Projects tagged "Miami FL"

Call for Local Artwork Exhibition
Practitioner:
Maximo Caminero
Date:
Feb 18 2014
MIAMI — Officials at the recently inaugurated Pérez Art Museum Miami confirmed on Monday that a valuable vase by the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei had been deliberately destroyed by a visitor in what appeared to be an act of protest.
The Artists Representing Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
Practitioner:
Focus on Puerto Rico residency
Date:
Jan 18 2018
Six months before Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, a group of Puerto Rican artists were invited to participate in a residency program in Miami by local art organizations. The artists were offered abandoned storefronts-turned-studios at a historic downtown mall, where they’d exhibit their work during Miami Art Week in December to engage an art world that often overlooks the island territory.
Contra-Tiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater in “Full Still Hungry”
Practitioner:
Contra-Tiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater
Date:
Feb 20 2015
Contra-Tiempo’s first Miami dance performance will bring Ana Maria Alvarez back to her roots. Her father’s family settled in Miami after leaving Cuba in the early ’60s. Most of them, including his four siblings and their spouses and children, still live here, and Alvarez expects much of the clan to attend her show.
Hot Exhibition
Practitioner:
Alper Dostal
Date:
Sep 27 2017
HOT ART EXHIBITION — is a series of visualizations following the question: What would happen if there would be no air conditioner during an extremely hot summer? This might be the result.
Gay, Black, and Revolutionary: The Importance of 'Moonlight'
Practitioner:
Barry Jenkins
Date:
Nov 18 2016
The latest Academy Award for Best Picture was earned by a film depicting the story of a poor, gay, black boy in South Florida. Moonlight, by director Barry Jenkins, has achieved great recognition for its beautiful and honest depiction of a storyline which challenges itself at every turn.
Eclipse
Practitioner:
Hannes Bend
Date:
Apr 27 2012
"Nearly 2 million decaying Goodyear tires lie submerged off the coast of South Florida, decrepit hunks of rubber that have gradually succumbed to the pressures of tides and tropical storms. The steel cables that once strung them along the ocean floor have snapped, and many have drifted into the natural reefs only 70 feet away, permanently scarring them. What is now a 36-acre underwater junkyard was once the
If I Don't Get Pants Nobody Gets Pants
Practitioner:
Theamat aka Cynthia Sousa
Date:
Mar 15 2015
Submission for The Line is Drawn, theme "Male superheroes see how the other side lives". Wonder Woman makes the rest of the JLA wear various costumes she's had over the years.