The Different Faces of a Virgin
Zu Galeria Fine Arts cordially invites you to our opening night exhibit for Mayra Abo’s The Different Faces of a Virgin.
April 17th, 8pm to 11pm
Exhibit will run until May6.

Zu Galeria Fine Arts
2248 SW 8th Street
Miami, Fl 33135
www.zugaleria.blogspot.com

Mayra Abo has been working with Zu Galeria Fine Arts for the last three years. It has been two years since her last exhibit, which was a tremendous success. Mayra is a multi-talented artist, who works in various mediums, and can be seen creating wonderful handcrafted jewelry as well as incredible ceramic pieces.

This exhibit, titled The Different Faces of a Virgin is a special tribute to all women, specially during these troubled times when finally the courage of women is causing attention globally. These are not virgins you find in an altar, however they all belong in them.
zu galeria fine arts | 2248 SW 8th St. | Miami | FL | 33135

Under The Light of My Blood
Zu Galeria Fine Arts cordially invites you to our Literary Nights Series in English with Cuban writer Jorge Enrique González-Pacheco who is visting from Seattle, Washington.
Tuesday, April 6 at 8pm
Zu Galeria Fine Arts… 2248 SW 8th Street… 786-443-5872
Jorge Enrique will be reading poetry in Spanish from his book Under the Light of My Blood, while Ambar Meneses will be reading the English translations.
For more information please go to our blog at www.zugaleria.blogspot.com

Born in the District of Marianao, Havana, Cuba on September 9, 1969, Jorge Enrique González Pacheco is a Cuban poet and writer. He studied Philosophy in Havana University in Cuba and Hispanic Literature in Spain. Since 1991 he has been publishing poetry, journalism, and prose in magazines, anthologies, newspapers, and online publications in Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Chile, Argentina, Spain, France, Brazil, and USA. His poetry and journalistic works have been translated into French, Portuguese, and English. He has published the following books Poesía Ilustrada (New York, 1992 USA, Antología de la Décima Cósmica de La Habana (México D.F, 2003 México), Notaciones del inocente (Moguer, 2003 Spain), Tierra de Secreta Transparencia (Madrid, 2004 Spain)-an anthology of poems by the Cuban poet Serafina Núñez-he wrote half of the prologue and did the selection of the poems,Bajo la luz de mi sangre / Under the light of my blood -bilingual edition- (Victoria BC, 2009 Canada), and Yo árbol, molécula secreta (Unpublished). He moved to the United States in 2003, and since 2006 has been living in Seattle, where he is the Artistic Director and Curator of the Seattle International Latino Film Festival, and where he cultivates his dearest passion: writing.

Ambar Meneses has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Florida International University ad will soon have a Bachelor of Arts in English from the same institution. She was born in Cuba and lived in Nicaragua for five years before coming to the U.S. in 2000 at age 13 to be re-united with her mother. She is very excited to begin her Master of Arts in Literary Studies leading to a PhD in Literary Studies this fall at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. During her undergraduate career, Ambar has maintained high academic standards and been active at an extracurricular level through various on-campus organizations. Last year she performed as “Woman 1” in the Women Studies Student Association’s Production of the Eve Ensler’s famous “The Vagina Monologues”, an event which raised above $6,000 to end violence against women. She has also worked to raise funds for various causes with other on-campus organizations.

Cremata Gallery presents the first U.S. exhibition of Federico Brandt
Friday, March 19th, 2010. 7:00 p.m.
Federico Brandt. Construccion del Candidato. Mixed media on canvas. 41.3″ x 49.2″
Opening reception: Friday, March 19th, 2010. 7:00 p.m.
Location: Cremata Gallery. 1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: From March 11th through April 12th, 2010
Regular hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. and Mondays by appointment
Admission: Free

