Avant Gallery and Ligne Roset present Arno Elias New Works 6/16/11

Avant Gallery and Ligne Roset cordially invite you to celebrate new works by French-born painter, Arno Elias.
160 NE 40th Street
Miami, FL 33137

*Arno is also currently showing at the Scope Fair at Art Basel, and will make a special appearance here for the Miami opening.

Cocktail Reception: June 16th 6-9PM

RSVP to info@lignerosetmiami.com

On exhibit June 16 – July 11

The Lee Boys And The Aquaphonics Performing At The Stage In Miami 6/17/11

Friday June, 17, Doors open at 7
The Stage
170 Northeast 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137-3628
$5 cover starts at 10 PM
For further information or to RSVP, please contact JennyLee Molina at info@jl-pr.com

The Lee Boys, a world-famous sextet from Miami performing sacred steel, a mix of funk, jazz, blues, hip-hop and gospel live at The Stage with openers The Aquaphonics, a unique ensemble combining jazz, electro, and soul.

A fun concert bringing together two one-of-a-kind groups for a fun night of music for one night at The Stage.

The Lee Boys consists of three brothers and their three nephews, who pull together an eclectic mix of blues, jazz, rock, funk, gospel and country, drawing influences from all over the world, combining it all to make a distinct musical style. It’s fitting, then, that a Lee Boys live show moves the audience to dance, shout out, and have an all-around good time.

The Aquaphonics are a collective of friends who jam together, playing all different kinds of music, but always retaining their own liquid sound.

Art and Design Night for Timeless Treasures 6/11/11

Art & Design Night for “Timeless Treasures”
Saturday, June 11th, 7-10PM
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street,
Suites 3, 6, & 7
Miami, FL 33137

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our second exhibition of the new year, 2011!
This group exhibition, titled “TIMELESS TREASURES” will feature 32 dazzling, emerging, contemporary artists from around the globe. Come & join us for a night full of art & design at Art Fusion Galleries & discover the beauty and passion of the fine arts as we continue to seduce and paint the world. Be sure to highlight this great event on your calendar.

Live Music by: DJ Josh Nemcik
Complimentary Wine and Refreshments
Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking

Lady Bohéme Artists Series Spoken Soul Poetry Slam 6/11/11

Lady Bohéme Artists Series – Spoken Soul Poetry Slam – $250 CASH
June 11, 2011, 6:00pm
Buena Vista Building
180 NE 39 Street Suite 120
Miami, FL 33137
www.miamidesigndistrict.net

Lady Bohéme Artists Series – Spoken Soul Poetry Slam – $250 CASH
Fuze Fuzes Poetry Art & Music!
Its better when you Mix Things Up.

Known for its unmistakable fusion, FUZE beverage hosts the kickoff of the artistic femme fatal Spoken Soul Festival quarterly event – Lady Bohéme Artists Series. This event is an all-women poetry slam with a grand cash prize of $250.

Lady Bohéme Artists Series – A Spoken Soul Festival Quarterly Event will FUZE the goodness of diverse fruity flavors of paintings with helpful poetic nutrients and women DJs spinning vitamin beats.

Spoken Soul Poetry Slam – A slam only for women lyrical ninjas
Featured Artist Tee POP Davis
Music By GEISHAZ – Lady T and DJ Medley

Email info@spokensoulfestival.com for more info.

Slam Rules
Each Poet must be a woman and at least 17 years of age.
There will be only 15 slots for women poets on the SLAM list.

Early Sign Up – Poet can email info@spokensoulfestival.com on Friday June 3, 2011 between10am – 10pm requesting to be put on SLAM sign up list. Eight (8) poets will RANDOMLY be chosen and slated a guaranteed spot on the slam list. The lucky poets will be notified via email on Monday June 7 2011 by 12pm.

Sign up for the remaining seven (7) SLAM slots will begin on Saturday June 11, 2011 at 6pm at Buena Vista Building 180 NE 39 Street Suite 120 Miami, FL 33137

SLAM starts at 7:30 SHARP!
Each poem must be of the poet’s own construction and copyright.
Each poet gets three minutes (plus a ten-second grace period) to read one poem. If the poet goes over time, points will be deducted from the total score.
The poet may not use props, costumes or musical instruments;
Of the scores ( 1 lowest – 10 highest) the poet received from the five judges, the high and low scores are dropped and the middle three are added together, giving the poet a total score of 0-30.
This is a three (3) round SLAM; 1st Rd.15 from open list poets, 2nd Rd. Top 10 poets, 3rd Rd. Top 5 poets
Winners 1st Place $250, 2nd Place $150, 2nd Place $100

More on Spoken Soul Festival www.spokensoulfestival.com
More on FUZE www.facebook.com/FuzeBeverage

Photographs of the Shanghai Glamour ICFAC Access to China Closing Fundraiser Gala on 5/28/11

Shanghai Glamour ICFAC Access to China Closing Fundraiser Gala on Saturday, May 28, 2011.  Had a wonderful time, the art was so beautiful, they had some awesome tequila, Los Azulejos, on the open bar and the food was outstanding, Chu’s Taiwanese Kitchen and Bar in Coral Gables catered this event and they are one of my top favorite restaurants in Miami.

Formed in 2006, the mission of the ICFAC, International Chinese Fine Arts Council, is to create global understanding of the Chinese culture through art and music, to promote Chinese arts across th…e world and to educate and expose the general public to contemporary Chinese aesthetic. Overseen by Inez Suen, a curator with footholds in contemporary design and art, as well as China and the United States, the ICFAC fosters a sense of belonging and communication among the Chinese Diaspora on every continent, bridging the vast cultural gaps with the nation’s rich traditions and modern elegance. ICFAC exhibited both crafts and fine art from Taiwan in Miami during Art Basel 2010 and has a new exhibition in partnership with Art Lexing through the end of May entitled, “Access to China”.

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Photographs of Life is Art presents River of Art at Maitardi on 5/25/11

Life is Art presents River of Art at Maitardi on Wednesday, May 25, 2011.  We had such a great crowd…thanks to everyone that came out!!!  We had 5 amazing South Florida artist showcased:  GusColors, Alissa Christine, Danny Delgado, William Pena Wells and Pauline A. Goldsmith.  Thanks Maitardi for the complimentary Prosecco and Tapas, such an amazing space. Check out Life is Art at www.lifeisartfest.org for more details on upcoming events.

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Shanghai Glamour ICFAC Access to China Closing Fundraiser Gala 5/28/11

Saturday May 28, 2011 6:00 PM
Buena Vista Building
180 NE 39th St. Space 120
Miami, FL 33137

$20 minimum donation at the door!
Reserve your tickets today!

Formed in 2006, the mission of the International Chinese Fine Arts Council is to create global understanding of the Chinese culture through art and music, to promote Chinese arts across th…e world and to educate and expose the general public to contemporary Chinese aesthetic. Overseen by Inez Suen, a curator with footholds in contemporary design and art, as well as China and the United States, the ICFAC fosters a sense of belonging and communication among the Chinese Diaspora on every continent, bridging the vast cultural gaps with the nation’s rich traditions and modern elegance. ICFAC exhibited both crafts and fine art from Taiwan in Miami during Art Basel 2010 and has a new exhibition in partnership with ART LEXING through the end of May entitled, “Access to China”.

ICFAC and ART LEXING Cordially invite you to ….

Shanghai Glamour – An oriental extravaganza! Open Bar from 6pm-9pm. Food catered by the most authentic Chinese restaurant Chu’s Taiwan Kitchen, drinks, music, silent auctions & general merriment extravaganza!

wine from Rolland de by (the best Bordeaux of 2010 )
Taiwan beer
No.1 Japanese plum wine Choya Umeshu
Open bar by Vlada

Music from the amazing video DJ TOM LAROC with an Asian twist
Silent Auction items like … Chinese porcelain collection from Mr & Mrs Tse
Performance art Chin Chih Yang “Love for Japan from US” partial proceed with go to Japan relief funds
All proceeds to benefit ICFAC ongoing arts and cultural programs

Dress code: Shanghai Glamour — this is a benefit so if you have $20, we will accept you and your fashion sense.

Parking options: valet parking available in the design district for $3

FKCNCR Movement Fundraiser with Suenalo at The Stage 6/4/11

FKCNCR Fundraiser Party
Sat, Jun 4, 7:00p.m. – 2:00a.m.
The Stage, Miami, FL, United States
Buy Tickets Online.

FKCNCR – join the movement on June 4th. Doors open at 7:00p.m.
Live Entertainment – DJ Ethics – Silent Auction – Cash Bar: reduced prices on selected specialty drinks.
$20 Pre-sale Tickets / $30 at the Door. Cash Only on the night of the event.

Become part of our family – It’s not a choice, it’s a way of life.

FKCNCR!

Read more here.

Photographs of the Annual Art Of Found Objects Celebration Hosted By The Education Fund on 5/20/11

Annual Art Of Found Objects Celebration Hosted By The Education Fund at The Moore Building on Friday, May 20, 2011.  What an amazing event!!!!

The charity auction combines the power of a child’s imagination with the ultimate recycling program. This year the auction will feature unique pieces of art created by Miami-Dade elementary, middle and high-school students and teachers representing close to 50 schools, many in low income neighborhoods. The original works were all crafted from supplies “found” at The Education Fund’s Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials. The Center is stocked with donated supplies, where more than 15,000 teachers and their students have shopped free of charge for classroom supplies since 1993.

The culinary arts was also under the spotlight, featuring a food prepared by student chefs from Robert Morgan Senior High School’s award-winning culinary arts magnet program. The food was donated from Whole Foods, these students created signature dishes using the recipes provided by chefs Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink, Michelle Bernstein of Michy’s, and Cindy Hutson of Ortinique on the Mile.

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PALO! at The Stage 5/20/11

The Stage Miami
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137
(305) 576-9577

Hope to see you this Friday, May 20 for…
PALO! 20 de Mayo Bash at The Stage! – Click for info & RSVP
PALO! brings the Afro-Cuban Funk back to The Stage for an awesome party celebrating May 20: Cuban Independence Day.
FREE ENTRY!
7pm: We’ll be live on WDNA radio for Carlos Garcia’s Sound Theory Live show. Complimentary cigars courtesy of Berger & Argenti.
Late sets at 11pm & 12:30am.
You may win a box of Berger & Argenti cigars!
HOW TO WIN A FREE PALO! CD:
Text PALO to 65047 – KEEP THE WELCOME MESSAGE. The first 20 guests with the welcome message from the text list get a FREE PALO! CD.
Click here to read the Miami Herald article by Lydia Martin about PALO! and Steve Roitstein.
Visit PALO! on the Wild, Whacky Web:
youtube.com/gopalo – our new home on youtube.
gopalo.com – PALO! website
facebook.com/gopalo – please “like” our Facebook page
twitter.com/gopalo – follow us on Twitter

Miami Music Television Filming Underground Junction at The Stage 5/22/11

Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer
Sunday, May 22, 5:00pm
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Design District, Miami, FL
www.undergroundjunction.net
www.miamimusictelevision.com

Come be on TV with Soul Of Miami! Miami Music Television is filming a performance by Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer at The Stage and YOU can be a part! It is totally free!

Access to China Lecture Brian Dursum 5/19/11

“A survey of Chinese pottery and porcelain from the Neolithic to the Qing Dynasty”
Thursday, May 19th 6:30 pm
Buena Vista Building
180 NE 39th St.
Miami Design District
For more information or RSVP info@artlexing.com or 305.299 9732

As part of “Access to China” design district showcasing to celebrate the Asian Pacific American heritage month, International Chinese Fine Art Council (ICFAC) and ART LEXING invite you to a lecture by: Mr. Brian Dursum

Mr. Brian Dursum, the present director and curator of the Lowe Art Museum. Over the past 35 years, Dursum has been the most integral figure to the curation of the museumʼs wide array of exhibitions and collections. Dursumʼs passion for the arts is a product of his multicultural background. Dursum was born in Portugal and later moved to Brazil and then England. With his travels, his appreciation for the arts increased exponentially, eventually leading to his concentration in Asian art. Mr. Dursum lived for several years in Taiwan, and thatʼs his area of curatorial expertise here in the museum. Lowe Art Museum has a very significant Asian collection.

Lecture followed by panel discussion
Mr. Brian Dursum, Dr. Anthony Japoor and Mr. Franklin Tse on:
“Collecting Chinese art – embark on the hunting of old and new treasures from the east”
Moderated by Lexing Zhang

MaiArt Presents River Of Art at MaiTardi 5/25/11

Life Is Art and Maitardi are excited to present River Of Art and MaiArt Showcase and Happy Hour!

Wednesday, May 25, 8:00pm-11:00pm
Maitardi
163 NE 39th Street
Design District, Miami, FL
NO Cover (FREE entry)

RSVP to sakhone@graspagroup.com
Complimentary Prosecco & Tapas 8-9pm

Featured Artists:
Danny Delgado
Molly Bowen
Pauline A. Goldsmith
GusColors
William Pena Wells
Alissa Christine
Music by: Soul P

Please join us for a late evening art happening. Note our summer hours of 8pm to 11pm, but come early to enjoy a complimentary Prosecco and passed Tapas. At each event we feature several south Florida artists, and encourage socializing and networking. A wonderful way to expand your connections in the art scene. In addition, a portion of the proceeds goes to support the arts in south Florida.

As always, we welcome all other arts organizations and artists to bring their promotional material for distribution.

Life Is Art, Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of the art community in south Florida.

Red Bull Illume Presents Agustina Woodgate’s Solo Exhibition Collectivism 5/14/11

Red Bull illume Presents Collectivism: Agustina Woodgate an art of endless re – arrangement
Second Saturday, May 14th, 7pm-10pm
Spinello Projects
155 NE 38th Street, No. 101
Miami, Florida – 33137
Through May 28th, 2011

Agustina Woodgate (b. 1981 Buenos Aires) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Miami, FL since 2005. She earned her BFA from the National University of Visual Arts in Buenos Aires. Ms. Woodgate is an active member of the Miami art community and culture. She has exhibited and performed her work nationally and internationally at the Montreal Biennial (Canada), Casa Blanca Museum (Puerto Rico), Adrienne Arsht Center (Miami), Naples Art Museum, North Carolina Museum of Art, Portland Art Center, Salon Nacional de Instalacion (Bs. As), among other venues. Usually combining many disciplines and often collaborating with other artists of many fields, she pursues ongoing collaborations with groups from various background. Agustina works inclusively and socially, finding new access points for communication to create public, intensive, and process-oriented works. She is currently working on a Rug Collection made from recycled stuffed animal skins and a project in an abandoned amusement park in Berlin.

The Super Hero Revolution Exhibition 5/14/11

The Super Hero Revolution Exhibition
May 14, 2011, 7PM
Madinitaly
Miami Design District
4 NE 39th Street
(Corner of North Miami Avenue & 39th St)
www.leonardohidalgo.com
RSVP to artinvasiongallery@gmail.com

Made In Italy is pleased to invite you to Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Walk Showcasing Leonardo Hidalgo New Series Of Paintings The Super Hero Revolution

Leonardo inspired by the victory of the US special forces for capturing Osama Bin Laden, he executed this spectacular painting that will be in exhibition this Saturday. He dedicates this painting to the united states forces and the families that were victims of September 11th.

Painting: Victorious 86″ x 108″ Acrylic on Canvas Mounted on Wood

Performance by Xavier Cha at the de la Cruz Collection 5/14/11

Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 7 pm to 10 pm
de la Cruz Collection

In February of 2011, artist-in-residence Xavier Cha created an open casting call for actors. After receiving more than 50 head shots within one week, she narrowed down the selection to 20 actors to audition for 3 parts.

The three parts of the audition are based on familiar cinematic conventions with no dialogue. Although the subtle gestures listed on the casting call are open to personal interpretation, they are mostly mimetic of something one has already seen on screen.

The first part of the auditions were open to a public audience on the second floor of the de la Cruz Collection in February 12, 2011. With the actors Cha has selected from these auditions, she, with the assistance of a crew and professional film apparatus will attempt through multiple takes to capture a “close” representation of these familiar shots during the Design District’s Second Saturday Gallery Walk at the de la Cruz Collection on Saturday, May 14, 2011 from 7 pm to 10 pm.

In The Project Room:
April 9 – July 9, 2011
Kevin Arrow’s Amor Infinitus is based on a selection of two 35mm slides from a trove of travel slides that the artist received from a source who traveled around the world. These images speak to a love of travel and question what it is to be someplace else, memories, evidence, eternal love, and impermanence.

Silent Art Auction benefitting UNICEF 5/21/11

Silent Art Auction benefitting UNICEF
May 21st, 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
Aesthetic Gallery
2 N.E. 40th St.
Miami,FL 33137

You can help us make a difference!
Dr. Gabriel Salloum asks that you plan on joining us May 21st, 2011 for a silent art auction featuring over 10 local Miami artists. All proceeds from the auction will go directly to the UNICEF Tap project. Opening bids will vary and everyone is welcome! Amazing fact: $1 provides 40 days of clean drinking water for one child. Mark your calendar and join us in making a difference. For more information on UNICEF Tap, www.tapproject.org

Art and Design Night for Timeless Treasures 5/14/11

Saturday, May 14th, 7-10 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street, Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our second exhibition of the new year, 2011!
This group exhibition, titled “Timeless Treasures” will feature 32 dazzling, emerging, contemporary artists from around the globe. Come & join us for a night full of art & design at Art Fusion Galleries & discover the beauty and passion of the fine arts as we continue to seduce and paint the world. Be sure to highlight this great event on your calendar.

Live Music by: DJ Josh Nemcik
Complimentary Wine and Refreshments

Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking

Stokeswood’s Miami Album Release Concert at The Stage 5/21/11

Introducing “In The Field Of The Vibrations” – Stokeswood’s highly anticipated/long overdue sophomore album.
May 21, 10 p.m. till
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137

Tickets $20 in advance.
http://www.wantickets.com/Events/ShowEvent.aspx?eventId=89528

All guests receive Stokeswood’s new music
Rain or Shine

Presented by Galena Mosovich Public Relations and produced by Music Matters Productions
You’ve seen us at The Stage a few times this year, but not like this…
Join our host Roxanne Vargas of NBC Miami as we share our new music with our home away from home.
Featuring an epic light show by Music Matters Productions
Special Guest DJ set by Panic Bomber (www.panicbomber.com)
www.stokeswood.net

As you may already know, Stokeswood is a killer electroacoustic rock band from Atlanta. They were essentially unknown in Miami one year ago. After a steadfast tour commitment, they now have a huge fan base here and in New York City. Stokeswood holds residencies and has played at some of South Beach’s most exclusive spots like the W South Beach, The Florida Room at Delano, Vagabond, The Standard, The Stage, Bardot, The Betsy Hotel, etc. The band also headlined the New Year’s Eve celebration at the W Montreal this year. In NYC, Stokeswood plays many live music hotspots like Brooklyn Bowl and Ella Lounge, as well as at high-end hotels like the Royalton and Salon Millesime at the Carlton. This summer, Stokeswood embarks on its “Manifest Destiny Tour,” which begins with the EMU Music Festival July 4th weekend in Snowmass Village, CO.

Atlanta-based electroacoustic band, Stokeswood, was formed in 2004 by lead vocalist and acoustic guitar player, Adam Patterson, and lead electric guitarist, Mark Godwin. The five-piece also comprises a drummer, keyboardist, and bass player. Stokeswood’s independently released debut album, Carassia (2009), is like a sonic excursion between the lines of a poet’s story-telling prowess. Thoughtful introspection on the human condition is amplified and challenged by the layered accents of electroacoustic guitars, pianos, synths, strings and drums. The soulful and captivating vocals of Patterson carry each melody flawlessly through the rhythms and musical harmonies of each track. From start to finish, the album sparkles with intelligent musicality and impressive originality. Their songs are layered and euphonious with stimulating idiosyncrasies. Stokeswood’s sophomore album, “In the Field of the Vibrations,” showcases a vocal-centric aesthetic and an array of synthesizers and guitars that are illuminated by infectious dance beats. The evolution from jam to joyfully danceable was a natural progression over the course of the past year in the studio with Justin Mullinix of Generator Sound Studios in Atlanta. Protégé to Billy Hume, Mullinix has been dubbed the “Wonderboy of Indie Rock” for his eclectic ear and ability to cultivate a band’s sound. The new album is slated for release in May 2011.

Annual Art Of Found Objects Celebration Hosted By The Education Fund 5/20/11

May 20 at 7 p.m.
The Moore Building
4040 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami Design District

For tickets or more information on this event, please call 305-892-5099 ext 23, or visit the website.

Major sponsors of the event include Ocean Bank, The Children’s Trust, Whole Foods, Bacardi, Dacra and more.

Proceeds will benefit Arts programs in Miami-Dade County Public Schools

The most extraordinary arts and education event of the season is here! The Education Fund’s Annual Charity Auction “The Art of Found Objects” will take place at The Moore Building in the Miami Design District on May 20 at 7 p.m. This exclusive art and children’s education devotee event will showcase more than 200 one-of-a-kind artworks created by Miami-Dade County public school students and teachers. The event will feature live music by the New World School of the Arts and an epicurean feast with local celebrity chefs, as well as bids on exclusive items and luxury vacation packages.

The charity auction combines the power of a child’s imagination with the ultimate recycling program. This year the auction will feature unique pieces of art created by Miami-Dade elementary, middle and high-school students and teachers representing close to 50 schools, many in low income neighborhoods. The original works were all crafted from supplies “found” at The Education Fund’s Ocean Bank Center for Educational Materials. The Center is stocked with donated supplies, where more than 15,000 teachers and their students have shopped free of charge for classroom supplies since 1993.

This year also marks The Education Fund’s 25th anniversary. To celebrate, The Education Fund is honoring 25 local leaders who are all products of the Miami-Dade County public schools, showing what a public education can do for you! Honorees include the new head of Jackson Health System, a college president, the founder of Sushi Maki, two Congresswomen, a plastic surgeon and 19 others who have all achieved success.

This year, the auction will also spotlight the culinary arts, featuring a gourmet feast prepared by student chefs from Robert Morgan Senior High School’s award-winning culinary arts magnet program. With a charitable donation of food from Whole Foods, these junior chefs have created signature dishes using the recipes provided by respected chefs Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink, Michelle Bernstein of Michy’s, and Cindy Hutson of Ortinique on the Mile.

For 25 years, The Education Fund has acted on the belief that the quality of our public schools must be the top priority for our community. Working side-by-side with the private sector, The Education Fund has raised more than $38 million to support and improve our public schools with an emphasis on designing and implementing innovative initiatives. The goal is to ensure that every child learns and succeeds. The Education Fund’s portfolio of programs focuses exclusively on Miami-Dade public schools, benefiting all 390 schools, all 20,000+ teachers and all 340,000 students.

Locust Projects presents Performance with Matthew Ronay and Nathan Carter 5/14/11

Intuitive Collaborative Dance Performance with Matthew Ronay and Nathan Carter
Saturday, May 14th, 7-10pm
Locust Projects, Inc
155 NE 38th Street Suite 100
Miami, Fl 33137

Friday, May 13th, 6:30pm
Conversation with the artists

Conceived specifically for Locust Projects, Brooklyn-based artists Matthew Ronay and Nathan Carter will present an intuitive dance performance and a didgeridoo revue. Through June 18th

To prepare for the performance both artists will spend several days making costumes, stage sets, and musical instruments based on misunderstandings of both Mummenschanz (a Swiss mime troupe started in the 1970s) and early Bauhaus performances. The artists will then quickly develop a series of hastily-choreographed dances inspired in part by avant-garde filmmaker and theorist Maya Deren’s 1940s study of dance and possession in Haiti, and by audio recordings reflecting misinterpretations of modern dance and experimental music. Performances will be ongoing during the night.

Nathan Carter’s international museum exhibitions include THE FLYING BRIXTONBANGARANG AND RADIO VIBRATION VEX-VENTURE, MURA: Museo de Arte Raul Anguiano, Guadalajara, Mexico (2010). THE CONVERT CAVIAR FREQUENCYDISRUPTOR at ArtPace, San Antonio, TX, (2007-08); and YO PIERRE Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Spain (2007). Carter has also recently participated in a number of group exhibitions including Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy originating at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago traveling through 2012; Sculpture as Time: Major Works, New Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada; and Drawing in Progress, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, United Kingdom. Carter was born in Dallas, TX in 1970. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Internationally exhibited artist Matthew Ronay will have a solo exhibition in June 2011 at Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York and at La Conservera, Murcia, Spain in 2012. He recently had a major solo show, Between the Worlds at Artpace in San Antonio, Texas (2010) and Goin’ Down, Down, Down Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London (2006). In June 2011 he will be included in the group exhibition Secret Societies, at the Schirn Kuntshalle, Frankfurt, Germany. Ronay was recently included in the exhibit Neue Alchemie Kunst der Gegenwart nach Beuys, at the Landesmuseum, für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Germany (2010). Ronay has also been in group exhibitions at the Astrup Fearnley Museum for Modern Art, Oslo; ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Ã…rhus, Denmark; Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Serpentine Gallery, London, England and the 2004 Whitney Biennial, New York. Ronay was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1976. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

The Mann Sisters Live Acoustic Show 5/6/11

The Mann Sisters – Live Acoustic Show
Friday May 6th, 7pm – 8pm
The Stage Miami
170 N.E 38th Street
Miami Design District

The Mann Sisters – Alexandra and Lauren, country-rock singers-songwriters perform originals and covers on WDNA 88.9 FM radio’s – Sound Theory Live – weekly radio show discovering talented and rising local musicians.

These girls can sing and play like nothing else in Miami!

The Camarena Tequila Taco Truck Farewell Event 5/7/11

Saturday, May 7 · 8:00pm – 11:00pm
The Stage Miami
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL 33130
Facebook RSVP.

Featuring Original Familia Camarena Tequila infused recipes created by Chef Jose Gonzlez
….Plus complimentary shots throughout the night.
Live Sounds provided by DJs Sire Esq, Daai-lo & Semp Rok
21+/ Complimentary Admission.

Have a chance to win a Free Camarena Tequila Bottle of your choice and more prizes. Registrar here: Http://www.publicwizardinc.com/

Special Thanks to our sponsors:
– Rebel Industries
– Gourmet Event Caterers
– JLPR
– AntiSteeze.com
– The305.com
– ATC Miami

The Stage Puts on The Show of the Year 5/11/11

The Stage Puts on The Show of the Year
~Every Wednesday, Immerse Yourself in High Energy and Old School Jams~
Wednesday, May 11th
The Stage
170 NE 38th St.
Miami Design District

Arrive, pay no cover, and be taken back a few decades. Prepare to be mesmerized by cutting and scratching on the turntables like never before. The ambiance will most definitely feel like the “good ol’ days”. They’ll be some 80’s flicks playing on the big screen, a dance competition for all to gather around and plenty of reminiscing. Treat yourself to Heineken $3.00 drafts all night, free flavored Kettle One Vodka (from 10-11pm), and don’t worry about the time, The Show will go on until 5 am.
Kicking off Wednesday, May 11th, and every Wednesday to follow, The Stage, located in the famed Miami Design District at 170 NE 38th St., has taken on the task of putting together an experience that takes you back through three decades of popular, classic jams designed to make everyone in the room dance.

Arrive at 10 pm and make the most of this experience that will be hard for others to imitate. Guest DJ’s will make appearances in the coming Wednesdays and WOW the crowd. Expect the “best in old school hip hop, funk, and soul from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s” from famed DJ’s including DJ Fly Guy A.K.A “Mr. Music & Style & Charm” and New York’s DJ Johnny Walker Red.

On May 11th, you’ll experience the best in the business, as DJ Self Born A.K.A “The Most Magnificent and The Most Humble DJ on the Planet” will dominate the turntables. DJ Self Born is no stranger to high-profile events and is respected among the best in the industry and has DJ’ed for Special Ed, Brand Nubian and Black Sheep. Add to that, he has been booked by Jermaine Dupri, Damon Dash, Trick Daddy, Diddy, Redman and the legendary Red Alert. He has also been part of high-fashion parties for GQ, Vogue and Elle. Guests can also expect special appearances from artists like Special Ed and Brand Nubian on Wednesdays.

So whether you prefer slipping back to the 70’s, embracing the 80’s or nothing but the 90’s you won’t be disappointed. No matter the decade of your choice, expect to be immersed in high energy and amazing music amongst a great ambiance and countless reasons to keep coming back.
Starting this Wednesday, May 11th, gather your friends, leave your inhibitions and allow DJ Self Born and The Stage to bring on the noise!

The Stage, open Tuesday through Sunday is dedicated to providing a carefully designed listening and visual experience for all valued patrons. The venue provides comfortable unobstructed views of the stage from both the outdoor courtyard and the interior space. They provide a smoke free environment, comfortable seating all around, bottle service, three full bars, nearly 200 safely lit city parking spots within feet of the entry and ease of access from the highway.
For more information, please visit www.thestagemiami.com

Last Launch Arte market of the Season 4/30/11

Thank you so much for welcoming us and making us feel like home the last four months here in Miami. We are off to NYC but can’t wait to be back next year for the 2012 season bigger and stronger!

For our last hoorah, we ask if you can please help us spread the word to make our last Saturday in the Design District as special ever. We will have over 15 vendors and our food trucks! Plus we have a special treat for you too! Chalk Miami, South Florida’s first ping pong and billiards lounge will be on site so you can get your ping pong on!!!

Attached is the evite, please send it to your friends, family and clients! We would be so grateful if you can! We want to remember this last day in the 2011 as one to remember!!

French Tuesdays at Maitardi 4/26/11

Tuesday April 26, 7PM to 1AM
Maitardi
163 NE 39th Street
Miami, FL 33137
RSVP Here.

Complimentary Hors D’Oeuvres from 7-8PM

And Special price-fixed $30 Menu

It is mandatory to RSVP and there is a strict dress code:

Dress code is fashionably chic (strictly NO t-shirts/sneakers, collared shirt mandatory for men, no baggy or ripped jeans for men or women).

We are also accepting dinner reservations (dress code still in effect). Please call 305-572-1400!

MaiArt April Series Presents Alex Heria and Michele Palmisano 4/27/11

Wednesday April 27th, 6PM to 9PM
Maitardi
163 NE 39th Street
Miami, FL 33137
RSVP Here.

Our MaiArt Series is next Wednesday and we’re proud to be featuring two fantastic artists, Michele Palmisano and Alex Heria!! Join us as we browse the artworks of two very fantastic well know faces on Lincoln Road! This event starts from 6-9PM with complimentary prosecco and tapas from 6-7PM! We hope to see you there!

Complimentary Prosecco & Tapas from 6-7pm

Low Lives 3 4/29-30/11

Low Lives 3
April 29, 8-11pm
April 30, 3-6pm
AE District
3852 N. Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33127
Website.

As a third-time venue host, Diaspora Vibe is collaborating with AE District. These performances take place around the globe, and will be streamed online and screened for public viewing at AE District. Free admission. The Low Lives 3 event will be viewable online.
By organizing performances at numerous venues and then broadcasting them via online networks, Low Lives provides a new model for efficiently presenting, viewing, and archiving live performance-based art. The annual exhibition embraces low-tech aesthetics, such as low pixel images and muddled sound quality, to emphasize the raw, inquisitive quality of the broadcast and reception of the works.

Low Lives 3 will feature more than fifty live performances over two days, streamed in real-time at venues across the globe, and will include a spotlight on contemporary choreography throughout the exhibition program.

The Heavy Pets and Aquaphonics at The Stage 4/23/11

Saturday, April 23, Doors 8 PM
$10 Adv; $12 DOS
The Stage
170 NE 38th St.
Miami, FL 33137
305.567.9577 | www.thestagemiami.com

On Saturday, April 23, Brotherly Love Productions and Def Owl Presents are putting two of South Florida’s favorite fusion acts – The Heavy Pets and Aquaphonics – on the same stage for the first time. Kicking off the night with their signature “Aquaboogie Sound,” the three-piece electro-soul outfit, Aquaphonics, will play their cult hits ‘Waiting for It’ and ‘Spooky Beats’ while also debuting several newer tunes. Then Florida’s favorite festival darlings, The Heavy Pets, will keep the party going late into the night with their distinct style of jam-fusion that blends rhythm & blues, jazz-funk and reggae with homegrown rock & roll.

Aquaphonics: Aquaphonics is a uniquely funky electro-soul indie band that have quickly gaining steam in their native South Florida. Derived from friends and jam sessions, Aquaphonics has boasted several different members and worn different skins, yet to this day retains its original, liquid, “Aquaboogie Sound.” The band is comprised of founding members, Jessiah Weston (drums) and Alan Martinki (keys), who have been melding their music since 2000, along with dynamic guitarist Steve Elmore. Their edgy grooves and inspired song writing continues evolving and has recently earned them spots supporting Perpetual Groove and The New Mastersounds and a set at Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival. www.aquaphonicsband.com

The Heavy Pets: The Heavy Pets (THP) are an American band whose contagious vibe blends rhythm and blues, jazz-funk and reggae fusion with homegrown rock and roll. Called “a living, breathing, force of nature” by Dan Sweeny of Relix magazine, THP are known for powerhouse performances spiked with hot electric licks and multi-climactic instrumental solos, as well as for their masterful acoustic acumen. In 2007, the group became an instant Sirius radio sensation with the release of their acclaimed double-disc debut album, Whale, driven by hit tracks “Operation of Flight” and “Sleep.” Major festival darlings, THP have taken the stage at Bonaroo, moe.down, Langerado, New Orleans Backbeat Jazzfest, All Good, Wakarusa and their namesake PetZoo, a two-day, multi-band festival that draws hordes of Pets devotees to Bucks County, PA, to feast on the headliners’ live alchemy.www.theheavypets.com

PALO! mp3 and Debut at The Stage 4/15/11

Friday, April 15
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137-3628
(305) 576-9577

PALO! brings the Afro-Cuban Funk to The Stage! – click here for details & RSVP

7pm is the ALS fundraiser, 11pm set is FREE!

