Experience ‘The Routes of Textile Art’ at the World Textile Art 10th Biennial Conference - MDC Hialeah Campus

 

Miami Dade College (MDC) Hialeah Campus presents ‘The Routes of Textile Art’ World Textile Art 10th Biennial Conference celebrating the 25th Anniversary on Monday, November 7th from 4 – 6:30pm. You are cordially invited to experience a prestigious panel discussion comprised of prominent textile artists, curators, scholars, and cultural managers representing each WTA Textile Biennial participant nation. The panelists will be introduced by Miami Dade College Gallery Director Noor Blazekovic, and the Panel Discussion will be moderated by Yosi Anaya, PhD with an Awards Ceremony sponsored by Irreversible Projects. This incredible event is free and open to the public, register here.

SILKE textile artist at work

The 10th Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art is being held in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of World Textile Art — WTA, which was established in 1997 in Miami, Florida, by Colombian textile artist Pilar Tobon. The WTA group, commonly referred to as the “textile family,” aims to include textile artists from many backgrounds and cultural traditions. With the accomplishment of nine biennials in eight nations, WTA’s nomadic international biennial is the only such textile art biennial in existence.

The Conference Panel Program

4:00pm Noor Blazekovic – Introduction of Panelists by Miami Dade College Gallery Director

4:15-6:00pm Panel Discussion

6:00-6:30pm Awards Ceremony

7:00pm Jeanne Jaffe Exhibition Guided Tour

8:00pm Cocktail Reception

PANELISTS

SILKE

Creativity/Creatividad

Distinguished Austrian-Argentine artist, Silke has traversed diverse paths through her textile work mostly in silk, in which she explores the symbolic archetypes present in our collective consciousness. She often gives interesting workshops on waking each individual’s creative possibilities. Silke, renowned textile artist with an integrated vision of art, is recognized internationally. Of Austrian origin, she has resided in Argentina since 1949, the country that she represents. She has realized large series of tapestries, interdisciplinary performances, installations where the stage design, theatre, music and poetry become integrated into the presentation of her textile works.

MARÍA ORTEGA

Processes in the Promotion of Fiber Art/Procesos en la Gestión Cultural del Arte de las Fibras

María Ortega presents a tour through different exhibition projects she has instigated and curated in contemporary textile art, stimulating art institutions and diverse publics to become aware and appreciate the different discourses and potentialities of current fiber art, more visible everyday in the international cultural scene. Multidisciplinary artist, María Ortega combines her professional activities between cultural promotion, curating exhibitions, as Juror. She was the General Director of the VIII International World Textile Art Biennial – Sustainable City 2019, held in 14 venues.

TINA MARAIS

Great Forums of Contemporary Textile Art/Los grandes foros mundiales del Arte Textil Contemporáneo

Having has been selected to almost all the major art forums in the world over the last ten years, Tina Marais presents an overview of the international textile art scene and what these forums signify for fiber artists. Tina Marais is a visual and textile artist established in Montreal, she was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Her works have been exhibited in more than 10 solo exhibitions, and in more than 50 collective exhibitions and as part of biennials in Canada, United States, Portugal, Belgium, China, Ukraine, South Korea, South Africa, Spain, Poland, Slovenia and in Uruguay where she notably received an honorable mention at the “VII World Textile Art Biennale” in Montevideo in 2017.

CECI ARANGO

Working with Unusual Materials/Trabajando con Materiales Insólitos

With a strong conscience for the well-being of the planet, Ceci Arango explores the power of waste and unique materials in her artworks that stretch the boundaries of what one would expect in textile art. Ceci Arango is an industrial designer from the Javeriana University of Bogotá, with Master’s degrees in Design Direction from the Domus Academy in Milan and in Fine and Visual Arts from the National University of Colombia.

