138
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Art students from 15 Miami-Dade Schools who created sculptures from junk bicycles will compete this Saturday for the prize of â€Å"Best Recycling Project†in a charity benefit contest hosted by Gran Fondo Italia.
Circo Massimo Entertainment (CME), with the help of the City of Miami Beach, collected junk bicycles from the streets and gave them to 15 schools of the Miami-Dade district, selected by ODLI, Inc. (Organization for the Development of the Italian Language) and IIPA (Italian International Parent Association) under the Italian Consulate patronage. Students have disassembled, attached, painted and glued parts of the bikes to create a unique piece of art, as a free expression of kids’ creativity.
Artworks will be available to purchase at auction with 100% of the proceeds to benefit the MCH Foundation (Miami Children’s Health Foundation).
The three winning artworks will be on display in the â€Å"History of Italian Cycling†exhibit at the Coral Gables Museum, from Oct. 28th to Nov. 7th, and all the fifteen artworks will be at the EXPO of the 2014 GRAN FONDO ITALIA in the weekend of Nov. 8th & 9th in Coconut Grove, at 2500, Pan American Drive.
I'M NOT GONNA MOVE TO L.A. November Edition
Wednesday, 11/05/2014 – 06:30 pm – 09:30 pm
90 NW 29th St,
Miami, Florida 333127
Eventbrite Link
Cost: $10.00
It's November already? Really? We can't believe it either. On November 5th, Indie Film Club Miami invites all of South Florida's fabulous creatives to the last I'M NOT GONNA MOVE TO L.A. of the year. Enjoy local music, comedy, films, and find out which director will be the final audience winner of 2014.
Want to see ALL the winning films of the year? Be sure to catch them all at Filmgate Interactive, where we will be screening the Best Of I'M NOT GONNA MOVE TO L.A. in February!
DIRECTORS
Alexander Beresford
David Chavez
Jonathan Cuartas
Eugenie Dufloo
Michele Gianelli
Ramiro Hernandez
Danielle Kipnis
Bert Oliva
Egon von Schirach
with special guest Comedy Troupe CAGE-FREE HUMANS
$10 in advance/ $12 at the door
#stayMIA
Ghosts in the Garden
Friday, October 31, 2014, 8 p.m. to Midnight
2000 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
One ticket, one price for total merriment – $75.00
Buy Tickets Online
Park your Broom at Miami Beach High School, your $10 donation supports their PTA. You must have passed your 21st name day to participate!
Once upon a time, in the garden of Miami Beach, the Queens of 'Ween requested ghosts be summoned to dance amongst the plants for their bewitching Halloween Ball on the Frightful.
They have invited all the land to join this no-moon celebration, Ghosts in The Garden, A Knight of Fantasy! Mr. Nice Guy (this night, naughty is preferred) and his musical troupe will set the beat, prepare to dance! Bacardi-inspired cocktails and grog will be served at the pick-your-poison bar. The mote will fill with a spellbinding fog, unleashing goblins into the haunted forest. Tales of Terror shall stream on the screaming lawn cinema.
Creative costume attire shall be justly rewarded by hostess of horror, Nicole Soden. Choose your destiny of escape at The Clevelander or The Essex House. Spooktacular treats, tricks and morsels of delight will be free flowing. Succulent meat & festive nourishments by Latin Burger. Dylans Candy Bar shall sweeten guests with their buffet of treats. Booze Bars will chill all down between dances! Unimaginable surprises of shock and awe reign throughout the evening.
Official afterparty at Oolite.
In recent times, more focus has been placed on Miami’s growing startup ecosystem. Miami has even been given nicknames like â€Å"Silicon Beach†and â€Å"the Internet Coastâ€Â- but where do these nicknames come from? Investors are sending scouts to South Florida, working spaces and business incubators are becoming more and more common, and entrepreneurial projects like The Knight Project, Endeavor Miami, and YPO Florida, are serving as catalysts for this startup culture to thrive.
Despite all this success, there is still a lot that needs to be done. One of these challenges is how to bring early-stage companies in south Florida who show great potential together with quality capital and dedicated investors. This challenge is why events like the Emerging Technology Business Showcase are so important.
The 17th annual Emerging Technology Business Showcase, held by the Enterprise Development Corp of South Florida and the Florida Venture Forum is a showcase for local emerging companies to bring their innovation to the stage. Over 250 attendees will gather to meet and network with potential investors, clients, partners, and mentors, and hear from industry experts. The goal is to provide investors and companies the opportunity to connect with one another.
Interested in attending? The showcase is being held on Oct. 23 from 9AM to 6:30PM at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus.
Website: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e9luneo8581fa926&oseq=&c=&ch=
by Leah Bury
Halloween Behind The Candelabra at The Vintro Hotel
Friday, October 31, 8:00pm – 3:00am
2216 Park Ave
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Facebook Invite
Celebrate Halloween "Behind The Candelabra" Friday October 31st at Vintro Hotel & Kitchen
Dine in style to the classical sounds of Liberace in the Vintro Kitchen from 7pm
Reservations 305 704 3680
Suggested Halloween Attire
Party like a Rockstar on The Rooftop and Scorpion Bar to the classic disco beats of DJ NYX til late
New Leaders Council Miami Presents: Why Miami? (or why startups, start here)
Tuesday, October 21, 2014, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
LiveNinja HQ
120 NW 25th St
Miami, FL 33127
Register Online
The entrepreneurial sector is alive and well in Miami, but ever wondered why these startups, start here? Join LiveNinja and Wyncode founders to discuss why businesses choose to start and stay in our town.
6:00 PM-Doors open, networking opportunities and appetizers served.
6:45 PM-Program starts.
About NLC Miami: New Leaders Council (NLC) Miami is a chapter of a national non-profit, non-partisan organization that prepares and connects the next generation of leaders in Miami.
Q&A about applying to be an NLC Miami Fellow to follow. Deadline for applications is 11/11/14. More info at www.newleaderscouncil.org
About NLC Institute: NLC Miami’s Institute is a formal leadership training course for selected NLC Fellows. As a Fellow, you will:
Learn from local and national experts in media, policy, fundraising, community engagement, and Miami.
Spend 5 weekends (1/28, 2/28, 3/28, 4/25, 5/30) creating a deep network of allies.
Receive coaching in defining your leadership vision and be matched with a mentor interested your growth.
Execute a capstone project that allows you to share your passion with Miami.
About Live Ninja: LiveNinja is a video chat marketplace where experts, or ninjas, can sell and buy expertise from each other.
Miamiartzine 9th Anniversary Celebration
Miami Beach Botanical Gardens
2000 Convention Center Dr
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Advance tickets only $25 and $30 at the door
Purchase Tickets in Advance
Join us in celebration of Miamiartzine's 9th year anniversary in an evening of art, music, food & drink and fundraising!
Live music by Cachi and His Salsa Jazz Ensemble, provided by KCC Productions, A live dance performance by Brigette Cormier Dance Company. Featuring art installations by Miami based artist Sid Daniels and Palm Beach artist Naomi Cordero
Hosted hors d'oeuvres by the Crepe Marker and libations by Desperados Tequila Barrel lager. Plus, don't miss the silent auction!
Each year, miamiartzine.com honors a member of its arts community for their work and dedication to the arts. This year's honorees are Merle Weiss, arts advocate,
and ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami arts pioneer for 30 years.
Proceeds benefit the Miami Beach Arts Trust
GMCVB 2014 Annual Meeting Featuring Miami Artists
Pérez Art Museum Miami
1103 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33132
GMCVB Partner: $65
Non-GMCVB Partner & Walk-Up: $75
Register Online
Limited Self Parking is available and included with ticket.
For information, please call 305/539-3069 or email AnnualMeeting@GMCVB.com
Buffet Lunch/Networking/Business Expo, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Business Meeting, 12:30 – 2 p.m.
Join us to kick off the City of Miami Beach Centennial Celebration
Life Is Art presents Live Painting by Miami Artists
From 11:00am to 12:30pm, enjoy live painting by four diverse Miami artists, hosted by the GMCVB and curated by Life Is Art.
Diana Contreras, Dianne Romero, Rei Ramirez, Terry Arroyo Mulrooney
It’s Music Monday, and there’s plenty of exciting musical happenings going on in Miami this week.
First, Amplified Miami presents â€Å"A Night of Music, Talent, and Entertainment,†a charity concert featuring Robby Hunter Band, Cannibal Kids, Thanks, Alex Dawson, and John Watson. The concert, which showcases some of Miami’s talented youth musicians, will be held on October 25 from 6-8pm at Open Stage Club. Admission is free, but donations will benefit Little Kids Rock Foundation, which donates instruments, curriculum, and supplies to low income schools so that all students can have a music education.
Event website: http://amplifiedmiami.weebly.com/events/come-to-our-first-event-on-october-25th
If one free concert isn’t enough, come out on October 26 for â€Å"A Spooky Symphony,†a free Halloween family concert by the Greater Miami Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Alhambra Orchestra. There will be excerpts from Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings and Scheherazade, and more. Kids are encouraged to dress in costume to enhance the supernatural experience. The program will be held at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Center for the Performing Arts- parking is $5 in College Station Garage.
Event Website: http://sweatrecordsmiami.com/events/a-spooky-symphony/
by Leah Bury
Saturday, October 25, 2014, 10:00pp – 3:00am
The Historic Alfred I. Dupont Building
169 E Flagler St
Miami, FL 33131
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This year's event will be held at Downtown Miami's spectacular Historic Alfred I. Dupont Building, truly one of South Florida's premiere event spaces.
Sponsor Bacardi will supply their repertoire of brands including Grey Goose and Bombay Sapphire at double the bars of last year's event (to help keep lines short — we heard your requests!). Prices at cash bars will range from $4 for nonalcoholic beverages, to $6 for well drinks or Hatuey Beer, and $8 for drinks mixed with top-shelf spirits.
On top of it all, this year's VIP section will be set up inside the building's spooky vacant bank vault complete with OPEN BAR, and for everyone else there will be undead "bank tellers" serving up your favorite drinks! AND, TRACY YOUNG is back by popular demand this year spinning your favorite dance and electronic tunes with the assist from retro-flavored DJ Bill James along with three DJs new to the Halloween Ball: Alex Ramos, Carlos Rojas, and Maximus 3000!
For your convenience, we are happy to offer valet parking at the event for $15. If the valet isn't for you, there are parking lots for $5-$7 surrounding the venue. And of course, if you want to skip driving altogether, the event is located very close to Metrorail and Metromover connections (but remember, the Metro stops running at midnight and doesn't reopen til 5AM — so if you come this way, plan to get a ride home!).
In 2014 we've given it all for equality, and that goes for the Halloween Ball, too. We've revamped and reloaded — and the only thing we're missing to make the night truly terrifying is YOU!
7th Annual Downtown Miami Riverwalk Festival
Miami Riverwalk
315-335 S. Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33131
Admission: Free
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Featuring Asia
Orchestra Miami's Eighth Season Preview Concert
Saturday, 11/01/2014 – 07:30 pm – 09:30 pm
285 Aragon Avenue,
Coral Gables, Florida 33143
Webpage Link
Cost: 30
Orchestra Miami begins its Eighth Season with the annual Season Preview Concert at the Coral Gables Museum on Saturday, November 1, 2014. This intimate event features soloists from Orchestra Miami along with Artistic Director Elaine Rinaldi performing works by composers whose works you will hear throughout Orchestra Miami's season.
The evening begins with cocktails and light bites at 7:30 PM, followed by the concert at 8:00 PM. Featured performers included Mei Mei Luo, violin, Richard Fleischman, viola, Karen Dixon, flute and Richard Hancock, clarinet, performing compositions by Beethoven, Shostakovich, MIlhaud, Copland, Tchaikovsky and more. Tickets are just $30 general admission and can be purchased online at www.OrchestraMiami.org or by calling (305) 274-2103.
Seed Food & Wine Festival
This Saturday, October 18, 11am to 7pm
29th Street and 1st Avenue
Midtown Miami, FL
General Admission $40 / $55 at the door
VIP Admission (Doors open at 10am for VIP's) $65 / $85 at the door includes Savor VIP lounge access and premiere seating at semiars and demos
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Festival Day will feature FREE wine and craft beer tastings, FREE food sampling from all our participants, lifestyle products, green living, crafts, a farmer's market, the Savor VIP lounge, FREE Strongbow Beer Garden and the 22 Day Nutrition music stage, plus two tents featuring a variety of seminars and cooking and gardening demos all for FREE with your paid admission.