Come help raise awareness and funds for the ALS Recovery Fund. Open bar, free food, and PALO! from 7-11.
Afterwards stick around for more live music by PALO! and Dangerflow.
Tickets $50 in advance or $60 at the door. Call Marilyn at 305-513-3350 or 305-799-0999 for tickets in advance.

Lorie Lester Fashion Show at The Stage with The Beautiful Villains 4/28/11

Lorie Lester S/S11 Collection Hits The Stage For A Night Of The Beautiful Villains
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Doors open at 10:00 PM
Fashion Show starts at 11:00 PM
The Stage
170 Northeast 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137

Fashion show, live music, food truck, skateboarding & more in Miami’s Design District

Miami-based fashion designer Lorie Lester will debut her Spring/Summer 2011 Collection with The Beautiful Villains Fashion Show. Entertainment will also include live music by garage rockers Jacuzzi Boys, lite bites by food truck Ms. Cheezious, specialty cocktails by Zignum Mezcal and Coruba Rum.

The Stage, located in the heart of Miami’s Design District, will open its doors at 10:00 PM. The warehouse turned trendy bar & lounge has an outside patio where a mini ramp jam skate boarding contest will take place later in the night.

DJ Haitian Hillbilly will warm up the crowd for the fashion show, which will begin at 11:00 PM. Lorie Lester’s Spring/Summer 2011 Collection is a fashion flashback to the 70s. The Bohemian styles include peasant blouses, sweeping floor-length dresses and skirts, minis, crop tops and shorts in vivid shades of green, blue and orange, as well as neutrals. The handcrafted line is created with fabric blends of silks, micro-modal, and organic cottons – bringing out a woman’s figure while maintaining that laid back hippy vibe. Lorie Lester shows how to mix-and-match this season’s trends; pair it with the right shoes, accessories and a Beautiful People handbag to easily take you from day to night!

Photographs of Transit Antenna Carnival Fundraiser on 4/9/11

Transit Antenna Carnival Fundraiser on Saturday, April 9, 2011.  Transit Antenna is a mobile living experiment conducted by successive teams that travel throughout the US researching off grid systems and making art. On April 9th , a new team from Miami – including the founding editor of ARTLURKER.com – is joining forces with Launch Arte’s Launch Miami Market to host a free community driven fundraiser event with a carnival fair theme in preparation for their embarkation in a vintage Greyhound coach converted to a waste vegetable oil and solar powered motor home.

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Locust Projects presents Panel Discussion 4/13/11

April 13th, 6:30pm
Locust Projects presents
“The Pros and Cons of Gallery Representation”

Rosa de la Cruz, Private Collector
Yvette Murphy, Attorney at Law
Amy Smith-Stewart, Gallery Owner
Moderated by Thom Collins, Miami Art Museum, Director

RSVP locustprojects@yahoo.com or 305.576.8570

Locust Projects’ exhibitions and programming are made possible with the support from: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners.

Tickets to Locust Projects’ Spring Fling – April 30th at 1111 Lincoln Road on sale now!

locustprojects.org

Locust Projects presents TYPOE Purgatory (false ceiling) 4/9/11

TYPOE: Purgatory (false ceiling)
Reception: Saturday, April 9th, 7-10pm
Through April 30, 2011

Locust Projects is pleased to present Purgatory (false ceiling), a new project by infamous Miami graffiti artist TYPOE. In his most ambitious undertaking to date, TYPOE will present a site-specific installation featuring a dropped ceiling covering Locust Projects’ 2,700 square foot gallery space on which he will create an adaption of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.

Purgatory (false ceiling) will present street art in a gallery space, and continue the artist’s exploration of religious and popular iconography. Taking the Sistine Chapel as a starting point, TYPOE will adapt aspects of Michelangelo’s masterpiece using paint, text and collage, infusing elements of his own style and experience. Using a street art practice known as “wheat pasting,” the artist will affix images printed on paper to the dropped ceiling. Combined, the architectural installation and imagery will convey parallel cultural and autobiographical narratives.

TYPOE is the street name adopted by the Miami-based artist. Recent exhibitions include Bang, Bang, Spinello Gallery, Miami, FL and the group exhibitions Manifest Equality, Los Angeles, CA; Abracadabra, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL; and From Gutter to Gallery, Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, FL. He is the co-founder of Primary Flight, which organizes a site-specific, street level mural exhibition annually in the Wynwood and Miami Design Districts.

Art Walk Gallery Shuttle Launch with Commissioner Edmonson Second Saturday 4/9/11

The Design District, Midtown & Wynwood Experience, Inc. (DMW) is proud to announce the launch of its Gallery Shuttle which will run on Second Saturdays throughout the 3 Miami Art Districts after which DMW is named.
The Design District, Midtown & Wynwood Experience, Inc. Gallery Shuttle Grand Launch
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Evl World Studio (Artist Erni Vales)
2345 NW 2nd Avenue
Wynwood
Miami 33127

Reception (by invitation): 2-4pm
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: 3:45pm (sharp)
Official Shuttle Launch & Gallery Night Celebrations: 6-11pm

After a brief reception the Honorable District 3 County Commissioner Audrey M. Edmonson will conduct the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 3:45pm followed by the Official Gallery Shuttle Launch and Second Saturday Miami Art Walk & Gallery Night Celebrations from
6-11pm.

The DMW Gallery Shuttle is another brilliant incentive of the company that leads this year, hands down, in innovation and ambition to increase awareness and business through elite service and guided tours in the Miami Art Districts.

No more waiting for no-show taxi cabs – Offered to tourists and locals, art, fashion, design and culinary enthusiasts, from students to first-time buyers to explorers and global collectors – DMW brings the long-awaited convenience and access for everyone to enjoy the celebrity eateries and bars, galleries, design houses and even the Walls of Wynwood in Miami’s three art-centric neighborhoods.

Now during Second Saturday Miami Art Walk & Gallery Nights: The Design District, Midtown & Wynwood Experience Gallery Shuttle will accommodate the thousands who visit the area, putting all 3 Art Districts at our convenience, with 7 shuttle stops running on rotation and “Unlimited Hop-On, Hop-Off” tickets, allowing an affordable, fun and long-awaited way for everyone to expand and enjoy their Second Saturday experience.

Riders can pick up the exclusive DMW Gallery Walk Passport and Official Event Guide that is full of incentives and can be carried in-hand, listing the events of all participating businesses throughout the districts every Second Saturday.

You can’t miss this bus – In true DMW style, grab your ticket from uniformed Ambassadors spreading the word in the districts, jump on the bus with DMW’s lovely Tour Guides who lend expertise and charm to the experience, and “Rock-n- Roll” with (DJ) Jason Perez who will be on board to rock the shuttle!

For Reservations and Additional Information, or to participate in DMW art district events and guides, please contact Susana Baker at DesignMidExp@gmail.com or call office 3057224540 / cell 7862377567. Visit www.designdistrictexperience.com.

Be Touched A GLBT Art Exhibition benefiting The Task Force 4/9/11

Be Touched A GLBT Art Exhibition benefiting The Task Force
04/09/11, 6pm-10pm
Untitled Gallery
10 NE 41 St.
Miami, Fl 33137i

Valient Art Events is proud to present a group show Be Touched An exhibition that acknowledges GLBT pride values through the mastery of photography and paint. Event falls on gallery walk on Saturday April 9, 2011 commencing at 6pm in the grand opening of “Untitled Gallery” 10 NE 41 St. across from the De La Cruz Collection. Portions of proceeds benefiting the Gay and Lesbian Task Force (an uncompromising national voice for full LGBT equality)
The artists foray play on the notion of taction, sexuality, sensuality, emotion, and humor between people and the self through the eyes of both heterosexual and homosexual artist. Be Touched, a double entendre makes light of man’s yearning for basic human contact and interaction.

Featured artist Philip Ross Monro, a contemporary fine artist in mixed media as well as paint. Trained at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Beau Arts in Paris. Ross’ contemporary photography revolves around water images and the human figure. These nudes represent a crossover between high realism and abstract human figure.

Steve Walker’s work may be summed up in a personal quote “Love, Light, Loss, Life. Touching, Watching, Thinking. Yearning, Reflecting, Fearing.” Steven’s work is a combination of realism and a classical romanticism conveys an unapologetic sexual orientation that simply is part of its charm. His work present as many questions as it does answers.

Gil Bitton an emerging artist works also retains an unapologetic sense of self as he explores through photography his personal reflections on sexuality by using himself and ex-girlfriends as the principle subject matter.

Be Touched purpose is to champion GLBT values as well as raise funds to assist the Task Force’s aim for social equality. With equality in mind not all the artist selected for the exhibition are gay or does every artist piece deal with a homosexual theme but better yet conveys an overall cohesive notion of our similarities as humans. The aim of the show is to benefit and unify the community. The date was chosen as a precursor to the Miami Beach Gay Pride Event’s that are being held next week.

Valient Art Events Is Valeriano Torres art consulting business venture. Mr Torres represents and curates exhibitions throughout Miami since 2005 for various organizations such as The Children’s Trust, Art Basel, and other public function with always the community and artist in mind. This event is being Sponsored by Status Vodka, The Task Force, and Pie Studios with Special acknowledgment to Dan Marinberg and Dustin Benge for support and sponsorship. For more information contact: Valeriano Torres

Access to China opens in Design District 4/9/11

International Chinese Fine Arts Council presents “Access to China”
Buena Vista Building Space 120
180 NE 39th Street
Miami Design District, 33137

Miami Design District celebrates Asian Pacific Awareness Month
“The Feminine Flair” by ART LEXING
“Emerging Art on Paper” curated by Inez Suen
Chinese Iconography on Porcelain from the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tse Collection

Opening to public – Saturday, April 9, 2011 and will be on view until May 28, 2011
2nd Saturday Art Walk: Saturday, April 9, 2011
2nd Saturday Art Walk: Saturday, May 14, 2011
Tea Tuesday: Tuesdays, April 12, 26 and May 3, 2011
Lectures TBD: Thursdays, April 21 and May 19, 2011
Closing Reception: Saturday, May 28, 2011

Please call to make an appointment
Lexing Zhang: 305.299.9732 lexing@artlexing.com
Inez Suen 305.439.6787 inez@inezsuen.com

An entire country of treasures awaits collectors during Asian Pacific Awareness heritage month in the Miami Design District. As an active advocate of Asian art and culture, ICFAC and ART LEXING will present a highly curated set of Asian art shows and cultural programs this April and May featuring the finest paintings, sculptures and ceramics to suit every taste. Visit our show room in the Buena Vista building to unlock the richness and diversity of these categories and discover the art of China, up close and personal.

“Access to China” is a three-part exhibition sponsored by the International Chinese Fine Arts Council and Miami Design District showcasing distinctly diverse selection of Chinese art. “The Feminine Flair” by ART LEXING presents a dialog between two acclaimed Chinese artists: Ye Hongxing and Wang Xiaojin. “Emerging Art on Paper” curated by Inez Suen will show four recent graduates from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. Chinese Iconography on Porcelain from the Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tse Collection is an educational exhibiting targeted at informing the public of various iconographic motifs on Chinese porcelain.

“The Feminine Flair” by ART LEXING
Ye Hongxing employs traditional Chinese motifs and modern elements in her Fusion series. She expresses a unique vision by combining the traditionally Western medium of oil paint together with Chinese porcelain decorative patterns. Her paintings are very alluring self-portraits in which her face, with eyes-closed, appears behind bright winding floral patterns. Composed of shades of grey, her facial expression is of particular significance. As the artist is very concerned with the juxta position of “peace and luxury”, one can detect a tranquil or almost mundane emotion in her gaze. In contrast to using somber tones, the vibrant colors and exquisite composition of flowers and vines elicit the feeling of luxury. Consequently, her work seems to embrace a duality of notions: realism and visionary.

Unlike many contemporary Chinese artists who are attracted by all things modern, Wang Xiaojin is a modernist driven and inspired by the distant past, particularly its women and artistry. Critics claimed that Wang Xiaojin’s artworks have best captured the mood of a bygone era that was altogether most refined and conservative and a time when being “feminine” typified a woman’s existence. Possessing a neoclassical position within contemporary Chinese artists, Wang Xiaojin crosses chronological boundaries in his work, challenging us to see the new in the old…and the old in the new.

“Emerging art on Paper” curated by Inez Suen
China’s art market, which has spread the idea of art as a strong social force within Chinese culture, has cultivated vast exposure for younger Chinese visual artists in the east through curators based outside the country. Fresh out of the China Academy of Art, these Western-influenced artists who have also trained within the Eastern Chinese tradition have given the Chinese art market a modern sensibility and expression primed for the international stage. This exhibition pries open the minds of young Chinese artists. These are artists who grew up in the new China, the post Tiananmen Square government that slowly recognized that stagnation equaled death. These artists’ works reflect the evolving sense of individuality and personal identity formulated because of, or in spite of, a culture that still remains quintessentially Chinese.

Chinese Iconography on Porcelain is an ICFAC sponsored exhibition targeted at educating the general public on the symbols and motif that are commonly found in Chinese art. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Tse are avid collectors of Chinese porcelain and have generously donated a portion of their collection to this exciting event. All the porcelain in this show will be on silent auction until May 28, 2011, where the bidding will close and the highest bidder will go home with their precious ceramics.

Photographs of My Heart Won’t Let You Go: A Photographer’s View of Haiti by Patrick Ferell at AE District on 4/6/11

My Heart Won’t Let You Go: A Photographer’s View of Haiti by Patrick Ferell at AE District on Wednesday, April 6, 2011.  Pulitzer Prize recipient Patrick Farrell has been a professional photojournalist for more than 25 years. His work has taken him to Turkey, Haiti, Cuba and throughout Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean.

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Photographs of the Sicilian Film Festival Kick Off and Press Party at Etra Fine Art on 4/6/11

Sicilian Film Festival “Kick-Off” and Press Party at Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District on Wednesday, April 6, 2011.  The Sicilian Film Festival, 6th Edition will take place from April 7 to 13, 2011 with screenings at the Miami Beach Cinematheque, 1130 Washington Avenue, South Side, Ground Floor, Miami Beach, FL.

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2nd Annual Notte Italiana at Maitardi 4/13/11

Second Annual Notte Italiana Extravaganza Evening
Wednesday April 13th, 2011 from 6 to 10pm
Maitardi
www.maitardimiami.com

Event is Free, but RSVP is required at sakhone@graspagroup.com

In Its Second Year, Maitardi Brings Together Italian Fashion, Auto, Moto, Fine Jewelry, Food and Music

Maitardi holds its second annual extravagant evening of Italy-flavored celebration: Notte Italiana. Ducati, Vespa, Fiat 500, Rebecca Jewelry and TAJ fashion by Sabrina Crippa will showcase their latest collections on Wednesday April 13th, 2011 from 6 to 10pm while guests enjoy music by Paolo Albertoni, complimentary tapas and Prosecco from 6 to 7pm.

The second annual Notte Italiana is a unique opportunity to preview, up-close, the finest Italy has to offer in fashion, auto, moto, fine jewelry and food. Ducati will host a lounge area featuring four of their latest and most popular motorcycle models along with Ducati products and entertainment.

Vespa Fort Lauderdale, with an additional store on Lincoln Road, will bring its famous scooters in their latest colors and accessories. High gas prices propelled the convenient and chic two-wheeler into mainstream as a must-have in several of Miami’s neighborhoods such as South Beach, Downtown, Design District, Key Biscayne and Coconut Grove. Notte Italiana also kicks off Vespa’s partnership with Graspa Group for the Vespa Rally event series “Maitardi for a Vespa – Never Late for a Vespa”.

The not-yet-available-for-purchase FIAT 500 (Cinquecento), the newest model from the brand aimed at the young hip market, will be the centerpiece of Maitardi’s piazza. The small 3-door car is a cute, playful compact with soft rounded styling with customization options such as stickers, alloy wheels, badges to style details, elegance and comfort. The interior boats chrome elements, two-tone seats, protective environment for both driver and passenger, handy storage compartments and small details like a fragrance dispenser.

For the sparkle at Notte Italiana, Rebecca collection will shine as it has taken the jewelry market by storm since its inception a decade ago. Alessandro Testi, created the Rebecca collection by utilizing a proprietary 24-karat gold plating process, semiprecious gems and innovative designs inspiring the worldwide phenomenon of Italian fashion Jewelry. Maitardi is putting the spotlight on Rebecca’s latest precious designs, a perfect match to the Design District’s motto.

At last but not least, Sabrina Crippa, an Italian up-and-coming luxury designer, will fashion TAJ brand designs and accessories of only the finest quality silks, leathers and cottons, often featuring intricate embroidery, semi-precious stones, fine crystals and other luxurious details. Sabrina’s pieces will be on mannequins and models throughout the evening of Notte Italiana.

Models wearing TAJ and Rebecca Jewelry will be coiffed by Rossano Ferretti Hairspa’s stylists and Notte Italiana is supported by Societa Dante Alighieri, the cultural branch of the Consulate of Italy.

April Lineup at The Stage

The Stage Springs Into April With A Thrilling Roster
Miami’s Premiere Entertainment Venue Announces April Lineup
170 NE 38th Street
Miami’s Design District

Spring is here and The Stage is proud to announce their April lineup. This month- Miami’s newest live music and entertainment venue will welcome a thrilling roster of entertainment, contests, auditions, live music, and much more.

Radioboxer “Magic City” CD Release Red-Carpet Event
Miami/ Hialeah’s very own band, RADIOBOXER are taking over the magic city with the release of their long awaited sophomore album “Magic City Ruse” at The Stage. With a red carpet premiere atmosphere mixed with lights, theatrics, amazing art, music, and just the right amount of chaos- the band promises that this album release event will top anything they have ever done in the past. (www.radioboxer.com)
Date Performing: Friday, April 1st, 2011 at 10 pm

Nil Lara
Nil Lara’s music is a real treat! Lara rediscovered his Cuban roots in ‘guajiro’ while attending the University of Miami creating his own style- fusing Cuban and Venezuelan folklore with inspirations from Western musicians like Stevie Wonder and Pink Floyd. He has toured with artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Blues Traveler, Natalie Merchant and many others. (www.nillara.us)
Date Performing: Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 at 10pm

Break Off Family-Style Sunday
The Stage brings a new twist to Family- Style Sundays by hosting their very first BBoy and BGirl competition. BBoying is Miami’s most recent dance style revolution, originally or commonly known as breakdancing- consisting of four basic elements- Toprock, Downrock, Freeze and Power Moves. Contestants may register at the door and show their skills in this thrilling one-on-one competition.
Date Performing: Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 at 1-6pm

The Lee Boys
These Miami natives are known for their unique version of the “Sacred Steel” music genre. described as the fused sounds of Gospel music with that of the hard-driving, blues-based beat. They have traveled the world and shared the stage with musicians such as Little Richard. They created a name for themselves with their unique sounds and are now headed back to The Stage for another grand performance.
Date Performing: Friday, April 8th, 2011 at 10pm

Crawfish Boil with Gardners Market & Farms Stores, UM Frost School of Music & WDNA’s Litchfield Music Camp scholarship auditions
The Stage hosts their first ever Crawfish Boil presented by Gardner’s Market and the Farm Stores. Family Style Sunday’s patrons will experience a fun filled day of events with prestigious musical performance by UM Frost School of Music. The crowd will participate in WDNA’s search for two lucky recipients to award with full scholarships to the prestigious Litchfield Jazz Camp in Connecticut, considered the most prestigious of its kind.
Date Performing: Sunday, April 10th, 2011 at noon-5pm

Rebel Run Tuesdays Kick off Event
The Stage kicks off Rebel Run Tuesdays with a bang! Every Tuesday patrons are to experience a flash back in time with pin up models & bartenders, burlesque performances, live tattoo demonstrations, hot rods, featured DJs, interactive artists, live music and much more. Every Tuesday brings a whole new concept, filled with surprises.
Date Performing: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 10pm

Afro Roots 2011 World Music Festival Kick Off Event
Miami Dade County Community Arts and Culture presents the 13th Annual Afro Roots World Music Festival, The Stage is kicking off this event with a bang with performances by jean p jams and Dj le spam.
Date Performing: Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 at 10pm

BONKA
Colombian sensation, Bonka bring their talents to The Stage with their unique blend of Latin tropical sounds and Pop music. Before experiencing fame and popularity early on with their first Platinum selling album, the group started off playing covers from The Used and Diego Torres in Bogota schools. Following their immediate popularity among the youth of Colombia, Bonka is hoping to score another Platinum award with their sophomore album Lo que nunca nos contamos. (www.bonka.net)
Dates Performing: Saturday, April 16th, 2011 at 10pm

¡Suénalo!
¡Suénalo! is the premier Miami band with a sound that vividly reflects the different cultures that shape the Magic City. ¡Suénalo! defies classification but can be described as Latin Funk. (www.suenalomusic.com)
Dates Performing: Friday, April 22nd, 2011 at 10pm

The Heavy Pets
This band is compiled of five skilled musician whom are all also lyricists and songwriters, renowned for explosive live performances and contagious original tunes that showcase their distinctive sound- rock-funk-fusion. Join us at The Stage and see why The Heavy Pets’ music defies stereotyping. (www.theheavypets.com)
Dates Performing: Saturday, April 23nd, 2011 at 10pm

Xperimento CD Release Event
Complete with an all star cast of Grammy nominated artists, Xperimento has teamed up to create a sound like no other. With influences from Guns n Roses, to Hector Lavoe and Bob Marley their mix of Latin Reggae, Hip-Hop, and R&B, has helped them to create a genre as diverse as The Magic City. Xperimento’s debut album ‘X’ is set to be kicked off at Miami’s own, The Stage with one of the best live performances to date. (www.xperimento.com)
Date Performing: Saturday, April 30th, 2011 at 10pm

About The Stage:
The Stage is the latest entertainment venue to join Miami’s booming Music Corridor which stretches from the outskirts of Brickell to the Brooklyn-esque Design District. A 10,000 square foot entertainment venue, The Stage gives onlookers a birds-eye view of performances on their nearly 200 square foot stage. Two garage style doors open to the outdoor space providing unobstructed views at nearly every angle. Taking cues from old world New Orleans, Andrea Mejia designed The Stage with the charm and sophistication of the city in mind. Make no mistake; The Stage isn’t just another good looking venue, it’s has soul. With state-of-the-art acoustics, lighting and equipment, The Stage will undoubtedly introduce a whole new experience of authentic talent to the City and is sure to be a favorite for both entertainers and the audience. The Stage is located at 170 NE 38th Street in Miami’s Design District. For more information call 305.576.9577, visit their website at www.thestagemiami.com, or find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/thestagemiami.

Transit Antenna Carnival Fundraiser 4/9/11

Saturday, April 9, 12:00pm – 10:00pm
The Palm Lot
140 NE 39th St and NE 1st Court
Miami Design District, 33137
www.transitantenna.com
info@transitantenna.com

Transit Antenna is a mobile living experiment conducted by successive teams that travel throughout the US researching off grid systems and making art. On April 9th , a new team from Miami – including the founding editor of ARTLURKER.com – is joining forces with Launch Arte’s Launch Miami Market to host a free community driven fundraiser event with a carnival fair theme in preparation for their embarkation in a vintage Greyhound coach converted to a waste vegetable oil and solar powered motor home.

The Transit Antenna Fun Fair Fundraiser will be a rare chance to see Miami arts at their weirdest as familiar faces from the community collaborate on a variety of engaging carnival attractions and strange services. Expect rides, games, sideshows, face painting, circus performers, live music, vendors, BBQ and refreshments in a relaxed, family friendly atmosphere.

Come see the coach, meet the team, take a tour and support the cause by learning about the Transit Antenna project, becoming an official underwriter, or just having fun.

Participating artists include: Farley Aguilar, Nick Arehart, Kevin Arrow, Bhakti Baxter, Domingo Castillo, Clifton Childree, Nathan Duvall, Cassidy Fry, Christy Gast, Jason Hedges, Rosie Herrera, Jay Hines, Annie Hollingsworth, Nicolas Lobo, Justin Long, Meatball, Ana Mendez, Federico Nessi, Manny Prieres, David Rohn, Oliver Sanchez, George Sanchez-Calderon, sleeper, Tatiana Vahan, Agustina Woodgate, Juan Carlos Zaldivar.

Performers include: Adam (Needless Records), BREAKFAST, Benton, Christy Gast, Eyelash, Ha Ha Help, The Heart Strings, Holly Hunt, Jesse Jackson, King Pubert, Kool Larhe K, Nags Head, Nosy Mangabes, The President, Simple Simon, Slashpine, Something that will make your mama smile, Trilobites, Viking Funeral.

Informed by group interests and the pearls of the open road, the Transit Antenna project evolves organically within the parameters of a (documented) creative workshop and educational resource. The current mission is to visit off grid projects and contribute to the dialogue on sustainability by applying research on alternative power, waste and agriculture systems in an art context at residencies, institutions, and community events.

Funds are needed for equipment, mechanical repairs and a project fund that will be utilized in the production of interactive public performances, installations and events.

The Transit Antenna Fun Fair Fundraiser is generously sponsored by: Artlurker, Augurari, Bert Rodriguez, Freegums, Locust Projects, Magners Irish Cider, Miami Design District, Min Treats, Primary Flight, Roofless Records, Swampspace, Sweat Records and WVO Deisgns.

MIYO Home hosts chair-ity event to celebrate the launch of MIYO Home Virtual Boutique By Betty Alvarez

MIYO Home is pleased to announce the Chair-ity cocktail event on March 30th, with proceeds benefiting the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation. To celebrate the launch of the virtual boutique, MIYO Home commissioned eight local artistic visionaries along with a celebrity interior designer to create a customized MIYO Home Chair. Artists were invited to translate their visions onto a classic design piece – a chair – using the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation as a reference of inspiration. The one-of-a-kind chairs will be on display throughout the evening and auctioned off. The auction will begin prior to the event on the MIYO Home virtual boutique and will end at the event; 100% of the proceeds from all eight chairs were donated to the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation.

“The Juvenile Bipolar Research is a foundation that is very near and dear to me,” said MIYO Home co-owner and long-time supporter Fati Rosenberg. “It’s the first charitable organization fully committed to the support of research for the study of early-onset bipolar disorder; my ultimate goal is to draw awareness to the foundation and further aid in the study and treatment of this debilitating condition.”

The Chair-ity event took place at the beautiful MIYO Home Zen Garden where the eight completed MIYO Home Chairs were unveiled. Guests gathered while artists share insight on their inspiration as well as why they chose to collaborate for this important cause. On behalf of the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, Dr. Demitri F. Papolos, M.D., Director of Research, was on hand to commemorate MIYO Home and supporters.

Among the eight visionaries who donated their talents were Thom Filicia, celebrity interior designer and TV personality; Seth Browarnik, celebrity lensman; local designer and developer, Mario Egozi; Miami-based European artist, Iran Issa Khan; Coral Gables interior designer, Hillary Scrutis; renowned interior designer, Briggs Solomon; Miami’s most sought after landscape designers, Fernando Wong and Miami-based interior designer, Robert Zemnickis.

About JBRF
The Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation (JBRF) funds research dedicated to determining the etiology of juvenile-onset bipolar disorder and advancing the state of knowledge about this condition so that more effective treatments can be found. JBRF is committed to the development of early diagnostic protocols thus improving the likelihood of a healthy and productive life for children with bipolar disorder. This mission impacts over 1 million children and their families. For more information on JBRF visit www.jbrf.org

Demitri F. Papolos, M.D. Director of Research
Dr. Demitri Papolos is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City and Co-Director of the Program in Behavioral Genetics. He is also the Director of Research of the Juvenile-Bipolar Research Foundation. His work has been published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, the American Journal of Psychiatry, the American Journal of Human Genetics, and in Molecular Psychiatry.

Dr. Papolos has developed diagnostic tests for bipolar disorder in youth, and implemented online programs for rapid identification, screening of large samples of adequate size for large scale genetic studies, as well as for clinical practitioners.

He is the co-author with his wife, Janice, of The Bipolar Child: A Comprehensive and Reassuring Guide to Childhood’s Most Misunderstood Disorder, Broadway Books, 2000, 2003, 2007), featured on ABC News’s 20/20, the Oprah Winfrey Show and NPR’s, The Infinite Mind. Dr. Papolos has a private practice in New York City and in Westport, Ct.

About MIYO Home
The premier destination to find the latest home design trends, MIYO Home has the signature must-haves with clean lines and a pristine color palette you are looking for to turn your house into a beautiful and stylish home. The essence of the store is created by avid world travelers and their passion for immersing themselves in other cultures. MIYO Home is fully stocked with everything for your home, such as luxurious sofas, natural wood coffee tables, paintings, foreign artifacts, outdoor furniture and much more. These unique pieces are available at an accessible price point.

Unlike other home-furnishing retailers, MIYO Home offers convenient and rapid delivery – within 48 hours of purchase – to make decorating your home seamless. Providing decoration solutions to your everyday consumer, interior designers, developers and architects, the MIYO Home showrooms offer a diversity of designs, in a fraction of the time.

MIYO Home also offers complimentary in-home consulting to all and has taken the guesswork out of interior decorating. MIYO Home experts will come to your house for a one-on-one consultation to develop inspiring design concepts that are tailored to your personal style including indoor and outdoor home needs. The experts will create a custom décor, color palette and layout for your home with the products found at MIYO Home.
For more information on MIYO Home, please visit www.miyohome.com or call 305-576-4170.

Photographs by Betty Alvarez copyright 2011

NEW VENUE Roberto Granata Sicilian Photographer in Hollywood and Sicilian Film Festival Opening 4/6/11

Sicilian Film Festival “Kick-Off” and Press Party Wednesday, April 6 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Announces Location Change to Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District
Etra Fine Art
50 NE 40 St.,
Miami, FL 33137
www.etrafineart.com

The Design District offers $3.00 Valet Parking service from 11am to 11pm Monday to Saturday – www.miamidesigndistrict.net

SFF President, Emanuele Viscuso and Artistic Director, Salvo Bitonti will welcome guests at the “Kick-Off” and Press Party on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 7pm at Etra Fine Art, 50 NE 40 St., Miami, FL 33137 www.etrafineart.com. Courtesy Photos: SFF and Etra Fine Art

Upon yesterday’s announcement by Vino e Olio of the temporary closure of its restaurant and the cancellation of all events, the Sicilian Film Festival’s “Kick-Off” and Press Party has changed its event location to Etra Fine Art, 50 NE 40 St., Miami, FL 33137 www.etrafineart.com (just one block north of Vino e Olio.)
Stefano Campanini, owner of Etra Fine Art has graciously stepped in and offered his gallery as the new host location. Founded along with Alicia Restrepo in 2004, Etra Fine Art has strived to bring the best artists to Miami and its international audience. The gallery has been the backdrop to many social events, poetry readings, theatre performances and inspiring lectures.

Campanini has made a substantial contribution to the Miami art scene and to education. His efforts include, hosting a benefit event to restore the playground at Blue Lakes Elementary Autism Academy and donating over $10,000 in artwork to sponsor Miami-Dade County Public School’s Sixth Annual Education Awards. Campanini serves on the boards of ‘Arts For Learning’ (an institution that teaches art to 20,000 children in Miami-Dade County) and ‘Romance In A Can’ (Miami’s romantic film festival.) He is founder of ‘La Casa de la Mujer de las Americas’ (a not-for-profit that helps women and their families across South and Central America who are victims of violence.)
Campanini states: “I am very happy to help my friend Emanuele Viscuso and to support this cultural event in Miami. I never believed in art forms being separated. They all come from the same creative instinct whether it be cinema, painting, sculpture, or ballet. To host the opening party for the Sicilian Film Festival is my small contribution to a beautiful event that unveils Miami’s artistic beauty.”

Emanuele Viscuso, Artistic Director, Salvo Bitonti along with their supportive team will welcome the media, community, SFF sponsors and honorary guests that include directors, actors, writers, and celebrities from Italy.

The Sicilian Film Festival, 6th Edition will take place from April 7 to 13, 2011 with screenings at the Miami Beach Cinematheque, 1130 Washington Avenue, South Side, Ground Floor, Miami Beach, FL. On Thursday, April 7, 2011, Miami Beach Mayor, Hon. Matti Herrera Bower will officially open the 6th Annual Sicilian Film Festival. The nights screenings are: at 7:00 p.m. feature film, ‘L’imbroglio del lenzuolo/Trick in the Sheets’ (Ita with Eng subtitles) by Alfonso Arrau with Mariagrazia Cucinotta and Geraldine Chaplin; 9:00 p.m. ‘Rita’ short film by Fabio Grassado and Antonio Piazza (Ita with Eng subtitles); and 9:30pm SFF with Queer International present feature film ‘From Beginning to End’ (Portuguese with Eng subtitles) by Aluisio Abranches with Fabio Assuncao & Julia Lemmertz. Tickets available at the MB Cinematheque Box Office and at www.TicketMaster.com. A program/schedule is available at www.SicilianFilmFestival.com.

For Japan A Donation Rally 3/31/11

Thursday, March 31, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Moore Building
191 NE 40th Street
Miami, FL 33137
RSVP and donate now.