CHIARA CORDONI & ELENA REDAELLI

The Importance of Textile Art Publications/La ImportancIa de las Publicaciones de Arte Textil Contemporàneo – el caso de ARTEMORBIDA

Chiara and Elena lay out an overview, scope and impact of ArtMorbida, magazine specialized in Contemporary Textile Art. Chiara Cordoni was born in Rome and as a child had the chance to travel and live abroad for many years; the taste of different cultures, languages, colours, traditions and arts fed her natural curiosity for everything that is art, colour and expression. Elena Redaelli is a textile environmental artist and researcher whose practice is based on textile sculpture and installation created through a deep relationship with place (environmental art) and society (participatory, socially engaged projects).

YOSI ANAYA

The Growth of World Textile Art/Crecimiento y Desarrollo de World Textile Art

Having written extensively about WTA both in the biennial and anniversary catalogues and international publications, Yosi Anaya presents the trail blazed by World Textile Art from its founding to the present date. Yosi Anaya is research-docent, based of the Instituto de Artes Plásticas of Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico, delving into the crossings between the traditional and contemporary arts in society. She has curated diverse exhibitions and authored publications on different perceptions and cultural practices regarding the different voices in textiles, including La Magia de los Hilos: arte y tradición del textil indígena de Veracruz (Universidad Veracruzana 1995 & Editora de Gobierno del Estado, Veracruz 2008).

RINA GITLIN

Blossoming of Textile Art in Miami/Florecimiento del Arte Textil en la Ciudad de Miami

Having curated several exhibitions on Textile art, Rina Gitlin presents the transcendence and growth of textile art in Miami. Rina Gitlin is an independent curator, art historian, and cultural event planner. She holds a Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies from Harvard Extension School and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

FIONA KIRKWOOD

Some Reflections on the Art Textile Scene in South Africa

A look behind the scenes with Fiona Kirkwood at the cultural use of indigenous textiles, a glimpse at a few of her own works, and those of other contemporary artists who work in textile. Fiona Kirkwood is a Scottish born, South African artist, who lives and works in Durban, South Africa. She is known for the cutting edge manner in which she combines fine art, fibre and textile media and techniques to create highly textured multi-media conceptual works. Fiona’s works reflect her awareness of the spirit of South Africa and the energy and vibrancy of KwaZulu-Natal.

MDC Hialeah Campus Presents ‘The Routes of Textile Art’ World Textile Art 10th Biennial Conference Celebrating the 25th Anniversary on Monday, November 7th from 4 – 6:30pm, this event is free and open to the public, register here. Stories of the Natural and Unnatural World, a solo exhibition by artist Jeanne Jaffe is currently on view at the MDC Hialeah Campus Art Gallery, October 3 – December 5, 2022. Guests to the World Textile Art – 10th Biennial Conference will experience a Guided Tour with the artist at 7pm. MDC Hialeah Campus Cultural Center, 1780 West 49th Street. To request an appointment or for more information, please contact the Hialeah Cultural Center at info-hcc@mdc.edu.

Experience the 24th Annual ArtFest in the Pines

You are cordially invited to enjoy the 24th Annual ArtFest in the Pines on Saturday, November 5th through Sunday, November 6th from 10am – 5pm enjoy the 24th Annual ArtFest in the Pines at the Charles F. Dodge City Center, located at 601 City Center Way in the City of Pembroke Pines. The two-day art festival will feature a multitude of unique works of art in categories such as Jewelry, Drawing, Craft, Mixed Media, Digital Art, Painting (watercolor, oil, acrylic), Wood, Glass, Fine Handcrafts, Photography and Three-Dimensional Sculpture.

See Renowned Artist Vito Bonanno's Solo Show 'Beauty & Chaos II' at Six Summit Gallery NYC Port Authority Public Exhibition Space

Bonanno's solo exhibition 'Beauty & Chaos II' is on display in a public art space located at The Port Authority in association with Six Summit Gallery has been extended through Fall 2022.

Internationally collected artist Vito Bonanno taps into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism, placing his innermost feelings onto canvas. The New England-based artist’s work is image and concept-driven and embedded in his personal philosophy. His art contains the essence of his life, feelings, thoughts, and dreams, coupled with objects or topics that “get stuck in his head”, including traffic lights, grids, ceiling fans, graffiti, and pop culture. Corporate clients include AMAZON, Google, and The Hartford.