Seminars and Chef Demos by:
Alicia Silverstone, Brendan Brazier, John Salley, Rich Landau, Kate Jacoby, Maranda Pleasant, Mark Reinfeld, Jennifer Grace, Emily Nolan, Leslie Bosson, Dr. Etti, Alina Z, Loren Pulitzer, Pamela Wasabi, Ellen Kanner, Gabriele Marewski, Jeffrey Brana, Matt Cooper, Laura Krulak.
Nick's Naughty Name Day
Friday, October 17, 10:30 PM kicks of the debauchery
1915 NW Miami Ct
Miami, Florida 33136
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The ultimate HOUSE parties always at HOUSE Nightclub.
This Friday join House as we celebrate Nick Betancourt birthday. Open Bar Sponsored By Spirits Of The Tsars Golden Vodka
HOUSE parties tend to be more straight, but at HOUSE, straight doesn't equal Boring. Be Prepared to expect the unexpected, open your mind, and succumb to your naughty desires. At HOUSE, we NEVER announce our celebrity HOUSE guests or DJs. This is a Private party, so show up and enjoy the shit show!
WARNING: If you have an aversion to spanking, vibrators, grandmas, babies, feathers, or sheep â€" Please Do Not Attend.
Dress Code: Strictly Enforced! At HOUSE we encourage creative couture, from sexy pajamas to leather to pink panties. Dress Up. No sneakers, No baseball caps.
For Landlord Reservation (VIP) Call the HOUSE Bitch 855.MY.HOUZE or visit http://bit.ly/HOUSErsvp
Nick's Naughty Name Day
Friday, October 17, 10:30 PM kicks of the debauchery
1915 NW Miami Ct
Miami, Florida 33136
RSVP Now
The ultimate HOUSE parties always at HOUSE Nightclub.
This Friday join House as we celebrate Nick Betancourt birthday. Open Bar Sponsored By Spirits Of The Tsars Golden Vodka
HOUSE parties tend to be more straight, but at HOUSE, straight doesn't equal Boring. Be Prepared to expect the unexpected, open your mind, and succumb to your naughty desires. At HOUSE, we NEVER announce our celebrity HOUSE guests or DJs. This is a Private party, so show up and enjoy the shit show!
WARNING: If you have an aversion to spanking, vibrators, grandmas, babies, feathers, or sheep – Please Do Not Attend.
Dress Code: Strictly Enforced! At HOUSE we encourage creative couture, from sexy pajamas to leather to pink panties. Dress Up. No sneakers, No baseball caps.
For Landlord Reservation (VIP) Call the HOUSE Bitch 855.MY.HOUZE or visit http://bit.ly/HOUSErsvp
Emerging Technology Business Showcase: â€Å"ETBS in Paradiseâ€Â
Thursday, 10/23/2014 – 08:00 am – 06:30 pm
300 NE Second Ave,
Miami, Florida 33132
RSVP Link
Cost: http://tinyurl.com/npwbddl
The Florida Venture Forum and the Enterprise Development Corporation will serve as hosts to the 17th annual Emerging Technology Business Showcase Oct. 23 in Miami, Fl. At this year's event, titled â€Å"ETBS in Paradise,†entrepreneurs seeking financial support for their businesses and venture capitalists seeking insight on start-up investments, will have the opportunity to learn about networking and educational resources available in the South Florida startup community.
JohnMartin's 25th Annual Halloween Party
Friday, 10/31/2014 – 09:00 pm –
253 Miracle Mile,
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Webpage Link
Cost: Free Entry
Ahoy Matey and Boogie Nights are the two themes for JohnMartin’s Restaurant & Pub’s two story party and costume contests, Friday, October 31 at 9 p.m. Celebrating their 25th Anniversary, there will be a Pirate Party downstairs with Karaoke and an all-out 80’s Disco party upstairs with a DJ playing all the best hits from that era. There will be food and $5 drink specials by Captain Morgan, giveaways and prizes!
New Belgium Brewing’s 2014 Clips Beer and Film Tour
Friday, 10/24/2014 – 07:30 pm – 10:30 pm
1775 N. Bayshore Drive,
Miami, Florida 33137
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
New Belgium Brewing's annual Clips Beer & Film Tour is coming to Miami for the first time. Clips offers a venue where guests can try New Belgium’s most esoteric beer offerings, while watching short films created by New Belgium fans. Many of New Belgium’s Lips of Faith beers can be hard to come by and Clips offers the best way to try them. Up to 17 varieties from Lips of Faith to brewery classics will be on tap.
This beer-toting, film-traveling, nonprofit-benefiting show is going coast-to-coast hitting 21 cities in its fifth year with 100 percent of the proceeds from beer sales benefiting local nonprofits. Since its inception in 2010, Clips has raised close to $400,000 for nonprofits nationwide. Clips is a fundraiser for Urban Oasis Project – outside alcohol is not permitted.
New Belgium selects approximately 20 short films for the tour each season. All selected filmmakers for the 2014 tour receive a trophy-worthy beer in a custom screen-printed bottle, made exclusively for the winning submissions. This year, the chosen films include a banana with an attitude, ultra marathoners running with stubborn animals, neon spandex and much, much more! It’s a diverse and highly entertaining line-up with something for everyone.
â€Å"Clips is a great place to come together with friends and relax,†said Christie Catania, Clips National Special Events Manager. â€Å"It is an outdoor evening gathering, where you can connect with friends, watch films and enjoy good beers. One-hundred percent of proceeds from beer sales benefits your local nonprofit.â€Â
Other tips:
Food is welcome; alcohol is not (leave that to us).
Bring low chairs or blankets – or lounge on the grass.
Entire families are welcome.
Bring your I.D. if you plan to sample beers!
Bring a water bottle – New Belgium gives away water for free.
Dogs are welcomed on a leash, under control, and by their owner’s side.
Please walk, ride a bike, carpool, or take public transportation!
Chef Michelle Bernstein Stirs Up Brunch at Macy's Aventura
Saturday, 10/25/2014 – 12:00 pm –
Macy's Aventura Home Store
19535 Biscayne Blvd,
Aventura, Florida 33180
RSVP Link
Cost: Free
Join Macy’s Culinary Council Chef and South Florida’s very own Michelle Bernstein for a brunch cooking demonstration in Macy’s new Aventura Culinary Kitchen! Chef Bernstein will share her favorite award-winning brunch recipes and customers will be able to sample her recipes. Plus, with any purchase of $35 or more in the Home Department, shoppers will receive a $10 Macy’s gift card and a copy of Chef Bernstein’s cookbook, Cuisine A Latina, which she will sign following the demonstration.
Welcome to the very first Civic Engagement Thursdays blog post! Every Thursday, we bring you the latest events that try to raise awareness and make Miami a better place. Tune in every Thursday to learn about how to get involved within our community.
Today from 6:00PM to 9:00PM, Jose’s Hands and TLS Lounge are teaming up to host #PartyForACause. Come down to TSL Lounge at the Wynwood Art District and help celebrate Jose’s Hands’ five year anniversary. All proceeds will benefit Jose’s Hands Medical Mission Trips. Jose’s Hands is a non-profit organization first created in 2009. Since it’s inception, has been raising money for medical trips to support those in need in the Caribbean and in Latin America. Thanks to generous donations, the organization has been able to attend eight medical mission trips and served thousands of people with no cost medical care. The theme of the night will be Latin Night and black attire is requested. So come, have a few drinks, party while raising money for those in need.
When: Thursday, October 16th from 7PM to 2AM
Where: TSL Lounge, 167 NW 23rd St, Miami FL 33127
Dress code: Black Attire (not black tie).
Price: $20 (for those arriving after 10PM) – $50 (food, 2 drinks from 7 to 10PM)
Buy your tickets here!
Learn more about Jose’s Hands!
– Lina Fahmy
We’ve all heard of the infamous ALS Ice bucket challenge that has been invading our social media this past summer. People all around the globe filmed themselves as they poured iced cold water on themselves to raise awareness of the Lou Gehrig’s disease. The ice water is so cold that it paralyses us for only a couple of seconds, a feeling that those who suffer from the ALS disease must endure everyday.
It’s nice to see however, that Miami as a city can contribute and take a step to help those in need. In fact, Miami-based music video director Gil Green hopes to direct a short-film, which will be an ALS Battle focus movie. This film is based on a true-life story about a youth basketball coach at Michael-Ann Russell JCC in North Miami. The coach is actually a close friend of the director and has been an inspiration to the storyboard of this short-film.
If you would like to support this movie, please help fund the project. A portion of the profits will be donated to the ALS Recovery Fund. It’s truly great to see how our community can make small but effective changes! Catch Green’s new movie this December at the Miami Borscht Film Festival.
Click here to help support this awesome project!
– Lina Fahmy
ÂÂPhotograph: NBC News
Do you know of any art fairs or festivals coming up in Miami? Let us know on Twitter at @Loop305 with the hashtag #PublicArtWednesday
The 2014 Our Miami Report official release
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd St
Miami, Florida 33127
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The 2014 Report draws on connections between Miami's quality of life indicators, uncovering powerful conclusions about our city. See what we learned and how you can help address Miami's most pressing issues.
Endeavor Miami, the first U.S. affiliate of Endeavor, a global nonprofit that promotes high-impact entrepreneurship, is celebrating its first anniversary. Endeavor’s mission is as follows:
â€Å"Endeavor is leading the global movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring and accelerating the best high-impact entrepreneurs around the world.â€Â
A year ago, Endeavor Miami brought this mission to life in Miami, and has played a big part in developing an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Miami. Endeavor’s opening in Miami was spearheaded by Endeavor co-founder Peter Kellner and Matt Haggman, program director of the Knight Foundation of Miami. As Laura I. Maydón, managing director of Endeavor Miami says, Endeavor Miami seeks to â€Å"search and select high-impact entrepreneurs because they are an essential path to economic development and job creation.â€Â
Since its launch, Endeavor Miami has seven high-impact entrepreneurs and four diverse companies on board. Endeavor Miami is supporting them with a network of mentors and other services like access to capital, markets, and talent. The goal is to prepare at least four more companies in the next few months for selection by the end of the year.
Happy Birthday to Endeavor Miami!
Check out the website here: http://www.endeavormiami.org/
by Leah Bury
Degeneration presents Zoltans Seance of The Undead | The Garret at Grand Central
Saturday, 11/01/2014 – 11/02/2014 10:00 pm – 05:00 am
697 North Miami Ave,
miami, Florida 33136
Facebook Link
Cost: $5 with costume
Saturday | November 1st 2014 | 10PM | 21+
Degeneration presents
Zoltan's Seance Of The Undead
Join us Saturday, the weekend of Halloween, for a Seance of The Undead. When The great fortuneteller Zoltan summons his assembly: Cremora, Mixx Piggy and Mikey R. to raise the dead from their graves
Elvis… Lux Interior…. Michael Jackson?!
Basically…. get ready to drink and dance!
Wear your best costume for a chance to score a pair of tickets to Caribou (11/19) at Grand Central.
There will be a photo booth too!
$5 With Costume | $10 Without Costume
Complimentary Elixers 11-12
Drink Specials All Night
Sounds by
Cremora
Mixx Piggy
Mikey R. from Radio-Active Records
More info: http://grandcentralmiami.com/
The garret at Grand Central | 697 N Miami Ave | Entrance on NE 7st | Downtown MiamI | 305.377.2277
Dinner Event of St. Jude Children’s Hospital
Saturday, 11/01/2014 – 11/01/2014 06:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Maggiano’s Little Italy
21090 St Andrews Blvd,
Boca Raton, Florida 33433
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Cost: $50.00
Introducing a unique and fabulous fundraiser event in Boca Raton–an annual dinner and silent auction benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
This fabulous fundraiser event will be held on Saturday, November 1, 2014 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Boca Raton, Florida. This Charity Event benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.


St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital does amazing work and helps thousands of sick and terminally ill children each year. We wanted to do something really specialâ€â€as special as the children that benefit from this non-profit medical facility. We thought about what makes an event great and what people would most enjoy. The result…an incredible event that will delight and dazzle.
All Inquiries:
Please contact Terry Kollman at
Email: terrykollman@gmail.com
Miami Contemporary Dance Company presents Not in my Name and Rooms of Suspicion
The Historic Lyric Theatre
819 Northwest Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33136
Tickets: $40.00 $35.00 $25.00
Purchase Online
or call 786-708-4610 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Join us for peace and truth through dance.
Miami Contemporary Dance Company presents a double bill on the nature of holy war and unholy lies.
In the face of evil and deceit, we choose to fight back through the power of dance.
Join Miami Contemporary Dance Company for a double bill of Not in my Name
and Rooms of Suspicion, two compelling dances that were performed to sold-out houses in Turin, Italy in 2013.