Event Details
PARTY FOR A CAUSE
Open bar
Top notch entertainment
Miami’s best food trucks and caterers

On Site Donation Rally
To Donate In Advance, Visit: Red Cross Heroes

Your Support is Greatly Appreciated!

In Benefit Of The American Red Cross

Sponsored & Produced By:
The Event
Eventus Productions
Sammy Caban

Sponsored By:
Premier Beverage Catering
Suzanne Michael Catering
Aaron’s Catering Express
Ms. Cheezious
New Century Dance Company
Atlas Party Rental
Jose Graterol Designs
Patty Nash Photography
Slk Creative
Media Concepts Pr

Agustina Woodgate’s Solo Exhibition Collectivism + 5 Year Celebration & Official Launch Of Spinello Projects 4/9/11

Second Saturday, April 9th, 7pm-10pm
Spinello Projects
155 NE 38th Street, No. 101
Miami, Florida – 33137
Artist | Agustina Woodgate, Solo Exhibition | Collectivism
Youtube Teaser Video.

Anthony Spinello announces – Spinello Projects, a re-imagined curatorial/creative endeavor marking five influential years in facilitating the cultural development of Miami, its emerging art scene and beyond. On April 9th, 2011, Spinello will celebrate the milestone by proudly presenting the highly anticipated “group” installation, Collectivism, by Spinello’s first-ever represented Artist, Collaborator, and International Projector, Agustina Woodgate. Collectivism is a multimedia collection and conversation among Woodgate’s most significant works to date. This will be Woodgate’s forth solo exhibition with Spinello.

Agustina Woodgate’s work reminds us that all corporeal entities are interconnected with themselves and each other. Her practice investigates how stories, rituals, and traditions transform our relationships with the objects and places around us. This being-in-relation is a way of perceiving, a mode of moving, and a narrative of global truths designed by cultural fictions. Collectivism presents Woodgate’s evolution by moving its audience towards a collective future, that is integrated, involved, inclusive, and in continual process.

Woodgate explains, “I create art that fosters exchanges between people rather than encounters between a viewer and object. Through these exchanges, meaning is elaborated collectively, rather than in the space of individual consumption.”

She creates responses to social narratives through situations that unveil the tensions between the natural-becoming-unnatural and the unnatural-becoming-natural. Woodgate’s work discovers illogical, surreal scenarios from otherwise realistic or “normal” settings, revealing unconscious transience in beliefs and behaviors between these two worlds.

Collectivism includes pivotal early career works such as “Changes” to Woodgate’s most recent monumental accomplishment to date, “No Rain No Rainbows”.

Agustina Woodgate Installing “No Rain No Rainbows” at Spinello Projects, Miami | Photo Credit: Anthony Spinello

Timeless Treasures Opening Reception 4/9/11

Timeless Treasures Opening Reception
Saturday, April 9th, 7-11 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street, Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our second exciting exhibition of the year 2011, tilted “Timeless Treasures”. This exhibition features 32 emerging to mid-career contemporary artists from across the globe. The exhibit exposes the intricate diversity of photography and a voluminous array of original paintings and sculptured works that are sure to add some color to your spring. Be sure to highlight this great event on your calendar.

Live music and refreshments will be served. For more information please call 305.573.5730 or email our gallery at info@artfusiongallery.com.

Photographs by Anthony Jordon of Get Connected at The Stage on 3/24/11

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon of Get Connected at The Stage in the Design District on Thursday, March 24, 2011.  “Get Connected” Continues to Bring Together Hundreds of South Florida’s Professionals.  We enjoyed complimentary drinks by Select Vodka and Samuel Adams beer, hors d’oeuvres provided by Mojito Grill, fun food bites by Donut Divas and sweet treats provided by K’s Designz. We also enjoy entertainment provided by Event Factor.

Sponsors for the event:  Roxanne Vargas, Event Factor (great music), K’s Designz (sweet treats), Donut Divas & Fun Foods (yummy fun foods), Mojito Grill (great bites), Soul Of Miami, Miami.com, The Biz 880 AM, Samuel Adams, Select Vodka, Global Express Courier, The Stage & co-host partners.

Photographs taken by Anthony Jordon to see more of his work go to his flickr page or his facebook page.

 

Photographs Alec Monopoly Can’t Get Out of Jail Free Opening Reception at Avant Gallery on 3/24/11

Alec Monopoly Can’t Get Out of Jail Free Opening Reception at Avant Gallery on Thursday, March 24, 2011.   Avant Gallery proudly presents the work of ‘Alec Monopoly’, a young street artist based in Los Angeles, known throughout major city centers such as New York, London and Los Angeles for his placement of the beloved protagonist of the synonymous board game over lampposts, billboards, walls and telephone posts.

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Photographs of Get Connected at The Stage on 3/24/11

Get Connected at The Stage in the Design District on Thursday, March 24, 2011.  “Get Connected” Continues to Bring Together Hundreds of South Florida’s Professionals.  We enjoyed complimentary drinks by Select Vodka and Samuel Adams beer, hors d’oeuvres provided by Mojito Grill, fun food bites by Donut Divas and sweet treats provided by K’s Designz. We also enjoy entertainment provided by Event Factor.

Sponsors for the event:  Roxanne Vargas, Event Factor (great music), K’s Designz (sweet treats), Donut Divas & Fun Foods (yummy fun foods), Mojito Grill (great bites), Soul Of Miami, Miami.com, The Biz 880 AM, Samuel Adams, Select Vodka, Global Express Courier, The Stage & co-host partners.

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Launch Miami Market 3/26/11

Launch MIami Market
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 12pm-6pm
The Palm Lot
140 NE 39 St & 1st Ct.
www.launcharte.com

Launch Miami Market is an Open Air Market located in Miami’s Design District; A platform for emerging Artists, Designers, and Self Starters. Over 35 vendors every Saturday.

Launch Miami Market has clothing, vintage, Art, accessories, T-shirt designers, handbags, leather goods, Home goods, rare finds, antiques, fresh local produce, pet wear, home baked goods and an amazing selection of local gourmet food trucks and sweets that will put a smile on your face!

Alec Monopoly Can’t Get Out of Jail Free Opening Reception 3/24/11

Thurs/March 24th/7-10pm
Avant Gallery
3850 N. Miami Avenue
Miami. Florida. 33127
rsvp to rsvp@avantgallery.com

Avant Gallery proudly presents the work of ‘Alec Monopoly’, a young street artist based in Los Angeles, known throughout major city centers such as New York, London and Los Angeles for his placement of the beloved protagonist of the synonymous board game over lampposts, billboards, walls and telephone posts.

‘Alec Monopoly’ is the alias of an unidentified graffiti artist, originally from New York City. The artist primarily works… in the urban environments of New York and Los Angeles, using varied materials (including stencils, spray paint, epoxies, varnishes and newspapers) to subversively depict the protagonist of the internationally-beloved board game, Monopoly. ‘Alec’ cites his artistic origins as learning from his mother, an artist, eventually abandoning traditional academically-driven art classes to pursue an individual methodology. ‘Alec’ and his work have been covered by The Huffington Post, The Wooster Collective (New York), Juxtapoz Magazine, and The Dirt Floor.com. Recently, Paramount Pictures commissioned Alec to design the logo for their new production company, Insurge. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles.

Reception is sponsored by TAI Entertainment, 944 Magazine, Russian Standard Vodka, and Presidente.

Join us for the official after-party at Philippe Restaurant/Gansevoort Hotel, featuring DJ Danny Daze.

Experience Life, Culture and Art at Maitardi MaiArt Series 3/30/11

Wednesday March 30, 6PM to 9PM
Maitardi
163 NE 39th Street
Miami, FL 33137

RSVP Here.

Complimentary Prosecco & Tapas from 6-7pm

Continuing the Successful MaiArt Series, Maitardi Features Underwater Macro Photography, Figurative Realistic Paintings and Whimsical Reality Photography

On March 30th, Maitardi hosts its fifth MaiArt event with artists Henrik Welle, Bruce Gilling and Tom De Vita. Though with very different approaches to their subjects, all three artists work with light and colors in their pieces exploring emotional and visual contrasts and forms. Guests enjoy complimentary Prosecco and tapas from 6 to 7pm and music by Soul P until 9pm.

Henrik Welle, an avid diver and passionate about everything related to water, shares his underwater experiences through photography. Born in Germany and now living in Miami, Henrik’s work showcases nature’s creation up-close with its strange yet hypnotizing structures, forms and colors. “In a way most people will never see it otherwise,” comments Henrik. He chose media photography over film for the basic reason of capturing a moment and freezing it in time. “A photo can create an emotion, a feeling and inspire your imagination whenever you gaze at it,” Henrik adds.

Tom De Vita was born and raised in Queens, New York and currently owns his own De Vita Studio, an art and design company that creates murals and fine art, while teaching at the Art Institute of Forth Lauderdale, Barry University and Broward College. The essence of his work is based on “sea of visual noise” where he wants to force multiple readings of images and the deconstruction of their meanings. “We inherited our contemporary way of seeing, but I wanted to still preserve my conviction towards painting in the grand tradition of figuration,” De Vita explains.

England-born Bruce Gilling has been said to master the essence of photography. He projects intensity through spectacular angles, bright utopic colors and shadowing. His subjects are people, places and animals captured in such a way each picture transports the viewer into a whimsical world where perfection of movement, color and light is undeniable.

April’s MaiArt event will bring Michele Palmisano and Alex Heria. Michele is part of the Graspa Group family and his pieces focus on light and movement of elements like water as well as manipulations of plexiglass photography. Alex is a nationally recognized artist whose work has been exhibited in Miami, New York and Spain. MaiArt is scheduled for Wednesday April 27th at 6pm.

Located in the oak-shaded plaza corner of NE 2nd avenue and 39th Street (163 NE 39th Street), also known as the heart of the Miami Design District, the risto-bar, a European concept combining ristorante and bar, opened Fall 2009. Maitardi’s experience rests on a casual, outdoors and sociable ambiance, delicious tapas meant for sharing and friendly and professional service. The location has retained its architectural design with the floor to ceiling leaf-mosaic façade along with the native oak trees throughout the patio giving it an irresistible appeal to relax, catch up on work or a book, hang out with friends for happy hour or lunch with a client. Complimentary Wi-Fi and outside bar available.

L’Aperitivo Senses Touch at Vino and Olio 3/24/11

L’Aperitivo “Senses” Touch
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Vino & Olio
139 NE 39th Street
Miami, FL

IACC Members = Free | Non-Members = $10
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres
Free drinks from 7-8 pm
15% off Dinner
RSVP: rsvp@iacc-miami.com

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres
Free cocktails from 7 to 8pm sponsored by Aperol & Palm Bay International

Vino & Olio welcomes it’s fellow IACCSE members to stay for dinner, offering a special 15% discount on food for IACCSE members on March 24th. Don’t forget to bring your business card!

It’s time for some “sensational” networking: Heighten and energize your senses with us! Touch: the ability to perceive temperature, pressure and pain

Locust Projects presents a Conversation and Tasting with Hedy Goldsmith 3/24/11

March 24th, 6:30pm
Locust Projects
155 NE 38th Street #100
Miami, FL 33137

$15 member / $30 non member
RSVP locustprojects@yahoo.com or 305.576.8570

Conversation and Tasting with Hedy Goldsmith, Executive Pastry Chef Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink

Goldsmith combines simple and straightforward flavors, often blurring the line between savory and sweet, and draws from a rich assortment of local fruits and herbs. At Locust Projects, she will prepare local basil panna cotta with a strawberry consommé, fresh berries and candied kumquats, along with anise almond biscotti.

Photographs of The Stage Day Vent on 3/12/11

The Stage Day Vent on Saturday, March 12, 2011.  What a great way to spend Saturday afternoon, they had Half way Tree, a Caribbean Resturant, there serving Jerked Chicken and it was fabulous.  I Am Your Villian was there spinning vinyl and the music was awesome and the weather could not have been any better.  So I was sitting outside listening to some awesome music, eating some amazing jerked chicken and had a drink in hand (tequila of course), nothing better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The new food truck Camarena Tequila Taco Truck stopped by and was giving out taco samples, the Mahi Taco was so yummy!!!!

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The Stage Hosting First Bboy And Bgirl Competition 4/3/11

The Stage Is Hosting Its First Bboy And Bgirl Competition
Sunday, April 3, 2011
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137

Miami’s BBoying Community Takes Over The Stage in Search for Miami’s Hottest Dancer
1-2 pm Competition registration starts with an opening set from UM Frost school of music
2-3pm Candy, Local Miami BGirl with Heartbreakers crew will do a special children workshop
3-6pm BBoy Competition hosted by Indelible with cash prizes Music by DJ Brimstone 127 & Bayonics

Competition Contact: 305.576.9577

The Stage continues to support local artists and performers by hosting their very first BBoy and BGirl competition- Miami’s most recent dance style revolution. BBoying is originally or commonly known as breakdancing- consisting of four basic elements- Toprock, Downrock, Freeze and Power Moves. Register at the door and show your skills in this thrilling one-on-one competition at Family-Style Sundays at The Stage- First place winner will receive $100 prize.

Guests are to expect a thrilling Family-style Sunday at The Stage with an exciting live children BBoying demonstration by Candy, local talented BGirl and one-on-one BBoy and BGirl competition immediately after. This will definitely be an experience Family-Style Sunday guests will never forget or experience at a traditional family Sunday.

Family-Style Sundays At The Stage
New Live Music Venue Offers Families a Place to Experience Art Every Sunday

The owners of Miami’s newest live music and entertainment venue, The Stage, are impassioned when it comes to the impact art can have on a child. After watching schools cut art programs for years, owners Carlos Garcia and Sasha Torres wanted to give the community a place where children can experience art in its many forms. With their Family-Style-Sundays at The Stage parents and children have a whole new arena to explore music, art and food every weekend.

Every Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., Family-Style-Sundays at The Stage will host a farmer’s market style festival that includes live music, various activities, and local vendors. There is no entry fee. Food is available from Gastropod, Miami’s mobile gourmet, which will have a permanent home at The Stage in the near future. The Stage will also offer interactive art and music classes in the coming months.

“What I think attracts families on Sundays is this relaxed vibe that comes from having great bands like Stokeswood and Locos Por Juana,” said Lizzie Easton of Soula Booking, one of the minds behind The Stage. The Stage has invited some of Miami’s hottest bands to come out on Sundays to showcase more mellow sounds complementary to the family environment.

Inspired by the French Market in New Orleans, Garcia saw how families flocked to a kid-friendly weekend diversion. “I think it’s vital to get back to the basics. We get so wrapped up with our everyday lives that we forget how important it is to spend quality time with our families,” he explained. Sunday’s have always been reserved as a family day, “at The Stage we’re giving families something much more exciting to do than family dinner” Torres boasted.

The 18th Annual 9 Mile Music Festival takes over The Stage 3/12/11

The Stage Welcomes A Plethora Of 9 Mile Music Festival Goers
Saturday, March 12th, 10 pm
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137

$15 by 12:30am/ $20.00 After

Bob Marley Movement Takes Over The Stage for The 18th Annual Music Festival After Party

The 18th Annual 9 Mile Music Festival, formerly known as the Caribbean Festival takes over The Stage –expecting a plethora of concert goers, music lovers and nightlife scenesters for the official after party.

Join the Bob Marley Movement, local artist and musicians, and Miami Nightlife patrons in celebrating and paying tribute to the life of the legendary Bob Marley.

Those attending will also be delighted with a live performance by Lanzallamas Monofonica sharing tunes from their recently released EP titled “Mezcla”.

$7 Red Stripe Special

About The Stage:
The Stage is the latest entertainment venue to join Miami’s booming Music Corridor which stretches from the outskirts of Brickell to the Brooklyn-esque Design District. A 10,000 square foot entertainment venue, The Stage gives onlookers a birds-eye view of performances on their nearly 200 square foot stage. Two garage style doors open to the outdoor space providing unobstructed views at nearly every angle. Taking cues from old world New Orleans, Andrea Mejia designed The Stage with the charm and sophistication of the city in mind. Make no mistake; The Stage isn’t just another good looking venue, it’s has soul. With state-of-the-art acoustics, lighting and equipment, The Stage will undoubtedly introduce a whole new experience of authentic talent to the City and is sure to be a favorite for both entertainers and the audience. The Stage is located at 170 NE 38th Street in Miami’s Design District. For more information call 305.576.9577, visit their website at www.thestagemiami.com, or find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/thestagemiami.

Launch Miami Market W.M.C Weekend 3/12/11

Launch Miami Market – W.M.C Weekend
Saturday, March 12, 2011, 12pm- 6pm Free to the Public
The Palm Lot
140 NE 39th St & 1st Ct

www.launcharte.com

Launch Miami Market is an Open Air Market located in Miami’s Design District; A platform for emerging Artists, Designers, and Self Starters.

Launch Miami Market has clothing, vintage, Art, accessories, T-shirt designers, handbags, leather goods, Home goods, rare finds, antiques, fresh local produce, home baked goods and an amazing selection of local gourmet food trucks and sweets that will put a smile on your face!

Every Saturday 12-6

ArtCenter Presents a Winning Art! Celebration 3/12/11

ArtCenter/ South Florida Presents a Winning Art! Celebration
Saturday, March 12, 2011, from 7-10PM
4141 NE 2nd Ave.
Miami FL 33137

Join us for a Winning Art! celebration this Saturday, March 12, 2011, during this Saturday’s Art + Design Night in Design District.

ArtCenter/ South Florida will be hosting a party honoring our resident artists, and Shiva, the destroyer of evil and restorer of the universe! Stop by, get your bindi, and preview art from Winning Art!, ArtCenter’s annual raffle fundraiser.

For one night only, raffle tickets will be available for purchase at (3) for $25! Special edition art created by our resident artists will be given to guests that purchase an ArtCenter/ South Florida membership, while supplies last.

Music provided by DJ Saint Chill and light refreshments will be served!
Event is open and free to the public.

Learn more about us and Winning Art! at www.artcentersf.org.
Space generously provided by DACRA.

Locust Projects presents a Conversation and Tasting with Hedy Goldsmith 3/24/11

March 24th, 6:30pm
Locust Projects
155 NE 38th Street #100
Miami, FL 33137
Conversation and Tasting with Hedy Goldsmith, Executive Pastry Chef
Michael’s Genuine Food and Drink

Goldsmith combines simple and straightforward flavors, often blurring the line between savory and sweet, and draws from a rich assortment of local fruits and herbs. At Locust Projects, she will prepare local basil panna cotta with a strawberry consomm, fresh berries and candied kumquats, along with anise almond biscotti.

$15 member / $30 non member

RSVP locustprojects@yahoo.com or 305.576.8570

in New Light Sabine Kutt Solo Exhibition 3/12/11

“in New Light” Sabine Kutt Solo Exhibition
Opening reception: Saturday, March 12, 2011. 5:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Miami, DACRA Art and Design Space
4141 NE 2nd Avenue, Ste 101C
Miami, FL 33137
www.dacra.com
www.skfineartphoto.com

From March 15 through March 19, 2011

“In New Light” Photography as Painting – The Magic of the ‘In-Between’ Realm
Sabine Kutt, an international fine art photographer, will present her latest images at a solo exhibition at DACRA Art & Design Space owned by Craig Robins.

In her first career as a ballerina and choreographer Sabine Kutt was fortunate to work with many legendary European dance and acting companies. This theatrical background is reflected in her photographic work in an ever-changing variety of subjects, themes and styles. In her alluring abstracts, she applies the formal compositional theories of stage design to the format of photography. Other examples of her art have the strength of well-lit yet seemingly casual studies with a beckoning romanticism. Her photographic technique in these pieces creates a feeling reminiscent of classic watercolors and oil paintings. In all of her work she experiments with alternative techniques and media, hand-crafting each piece to capture a fleeting moment in time.

Sabine Kutt’s photos impress upon one’s imagination the magic of this “state of inbetweeness”- the transition from photograph to painting, the changes from lucid tones to opaque color, the metamorphosis of the objective on ones thoughts. Her works live in the transcendental glance of the arrangement of our seemingly banal surroundings. Still and shrill, frozen moments in time persist through the composition, movement is ‘released’ and a feeling somewhere between remembrance and desire is set in motion. Her photos are like watercolor paintings, snap shots in pastel. They search for the completion of form in arbitrary everyday pleasure and find originality in their creation.
Sabine Kutt lives and works in Delray Beach, Florida.

For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Locust Projects presents TYPOE Purgatory (false ceiling) 3/12/11

TYPOE: Purgatory (false ceiling)
Opening reception: Saturday, March 12th, 7-10pm
Locust Projects, Inc
155 NE 38th Street Suite 100
Miami, Fl 33137

Through April 30, 2011

Locust Projects is pleased to present Purgatory (false ceiling), a new project by infamous Miami graffiti artist TYPOE. In his most ambitious undertaking to date, TYPOE will present a site-specific installation featuring a dropped ceiling covering Locust Projects’ 2,700 square foot gallery space on which he will create an adaption of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.

Purgatory (false ceiling) will present street art in a gallery space, and continue the artist’s exploration of religious and popular iconography. Taking the Sistine Chapel as a starting point, TYPOE will adapt aspects of Michelangelo’s masterpiece using paint, text and collage, infusing elements of his own style and experience. Using a street art practice known as “wheat pasting,” the artist will affix images printed on paper to the dropped ceiling. Combined, the architectural installation and imagery will convey parallel cultural and autobiographical narratives.

TYPOE is the street name adopted by the Miami-based artist. Recent exhibitions include Bang, Bang, Spinello Gallery, Miami, FL and the group exhibitions Manifest Equality, Los Angeles, CA; Abracadabra, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL; and From Gutter to Gallery, Brevard Museum of Art, Melbourne, FL. He is the co-founder of Primary Flight, which organizes a site-specific, street level mural exhibition annually in the Wynwood and Miami Design Districts.

Latinbiz Networking Event 3/29/11

Tuesday, March 29, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Andalus
35 NE 40th St.
Miami, FL 33167
(Art District)
Website.

FREE ADMISSION
Complimentary Drink Appetizers
Prize Raffles
Cash Raffle

Meter street parking in Art District or $3 Valet Parking
Minimum $1000 worth of cash and prizes given away at each and every networking event.
In 2010, we gave away over $20,000 in cash and prizes at our networking events

Our next networking event will take us back to my roots of the beautiful country of Spain. Come connect with other professionals, learn what they are doing and share with them how what you do can help them in their businesses.

The most effective and affordable way to market your business is through networking. Networking done right is the most efficient relationship building opportunity you can partake in.

So, come join us as we enjoy paella and other fine tastings from a country known for its rich history, culture, music and cuisine, as well as its beauty. Experience a spot of southern Spain in the heart of the Art District at Andalus fine Spanish cuisine.

We are proud to welcome our friends from Doral and Airport West Chamber of Commerce, The Florida State Hispanic Chamber, Peruvian American Chamber of Commerce of Florida, and American Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce.

Art and Design Night for Above and Beyond 3/12/11

Art & Design Night for “Above & Beyond”
Saturday, March 12th, 7-10 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street,
Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our first exhibition of the year 2011! This group exhibition, titled “ABOVE & BEYOND” will feature 32 dazzling, emerging, contemporary artists from around the globe. Come & join us for a night full of art & design at Art Fusion Galleries & discover the beauty and passion of the fine arts as we continue to seduce and paint the world. Be sure to highlight this great event on your calendar.

Live Music by DJ Josh Nemcik
Complimentary Wine & Refreshments
Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking.

Launch Miami Market and Family Day in the Design District 3/5/11

Launch Miami Market & Family Day in the Design District
Saturday, March 5, 2011, !2pm-6pm
The Palm Lot
140 NE 39 St & 1st Ct
www.launcharte.com

Launch Miami Market is an Open Air Market located in Miami’s Design District; A platform for emerging artists, designers, and self starters.

Launch Miami Market has clothing, vintage, accessories, t-shirt designers, handbags, leather goods, rare finds, antiques, fresh local produce, home baked goods and an amazing selection of local gourmet food trucks and sweets that will put a smile on your face!

**Plus – Don’t miss Family Day 12pm-4pm – Activities and adventures have been planned throughout the Design District.
Look for “Family Day” signs and balloons on the day of event to enjoy activities at these locations.

Marcus, di•chotomous a solo exhibition Opening Reception 3/10/11

Marcus, di•chotomous | a solo exhibition
Opening Reception : MARCH 10, 2011 | 6:00 – 10:00 PM
Markowicz Fine Art
1 NE 40th Street #5
DESIGN DISTRICT
Miami, FL 33137

Exhibition on view: March 11 – April 5 2011

Marcus’ career has greatly grown throughout recent years… He has placed work in prominent collections throughout the US as well as Europe- including celebrities and NBA stars. His work has been shown in museums across the country, including the Boca Raton Museum of Art’s Annual Juried Competition Exhibition. Marcus’ paintings can be seen in galleries in New York and Denver. His work can also be seen in nationally recognized publications as well as published competitions, such as Studio Visit Magazine.

This exhibition at Markowicz Fine Art follows his impressive showing at Arts For a Better World, during Art Basel Week this past December. With an array of works, created throughout 2009, 2010 and 2011, it is anticipated to be one of the best exhibitions in Miami this season.

We are proud to annonce that 20% of proceeds from of the retail price of exhibition sales will be donated to Hadassah of Greater Miami.

Magic City Ruse Radioboxer’s Album Release 4/1/11

Magic City Ruse-Radioboxer’s Album Release
04/01/11, 9:00 pm
The Stage
170 Ne 38 St
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Tired of Britto being art king of Miami? Can’t stand Space? We live in this city, it’s ours. and it’s time to take it back. Come as you are to our “Red Carpet Premier of MAGIC CITY RUSE” here is our press release, because we are too lazy to write two different things:

This is not an April’s fools day hoax; Hialeah’s darlings RADIOBOXER are taking over the magic city on April 1st with the release of their long awaited sophomore album “Magic City Ruse” at THE STAGE in Miami. The show will be a red carpet event featuring talent from all over the city, DJs and other everyday hidden treasures of the magic city. A Radioboxer show which the band promises will top anything they have ever done in the past. Their shows usually involve lights, lasers, fake blood, confetti, balloons, great songs and enough energy to power a small city for weeks, so this will indeed be a night not to be missed.

To mark the event and the completion of their newest work the band issued the following statement: “Magic City Ruse is about home. We live in times when we carry a constant feeling of Diaspora and a universal desire to find the perfect place; one that they can call our own. We believe HOME is not just where you live but what/who you love and the place in which you fight to leave your mark. We shape our home and our home talks about who we are. On “Magic City Ruse” we believe we captured exactly that feeling and we furthered our own sound which we affectionately named “Bi-Polar Pop”. We experimented with more electronic and organic textures and tried to print an accurate picture of a live Radioboxer show. We feel very proud about the final result and extremely proud of being a Hialeah/Miami band.”

“Let’s take the Magic City Back”

Get Connected at The Stage Sponsored by Soul Of Miami 3/24/11

Thursday, March 24th, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Design District Miami

Please RSVP Online.
Guests can either prepay the entrance fee online which will be offered at a discounted rate of $8.00 or pay $10.00 on-site (cash only). Be sure to tell them you heard about it on Soul Of Miami.

The fee includes complimentary drinks by Select Vodka and Samuel Adams beer from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., hors d’oeuvres provided by Mojito Grill, fun food bites by Donut Divas and sweet treats provided by K’s Designz. Guests will also enjoy entertainment provided by Event Factor. For more information, please contact Natalie Leon at (786) 537-0751 or email events@nat-pr.com.

“Get Connected” Continues to Bring Together Hundreds of South Florida’s Professionals ~Place the emphasis on “YOU” this March 24th~
There has never been a better time to reevaluate the importance of networking and one’s self worth. It is imperative that today’s emerging professionals form and maintain a strong circle of contacts. On Thursday, March 24th, 2011, members of South Florida’s leading networking organizations for professionals will gather at The Stage, located at 170 NE 38th Street, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This will mark the sixth Get Connected event that remains open to all of South Florida’s professionals and offers them a platform to network and build relationships in our community.

Mrs. Roxanne Vargas, Reporter/Anchor from NBC Miami, will host this event presented by NAT-PR and welcome the enthusiastic, diverse group of people that will be in attendance. This event is sponsored by Global Express Courier and media partners include Miami.com, The Biz 880 AM and Soul of Miami.

Get Connected is proud to collaborate with twelve of South Florida’s leading networking organizations. While they represent a highly diverse group of people with thousands of members from across South Florida, they all share one common belief –the power of relationship building.

The co-host partners for the March 24th Get Connected event include:

1. Coconut Grove JCI
2. Doral Business Council
3. Florida International University Alumni Association
4. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Miami Young Professionals
5. Middle Eastern American Professionals Association
6. Pet Chamber of Commerce
7. Shoot Miami
8. The Launch Pad at the University of Miami
9. Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida
10. Rotary Club of Miami
11. University of Miami
12. Young Professionals of the Miami Lighthouse

“Attending Get Connected will afford professionals the opportunity to meet and mingle with their peers and potential business partners,” said Natalie Leon, President of NAT PR. She added, “But you must be prepared. Mark your calendar and arrive with the right mindset and plenty of business cards. It is all about relationships– building them and keeping them strong.”

Maiart Series Hosts Italian Art Design 2/23/11

Continuing the Successful MaiArt Series, Maitardi Features Alex Turco Art Designer in February

MaiArt, a cocktail gathering every last Wednesday of the month celebrating local and international artists, gets back to its Italian roots on Wednesday February 23rd, 2011 at 6pm with Alex Turco Art Designer Gallery and its made-in-Italy innovative mix of art, fashion and design. Guests enjoy complimentary Prosecco and tapas until 7pm and music by Soul P until 9pm.

Alex Turco Art Designer and Maitardi form a natural match for February’s MaiArt Series event. The pieces will be displayed throughout the oak-shaded patio on Wednesday February 23rd and will remain at Maitardi for the next four weeks inside the restaurant. Alex Turco’s works include photography, multi-media graphics and manually manipulated materials that aim at the mission of “transporting and merging art into lifestyle”. The concept creates a new take on artful living with inventive art objects that enhance personal spaces and give new life and style to settings.

March’s MaiArt event will bring Michele Palmisano’s work. Michele is part of the Graspa Group family and his pieces focus on light and movement of elements like water as well as manipulations of plexiglass photography. MaiArt is scheduled for Wednesday March 30th at 6pm.

Located in the oak-shaded plaza corner of NE 2nd avenue and 39th Street (163 NE 39th Street), also known as the heart of the Miami Design District, the risto-bar, a European concept combining ristorante and bar, opened Fall 2009. Maitardi’s experience rests on a casual, outdoors and sociable ambiance, delicious tapas meant for sharing and friendly and professional service. The location has retained its architectural design with the floor to ceiling leaf-mosaic façade along with the native oak trees throughout the patio giving it an irresistible appeal to relax, catch up on work or a book, hang out with friends for happy hour or lunch with a client. Complimentary Wi-Fi and outside bar available. www.maitardimiami.com

Bas Fisher Invitational Second Saturday reception 2/12/11

Please join us between 7 and 10pm for a Second Saturday reception.
Bas Fisher Invitational
180 NE 39th ST, Suite 210
Miami, FL 33137
www.basfisherinvitational.com

As Miami’s only artist-organized exhibition space, we are delighted to have shared our growth over the past few years with so many creative cohorts in the subtropics and beyond. Our exhibitions, lectures, screenings and special projects are developed in direct response to critical conversations among artists in our community; our programming compliments the interests, arguments and issues that artists are addressing today.

For our January and February exhibition, we are thrilled to present the most recent BFI Benefit Editions. Artists Cory Arcangel, Olaf Breuning, K8 Hardy, and Seth Price contributed prints with lush metallic foil elements. We are drawn to all of these artists for the unique way they critique consumer culture, disrupting stereotypes and gender norms while distilling their ideas into gorgeous objects with intelligence and humor.

The BFI has grown tremendously over the past few years, thanks in part to the generous support of the Knight Foundation, which has encouraged us to tackle more adventurous programming. The BFI is a project to be shared, and we hope that our supporters will invest in future programming by purchasing one of our limited edition artists’ multiples.

The editions are also for sale on the new curated website “collectionof:”

Photographs of Miami New Times Artopia on 2/10/11

Miami New Times Artopia at the Moore Building on Thurday, February 10, 2011.

Miami New Times and Miami International Film Festival presented Artopia. Art, live music, fashion, film, and performance will combine to satisfy the culture fixes of artistically inclined movers and shakers. This event benefited Hands on Miami.  Complimentary drinks provided by Barefoot Wine and Famosa Lager Beer.

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Cody Chesnutt Performs Live At The Stage 2/23/11

Cody Chesnutt Performs Live! At The Stage
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 at 10PM
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137

Miami’s Newest Entertainment Venue Hosts one of the Hottest National Performances

Tickets are available now.- Price Range $15 -$25

Cody Chestnutt, world class vocalist and writer, is performing live at The Stage on Wednesday, February 23rd at 10 PM. Cody is an American musician of African American descent from Atlanta, Georgia, whose music blends elements of rock, funk, soul, hip-hop, and blues. Many acclaim Cody Chesnutt to be an exciting force within the field of music. Cody may be known for such hits such as “The Seed 2.0” by The Roots and his amazing self recorded bedroom cult classic “The Headphone Masterpiece”.

DJ Tom Laroc, will be holding down the vibe for the duration of the evening. This event will truly be EPIC!!