Federico Brandt’s paintings gather the best tradition of modernity: his idea of structure, his spirit of invention and variation, order conceived as rhythm and his ability to place in his works an internal luminosity, a field of light that strongly corresponds with his characters and forms.
Federico Brandt is a contemporary artist and an architect by profession, whose work reveals a vision that is always mindful of a construction formed by rectangles or semicircles that he later recomposes into a sensitive architecture, to then work on the surface of the canvas. His polished technical skills are versatile and free. His compositions rise from simple abstract constructions connected by free strokes of thin lines, done without vacillation. Federico Brandt arrives at visual unity with mystery and charm, taking it from modernity to mastery, always requiring the spiritual creator. His work, with neither “folklorism” nor “tipismos”, produces a rhythm between the spaces, where the thoughtful observer will recognize authentic mastery.
Federico Brandt’s background derives from “La Escuela del Sur” formed by Joaquin Torres Garcia, painter and modern art teacher, recognized and honored as one of the important personalities of Latin American Modernism.”… the moral zeal and joy in art making that Torres-Garcia inculcated in his students, gives evidence of what a vibrant creation Latin American Modernism was. It was technically at least as accomplished as its counterpart in the pre-Abstract Expressionist New York of the 30’s and 40’s, but improved upon it, in one crucial respect: it transformed a borrowed European style into one deeply expressive of a New World culture. By Torres-Garcia’s standards, the work produced by El Taller was the genuine utopian article, and for anyone interested in modernism today, it is certainly an art to be reckoned with.”
Federico Brandt’s art retains the viewer’s attention, drawing them in, keeping them looking and generating an emotional response.
Come join us for this exciting show by a contemporary master who after many successful years of showing in Paris, London, Buenos Aires, Punta del Este and Montevideo comes for his “opera prima” to Miami, his first exhibition in the USA.
Arteamericas the Latin American Art Fair. Booth 910
Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
Ph: 305.644.3315
Fax: 305.644.3319
cremata@crematagallery.com
www.crematagallery.com
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Who We Are takes aim at the pervasive influence of the mass media in our everyday lives. In an attempt to mold our tastes, behavior, and even points of view, the media works diligently to create a standardization in the masses that will negate any attempt at transgression or even
healthy debate. W-10 challenges the media’s diligence through the use of satire in soft-sculpture, installations, photography, video, etc.
Viernes Culturales Gallery Space
742 SW 16th Avenue Miami, Florida 33135
(305) 643 – 5500

Leal’s Gallery presents a Solo Exhibition by Cuban Artist Vicente R. Bonachea
Friday, February 19th, 2010. 7:30 p.m.
Opening reception: Friday, February 19th, 2010. 7:30 p.m.
Location: Leal’s Gallery. 1555 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: From February 19th through March 15, 2010
Admission: Free

Leal’s Gallery is pleased to present the fist solo exhibition of Cuban artist Vicente R. Bonachea at the gallery. The opening reception will take place on Friday, February 19th, 2010 from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Vicente R. Bonachea graduated from San Alejandro Academy in Havana, Cuba in 1976. Since then, he has worked as an artist, designer and educator at several prestigious institutions in Cuba such as the Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematografica (ICAIC), the Instituto Politecnico de Diseño Industrial and the Escuela Elemental de Arte Paulita Concepcion, etc. He is also a member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).
During his long and fruitful career, Bonachea has illustrated books for children and young adults in Cuba and abroad. In addition, several of his Murals can be seen in the streets of Havana, Varadero, Villa Clara and other Cuban cities.
Bonachea has exhibited his work extensively in countries such as Cuba, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Costa Rica, France, Austria, Mexico, Finland, Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Japan, China, South Korea, Spain, United States, Canada and Brazil.
Leal’s Gallery
1555 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
Ph: 305.642.3133
www.lealartframe.com
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

ART ENCOUNTERS: INTERSTICES BETWEEN LITERATURE, CINEMA AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
START DATE: 02-05-2010
END DATE: 03-26-2010
HORARIO: 8pm
Program to promote Ibero-American Cultural Industries
Friday February 5 @ 8pm
Curator: Janet Batet
On view until March 26 /2010
At CCEMiami. Free Admission
More Info
ART ENCOUNTERS INTERSTICES BETWEEN LITERATURE, FILM AND GRAPHIC DESIGN stands on a sort of ritournelle where diverse creators visit and revisit a unique topic, becoming the show a tribute and a rereading of human ontological problematic questions.
The exhibition -which is part of the project Gráfica Latinoamericana 20/21- relies on masterpieces of the literature and cinema, now interpreted by the graphic design. The selected posters highlight by their conceptual rigor and the interplay with the clever metaphor and the ellipsis that incite the viewer to rebuild here and there, transforming the perceptive process into a ludic and vivid experience.
At the same time, the show pays tribute to the Latin American graphic design tradition, including a selection of artworks made by iconic artists which contributions are milestones of the poster history in the region.

Zu Galeria Fine Arts tiene el honor de invitarlos a la presentación del libro El maestro en el cuerpo de la escritora cubana María Cristina Fernández.
11 de Febrero, 8pm
Zu Galeria Fine Arts, 2248 SW 8th Street, Miami, Fl 33135
www.zugaleria.blogspot.com
Participación especial del cantautor Roberto Garrido.
María Cristina Fernández. Narradora, nacida en Santiago de Cuba en 1970. La colección Pinos Nuevos publicó su libro “Procesión lejos de Bretaña”. Ha escrito varios libros para niños, dos de ellos premiados e impresos en Cuba. “El maestro en el cuerpo” es su último libro de narrativa escrito en la Isla, y autopublicado en Miami unos años más tarde. En su estilo asoma una mirada poética hacia el entorno; sus personajes encaran lo convencional, explorando alternativas a una realidad casi siempre opuesta a la naturaleza del deseo de ser.
zu galeria fine arts | 2248 SW 8th St. | Miami | FL | 33135