Not in My Name is the creation of MCDC Artistic Director Ray Sullivan, a moving
choreography about holy war and the unconquerable human spirit inspired by months of viewing sacred works of art in Italy. With a new commissioned score by New York composer Kevin Keller.
Rooms of Suspicion is Paolo Mohovich’s look at what happens behind closed doors,
a seemingly private world of trickery, cheating, and the power of suggestion,
all tied up in elegant costumes in beautiful movie-like scenes.
Choreography by: Ray Sullivan and Paolo Mohovich
Costumes & Sets by: Jorge Gallardo
Lighting Design: Carla Iparraguirre
Original Music by: Kevin Keller
Don’t miss these incredible affirmations of life with Miami’s most diverse,
inclusive and inviting arts organization. Two performances only!
Miami Contemporary Dance Company’s mission is to create and present high quality contemporary dance for our local audiences and represent Miami nationally and throughout the world. MCDC raises awareness about contemporary dance through professional programming, education, and community outreach.
This program is funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of its Knight Arts Challenge and with the support of Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
Miami Contemporary Dance Company is a Soul Of Miami sponsor.
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Ray Sullivan's Not in my Name
Thursday, 10/23/2014 – 10/24/2014 08:00 pm –
819 NW 2nd Ave,
Miami, Florida 33136
Eventbrite Link
Cost: $40, $35, $25
Miami Contemporary Dance Company presents a double bill
on the nature of holy war and unholy lies.
October 23 and 24, 2014
In the face of evil and deceit, we choose to fight back through the power of dance.
Join Miami Contemporary Dance Company for a double bill of Not in My Name
and Rooms of Suspicion, two compelling dances that were performed to sold-out houses in Turin, Italy in 2013.
Not in My Name is the creation of MCDC Artistic Director Ray Sullivan, a moving
choreography about holy war and the unconquerable human spirit inspired by months of viewing sacred works of art in Italy. With a new commissioned score by New York composer Kevin Keller.
Rooms of Suspicion is Paolo Mohovich’s look at what happens behind closed doors,
a seemingly private world of trickery, cheating, and the power of suggestion,
all tied up in elegant costumes in beautiful movie-like scenes.
Choreography by:
Ray Sullivan and Paolo Mohovich
Costumes & Sets by:
Jorge Gallardo
Lighting Design:
Carla Iparraguirre
Original Music by:
Kevin Keller
Don’t miss these incredible affirmations of life with Miami’s most diverse,
inclusive and inviting arts organization. Two performances only!
Ray Sullivan’s Not in my Name
October 23 – 24, 2014, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $40.00 $35.00 $25.00
available at http://notinmyname.eventbrite.com
or call 786-708-4610 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Twitter: http://twitter.com/miamicdc
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/46360255776/
The Historic Lyric Theatre
819 Northwest Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33136
Macy’s and GQ Celebrate Men’s Style with Football Legend Willis Mcgahee at Macy’s Dadeland Mall
Saturday, 10/25/2014 – 02:00 pm –
Macy’s Dadeland Mall
7303 SW 88 Street Center of Mall,
Miami, Florida 33156
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Macy's, GQ, and Military Museum & Memorial of South Florida in partnership with the Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs are kicking off the season in style! The first 50 people to make a professional clothing donation to the museum will receive a complimentary gift.*
Come see NFL legend Willis McGahee and receive VIP access to an exclusive autograph session with any $50 LOCKER ROOM by LIDS, NFL merchandise purchase**. The Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders and Joy Taylor, Sports Radio co-host of The Ticket Morning Show, will be onsite joining the celebration!
Check out the latest trends from Impulse and our top-name designers, including Hugo Boss, Armani Jeans, Diesel, Tallia Orange, and more! Shop and save 30% on Men's Designer or Impulse purchases of $100 or more, plus spend $150 in Menswear and receive a complimentary gift!
While you are here enjoy complimentary consultations with Lab Series and Art of Shaving; Papi's Popcorn Station and the best beats by our DJ. Sports lounge with games.
Reservations are encouraged, to RSVP visit MacysandGQcelebratemenstyle.eventbrite.com
A $10 donation is suggested and all proceeds will benefit Military Museum & Memorial of South Florida
*While supplies last. The museum will be accepting donations in-store.
**One per customer while supplies last. No personal items will be autographed.
â€Å"Carnival of Color†— IPC Visual Lab Fall Art Exposition Curated by Carl Juste
Saturday, 10/25/2014 – 10/25/2014 07:00 pm – 09:00 pm
4949 NE 2nd Ave.,
Miami, Florida 33137
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
An exhibition of works by advanced IPC Visual Lab photojournalism students whose images document the vibrant, colorful life characteristic of South Florida. Students are taught to think of each project as a concise statement of artistic, documentary, and/or journalistic intent. Each photo emphasizes color and how it makes our lives rich in its intensity by gathering ideas in its strata and depth while defining more than just a mood — hence color is memory. A section of the exhibition will be a photo essay depicting Carnival Miami 2013. Introduction by curator and Pulitzer Prize winning, Miami Herald photojournalist, Carl Juste. Exhibit continues with special hours through Art Basel Miami Beach/Miami Art Week and closes December 8, 2014.
Free with RSVP to news@acnd.net
Gallery Hours: M to F 9:00am to 4:00pm – other times by appointment
Neat Stuff 4th Annual Casino Night Event
Coral Gables Country Club
997 N Greenway Dr
Miami, FL 33134
Pre paid tickets to the Neat Stuff Casino Night: $125. $150 at the door.
For more information on tickets please email: casinonight@neatstuffhelpskids.org
Website
The non for profit organization Neat Stuff, Inc. is ready to host its fourth Casino Night fundraising event. Hosted by Miami Housewife star, Chef, and Author Ana Quincoces, the Casino Night fundraising event is planned to be a fabulous night filled with “Las Vegas†style fun intended to help raise funds for a an amazing organization that aids our South Florida youth. The program will include a presentation by Commissioner for District 8, Mrs. Daniella Levine Cava.
Neat Stuff, Inc. was founded in 1995 with the missionto provide free new clothing and school uniforms to abused, neglected, abandoned and other at-risk children. Neat Stuff was created by local community child advocate Phyllis Krug, who identified a critical need for children involved in the social services system. Today, the organization is proud to be the only agency of its kind in South Florida proudly serving an average of 4,000 at-risk children and distributing over $ 1.2 million worth of new clothes, school uniforms and accessories annually. The major story is not just what they do but how they do it.
Neat Stuff for Kids which has been dubbed “the little engine that could†raises its funds from the private sector with no Government help which presents its challenges. Neat Stuff works hard to create strong relationships within community while running a very lean and efficient operation. The Casino Night fundraising event is an opportunity for others to jump on “little engine that could†while having a great time.
The Neat Stuff Casino Night is planned to be a spectacular affair. Fittingly the upscale, newly renovated Coral Gables Country Club was chosen for this event. Guests will experience a red carpet welcome complete with Las Vegas-style show girls which are sure to set the mood for a “Sin City†inspired event. After ticketing, guests will receive their “play money†and enter the Coral Grand Ballroom and be transported to Las Vegas for one night.
Those present will be treated to an open bar to get those pesky pre-gambling jitters out of the way. Experience the sights and sounds of a real casino as players roar with every roll of the dice at the craps table. Try your hand at out hustling the blackjack dealer while sipping on vodka martinis. The roulette table is sure to be popular as participants decide what to bet only moments before the dealer flicks the ball into the spinning wheel. If the tables aren’t the fancy or just taking a break between bets guests are encouraged to take part in the fabulous silent and live auction. Music will fill the air as guests move to the rhythm with cocktails in hand. Palates will be pleased as guests savor delicious hors d’ouerves throughout the evening and enjoy an exquisite buffet. The Neat Stuff Casino Night is sure to be a spectacular event but more importantly it is an event to bring people together for the sake and welfare of less fortunate children in our community
The Neat Stuff Casino Night will be another milestone of what has been an amazing journey for this agency. What began as a humble operation in 1995 has turned into an inspiring tale of how a group of caring people can help others who are not as fortunate. The “little engine that could†is ready to turn into a furious locomotive.
Association of Fundraising Professionals Miami Member Mixer at Scotty's Landing on Wednesday, October 8, 2014.  AFP Miami and the Coconut Grove Chamber of Commerce joined together for an wonderful evening of cocktails and conversation overlooking beautiful Biscayne Bay.
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ART | History – Miami Marine Stadium Art Week Exhibit
Tuesday, 12/02/2014 – 12/07/2014 05:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Pop Up
5 NW 36th Street,
Miami, Florida 33127
Facebook Link
Cost: Free
Unique work and prints by artists that have been part of the ART History – Friends of Miami Marine Stadium Mural Project which was curated by Logan Hicks
Artists include (in order they painted)
Stinkfish
Axel Void
Douglas Hoekzema aka HoxxoH
Tatiana Suarez
Ricky Mastrapa Abstrk
Pixel Pancho
Logan Hicks
Joe Iurato
Ian Kuali'i
Doze Green
RISK
ELBOW-TOE
Evoca1
Luis Berros
Rone
Dabs Myla
Ron English
Tristan Eaton
John "Crash" Matos
Reinier Gamboa
The London Police – Official
Johnny Robles
Jose Mertz
Join Macy’s In A Celebration Of American Style Icon, Michael Kors And His Jet-Set World
Saturday, 10/25/2014 – 02:00 pm –
19535 Biscayne Blvd.,
Aventura, Florida 33180
Webpage Link
Cost:
Macy’s Aventura celebrates the world of Michael Kors with Brazilian beauty blogger sensation Camila Coelho, founder of the blog Super Vaidosa and YouTube channel Makeup by Camila. As a Kors insider and fashion influencer, Camila will show her favorite picks, highlight Macy’s exclusive Michael Kors looks, and provide expert tips and more!
Receive an exclusive gift* with any Michael Kors purchase of $200 or more!**
Follow the conversation using #MKxMACYS
*All events subject to change or cancellation. While supplies last
**See store for complete details.
Camila is the gorgeous Brazilian native behind the globally popular YouTube channel and Instagram account, MakeupByCamila. Currently residing in Boston, Camila first started her career as a makeup artist working at a department store. She launched her YouTube channel in Portuguese to share her favorite products and makeup tutorials with fans. She found instant success and shortly thereafter she launched her blog www.supervaidosa.com and an English YouTube channel. In July 2013 Camila was on the cover of Glamour Brazil and most recently named as one of Forbes Brazil Magazine’s 30 under 30.
His musical talents and sexy persona inspire adulation, lust, love and respect across music fans of both sexes. 
We know you are craving to get your hands on that new Lenny album. If you purchase Strut from Walmart (Only $10) you will also receive an exclusive digital copy of the Lenny Kravitz Live in Miami 6-song soundcheck performance as well as the full digital album download.ÂÂYou can view the Lenny Kravtiz interview and music videos from the Miami performanceÂÂhere.ÂÂ
Thank you for rocking out Miami, Lenny!
Keep up with new artists being featured by follow Walmart Soundcheck on Facebook:@WMSoundcheck :: Twitter: @WMSoundcheck :: Instagram: @WMSoundcheck
Win A Guitar Autographed By Lenny Kravitz
Margarita Cano: Once Upon an IslandÂÂ
Don’t miss this exhibition, which closes on October 31, by an artist who has been an important part of the cultural life of the city of Miami for over 40 years. The exhibit includes paintings, artist books, and videos as well of photographs of friends and colleagues.ÂÂ
â€Å"Once upon an island I was happy. More than half a century ago, I felt free. There was diversity of thought and a renaissance of new ideas flourished. Memories of those times haunt me for they did not last. I am obsessed with recapturing every detail. Transformations of my longing are ever-present in my work. They are hidden in subliminal messages throughout my paintings. I like to challenge the viewer to interact and decipher this implied symbolism.
In Cuba today, nothing is what it seems. Many can’t even remember what was. Eventually, change has to come. They hope and wait on this island frozen in time surviving in what is. I think all the time in what might have been. It is a shame
we will never know .ÂÂ
Yet, I have great hopes for what could be…†– Margarita Cano
Where? Centre Gallery
 300 N.E. Second Ave, Miami
 Building 1, Floor 3
Victoria's Secret Angel Jasmine Tookes Introduces The Scandalous Fragrance Collection
Tuesday, 10/21/2014 – 11:00 am –
901 Lincoln Road,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Victoria’s Secret along with Jasmine Tookes will introduce the brand’s new fragrance Scandalous, that with its fruity floral scent gets pulses racing and hearts pounding.