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Launch Miami Market Saturday 2/12/11

Launch Miami Market
Saturday, February 12, 2011, 12Noon- 6pm Free to the Public
The Palm Lot
140 NE 39th St/1st Ct

www.launcharte.com

Photographs from last week.

Launch Miami Market is an Open Air Market located in Miami’s Design District; A platform for emerging artists, designers, entrepeneurs and self starters to connect with the community and have a venue to sell and share their work with the community.

Launch Miami Market has clothing, vintage, accessories, t-shirt designers, handbags, leather goods, rare finds, antiques, fresh local produce, home baked goods and an amazing selection of local gourmet food trucks and sweets that will put a smile on your face!

Antonia Wright Are You Ok? Debut Solo Exhibition 2/12/11

Spinello Gallery: 155 NE 38th Street, No. 101, Miami, Florida – 33137
Solo: Antonia Wright | “Are You Ok?”
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 12th, 7-10pm

Are You Ok? [2007 – 2011] | Video Still, Miami

Spinello Gallery is proud to present the solo debut exhibition of Antonia Wright, “Are You Ok?”. The exhibition features a video installation which reveals Ms. Wright crying in the crowded streets of both Downtown Miami and Midtown New York, while capturing the responses of those passing by. The project explores the concept of social structure and tests our rules of behavior within different systems. Wright views each performance as a social experiment analyzing different communities and the individuals who may or may not stop to ask if she is okay. Wright appears to be well dressed. Her outfit consists of a simple black dress, high heels, and a purse. She stands in well-trafficked areas as the voyeur, her camera on a tripod, is located far from view. Wright attempts to make each encounter authentic, she breaths deeply and thinks of all the sad…

Miami-born artist Antonia Wright questions the world around her and attempts to find answers through poetry, performance, photography, video art, installation and sculpture. Members of the public are invited to become accomplices in this quest to understand, and through the process, she unveils the bizarre, the sad, the wonderful and discovery of why we do the things we do. Wright’s history as an artist can also be described as an exploratory journey. The daughter of well-known Cuban-American author, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Wright’s first creative love was also the written word. Wright wrote short stories for many years that became increasingly shorter and shorter until she finally embraced poetry. She received an M.F.A. in poetry from the New School University in New York City and became interested in photography when she started shooting photographs for her poetry manuscripts. Realizing that each image mirrored poetry’s poignant eloquence in communicating an idea, Wright threw herself into photography, studying at the International Center of Photography and working for a renowned photographers, including Clyde Butcher and Patrick Demarchelier as well as worked for VICE magazine. Wanting to experiment further, performance, video art and installation work followed naturally for Wright. Her projects have ranged from crying in the streets and documenting that no one stops to ask if she’s okay to rolling naked down alleys to smoking a cigar dressed as Fidel Castro until she is violently ill. All her work is extremely visceral and she brings everything to the body.

Opening Reception: Saturday, February 12th / Exhibition through February 26, 2011.

Spinello Gallery prides itself in exhibiting intelligent works of art in every medium by contemporary local Miami emerging artists. Spinello Gallery has become the playground for unorthodox and experimental artists who don’t easily fit into the confines of the traditional gallery space. Spinello Gallery is steadily making headway in the Miami Art Scene and beyond becoming a contender in the Art World.

Light Meets Color 2/12/11

Come and enjoy the Night: Saturday in the Design District
visit CityLoftArt and the exhibition Light meets Color!
CityLoftArt / European Art Gallery
61, NE 40th Street
Miami, Fl.33137

Four stunning, different & competent artists, brought together for you in this total harmony and in an exclusive ambiance of “Wellfeeling”

Art & Design Night – this Saturday, February 12th,2011 7-10pm, Miami Design District

Beautiful live piano music entertainment with our cuban pianist Domingo Aragu.
Come and see how we translate and show LIGHT meets COLOR, subtly transported by
our media: Resin, Enamel, Laquer, Glass, Acrylic, Polycarbonate, Steel and Aluminium.

Expect the best of reasonable European Art with my recognized artists.
Enjoy the Design District, Valet $3, secure European Walkways.
And… walking, talking, strolling, meeting friends and…ART
for the simple pleasure of your eyes and your mind :-)

www.CityLoftArt.com

Locust Projects presents Marie Lorenz Waverunner XV Indices and Abstractions Reception 2/12/11

Marie Lorenz
Waverunner XV: Indices and Abstractions
Reception: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 7-10pm
Locust Projects
155 NE 38th Street Suite 100
Miami, Fl 33137

Through February 19

Locust Projects is pleased to present Waverunner XV: Indices and Abstractions, an exhibition by New York-based artist Marie Lorenz. Conceived specifically for Miami, the exhibition is a continuation of the artist’s ongoing exploration of urban waterways and narratives. Through video, sculpture and large-scale works on paper, Lorenz examines and abstracts familiar places, objects, and actions.

For the first time, Lorenz is experimenting with a jet ski – a contemporary mode of transportation and sport. The artist has built a floating ramp, modeled after an ocean wave, which was taken out to Biscayne Bay. There, Lorenz jumped the jet ski off the ramp while filming the action with a camera strapped to her body. Lorenz is interested in capturing the brief moment of floating in the air and the eventual splashdown into the water. The ramp will be on view at the gallery along with the resulting video.

Lorenz will also present a series of black and white prints. The first, a vinyl diagram of the jet ski’s pump (the jet that propels the machine through the water), takes form on Locust Projects’ window façade and provides a kind of floating explanation of the forces at work inside the machine.

On display inside the space are handmade works on paper created using a method employed by Japanese anglers to precisely record their prize catches. To create these works, the artist has painted sumi ink onto the surface of the jet ski, and then pressed rice paper onto its handle bars, hoses, cables and decals, recording the man-made object in the style of a Japanese fish print.

By indexing select aspects, perspectives and features of the jet ski and the jump, the artist has abstracted the object, and transformed its representations into illustrations of her own personal exploration.

Marie Lorenz was born in Twenty-nine Palms, CA, in 1973 and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA in sculpture from Yale University, New Haven, CT, in 2002. She has participated in the Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome, Italy (2008); and residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME (2004); Salzburg International Summer Academy, Public Interventions Seminar, Austria (2002); and The Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding, Sausalito, CA (1997). Recent solo projects include Upriver, performance for the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, NY (2010); Shipwrecks, Jack Hanley Gallery, NY (2010); and The Inner Sea, a web-log that documents exploration of waterways around Rome, ITALY. In her ongoing project, Tide and Current Taxi (2005-2008), the artist acts as a guide for participants wishing to visit sites in areas surrounding New York City that are accessible only by water. After each voyage, Lorenz provides a detailed account of the journey in her Web journal, www.tideandcurrenttaxi.org.

New Debbie Carfagno exhibition in Markowicz Fine Art 2/12/11

Gallery Walk Saturday, February 12th
Markowicz Fine Art
1 NE 40th Street #5
Design District, Miami, FL 33137
www.markowiczfineart.com

For this Gallery Walk, check out the Debbie Carfagno Exhibition.

Carfagno is an observer of art and nature, which has always been the primary inspiration for her work. She balances abstraction and realism through attention to the relationships between positive and negative shapes. She uses a bold clear color palette influenced by her experiences with the master of Pop Art. Converting the pencil drawings to the edge of aluminum starts a dialogue between medium and content.

You can see this permanent exhibition until March 5 2011.

Second Saturday Art Walk to Benefit W.A.T.C.H. 2/12/11

In partnership with Deco One Interiors Group and Pop Artist Michael Perez
Electra Management and Fab C. Productions Presents
On February 12th, 2011 from 7-10pm
Deco One Galleria and the Michael Perez Pop Art Showroom
3900 North Miami Avenue
Miami Design District, FL 33137

*To RSVP Kindly email MyPublicist@hotmail.com with W.A.T.C.H. in the Subject Line, Include Full Names of all attendees, phone numbers, email addresses and mailing addresses by Thursday, February 10, 2011

Second Saturday Art Walk Proceeds to Benefit W.A.T.C.H. “What About the Children in Haiti”
All guests will be able to make donations of canned foods and clothes to be sent to Haiti
through “What about the Children in Haiti” W.A.T.C.H. For more information go to:
www.watchthechildren.org

Enjoy Fine Interior Design & Décor Art by Pop Artist Michael Perez & Surprise Local Guest Fine Artists Including Emil Bodourov & Adriana Vasilut

The Main Showroom Floor: Open to all guests for the enjoyment of wine and entertainment Enter the RAFFLE to Win Amazing Prizes [proceeds to benefit W.A.T.C.H.]

VIP Room: [RSVP Required*]
Enjoy Select Wine & Beer open bar, complementary gourmet bites Silent Auction – Including Art, Luxury Goods and Services from Local Businesses [proceeds to benefit W.A.T.C.H.]

Contemporary Jazz Saxophonist Leo Casino
“The irrepressible Grammy-nominated saxophonist and composer, filmmaker, actor, model and activist reaches people through his music, life experience—and soul” Who will generously be donating %50 of his CD sales to W.A.T.C.H. & Performing his brand new song inspired by Michael Jackson’s “We Are the World” Live www.leocasino.us

Sponsors: Deco One Interiors Group, Pop Artist Michael Perez, Leo Casino, Electra Management, Fab C. Productions, Hurricane Grill & Wings Midtown, Lime Fresh Mexican Grill Midtown, Eye Desire, El Closet de Diana, LLC.

Divergent Souls on the Second Saturday Art Walk at Joumou Cafe 2/12/11

Saturday, February 12 at 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Joumou Cafe
4424 NE 2nd Ave
Miami, FL
www.Joumou-cafe.com
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Come join our team of “Divergent Souls” on the Second Saturday Art Walk, in Miami this Feb 12th, 2011 at Joumou Cafe in the Design District…
from 7pm – 11pm, but open till closing… make your rounds in the Design District, Wynwood & Lake Buena Vista areas and then stop by the cafe to enjoy some Poetry, Music and Art by local Artists.

On our opening group exhibition the Cafe will feature Photography, Art, Music, and Poetry with a distinct Miami Vibe.

Beer & Wine Specials and the most delicious Caribbean Fusion Cuisine in the neighborhood.

Live performances by:
Poets: Manny Ortega & Jorie Burgos 7:30 pm & 9:30 pm
Musician: Fabian Hernandez; 8 pm & 10 pm
Flux Miami Street Performance Team; 8:30 pm & 11 pm
DJ, 7 pm – 11 pm.

Art, Mixed Media & Photography works by:
Ke Lo
Max Marin
David Hoheb
Diana Contreras
Stephanie Menjivar
Luis Vital : JR
Juan Pablo Vizcaino of Deux Love
and many more Artists pending!

We look forward to seeing you there!
Joumou Cafe Joins Art Walk Saturday
a: Divergent Souls Promotion

Opening Colombia Underground 2/12/11

Opening: Colombia Underground
12 Feb, 2011, 19:00 to 22:00
Hardcore Art Contemporary Space
3326 North Miami Ave. Miami FL, 33127
www.hardcoreartmiami.com

Hardcore Art Contemporary Space and Galería Christopher Paschall s.XX proudlly present their new project with title “Colombia Underground”, it aims to promote colombian art overseas. The participating group has amongst them Colombian artists who have extensive national and international recognition: Alberto Vejarano aka Chanoir (Paris), Alejandro Ospina (London), Alex Rodríguez (Bogotá), Carlos Salazar (Tulsa), Claudia Calle (Miami), Jessica Sofía Mitrani (Nueva York), Joel Grossmann (Bogotá), José García (Bogotá), Karen Ardila (Bogotá), Margarita Castro (Miami), Raúl Marroquín (Ámsterdam) y Sair García (Bogotá). This exhibition features a broad spectrum of work being produced currently in contemporary art in Colombia; we will exhibit emerging artists who are in the first stage of their career as well as established, pivotal artists who have a long history in the art scene both nationally and internationally.

Dreaming in Stereo CD Release Party at The Stage 2/20/11

The CD release party for Dreaming in Stereo’s “Dreaming in Stereo 2” and Jennifer Kaiser’s “Masquerade”
Sunday 2/20/11 8pm
The Stage Miami
170 NE 38th St
Miami, FL 33130
How Much – Free

Forward Motion Records presents: The CD release party for Dreaming in Stereo’s “Dreaming in Stereo 2” and Jennifer Kaiser’s “Masquerade” at Miami’s newest music venue “The Stage”. This will be a unique event with special guests and surprises.

Both projects are led by alumni of the Miami Beach Senior High Rock Ensemble

“Dreaming in Stereo 2” is the much anticipated followup to their Self-Titled debut. The band will be one of only 4… acts representing South Florida at South By Southwest 2011 in Austin Texas.

“Masquerade” is the long awaited debut from Singer- Songwriter , Jennifer Kaiser. She is a accomplished writer and performer who has worked with a who’s who of local talent to make a unique album with a sound all its own.

The show will begin with a songwriters in the round featuring Tyler Bernhardt, The Mann Sisters, Chris Alvy, Syvia Emmerson, and Danny Luis.

www.forwardmotionrecords.com
www.myspace.com/dreaminginstereo
www.Masquerademusic.com
www.thestagemiami.com

Dreaming in Stereo Bio
Progressive Pop … that’s what the powerful sound of the Miami Beach-based band Dreaming in Stereo is. Influenced by the sound of Art Rock and power pop , DIS take you on a sonic journey with 3 minute pop songs with progressive rock intricacies .Their songwriting is mature and their live shows have earned them the right to hold their own opening for legendary acts like Todd Rundgren, Adrian Belew, Mumiy Troll, and Davey Jones.”Dreaming in Stereo 2″ is the followup to 2010’s critically acclaimed self titled debut which was a college radio staple charting in over 30 major markets. The band has been selected to showcase at SXSW 2011 in Austin, TX

Jennifer Kaiser Bio
Jennifer Kaiser is an emerging singer/songwriter and native Miami Beach resident. Her new album of original material, “Masquerade” (Forward Motion Records), showcases her strengths as a burgeoning talent in the South Florida musical scene and encompasses a variable who’s who of South Florida’s musical talent.
Before even graduating high school, Jennifer’s obvious talent landed her an internship at Deston Entertainment, owned by renowned American songwriter Desmond Child (Bon Jovi, Kiss, Aerosmith, Ricky Martin). With the experience of Child’s guidance under her belt, Jennifer began writing for and with local artists including renowned vocal trainer and writer Beth Cohen, and Marty Cintron of pop group No Mercy amongst others. A 2003 stint as the singer/songwriter in rock band The Pinball Playboys, with lead guitarist Giovanni Vitanza (elusive singer/songwriter of 1990’s Los Angeles rock band the Coma-Tones), furthered the depths of her experience as a performer and writer.
As a student at Miami Beach Senior HIgh school at age 15, Jennifer’s path first crossed with fellow student and now-near-patriarch of the Miami original music scene, Fernando Perdomo (of Miami-based group Dreaming In Stereo and proprietor of Forward Motion Records). Their common love of all things music sparked a natural chemistry, culminating in a series of acoustic gigs in 2001 where they were featured at the prestigious, but short-lived, Billboard Live in Miami Beach.
From their early association, Perdomo made for a natural fit as the producer on “Masquerade.” A special project close to Jennifer’s heart, “Masquerade” features material with origins in a 1999 trip abroad to Paris, where the free-spirited artist found the inspiration for the songs “Paper Doll” and “Pretty Boy.” Fast forward to 2010 where the augmented collection of material attracted not only Perdomo, who serves as producer and bassist, but also celebrated session-drummer and artist Derek Cintron (of Miami-based band DC3), Nothing Rhymes With Orange producer Ryan Sambrook on piano, organ and synthesizer and Dreaming In Stereo alumni Dave Torre on viola. Lead guitarist George Chavles (of Los Angeles rock bands The DI’s and The Red Devils) came “out of the woodwork” to participate in the project ,and vocals on the material were produced by none other than Grammy-Award winning engineer Felipe Tichaeur, whose credits include Christina Agulera and he has recently written and produced latin pop song that is currently #8 on Billboard.

February Schedule at The Stage

This February at The Stage
Miami’s Premiere Entertainment Venue Announces February Lineup
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami Design District

After an exciting opening month, The Stage is proud to announce their February lineup. This month Miami’s newest live music and entertainment venue will welcome a thrilling roster of entertainment to the stage.

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Cody Chestnutt
Many acclaim Cody Chesnutt to be an exciting force within the field of music. Cody is an American musician of African American descent from Atlanta, Georgia, whose music blends elements of rock, funk, soul, hip hop, and blues. The world class vocalist and writer with such hits as “The Seed 2.0” by The Roots and his amazing self recorded bedroom cult classic ‘The Headphone Masterpiece’. DJ Tom Laroc will be holding down the vibe for the duration of the evening. This event is going to be truly EPIC!
(www.myspace.com/codychesnuttmusic)

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Ben Prestage
Known as “The Best One Man Band”, Ben Prestage has been praised at the future of American Blues, Roots Music, Americana and it one of today’s most talented outsiders. (www.benprestagemusic.com)

Thursday, February 17th, 2011
The legendary Eddie Kirkland performs with Juke
Eddie Kirkland is one of the original Blues men who boast relentless grit, talent, strength of writing, love of entertaining and devotion to the Blues. (www.eddiekirkland.com) Juke, a four-piece contemporary blues band that takes pride in what they claim is “not your uncle’s blues. It’s dirty, it’s raw, it’s real and it makes you feel”

Friday, February 18th, 2011
Stokeswood
Stokeswood’s independent release, Carassia is like a sonic excursion between the lines of a poet’s story-telling prowess. Thoughtful introspection on the human condition is amplified and challenged by the layered accents of electroacoustic guitars, pianos, synths, strings and drums. (www.stokeswood.net)

Tuesday, February 25th, 2011
Big Sam’s Funky Nation
The Nation has established their presence on the forefront of the New Orleans music scene. Boasting a masterful blend of rock, with an improv-style associated with jazz and a horn-heavy front section that’s the hallmark of funk. (www.bigsamsfunkynation.com)

Wednesday, February 26th, 2011
Afrobeta
Formed by Miami-based avant-dance duo Cuci Amador and Smurphio in 2006, Afrobeta is a means to attain an ultimate form of artistic self expression. Their undeniable sound combines funky synths, head-bopping baselines, electrohouse, bilingual lyrics and plenty of attitude. (www.afrobeta.com)

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 and March 10th, 2011
Ben Robinson Band
Ben Robinson, 22 year old renowned guitarist has been booked on such shows as The Late Show with David Letterman, Donny and Marie, Martin Short and he even pulled a stint with super drummer Tony Royster Jr. in the Nickelodeon super band produced by Paul Shafer. David Letter recognizes him as “The Boy with The Blues”. DJ Tom LaRoc spinning the night away with a mix of sheer excellence. (www.myspace.com/thebenrobinsonband)

Friday, Febuary 4th, 2011
ArtOfficial
Miami-based Art Official can be described as “blending your favorite groups from hip hop’s “golden era,” replacing their sampled beats with jazz musicians and injecting a good dose of future funk into the whole equation. (www.artofficialmusic.net)

Saturday February 5th, 2011
Jahfe
Homegrown, Jahfe fuses roots reggae with many other genres including rock, dub, soul & R&B, creating a unique blend of organic sounds.

Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Nicolle Chirino Acoustic
Nicolle is a Rock/Pop artist and the 3rd generation of a Latin music dynasty.

Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Slip & The Spinouts
An established Rockabilly/Roots band on the South Florida circuit. Their eclectic blend of rockabilly, western swing, surf, old country, blues and roots music appeals to people of all ages; keeping the dance floor crowded and booze flowin’. (www.slipandthespinouts.com)

Friday, February 11th, 2011 *CD Release Party
Cleveland Jones CD Release Party
Imagine Caetano Veloso’s bastard son, born in America’s bread basket, and raised on a steady diet of Caribbean cool, Cleveland Jones produces an eclectic mix of samba, reggae, and soul. (www.clevelandjones.com)

Dates Performing: Saturday, February 12th, 2011 and Sunday, February 20th, 2011
¡Suénalo!
¡Suénalo! is the premier Miami band with a sound that vividly reflects the different cultures that shape the Magic City. ¡Suénalo! defies classification but can be described as Latin Funk. (www.suenalomusic.com)

Sunday, February 13th, 2011 *CD Release Party
Dreaming in Stereo and Forward Motion Records CD release: The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter, Fernando Perdomo, Dreaming in Stereo marries Power Pop and Art-Rock. (www.facebook.com/dreaminginstereomusic)

Saturday, February 19th, 2011
Spam Allstars
DJ Le Spam & Spam Allstars blend improvisational electronic elements and turntables with latin, funk, hip hop and dub to create what they call an electronic descarga. Spam Allstars attracts many types of people, from salsa-lovers to break dancers—all live-music patrons. (www.spamallstars.com)

About The Stage:
The Stage is the latest entertainment venue to join Miami’s booming Music Corridor which stretches from the outskirts of Brickell to the Brooklyn-esque Design District. A 10,000 square foot entertainment venue, The Stage gives onlookers a birds-eye view of performances on their nearly 200 square foot stage. Two garage style doors open to the outdoor space providing unobstructed views at nearly every angle. Taking cues from old world New Orleans, Andrea Mejia designed The Stage with the charm and sophistication of the city in mind. Make no mistake; The Stage isn’t just another good looking venue, it’s has soul. With state-of-the-art acoustics, lighting and equipment, The Stage will undoubtedly introduce a whole new experience of authentic talent to the City and is sure to be a favorite for both entertainers and the audience. The Stage is located at 170 NE 38th Street in Miami’s Design District. For more information call 305.576.9577, visit their website at www.thestagemiami.com, or find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/thestagemiami.

Launch Miami Market Saturday 2/5/11

Launch Miami Market
Saturday, February 5, 2011, 12Noon- 6pm Free to the Public
The Palm Lot
140 NE 39th St. & 1st Ct.
www.launcharte.com

Launch Miami Market is an Open Air Market located in Miami’s Design District; A platform for emerging artists, designers, entrepeneurs and self starters to connect with the community and have a venue to sell and share their work with the community.

Launch Miami Market has clothing, vintage, accessories, t-shirt designers, handbags, leather goods, rare finds, antiques, fresh local produce, home baked goods and an amazing selection of local gourmet food trucks and sweets.

Art and Design Night for Above and Beyond 2/12/11

Art & Design Night for “Above & Beyond”
Saturday, February 12th, 7-10 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street,
Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our first exhibition of the year 2011! This group exhibition, titled “Above & Beyond” will feature 32 dazzling, emerging, contemporary artists from around the globe. Come & join us for a night full of art & design at Art Fusion Galleries & discover the beauty and passion of the fine arts as we continue to seduce and paint the world. Be sure to highlight this great event on your calendar.

Live Music by romantic cellist Robert DeVere Moore

Complimentary Wine & Refreshments

Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking.

Vinoeolio Due Cuori menu for Valentine’s Day 2/11-14/11

Friday, February 11th, 2011 through Monday, February 14th, 2011
Vinoeolio
139 NE 39th Street Miami, FL 33137

What: Vinoeolio offers a special Due Cuori or “two hearts” menu for Valentine’s Day featuring Seared Florida shrimp and scallops in a garbanzo and rosemary cream, “Hearts of Burrata” homemade, heart-shaped ravioli stuffed with creamy burrata cheese, Amberjack Tataki with broccoli rabe, pine nuts and grapes and Chef Andrea’s spiced chocolate pie with Zacapa rum crème.
Cost: $68.00 per person with an optional wine pairing for $30.00.

Fall in Love with Vinoeolio This February
Chef Andrea Menichetti Demonstrates How to Win Hearts this Valentine’s Day

This February, Design District newcomer, Vinoeolio will play cupid for Miami’s lovers of all kinds. Chef Andrea Menichetti has whipped up a sinful four-course menu being offered at Vinoeolio during Valentine’s Weekend. In addition he will be making the rounds showing South Floridians how to heat up their night athome with that special someone.

For those who delight in a romantic dinner for two, Vinoeolio presents the perfect setting for an unforgettable evening. With the lights down low, cozy tables for two in the more private section of the restaurant sets the perfect ambiance for an evening of seduction of all the senses. In the kitchen, Chef Andrea Menichetti will be offering a special Due Cuori or “two hearts” menu featuring
o Seared Florida shrimp and scallops in a garbanzo and rosemary cream
o “Hearts of Burrata” homemade ravioli stuffed with creamy burrata cheese
o Amberjack Tataki with broccoli rabe, pine nuts and grapes
o Chef Andrea’s spiced chocolate pie with Zacapa rum crème
It will be available Friday, February 11th, 2011 through Monday, February 14th, 2011 priced at $68.00 per person with an optional wine pairing for $30.00.

All month long, Chef Andrea Menichetti will be teaching Miami how to make some of his surefire dishes of seduction. On Monday, February 7th he’ll appear on NBC6’s South Florida Today Show preparing Seared Florida Shrimp and Scallops in a Garbanzo and Rosemary Cream. Then right before Valentine’s Day on Saturday February 12th at 1pm, he’ll be preparing his Seared Florida Shrimp and Scallops in a Garbanzo and Rosemary Cream in front of a live audience at Macy’s Aventura Home Store in the Culinary Kitchen Cellar on the 2nd Floor.

Vinoeolio is conveniently located in Miami’s Design District, just minutes from South Beach and Downtown, at 139 NE 39th Street. Vinoeolio is open Monday through Saturday until 2pm and serving lunch (12:00pm – 3:00pm) and dinner (5:30pm – 11:00pm) as well as a two for one happy hour 5:30pm – 7:00pm Monday through Friday. For more information on these aphrodisiacal delights visit www.vinoeolio.com or to make reservations call 305.573.0707.

Launch Miami Market Saturday 1/29/11

Launch Miami Market
Saturday, January 29, 2011, 12Noon- 6pm Free to the Public
The Palm Lot
140 NE 39th St. & 1st Ct.
www.launcharte.com

Launch Miami Market is an Open Air Market in the Design District; A platform for emerging artists, designers, entrepeneurs and self starters to connect with the community and have a venue to sell and share their work with the community.

Located in the heart of the Design District on the Palm Lot 140 NE 39th St @ 1st Ct,
Launch Miami Market has clothing, vintage, accessories, t-shirt designers, handbags, leather goods, rare finds, antiques, fresh local produce, home baked goods and an amazing selection of food trucks and sweets.

Photographs of Best of 2010 Mai Art Series at Mai Tardi on 1/26/11

Best of 2010 Mai Art Series at Mai Tardi on Wednesdsay, January 26, 2011.  MaiArt, is a cocktail gathering that is every last Wednesday of the month celebrating local and international artists took it up a notch with artists of 2010 curated by Mariavelia Savino. Artists that were showcased are Sophie DeFrancesca, Tito Gomez, Carlos Augusto Pereira and Karen Starosta-Gilinsky and music by Soul P.

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Best of 2010 Mai Art Series at Maitardi 1/26/11

Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 6pm
163 NE 39th Street
Miami Design District
Complimentary Prosecco and tapas until 7pm and music by Soul P

MaiArt, a cocktail gathering every last Wednesday of the month celebrating local and international artists takes it up a notch this Wednesday January 26, 2011 at 6pm with Miami’s best artists of 2010 curated by Mariavelia Savino. Artists to be showcased are Sophie DeFrancesca, tito Gomez, Carlos Augusto Pereira and Karen Starosta-Gilinsky while guests enjoy complimentary Prosecco and tapas until 7pm and music by Soul P.

Sponsored by Golding & Savino Inc., Galerie Lausberg Dusseldorf Miami-Toronto, HeArt Studio, Jambra Group and Miami Art Guide, January’s MaiArt event, to be held on Wednesday January 26th will be produced by art curator and consultant Mariavelia Savino with a mix of texture, form and colors, each artist evokes combating emotions and reactions to mesh metal, cotton candy plush balls, realistic, magical, color and light.

With a revamped look, Maitardi now boasts a private natural bamboo fence around the plaza’s perimeter, new water features, sculptures and plenty of covered areas, perfect for events. The new entrance, now on the actual corner of 39th street and NE 1st Court (cobblestone street), stars two stone buddhas that welcome patrons to the new and improved Maitardi experience. The main dining area is now covered with oversized umbrellas in case of rain or direct sun exposure. And just adjacent, the finished outside bar shows off a fully stocked bar, extended roof and plenty of breeze.

The menu also underwent slight changes with delicious new tapas, made for sharing. New dishes include Quail Pancetta served with figs, prosciutto and marsala sauce, Grilled Asparagus topped with crispy parmesan, clarified butter and sunny side up quail eggs, Portuguese Octopus served with orange, fennel, cucumber and sweet chili and the Soft Shell Crab on golden polenta with goat cheese and sriracha tartar sauce. A few popular items will stay on the menu such as the Carcioffi Fritti, beer battered roman artichoke hearts with lemon mint aioli, and the Piri-Piri shrimp with ginger and harissa sauce.

Also, Maitardi’s Noche Latina is now every Thursday with Latin sounds. Daily happy hour still offers $4 beers, $5 glass of wine and $6 specialty cocktails, and on Fridays, accompanied by DJ Aladin’s performance from 5 to 7pm.

Located in the oak-shaded plaza corner of NE 2nd avenue and 39th Street (163 NE 39th Street), also known as the heart of the Miami Design District, the risto-bar, a European concept combining ristorante and bar, opened Fall 2009. Maitardi’s experience rests on a casual, outdoors and sociable ambiance, delicious tapas meant for sharing and friendly and professional service. The location has retained its architectural design with the floor to ceiling leaf-mosaic façade along with the native oak trees throughout the patio giving it an irresistible appeal to relax, catch up on work or a book, hang out with friends for happy hour or lunch with a client. Complimentary Wi-Fi and outside bar available.

Slow Food Miami Big Night Dinner 1/30/11

Slow Food Miami ‘Big Night’ Dinner
January 30, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Fratelli Lyon
4141 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33137

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Slow Food Miami will host a “Big Night” dinner for 85 patrons on January 30th at Fratelli Lyon in Miami’s Design District. The theme is inspired by the 1996 film Big Night, a cult favorite among Italian food lovers that stars Stanley Tucci and Isabella Rossellini. It will be presented with subtitles as a backdrop to the festive, six-course dinner designed by Chef Ken Lyon, who closely interpreted the feast so famously served in Big Night to create Tuscan Renaissance dishes that will include Zuppa “La Ferdinanda,” Timballo di Mezzelune and roasted Farone con Uva.

Proceeds from the “Big Night” dinner will benefit Slow Food Miami’s Edible School Garden program, a nationally recognized three-year project designed, installed and stewarded by Slow Food board members.

Vino e Olio Opens for Lunch

Vino e Olio Opens for Lunch
Monday through Saturday from 12:00pm to 3:00pm.
139 NE 39th Street
Design District
For more information visit www.vinoeolio.com or to make reservations call 305.573.0707.

Design District Newcomer

After premiering two months ago, Vino e Olio has rolled out their lunch service. Answering the calls of countless diners longing for a new afternoon spot, the Design District eatery will offer something for everyone – whether they’re sneaking out of the office for a quick lunch, looking to enjoy a leisurely lunch with friends, or hosting a large business luncheon.

With their location central to so many burgeoning businesses, the restaurant has fielded many requests to be open for lunch. So to satisfy the masses, Vino e Olio officially opened for lunch, which will be served Monday through Saturday from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. For those facing a long day ahead, a hearty meal of one of the homemade pastas is just the remedy including Chef’ Andrea Menichetti’s Tradizionali Pappardelle alla Bolognese ($14). For lighter fare, the Insalate Toscana ($9) or Acquacotta Soup ($12) will hit the spot.

The 5,600 square foot restaurant seats 220 and offers perfect dining whatever the occasion. Guests have the option to dine al fresco on the stunning outdoor terrace or at the Chef’s Table, Vino e Olio’s Pièce de résistance, a glass enclosed space allowing guests to observe the magic in Vino & Olio’s kitchen while maintaining a sense of privacy.

Vino e Olio is conveniently located in Miami’s Design District, just minutes from South Beach and Downtown, at 139 NE 39th Street. In addition to their lunch hours, Vino e Olio is open seven days a week from 5:00pm – 2:00am with a two for one happy hour 5:30pm – 7:00pm Monday through Friday. For more information visit www.vinoeolio.com or to make reservations call 305.573.0707.

Chef Valeria Piccini Brings Food Dynasty to Miami 1/22/11

Chef Valeria Piccini Brings Food Dynasty to Miami
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Vino e Olio
139 NE 39th Street
Miami Design District
For more information visit www.vinoeolio.com or to make reservations call 305.573.0707.

Michelin Mom Joins Rising Star Son For Once in a Lifetime Meal
It’s not often Miami welcomes Food Royalty, those famous chef families that pass talent down from generation to generation. This month, that will change. Next week, local star Chef Andrea Menichetti will reunite with his Michelin-rated Mama, Chef Valeria Piccini at his restaurant Vino e Olio where the Mother-Son duo prepare a special menu for guests on Saturday, January 22, 2011. Allowing diners a one-of-a-kind gastronomic experience out of this world, the multi-course meal will showcase a multi-generational take on Tuscan cuisine.

Growing up Valeria Piccini honed a passion for cooking in her family kitchen, watching her mother and grandmother relish in preparing traditional cuisine. In 1987, Valeria opened Da Caino with childhood friend and future husband, Maurizio Menichetti where Maurizio’s parents’ restaurant once was. It was at Da Caino that Andrea learned his mother’s art of gourmet simplicity, simple dishes that boast creativity, flavor and balance. “My mother always taught me to remember my past and to draw inspiration from it” explained Andrea, “so I draw my inspiration from her.”