The renowned mixed media artist's solo exhibition Beauty & Chaos II at Six Summit Gallery in New York City opened on August 1st, and the show has been extended on view though Fall 2022. Such a successful show, Bonanno has 20+ artworks on display in a public exhibition space located at The Port Authority in association with Six Summit Gallery. The show is comprised of older works by the artist, combined with paintings that Bonanno created throughout the Pandemic, as well as fresh, new work from Spring and Summer 2022. The exhibition could be viewed as a “retrospective” of sorts for the artist, with a history of paintings for art lovers and collectors to experience – while also understanding the deeper meaning of the artist’s body of work.

'Westbrook Pizza' 48"H x 36"W, India Ink, Oil Paint on Canvas

Bonanno taps into the daily emotional and social challenges of living with autism, placing his innermost feelings onto canvas. He is an award-winning, world-famous artist with a career spanning back to his childhood. The artist has participated in numerous art fairs, as well as national and international exhibitions, in addition to many art shows during Art Basel Miami Beach – most recently a NIKE pop-up in Wynwood during Miami Art Week 2021. He unveiled his first Solo Exhibition, ‘Unfiltered V: Vito Bonanno Riding with the Train Girls’, in January 2012 at Akus Gallery at Eastern CT State University which included works on paper, canvas, video pieces, a student-artist interactive mural project, and installations. Akus Gallery Director, Elizabeth Peterson stated, “The characters, objects, and ideas that inhabit Vito Bonanno’s work act and interact in striking ways. Caught within the grids and map-like structures he imagines, they are often in a struggle between multiple worlds. He has found a way to tap in the intensity of focus and insight afforded him through autism to unleash a formidable creative power and vision.”

He is one of only 16 artists in the United States selected for a prestigious exhibition of previous awardees from the VSA Emerging Artists Program in the Kennedy Center Hall of Nations with sponsorship from the Volkswagen Group of America. As part of the celebrations for the 25th Anniversary of the ADA and 40th Anniversary of VSA in 2015, the exhibition included the work of select artists who represented the past 13 years of the VSA Emerging Young Artist Program; Curated by Stephanie Moore, she chose Bonanno’s ‘Daffy Goes to Waterbury with a Ninja Turtle’ and ‘SECR Toilet’ to be part of the exhibition.

Vito is aligned with ArtLifting, which is a non-for-profit art organization that empowers artists living with disabilities through the celebration and sale of their artwork. ArtLifting is about creating opportunity, empowerment, and validation. This collaboration opened many new and exciting opportunities for the artist, which includes his work in Google’s corporate collection, with art hanging in their Leesburg, VA offices, as well as Amazon, for one of their corporate buildings in Seattle, Washington.

'CX Train Cars and Traffic Lights', 28h x 28w x 1.5, Spray Paint, Acrylic Oil Stick on Canvas

Bonanno was diagnosed with PDD/Autism just before his 4th birthday. Because he was language delayed, his parents and teachers developed strategies that tapped into his high visual acuity, utilizing storyboard styles to relay academic and social information. He was also encouraged to draw in storyboard format to express his feelings. The storyboard grid remains prominent in his work and studio preparation today and is a poignant reminder of a boy who was trapped in his own mind.

The New England-based artist's work is image and concept-driven and embedded in his personal philosophy. His art contains the essence of his life, feelings, thoughts, and dreams, coupled with objects or topics that “get stuck in his head”, including traffic lights, grids, ceiling fans, graffiti, and pop culture. Visit Six Summit Gallery to experience Bonanno’s current solo exhibition ‘Beauty & Chaos II’ at 625 8th Avenue, South Building Floors 1 & 2, New York, New York. The show opened August 1st, and will be on view through Fall 2022. For more information about this artist, for inquiries, or to commission a piece contact vito@vitobonanno.com / visit http://www.vitobonanno.com/

The Betsy Hotel Announces Exhibits for Miami Art Week 2022 Opening During Art Basel Miami Beach

 

The Betsy Hotel Announces Exhibits for Miami Art Week 2022 Opening During Art Basel Miami Beach, with new work by visual artists Tamary Kudita, Nadia Huggins, Sri Prabha, Ray Tenario, and Eric Kroll, and a dance premiere by the Peter London Global Dance Company