The Victoria’s Secret Scandalous fragrance collection includes an Eau de Parfum ($58/1.7 oz, $78/3.4oz), a Fragrance Mist ($25/8.4 oz) a Fragrance Lotion ($20/6.7 oz) and a scented candle ($25/14 oz).
Care Resource 30th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee VIP White Party
Saturday, November 29th from 7pm to 12am
1103 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33130
Admission to the White Party is $215. It is $250 the day of event.
Tickets
Come Celebrate the White Party™ in true VIP fashion at the all-new Perez Art Museum Miami. Witness the rebirth of “The White Party†as Care Resource celebrates their 30th Anniversary “Diamond Jubilee†in true VIP fashion at the all new Perez Art Museum Miami. One will enjoy the nighttime views of Miami Beach and the Port of Miami as never seen before in high fashion all while enjoying complimentary cocktails and music all night long and SO much more…
The evening be a fantastic night of fabulous fashonistas in white, emblazoned with diamonds and pearls. If you arrive before 9pm, you are even welcome to fully explore the museum while being entertained by an array of musical quartets, ensembles and very colorful characters.
While outside, you will be treated to delectable hors d’oeuvres prepared fresh from the kitchen of Stephen Starr Events. In addition, you can take your chances to win fabulous prizes at the outdoor Casino and enjoy amazing complimentary cocktails all night long. Later in the evening, DJ David Knapp and the White Party Symphony will perform a very special one hour tribute to 30 years of music, as composed and conducted by Sam Hyken, as never heard before.
According to Hyken, “I am taking music and adding a whole new layer with strings, bass, horns, piano and percussion. It is a whole new level of sophistication and excitement. Together, with DJ David Knapp, we are going to take guests through 30 years of music â€" songs that were popular from White Party’s past. It will be epic.â€
According to Jonathan Welsh, Care Resource’s Marketing and Development Manager, “Miami is a magical, growing and dynamic city. This White Party, that historically was at the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, will be an event that all of us that live here can be proud of. Attendees will enjoy not only the musical journey but the careful thought and planning that is going into every detail.â€
Through the White Party, for over 30 years, Care Resource has been able to raise millions of dollars for HIV/AIDS research, prevention, care and treatment services to individuals in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties. Today, they are a full-fledged federally qualified community health center (FQHC) â€" a medical home for all those in need.
"We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?" – Marianne Williamson
Round Trip shuttle service is available from the National Hotel on Miami Beach. Valet Parking will also be available for $25 at the event. Self-parking will be available for $15 at the Hyatt Regency, with complimentary shuttles to the museum throughout the night.
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Celebrity Makeup Artist Aileen Quintana To Launch New Interactive Installment Entitled "Bitches Be Trippin'"
Friday, 10/10/2014 – 10/12/2014 07:00 pm – 12:00 am
2136 NW 1st Ave,
Miami, Florida 33127
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Cost: Included with ticket to III Points Festival
Aileen Quintana, a Miami-based celebrity makeup artist now residing in Tokyo, returns to the III Points Festival with her new interactive installment called â€Å"Bitches Be Trippin’â€Â. The artist, who has worked with some of the biggest stars of the fashion and entertainment industries, will launch an all-new interactive performance that fuses the worlds of beauty and fashion.
The completely original experience will take visitors through a series of three chambers:
The first, representing the mind, is a captivating visual performance piece that will set the tone for what’s to come.
In the second, representing the body, Aileen and her team will transform the visitors to become a part of the art performance with a hair, makeup, and nail bar.
The third and final room, representing the soul, is an imaginative surprise that must be experienced to believe!
The event is sponsored by Artist & Craftsman Supply Miami, Graphographics, Funkshion Production, TEMPTU and Sony Latin
Miami International Film Festival MIFFecito Line-up
October 16- 19, 2014
Miami Dade College Tower Theater
Opening Night Film + Party $50 // $40 for members.
All other screenings $12 adults, $11 seniors, $10 members, $7 students.
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Miami International Film Festival is the only major film festival event housed within a college or university.
Miami International Film Festival (MiamiFF), a program of Miami Dade College's MDCulture, is proud to announce the lineup for MIFFecito 2014, the "mini" film festival which provides a mid-season "taste" to next year's 32nd edition running March 6-15, 2015. Taking place over four days (October 16- 19, 2014), MIFFecito will premiere heralded international films submitted from countries including Bhutan, Cuba, Italy, Mexico, Poland, and Spain. Miami Dade College's Tower Theater will serve as the exclusive location for all screenings.
MiamiFF Executive Director Jaie Laplante mentions, "As Miami's beloved cafecito culture is to mid-day refreshment, MIFFecito is to our annual March festival. MIFFecito is an appetizer to MiamiFF's main course, the perfect Fall break for film lovers who crave a cinematic fix."
The 'mini' festival's film slate includes:
Thursday, October 16, 7:00pm
Behavior, Screening, Opening Night Gala
Thursday, October 16, 9:00pm
Opening Night Party at Ball & Chain, Special Event
Friday, October 17, 7:00pm
I Can Quit Whenever I Want, Screening, Cinema 360
Friday, October 17, 7:30pm
Root, Screening, Cinema 360
Friday. October 17, 9:30pm
Carmina and amen, Screening, Cinema 360
Saturday October 18, 12:00pm,, Free Tickets
Master Class: The Art Of Curation With Thom Powers, Masterclass
Saturday, October 18, 6:30pm
Root Screening 2, Screening, Cinema 360
Saturday, October 18, 7:00pm
Vara, Screening, Cinema 360
Saturday, October 18, 9:00pm
Lake Los Angeles, Screening, America the Beautiful
Saturday, October 18, 9:00pm
The Blue Car, Screening, Shorts
Saturday, October 18, 9:30pm
Paradise, Screening, Cinema 360
Sunday, October 19, 3:00pm, Free Tickets
The Laramie Project, Masterclass, Screening, From the Vault
Sunday, October 19, 3:30pm
Spanish Affair, Screening, Cinema 360
Sunday, October 19, 6:00pm
Life Feels Good, Screening, Cinema 360
Sunday, October 19, 6:30pm
Lake Los Angeles Screening 2, Screening, America the Beautiful
Sunday, October 19, 8:30pm
Spanish Affair, Screening, Cinema 360
Behavior (Conducta) (Cuba), directed by Ernesto Daranas. FLORIDA PREMIERE. *OPENING NIGHT FILM – FOLLOWED BY OPENING NIGHT PARTY AT THE SOON-TO-BE-OPENED "BALL & CHAIN" NIGHTCLUB. In director Ernesto Daranas' second dramatic feature film, which will screen opening night at MIFFecito, a Havana boy sent to a reform school becomes the subject of a moral tug-of-war between generational ideologies in today's Cuba. The complex, dramatic story centers on Chala, who on the critical cusp of adolescence, scrapes by with few positive role models as he illegally trains fight dogs. After Chala is sent to reform school, his addict mother's attempts to have him released set up a chain reaction among the school leaders. Since its premiere in Cuba, the film became an unexpected social phenomenon sparking Cuba's current social state as a hot topic for discussion.
"The Blue Car" ("El carro azul") (Germany / Cuba), directed by Valerie Heine. FLORIDA PREMIERE. A short dramatic film about Marcos. His grandmother's death forces Hansel, his worldly brother, to return Cuba to care for him, and an old family game helps restore the trust lost over the years.
Carmina and Amen (Carmina y amén) (Spain), directed by Paco León. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Actor-cum-director Paco León is a familiar face to Miami art film lovers. He starred in the 2013 film Three Many Weddings which played at MiamiFF31. But the year prior, he created a charming showcase for the incredible force, charisma and outrageous personality of his actress-mother Carmina Barrios' in Carmina or Blow-Up, which became an unexpected hit both in Spain and Miami. In this 2014 sequel, Carmina and Amen, Carmina triumphantly returns, upgrading the low-budget original with a deeper, more mature work that ups the ante on her larger-than-life outlook on family, sex, death and any other topic that falls into her purview.
I Can Quit Whenever I Want (Smetto quando voglio) (Italy), directed by Sydney Sibilia. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Full of terrific, farcical comedy and wicked social commentary, I Can Quit Whenever I Want is director Sydney Sibilia's vehicle to offer Italians the chance to chuckle at the gloomy 43% unemployment rate for Italy's youth. Realizing their post-graduate degrees are worthless, a rag-tag crew of desperate intellectuals imagine a new psychotropic drug, and then apply their refined but completely unmarketable skills to the illicit drug trade, much to the chagrin of the local Mafia. This film was nominated for 12 Donatello Awards, the Academy Awards of Italy.
Lake Los Angeles (U.S.A.), directed by Mike Ott. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Francisco, played by Miami's own Roberto Sanchez, is a middle-aged Cuban man who works odd construction jobs, and makes money on the side by providing his home as a holding house for illegal Mexican immigrants. Cecilia, a 10-year-old Mexican girl, crosses the border hoping to find a better life in the US, but her treacherous journey into the Promised Land will test her spiritual and physical fortitude. Lake Los Angeles (2014) completes Mike's desert trilogy which also includes: Littlerock (2010) and Pearblossom Hwy (2012).
Life Feels Good (Chce się zyć) (Poland), directed by Maciej Pieprzyca. FLORIDA PREMIERE. The winner of several major awards at the 2014 Polish Academy Awards, Life Feels Good is the funny, brazen, sexual, fierce and wistfully melancholic story of Mateusz, a boy born with cerebral palsy and whose inner voice dialogue drives the film's narrative during his 26 year fight to communicate with the world. Like My Left Foot, which is also based on a true story, the Maciej Pieprzyca-directed film draws parallels to Poland's national struggles over the time period of Mateusz's life, both the nation and the man refusing to give up.
Paradise (ParaÃso) (Mexico), directed by Mariana Chenillo. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Director Mariana Chenillo's second feature film takes on society's obsession with "the perfect body" through light-hearted humor, poignant wit and absurd definitions of relationship balance. A deeply in-love, overweight married couple's relationship suffers when, humiliated by social weight-loss chatter, they mutually seek to shrink their plus-sized bodies. Only one spouse succeeds, burdening the "failing" spouse with today's idea of appearance and self-worth, even in the presence of unconditional love. The premiere at the Festival will be Chenillo's second visit. Her previous film, Nora's Will, won the Audience Award at MiamiFF26 in 2009.
Root (Raiz) (Chile), directed by MatÃas Rojas Valencia. FLORIDA PREMIERE. What happens when the estranged, abused 20-something daughter of a privileged family spontaneously adopts a nine year old boy orphaned from her domineering mother's maid's death? A long, rewarding road-trip, fraught with self-discovery, and bond-building. Despite their considerable age difference, Amalia and Cristobal's common experiences of difficult family life are reinforced by director MatÃas Rojas Valencia's striking, imposing scenery, at once building connections between the characters, the planet, and the wonders of life itself.
Spanish Affair (Ochos apellidos vascos) (Spain), directed by Emilio MartÃnez-Lázaro. EAST COAST PREMIERE. No film in 2014 has tapped the Spanish zeitgeist to the astonishing level represented by Emilio MartÃnez-Lázaro's Spanish Affair, catapulting the 98-minute comedy to become the all-time highest-grossing Spanish film at the domestic Spanish box office. A love-smitten Seville man must pretend to be a Basque man in order to win the girl of his dreams, highlighting the cultural divide between northern and southern Spain. The tensions of Basque separatist sentiments, exasperated by Spain's economic crisis, are a difficult daily reality, providing a taboo-busting opportunity to ease the pain with laughter through a seemingly-innocent film that proves otherwise.
Vara: A Blessing (Bhutan / Hong Kong / Sri Lanka), directed by Khyentse Norbu. FLORIDA PREMIERE. Director Khyentse Norbu's lush, breathtaking visuals unfold the story of India's brutal, indiscriminate caste system, which too-frequently constricts the possibility for the simplest, earnest relationships. The communion of love, art and spirituality collide when a lower-caste Muslim enraptures a lovely Hindu girl through the earthy, artistic grace of pottery, complicating village elder plans of marrying Lila off to a wealthy scion. Vara: A Blessing is a triumphant expression of whirling dance, music and the boundaries of devotion. The film is accompanied by music from worldwide famed composer and producer Nitin Sawhney. Director Norbu, who is a practicing lama, visited MiamiFF21 in 2004 when his previous film, Travellers & Magicians, was screened at the Olympia Theater.