Chef Andrea’s done just that with his newest venture, Vino e Olio, the three month old eatery in the heart of Miami’s Design District. Churning out simple dishes full of flavor, Andrea takes care to use the freshest ingredients to maintain the dishes’ integrity and authenticity.

On Saturday, January 22, 2011 Valeria will join Andrea in the kitchen to offer Miami an unforgettable four-course meal for $65.00. The dinner will be a symphony of rustic flavors beginning with a steak tartare with burrata followed by braised beef cheek ravioli. A crispy suckling pig will round out the meal before finishing on a high note with the ultimate tiramisu served with homemade coffee gelato.

The four-course meal will be available one night only, Saturday, January 22, 2011 from 5p.m. – 11p.m., reservations are strongly recommended. Vino e Olio is located at 139 NE 39th Street in Miami’s Design District and is open seven days a week from 5:00pm – 2:00am. For more information visit www.vinoeolio.com or to make reservations call 305.573.0707.

First Course
Tartare di filetto di manzo con burrata e
insalata di asparagi e carciofi
Steak tartare with Burrata served with a salad of artichoke, and asparagus

Second Course
Ravioli di guancia di manzo con fondente di cipolla bianca e crema al
parmigiano
Braised beef cheek ravioli with a white onion and Parmesan cream

Third Course
Maialino croccante con broccoli e polenta
Crispy Suckling pig with broccoli and polenta

Dessert
Tiramisu con gelato al caffé’
The ultimate tiramisu with coffee gelato

Launch Miami Market at The Palm Lot 1/15/11

Launch Miami Market @ The Palm Lot
Saturday, January 15, 2011, 12Noon- 6pm Free to the Public
The Palm Lot
140 NE 39th St. & NE 1st Ct.
www.launcharte.com

Launch Arte is a Weekly Open Air Market in the Design District; A platform for emerging artists, designers, entrepeneurs and self starters to connect with the community and have a venue to sell and share their
work with the community.

Located in the heart of the Design District on the Palm Lot 140 NE 39th St @ 1st Ct,
Launch Miami Market consists of clothing, vintage, accessories, t-shirt designers, handbags, leather goods, rare finds, antiques, fresh local produce, home baked goods and an amazing selection of food trucks.

Launch Arte is threading the community with local artists and designers.

Interested vendors email: reservations@launcharte.com

Photograghs of the Grand Opening of The Stage on 1/7/11

Grand Opening of The Stage in the Design District on Friday, January 7, 2011. Performing opening night was Negronis Trio on Sound Theory Live, Angela Laino and Stokeswood.  What a great crowd and amazing performances.  I really love live music and so looking forward to going back to see more.

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Launch Miami Market at The Design District 1/8/11

Launch Miami Market @ The Design District
Saturday, January 8 · 12:00pm – 6:00pm
140 NE 39th St. – The Palm Lot

Come Get your Shop ON.
All Local Made in Dade!
Vintage, T-Shirts, Watches, Accessories, Local produce, Home baked goods, Music, and Food trucks!

Interested vendors email: reservations@launcharte.com

“Threading the Community with local Artists and Designers.”
www.LaunchArte.com

Join Dine at Vino e Olio for a Taste of Italy 1/11/11

Join Dine at Vino e Olio for a taste of Italy
Vino e Olio, 139 NE 39th St, Miami
Tuesday, January 11 from 6-8 pm
Cost: $10 in advance, $15 at the door — includes 1 signature cocktail made with Matusalem rum and a selection of complimentary hors d’oeuvres.
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Life is too short … not to eat and drink well.

Join Dine at Vino e Olio, the latest restaurant to open in Miami’s Design District. This stylish Tuscan restaurant comes to us from Chef Andrea Menichetti and features glass lit walls, a chef’s table, an outdoor terrace and simply prepared rustic menu items. Menichetti comes from a family of culinary talent, where both of his parents have earned two Michelin stars (His father is a sommelier and vineyard owner, while his mother is a chef at Da Caino.)

Menu items are simply prepared and use only the best ingredients available — both products from local farmers and other ingredients like virgin olive oils imported directly from his family’s farm in Italy. Many items on the menu are made from scratch here, including one of his soon-to-be signature dishes –Tortelli cacio e pere con salsa di barbe rosse (Tortelli with beet root sauce).

Join us for an exquisite evening out in this stunning location and experience the fresh, seasonal fare from Chef Andrea.

MENU:
Smoke Salmon Canapes
Potato Omelettes
Butter and Anchovy Canapes
Pizza Margherita
Bread Sticks with Ham
Avocado and Olive Pate

Spam Allstars 1/6-8/11

Thursday – Hoy Como Ayer
2212 SW 8th Street
Little Havana, FL
9pm doors, ladies free until 10:30pm
W/Rumberos de la 8

Friday – Nick & Johnnies
207 Royal Poinciana Way
Palm Beach, FL
10pm show

Saturday – EARLY SHOW@ AE District
3852 N. Miami Ave.
Design District
Miami, FL
7pm doors, 8pm show

& Saturday – LATE SHOW@ Jazid
1342 Washington Ave.
Miami Beach, FL
11pm show

www.spamallstars.com

The Stage Opening Weekend 1/7-9/11

The Stage Announces Opening Weekend
Friday, January 7th, 2011 – Sunday, January 9th, 2011
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137
rsvp@amgwagency.com

Miami’s Newest Entertainment Venue Officially Opens with a Weekend Lineup

SCHEDULE
Friday January 7th, 2011
7:00 pm – 8:00pm Negronis Trio on Sound Theory Live
9:00 pm – 11:00pm Angela Laino
12:00 pm – 2:00am – Stokeswood
(Closes at 5am)

Saturday January 8th, 2011
7:00 pm – 8:00pm Robbie Hunter
9:00 pm – 11:00pm Brendan O’Hara
12:00 pm – 2:00am – Xperimento
(Closes at 5am)

Sunday January 9th, 2011
12:00pm – 6:00pm Family Style Sundays with Stokeswood
Featuring a live painting by The Stage’s artist of the month, Trek Six (www.treksix.com), various art exhibits, music and art workshops and food by The Gastropod. *Kids of all ages welcomed.
After 6:00pm The Brass King
(Closes at 3am)

After months of anticipation and sneak peeks, The Stage will celebrate their soft opening with VIP’s during a private sneak preview this Friday, January 7th from 6-9pm (by invitation only). Then at 9pm, The Stage will officially open to the public with performances by Angela Laino and Stokeswood (from Atlanta). The weekend will come to a close with The Stage’s Family Style Sundays with Stokeswood at 12pm. The Stage is the latest entertainment venue to join Miami’s booming Music Corridor which stretches from the outskirts of Brickell to the Brooklyn-esque Design District. For general information on The Stage visit their website at www.thestagemiami.com, find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/thestagemiami or call 305.576.9577.

The Stage Brings Inspiration To The Streets Of Miami
Entertainment Venue Lets Artistic Expression Run Free

The Stage brings an elevated entertainment offering to Miami’s discerning residents and visitors. Welcoming the masses to experience emerging music acts, groundbreaking live performances and various cultural shows The Stage provides artists with an incredible platform to showcase their talents. Destined to forever alter the city’s entertainment scene, The Stage has raised the stakes for Miami’s burgeoning music and entertainment industry.

Conceptualized by Carlos F. Garcia and Sasha Torres, The Stage is a haven for artists and a place for the community to enjoy some of the oldest forms of entertainment including art, film, music and theatre. From the creative minds behind Sound Theory Live, a radio show on WDNA that showcases local talent on live air, The Stage continues Garcia and Torres’s mission of promoting local musicians. Realizing a need for an all encompassing entertainment venue, Garcia and Torres began exploring how they could create a place where different people could have multiple experiences in the same venue at the same time. Inspired by its eccentric crowd and comprehensive collection of dining and nightlife, the two selected Miami’s up-and-coming Design District for their location. “The Design District is in the midst of a cultural revolution,” explained Garcia, “it is undoubtedly becoming the destination for South Florida residents and visitors and The Stage is solidifying the District as the place to be”.

The 10,000 square foot venue (3,200 square feet inside and 7,000 square feet outside) boasts the perfect set up for performance and pleasure. With the stage as the focal point, guests are guaranteed a perfect view and an unforgettable experience. State-of-the-art acoustics, an intimate ambiance and various amenities ensure both the artist and audience unparallel entertainment. Able to accommodate 1000 guests, The Stage presents the public with a unique space for not only entertainment but also corporate and private events. The Stage is ideal for record release parties, photo shoots, exhibitions, fashion shows, cover parties, product launches, and corporate happy hours.

Designed by Andrea Mejia, The Stage takes inspiration from the music centric city of New Orleans – a place that’s given way to legends like Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino – where Jazz, Funk, and Cowpunk all have their roots. In the 1960’s, New Orleans rose to popularity as a sophisticated town full of cultural experiences. Garcia, a part time resident of New Orleans since March 2005, has spent a substantial amount of time developing relationships in music and arts world in both Miami and New Orleans. Torres adds “As I visited Carlos’ house in New Orleans I was inspired to create something here in Miami that both of us felt captured the artistic essence of the Big Easy”. The charm and sophistication of old New Orleans is apparent in throughout The Stage, from the décor and music to the staff and menu, allowing guests to be transported back in time. The décor incorporates the music. Expect to be served old time New Orleans favorites from the bar including the bourbon milk punch and mint julep while staff is dressed in white button-up shirts with black vests a nod to old, southern sophistication.

Creating a home for well known and undiscovered artists alike, The Stage is the first of its kind in Miami. During the day, the venue is used as rehearsal space for artists young and old and at night The Stage invites local artists to test boundaries and showcase their talents in front of live audiences. On any given night patrons can take in a variety of experiences whether an up-and-coming band is rocking out, a comedian is on stage, or an indie film is in the reel on Cinema & Sushi Nights.

The Stage is the latest to join Miami’s booming Music Corridor which stretches from the outskirts of Brickell to the Brooklyn-esque Design District. For entertainment booking contact Eric Garcia at booking@thestagemiami.com, for events and private parties contact Jessica Muelle at events@thestagemiami.com. For general information on The Stage visit their website at www.thestage.com, find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/thestagemiami or call 305.576.9577.

With its finger on the pulse, Sound Theory Live is Miami’s top radio show dedicated to exposing local talent. Hosted by Carlos Garcia from 7pm to 8pm on Friday nights on WDNA 88.9FM and on www.wdna.org, the show is geared towards promoting the great local musicians by showcasing their talents live on the radio. Each week the show has a different band playing live from the studio with a little “get to know them” interview. Recently Garcia was voted Best FM Radio Personality of 2010 by Miami New Times. Currently Sound Theory Live is working on an unscripted pilot to place Miami’s music scene on the map. Join Carlos, Sasha and Eric as they travel the country in search of great, undiscovered live music acts to bring to The Stage.

This is (our) Miami 1/8/11

ART & DESIGN NIGHT – this Saturday, January 8th,2011 7-10pm, Miami Design District
CityLoftArt / European Art Gallery, LLC. – 61, NE 40th Street – Miami, Fl.33137

Assume this beautiful MIAMI by NIGHT, in the Design District
and in my Gallery with my exhibition „LIGHT meets COLOR“!

Four stunning, different & competent artists, brought together for you
in this total harmony and in an exclusive ambiance of “WELLFEELING”

Beautiful live piano music entertainment with our cuban pianist Domingo Aragu.
Come and see how we translate and show LIGHT meets COLOR, subtly transported by
our media: Resin, Enamel, Laquer, Glass, Acrylic, Polycarbonate, Steel and Aluminium.

MIAMI is THE melted Pot, melted Cultures, melted ART and Entertainment.
Expect the best of reasonable European Art with my recognized artists.
I welcome you for this Happy New Year event in CityLoftArt Gallery !

Enjoy the Design District, Valet $3, secure European Walkways.
And… walking, talking, strolling, meeting friends and…ART
for the simple pleasure of your eyes and your mind :-)

Our website: www.CityLoftArt.com

Opening Reception for Above and Beyond 1/8/11

Opening Reception for “ABOVE & BEYOND”
Saturday, January 8th, 7-11 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street,
Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137

Live Music by “Amereida”

Hors d’oeuvres by Pasha’s
Complimentary Wine and Refreshments

Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking.

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our first exhibition of the new year, 2011!
This group exhibition, titled “ABOVE & BEYOND” will feature 32 dazzling, emerging, contemporary artists from around the globe. Come & join us at Art Fusion Galleries for our spectacular opening reception celebration & discover the beauty and passion of the fine arts as we continue to seduce and paint the world. Be sure to highlight this great event on your calendar.

My Rhapsody in Green by Clara Poupel Opening Reception 1/12/11

Markowicz Fine Art has the pleasure to invite you to the opening of the new collection My Rhapsody In Green By artist Clara Poupel
January 12, 6:00 – 10:00 Pm

1 NE 40th Street #5
Design District
Miami, FL 33137
Valet Parking Available

Clara Poupel’s paintings comment on contemporary life and the current behaviorial patterns of 21st century society. My Rhapsody In Green was created to help raise awareness toward living an all around healthier life, with a purpose and means toward the future.

“Having had a successful art gallery in New Jersey for many years, I believe Clara Poupel is a wonderfully talented artist with great creativity, imagination and a superb use of color.” -Bob Diamond

We are happy to announce that Whole Foods Market – Aventura will be sponsoring the reception. We are proud to announce that 20% of the retail price sales will be donated to Dr. Michael Krop Senior High School PTSA. Donations will be used for teacher grants and student college scholarships.

RSVP:Let us know if you are coming and if you have guests.
By email : info@markowiczfineart.com
By Facebook : Markowicz Fine Art

Gallery Walk at Miami Design District 1/8/11

Design District’s First Gallery Walk Of 2011
Join us @ Borinquen Gallery for the First Gallery Walk of 2011

Saturday January 8, 2011
Cocktail Reception
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
100 NE 38th Street, Suite # 3, Miami, FL 33137,

Come enjoy an eclectic collection of paintings, sculptures and photography by award winning artists from various countries gathered to create awareness about HIV/AIDS

H-Allen Benowitz (USA), Francois Gracia (Haiti), Clarice de Souza (Brazil), Igal Fedida (Israel), David Tupper (USA), Andre Allen (Jamaica), Sharon Dash (USA) and Hector Maldonado (Puerto Rico)

Some of these artists have exhibited their work at art galleries, art shows and museums in the United States, Europe and Latin America.

Mai Art Series To Celebrate Art And Design Every Month

Mai Art Series To Celebrate Art And Design Every Month
Maitardi’s Newest Event Series, MaiArt, Showcases Local and International Artists Every Last Wednesday of the Month
Wednesday December 29th at 6pm
Wednesday January 26th
163 NE 39th Street
Miami Design District

With Art Basel behind us but the buzz about Miami’s Design District reinvigorated, Maitardi is adding a new night of art and design, MaiArt, a cocktail gathering every last Wednesday of the month celebrating local and international artists. On Wednesday December 29th at 6pm, Kavachnina Contemporary Gallery will exhibit works by Sebastian Gonzalez and other featured artists while guests enjoy complimentary Prosecco and tapas until 7pm and music by Soul P.

“I wanted to explore the limits of identity projecting my characters in a timeless space,” describes artist Sebastian Adrian-Gonzalez. With his main residence in Paris, France, Sebastian’s pieces delve into interpretations of existentialism through individuals and groups, physical and mental representations, abstract and often violent intensity..

January’s MaiArt event, to be held on Wednesday January 26th will be produced by art curator and consultant Mariavelia Savino of Gildings and Savino. Titled MaiArt Series BEST OF 2010, it will showcase Sophie De Francesca, Tito Gomez, Carlos Augusto Pereira and Karen Starosta-Gilinsky. With a mix of texture, form and colors, each artist evokes combating emotions and reactions to mesh metal, cotton candy plush balls, realistic, magical, color and light.

With a revamped look, Maitardi now boasts a private natural bamboo fence around the plaza’s perimeter, new water features, sculptures and plenty of covered areas, perfect for events. The new entrance, now on the actual corner of 39th street and NE 1st Court (cobblestone street), stars two stone buddhas that welcome patrons to the new and improved Maitardi experience. The main dining area is now covered with oversized umbrellas in case of rain or direct sun exposure. And just adjacent, the finished outside bar shows off a fully stocked bar, extended roof and plenty of breeze.

The menu also underwent slight changes with delicious new tapas, made for sharing. New dishes include Quail Pancetta served with figs, prosciutto and marsala sauce, Grilled Asparagus topped with crispy parmesan, clarified butter and sunny side up quail eggs, Portuguese Octopus served with orange, fennel, cucumber and sweet chili and the Soft Shell Crab on golden polenta with goat cheese and sriracha tartar sauce. A few popular items will stay on the menu such as the Carcioffi Fritti, beer battered roman artichoke hearts with lemon mint aioli, and the Piri-Piri shrimp with ginger and harissa sauce.

Also, Maitardi’s Noche Latina is now every Thursday with sounds by Bossa Nova duo Rosie Max. Daily happy hour still offers $4 beers, $5 glass of wine and $6 specialty cocktails, and on Fridays, accompanied by DJ Aladin’s performance from 5 to 7pm.

About Maitardi:
Located in the oak-shaded plaza corner of NE 2nd avenue and 39th Street (163 NE 39th Street), also known as the heart of the Miami Design District, the risto-bar, a European concept combining ristorante and bar, opened Fall 2009. Maitardi’s experience rests on a casual, outdoors and sociable ambiance, delicious tapas meant for sharing and friendly and professional service. The location has retained its architectural design with the floor to ceiling leaf-mosaic façade along with the native oak trees throughout the patio giving it an irresistible appeal to relax, catch up on work or a book, hang out with friends for happy hour or lunch with a client. Complimentary Wi-Fi and outside bar available.

Invictus Haiti Unconquered Exhibit Closing 1/12/11

“Invictus: Haiti Unconquered” Exhibit Closing
Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
ACND Gallery of Art
Archbishop Curley Notre Dame High School
4949 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33137
www.acnd.net

Carl Juste and Andre Chung’s “Invictus: Haiti Unconquered” at the ACND Gallery of Art
Closing Event Marks The One-Year Anniversary of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Exhibit Closing: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Docent tours begin 9:30 a.m. and continue throughout the day until 2:30 p.m.
A Memorial Prayer Service will be held at 11:00 a.m.

Exactly one year after the Haitian earthquake, Wednesday, January 12, 2010 will mean a solemn day of personal reflection for the students, faculty, and alumni of Archbishop Curley Notre Dame. Their day will begin with prayers of remembrance for families and friends who perished and an extended hand of support for the displaced students who have found a new home at ACND. The community and media are welcome to participate in the day’s events and free docent led tours of Carl Juste’s and Andre Chung’s exhibit “Invictus: Haiti Unconquered” will be offered throughout the day beginning at 9:30 a.m.

Award-winning photojournalists of the Iris PhotoCollective, Juste (ACND alumnus) and Chung exhibit photographs from their latest project, “Invictus: Haiti Unconquered.” This series of images document the tragic unfolding of events following the devastating 2010 earthquake. Inspired by William Ernest Henley’s iconic poem “Invictus,” the last image presented titled “Leg Up” shows a man’s prosthetic leg at the foreground of the image as if tossed into the hands of the viewer while a leg-less man proudly shows off his handstand skills. An arid field of dead grass surrounds him. The country’s natural beauty of gray mountains and shadowy clouds, as seen in the image’s background, is very distant and seems blocked-off and separated by a row of portable outhouses, a concrete fence, and power lines. The focal point, however, is this man who finds happiness and liberation in a temporary moment. “Leg Up” signifies the poetry’s last stanza: “It matters not how strait the gate; How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”

Formed in 1998, the Iris PhotoCollective is a project spearheaded by four like-minded photographers: Carl Juste, Andre Chung, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, and Clarence Williams. As artists of color themselves, they are each concerned with the way their communities are depicted in the media. Through a shared mission to explore and document the relationships of people of color to the world, their photographic projects create a record that is free of the influence of the dominant culture, while maintaining the integrity and principles of photojournalism. Their visual stories document their work from around the world.

“Invictus: Haiti Unconquered” is the essence of visual poetry and a clear reminder of the importance of photojournalism and its power to draw people’s attention to the world. During an interview with Dick Gordon of North Carolina Public Radio in February 2010, Juste, still recovering from the dust and trauma associated with his recent departure from Haiti, manages to find deliverance for the country he has only come to know first-hand through his work. “During the earthquake the rich were impacted, the poor were impacted. No one was segregated and for the first time at least that I can remember, the plight of the Haitian became the plight of the world.” Juste concludes, “And maybe out of all of this pain and all this suffering, there is a rebirth, but not only a rebirth of a nation, of an island nation, but of ourselves.”

“Invictus: Haiti Unconquered”
ACND Gallery of Art
at Archbishop Curley Notre Dame High School
4949 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33137 (305) 751-8367, www.acnd.net
Closing Event: Wednesday, January 12, 2010 with docent tours beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Memorial Prayer: 11:00 a.m.
The Exhibit will be extended through Saturday morning, January 15, 2010
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. school days or other times by appointment

Free. Groups should call in advance.

Photo: “Leg-Up” by Carl Juste, Iris PhotoCollective

Propulsion at CityLoftArt / European Art Gallery 12/11/10

Art & Design Night – Saturday, December 11th,2010 7-10pm,Design District
CityLoftArt / European Art Gallery, LLC.
61, NE 40th Street – Miami, Fl.33137

“Propulsion” in a brand new Platinum Jaguar XK or XJ and in my gallery with my exhibition „Light meets Color“!

Just four, but stunning, different & competent artists, brought together for you in this total harmony and in an exclusive ambiance of “wellfeeling”…

Beautiful live piano music entertainment with our cuban pianist Domingo Aragu.
Come and see how we translate and show LIGHT meets COLOR, subtly transported by
our media: Resin, Enamel, Laquer, Glass, Acrylic, Polycarbonate, Steel and Aluminium.

“PROPULSION” Size 55×71″ / 140x180cm
Original Painting by Elmar HUND, Germany
Acrylic on Cotton, Resin, Goldpowder 24ct

To feast even more your eyes, 2 spectacular looking 2011 Jaguars: the 510-horsepower XKR and The All-New Re-designed XJ compliments of Warren Henry Jaguar.

Art Basel Closing Party and Fusion VII Enlightened Synchronicities 12/11/10

Art Basel Closing Celebration and
“Fusion VII – Enlightened Synchronicities”
Saturday, December 11th, 7 -10 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street, Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137

Complimentary Wine, Refreshments & Music by DJ Josh Nemcik
Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking.

Come join us at Art Fusion Galleries for a night of sophistication, glamour & art to celebrate the closing of Art Basel 2010, as well as our final exhibition of the 2010 art season. This group exhibition, titled “Fusion VII – Enlightened Synchronicities” will feature 32 dazzling, emerging, contemporary artists from around the globe. Be part of the energy that is captivating Miami!

Art By: M.NILLO

Art Basel Day 4: Design District kicks up a notch at Art Basel By Betty Alvarez

I returned to Design District and concentrated my night of gallery hopping to this wonderful artsy area. So many galleries to see in so little time! Miami Magazine hosted a special event at Avant Gallery showcasing many of the current works. Lots of contemporary furniture and designs for one’s room. As I came out of Avant Gallery, I noticed some flashing lights next door so I ventured in. It the flash of the photographers.

This gallery’s theme of the night was fashion and photography as models were dressed in lovely evening attire and posed for professional photographers for a shoot. Designated areas around the gallery were set up in order for the photographers to do their shoot. Every 10 minutes a different model came out with a different attire making every photo shoot interesting.

I stopped in for a bit at Poltrona Frau to see the TRON Armchair presented by Cappellini and Walt Disney Signature designed by Dror Benshetrit for Cappellini during Design Miami 2010. Cappellini introduces a special range of unique arm chairs, inspired by the soon-to-be-released Walt Disney Pictures film TRON: Legacy. These armchairs will be individually hand-finished – each uniquely designed- by Dror Benshetrit who pays homage to the digital landscape of the Outlands terrain in TRON: Legacy.

Fendi Casa was not too far away and did not want to miss a great party and exhibition. Therefore, I ventured on. Luxury Living hosted a private cocktail reception celebrating the debut of the Miami Design District showroom’s conversion during Art Basel 2010.

Featuring high-end home living goods by both international luxury brands Fendi Casa and Kenzo Maison, Luxury Living offered guests the opportunity to explore its unique collection of stylish home décor ranging from armchairs and chaise-lounges to consoles and accent tables. Additional wares include terrace furnishings by Fendi Outdoor – and even a complementary attraction provided by Prestige Imports – Lamborghini Miami.

I was not too interested in Chinese art but there was a gallery on my way to NE 2nd Avenue that caught my eye. I don’t remember the name at this point but when I entered the gallery, I was amazed of the beautiful Chinese art that it housed. Big sculptures and detailed pieces aligned the gallery all around. Many art pieces along with very detailed art works made me a fan of Chinese art.

As I continued my stroll, the big balloons caught my eyes. It was Rainbow City! This is an environmental installation addressing the potency of interaction, ritual and play inspired by Holi, a festival effectuated by Hindu. FriendsWithYou presented a vibrant collection of mutable, air filled sculptures. The installation encouraged visitors to be active and explore-subsequently, inventing their own ritual. It was a very nice exhibition from outside. However, the lines were long therefore I ventured next door where I could see the exhibition in a more wider perspective without getting trampled on.

After visiting other galleries around NE 2nd Avenue, I came down NE 40th Street. I went to a Hope For Haiti event where many guests enjoyed the art and performance by Haitian artists. Haiti Art Expo 2010 demonstrated the visionary power of Haitian visual art that has continued to command international attention. This stunning collection of fine arts is comprised of a variety of media, objects d’art and photography. The exhibition featured top works from the world-famous contemporary art master, Philippe Dodard, as well as many works by renown Haitian artists such as Levoy Exil, Payas, Alix Roy and Lousiane. Extremely talented, up-and-coming Haitian artists such as Sully Gutemberg and Manuel Mathieu will also be featured.

One hundred percent of art sale proceeds will benefit the refugees and artists who have lost their homes in the tragic earthquake. United Way of Miami-Dade is serving as fiscal agent for Haiti Art Expo. The event did not get packed until 30 minutes after I have gotten in. A very popular place to be. To my surprise, tennis superstar, Venus Williams made a special appearance to this event as she made her way throughout the venue and chatted with friends and supporters.

Design District was full of life and vibrance on this day. I could not believe how packed the streets were and how busy the night was for the restaurant as many patrons took the opportunity to dine locally. It was definitely an Art Basel night in Design District.

Photographs by Betty Alvarez

SCOPE For Haiti: Russell Simmons, Michael Capponi and Anna Mixon 12/4/10

Scope For Haiti
Russell Simmons
Michael Capponi and Anna Mixon
Saturday, December 4, 2010

Cocktail reception at SCOPE
The Haitian art is only on exhibition at Haiti Art Expo
5:30PM-7:30PM
2136 NW 1st Avenue
Miami, FL 33127

Haiti Art Expo
8PM-Midnight
at Mosaic Building in the Miami Design District
161 NE 40th Street
Miami, FL 33137

RSVP@capponigroup.com, 305-695-4410

Thank you to all of you who joined us last night for our opening night. It was a wonderful evening and had an overwhelming response.

For everyone who could not make it (and those who would like to return), please join me along with Jeff Feldman, Anna Mixon and Special Appearance by Russell Simmons for SCOPE FOR HAITI Saturday evening.

This joint event affords Haitian artists a unique opportunity to present their works to an international audience.

Scope For Haiti
All SCOPE VIP cardholders are invited to a reception in the SCOPE Pavilion lounge to celebrate Haiti Art Expo. Please join us for a cocktail reception, followed by hors d’oeuvres provided by Roberta’s, from 5:30pm-7:30pm.

Afterwards, please join us at Haiti Art Expo for a cocktail reception hosted by Michael Capponi & Anna Mixon from 8pm -12 midnight. Special appearance by Russell Simmons and performance by 16 piece band Rara Lakey. United Way will earmark the proceeds for the refugees and artists who have lost their homes in the tragic earthquake. Our goal is to raise $150,000 in art sales. Please come to appreciate the beautiful works of these Haiti artists as they work to overcome their hardships.

Official SCOPE for Haiti After Party will be held at LIV Nightclub at Fontainebleau with Erick Morillo and Rony Seikaly.

Photographs of FriendsWithYou Present Rainbow City with N.E.R.D on 12/2/10

Photographs of FriendsWithYou Present Rainbow City in the Design District on Thursday, December 2, 2010.  What an amazing event!!!  I love the big blow up sculptures and N.E.R.D. gave an amazing show.

FriendsWithYou Present Rainbow City in the Design District on Thursday, December 2, 2010. What an amazing show, I love the b FriendsWithYou is proud to present Rainbow City – a forty piece environmental installation addressing the potency of interaction, ritual, and play. Originally commissioned by Luminato Festival of the Arts in Toronto and inspired by Holi, a festival effectuated by Hindu followers throwing brightly colored water and powder at each other, FriendsWithYou presents a vibrant collection of mutable, air- filled sculptures. Fabricated from intensely colored and receptive materials, the installation encourages visitors to be active and explore, subsequently inventing their own ritual. The individual structures are simple, minimal forms that borrow aesthetics from toy- like geometry and design and tower over guests, as each element’s height ranges from ten to forty feet.

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Shayfer James Music Inspires The New American an Art Basel event at AE District Gallery 12/3/10

Live Music: Shayfer James featured at AE District Gallery’s “Music Inspires.. The New American” , an Art Basel event
Friday, December 3rd, 2010, 7pm to 10pm
AE District Gallery
3852 North Miami Avenue,
Miami, FL
More Info.
The New American Pop-Up Shop: Noon – 5pm

After an extensive performance schedule across the Northeast, Shayfer James will be giving a devastating performance at AE District Gallery as a part of Art Basel Miami on Friday, December 3nd from 9:00pm – 10:00pm at 3852 North Miami Avenue, Miami, FL as part if “AE’s Music Inspires…The New American” exhibit.

His latest album, The Owl & The Elephant, is currently being played on over 40 radio stations across the country.

When Shayfer James approaches the piano, there is a certain power and mischievous charm that surrounds him. A bewitching sense of foreboding builds as his fingers touch the piano, and as he begins to sing, his wry poetry and stunningly diverse vocal range stitch us seamlessly into peculiar arrangements that are simultaneously thrilling and strangely familiar.

Mr. James lures us into a devious world where the gods tear wings from angels and every man has a siren waiting to devour him.

“Music Inspires… is an exhibition and pop-up shop dedicated to examining the intimate relationship that exists between Music and (The New American) artists from three diverse mediums. Our goal is to expose the dynamic of how music shapes and inspires the creative process of the New American artist. Music Inspires… is a three-day festival exhibiting works from a collective of artists in the fields of Fashion, Art and Film. These featured artists will curate and incorporate a sonic element into their work, focusing on the relationship between their art and the respective soundtrack.

To preview the music, visit: http://www.strikelinemedia.com/shayferjames/listen.php or http://www.shayferjames.com

Yasser Faraco Fashion in the Arts 12/3/10

Yasser Faraco Fashion in the Arts
Friday, Dec 3, 2010, 9pm
Art Basel Miami Design District
130 NW 24th St Miami, FL 33127

Miami Designer Yasser Faraco will be showcasing his new collection during Art Basel in the Miami Design District featuring Miss Runway Teen Tierra Janell, Miss Runway Delpha Clarke, Mrs. Golden Beauty Renee Fletcher and a few First Class Models.

For more information about the Miss Runway Competition www.missrunwaycompetition.com or join the network at www.missrunwaycompetition.ning.com.

Art Basel Day 1: Sculpt Miami, an art fair you don’t want to miss! By Betty Alvarez

I almost missed Sculpt Miami but I am glad that I did not. A great event held at Kavachnina Contenporary. A great art gallery held in Wynwood. When I entered the gallery I was amazed of the art work that it brought. Rich in color, on one area of the gallery artworks in red decorated the walls Red is a powerful color but these artworks impacted the area. Other artworks by other artists decorated the gallery.

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.

A great way to start Art Basel week in Wynwood!

Photographs by Betty Alvarez

Art Basel Day 1: Ornare Tastemakers Showcase- great ambiance kicking off Art Basel week by Betty Alvarez

On November 29, Ornare hosted the créme-de-la-créme of designers and architects in its fourth Tastemakers Showcase. Located in the heart of the Design District, Ornare’s showroom displayed projects of 21 distinguished architects, designers and builders. In a savoir-faire party, presenting each participant’s work; Ornare welcomed artists, interior designers, architects, collectors, enthusiasts and international spectators.

As soon as I entered the showroom, I knew this was a good party as guest were having a good time sipping on Caipirinhas and tasting the delicious appetizers that was being passed around. Since Leblon Cachaca was one of the sponsors the well known Brazilian drink flowed like never before. It was a very good night to remember.

Congratulations to all the top designers, architects and builders honored in this night.

Photographs by Betty Alvarez

Las Caras Perdidas The Lost Faces Art Basel Miami 12/3-4/10

Las Caras Perdidas: The Lost Faces Art Basel Miami:
December 3 – 4, 2010, 7:00 pm -1:00 a.m.
Carousel Studios
3700 NE 1st Court
Miami, FL 33137
www.paisleydee.com

Paisley Dee is a photographer out of Miami, FL. She is having a solo-show during Art Basel exhibiting her work “Las Caras Perdidas: The Lost Faces” , which features images of the indigenous and local people from her travels throughout South America.

