Grand Opening Visual Arts Exhibition Celebrates Jazz Heritage!
Opening reception
Friday, January 6th, Doors open at 6 PM.
Bienes Center for the Arts
St. Thomas Aquinas High School
2801 SW 12th Street
Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Featuring live Jazz music. $10 p/p advanced tickets; $20 door admission on the day of the event.
The Jazz Museum of Florida (Jazzonian) proudly presents the Magical World of Jazz Art Multimedia Exhibition featuring original paintings by the late great artist Charles Mills and international renowned Jazz and Latin American singing sensation Maria Rivas, plus works by veteran fine arts photographer Russell Levin.
All proceeds to benefit the Jazzonian Young Jazz Leaders Scholarship Fund plus cultural arts education outreach programs. Jazzonian is a non-profit 501c3 cultural arts organization.
The exhibit will be open and free to the public on various days during the month of January, except during special concerts and events. Call for times. Groups are encouraged to make reservation for special viewing, as well as hosting a special event in conjunction with the Jazzonian exhibition. More information at: 305-298-2380.
Schools are encouraged to reserve a date/time for a guided tour plus educational workshop on the history of Jazz.
Jazzonian will also feature visual works from its permanent collection that highlight the origins of Jazz while showcasing amazing photographic representations from legendary master visual artists-including: Herman Leonard, William P. Gottlieb, Art Kane, Ted Williams, and others.
Images include some of the most beloved founding fathers of Jazz, including: New Orleans Cornet master King Oliver and his Creole Jazz band; Louis Armstrong; Tito Puente; Dexter Gordon; Ella Fitzgerald; Billie Holiday; Stan Kenton, Duke Ellington; Dizzy Gillespie; Charlie Parker; John Coltrane; Mario Bauza; Miles Davis; and others!
The Jazzonian Magical World of Jazz Art exhibition also includes a collection of vintage records, two big screen TVs playing Jazz movie documentaries, as well as a library of rare Jazz literary works.
The Bienes Center for the Arts at St. Thomas Aquinas is intended to nurture the emphasis on the arts for the students of St. Thomas Aquinas, other schools and institutions in the area and the community at-large. The Bienes Center offerings will excite the community about the important role of the “Arts” and will provide a venue for theatre, dance, music, lectures, art, drama, speech, and debate through the production of local, regional, national and international events and performances.
(Promo photo: original painting by Maria Rivas)