In addition to MIFFecito's slate of premieres, visionary playwright and director Moisés Kaufman will host a special event titled A Conversation with Moisés Kaufman & THE LARAMIE PROJECT Retrospective Screening.The Laramie Project, his landmark 2002 HBO documentary, chronicles the legislative aftermath of gay teen Matthew Shephard's hate-crime murder. The film, an exposé of intolerance and discrimination which echoes current news from Russia and Africa, offers fresh lessons in the ongoing war. The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act has positively impacted the past five years in the United States. The director will lead a post-screening conversation on the issues, techniques, and engagement his landmark film helped spark. Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Kaufman is currently in Miami rehearsing for the November debut of Bizet's Carmen, which is being co-produced by his Tectonic Theater Project.
Producing sponsors of MIFFecito include Ball & Chain Bar & Lounge.
PRESS RELEASE
Miami International Film Festival VIP Attendees for MIFFecito 2014
Veteran Lead Actor Roberto Sanchez, Miami Native, Supports Lake Los Angeles
Opening Night Film Director Ernesto Daranas and Actor Héctor Noas To Attend
2009 Audience Darling Mariana Chenillo, Director of Paradise (ParaÃso), Returns
Knight Foundation VP & Arts Patron Dennis Scholl Moderates The Laramie Project
Anti-Bullying Discussion With Director Moisés Kaufman
Miami International Film Festival (MiamiFF), a program of Miami Dade College’s MDCulture, will welcome a talented gathering of recognized filmmakers, actors and arts luminaries in conjunction with MIFFecito 2014, taking place October 16 – 19, 2014. This year’s broad-ranging international film lineup from American, Bhutanese, Cuban, Italian, Mexican, Polish, and Spanish filmmakers will be exclusively premiered at Miami Dade College’s Tower Theater, a perfect Miami location for red carpet events, screenings, cocktail parties and a moderated discussion.
Guests of MIFFecito include:
Mariana Chenillo, Director of Paradise (ParaÃso)
Jewish-Mexican filmmaker Mariana Chenillo is best known for her widely acclaimed first feature Nora’s Will (Cinco dias sin Nora), and the popular Mexican TV series “Soy Tu Fanâ€. Nora’s Will won numerous Ariel Awards (the Oscars of Mexico), including Best Picture. Her second feature film Paradise was produced by Mexico’s prolific Pablo Cruz of Canana Films.
Ernesto Daranas, Director of Behavior (Conducta)
Writer, Director and Documentarian Ernesto Daranas is an award-winning Cuban filmmaker with numerous writing and directing credits to his name, including his first feature, Fallen Gods (Los dioses rotos) (2008). His latest film, Conducta, screening at MIFFecito, is being described as “a virtually unprecedented social phenomenon†in Cuba.
Moisés Kaufman, Director of The Laramie Project
Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Moisés Kaufman is now based in New York City. He is the founder of Tectonic Theater Project and has won numerous awards for his theatrical work, including a Tony nomination. In 2002, his film adaption of his play The Laramie Project had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. He is currently in Miami rehearsing for a November production of Teutonic’s adaptation of Bizet’s Carmen. The Laramie Project will screen at MIFFecito 2014 and be the subject of a moderated discussion about the film’s lasting legacy.
Hector Noas, Actor in Behavior (Conducta)
Hector Noas is an award-winning Cuban film actor, radio actor and film documentary voiceover narrator. He received a Gold Medal and Diploma of Honor from the Higher Institute of Arts in Havana. Conducta is his second project with Daranas, the first being 2008’s Fallen Gods.
Roberto Sanchez, Actor in Lake Los Angeles
Born in Havana, Cuba but raised in Little Havana, this Miami native has an astounding 79 acting roles to his credit in both network episodic television and feature films, including “Law & Orderâ€, “Desperate Housewivesâ€, “Days of Our Livesâ€, Prison Break and the John Singleton action film 2 Fast 2 Furious with the late Paul Walker. Before becoming an actor in 2002, Roberto was a distinguished Desert Storm war veteran (Navy) and professionally competed in European basketball. MDC’s Tower Theater, where all MIFFecito films are being screened, was a frequent destination during Roberto’s childhood, where he watched movies, sparking his dream of becoming an actor.
Dennis Scholl, V/P Arts For The Knight Foundation
Dennis Scholl is the Vice President / Arts for Knight Foundation (with $2.3 billion in assets) overseeing the foundation's national arts program, including the Knight Arts Challenge and Random Acts of Culture. He is well known as a collector of contemporary art and a three time regional Emmy winner for his work in cultural documentaries. Dennis is also the co-founder of Betts and Scholl, an award winning wine project. Dennis will be moderating The Laramie Project panel discussion with Moisés Kaufman regarding his groundbreaking 2002 film which spurred important anti-hate crime legislation nationwide.
Tickets to MIFFecito are available at 1-844-565-6433(MIFF) or www.miamifilmfestival.com/MIFFecito. Opening Night Film + Party $50 // $40 for members. All other screenings $12 adults, $11 seniors, $10 members, $7 students. For membership opportunities or more information, please visit www.miamifilmfestival.com or call 305-237-FILM(3456). Miami International Film Festival is the only major film festival event housed within a college or university.
Venus Rising: Women’s Drum & Dance Ensemble Headlines the 3rd Annual Miami World Festival from around the World
Saturday, 10/25/2014 – 07:30 pm – 10:00 pm
11200 SW 8th Street,
Miami, Florida 33199
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Cost: $25
Last year, Venus Rising Women’s Drum & Dance Ensemble made their debut at the Miami World Festival from around the World with their performance of an â€Å"An Afro Roots Rhythmic Journey.†The presentation earned them a standing ovation and an invitation to return this year for a repeat headline slot. This year, Venus Rising will present â€Å"One Pulse – Many Beats†on October 25, 2014 at the Florida International University’s Wertheim Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall (11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199). The musical celebration begins at 7:30 p.m.
â€Å"We’re honored and thrilled to be performing once again at the Miami World Music Festival,†says troupe founder and leader Zeva Soroker. â€Å"Last year’s presentation focused on the rich traditions of our African roots. This year, we will be focusing on our group’s diversity through our continued exploration of the traditional music of Africa, the Caribbean, Brazil and the Middle East.†The Connecticut-born Soroker began playing drums in Jamaica and continued her studies in Guniea, West Africa. She is currently a drum instructor at the The Goddess Store in Hollywood.
The Miami World Music Festival, under the artistic direction of Dr. Adolfo Vidal, was created by the South Florida Friends of Classical Music, a non-profit organization to encourage and support classical music performances and the musical heritage of countries around the world. The annual festival features academic, traditional and contemporary music from diverse cultures performed by acclaimed world-class artists. In addition, the 2014 festival will also be presenting Michael Linville and Vidal with percussionist Fellows from the New World School of the Arts performing Two Pianos & Percussion, featuring the music of Argentina (Astor Piazzola) and Hungary (Bela Bartok).
Tickets for the event at Wertheim Center for the Performing Arts cost $25, $35 and $45 and are available for purchase online at http://bit.ly/MWFW14 or by phone at 786.581.7746.
Terra Group Proudly Presents 5k PARK Fest Registration Party
Fit2Run Dadeland Mall
7535 N Kendall Dr
Kendall, FL 33156
5kparkfest.org
Come join the PARK Project family for tunes and fun games while you register to PARKticipate in the most inspirational event of its kind!
Don't Just Run Any 5k…
Parkticipate In The One That Gives Back!
$40 Registration
($20 Goes Directly To Your Cause)
Knight Cities Challenge – Community Information Session / Miami
Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 5:30PM – 7:30PM
170 NE 38th St
Miami, FL 33137
Register here to attend
5:30-6:30 p.m.- registration and networking
6:30 p.m. – program begins
For more information on the challenge, visit KnightCities.org and follow @knightfdn and #knightcities on Twitter.
Join Matt Haggman, Miami Program Director for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for a community information session on the new Knight Cities Challenge.
The challenge is offering a share of $5 million for innovative ideas that answer the question: What's your best idea to make cities more successful? We’re looking for projects at the city, neighborhood and block level â€" and all sizes in between â€" that can be put to work in one of the 26 Knight communities, which includes Miami. Ideas, which can be submitted by anyone, from anywhere, must focus on one or more of these three key drivers of city success: attracting and retaining talented people, expanding economic opportunity and creating a culture of civic engagement.
Matt will provide tips on how to craft your applications, the challenge timeline and review process, and answer just about any question you have. Representatives from Gehl Architecture will also attend to discuss ways to build more successful cities. Gehl Architecture is a global leader in rethinking spaces between city buildings; the firm has led acclaimed projects including the creation of bike paths and urban parks throughout New York City, and the redesign of New York's Times Square.
ARTundressed 2014… South Florida's Sexiest Arts & Entertainment Event
Thursday – Saturday, 11/20/2014 – 11/22/2014, 6:00pm – 11:59pm
111 SW 3rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33130
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Cost: $15 – $
Celebrating art at its most creative, original — and erotic, ARTundressed has invited more than 120 artists from more than 28 countries to South Florida for a provocative showcase. Curated by knowledgeable art experts, the ARTundressed exhibition displays both the humorous and the sensual aspects of creative nude art, but features performance art, chic fashion, great live music, and cutting-edge visuals. Held November 20, 21, and 22 at The McCormick Place, this fifth annual event hopes to awaken — and heighten — Miami's senses and spirits.
A one-of-a-kind event… The ARTundressed Festival presents a unique opportunity to truly experience the sensual aspects of the visual and performing arts through Art; Music; Fashion; and Entertainment. The principal concept of the Exhibition is to create an interactive environment which allows everyone attending to become participants and even performers themselves by engaging them in a memorable erogenous experience.
ARTundressed illustrates a variety of sensual subject matters that bring to life the essence of the exhibition itself; whether you are an art enthusiast or connoisseur; mainstream, or into alternative lifestyles, the collection of exhibited artworks is designed to literally stimulate the erogenous mind and spark intimate conversations. Our goal is to awaken and heighten all of your senses, reach out and touch the mind, body and amorous spirit through interactive participation.
ARTundressed 2014 includes:
** Art Exhibition showcasing around 250 exceptional curated art pieces
** More than 120 artists representing over 28 different countries
** An impressive collection of creative erogenous artworks rarely seen
** More than 80 participating artists are planning to attend the Exhibition
** Participation and art installations by local and international artists, performers, and Art Masters
** Live shows and performances; Live bands and deejays; Chic and Provocative Fashion
** Live Art Workshops and Interactive Community Art Wall for audience participation
** Art contests for Body Painting; Live Drawing and Photoshoot Sessions
** Catering Services offering appetizing food, beverages, and cocktails
** The Closing Party: â€Å"the GOOD, the BAD, and the NAUGHTY†(Saturday night)
Five of Fort Lauderdale's Finest – LIVE in Liquid Latex by Artist, Shannon DeFreitas for HIV/Aids
Sunday, 11/07/2014 – 07:00 pm –
1620 N Federal Highway,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33305
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Cost: $10. donation at door = one free drink
FIVE OF FORT LAUDERDALE'S FINEST
LIVE IN LIQUID LATEX
AN EVENT FUNDRAISER FOR SMARTRIDE 11 FOR HIV/AIDS
WITH ARTIST, SHANNON DEFREITAS
It's HOT
It's WET
it's LIVE
in LIQUID LATEX!
Five of Fort Lauderdale's Finest Professionals will be chosen to be honored by SMARTRide11 cyclist, rider #222, Maritza Bedoya and painted LIVE in Liquid Latex by artist, Shannon DeFreitas.
Shannon's latex art performances are a visual, visceral experience set to music and unlike anything you've seen before.
On Friday, November 7th the scene will be set, the honorees will be chosen and the art will be created before your very eyes.
Don't miss this exciting night of fun and and fundraising for HIV/Aids. 100% of all proceeds go directly to those affected right in our own community.
Very special thanks to Edi Mulyanto and our host venue, Dapur, Asian Tapas and Lounge
Hosted by, ErinMia Milchman
7pm – Please be Prompt!
The Lounge at Dapur Asian Tapas
1620 N Federal Hwy
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305
Dress Code:
Please Dress to Impress!
Red is the Color of the Night.
$10. donation at the door includes your first drink with our compliments.