At the same location, local designer Hassan Pierre with WISB* is having a Pop-Up Shop featuring his all organic and sustainable eco-friendly line of luxurious women’s ready to wear clothing.

Celebrate Design with Ligne Roset 12/2/10

Thursday December 2nd, 2010
6pm To 9pm
Ligne Roset Miami
160 NE 40th Street
Miami, FL 33137
Please RSVP to info@lignerosetmiami.com or 305.576.4662

We Cordially Invite You To A Private Cocktail Reception To Unveil Ligne Roset Miami New Designs
Complimentary Cocktails & Hors D’oeuvres

Etra Fine Art Shows Robert Indiana’s The Hartley Elegies 12/1/10

Etra Fine Art Shows Robert Indiana’s “The Hartley Elegies”
December 1, 2010 through January 31, 2011
Etra Fine Art, 50 NE 40th St., Miami, FL, 33137
Monday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District features Robert Indiana’s “The Hartley Elegies,” beginning during Art Basel week. The exhibition will be on view through January 31, 2011 at Etra Fine Art, 50 NE 40th St., Miami, FL, 33137, (305) 438-4383, www.etrafineart.com. Monday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Hartley Elegies consist of 10 large-scale prints created by Robert Indiana in admiration of American modernist painter and poet Marsden Hartley. These pieces are often considered the most powerful and successful works he ever produced. Indiana views them as his most personal because they reflect not only his identity, but also that of his idol Marsden Hartley.

The imagery in Robert Indiana’s The Hartley Elegies is drawn straight from Hartley’s 1914-15 “German Officer” paintings. They encompass symbolism from Hartley’s paintings, as well as Indiana’s, into an anomalous hard-edged style. Critics and scholars agree that The Hartley Elegies are one of the most compelling and substantial works of art ever created by Robert Indiana.

In Liz K. Sheehan’s catalogue essay “Robert Indiana: Painter of Signs” she writes, “the Elegies cement and celebrate the numerous connections between two men, their lives and artistic achievements, and honor one of Maine’s most celebrated artists. The full suite of ten serigraphs, reproduced together for the first time in this volume, is one of Indiana’s most complex projects. Robert Indiana’s signs point us toward a broader understanding of Marsden Hartley’s work and the inspiration it holds for contemporary artists, who continue to find relevance in its depths.”

Born Robert Clark, he adopted the name Indiana as a tribute to his home state. After receiving a degree from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1953 and a traveling fellowship to Europe, he moved to New York City. He became part of an artist community that included Ellsworth Kelly and Jack Youngerman, and began to experiment in geometric pop art styles. Although he came to prominence during the 1960’s, his concerns have always differed greatly from those of his contemporaries. Whereas the general pop movement took interest in the mass media and trappings of consumer culture, Indiana was drawn to Americana and national and cultural identity. Indiana now lives in Vinelhaven, Maine – the same town that Marsden Hartley once worked.

Visitors to Miami during Art Basel week will have a rare opportunity to view the celebrated work of an artist described as “the most American of American artists.” Stefano Campanini, Owner of Etra Fine Art comments on the gallery’s latest addition: “I am ecstatic to bring to Miami an exhibition of one of the greatest masters of 20th century. “The Hartley Elegies” is one of the most compelling and personal works of Robert Indiana. This exhibition in the past has only been seen together in two museums and now in Miami at the height of the season.”

Alicia Restrepo and Stefano Campanini founded Etra Fine Art in 2004 after almost two decades in Soho, NY. The gallery has strived to bring the best artists to Miami and its international audience. Etra Fine Art has been the backdrop to many social events, poetry readings, theatre performances and inspiring lectures. More information about the gallery’s artists and exhibitions can be found at www.etrafineart.com.

Photo: Interior Shot of Etra Fine Art in Miami’s Design District by Simon Hare Photography

The Artbus Peep Show 12/2-4/10

Peep Show Video Screenings and Artist Interventions Aboard The Artbus Curated By Maja Ciric
Miami: 2-4 December 2010

Seats Are Limited. RSVP Required: info@art-bus.com
*Programs Are Subject To Change
More Info.

ITINERARIES
THURSDAY DECEMBER 2
6:30 pm Meet at the entrance of NADA at the Deauville Hotel (6701 Collins Avenue) and board the Artbus
7:00 pm Opening Reception at the Moore Spaceand tour of the exhibition Mover la Roca/Move the Boulder (4040 NE 2nd Avenue)
8:00 pm Party on the plaza of the Miami Art Museum (101 West Flagler Street) (only VIP cardholders)
10:00 pm Return to Miami Beach

FRIDAY DECEMBER 3
10:00 am Meet at the entrance of the Loews Hotel(1601 Collins Avenue)and board the Artbus
10:30 am Brunch at Cisneros Fontanals Foundation(1018 North Miami Avenue) and tour of the exhibition Photography After Form, curated by Tanya Barson and Simon Baker (only VIP Cardholders)
11:00 am Curator-led tour of PULSE Art fair at the Ice Palace (1400 North Miami Avenue)
12:00pm Tour of the de la Cruz Collection(23 NE 41st Street)
12:45 pm Reception at the Moore Space (4040 NE 2nd Avenue) and tour of the exhibition Mover la Roca/Move the Boulder
1:30 pm Return to Miami Beach

SATURDAY DECEMBER 4
3:00 pm Meet at the entrance of PULSE Art fair at the Ice Palace (1400 North Miami Avenue) and board the Artbus
3:30 pm Tour of the de la Cruz Collection(23 NE 41st Street)
4:15 pm Tour of select Wynwood galleries and special exhibitions, including Pierogi Gallery’s SEVEN (2214 North Miami Avenue)
6:00 pm Reception at the Moore Space and tour across the exhibition Mover la Roca/Move the Boulder (4040 NE 2nd Avenue)
7:00 pm Tour ends at PULSE Art fair or at 1400 Artfacts (1400 Biscayne Blvd).
[At 8:00 pm there will be a screening of art 21’s latest film on William Kentridge at the nearby Cisneros Fontanals Foundation(1018 North Miami Avenue)]

Every year, as the first snows hit the Northern Hemisphere, thousands of collectors, critics, and art lovers flock to Miami for their winter rendez-vous near the Caribbean. With over 20 art fairs and hundreds of openings, parties and special events taking place simultaneously across the city, it is often an overwhelming experience for those with ambitious agendas. For the first time, this year, the Artbus will be in town shuttling art lovers and collectors comfortably to their destinations aboard a 20 passenger limo tuned up by artist collective DETEXT.

Making the most of their time, inside the vehicle, Artbus passengers will also be able to view Peep Show, as election of videos by internationally acclaimed artists such as Greta Alfaro, Regina José Galindo, Marina Markovic, Maria Petschnig and Ivana Smiljanic (curated by Maja Ciric)

CCEMiami Mover la Roca / Move the boulder 12/2-5/10

Mover La Roca. Ccemiami During Art Basel
The Moore Space
4040 NE 2nd Avenue
Suite 200, Second Floor
Miami, FL 33137
Schedule: Dec 3-5, from 11.30 am to 9 pm
Opening: Thursday December 2, between 6 pm and 12 am
More Info

Proposal by the CCEMiami during ART BASEL: exhibition by QUINTAPATA, contemporary Dominican artist association.

Works by Tony Capellán l Pascal Meccariello l Raquel Paiewonsky l Jorge Pineda l Belkis Ramírez
Curador/ Curator: Fernando Castro Flórez

“Mover la Roca” (Move the boulder) gathers the works of five Dominican visual artists who reflect on the social and cultural situation in their island using their artistic tools. These artists form Quintapata (Fifthleg) a collective which main concern is to protest on the lack of interest for contemporary art in this Caribbean country.

The starting point of “Mover la roca” comes from the book “Invitación a la Estética” by Pedro Mir. In this handbook on esthetics the artist is defined like the person who dares to catch the rock and move it fearless. There is also a mythological eco in this title pointing to the Sisyphus story: all these artists are engaged in an unending task to place in the art space the common reality of their country. All the pieces show different points of view about the reality of the island avoiding the topics of tourist propaganda.
These depictions of the reality of the island reflect on issues like the low level of public education, human trafficking, childhood abuse or prostitution.

La Premiere Edition of Haiti Art Expo 2010 12/2-5/10

Plum TV presents
Le Première Édition of Haiti Art Expo 2010
December 2-5
Mosaic Building in Miami Design District
161 NE 40th Street, Suite 201
Design District Miami, FL 33137
Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11am to midnight.
Facebook Evite.
RSVP email: rsvp@capponigroup.com

Special Events:

Thursday, December 2
Opening Night
8:30PM-Midnight
Presented by Plum TV along with its co-chairman Jerry Powers, Michael Capponi and Jeff Feldman. Hosted by Venus Williams, Haitian born World Welterweight Champion Boxer Andre Berto, Fabrice and Patrick Tardieu, Haitian born founders of the fine clothing line Bogosse. There will be a special performance by Rara Lakey to celebrate the beautiful Haitian culture. The band is composed of 16 musicians, who play the tambour, bongos, bamboos, bass, cones and timbales.
Media Check-in: 8:45pm: Mandatory RSVP For Media Credentials & Interviews

Friday, December 3:
Open to the Public, Hosted by: Britta Hanson

Saturday, December 4:
SCOPE for Haiti
Reception at SCOPE: 5pm -7pm
Reception at Haiti Art Expo: 8:00pm
Hosted by: Michael Capponi, Anna Mixon, William Etundi
Haiti Art Expo and SCOPE have joined forces to celebrate Haitian Art and raise money for housing in Haiti. SCOPE VIP cardholders are invited to the SCOPE Pavilion from 5pm to 7pm for a special reception hosted by Haiti Art Expo. Guests will be escorted after the reception at Haiti Art Expo hosted by SCOPE (SCOPE for Haiti), where cardholders can view never before seen works from Haitian Artists. 100% of art sale proceeds will benefit the refugees and artists who have lost their homes in the tragic earthquake. www.scope-art.com/

Sunday, December 5:
Closing night –Open to the public

Hosted by Venus Williams and Haitian Born World Welterweight Champion Boxer Andre Berto and Jerry Powers
Presented & Produced by Michael Capponi & Jeff Feldman

Le Première Édition of Haiti Art Expo 2010, by Michele Frisch, Haiti’s leading art curator and collector, proudly presents a one-of-a-kind collection of Haitian artists who were never afforded the opportunity to display their works outside of their small island nation.

Haiti, a country most known for its abject poverty, political corruption and the recent catastrophic earthquake, is extraordinarily rich in culture, history, music and the arts. Upholding Haiti’s unique tradition of inspirational, Creole-themed contemporary art, these works are certain to heighten the senses through an exotic use of Caribbean colors, shapes and forms.

Haiti Art Expo 2010 demonstrates the visionary power of Haitian visual art that has continued to command international attention. This stunning collection of fine arts is comprised of a variety of media, objects d’art and photography. The exhibition features top works from the world-famous contemporary art master, Philippe Dodard, as well as many works by renown Haitian artists such as Levoy Exil, Payas, Alix Roy and Lousiane. Extremely talented, up-and-coming Haitian artists such as Sully Gutemberg and Manuel Mathieu will also be featured.

Haiti Art Expo 2010’s high-profile venue is centrally located in the heart of Miami’s uber-chic Design District. One hundred percent of art sale proceeds will benefit the refugees and artists who have lost their homes in the tragic earthquake. United Way of Miami-Dade is serving as fiscal agent for Haiti Art Expo.

American artists have also donated works. A large Haitian Flag, by iconic Pop Artist Romero Britto, will be displayed along with a number of photographs from various photographers who were on the ground immediately after the January earthquake. Photographer Sarah Brokaw, commissioned by the Jenkins/Penn Haitian Relief Organization, will showcase a ‘Limited Edition’ collection of images taken in Haiti’s largest tent city. Each limited print will be personally signed by Actor/Humanitarian Sean Penn.

Today there are still over 1.5 million homeless people who lost their homes in the January 12th earthquake in Port-au-Prince.

Plum-TV is THE 24-hour life and style network for millions of active, influential and educated people. The on-air, online and print destination of choice for an audience that, skis in Aspen, summers in Nantucket, gathers in the Hamptons and parties in South Beach. With a staff of “insider” contributors from the worlds of entertainment, fashion, finance, food and outdoor sports, Plum is designed to help successful people make great choices to enhance their lives. From new products and services, to travel and adventure, to philanthropy and the arts, Plum combines the power of hyper-local with quality national programming to create the ultimate rich media experience.

About Michael Capponi & Jeff Feldman’s Haiti Relief Efforts

Michael Capponi and Jeff Feldman became actively involved with Haiti from day one. Each on separate, but similar missions, they assembled teams, collected donations locally and have been to Haiti a combined 40 times on relief trips since January 12th.

Michael Capponiwas on the ground just 5 days after the tragic earthquake with a team of Miami Beach firefighters on a life safety mission, assisting with medical aid to as many Haitians as possible. Upon returning and after seeing the immediate need for additional support, Michael organized several fundraisers in the Miami Beach area to raise funds for tents, food and medical supplies. His success was overwhelming, and was able to take his action plan one step further. With the support of United Way and Project Medishare, Michael set up a tent community in Belvil, Haiti within Port Au Prince. He has done his best to provide food, water and tents for almost 5000 Haitians (850 of whom are children) since the earthquake.

Jeff Feldman has been visiting Haiti for several years and was deeply compelled to travel there only six days after the earthquake. Since then, he has returned to provide emergency relief and support to several organizations on the ground. After leading hundreds of volunteers in Miami Beach and receiving donated supplies and medications, Jeff was able to work with a top-flight medical organization in Miami to ensure immediate delivery of critical supplies directly into Haiti. Over the last 10 months, he has dedicated his life and worked closely with several logistical, medical, and relief organizations throughout Haiti and continues to provide resources to the people in most need.

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United Nude 5PRCITY exhibition Opening Party 12/2/10

You are cordially invited to the United Nude 5PRCITY exhibition Opening Party
Thursday December 2nd, 6pm to 10pm
United Nude Miami
Miami Design District
161 NE 40th Street
Miami, FL 33137
RSVP@unitednude.com
www.unitednude.com

5PRCITY is a Chinese conteporary photography exhibition with works by
Quist
223
Qiu
Liki Yiu

Music by: The Chainsmokers

Vino and Olio Offers Special Art Basel Lunch Menu 11/30-12/3/10

Vino & Olio
139 NE 39th Street Miami FL 33137

Tuesday November 30th through Friday December 3rd
Lunch: 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm

2 for 1 happy hour Monday through Friday
5:30pm – 7:00pm

December 5
Vino & Olio Sunday Nights party featuring a DJ and a $20 Cocktail and Hors d’oeuvres Special from 5:00pm – 11:00pm.

For reservations call 305.573.0707

Vino & Olio has announced they will open for lunch during Art Basel to provide visitors and art enthusiasts alike with an unforgettable meal. Conveniently located in the Design District, the epicenter of many exhibits and events, Vino & Olio will allow diners to quickly refuel with Chef Andrea Menichetti‘s Tuscan delights before their next exhibit. Highlights from the special menu feature braised veal, hearty lasagna, linguine al pesto, and more (please see menu pasted below)

The newest addition to the Design District’s culinary renaissance, Alessandro Cecconi’s Vino & Olio brings a new level of Italian cuisine never before seen in Miami. At the helm, Chef Andrea Menichetti delights the most discerning tastebuds with his rustic Tuscan cuisine and seasonal fare made with fresh, local and imported ingredients. The son of Michelin star rated Valeria Piccini, gastronomy runs through Menichetti’s veins, his parents are the founders of Da Caino, one of Italy’s most revered restaurants. The 5,600 square foot restaurant is anchored by glass lit walls casting colors in all directions and magnificent acoustics, very befitting of its eccentric downtown location. Vino & Olio is located at 139 NE 39th Street in Miami’s Design District and is open seven days a week from 5:00pm – 2:00am. For more information call 305.573.0707 or visit www.vinoeolio.com.

Art Basel Lunch Special Menú
Special price: $15 for a dish or $20 for a dish and glass of wine

Insalata di mare (Seafood salad)

Fagiolini, broccoli, alici e olive salad (French beans, broccoli, anchovies and olive salad)

Ceci cipolla e coppa di testa (Chickpeas, red onions, and home made salami)

Linguine al pesto (Linguini with pesto sauce)

Rigatoni alla Norma (Rigatoni with eggplant, tomatoes, and aged ricotta cheese)

Spaghetti alla amatriciana (Spaghetti with bacon, tomatoes, onions and pecorino cheese)

Lasagne tradizionali (Lasagna with bolognese ragú)

Zuppa di Agnello (Soup of lamb, spinach, and garlic bread)

Grouper alla “Livornese” (Grouper with tomatoes and white onions)

Calamari ripieni (Squid stuffed with bread, eggs, and parsley)

Vitello alle cipolle (Braised veal with white onions)

Conte Brandolini d’Adda Pinot Grigio 2009
Chardonnay Mer Soleil Silver 2008
Morellino di Scansano Le Pupille 2008
Pinot Nero Meiomi 2008

Duncan Quinn live photoshoot and Art Basel celebration 12/3/10

I’d like to personally invite you all to the Duncan Quinn live photoshoot and Art Basel celebration. I will be modeling in the shoot along with some other wonderful pro models and we’re going for the next quintessential ad shot for Duncan.

Duncan’s space always draws very big names and pretty faces and it is a little retreat from the craziness of SoBe. We’re on for Friday night, Dec. 3rd at his popup space in The Moore Building (Miami Design District).

7 p.m. to 1 a.m. or later.

Last year’s “live shoot ” was a huge success with over 600 portraits of guests done over 2 nights with featured celebrities John Travolta and Claudette Schiffer.

Free drinks and camaraderie are available all night long.

Laurence Choko presents Ten is One 11/30-12/6/10

Laurence Choko presents “Ten is One”
at a temporary residence in a new space during Art Basel Miami between The Design District and Wynwood
3811 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33127
November 30th to December 6th
Opening: December 3rd, 5pm to 8pm
www.galerieintemporel.com

As part of the excitement of Art Basel Miami 2010, Intemporel Gallery will be taking up temporary residence in a new space between the Design District and Wynwood.

In this new space Laurence Choko will present the exhibition “Ten is One” (“Dix est Un”), which brings together the work of ten artists who, in a variety of mediums, demonstrate a common aesthetic approach free from art-world trends. The work that engages us is conceived by the artists in a context of humanist cultural values, using techniques particular to each artist, and attempt to resolve contemporary issues of 21st century Art, that the pieces evince in a universal framework. Within this dialectic of materials, techniques, colors, and forms, an intuitive and unmistakably new ethical dynamic emerges that transcends the historical, political and national limits to attain more far-reaching possibilities.

This traveling exhibition will be featured at the Intemporel Gallery from mid-December until the end of January, 2011.

Featured artists:
Lester Cadalso
Barbara Chase-Riboud
Soly Cissé
Beauford Delaney
Henri Guédon
Ibrahim Miranda
Arturo Montoto
Santiago Rodriguez Olazabal
René Peña
Frank Stewart

Disney’s Airline Chair Launch Party 12/2/10

Celebrate the launch of The Airline_009 Chair,
Thursday/December 2nd, 2010/7-10pm
Avant Gallery | 3850 N. Miami Avenue | Miami | Florida | 33127 | USA

designed by Cory Grosser for Walt Disney Signature.
Cocktails and refreshments served. Valet parking available.
RSVP essential by November 30th to airline@avantgallery.com
3850 N. Miami Avenue in the Design District.
Event made possible with support from MIAMI Magazine, Russian Standard Vodka,
Macallan Scotch, Wexler Insurance, and Mogul PR.

Grand Opening of the Miami Center for Plastic Surgery in the Design District

Guests recently celebrated an evening of beauty, art and achievement at the Miami Center for Plastic Surgery (MCPS) as Gabriel Salloum, M.D., served as host to a grand opening launch party to showcase his newest plastic surgery office and aesthetic center in Miami’s Design District.

Designed by Agustin Fernandez, MCPS features six patient care rooms, a spa-style aesthetics gallery, valet services and exclusive rotating art exhibits throughout its 3300 square feet. More than 250 guests and members of the media were treated to an exclusive tour of both the Plastic Surgery office and the Aesthetic Gallery, located at 2 NE 40th Street, Miami, FL 33137, while enjoying an exhibition by artist Derek Gores. More information is available at www.miamicenterforplasticsurgery.com.

Photographs of the event

Clarice De Souza Art Exhibit Opening Reception 11/19/10

The Work Of Clarice De Souza
Brazilian born, Miami based Artist

Special Show Opening Reception
Friday November 19th, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m
100 NE 38 Street, Suite # 3
Miami, FL. 33137
(The show will be open through November 27th, 2010)

The Borinquen Art Gallery is pleased to showcase an exhibition by Miami-based artist
Clarice De Souza

Clarice was born in North East Brazil and moved to the United States fifteen years ago. Her passion is painting and interior design as well as teaching physics. Clarice’s inspiration for painting comes from the vibrant colors and energetic people of Brazil. Landscape painting is also her passion when it comes to art. Oil and acrylic are the materials she loves to work with on canvases.

For more information please contact Ben Neji. Cell: 305.491.1526. Email: Bmn4288@gmail.com

Art Fusion Galleries Art Basel 2010 Calendar of Events 12/4/10

Art Fusion Galleries Celebrates ART BASEL
Saturday, December 4th, 2010, 6pm to 11pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 N.E. 40th Street
Suites 3, 6 & 7
Miam, Fl 33137
Miami Design District
www.artfusiongallery.com
Official Evite.

Come join us at Art Fusion Galleries for a night of sophistication, glamour & art in honor of Art Basel 2010 as well as our final exhibition of the 2010 art season. This group exhibition, titled “Fusion VII – Enlightened Synchronicities” will feature 32 dazzling, emerging, contemporary artists from around the globe.
Be part of the energy that is captivating Miami!

Complimentary Wine, Refreshments & Live Music by Amereida
Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking.

Cappellini Presents the TRON Armchair with Walt Disney Signature 12/2/10

Cappellini/Poltrona Frau Showroom
Miami Design District
10 NE 39th Street
Miami, FL 33137
Opening Reception: December 2nd, 7-10 PM

Cappellini presents the TRON Armchair Special Production in collaboration with Walt Disney Signature, designed by Dror Benshetrit
December 2nd – 10th

A special range of unique chairs, inspired by Disney’s soon-to-be-released film “TRON: Legacy,” will be displayed in the Cappellini/Poltrona Frau Miami Showroom. These armchairs, each a work of art, are custom hand-finished by Dror Benshetrit for Design Miami 2010.

Locust Projects presents the Billboard Project featuring Liam Gillick 11/30-12/4/10

The Billboard Project
Liam Gillick
La Aparente Union Del Cielo Y La Tierra
(The Apparent Junction Of Earth And Sky)

Reception for the artist: December 2nd, 7-10pm
Locust Projects, 155 NE 38th Street #100, Miami FL 33137
Hours during Art Basel: Tuesday, November 30 – Saturday December 4, 9am-4pm

Locust Projects is pleased to announce Out of the Box, a new initiative that will increase exposure to contemporary art by sponsoring projects in public locations throughout Miami. The program will launch with the Billboard Project in December 2010, for which internationally renowned artist Liam Gillick has be commissioned to produce artwork for billboards and bus shelters surrounding Miami’s Design District and Miami Beach.

Gillick examines how the built world carries traces of social, economic, and political systems through a broad range of disciplines including object-based installations and published texts. Conceived specifically for Miami, La aparente union del cielo y la tierra (The apparent junction of earth and sky), 2010 presents a series of abstracted works in which Gillick invokes the horizon, a space where viewers can reflect and discuss how the built environment structures and patterns everyday lives.

Out of the Box is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Arts Challenge, a $40 million initiative to bring South Florida together through the arts.

2010 marked Locust Projects’ 12-year anniversary. Locust Projects is a not-for-profit exhibition space founded by three Miami artists in 1998 in order to provide contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas and methods without the limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work, and Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artists.

Born in Aylesbury, England in 1964, Liam Gillick studied at Goldsmiths College at the University of London. Gillick’s diverse body of work includes sculpture, installation, photography, video, writing, and numerous public projects. Solo exhibitions include The Wood Way, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2002; A short text on the possibility of creating an economy of equivalence, Palais de Tokyo, 2005; and the retrospective project Three Perspectives and a short scenario, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Kunsthalle Zürich, and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2008-2010. Gillick was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2002 and the Vincent Award at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 2008. Many public commissions and projects include the Home Office in London (2005) and the Dynamica Building in Guadalajara, Mexico (2009). Gillick was selected to represent Germany for the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. A major exhibition of his work opened at the Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in April 2010. His work is featured in many museum collections including Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Locust Projects’ exhibitions and programming are made possible with the support from: Andy Warhol Foundation; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners.
Image courtesy of Liam Gillick and Casey Kaplan, New York
Guests must be 21 years of age or older. This invitation is non-transferable.

Eric Mourlot is housed at Markowicz Fine Art 12/4/10

Special for Art Basel, Eric Mourlot is housed at Markowicz Fine Art
12/04/2010, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Markowicz Fine Art
1 NE 40th Street #5
Miami, FL 33137

www.markowiczfineart.com

For the 42nd edition of Art Basel, Eric Mourlot, the grandson of the prestigious printer Fernand
Mourlot, will be hosted at Markowicz Fine Art.
During this event, Eric Mourlot and Markowicz Fine Art will have the pleasure to present you
a unique collection of vintage lithographic posters and lithographs printed by the Mourlot at a
cocktail party organized in the gallery in the Miami Design District.
You will discover and rediscover the greatest works of the 20th Century through lithographs.

The event will begin at 7:00 to last three hours on Saturday, December 4 in the premises of the Markowicz Fine Art gallery.

More about Mourlot
The Atelier Mourlot, founded in 1852, was a lithographic print shop located in Paris, France.
The Atelier Mourlot became involved in the printing of illustrated books as well as high quality
posters for the French National Museums and major foreign institutions. By 1937, Mourlot had established its reputation as the largest printer of lithographs.

Under his patronage, many major twentieth century artists visited the shop and worked there to create original graphic works of art. The list of artists who worked at the Atelier Mourlot is extensive: Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Miró, Chagall, Léger, Dubuffet, Calder, Le Corbusier and
many more…

Although today the lithographic presses lie dormant and the stones are cold, the history of the
collaboration between Mourlot and these masters lives on the graphic works that remains.

More information about Markowicz Fine Art

Since the beginning of July 2010, Markowicz Fine art represents the Mourlot Estate in Florida.
The gallery is also representing pop art artists known worldwide, such as Robert Indiana, Tom
Otterness, Steven Gagnon, Takashi Murakami, Tom Wesselmann, and others more…
Futhermore, Bernard Markowicz, the owner, is also the exclusive agent in the USA of Alain
Godon, a prestigious French artist. He wholesales limited edition of this artists and sells original
works such as Oil on canvas and Bildoreliefo.
For further information: http://www.markowiczfineart.com/

The gallery is located in the Miami Design District, 1 NE 40th street #5, Miami, FL 33137.
Opening hours: Monday-Friday : 11:00AM -6:00PM ,Sat : 12:00PM-5:00PM
For more information, contact us at: 786-362-5546

Discover Photojournalism Discover Ourselves with Carl Juste 12/4/10

“Discover Photojournalism. Discover Ourselves” A Conversation/Exhibit Event with Carl Juste
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 6 to 9 pm
The ACND Gallery of Art at Archbishop Curley Notre Dame High School
4949 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL
33137
www.acnd.net

Just a few blocks north of Miami’s Design District and at the hub of Art Basel week events, the ACND Gallery of Art will host an Exhibit Event and Conversation lead by award-winning Miami Herald Photojournalist Carl Juste and Andre Chung of the Iris PhotoCollective.

The Conversation will bring together high school and college students, photojournalism professionals, educators, and any other members of the community who support the visual arts and wish to share ideas that will help inspire and motivate aspiring photographers.

Admission is free and the gallery will provide complimentary parking. Registered guests are welcome to attend the event and continue their walking tour from the school’s Buena Vista location and into Design District a few blocks away. To pre-register email news@acnd.net.

Along with Andre Chung of the Iris PhotoCollective, Carl Juste will discuss the power of visual storytelling within the context of his exhibit that opens this week at the ACND Gallery of Art. Large 30×40, B&W images document some of their award-winning images of Haiti while covering the 2010 earthquake and its aftermath.

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Someone Under the Carpet Opening Reception 11/30/10

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov – Someone Under the Carpet
Opening Reception: November 30th 7-10pm
Wolfgang Roth & Partners Fine Art
201 NE 39th Street (on the corner of NE 2nd Ave, 2nd floor)
Miami, FL 33137
RSPV required. Subject to Capacity, 305-576-6960
www.wrpfineart.com

“Someone Under the Carpet” is a special solo exhibition by Russian contemporary masters Ilya and Emilia Kabakov with significant recent work shown for the first time in Miami outside of an art fair.

Exhibition Dates: December 1st, 2010 – January 15th, 2011

Ornare Announces 4th Annual Tastemakers Showcase 11/29/10

Ornare Announces 4th Annual Tastemakers Showcase
Top Architects, Designers and Builders Of 2010 Are Honored
Monday, November 29
Media Meet & Greet with Designers – 7 p.m.
Event begins – 8 p.m.
Ornare
3930 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Suites 102/103
Miami, FL

Making its fourth appearance during Art Basel week in Miami, Ornare, Brazil’s leader in luxury wardrobe, bath and kitchen manufacturing, will host their Tastemakers Showcase on Monday, November 29. Renowned for raising the bar of custom, organizational design, Ornare will honor 21 of the most prestigious architects, designers and builders of 2010 and will showcase their professional styles, ideas and perspectives.

Works from all distinguished honorees for this year’s showcase will be on display throughout the week of Art Basel at the Ornare showroom in the Miami Design District. Over 400 VIP guests are expected to be in attendance celebrating the works of some of the industry’s best.

Tastemakers Showcase Honorees:
Cristina Souza and Monica Souza, Avant Design Group
Michael Capponi, Capponi Construction Group
Deborah Wecselman, Deborah Wecselman Design
Joseph Fava, Joseph Fava Design Group
Cary Fernandez and Miguel Brena, Fernandez Brena Design
Larry Frankel, Frankel Estate Homes
Oscar Hidalgo, Hidalgo Construction
Harry Hollub and Helene Hollub, Hollub Homes
Celia Domenech, Living Interior Architetural Design, Inc.
Michelina Mottolese, Michelina Mottolese Interior Design
Chad Oppenheim, Oppenheim Architecture + Design
Renata Pfuner, Pfuner Design
Jose Luis Gonzalez-Perotti and Rafael Portuondo, Portuondo Perotti Architects
Christopher Raessler and Andres Oscar Guzman, RGR Design Associates
Isabel Tragash, STA Architectural Group
Eduardo Tawil & Miriam Tabacinic, T Design
W. Grey Marker II, The Marker Group
Carlos Prio-Touzet and Jacqueline Gonzales, Touzet Studio
Valeria Lopes, Valeria Lopes Interiors
David de la Garza Santos, ZURDO | DGS Design Studio
Piret Johanson, Piret Johanson Interior Design

Founded in 1986, Ornare is the unquestionable market leader and trendsetter for high-end closets, kitchens and baths in Brazil, and recently expanded into the U.S. market with its flagship showroom and store in the heart Miami’s Design District. Known for its custom contemporary furniture, Ornare and its innovative designers create harmonious solutions that reflect the individuality of each client. For over 20 years, the brand has prided itself on its unmatched craftsmanship and use of diverse colors, textures and raw materials to create truly unique collections. Ornare showrooms are located in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Salvador, Belo Horizonte and Miami.

Photographs of the Miami Music Festival on 11/13/10

Miami Music Festival on Saturday, November 13, 2010.  We went to several venues and all of the music was awesome at each on.  We first stopped by The Stage, then we headed over to Charcoal Studios.  We left the arts district and headed over to Brickell and stopped by Tobacco Road and then headed over to Transit Lounge.  A good time was being had by all at every venue.  Awesome night!!! :)

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Miami Design District Presents Cultured 12/1-5/10

Cultured in the Miami Design District
A specially curated and richly varied program of events, openings, art exhibitions, and retail promotions, which will launch on Wednesday, December 1 and will run through Sunday, December 5, coinciding with Design Miami/.

This year, for the first time in its history, Design Miami/ will take place in South Beach Miami, adjacent to Art Basel at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Shuttle buses will provide free transportation for Design Miami/ guests between the Miami Beach Convention Center parking lot and the Design District.

Programming to include gallery exhibitions and special events with art, fashion, and design partners from throughout the District.

ART
de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space
23 NE 41st Street
November 30-December 5
Open: 9am-4pm
will mount a special installation inspired by a portrait that Salvador Dali painted in 1955, of Dolores Suero Falla, Carlos de la Cruz’s mother. Anchored in Surrealism and covering a broad stylistic and conceptual range of works, this year’s exhibition will try to establish a dialogue between Dali’s portrait and a selection of works from the collection.

Craig Robins Collection
December 3, 4
9am – 12 pm
By appointment only: RSVP@dacra.com
3841 NE 2nd Ave, Suite 400
Each year during Art Basel Miami Beach the Craig Robins Collection is a hub of activity, attracting hundreds of visitors throughout the week. Visitors are offered guided tours of the Robins Collection which features some of the top artists and designers working today including John Baldessari, Marlene Dumas, Richard Tuttle, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Marc Newson, Ron Arad and Zaha Hadid, among others.