 

The Betsy-South Beach, one of the preeminent global arts hotels announces exhibits for Miami Beach Art Week 2022, curated by Betsy co-owner Lesley Goldwasser. Works include photography by Tamary Kudita (Zimbabwe), Nadia Huggins (Trinidad/Tobago), and Eric Kroll (USA), and a mixed media collection by Ray Tenorio (Cuba). Also exhibited is new work by conceptual multi-media artist Sri Prabha (India) and a dance work by Peter London (Trinidad/Tobago). The Betsy will also celebrate new artist books by Alessandro Sarno, Carlos Andres Cruz, and Eric Kroll.

 

The Betsy Hotel is well regarded for programs and partnerships that paint a portrait of Miami both old and new by embracing diversity through artist selection, subject matter, and cultural framework. Since 2018, The Betsy has exclusively focused on global photography in all but one of its 9 public galleries; the remaining gallery features the work of emerging artists working in sculpture, painting, illustration, and mixed media.

 

ABOUT THE ARTISTS 

Tamary Kudita (photo): Back at The Betsy after a successful US debut of 'African Victorian' at The Betsy's 2021 Miami Art Week, Kudtia presents a new collection "Fabrics of Man, Family, and Society ... ' that explores "the impact of her country's colonial experience on African life and identity today." Tamary's new work specifically reflects "on the intersectionality of the cultural and ethnic fusion of lifestyles from the past and present, and how that is expressed in body language, facial expression, and gestures, as well as the use of clothing as a necessity, social status, and cultural emblems".

 

Nadia Huggins (photo): The Hotel's BBar Gallery features Strange Territory, Huggins' underwater photography, an underground space with 26 light boxes; its mylar ceiling producing a mirrored effect, making viewers feel they are under water. Huggins' cinematic underwater landscapes contain colorful flora environments and human beings interacting with Nature, inviting viewers to reflect not only on 'what I put within an image, but also what I choose to leave out of that frame".

 

Eric Kroll (photo): A titanic figure in contemporary photography, Eric Kroll has published high profile best-selling art books with houses like Taschen and his work has featured in countless magazines. This exhibition contains images from his new art book, THE NEW YORK YEARS 1971 to 1994 (the book!).  "There is no discipline in my life. No order. I used to think that chaos helps creativity—I'm not so sure about that anymore...I shot Grace Jones performing at Studio 54 .... I also photographed Kenny Scharf with his wife and daughter, Keith Haring, and Andy Warhol in his art car ... "

 

Sri Prabha (multi-media), commissioned by the City of Miami Beach and using multi-media in 3 outside areas surrounding The Betsy Orb,  Sri will create a locus of attraction with this message: "We are but  a small part of the cosmos, with energies linked to ideas of regeneration, growth, and sustainability emerging from the cocoon of the pandemic to be deployed internally and for the world around us. In our existence, we ask ourselves about our responsibilities to the universe/"  

Sri Prabha's Spaceresearchcentre/AKA Southern Lights, via the Transmutable Central Dharma Gateway Incorporating the 5 Known Elements at the Orlando Museum of Art

 

Ray Tenorio (mixed media): With art collections influenced by Ray Tenorio's Latin roots, Expressionism, urban mythology and fashion,  Mythological Africa and the Transcultural Influences in the Americas,  inspired The Betsy to break out of its exclusive commitment to photography to provide space for an emerging youthful – and colorful – global artistic voice.

 

Art Books by Carlos Andres Cruz, Alessandro Sarno, and Eric Kroll:  With text written by Miami-based children's author Pablo Cartaya, international dog photographer Carols Andres Cruz contributed images for a book entitled Rosa's First Day as CEO;  Alessandro Sarno will release a new artist book called Miami: Jungle Island, with a Foreword by Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibarguen. These books will be exhibited in Betsy gallery spaces and available for purchase at the front desk – as will Eric Kroll's new art book: THE NEW YORK YEARS 1971 to 1994 (the book!).