Drink Specials
Raffles & Prizes
Valet Parking
View Shannon DeFreitas online:
www.deepinpaint.com
Follow:
FB: Shannon DeFreitas – Deep in Paint
IG @DeepInPaint
the GOOD… the BAD… and the NAUGHTY Party
Saturday, 11/22/2014 – 10:00 pm – 03:00 am
167 NW 23rd Street,
Miami, Florida 33127
More Info Link
Cost: $20 (Advanced Online Purchase)
THE OFFICIAL CLOSING PARTY FOR ARTUNDRESSED 2014
A Sexy Themed Event… Dresscode is strictly enforced:
DRESSCODE:
the GOOD :: All-White Attire
the BAD :: All-Black or All-Red Attire
the NAUGHTY :: Leather; Vinyl, Costume, Industrial
Date: Saturday November 22, 2014
Time: 10pm – 3am
Music by: DJ STINGRAY and Guest Deejays
TSL Lounge – 167 NW 23rd Street, Miami, FL 33137
BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE ONLINE AND SAVE$$$
4th Annual Be Upstanding VIP Reception
Miami International Children's Film Festival
Friday, 10/17/2014 – 10/19/2014 04:00 pm –
260 Aragon Ave.,
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
Webpage Link
Cost: Opening Night $15 (Fri), $11.50 Sat & Sun, children up to 12yrs old $7
The biggest film event of the year for South Florida’s children and families is back. The second annual Miami International Children’s Film Festival, presented by the Coral Gables Art Cinema in partnership with the New York International Children’s Film Festival.
The Miami International Children’s Film Festival aims to provide its audiences with global, multicultural and outstanding films – all of them area premieres.
Miami International Children’s Film Festival Schedule
Friday, October 17, 2014
• 4 p.m. – Kids Mix [just "Kids Mix"](Ages 3+)
Florida Premiere
A specially curated program for kids as young as 3 years old and up features 12 short and wonderful animations from around the world, including:
o â€Å"Snowflake†(Russia), in which a boy receives a paper snowflake in the mail and sticks it under his pillow, only to find his world has been transformed.
o â€Å"Hello World†(France), set in a collage forest crafted out of newspaper, plants, and paper maché, in which a newborn owl wakes up and explores the complicated world around him.
o â€Å"The Lovely Letter L†(U.S.), an infectious musical short about lemons, light bulbs, laundry and lots more.
o â€Å"The New Species†(Czech Republic), in which three friends discover a mysterious bone and set out to discover the creature it belonged to.
o â€Å"Big Block Sing-Song: Hair†(Canada), an electronic pop tune about the stuff that grows out of your head.
o â€Å"Monstersymfonie†(Germany), featuring a band of four monsters, one girl, and some very silly instruments who are definitely playing past their bedtime.
• 6:30 p.m. – Opening Night Reception and Film Screening
o 6:30 p.m. – Reception with food from Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Whole Food Market, and special drinks for kids and adults
o 7:30 p.m. – Film Screening: â€Å"Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants†(France, Ages 5+) with special presentation before the film from University of Miami Research Assistant Professor and â€Å"Bug Expert†Floria Mora-Kepfer Uy, whose area of expertise is the behavior of social insects.
Florida Premiere
o Humorously bug-eyed animated insects battle it out against lush live action backgrounds in this enormously inventive comic adventure from award-winning French animators. The unique combination of real life landscapes – a micro-world shot in extreme and stunning close-up – and wonderfully animated creepy-crawlies engaging in playful antics, will leave the viewer both dazzled and amused.
Saturday, October 18, 2014
• 10 a.m. – Film Screening: â€Å"Boy and the World†(Brazil, Ages 5+)
Florida Premiere
o Brazilian artist Alê Abreu brings to screen a strikingly unique visual style that shows the world through the eyes of Cuca, a young boy who lives a life of quiet wonder, exploring all that the countryside has to offer. His cozy world is shattered when his father leaves for the city, prompting him to embark on a quest to reunite his family.
• 11 a.m. – 3p.m. – Workshop I: Stop Motion Animation for Kids at Coral Gables Museum
o For ages 6 to 12, students will learn basic principles of stop-motion animation by looking at various examples of films made with the techniques and then create their own short films. The final product will be delivered in an electronic file to every student for them to keep and shared on the Gables Cinema website and social media platforms.
o $20 material and equipment fee
• 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Festival Fair in Cinema’s Perrin Plaza
o Featuring face painting, The Miami Balloon Guy, temporary tattoos, live music from Latin Grammy Nominee Rita Rosa Ruesga and more!
o Free
• 12:30 p.m. – Film Screening: â€Å"Party Mix†(Multiple countries, Ages 9+)
Florida Premiere
In this wonderful compilation of eight short films specially curated for Miami audiences, viewers will enjoy films from around the world including:
o â€Å"Rabbit and Deer†(Hungary), in which best friends Rabbit and Deer share everything, including a love of hot chocolate with marshmallows, but their friendship is challenged by the discovery of a third dimension.
o â€Å"Carpark†(U.K.) where a simple shopping trip goes horribly wrong.
o â€Å"The Big Beast†(France), in which a legend says that a huge beast will come to eat you when you least expect it.
o â€Å"The Princess, the Prince and the Green-Eyed Dragon†(Germany) featuring a selfish Prince and Princess and a helpful dragon, and in the end, they each get what they deserve.
o â€Å"Portlandia: Rat’s†(U.S.) the story of a trio of hipster rodents who are tired of the way rats are always getting slandered by humans.
• 2:15 p.m. – â€Å"Minuscule: valley of the Lost Ants†(France, Ages 5+), encore screening
o See Opening Night for full description.
• 4:30 p.m. – Film Screening: â€Å"Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe†(Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Ages 9+)
U.S. Premiere
o Selkirk, an unruly, selfish privateer, is the sailing master of the Esperanza, an English galley sailing the South Seas in search of treasures. In the absence of enemy boats, the privateers pass the time gambling and loafing off. Before long, Selkirk has squandered his current and future savings and alienated the entire crew, especially Captain Bullock, who decides to maroon him on an uninhabited island. The beautifully hand-crafted stop motion animation has a distinct feel that gives the film character. In an attempt to tell kids the â€Å"true story†of the famous castaway Robinson Crusoe, the film is a perfect blend of whimsy and action.
o Q&A with director Walter Tournier immediately following the premiere.
• 7 p.m. – Film Screening: â€Å"Starry Starry Night†(Taiwan, Ages 9+)
Florida Premiere
o Starry Starry Night is the imaginative, whimsical and emotionally resonant coming-of-age story of Mei, a day-dreamy seventh-grader whose life seems to be falling apart around her and Jay who avoids contact with his new schoolmates and becomes an instant target for their derision and taunting. Based on the graphic novel by Taiwanese writer Jimmy Liao, Starry Starry Night is a charming and honest portrayal of all the wonderful, life-changing, sometimes-painful events that can happen when you’re 13 and finding your place in the world.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
• 10 a.m. – Kids Mix: Shorts for Tots (Ages 3+), Encore screening
o See Friday for full description.
• 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. – Workshop II: Stop Motion Animation for teens at Coral Gables Museum
o For ages 13 to 18, students will learn basic principles of stop-motion animation with a focus on printed materials, watch short films with a variety of stop-motion techniques and then create their own content for short films. The final product will be delivered in an electronic file to every student for them to keep and shared on the Gables Cinema website and social media platforms.
o $20 material and equipment fee
• 11:30 a.m. – Film Screening: â€Å"Aunt Hilda!†(France, Ages 9+)
Florida Premiere
o Jacques-Remy Girerd, creator of â€Å"A Cat in Paris†and â€Å"Mia and the Migoo†returns to the Gables Cinema with his latest hand-drawn gem. Hilda lives high above the city, happily at home with tens of thousands of rare and luscious plants in her palace of a greenhouse. But down below, a new, genetically modified super-grain threatens to disrupt the delicate natural harmony. The film’s not-so-subtle eco-message builds to a suitably cataclysmic, technology-gone-haywire finale, as the destructive power of the Frankenplant is unleashed and Hilda must help the Earth save itself from a very colorful biological mayhem.
• 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. – Festival Fair in Cinema’s Perrin Plaza
o Featuring face painting, The Miami Balloon Guy, temporary tattoos, live music from Latin Grammy Nominee Rita Rosa Ruesga and treats
o Free
• 2 p.m. – Film Screening: â€Å"Nocturna†(France, Ages 5+)
Florida Premiere
o Visually stunning and wildly inventive, â€Å"Nocturna†explores the mystery of the night in a sweeping adventure full of Alice in Wonderland-like characters and moody, dream-inspired landscapes. After an unusual discovery on the rooftop of his orphanage, a young boy named Tim plunges into the secret world of Nocturna, a city inhabited by curious creatures who control the night. There are hairdressers who specialize in bed-heads, dream writers, and a vast herd of guardian cats led by the gigantic Cat Shepherd. Yet Nocturna is in danger: the stars in the sky are disappearing, kids are becoming restless at night, and a mysterious shadow creature is haunting the empty streets, extinguishing anything that gives off light. If Tim and the Cat Shepherd can't set things right, nighttime will never be the same. In the end, Tim and the audience ultimately learn that the night doesn't have to be so scary after all!
o Q&A with director Victor Maldonado immediately following the premiere.
• 4:30 p.m. – Film Screening: â€Å"Animation Celebration: John Hubley†(U.S., Ages 8+)
South Florida Premiere
o This program features films from legendary animators John and Faith Hubley who were ousted from the famed Disney animation team during a writer's strike after working on films such as â€Å"Bambi,†â€Å"Dumbo†and â€Å"Pinocchio.†These new restorations on 35mm prints are a celebration of John Hubley's 100th birthday and the inventive work the pair did after leaving Hollywood. The visually striking, playful and innovative short films address a wide range of topics – from the plight of the modern day farmer to two boys’ search for a pet bird – and feature the voices of jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, English actor Dudley Moore, and the Hubley’s children.
• 6:15 p.m. – Film Screening: â€Å"Mother, I Love You†(Latvia, Ages 9+)
Florida Premiere
o Winner of top prizes at the Berlin and Los Angeles Film Festivals, Janis Nords' instantly engaging second feature combines coming-of-age drama with slow-burn thriller to tell the story of a boy who is unable to extricate himself from a growing web of lies. The film’s portrait of preteen rebelliousness has been compared to Truffaut’s iconic â€Å"The 400 Blows†and the Dardennes’ â€Å"The Kid with a Bike.†But no degree in cinema studies is required to enjoy this captivating and emotionally profound film. Film contains some mature subject matter.
Beaux Arts Hosts 62nd Annual Beaux Arts Ball
November 8, 2014; 7 p.m.
Alfred I. DuPont Building
169 E. Flagler Street #5, Miami 33131
Tickets: $275 per person
Purchase Tickets
www.BeauxArtsMiami.org
Join Beaux Arts to celebrate Miami’s oldest costume ball and the organization’s ongoing support for the University of Miami’s Lowe Art Museum. Hosted at the Alfred I. DuPont Building, this year’s event will carry the much anticipated theme of “Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evilâ€.
Evening events will include a large silent auction, featuring over 200 items valued at over $150,000 and a first-ever Storied Wine Pull; a sit-down dinner and dancing; a costume and skit competition; and an exciting raffle with the top prize a $2,500 shopping spree at Neiman Marcus.
62nd Annual Beaux Arts Ball title sponsors include City National Bank, and Mercedes Benz of Coral Gables and Cutler Bay. Additional sponsors include the Medina Family Foundation, UHealth, Ashley Cusack Realty, LNR Properties, Lowell International Realty, Neiman Marcus, SABMiller, Thierry's Catering, Grey Goose Vodka, and Allie Munroe.
Funds raised at the event will be used for exhibitions, improvements and acquisitions to the Lowe’s permanent collection, as well as to finance the organization’s flagship program, Hands On!, which exposes underserved children from Miami-Dade to the visual arts.
Beaux Arts Ball Chairs: Meredith Kallaher and Anne Beaumont Neithardt
Hispanic Heritage Month Media & Marketing Mixer
Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 6:30PM-9:00PM
Centro Cultural Español de Miami
1490 Biscayne Boulevard
Miami, FL 33132
Register Online
Parking: Garage at N.E. 2nd Avenue between 14th/15th streets, and street meter parking
Cash Door Only: $25 for NAHJ/HPRA members, $35 for non-members. (Receipt provided upon request.)
Space is limited. RSVP Required. Strictly 21+.
NAHJ South Florida Chapter and HPRA Miami invite you to our exclusive Hispanic Heritage Month "Media & Marketing Mixer"
Join us during this very special evening of socializing, celebrating our Latin culture and the chance to win free raffle prizes! Complimentary Ron Barceló cocktails and Versailles appetizers will be served. Salsa sounds provided by DJ Jorge Charun, former resident DJ of Bongos Cuban Café.
NAHJ South Florida Chapter and HPRA MIAMI thank our event sponsors for their support!
