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September 2021
Under The Florida Sun: South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship Exhibition
The South Florida Cultural Consortium, an alliance of the arts councils of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties, annually confers artists with awards at either the $15,000 or $7,500 level. Under The Florida Sun: South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship Exhibition, which is curated by Mikhaile Solomon, an independent curator and founder of Miami-based art fair “Prizm”, features 12 artists from four southeastern Florida counties who have won this prestigious annual grant. The exhibition will…
Find out more »October 2021
NSAL Star Maker Awards
NSAL of Florida Celebrates 40 Years of Supporting the Arts in Florida Honors Boca Ballet’s Jane Tyree and Dan Guin at the Star Maker Awards The National Society of Arts & Letters of Florida will hold their long-awaited annual Star Maker Awards on Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 6:30 pm at The Wick Theatre and Costume Museum in Boca Raton. Boca Ballet Theatre’s Co-Artistic Directors Jane Tyree and Dan Guin will be the recipients of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.…
Find out more »COMPLICIT: The Story of the SS St. Louis
At The Institute for Learning in Retirement aka ILIR on ZOOM in the class SPOTLIGHT: Arts, Literature and more, Robert Krakow, Executive Director of the SS St. Louis Legacy Project will be joined by survivors of the SS St. Louis to talk about the day in history when the ship carrying 900+ German Jews was turned away by the U.S. Krakow is the creator of the documentary film, COMPLICIT, which won 1st prize at the Rhode Island International Film Festival…
Find out more »Artist at Work with Carlos Llerena Aguirre, multimedia
Interested in woodcut printing? Learn about the creative process of Peruvian native, University of Miami professor, and multidisciplinary artist Carlos Llerena Aguirre. The artist directs and produces independent documentary films from his Miami-based studio Mito Films, and has represented Peru and the USA with his woodcuts in several international biennales. Discover his work, see the short films about his woodcuts, and see the artist in action with a demonstration of his large format woodcutting technique.
Find out more »Conversations that Matter – Biodiversity Conservation in the Peruvian Amazon: Challenges and Opportunities
Continuing the Museum’s Conversations that Matter series, this fall focuses on biodiversity conservation. The conversation highlights Peru, with its diverse environment of dry coasts, highlands, jungle, cloud forests, and Amazon rainforest, and the strides taken to document, maintain, and improve the region. These efforts impact the entire world. Panelists include: Dr. Francisco Dallmeier, Director of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Conservation and Sustainability. Dallmeier shares his global experience in conservation; planning biodiversity-friendly working landscapes and prioritizing sustainable infrastructure.…
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