 

Peter London Global Dance Company: The Betsy's Miami Art Week 2022 also features 'random and repeated' performances of a new dance work created by former Martha Graham dancer Peter London  in response to Tamary Kudita's new collection entitled,  Fabrics of Man, Family and Society ... ". This work is presented in partnership with the City of Miami Beach and the Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs by the Peter London Global Dance Company.

 

Other 2022 Miami Art Week installations @thebetsyhotel include 1) The Betsy's Outdoor Sculpture Garden exhibiting  Zimbabwean stone carved sculptures inspired by traditional Shona mythology; 2) The Poetry Rail presenting the words of 12 writers that 'shaped Miami', located between Ocean Drive and Collins Avenue at 14^th Place;  3) More than 300 historic images of The Beatles and Rolling Stones (the Paul Saltzman and Bob Bonis Collections), situated in hallways and stairways, 4) And work from architectural photographer Robin Hill, Miami Beach documentarian Andy Sweet, Hollywood set photographer Robert Zuckerman and travel photographer Alessandro Sarno.  

 

The Betsy Hotel exhibits art in 20,000 square feet of gallery space located throughout the property with nine galleries as well as halls and stairway areas open during regular business hours (9 AM – 11 PM) during Miami Beach Art Week 2022.

Art and Culture Center/Hollywood's 2022 Florida Biennial: Installations, Portraiture, Materiality and Magic Realism’

Art and Culture Center/Hollywood presents ‘2022 Florida Biennial: Installations, Portraiture, Materiality and Magic Realism’. As the title implies, a multi-media approach is revealed in the practices of artmaking by the participating artists. From traditional portraiture to recycled materials, the exhibition seeks to reveal a rawness that evokes our current times and experiences. Juried by Ylva Rouse, Senior Curator at MOCA Jacksonville; Organized by the Center’s Curator Meaghan Kent, Curator of Exhibitions; and Joanna Ruiz, Arts Aspire Curatorial AssistantAs Rouse states, “Overall, the sense I get is an exploration of our place, in/with nature and in society right now, with a dominant strain of what I want to call magic realism, as well as an overall developed sense of materiality.” The exhibition is on view October 15, 2022 through Sunday, February 5, 2023.

Dana Donaty's Ecosystem 1, 34" x 28" x 21"

South Florida Contemporary Artist Dana Donaty is one of the artists featured in the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood presents ‘2022 Florida Biennial: Installations, Portraiture, Materiality and Magic Realism’. Donaty's work explores ideas about identity, memory, and domestic and sociological trauma through the lens of play. In a series of Ecosystems, I set the stage for objects hallowed by their historical associations to be considered in a new context. 

Participating Artists:
Javier Barrera (Miami Beach), Bella Cardim (Key Biscayne), Christopher Clark (Jacksonville), Elaine Defibaugh (Miami), Dana Marie Donaty (Boynton Beach), Christian Feneck (Fort Lauderdale), Brendhan Garland (Gainesville), Bonney Goldstein (Fort Lauderdale), Sheila Goloborotko (Jacksonville),Anna Joan Goraczko (North Miami Beach), Jeanne Jaffe (Boynton Beach), Sophia Lacroix (Hollywood), Cynthia Mason (St. Petersburg), Cheryl Maeder (Lake Worth), Raymond Olivero (Mount Dora), Kerry Phillips (Miami), Vickie Pierre (Miami), Evelyn Politzer (Miami), Galal Ramadan (Fort Lauderdale), Alette Simmons-Jimenez (Miami), Aida Tejada (Miami), Cornelius Tulloch (Miami), Jackeuline Walters (Aventura), Zaplaflora (Jesús F Torres) (Hialeah).

BlackTower Gallery in the Miami Design District: Dejando Huellas

BlackTower Gallery in the Miami Design District celebrated its Grand Opening Reception for a charity event, featuring a special art exhibition Dejando Huellas, October 13 - 16, 2022. 

Guests bought works of art at the gallery to support the Moved To Serve International Foundation - founded by Barbara Palacios 2022. Moved to Serve International's mission is to serve other foundations with the purpose of contributing to a world free of domestic violence and child abuse. Exhibition open to the public until Sunday, October 16, from 11am to 7pm.