Platinum Sponsors: Ron Barceló, Versailles
Gold Sponsors: Business Wire, Brightstar, Western Union, República, Balsera Communications, Latina Mom Bloggers, Ocean Bank
Raffle Prizes Provided by Silver Sponsors: Miami Dolphins, Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Bass Museum of Art, MDC Live Arts, Miami-Dade County Auditorium, HistoryMiami, Coral Gables Museum
Red Ribbon Ceremonies with the Honorable City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado for First Wynwood Visitor Information Stands
October 8th, 2014 from 5:30pm to 6:00pm
2407 NW 2nd Avenue
Miami, Florida 33127
The Art Experience, Inc. its first Visitors Information Stands in Wynwood with two visitor information stands opening to the public, this Wednesday, October 8th, 2014. One stand will be at the corner of 24th Street and NW 2nd avenue (adjacent to Panther Coffee) and the 2nd Stand at 25th Street and NW 2nd Avenue (adjacent to the Wynwood Walls).
Creative Founder Susana Baker launched The Art Experience, Inc. in 2009. A company specializing in Art and Culinary Tours for visitors and locals to experience the cultural side of Miami. To date with touring over 100 monthly visitors with its Signature VIP Tour: Dine Design Explore the Art, has earned the company a 5 star rating on trip advisor.
The Visitors Stands will be free to the public. All visitors wishing information on murals, galleries, cafes can receive the information for free from these stands. Maps will be handed out and orientation tours (available with a small donation) will be offered from the stands. All tours are accompanied with a Uniformed Tourator (trained as a tour guide in History and Curator trained in Arts).
After 3 years in business, it became apparent to Ms. Baker that every time she toured in Wynwood, visitors would approach her asking questions, or even following her on tours to learn about the different artists, murals and the history of Wynwood. "Most visitors GPS Wynwood or take a taxi to the area, but then they feel lost, walking around uncertain as to what they are viewing, and is there more, and where?" Says Susana Baker. "The saddest thing for me is that the visitors leave Wynwood without the full experience, story and the rich history of the area, including trivia facts of the murals and the artists. This is what our Tourators deliver to the visitor the total panoramic picture of Wynwood, which is filled with great history, amazing street art, and galleries! The tours can be done in Russian, Portuguese, French, Chinese and Spanish.
Gallery 212 will host along with The Art Experience a free Public Celebration, with Miami Club Rum sponsoring signature cocktails, The Riviera Foccaceria Italiana from Midtown will serve signature bites and live music. Join us for the official launch of Wynwood's Visitors Information Center. City of Miami Mayor Regalado will be there to cut the ribbon along with other Community leaders. Special performance by MAD DANCE
Miami Broward Carnival Teams Up With The Pèrez Art Museum Miami To Kick-Off Miami Broward Carnival 2014 on Thursday, October 2. 2014.  Miami Broward Parade of Bands and Concert – 30 Years of Miami Carnival Celebration at Miami-Dade County Fair & Expo Center on Sunday, October 12, 11am-11pm- Parade Kicks off at 12 noon.
Advance General Admission Tickets: $27
Advance on-line VIP tickets: $100
Website & Tickets
Parking: Free
"The Miami-Broward One Carnival Host Committee is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing a safe, family festival in South Florida and outlying areas, fostering community pride and civic involvement, and providing critical opportunities to the Caribbean people in South Florida to share the Caribbean culture, promote cultural exchange and build economic cooperation in the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural environment of South Florida."
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Fordistas Presents Nomadic Experiment "Tons of Tools" by 2501
Saturday, 10/11/2014 – 07:00 pm – 10:00 pm
2311 NW 2nd Avenue,
Miami, Florida 33127
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Fordistas is pleased to present the upcoming opening of the program’s latest exhibition: Nomadic Experiment â€Å"Tons of Tools†by internationally recognized street artist 2501. The opening night celebration is slated for Saturday, October 11, 2014 during Art Walk at the Product/81 Gallery in Wynwood.
Italian-born 2501 (Jacopo Ceccarelli) is best known for his black and white line art murals that feature a concentration of lines to form unique and stunning images with a 3D feel. In his exhibition with Fordistas, he will experiment with different tools and brush configurations for a new perspective on his approach.
A series of limited edition, signed prints will be made available for purchase, the complete proceeds of which will benefit a South Florida Ford supported charity of the artist’s choice.
Miami Bayside Foundation We Are Miami
Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 6:00PM – 8:00PM
600 Biscayne Blvd
Miami, FL 33132
Join us at our We Are Miami 2014 annual fundraising event to celebrate Miami's growth through the support of minority businesses and education.
Complementary parking. Cocktails and exotic hors d'ouevres.
Proceeds will go to the Foundation's loan and scholarship programs.
Complimentary parking is available at Miami Dade College
Wolfson Campus Building 7, 500 N.E. Second Ave.
Entrances to the parking garage are on N.E. Sixth Street and N.E. Fifth Street.
PRESS RELEASE
The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy Announces the 2014 Gulf Guardian Fellows
The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy proudly announces its 2014 Class of Gulf Guardian Fellows. Five leaders submitted ideas that make progress toward restoring the humanity of marginalized communities in the Gulf South while honoring the work that strengthens the broader Gulf South ecology.
The Gulf Guardian Fellowship is a 12 month program that aims to strengthen social and ecological equity in the Gulf South. Fellowship awards are meant honor and support community members working to address root-causes, immediate consequences or long-term impacts of inequality or climate change in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP) is a non-profit, public interest law firm and justice center with a mission to build, serve and advocate for structural shifts that promote equity in law, society and community. GCCLP’s long-term work addresses intersecting visions of Climate Justice, Migrant Rights, Land Sovereignty and Economic Opportunity for Gulf Coast communities on the frontlines of climate change. Through human rights-based legal services, community leadership development and advocacy, GCCLP promotes structural equity in the laws, policies and practices that impact Gulf South communities on the frontlines of climate change.
As part of GCCLP’s community leadership development initiative the Gulf Guardian fellowship aims to support various approaches to building social and ecological equity by honoring community leaders working to address the long-term impacts of inequality and climate change. Support for the 2014 Gulf Guardian Fellows is made possible by a generous grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
Leaders from the five Gulf South states made up the regional Selection Committee that met in Louisiana in early September to select five fellows from nearly 300 applications submitted. To be selected, applicants had to be 18 years of age or older and residing in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, or Florida. Selection priority was given to Individuals working on climate, environment, economic justice, or social justice issues for at least two years and to those who showed a history of collaborative work. Selected fellows receive a $40,000 stipend and attend training and retreats designed for collective learning, cross-sector networking, collaborative strategy and leadership development.
The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy is pleased to announce the following 2014 Gulf Guardian Fellows:
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Pandwe Althea Gibson
EcoTech Visions
Miami, Florida
In order to create jobs and impact climate change, EcoTech Visions will serve as an incubator for green manufacturing start-ups. EcoTech Visions creates and offers innovative programs and services that address both climate change and systemic poverty and ultimately further economic development in the regions it servesâ€"low-income, blue collar, underdeveloped areas. Leveraging the growing market and funding for green products, servicing and manufacturing processes, as well as the growing pot of resources designed to address income inequality, EcoTech Visions’ programs develop and support local green businesses and jobs. Successful implementation of this project will reduce landfill plastics by 20%, reduce unemployment rates in Liberty City, Florida by 50%, and create new advocates for green businesses.
Gibson is making going green cool, practical and profitable. After founding a network of schools and proving herself an effective educator, Gibson dove into the business world where she started, led and scaled three successful companies. Her experience and passion for lifting up the underserved, combined with green industry are what drive her forward.
Joel Lewis
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
In association with the University of South Alabama, native Mobile resident Joel Lewis uses her documentary, Mobile in Black and White, as a teaching tool to educate audiences in Mobile, Alabama and beyond about race and inequalities. The documentary is a project that addresses racialized disparities and outcomes in Mobile, Alabama and examines how race remains a fundamental issue in American life, but also how it can be addressed without assignments of guilt or blame. Lewis will use the fellowship to further the educational outreach of this film by interviewing and sharing the stories of people who are included in the statistical disparities seen in diversity data. From the interviews, Lewis will create relevant videos to be used for training, education, and community awareness. Discussion fostered by the film will be used to design an online learning module that will be available on the Mobile in Black and White website.
Because Lewis is a part of this community, her relationships and experiences have helped her recognize that there is a collective responsibility of stakeholders, community leaders, and citizens to examine root causes, understand levels of engagement, and identify community-developed success indicators. This project will be used as a tool to educate, empower, and move toward equity.
Ya-Sin Shabazz
Hijira House
Biloxi , Mississippi
Working with Hijira House, whose mission is to cultivate, advocate, and facilitate faith-based solutions to distinct, economic and social challenges of low to moderate income citizens and low to moderate income areas, Shabazz’s project will educate, organize, and mobilize low-income, minority members of utility cooperatives. First, Shabazz will generate broad, grassroots civic engagement amongst traditionally disengaged minority and low-income cooperative member-owners at Coast Electric Power Association in Hancock County, Mississippi and Singer River Electric Power Association in Jackson County Mississippi. Finally, he will address and advance a grassroots developed and led climate justice initiative regarding energy distribution, pricing, and production policies as well as Coastal Restoration priorities and activities associated with the BP Oil disaster.
Raised along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Shabazz has long had an interest in both economic development and community development in and for small town, rural, and economically distressed areas. Furthermore, having previously been an unengaged member/household of an energy cooperative, Shabazz would now like to increase participation and engagement in these entities that have unused potential to transform many of the unwanted, economic realities across the United States.
Bette Billiot
United Houma Nation Tribe
Houma, Louisiana
Bette Billiot’s project focuses on inequality in the Gulf South. Her plan is to construct and organize a task force consisting of a small number of dedicated indigenous community members from the Houma region affected by inequalities, such as poor representation from others in understanding the importance of their daily lives and culture. The community taskforce members would be instrumental for making sure the unheard voices of their otherwise unheard community are heard as well as received. The members would share responsibility of attending meetings, trainings and workshops hosted throughout the Gulf South that explore changes and future projects that would directly affect their communities. They would be responsible for collecting information to bring back to a committee in order to collectively discuss plans of action, responses, and/or strategy.
As a member of the United Houma Nation herself, Billiot is dedicated and fervent about this work. She knows how important it is that indigenous people of the Houma area speak for themselves. This project not only makes the community members responsible for their own knowledge and representation, it also allows them to travel to different areas in the region to see first-hand how inequality is affecting them.
Jorge Lugo
Artist/Activist
Houston, Texas
Jorge Lugo uses art to raise awareness of and motivate involvement in issues of climate change and inequality in the Gulf South. His project focuses on environmental justice issues in the Manchester community of Houston, where Lugo has lived most of his life, and will create a space that encourages education on local issues by working on alternative solutions for the community, providing services (or giving back to the community), hosting communal events, skill shares, teach-ins, and work-shops. The use of art will serve as a form of creative, direct action public presentations to raise awareness of environmental and inequality issues. Visual and performing arts will unify diverse, multicultural communities and encourage youth communities to take on the challenge of raising awareness.
Lugo was driven to this project and the arts due to not having an opportunity to a creative space to share with other environmentally affected community members. His mother has suffered medically due to environmental pollution, disasters, and injustices and this fellowship grant and opportunity will help establish a creative communal space for all to address these issues.
PRESS RELEASE
The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy Announces the 2014 Gulf Guardian Fellows
The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy proudly announces its 2014 Class of Gulf Guardian Fellows. Five leaders submitted ideas that make progress toward restoring the humanity of marginalized communities in the Gulf South while honoring the work that strengthens the broader Gulf South ecology.
The Gulf Guardian Fellowship is a 12 month program that aims to strengthen social and ecological equity in the Gulf South. Fellowship awards are meant honor and support community members working to address root-causes, immediate consequences or long-term impacts of inequality or climate change in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP) is a non-profit, public interest law firm and justice center with a mission to build, serve and advocate for structural shifts that promote equity in law, society and community. GCCLP’s long-term work addresses intersecting visions of Climate Justice, Migrant Rights, Land Sovereignty and Economic Opportunity for Gulf Coast communities on the frontlines of climate change. Through human rights-based legal services, community leadership development and advocacy, GCCLP promotes structural equity in the laws, policies and practices that impact Gulf South communities on the frontlines of climate change.
As part of GCCLP’s community leadership development initiative the Gulf Guardian fellowship aims to support various approaches to building social and ecological equity by honoring community leaders working to address the long-term impacts of inequality and climate change. Support for the 2014 Gulf Guardian Fellows is made possible by a generous grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
Leaders from the five Gulf South states made up the regional Selection Committee that met in Louisiana in early September to select five fellows from nearly 300 applications submitted. To be selected, applicants had to be 18 years of age or older and residing in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, or Florida. Selection priority was given to Individuals working on climate, environment, economic justice, or social justice issues for at least two years and to those who showed a history of collaborative work. Selected fellows receive a $40,000 stipend and attend training and retreats designed for collective learning, cross-sector networking, collaborative strategy and leadership development.
The Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy is pleased to announce the following 2014 Gulf Guardian Fellows:
·
Pandwe Althea Gibson
EcoTech Visions
Miami, Florida
In order to create jobs and impact climate change, EcoTech Visions will serve as an incubator for green manufacturing start-ups. EcoTech Visions creates and offers innovative programs and services that address both climate change and systemic poverty and ultimately further economic development in the regions it servesâ€â€low-income, blue collar, underdeveloped areas. Leveraging the growing market and funding for green products, servicing and manufacturing processes, as well as the growing pot of resources designed to address income inequality, EcoTech Visions’ programs develop and support local green businesses and jobs. Successful implementation of this project will reduce landfill plastics by 20%, reduce unemployment rates in Liberty City, Florida by 50%, and create new advocates for green businesses.
Gibson is making going green cool, practical and profitable. After founding a network of schools and proving herself an effective educator, Gibson dove into the business world where she started, led and scaled three successful companies. Her experience and passion for lifting up the underserved, combined with green industry are what drive her forward.
Joel Lewis
University of South Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
In association with the University of South Alabama, native Mobile resident Joel Lewis uses her documentary, Mobile in Black and White, as a teaching tool to educate audiences in Mobile, Alabama and beyond about race and inequalities. The documentary is a project that addresses racialized disparities and outcomes in Mobile, Alabama and examines how race remains a fundamental issue in American life, but also how it can be addressed without assignments of guilt or blame. Lewis will use the fellowship to further the educational outreach of this film by interviewing and sharing the stories of people who are included in the statistical disparities seen in diversity data. From the interviews, Lewis will create relevant videos to be used for training, education, and community awareness. Discussion fostered by the film will be used to design an online learning module that will be available on the Mobile in Black and White website.
Because Lewis is a part of this community, her relationships and experiences have helped her recognize that there is a collective responsibility of stakeholders, community leaders, and citizens to examine root causes, understand levels of engagement, and identify community-developed success indicators. This project will be used as a tool to educate, empower, and move toward equity.
Ya-Sin Shabazz
Hijira House
Biloxi , Mississippi
Working with Hijira House, whose mission is to cultivate, advocate, and facilitate faith-based solutions to distinct, economic and social challenges of low to moderate income citizens and low to moderate income areas, Shabazz’s project will educate, organize, and mobilize low-income, minority members of utility cooperatives. First, Shabazz will generate broad, grassroots civic engagement amongst traditionally disengaged minority and low-income cooperative member-owners at Coast Electric Power Association in Hancock County, Mississippi and Singer River Electric Power Association in Jackson County Mississippi. Finally, he will address and advance a grassroots developed and led climate justice initiative regarding energy distribution, pricing, and production policies as well as Coastal Restoration priorities and activities associated with the BP Oil disaster.
Raised along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Shabazz has long had an interest in both economic development and community development in and for small town, rural, and economically distressed areas. Furthermore, having previously been an unengaged member/household of an energy cooperative, Shabazz would now like to increase participation and engagement in these entities that have unused potential to transform many of the unwanted, economic realities across the United States.
Bette Billiot
United Houma Nation Tribe
Houma, Louisiana
Bette Billiot’s project focuses on inequality in the Gulf South. Her plan is to construct and organize a task force consisting of a small number of dedicated indigenous community members from the Houma region affected by inequalities, such as poor representation from others in understanding the importance of their daily lives and culture. The community taskforce members would be instrumental for making sure the unheard voices of their otherwise unheard community are heard as well as received. The members would share responsibility of attending meetings, trainings and workshops hosted throughout the Gulf South that explore changes and future projects that would directly affect their communities. They would be responsible for collecting information to bring back to a committee in order to collectively discuss plans of action, responses, and/or strategy.
As a member of the United Houma Nation herself, Billiot is dedicated and fervent about this work. She knows how important it is that indigenous people of the Houma area speak for themselves. This project not only makes the community members responsible for their own knowledge and representation, it also allows them to travel to different areas in the region to see first-hand how inequality is affecting them.
Jorge Lugo
Artist/Activist
Houston, Texas
Jorge Lugo uses art to raise awareness of and motivate involvement in issues of climate change and inequality in the Gulf South. His project focuses on environmental justice issues in the Manchester community of Houston, where Lugo has lived most of his life, and will create a space that encourages education on local issues by working on alternative solutions for the community, providing services (or giving back to the community), hosting communal events, skill shares, teach-ins, and work-shops. The use of art will serve as a form of creative, direct action public presentations to raise awareness of environmental and inequality issues. Visual and performing arts will unify diverse, multicultural communities and encourage youth communities to take on the challenge of raising awareness.
Lugo was driven to this project and the arts due to not having an opportunity to a creative space to share with other environmentally affected community members. His mother has suffered medically due to environmental pollution, disasters, and injustices and this fellowship grant and opportunity will help establish a creative communal space for all to address these issues.
Thursday, Oct. 9th at 2:30 PM
Bakehouse Art Complex
561 NW 32nd St
Miami, FL
Register Online
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What is the Miami Arts Brigade?
We are mirroring the strengths of a Hacking Brigade, which builds participatory power in cities by holding civic hack events and advocacy campaigns with the goal of furthering the global civic collaboration movement. Based on the success of hacking brigades we are channeling the same sort of comradery and collaboration to bring awareness to the arts on Give Miami Day, November 20, 2014.
Our Goal:
Supercharge visibility for arts and cultural organizations on Give Miami Day. Through partnering tech, business and the cultural community, we are engaging the power of social media to showcase local arts organizations that are participating in the 2014 Give Miami Day. Through this concerted effort we seek to amplify cultural awareness, support for the arts, foster a connected community and actualize cross-pollination of industries.
We are spearheading the first social media arts collation for Give Miami Day! We are bringing communities together in an opportunity to bring about meaningful conversations showcasing the arts.
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Pause for A Cause: Party with a Purpose
Thursday, October 16, 2014, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
1250 S Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33130
Advance Ticket 2 for $15
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Join us for Pause for a Cause and take this opportunity to "Party with a Purpose" for the a once-a-year event where local young professionals raise a glass and unite to raise money for 16 important causes in our community. All proceeds will be split among the participating organizations. With more than 800 guests in attendance last year, tickets are going to go fast!
Pre-sale tickets are 2 for $15 (plus two raffle tickets!) or it's $15 per person at the door (raffle tickets sold separately).
Support your favorite nonprofits at Kukaramakara's newly renovated lounge with:
2-for-1 drinks and extended Happy Hour until 10 pm
Food specials
An awesome local DJ
Plus, you could be one of our lucky raffle winners – tickets are only $5 each, or get 5 for $20!
The best part: 10% of every tab goes directly back to your favorite nonprofits, including:
Coral Gables Museum Young Associates, Hands on Miami, Bakehouse Art Complex, YMCA, Miami Children's Museum, HistoryMiami, The Sails Institute, Miami Lighthouse for the Blind, Woody Foundation, Casa Valentina, Monica Bruguera Foundation, Everglades Foundation, City Year Miami, Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade, Switchboard Miami, and NextGen of Chapman Partnership
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The Art Experience, Inc. , will celebrate October 8th, 2014, its first Visitors Information Stands in Wynwood. With two visitor information stands opening to the public, this Wednesday, October 8th, 2014. One stand will be at the corner of 24th Street and NW 2nd avenue (adjacent to Panther Coffee) and the 2nd Stand at 25th Street and NW 2nd Avenue (adjacent to the Wynwood Walls). Creative Founder Susana Baker launched The Art Experience, Inc. in 2009. A company specializing in Art and Culinary Tours for visitors and locals to experience the cultural side of Miami. To date with touring over 100 monthly visitors with its Signature VIP Tour: Dine Design Explore the Art, has earned the company a 5 star rating on trip advisor. The Visitors Stands will be free to the public. All visitors wishing information on murals, galleries, cafes can receive the information for free from these stands. Maps will be handed out and orientation tours (available with a small donation) will be offered from the stands. All tours are accompanied with a Uniformed Tourator (trained as a tour guide in History and Curator trained in Arts). After 3 years in business, it became apparent to Ms. Baker that every time she toured in Wynwood, visitors would approach her asking questions, or even following her on tours to learn about the different artists, murals and the history of Wynwood. “Most visitors GPS Wynwood or take a taxi to the area, but then they feel lost, walking around uncertain as to what they are viewing, and is there more, and where?†Says Susana Baker. “The saddest thing for me is that the visitors leave Wynwood without the full experience, story and the rich history of the area, including trivia facts of the murals and the artists. This is what our Tourators deliver to the visitor the total panoramic picture of Wynwood, which is filled with great history, amazing street art, and galleries! The tours can be done in Russian, Portuguese, French, Chinese and Spanish!
Gallery 212 located at 2407 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33127, will host along with The Art Experience a free Public Celebration, with Miami Club Rum sponsoring signature cocktails, The Riviera Foccaceria Italiana from Midtown will serve signature bites and live music. Join us for the official launch of Wynwood’s Visitors Information Center. City of Miami Mayor Regalado will be there to cut the ribbon along with other Community leaders. Special performance by MAD DANCE
PRESS RELEASE
The Art Experience, Inc. , will celebrate October 8th, 2014, its first Visitors Information Stands in Wynwood. With two visitor information stands opening to the public, this Wednesday, October 8th, 2014. One stand will be at the corner of 24th Street and NW 2nd avenue (adjacent to Panther Coffee) and the 2nd Stand at 25th Street and NW 2nd Avenue (adjacent to the Wynwood Walls). Creative Founder Susana Baker launched The Art Experience, Inc. in 2009. A company specializing in Art and Culinary Tours for visitors and locals to experience the cultural side of Miami. To date with touring over 100 monthly visitors with its Signature VIP Tour: Dine Design Explore the Art, has earned the company a 5 star rating on trip advisor. The Visitors Stands will be free to the public. All visitors wishing information on murals, galleries, cafes can receive the information for free from these stands. Maps will be handed out and orientation tours (available with a small donation) will be offered from the stands. All tours are accompanied with a Uniformed Tourator (trained as a tour guide in History and Curator trained in Arts). After 3 years in business, it became apparent to Ms. Baker that every time she toured in Wynwood, visitors would approach her asking questions, or even following her on tours to learn about the different artists, murals and the history of Wynwood. â€Å"Most visitors GPS Wynwood or take a taxi to the area, but then they feel lost, walking around uncertain as to what they are viewing, and is there more, and where?†Says Susana Baker. â€Å"The saddest thing for me is that the visitors leave Wynwood without the full experience, story and the rich history of the area, including trivia facts of the murals and the artists. This is what our Tourators deliver to the visitor the total panoramic picture of Wynwood, which is filled with great history, amazing street art, and galleries! The tours can be done in Russian, Portuguese, French, Chinese and Spanish!
Gallery 212 located at 2407 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida 33127, will host along with The Art Experience a free Public Celebration, with Miami Club Rum sponsoring signature cocktails, The Riviera Foccaceria Italiana from Midtown will serve signature bites and live music. Join us for the official launch of Wynwood’s Visitors Information Center. City of Miami Mayor Regalado will be there to cut the ribbon along with other Community leaders. Special performance by MAD DANCE
Universe Miami Artist Premier featuring Edan Archer, Feness, Wolves and tigers, with special guest Poe Boy
Thursday, October 2, 2014, 10:00 PM – 4:00 AM
700 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, FL 33132
Register Online
Join us Thursday October 2, for great fun, music, food, drinks, atmosphere, live performances and more…
Special Guest Poe Boy Entertainment
Universe Miami is an internet television and radio station on Universe Network Television, SUPPORTING Miami and it's under-served artist.
It encompasses music, lifestyle, culture, news, events, fashion, sports, entertainment, opportunity and charity.
Modern Boca Mom And April Golightly Fashion Show & Happy Hour At Macy’s Boca Raton Town Center
Wednesday, 10/22/2014 – 06:30 pm –
Macy's Boca Town Center
5700 West Glades Rd. oca Town Center,
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
Webpage Link
Cost: Free
Fall’s coolest trends meet the season’s hottest beats! Join bloggers April Erhard and Michelle Olson-Rogers for a Fashion Happy Hour and runway show celebrating fall fashion with great food and entertainment.
After the show, enter for a chance to win a two night stay at the Wyndham Hotel Boca Raton!*
*All events subject to change or cancellation.
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