Locust Projects
November 30-December 4
9am – 3pm
Thursday, December 2: Opening reception for Jim Drain and Liam Gillick, 7pm-10pm.
155 NE 38th Street, Suite 100
will present Saturday’s Ransom, an ambitious new project by Miami-based artist Jim Drain. Drain is the 2005 winner of the prestigious Baloise Art Prize and has exhibited work at institutions and galleries across the United States and internationally. This will be his first solo exhibition in Miami.

FriendsWithYou
Palm Lot – NE 38th Street & NE 1st Ave
the multidisciplinary art collaborative established in 2002 by Miami-based artists Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, will present Rainbow City. This unique installation will showcase a city of inflatable sculptures that allow visitors the opportunity to create their own story amongst the artists’ work.

Lior Shvil, Aki Sasamoto and Naama Tsabar
December 3, 4
11am-10pm
Opening reception: December 2, 8pm
Performances: December 2, 3, and 4, 9pm-10pm
4141 NE 2nd Avenue Suites #101C, #101D, #101E
Internationally acclaimed artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will curate an exhibition of emerging performance-based artists especially for the Miami Design District. Rirkrit selected three former students–Lior Shvil, Aki Sasamoto and Naama Tsabar-all of whom are currently making a wide range of performance works that tap into today’s culture.

Small Reprieve
NE 41st Street & NE 1st Ave
For “Small Reprieve,” artist Jim Drain has been commissioned to transform the façade of a vacant lot in the Miami Design District. Drain collaborated with students from the neighborhood’s Design and Architecture Senior High School to create a vinyl wrap scrim that evokes majestic stained glass. The project is a special commission by Carlos & Rosa de la Cruz, Craig Robins of Dacra Development, and Asi Cymbal of Cymbal Development.

Yii – Change in Transformation
180 NE 39th St., Suite 120
Presented by the Taiwan Craft Research Institute, Yii – Change in Transformation in Taiwan will bring the unchanging laws of nature, exquisite craft, and original design to Miami’s Design District. Joining the exhibit is Taiwan-based artist Aihua Hsia, who, through her lacquer figurines, illustrates the collectiveness of our heredity.

Centro Cultural Español
4040 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 200
will present “Mover la roca” (Move the boulder),” which gathers the works of five Dominican visual artists who reflect on the social and cultural situation of their island. These artists from Quintapata (Fifthleg) seek to protest the lack of interest for contemporary art in this Caribbean country. Artists include Tony Capellán, Pascal Meccariello, Raquel Paiewonsky, Jorge Pineda, and Belkis Ramírez. Curated by Fernando Castro Flórez.

Etra Fine Art
50 NE 40th Street
Robert Indiana’s “the Hartley Elegies” consists of 10 large-scale prints created by Robert Indiana in honor of American modernist painter and poet Marsden Hartley. These pieces are often considered the most powerful and successful works he ever produced. Indiana views them as his most personal because they reflect not only his identity, but also that of his idol.

Avant Gallery
Exhibition opens December 2nd.
3859 N. Miami Avenue
will present the artist Alejandro Vigilante, the founder of the i-Art Movement, which focuses on the role of the Internet in contemporary art. The gallery will also present a new armchair by Los Angeles based designer Cory Grosser in collaboration with Walt Disney Signature. The new chair is inspired by KEM Weber’s Airline Chair from 1934, which Walt Disney selected when he built the original Disney animation studio in Burbank, CA.

Haiti Art Expo
161 NE 40th Street, Suite 201
is an art exhibition representing the famous artists of Haiti and offers extraordinary objets d’art and photography. Each piece sold will provide a home for the victims of the January 12th earthquake. Presented by Michael Capponi, Jeff Feldman, Neil Koppel, and Michele Frisch, who have all been actively involved with the relief efforts, the Haiti Art Expo captures the essence of Haiti’s past, present, and future.

DESIGN
December 1 11am and 3pm
Bisazza, 3740 Northeast 2nd Avenue
Bisazza and Oppenheim Architecture + Design will host Tropical Modernism, which will showcase a selection of forthcoming projects. Founded by Chad Oppenheim, OAD is based in Miami, but operates globally with worldwide experience in hospitality, office, high-rise, retail, residential and mixed-use design as well as the complete master planning and design of new cities. To accompany the exhibition, Bisazza and OAD will run two architectural tours on Tropical Modernism. Each tour will last one hour and culminate in a private visit to Villa Allegra.

Luminaire Lab
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
3901 NE 2nd Avenue
will be filled with a series of installations that explore the poetics of design, time, space, materials and movement. Featuring work by both established and up-and-coming luminaries, the Lab will host an exhibition by renowned Italian designer Angelo Mangiarotti as well as a display of objects by the avant-garde Gruppo T. Additionally, Luminaire Lab will highlight rising design stars including François Brument, whose one of a kind vessels result from sound waves combined with digital 3-D modeling techniques, as well as a site-specific installation by Japanese designer Nao Tamura, whose delicate work explores themes of nature and the seasons.

Poliform
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
180 NE 39th St., #101
will celebrate the grand opening of their newly redesigned and expanded Miami showroom. New Poliform homes including designs by Marcel Wanders, Paola Navone, Carlo Colombo, Emmanuel Gallina, Vincent van Duysen, and many more will be on display.

December 1- December 4 11am – 7pm
101 NE 39th Street
Cappellini will present the TRON Armchair Special Production in collaboration with Walt Disney Signature, designed by Dror Benshetrit. A special range of unique chairs custom hand-finished by Benshetrit, inspired by Disney’s soon-to-be-released film “TRON: Legacy” will be shown.

The Rug Company
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
4040 E 2nd Ave., Suite 102
Shortly before Alexander McQueen passed, The Rug Company created its most opulent collection to date with the late fashion visionary and legend. Three years in the making, the first pieces are now complete and will be unveiled during Art Basel and Design Miami, as part of a global tour.

FASHION
BALLYLove
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
191 NE 40th St., Suite 101
is a collection of products designed by an international contemporary artist in collaboration with the Bally design team. In line with Bally’s philosophy, this special capsule collection will be powered by love and dedication to fashion, art and creativity; a natural collaboration resulting in a special and exclusive product range.

Tomas Maier
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
170 NE 40th Street
will host artists Lisa Eisner and Deflinfa Delettrez Fendi. Eisner, a former fashion editor at Mademoiselle and American Vogue and co-founder of Greybull Press, is best known for her photographic explorations of the American West. Her latest work, Psychonaut focuses on nature and is an amalgam of the past four years of her work. A fourth generation Italian designer, Deflinfa Delettrez Fendi founded her jewelry collection, Delfina Delettrez, in Rome in 2007. Her latest collection, WE-MAN, first presented in Paris in October 2010, is inspired by great women of the past who blurred the line between feminine and masculine.

5PRCITY Photo Project
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
161 NE 40th St., Suite 100
United Nude will create a combined retail/art gallery space featuring architectural footwear and photographs from famous and soon to be famous artists from China. Being well connected within China’s creative industries, the 5PRCITY photo project was initiated by United Nude with a selection of China’s leading photographers. The simple theme of the show, “Women and the City,” will highlight women in China’s five main cities – Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Chengdu.

Christian Louboutin
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
155 NE 40th St.
has designed a limited edition shoe to benefit microfinance, which provides the poor with access to very small loans in order to start and run small businesses. “Peace of Shoe” is a classic, peep-toe platform covered in luxurious silk satin, trimmed with hand stitched and embroidered Indian ribbon. Only 33 pairs were produced worldwide, and each is numbered and signed by Mr. Louboutin. The shoes will be available in Miami with 100% of the proceeds going to benefit microfinance.

Duncan Quinn
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
4040 NE 2nd Ave., #102
This year Duncan Quinn will take on a Casino Royale theme with a gambling pit and black tie staff. Keeping true to vintage style, a section of the boutique will be transformed into a movie theater complete with vintage seats, popcorn, and classic Michael Caine movies. DQ bespoke and ready to wear special edition tees, polos, shorts, jeans and other items will be launched during Design Miami/.

Maison Martin Margiela
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
3930 NE 2nd Ave., #101
will present an in-store installation taken from their 20-year anniversary exhibition based on the evolution of the Margiela silhouette. Five 3-dimensional renderings of iconic Margiela silhouettes will be on display. Also available during Design Miami/ will be a limited edition MMM specialty item.

En Avance
December 1- December 4
11am – 7pm
161 NE 40th St.
will present the House of Loveness photo exhibit by the children of Zimbabwe. Photos will be for sale to benefit House of Loveness which supports the needs of abandoned, orphaned, and underserved children in Zimbabwe.

Coinciding with the opening of Design Miami/ 2010, Cultured is a specially curated and richly varied program of events, openings, art exhibitions, and retail promotions, which will launch in the Miami Design District on Wednesday, December 1 and will run through Sunday, December 5. While Design Miami/ will be the focus of South Beach, Cultured will keep the Design District buzzing throughout the week with an exciting, not-to-be-missed series of one-off experiences, VIP events, and special installations in retail outlets and galleries throughout the District.

“The dynamic programming we have lined up through Cultured is sure to make the Design District more vibrant and exciting than ever,” says Craig Robins, Chief Executive Officer and President of Dacra and Principal and Co-Founder of Design Miami/. “At Dacra, we’re committed to teaming up with the most creative, talented, and inspiring partners possible. We are confident that this year’s programming will make for a one-of-a-kind experience for our guests and collaborators.”

The Miami Design District (www.miamidesigndistict.net) is a unique, 18 square-block neighborhood just north of downtown Miami. Developed by Dacra, the Miami Design District is an example of the company’s commitment to building neighborhoods united by creativity, design, and commerce. The Miami Design District is the location of choice for exclusive retailers and fashion brands, including: Marni, Maison Martin Margiela, Tomas Maier, En Avance, Marimekko, Y-3, Duncan Quinn, Genius Jones, I on the District, Browne’s Apothecary, Sebastien James. The Miami Design District also serves as a backdrop for top restaurateurs and chefs. Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, Sra. Martinez, Vino & Oilo, Grass Restaurant & Lounge, W Wine Bistro, Fratelli Lyon, and Maitardi have transformed the District into Miami’s hot new restaurant row. The Miami Design District is also home to world-renowned furniture and design companies and art galleries, including: Vitra, Driade, Luminaire, Kartell, Poltrona Frau, Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, Waterworks, Holly Hunt, Wolfgang Roth & Partners, BasFisher Invitational, DiasporaVibe Gallery, Anthony Spinello Gallery, Locust Projects, 101 Exhibit, Martin Oppel Studio, and Oliver Sanchez Studio.

Dacra is an innovative real estate company that uses architecture, art, design and cultural programming to build creative international destinations. The company is comprised of a variety of entities and brands that work together to contribute to the development of every element of a dynamic community. With international projects, developments and events that focus on art and design, Dacra has redefined the parameters of real estate development. For more information visit www.dacra.com.

FAN Knight New Work Award Presentation 11/18/10

FAN Knight New Work Award
“Elusive Landscape”
Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez
Thursday, Nov 18, 7 – 9pm
Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator
3938 N. Miami Ave

Elusive Landscape promotes environmental awareness by celebrating Miami’s lush urban greenspaces and natural eco-systems. It connects the city’s diverse audiences and neighborhoods by engaging everyday people with an experience that is sensorial, magical, celebratory and rooted in nature. By presenting similar events across the city, the project becomes a shared, unifying experience.

Elusive Landscape is culminating as a solo exhibition at Diaspora Vibe on November 18, 2010, featuring film footage from all sites, with video and still images from each event, and an exhibition of the actual hand-crafted film strips.

Diaspora Vibe Gallery
3938 N. Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33127
305.573.4046 rgw@diasporavibe.net
www.diasporavibe.net
www.diaweb.diasporavibe.net
www.diasporavibegallery.blogspot.com
NEW – www.diasporavibevirtualgallery.com

GG Newest Exhibition Art Fusion Gallery 11/13/10

Exhibition at
“ART FUSION GALLERY”

As part of the Program
“Enlightened Synchronicities”
Saturday Nov 13, 2010.
located at 1 N.E. 40th Street Suite 3, 6, 7 Miami, Fl 33137
in the heart of the Miami Design District,
Opening Reception from 7 pm to 11 pm
Live Music by “Amereida”

GG will be exhibiting his Newest and Most Unique Works
Where he open its doors to a World of Great imagination,
Vibrant Colors and Extravagant Characters
of his Neo Pop Art Collection

Complimentary Wine & Refreshments.
www.ggartwork.com

Photographs of the Soul of Miami Stage at The Miami Music Festival on 11/12/10

The Soul of Miami Stage at The Stage during Miami Music Festival on Friday, November 12, 2010.  We had an awesome lineup and all of the bands did such an amazing performance.  First band of the evening was Coffee House Gypsies and next was Cat Shell she was amazing.   Then The State of took the stage followed by Pocket of Lollipops and they did such a great job and our last band was Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer.  Marissa Hopson was our hostess for the evening.  Yellow Submarine was there to provide food and they have the best sandwiches, oh my gosh.

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Tonight! 5 Great SFL Bands and more at the SOM MMF Stage!

Soul Of Miami Presents

A South Florida Showcase Stage

Miami Music Festival

Friday November 12th, 9pm

The Stage – Inside

170 NE 38th Street

Miami, FL 33137

Entry is $10 per person with proceeds going to the Miami Music festival
LOTS of metered parking under the highway.
More Info.
* Yellow Submarine food truck onsite starting at 7:00pm.
* Hosted by model/actress Marissa Hopson!
* A fashion showcase of south Florida designers by Fab C Productions.
* Art by Jennifer Maria Cordoba

Inside Stage – The Soul of Miami presents:
9PM – Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer
10PM – Coffee House Gypsies
11PM – Cat Shell
12Am The State of
1AM – Pocket of Lollipops

Also, for the same $10 entry fee, you get a 2nd stage, as well!
Outside Stage
9PM – Hey Elsten
10PM – King Bee
11PM – The Mad Skeleton
12AM – Juke,
1Am – Araka

Art and Design Night for Fusion VII Enlightened Synchronicities 11/13/10

Art & Design Night for “Fusion VII – Enlightened Synchronicities”
Saturday, November 13th, 2010
7-10 pm
Art Fusion Galleries
1 NE 40th Street,
Suites 3, 6, 7
Miami, FL 33137

Art Fusion Galleries is proud to present our anniversary and Art Basel Exhibition, as well as our final exhibition of the 2010 art season. This group exhibition, titled “Fusion VII – Enlightened Synchronicities” will feature 32 dazzling, emerging, contemporary artists from around the globe. Come & join us for a night full of art & design at Art Fusion Galleries & discover the beauty and passion of the fine arts as we continue to seduce and paint the world. Be sure to highlight this great event on your calendar.

Complimentary Wines, Refreshments & Music.
Valet Parking available by South Florida Parking.
www.artfusiongallery.com

Art Basel Preview Light meets Color 11/13/10

Pre-Art Basel Group Show: „Light meets Color“ Ekatarina Moré (Russia), Ira Tsantekidou (Greece),
Divna Pesic (Macedonia), Elmar Hund (Germany)
Art & Design Night – Saturday, November 13th, 2010 time: 7-10pm
CityLoftArt / European Art Gallery, LLC. – 61, NE 40th Street – Miami, Fl.33137

Only four, but stunning, different & competent artists, brought together for you in this total harmony and a rare ambiance of wellfeeling.

Appreciate our exhibition and enjoy our beautiful live piano music entertainment with well known cuban pianist Domingo Aragu.

Come and see how we translate and show LIGHT meets COLOR, subtly transported by
our media: Resin, Enamel, Laquer, Glass, Acrylic, Polycarbonate, Steel and Aluminium.

“Divna Pesic” Surrealist Artist
Our website: www.CityLoftArt.com

– Be very welcome ! –
Hans-Jürgen R. Klemm

Photographs of AE District Opening Reception for True Hip Hop on 11/10/10

AE District Opening Reception for True Hip Hop on Wednesday, November 10, 2010.  AE District and Gorillas’ present True Hip Hop photography by Mike Schreiber, hosted by Tali & Kwell and music byKeen One + DJ Culture Chris.

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The Stage Sneak Peak During Miami Music Festival Sponsored by Soul Of Miami 11/12/10


Miami Music Festival Invades The Stage
Miami’s Newest Entertainment Venue Hosts Hottest Performances this Friday
Friday November 12th, 9pm
The Stage
170 NE 38th Street
Miami, FL 33137
Entry is $10 per person with proceeds going to the Miami Music festival. The Stage will also have a private VIP room available for bottle service .
More Info.

Miami Music Festival performances at The Stage will showcase some of the area’s biggest talents marking the new entertainment venue’s arrival in the Design District. This will be The Stage’s sneak preview before they officially open to the public this December. Visit www.thestagemiami.com and www.facebook.com/thestagemiami to sign up for updates on all events and performances coming up.

SCHEDULE
Inside Stage – The Soul of Miami presents
9PM – Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer
10PM – Coffee House Gypsies
11PM – Cat Shell
12Am The State of
1AM – Pocket of Lollipops

Outside Stage
9PM – Hey Elsten
10PM – King Bee
11PM – The Mad Skeleton
12AM – Juke,
1Am – Araka

Google Map Here!

Help the Children with Markowicz Fine Art and Benedicte Blanc Fontenille 11/13/10

Gallery Walk in the Design District
Saturday, November 13th, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Markowicz Fine Art
1 NE 40th Street
#5
Miami, FL 33137

Help the Children with Markowicz Fine Art and Benedicte Blanc Fontenille
For this Gallery Walk, Saturday 13th, The artist Benedicte Blanc Fontenille will be present from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM to present her artworks at the Gallery.
November 3rd, Markowicz Fine Art and the artist Benedicte Blanc Fontenille hosted a special event for the benefit of the local organization Act4Me.
The mission of Act4Me is to improve the lives of the children with neurological disorders, supporting their families with resources for therapy, thus enabling them to reach their highest potential.
We remind you that 20% of the proceeds during the month of November go to the association Act4Me.
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Don’t forget that on gallery walk days, every second Saturday of each month, galleries and shops of the Miami Design District open their doors to the public from 7:00PM to 10:00PM.

Vintage lithographic posters from the Mourlot Estate are available at Markowicz Fine Art.
RSVP …..
Let us know if you are coming and if you have guests.

Sensual Artist Jennifer Maria Cordoba joins the Soul Of Miami SFL Showcase at the Miami Music Festival 11/12/10

Just added! Now enjoy artwork by Jennifer Maria Cordoba while you listen to the cool tunes of Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer, Coffee House Gypsies, Cat Shell, The State Of and Pocket of Lollipops. Plus, don’t forget fashion by Fab C Productions and food by Yellow Submarine Truck.
Friday, November 12
9pm-1am
The Stage – Inside
170 NE 38th St.
Design District
Plenty of metered parking under the highway.
Tickets only $10
More Info Here.

Underground Junction f/ Steven Bauer, Coffee House Gypsies, Cat Shell, The State Of, Pocket of Lollipops Featured at the Soul Of Miami Showcase Stage 11/12/10


Underground Junction f/ Steven Bauer, Coffee House Gypsies, Cat Shell, The State Of, Pocket of Lollipops Featured at the Soul Of Miami Showcase Stage
Friday, November 12, 9pm-1am
The Stage – Inside, 170 NE 38th St. in the Design District
* Hosted by model/actress Marissa Hopson!
* A fashion showcase of south Florida designers by Fab C Productions.
* Yellow Submarine food truck onsite starting at 7:00pm.
More Info.

Primary Flight Opens Primary Projects with Marquis Lewis aka RETNA 12/1-5/10

Primary Flight Opens Primary Projects space with a solo exhibition by Marquis Lewis a.k.a. RETNA
Atrium Building
4141 NE Second Avenue, Suite 104, Design District
Opening Night: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
December 1 to 5 from noon to 7:00 p.m

Primary Projects is a place where artists, curators, art dealers, museums and inspired minds will be pushed to create beyond the commercial constraints typically presented by galleries or formal spaces. To launch the 4,500 square-foot space, Retna, recently featured on the cover of Juxtapoz magazine with a foreword by Jeffrey Deitch, will present a fine art solo show. His work has set a standard for the entire medium, much of which can be seen in Miami from Interstate 95 including: a 30-foot-tall man throwing his hands to the sky on the western wall of The Margulies Collection at the WAREHOUSE; a seductive blue angel gracing the corner of 37th and North Miami Avenue; and a little black boy kneeling to the ground in Wynwood, just off 24th Street and west of North Miami Avenue.

Retna returns for Primary Flight’s fourth consecutive year, this time, kicking-off the collective’s home-base with a solo exhibit of paintings, drawings, an installation and an entirely new body of work specific to this occasion. The opening reception is slated for Thursday, December 2 at 7:00 p.m. Primary Projects will welcome visitors December 1 to 5 from noon to 7:00 p.m. daily, and from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. during regular season. For more information visit www.primaryflight.com.

To navigate the December fair extravaganza, a visitor need only look to the streets, where for the past three years Primary Flight has produced murals by hundreds of renowned artists. Culminating in the largest curated street mural project in the world, the collective is now expanding beyond their Wynwood origins to launch their first-ever headquarters in the Design District. An interactive circus at Cafeina, CPOP Gallery’s Contra initiative and partnerships with Fountainhead Residency, Metro 1 Properties, Montana Spraypaint and more ground Primary Flight’s 2010 program as the most accessible and ambitious yet.

“This year is about growth: Miami is set in motion, and Primary Flight paved the way,” said Books IIII Bischof, principal of Primary Flight. “Since our involvement, Wynwood has become a street art Mecca with legs of its own. It’s time for Primary Flight to grow in new directions, and we always take cue from our ever-changing culture.”

Yellow Submarine serving up the eats during the Soul Of Miami MMF Showcase Stage 11/12/10


Come hungry!
Starting at around 7:00pm, the Yellow Submarine Truck will be parked outside the Soul Of Miami Showcase Stage during the Miami Music Conference! The Yellow Submarine serves up a great selection of Colombian inspired sandwiches, burgers, and hot dogs. For some great shots of their food, check out the Burger Beast’s review. To see their full menu, hit up the Yellow Submarine Truck website.

Soul Of Miami presents a South Florida Showcase Stage at the Miami Music Festival
Friday, November 12
9pm-1am
The Stage – Inside
170 NE 38th St. in the Design District
Google Map.
Plenty of metered parking under the highway.
Click here for more Information.
Stage Tickets only $10 at the door!
Weekend Pass $25
Buy Advance Tickets Online Now!
* Yellow Submarine food truck onsite starting at 7:00pm.
9:00pm: Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer
10:00pm Coffee House Gypsies
11:00pm: Cat Shell
12:00am: The State Of
1:00am: Pocket of Lollipops
* Hosted by model/actress Marissa Hopson!
* A fashion showcase of south Florida designers by Fab C Productions.

Maison Martin Margiela Celebrates Art Basel 12/2/10

Maison Martin Margiela Celebrates Art Basel
Preview ReceptionThursday, December 2, 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Maison Martin Margiela
3930 NE 2nd Avenue, Suite 101
Miami, FL 33137
RSVP: Maison@taraink.com

Luxury fashion house Maison Martin Margiela, renowned for his high concept designs and classic style, will kick off Art Basel/Design Miami 2010 on Thursday,December 2 from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The private cocktail reception will include the U.S. debut of the brand’s unique exhibit based on Maison Martin Margiela (20), a 20th anniversary celebration piece launched at the Antwerp Mode Museum (MoMu) in Belgium, which will remain on display in the store through January 2, 2011.

The Art Basel 2010 art installation showcases the silhouette of the brand and its evolution through time. At the end of the 1980’s, Maison Martin Margiela adopted a radically new silhouette defined by its length and the strikingly narrow shoulders and since the Spring/Summer 2007 collection, the designer behind the brand has been experimenting with extreme shoulder proportions.

During the intimate gathering housed in Maison Martin Margiela’s retail space, guests are invited to enjoy a cocktail reception and exclusive art installation preview while perusing the brand’s current Fall/Winter 2010 collection as well as a preview for Spring/Summer 2011. Both men’s and women’s apparel and accessories are creatively displayed throughout the store in design fixtures from the Maison Martin Margiela Interior Collection, a line also available for retail.

Rainbow City By FriendsWithYou, OHWOW and Dacra 12/2-5/10

Rainbow City
By FriendsWithYou in association with OHWOW and Dacra
December 2 – December 5, 2010
Opening reception Thursday, December 2, 2010 6pm.
3800 NE 1 Avenue / Miami Design District / Florida / 33137
More Info.

Rainbow City is an environmental installation addressing the potency of interaction, ritual, and play. Inspired by Holi, a festival effectuated by Hindu followers throwing brightly colored water and powder at each other, FriendsWithYou presents a vibrant collection of mutable, air-filled sculptures. Fabricated of intensely colored and receptive materials, the installation encourages visitors to be active and explore – subsequently, inventing their own ritual. The individual structures are simple, minimal forms, borrowing aesthetics from toy-like geometry and design, which tower over guests, as each element’s height ranges from ten to forty feet. By dwarfing the audience, the totemic pieces trigger a sense of reverence, similar to the visual objective of a monolithic monument. During interaction, the inflated sculptures “embrace” visitors, while repetitive sound elements further enhance the sensory experience. The overall installation creates a surreal landscape of psychedelic scenery intended to provoke a religious and childlike awareness, simultaneously. Rainbow City invites spectators to participate with a responsive environment, offering an opportunity to connect physically and psychologically with an energetic, yet ephemeral, setting.

Media support by Paper Magazine.

Photographs of Launch Miami Market on 11/6/10

Launch Miami Market on Saturday, November 6, 2010.  Launch Arte is a company created to give Artists, Designers and Entrepreneurs an outlet to be discovered.  Launch Miami Market is a branch of Launch Arte giving the community direct access to the talent that lives and works locally.  Starting Saturday, November 6 and every Saturdays following through end of April.

At Launch Miami Market, you can find:
*Jewelry *Accessories *Vintage *Clothing *Fashion *Art *Handbags *Hats *Handmade leather goods *Culinary Artists *Music *Antiques/ Rare finds *Organic Farmers Market

Launch Miami Market is now accepting emerging designer entries! For inquiries email: info@launcharte.com

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Littlest Sister 10 Invitational Smallest Art Fair In Town Hosted By Spinello Gallery 11/30-12/5/10

Littlest Sister 10
Spinello Gallery
155 NE 38th Street, No. 101
Press & Collector’s Preview: Saturday, November 13 | 7-10PM
Littlest Vernissage / Press & Collector’s Preview: Tuesday, November 30 | 7PM – 10PM
VIP Collector’s Brunch: Wednesday, December 1 | 11AM – 1PM
Design District Opening Night Reception: Thursday, December 2 | 7PM – 12AM
General Public Hours
Wednesday, December 1, 9AM – 7PM
Thursday, December 2, 9AM – 12AM
Friday, December 3, 9AM – 7PM
Saturday, December 4, 9AM – 7PM
Sunday, December 5, 9AM – 3PM
www.littlestsister.com

Invitational Art Fair has returned for its third edition. LITTLEST SISTER is a fragment of the explosive satellite art fair phenomena; exploring the “booth” as a venue to exhibit and sell art.

Since 2002, the glamorous art typhoon – Art Basel Miami Beach, takes place every December in sunny Florida. Located in Miami Beach, the international fair is the American “sister” event of Art Basel in Switzerland, the most important annual art show worldwide for the past 39 years. Eight years later, the effects of Art Basel Miami Beach spawned 20+ “satellite” art fairs throughout Miami, housing 1100+ galleries and alternative spaces from around the world.

If you’re looking to find small diamonds in the rough, look no further. Art Basel Miami Beach finds her baby sibling at Spinello Gallery. LITTLEST SISTER is the Design District’s only art fair, across the ocean from Art Basel, Design Miami, and NADA, and coinciding with Art Miami, Pulse, and Scope.

The art fair consists of 8 booths, all 4′ x 8′ in size. The scaled down booths uniquely house over 40 of today’s most provocative artists ranging from unknown artists, up-and-coming art stars, to seasoned veterans, curated by Art Fair Founder Anthony Spinello.

This year LITTLEST SISTER will house a VIP Project Room featuring a solo project, “Observations,” by master painter Marc Dennis. Dennis’ hypernaturalistic, highly detailed and obsessively delineated paintings address the changing relationship between natural and unnatural phenomena. In this show he explores the subversive potential of beauty, referencing traditional still life painting while distilling something otherworldly from within nature’s beneficence. The VIP Project Room will be conveniently dressed with an extensive selection of art publications and Cafe, ideal to converge, lounge, and unwind.

The Littlest Sculpture Project, a new highlight, will deck the halls with innovative sculptures that accentuate the fair’s overall concept. Works by: Pablo Cano, Eric Doeringer, and Pachi Giustinian.

2010 Invited Artists:
Farley Aguilar, Aja Albertson, Lluis Barba, Sandra Bermudez, Pablo Cano, Saul Chernick, Esperanza Cortes, Franky Cruz, Enrique Gomez de Molina, Marc Dennis, Luis Diaz, Eric Doeringer, Kim Dorland, Juliane Eirich, Andy Freeberg, Pachi Giustinian, Colby Katz, Nicholas Klein, Kris Knight, David Leroi, Zachari Logan, Lee Materazzi, Federico Nessi, Carl Pascuzzi, Christina Pettersson, Chad Person, Manny Prieres, Melanie Ratcliff, David Rohn, Santiago Rubino, Julika Rudelius, Kim Rugg, Sleeper, Spunk and the Orange Kittens, Tatiana Vahan, TYPOE, Michelle Weinberg, Agustina Woodgate, Antonia Wright, Tim Berg & Rebekah Myers

Curated by: Anthony Spinello

Featured Image: David Leroi

KCC Productions Presents Noche Latina At Mai Tardi With The Luis Bofill Project 11/18/10

Mai Tardi restaurant continues its increasingly popular “Noche Latina” series, produced by KCC Productions, this month with the Luis Bofill Project performing at the restaurant’s outdoor courtyard Thursday, November 18, from 9 to midnight. Enjoy a slice of Havana under the stars in the Design District with some of the best salsa while enjoying a mojito with reasonably-priced Italian cuisine as well as tapas, all without a cover charge!

Cuban singer Luis Bofill has performed as lead singer with Salsamania, Color Latino, Nuevo Visión, and Grupo Café Nostalgia here in Miami. He has shared the stage with Ruben Blades, Mark Anthony, Luis Enrique, Bono, and many others. His deft phrasing has drawn comparisons to Benny Moré even as his delivery evokes contemporary R&B. The band’s performance adds sophisticated elements of 3 AM smokiness and languishing regret. José António Evora, in El Nuevo Herald, calls him “la voz de la noche miamense”.

Mai Tardi is an innovative Italian restaurant located at 163 NE 39th Street in the Design District. Its open courtyard provides a romantic setting for repasts ranging from tapas and pizzas to vegan dishes to specialties from their wood-burning oven such as rack of lamb and butterflied yellowtail snapper. Dining Out magazine describes it as “northern Italian cuisine with Mediterranean overtones…a menu marked by intriguing elements like venison ravioli with Gorgonzola sauce and classic wood-fired pizza.”

For more information about Mai Tardi, visit their web site at www.maitardimiami.com, or call 305-572-1400. For more information about Luis Bofill, please contact Kimberly Chmura at (305) 332-2623 or visit www.kccproductions.com.

KCC Productions specializes in providing clients with highly talented, quality jazz artists for concerts, private parties, corporate and special events, festivals, trade shows and fund-raisers. After partnering with highly respected music professional Rafael Solano in 2009, KCC Productions has been bringing the Jazz culture back into Miami with an array of artists.

Soul Of Miami presents a South Florida Showcase Stage at the Miami Music Festival 11/12/10


Soul Of Miami South Florida Showcase Stage
Friday, November 12
9pm-1am
The Stage – Inside
170 NE 38th St. in the Design District
Google Map.
Plenty of metered parking under the highway.
More Information.
Stage Tickets only $10!
Weekend Pass $25
Buy Advance Tickets Online Now!
* Yellow Submarine food truck onsite starting at 7:00pm.
9:00pm: Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer
10:00pm Coffee House Gypsies
11:00pm: Cat Shell
12:00am: The State Of
1:00am: Pocket of Lollipops
* Hosted by model/actress Marissa Hopson!
* A fashion showcase of south Florida designers by Fab C Productions.

the Kissing Booth Show at swampspace gallery 12/1/10

the Kissing Booth Show
dec 1, 2010, 12noon
swampspace gallery
3821 NE 1 Court
Miami Design Distirct

Join Swampspace Gallery to celebrate the romantic nostalgia of love with the much anticipated “Kissing Booth” show, featuring artworks by Kenny Scharf and Oliver Sanchez. Kissing Booths were light spirited attractions at carnivals and fairs of days gone by. On the surface these contraptions were used to tantalize and loosen our pockets. They are sentimental relics with an enduring practical purpose. Reviving their benevolent tradition, the Kissing Booth show is a fundraiser benefiting the students of Design and Architecture Senior High school. But the gallery installation like the “Eternal Kiss” is much much more.