Oneof MG Stout's paintings, 'Yesterday', original acrylic painting, 36" x 36", unframed, white painted edges, ready to hang - on view at BlackTower Gallery in the Miami Design District. 

The group show features prominent visual artist MG Stout, Mary Gallagher Stout, who is a Resident Artist at Studio 18 in Pembroke Pines. Her creative process allows her to tap into her intuition, go with the flow, and produce a true masterpiece. The artist exhibits her work with critically acclaimed art fairs. The artist will be exhibiting at Spectrum Miami art fair in booth #1408 during Art Basel Miami Beach, a favorite fair by art lovers during Miami Art Week, the fair takes place at Mana Wynwood Convention Center November 30 – December 4, 2022. Spectrum Miami is an upscale and urban curated contemporary art fair, located in Miami’s iconic Wynwood Art District. Mary will also be exhibiting at Red Dot fair during art week with Jen Tough Gallery.

To learn more about this fascinating visual artist, please visit her website at www.mgstout.com. You can purchase works directly from her online store at https://www.mgstout.com/shop. MG Stout’s art studio is located at Studio 18 in the Pines, 1101 Poinciana Drive in Pembroke Pines, Florida 33025.

BREACH Gallery presents 'More Than This' exhibition & Progressive Brunch on Oct.2nd

 

BREACH PRESENTS MORE THAN THIS SEPT 17 OCT 15 SOLO EXHIBITION FOR CES MCCULLY PROGRESSIVE ART BRUNCH SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2ND @ 12-4PM

BREACH GALLERY PRESENTS, “MORE THAN THIS”, A SOLO EXHIBITION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTIST CES MCCULLY. FOR HER FIRST SOLO SHOW IN THE UNITED STATES, MCCULLY PRESENTS A SERIES OF PAINTINGS THAT SEAMLESSLY MOVE FROM GEOMETRIC ABSTRACT COLOR FIELDS TO GRAPHICALLY MINIMAL SELF-PORTRAITS TO SENTIMENTS RENDERED IN PLAYFUL LETTERS THAT ON FIRST GLANCE APPEAR GENTLER THAN PERHAPS THEIR SUBTEXT WOULD SUGGEST. IN THE PAST, MCCULLY HAS EXPLORED THEMES OF IDENTITY AND THE EVOLUTION OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PARADIGMS AS A RESULT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA. FOR “MORE THAN THIS”, SHE HAS CENTERED HER WORK AROUND THE THEME OF FEMININITY. CONTINUING TO DISCUSS QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY, SHE UTILIZES INFLUENCES FROM TEXTILE WORK AND RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY TO CREATE PIECES THAT FEEL PERSONAL AND AT TIMES NOSTALGIC. HER WORK BOTH REVEALS AND EXAMINES AREAS OF SOCIETY WHERE WOMEN HAVE HISTORICALLY SOUGHT SOLACE OR WAYS TO EXERCISE THEIR VOICE OR POWER. EXPRESSING BOTH AN INTIMATE STORY OF WOMANHOOD AS WELL AS CREATING A CULTURAL COMMENTARY THAT IS UNIVERSAL, MCCULLY EMPOWERS HER MESSAGE WITH A VERY INTENTIONAL CHOICE OF COLOR AND TEXTURE. THE TEXT SHE UTILIZES IS AT ONCE IDIOMATIC AND CRYPTIC, AS THE WORDS BLEND TOGETHER IN AN ARRAY OF MUTED COLORS. HER ABSTRACT PAINTINGS, WHOSE GEOMETRY RECALL PATTERNS OF FABRIC, ARE HARMONIOUS AND MEDITATIVE COMPOSITIONS. EMPLOYING THIS ORGANIC SENSE OF FORM, MCCULLY BRINGS FORTH WORK THAT REIMAGINES AND REAFFIRMS FEMININE SPACE. CES MCCULLY (B. 1982) IS ORIGINALLY FROM MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, AND IS NOW BASED IN SOUTHERN FRANCE. FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS SHE HAS EXHIBITED INTERNATIONALLY THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL R LOPEZ