In 1907 sculptor Constantin Brancusi took a chunk of stone and with a few simple cuts, transformed the rock into an iconic sculpture. With the canons of amour that preceded him, Brancusi illustrated the soulful power of this singular carnal contact. His work serves as a constant reminder that there is no substitute for kissing. Chiming in with salacious intent, the very kissable Bob Hope once said “People who throw kisses are mighty hopelessly lazy”. At the risk of smothering the flames of the kiss, the huggable Confucius proclaimed, “Kissing is like drinking sea water. You drink, and your thirst increases”. Today many find themselves at the crossroads of emotions. With salty tears we proceed along the paths of contentedness and despair. The intimacy of a kiss shared by two being in a single space in time is like happiness, it feels best when you give it to someone else.

During the festivities of the prestigious ABMB 2010 art fair and the sophisticated reveling in the Miami Design District, one destination certain to be unique and uncouth is the Kissing Booth.

Sky’s the Limit by Alvaro Ilizarbe at swampspace gallery 11/13/10

“Sky’s the Limit” by Alvaro Ilizarbe
Nov 13, 2010, 7-11pm
swampspace gallery
3821 ne 1 court
miami design district
swampspace.blogspot.com

Swampspace presents “Sky’s The Limit” a solo exhibition by Alvaro Ilizarbe/Freegums. This show will feature a large scale projection of clips of American pastimes and Juke songs that are layered and mixed into dance music videos. The artist is superimposed on the video embracing the moment by dancing and celebrating.

This new work portrays our cultures’ indulgence of guilty pleasures through entertainment. The video strives to satisfy our never-ending desire to have fun and be entertained, invoking a feeling of momentary fulfillment.

Sky’s The Limit by Alvaro Ilizarbe
Saturday, November 13th, 2010 7-10pm
at Swampspace 3821 NE 1 Court

this is a “one night only” event

Locust Projects presents Jim Drain Saturday’s Ransom Opening Reception 11/13/10

Jim Drain Saturday’s Ransom
Conversation: Thursday, November 11th, 6:30pm
The artist discusses his new exhibition with Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Bass Museum of Art Silvia Karman Cubina
Opening reception: Saturday, November 13th, 7-10pm
Reception: Thursday, December 2nd, 7-10pm

Locust Projects is pleased to present Saturday’s Ransom, an ambitious new project by Miami-based artist Jim Drain. Drain is the 2005 winner of the prestigious Baloise Art Prize, and has exhibited work at institutions and galleries across the United States and internationally. This will be his first major solo exhibition in Miami.

Drain, who is known for making colorful mixed-media works that merge psychedelic formalism with elements from art history and pop culture, will create a new series of sculptures and works on paper.

Saturday’s Ransom is a reflection on the vehicles of transcendence, drawing specifically from the artist’s experiences as a youth with Catholicism. Drain will transform Locust Projects’ window facade into a faux stained glass window composed of translucent drawings created from melted wax and found books. Saturday’s Ransom will also feature sculpture collaging materials including knit fabric, painted cedar and welded furniture. The combination of these disparate materials obscures the cultural style that each element standing alone would otherwise convey, and instead coalesces them into a new and distinct whole. Together, the works speak to the history of Modernism, borrowing from early Christian symbology as well as African and Middle Eastern sources.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1975. Jim Drain studied at Rhode Island School of Design. The artist lives and works in Miami, Florida. Solo exhibitions include I Will Show You the Joy-Woe Man, Workspace at the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin, 2009; and I Would Gnaw On My Hand, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, 2007. In 2009, the artist participated in group exhibitions at the Depart Foundation in Rome, Italy; Deitch Projects in Long Island City, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, Florida; and Turner Contemporary in Margate, England. Drain’s work was also featured in the international exhibition Uncertain States of America, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Gunnar Kvaran, 2006; and the 2002 Whitney Biennial at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Locust Projects’ exhibitions and programming are made possible with the support from: Andy Warhol Foundation; Galt & Skye Mikesell; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor, and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners. Special thanks: Greene Naftali Gallery, NY; Office Elements, Pompano Beach; Miami magazine; and the freshman class of Design and Architecture Senior High.

Anya Ponorovskaya’s Downtown Salon Opening reception 12/2/10

Opening reception on Thursday December 2nd 7-10pm
Anya Ponorovskaya
35 Northeast 40th Street
Miami FL 33137
Miami Design District
Tel: 305-677-5008
anyaponorovskaya.com
downtownsalon.blogspot.com

Art Basel Miami 2010: Anya Ponorovskaya brings downtown New York to Miami’s Design District during Art Basel week. Her salon offers a gritty mix of high and low, martinis and hotdogs as well as established and emerging artists. “It’s a spot to socialize and celebrate the essence of New York – the meeting between people” says Ms Ponorovskaya.

Her eponymous line of reversible silk dresses, cinched-waist coats, handbags and shoes are designed and produced in Manhattan where Ponorovskaya is based and has two boutiques “Art Basel week is our one-year anniversary in Miami’s Design District and I wanted to do something special to celebrate that” Ponorovskaya says. Downtown Salon is showcasing a radiant selection of contemporary New York City artists:

Richard Alvarez artworks are a celebration of women. Using pigment and glitter on glass, he produces sensualized busts of women with religious undertones. This image borrows from both high and low, looking as much like a scene from “American Beauty” as a depiction of St. Elizabeth of Hungary.

Barrie Cline’s body of silver work sculptures conjures up a cross between the film Metropolis and nature taking over – visceral, ceramic vessels, pushing their functionality and equilibrium to the limit and maintaining an interesting tension between the divisions of craft and art.

Downtown Salon also features:
Photography by Ani Berberian
Jewelry by Hollow Dancer
Illustrations by Erina Dempsey
Sculptural installation by Casey Zap
Live Music Performance by TBD

Shecky’s Girls Night Out 11/10-11/10

Shecky’s Girls Night Out
11/10/2010 and 11/11/2010, 5:00pm
Moore Building
The Moore Building in the Design District
4040 NE 2nd Ave. (NE 40th & NE 41st Sts.)
Miami, 33137
www.wix.com/cherryrootz/home
www.sheckys.com/events/3900/girls-night-out-miami-fall-2010-2

Cherry Rootz is a Retro Urban Fashion Boutique for everyone. This year we will be showcasing our latest collections at the Shecky’s Girls Night Out Event in Miami,FL.
At Shecky’s, they believe girlfriends are a source of strength, nurture and inspiration that women should always appreciate. That’s why they’ve made it their mission to create social experiences that empower and reward women to discover and socialize with their girlfriends.

At Girls Night Out, you and your fabulous entourage will discover unique designers, sip our delectable drinks, and cap your night off with some pretty pampering and glorious Goodie Bags.General admission is free, but if you want to score a gift bag then its 25-30 dollars but totally worth it! The gift bags have so much good stuff inside.In years past the bags included products from Neutrogena, Aveeno, Venus razors, the Intution razor and other products like lotions, lip gloss, protein bars…etc. It is said that the products in the bag could be well worth over $100, and i believe it!

Kelley Roy Gallery Dolly Moreno Exhibit Opening 11/11,13/10

Dolly Moreno, first prize winner at the Carrousel du Louvre-Paris, presents an incredible solo-exhibition: Dynamic Instability – stainless steel and multicolored sculptures
November 11, 6 – 9pm
Kelley Roy Gallery
50 NE 29th Street
Wynwood Arts District. Miami, FL, 33137
305-447-3888 or kelleyroygallery.com
Second Saturday Gallery Walk, November 13th

Kelley Roy Gallery is honored to present a solo exhibition by sculptor Dolly Moreno, first prize winner at the 2006 Paris Louvre’s Société Nationale des Beaux Arts exhibition. Her car-sized sculpture, “Point of Rupture” was on display at the Louvre’s Pei designed pyramid entrance. While Dolly has been recognized for her monumental works in prominent museums and galleries throughout seven different countries, she has been absent from the American art scene for a number of years. Kelley Roy is delighted to present her return featuring over 18 new pieces comparable in concept, if not size, to “Point of Rupture.”

Moreno introduces colors over stainless steel, presenting clean volumes and geometric poetry. The starkness of the stainless steel is overwhelmed by the brightness of her multicolors. Moreno’s pieces may seem on the verge of breaking, yet these large, strong and impervious structures will outlive us all. Sleek, and possibly unlike any other recognizable work, Moreno’s sculptures invite participation. “ Please touch, feel and touch again. An artist’s basic desire is to communicate. Through my participation sculptures I propose that the sculpture, the spectator and I come together, even if for a few moments. It is a circle, which completes itself. These few minutes of interaction are repeatedly mine,” she says.

The Moreno solo exhibition will be on display from November 11th through November 30th, with an opening preview on November 11th from 6-9p.m. and an opening exhibition during Second Saturday Gallery Walk, November 13th. Following the solo show, her works will remain on display through January 30th along with other prominent sculptors and painters.

The Moreno solo exhibition will be on display from November 11th through November 30th, with an opening preview on November 11th from 6-9p.m. and an opening exhibition during Second Saturday Gallery Walk, November 13th. Following the solo show, her works will remain on display through January 30th along with other prominent sculptors and painters. Moreno’s works will also be featured by the Kelley Roy Gallery in two other exhibits: at the Miami International Art Fair, January 14th through 17th, Booth 215 in the Miami Beach Convention Center; and at Art Palm Beach, January 20th through 24th, Booth 615 in the Palm Beach Convention Center.

Moreno began her career with techniques predominantly used by men and applied on one of the hardest materials to weld–stainless steel. To construct her work, she uses machines more frequently found in automobile factories. She cuts with a guillotine and welds at dangerously high temperatures. Moreno says, “It’s always a duel between the stainless steel and me. Sometimes the steel wins, sometimes I do. And when I do, a sculpture begins to take form.”

Moreno has had a wide range of prominent exhibitions throughout her career including The Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo; the Maracana Exposition, Rio de Janeiro; Ridies Gallery, Dusseldorf; Galeria Jean Claude Bellier, Paris; and the 2005 Florence Art Biennale at which she won third prize; as well as exhibitions in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Tokyo.

Born in Egypt, she moved to Europe, then the United States. Then, with their three daughters, Dolly and her husband moved to São Paulo, Brazil where she currently resides and has her studio.

Markowicz Fine Art and Artist Benedicte Blanc Fontenille ACT4ME Funraiser 11/3/10

Markowicz Fine Art and Artist Benedicte Blanc Fontenille
Invite you to a cocktail reception and artist preview for the benefit of Act4Me
Wednesday November 3
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Markowicz Fine Art
1 NE 40th Street, #5
Miami, FL 33137
www.markowiczfineart.com
info@markowiczfineart.com

During the event, the entire proceeds of a silent auction will be donated to Act4Me.
Until the end of November, 20% of all proceeds of sales will be donated to Act4Me.
Act4Me is a local charity dedicaded to help children with disabilities access the therapy they need.

Your Chance To Give Is Their Chance To Achieve.
“Because life is nothing but motion, evolution, I want to help children with disabilities to evolve.” Benedicte Blanc-Fontenille
Act4me is 501(c)(3) non profit organization.Its donations, and therefore the value of the silent auction purchase, is tax deductible under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code

Benedicte Blanc-Fontenille is a graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and studied at the Conservatoire d’art Dramatique, both located in Paris. She spends time at homes in France and South Florida. Her works are part of the corporate collections of Cartier, Compaq, Piaget, Sofitel, Foundation Guardian in Nicaragua and Alcoa International.

Miami Music Festival Soul Of Miami Showcase Stage 11/12/10

Miami Music Festival Soul Of Miami south Florida Showcase Stage

Friday, November 12
9pm-1am
The Stage – Inside
170 NE 38th St.
Design District
Plenty of metered parking under the highway.
Google Map. Click maps below for larger version

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Twitter Hashtag: #sommmf
Short link: http://bit.ly/sommmf
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Stage Tickets only $10!
Weekend Pass $25
Buy Advance Tickets Online Now!
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* Yellow Submarine food truck onsite starting at 7:00pm.
9:00pm: Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer
10:00pm Coffee House Gypsies
11:00pm: Cat Shell
12:00am: The State Of
1:00am: Pocket of Lollipops
* Hosted by model/actress Marissa Hopson!
* A fashion showcase of south Florida designers by Fab C Productions.
* Art by Jennifer Maria Cordoba
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The Soul Of Miami proudly presents a south Florida Showcase!
Join Soul Of Miami for a spectacular night of handpicked music! We could not showcase all the awesomeness of south Florida, but we found five very cool and very diverse bands to give you a sampling of the musical talent gracing our area. We also have a special fashion show of local designers to entertain you while the bands swap out. And a fabulous hostess to enliven the entire night. One of south Florida’s great food trucks will be onsite to satisfy your hunger. This is all taking place inside a brand new venue! You know we only bring you the good stuff, so you know this is going to be a great night. This is truly the Soul Of Miami!
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Underground Junction featuring Steven Bauer
As a group, Underground Junction is inspiring to watch and even more pleasing to listen to. When you go out to a show, you want the band to look like they are having fun and you want the music to be pleasing to the ear. Primarily a 3-piece band, these guys know how to really blend their instruments together, however extra musicians and “sit-ins” are always added. This year Underground Junction will be performing at The Miami Music Festival with Actor/ Singer/Songwriter Steven Bauer. The band consists of “real” professional players with years of gigging experience. Chico Brown lays down the sweetest beats on a totally new and unique acoustic drum set up that features a 3-piece Conga set-up with Kick Drum and added toys. Glenn Goss is truly a Pro, with a great attitude and personality. BillyG brings his own unique rhythm style of Acoustic Guitar playing added to his even more unique vocal styling. If you are looking for a totally entertaining show with a lot of energy, great stage performance and a great set list then you want to see these guys perform.
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Cat Shell
Cat Shell is a singer/songwriter residing in Miami Beach. Since 2007, Cat has been playing throughout South Florida and performs regularly at the area’s top venues, including The Van Dyke Cafe, B Bar at The Betsy, The Florida Room in Miami Beach and many more. Growing up with a family in radio and musical theater, Cat was introduced to a wide variety of music at a very young age. Her style is reflective of such an eclectic blend, infusing the sounds of old jazz & soul with today’s pop and R&B elements. Cat debuted her first independent album “Cat’s Outta the Bag” in December 2007 and is currently recording her sophomore release due out in March 2011. For more information, visit
www.catshellmusic.com
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Coffee House Gypsies
Both The Miami New Times and The Miami Herald compared The Coffee House Gypsies to the likes of great rock legends such as Fleetwood Mac and The Mamas and The Papas. Sun Sentinel called them “a band of nomads that keeps moving through different styles and genres.” The band has performed all over Florida and in New York City and has won several awards including one South Florida QOOL Shows Award for Best Pop Band and nine STATUS QuO South FL Live Music Awards in 2008 (including best show, best vocals, and best cover song) after receiving nominations in ten different categories. The band has a standing residency at Miami’s oldest and most famous bar and live music venue, Tobacco Road. The band maintains a very active role in the South Florida community, doing regular charity events and benefits for: Camillus House, Care Resource, AIDS Walk Miami, Best Buddies, The Susan G. Komen Foundation, and more. Currently the band is completing a new album.
www.CoffeeHouseGypsies.com
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The State Of
The State Of is the product of the marriage between Steph Taylor’s edgy piano/synth playing and Nabedi Osorio’s electronic-like live drumming. Their dark pop sensibility is born out of their hometown of Miami, FL and is reminiscent of artists ranging from the Bjork and the Eurythmics to Radiohead and the Cure. Taylor’s style of playing is often percussive and dark where Osorio’s drumming is melodic and when coupled, they create a dynamic sound larger than what’s expected out of two people.
www.thestateofmusic.com
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Pocket of Lollipops
Visual art and indie musical performance group Pocket of Lollipops brings together the talents of husband and wife team Tony Kapel and Maitejosune Urrechaga. The Miami based duo have performed at various art spaces and live music venues around South Florida and the U.S., including Dorsch Gallery, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, and more traditional rock settings. They define their musical genre as sophisticated punk rock; their sound is noisy but organized, thoughtful and melodic. With Maite on bass and Tony on drums, their music is directly influenced by David Byrne and Lou Reed’s live performances; they identify with Sonic Youth, another band that features a musical collaboration by a married couple.
www.pocketoflollipops.com
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Host: Marissa Hopson
In May, Ft. Lauderdale’s own Marissa Hopson was crowned Pantene’s First Reality Hair Star. As Pantene’s hair star Marissa has been a part of numerous photoshoots, filmings, events, and talk shows. Don’t be fooled though, this isn’t Ms. Hopson’s first stint into the entertainment business. Marissa has been a dancer/singer her whole life, having growing up in theater, but in the past years she has added model/actress to her resume. Stay tuned for lots more coming from this hair star.
www.facebook.com/DancingSinger
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Fashion: Fab C Productions
Fab C Productions, founded by Fabienne Claude, produces fashion shows and charity events all over the south Florida area. She has featured many designers from Florida to New York and beyond.
www.fabcproductions.com
Featured Designers:
Segrid Allen – formal dresses
Hippie HeadWear – headwear for ladies that has a taste of 70’s style
365 SwimWear
Square Roots Clothing – showcasing their Rasta Collection
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Art: Jennifer Maria Cordoba
A photographer hailing from Miami, FL.
While her subject matter is diverse, her more notorious work is sensual in nature. She is the creator of the “Luscious” series- a project currently underway and delving more into her fascination with food, sex & art. One of the pieces from this series will be on display, as well another image from her monochromatic archives, “Black Mask Dream”, this Friday.
www.facebook.com/jennifermariacordoba

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Food: Yellow Submarine
A revamped delivery truck painted bright yellow and tricked out with a big service window/little kitchen, YS’ menu is kinda Beatles-inspired (but also taps INXS and Queen), with sandwiches like the Lady Madonna (ham, Provolone, hot peppers, pesto) and Original Sin (ham, Genoa salami, pepperoni, Provolone, green/hot peppers, pesto), wieners like the Yellow Dog (100% beef frank, Provolone, mayo, pineapple sauce), and the Yellow Burger, with a beef & chorizo patty, Provolone, pineapple sauce, and crushed chips, who’re just feeling bent out of shape about your growing Ponch. (description from Thrillist)
www.yellowsubmarineonline.com
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For information on the entire Miami Music Festival, check out their website: www.miamimusicfestival.org
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Locust Projects presents Conversation Collecting 101 11/3/10

November 3rd, 6:30pm

Conversation: Collecting 101

An introduction to Building a Contemporary Art Collection from the unique perspectives of a private collector, an art advisor, an auction house, and a commercial art gallery.

Panel: Miami-based Art Advisor, Lisa Austin; Christie’s Senior Vice President, Vivian Pfeiffer; Owner Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Fred Snitzer; Moderated by Miami-based collector, Dennis Scholl

RSVP locustprojects@yahoo.com or 305.576.8570

L’Aperitivo at MaiTardi Miami Design District 10/21/10

L ’ A P E R I T I V O
{THE AUTHENTIC ITALIAN HAPPY HOUR}
October 21, 2010 7:00–9:00 PM
MaiTardi
(163 NE 39th Street | Miami, FL 33137)

It’s time for some “sensational” networking: Heighten and energize your senses with us!
Hearing: the ability to perceive and interpret sound waves
Join us at MaiTardi, one of Miami’s most scenic courtyards for a night of networking, live music and dance

Complimentary hors d’oeuvres.
Free cocktails from 7 to 8pm sponsored by Aperol & Palm Bay International
Entrance fees: IACC Members FREE | Non Members: $10

RSVP to rsvp@iacc-miami.com by October 20, 2010

Lorie Lester Showcasing at Sassy City Chicks Sample Sale Up to 80% off at The Moore Builiding 10/14/10

Lorie Lester sample sale at Sassy City Chicks Fashion Bash
Thursday, 10.14.10 at 5PM
The Moore Building
4040 NE 2nd Avenue
Miami, FL 33137
General Admission: $5
Sassy Tote Ticket: $15 *complimentary spa services and complimentary Smirnoff cocktail sampling

Miami-based designer Lorie Lester, who is hosting the grand opening of her flagship boutique in Miami next month, is showcasing at this year’s Sassy City Chicks fashion bash and sample sale on Thursday, 10.14.10 from 5PM – 10PM at The Moore Building.

Just in time for the holidays and fall, fashionistas can get their hands on Lorie Lester’s boho-chic apparel including an assortment of tops, dresses, tunics, jumpers and skirts at up to 80% off! Created in a mixture of silk, lace, micro-modal, as well as organic fabrics, the glamorous and sexy looks give confidence and are comfortable enough to sit at dinner or dance the night away.

KCC Productions Presents Noche Latina A Night Of Salsa At Mai Tardi Restaurant With Krioyo Son 10/21/10

Mai Tardi restaurant continues its “Noche Latina” series, produced by KCC Productions, with Krioyo Son at the restaurant’s outdoor courtyard in the Design District, Thursday, October 21, from 9 to midnight. Party under the stars to some of the best salsa while enjoying a mojito with reasonably-priced Italian cuisine as well as tapas, all without a cover charge!

Krioyo Son is composed of 7 musicians who specialize in traditional Cuban music, as well as Merengue, Cumbia, Boleros, and more.They have played in numerous local events such as Cuba Nostalgia, Alcazabas, and many others. The band includes such musicians as Tony Gundin (drums) who worked with Latino pop stars like Julio Iglesias, Jon Secada, and the Ed Calle Jazz Project, Luis Serrano (bass), a founding member of the Miami Sound Machine, and Jesus “Chuchi” Jorge (trumpet and trombone), who has collaborated with Carlos Santana and is a member of Miami’s outstanding band, Palo.

Mai Tardi is an innovative Italian restaurant located at 163 NE 39th Street in the Design District. Its open courtyard provides a romantic setting for repasts ranging from tapas and pizzas to vegan dishes to specialties from their wood- burning oven such as rack of lamb and butterflied yellowtail snapper. Dining Out magazine describes it as “northern Italian cuisine with Mediterranean overtones…a menu marked by intriguing elements like venison ravioli with Gorgonzola sauce and classic wood-fired pizza.”

For more information about Mai Tardi, visit their web site at www.maitardimiami.com, or call 305-572- 1400. For more information about Krioyo Son, please contact Kimberly Chmura at (305) 332-2623 or visit www.kccproductions.com.

Grand Opening of Vino and Olio 10/23/10

Grand Opening
October 23, 2010, 9pm-1am
Vino & Olio
139 NE 39th Street
Miami, FL
www.vinoeolio.com

The newest addition to the Design District’s culinary renaissance, Alessandro Cecconi’s Vino E Olio will bring a new level of Italian cuisine never before seen in Miami. At the helm, Chef Andrea Menichetti is sure to delight the most discerning tastebuds with his rustic Tuscan cuisine. The son of Michelin star rated Valeria Piccini, gastronomy runs through Menichetti’s veins, his parents are the founders of Da Caino, one of Italy’s most revered restaurants. Inspired by the district, owner Alessandro Cecconi choose glass lit walls casting colors in all directions for the dining room and magnificent acoustics, very befitting of the restaurant’s eccentric downtown location. Guests will have the option to dine al fresco on a stunning outdoor terrace, part of the 220 seat eatery.

Please join us on the evening of Saturday, October 23, 2010 taking place at Vino & Olio located at 139 NE 39th Street in Miami from 9:00 pm – 1:00 am. Event details are below.

Every Saturday Evening
Reservations strongly suggested :
Phone | 305 573 0707
Text | 786 286 1010
Email | valeria@vinoeolio.com

The Grand Opening Gala Benefiting the Susan G. Komen for the Cure 10/21/10

The Grand Opening Gala Benefiting the Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 7:00pm-10:00pm
Couture Active Wear Showroom
3616 NE 2nd Ave. Miami Design District
www.coutureactivewear.com

Shopping, Silent Acution/Raffle, Music & Fun! The event will include a Silent Auction and raffle with 100% of the proceeds to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Miami/Ft. Lauderdale affiliate.

This novel event is cosponsored by Camp Construction Inc. Complimentary cocktails provided by 42 Below.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 7pm with press and fitness celebrities, Janis Saffell, President & Creative Director of Couture Active Wear®, Jennifer Nicole Lee, a bestselling author featured on Oprah and a Fitness/Lifestyle Consultant, and Sensei Guillermo Gomez, 4th degree black belt in Aikido by Hombu Dojo (Tokyo, Japan), industry expert for Univision, Telemundo, CNN, America TV, and Mega TV.

**Featured Silent Auction items at the grand opening gala include Janis Saffell’s Top Selling Fitness DVD’s (http://JanisSaffell.com), Jennifer Nicole Lee Worldwide products (http://JenniferNicolelee.com), Designer Jewelry by Maria-Tina Vision (http://maria-tinavision.com), Shaun T’s Hip Hop Abs & Insanity workout DVD’s (http://www.beachbody.com), Designer Dresses by Look Within Collections (http://www.lookwithincollection.com), Sensei Guillermo Gomez top rated fitness DVD programs (http://martialfusion.com), plus a chance to win a $500 Training Package with Fitness Celebrity Janis Saffell……among others!**

KCC Productions Presents Noche Latina At Mai Tardi Restaurant 11/18/10

KCC Productions Presents “Noche Latina”, A Night Of Salsa At Mai Tardi Restaurant November 18 With The Luis Bofill Project

Mai Tardi restaurant continues its increasingly popular “Noche Latina” series, produced by KCC Productions, this month with the Luis Bofill Project performing at the restaurant’s outdoor courtyard Thursday, November 18, from 9 to midnight. Enjoy a slice of Havana under the stars in the Design District with some of the best salsa while enjoying a mojito with reasonably-priced Italian cuisine as well as tapas, all without a cover charge!

Cuban singer Luis Bofill has performed as lead singer with Salsamania, Color Latino, Nuevo Visión, and Grupo Café Nostalgia here in Miami. He has shared the stage with Ruben Blades, Mark Anthony, Luis Enrique, Bono, and many others. His deft phrasing has drawn comparisons to Benny Moré even as his delivery evokes contemporary R&B. The band’s performance adds sophisticated elements of 3 AM smokiness and languishing regret. José António Evora, in El Nuevo Herald, calls him “la voz de la noche miamense”.

Mai Tardi is an innovative Italian restaurant located at 163 NE 39th Street in the Design District. Its open courtyard provides a romantic setting for repasts ranging from tapas and pizzas to vegan dishes to specialties from their wood-burning oven such as rack of lamb and butterflied yellowtail snapper. Dining Out magazine describes it as “northern Italian cuisine with Mediterranean overtones…a menu marked by intriguing elements like venison ravioli with Gorgonzola sauce and classic wood-fired pizza.”

For more information about Mai Tardi, visit their web site at www.maitardimiami.com, or call 305-572-1400. For more information about Luis Bofill, please contact Kimberly Chmura at (305) 332-2623 or visit www.kccproductions.com.

Locust Projects presents Valerie Hegarty Break-Through Miami Reception 10/9/10

Valerie Hegarty
Break-Through Miami
Reception: Saturday, October 9, 7-10pm
Locust Projects, Inc, 155 NE 38th Street Suite 100 Miami, Fl 33137
Through October 16, 2010

Locust Projects is pleased to present a site-specific installation by New York-based artist Valerie Hegarty. Hegarty’s practice often involves processes of recreation, deconstruction, and transformation. Inspired by the history of the sublime landscape painting, Break-Through Miami transforms the 2,700 square foot exhibition space into a site where architecture and nature collide. Hegarty adheres layers of painted paper to the walls and floor of the gallery, only to peel them back in a technique she describes as “reverse archeology.”

Using paper-mache, photography and trompe l’oeil painting techniques, Hegarty creates the impression that the gallery walls have been stripped, revealing an old Miami building interior. Illusionary holes in the space create fabricated portals to the exterior environment where wildlife appears to creep in and new views to the Miami shoreline are discovered. The work shares a visual affinity to the work of Gordon Matta-Clark, who famously removed sections of floors, ceilings, and walls in abandoned buildings. Instead of the heroic gesture of actually breaking through the architecture with a saw and sledge hammer, Hegarty cleverly alludes to the physicality of this process with fragile materials such as foamcore, paper, paint and glue. The gallery is transformed into a quasi-abandoned space, but is in effect a deconstructed still-life painting.

The artist utilizes the existing architecture of the gallery to create the illusion of an environment under transition or altogether forgotten. The result is a collapse of exterior and interior that questions the stability of the space. The viewer is left to ponder the gallery’s altered interior and the veracity of the transformation.

Valerie Hegarty studied at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. Hegarty is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including a 2010 Pollock Krasner award and a 2009 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture. She was recently awarded a residency at the Triangle Arts Association in New York for 2010-11. The artist’s work is currently on view as part of a public art commission on the High Line, NY and at Portugal Arte 10 in Lisbon. Recent exhibitions include Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, NY; Marlborough Gallery, NY; Kings County Biennial, NY; and New York Minute at the Depart Foundation, Rome, Italy. Hegarty is represented by Nicelle Beauchene Gallery in New York and Museum 52 in London.

How to make Love stay by Divna Pesic at CityLoftArt 10/9/10

How to make Love stay by Divna Pesic
Art & Design Night – Saturday October 9th. 2010, 7-10pm
CityLoftArt / European Art Gallery, LLC. – 61, NE 40th Street – Miami, Fl.33137

An incredible women and artist, oil-surrealist, and professional sportsman from Macedonia
Meet her Saturday in my Gallery and get her new book personally signed for you !

You will have a Great night with light, music, drinks, nice stores, gastronomy at it’s best. See how you can improve your wellbeing at home and… Park, Walk, Talk and enjoy the European style pedestrians side walks, in addition to an amazing festive ambiance…

Appreciate our exhibition and enjoy our beautiful live piano music entertainment with our well known pianist Domingo Aragu. Come and see how we translate and show Light meets Color, subtly transported by our media: Resin, Enamel, Laquer, Glass, Acrylic, Polycarbonate and even Water(-Jets). Taste our complimentary buffet with Julio Maza: Intern.”Harmony” Vegetarian Meat

Our website: www.CityLoftArt.com
– Be very welcome ! –
Hans-Jürgen R. Klemm

Biophilia Nellie Appleby at DV 10/9/10

Dimensions Variable Presents
Biophilia- Nellie Appleby
September 11 – October 30, 2010
Please join us October 9, 2010, 7-11 pm for the new evolution of Biophilia.
171 NE 38th Street, Design District, Miami, Florida 33137, United States

Appleby will be presenting a collection of new works made in the last year while living the subtropical locale of Key West. This new body of work continues her essential focus on the human relationship with nature – but with a decidedly lighthearted lens. A cacophony of works will be shown ranging from color and cyanotype photographs, video installation, and constructions of edible, growing plants that will be cultivated in the gallery and be eaten at dinner parties and during conversations at Dimensions Variable. The exhibit will be in a state of transformation, as the plants always are.

Born 1973 in the mountains of Virginia, grew up in Southern Africa. Nellie Appleby earned her BA in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Virginia in 1997 and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007. She has received various grants including the Virginia Museum of Fine Art Fellowship and the Sierra Club Water Sentinels Grant. She has exhibited her work in NYC (Wildfist, Mighty Robot, the Cave, Leonard Codex, Che Mez), Virginia (ADA, Fayerweather, Nature, Anderson) and Mexico (Museo Ex-convento del Carmen – Guadalajara, Galeria Metropolitana – Mexico City), Houston (skydive), and San Francisco (California College of Art).
Sponsors
Narragansett Beer
Design Landscape Design
3800 NE 1st Ave, Miami
305.446.8159

Buena Vista Deli
4590 NE 2nd Ave, Miami
305.576.3945
Special Thanks
The Studios of Key West, Katrina Rank, Bennett Hirschhorn and Angela Valella

Galery Walk at Markowicz Fine Art in the Design District 10/9/10

Gallery Walk : Saturday, October 9th
Markowicz Fine Art highlights the pop art artist Mel Ramos
This Saturday, October 9th, come and see the tryptic Peek a Boo Marilyn of Mel Ramos.
Markowicz Fine Art
1 NE 40th Street, #5
Miami, FL 33137
RSVP: info@markowiczfineart.com

This artists began his career with the inspiration of the imagery of American comics, painting the portrait of Batman or Flash Gordon. He then addresses the theme of the Pin-up, such as Marilyn Monroe.

This art prints collection of Mel Ramos is limited to 199 lithographs. They are hand signed and numbered in pencil by the artist.

Don’t forget that on gallery walk days, every second Saturday of each month, galleries and shops of the Miami Design District open their doors to the public from 7:00PM to 10:00PM.

Mourlot Collection
Vintage lithographic posters from the Mourlot Estate are available at Markowicz Fine Art.

Pop Art artists
Other pop art artists will be exhibited in the showroom: Steven Gagnon, Takashi Murakami, Robert Indiana, Tom Wesselmann, Tom Otterness, Red Grooms, Keith Haring…

Sassy Classy Sneak Peak Event featuring With Love Boutique 10/17/10

Sassy Classy Sneak Peak Event featuring With Love Boutique
10/17/10, 12pm-4pm
D Furniture Boutique (in the design district)
4742 sw 72 ave Miami, FL

Join us for an afternoon of STYLE and BEAUTY! Sassy Classy and With Love Boutique offer classic and trendy accessories and clothing for women of all ages. And with our low prices, a little goes a long way!

Join us at our exclusive shopping event as Sassy Classy reveal’s their new line of custom made jewlery!

In addition With Love Boutique will showcase their fall collection and will be offering complimentary makeovers in support of Breast Cancer Research.

There will be raffles and light refreshments/snacks will be served. We look forward to seeing you there!

In the meantime, check us out online! Contact us with any questions

Sassy Classy
Contact: Nataly (305) 815-7481
Email: info@sassyclassyonline.com
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Contact: Melissa (305) 794-5985
Email: mely1015@aol.com
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