Cremata Gallery presents a Solo Show by Cuban Artist Hernan Garcia
Friday, February 5th, 2010. 7:00 p.m.
Hernan Garcia. “Paisaje Azul”. Oil on canvas. 47 1/2″ x 47 1/2″
Opening reception: Friday, February 5th, 2010. 7:00 p.m.
Location: Cremata Gallery. 1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: From Feb 1st through Mar 8th, 2010
Admission: Free
Regular hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. and Mondays by appointment

Cremata Gallery is pleased to present the solo exhibition of Cuban painter Hernan Garcia this Friday, February 5th, 2010 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. De Kooning said, ” There is a moment in life when on takes a walk in his or her own landscapes and scenes”, when one plays his or her own games without fear, with great honesty, with great certainty.
Before establishing himself between Madrid, Spain and Miami, Hernan Garcia resided for many years in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he created hundreds of his phenomenal pieces, earning the respect of the critics and of the lovers of the visual arts. In 1990 he received the most important prize of the San Juan XI Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Engraving – one of the most prestigious biennials of the world on engraving – with an impacting and beautiful monotype in which, intelligently and with great force, he combined the defining elements of his work.
Later there was a moment in which Hernan decided to make of the “chair” – that aesthetic object with so many artistic possibilities – the protagonist of his work: It was a tribute to those friends that allow us to rest, to think, to write, to dream and, of course, to draw and to paint. He created with the chair “landscapes” in which they could be seen as fascinating beings with fascinating stories. Sometimes they seemed actors in a range of different scenarios, whether “living” their tragedies or their comedies, but always revealing the brutal emptiness or loneliness that we are all called to live from time to time.
Hernan Garcia belongs to the artistic generation that followed the other of the Cuban artists that defined Modernism in Cuba: Ponce, Lam, Victor Manuel, Portocarrero, Amelia Pelaez, Carreño, Cundo Bermudez, Lopez Dirube, to mention only a few. He now returns as one of the most consequent voices of the Cuban “plastica” (after a necessary rest imposed by what Cesar Vallejo called ” the black heraldos”, those strong blows that life delivers to us).
We stand before a real poet of the human condition – in a Shakespearian sense – before someone who understands the human being and does not ever caricaturize it (which a superficial reading of his work might suggest to some), an artist who unveils the essence of being to us. We now stand before someone who has intensely lived – with pain and ecstasy – most of the XX century and some of the XXI.
Manuel Alvarez-Lezama
Art Critic
Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
cremata@crematagallery.com
www.crematagallery.com

Zu Galeria Fine Arts is proud to present ArmandoTejuca’s exhibit
Personajes Pendientes
February 6, 8pm to 11pm
Exhibiting until March 1.
Zu Galeria Fine Arts
2248 SW 8th Street
Miami, Fl 33135
www.zugaleria.blogspot.com
Armando Tejuca was born in Cuba in 1968. He graduated from the José Antonio Echeverría Polytechnic Institute with a Degree in Civil Engineering (1991)and from the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1995).
He has participated in numerous group and solo exhibits since his arrival in the USA. He has won awards and recognitions, and his work is in various institutions such as, The Seam Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, Clinton Library and THEA Foundation, Arkansas, USA, Veracrúz Cultural Center, Veracrúz, México, and Contemporary Art University of Colorado Springs, Colorado , USA.
This exhibit titled Personajes Pendientes is a look at those characters that he always wanted to bring to life in his canvases and had not done so until now.
Partial proceeds from opening night sales to benefit the Haiti Chapter at Church World Services.
For more information on their organization please go to
www.churchworldservice.org

Zu Galeria Fine Arts is proud to present 2010’s first exhibit,
Destino: Photographs by Mayumi Hasegawa
Mayumi Hasegawa is a young photographer. Her continuous travels all over the world have given her a certain maturity, a certain vision of each new city she visits. Her passion comes thru in various sunsets in places like Key West or Acapulco. However places like Jerusalem, Venice or San Francisco gives us a mature vision of these iconic cities. Mayumi is on a journey, a mission, un Destino and here at Zu Galeria we are honored to exhibit her collection of photographs. Mayumi’s travels I call it!

January 9, 2010, 8pm to 11pm

Zu Galeria Fine Arts
2248 SW 8th Street
Miami, Fl 33135
786-443-5872
www.zugaleria.blogspot.com

Special performance by opera singer Rolando Polo.

UNZUETA GALLERY
cordially invite you to
the opening of new exhibit
“MUJERES DE CAMPO FLORIDO”
friday, 18 december, 2009
from 7 p m to 11 p m
Unzueta Gallery
1607 SW 8 ST
Miami, FL 33135
www.RamonUnzueta.com

Join us this coming Friday, December 18th to celebrate this year’s last Viernes Culturales!
7pm to 11pm
Zu Galeria Fine Arts
2248 SW 8th Street
Miami, Fl 33135
786-443-5872
www.zugaleria.blogspot.com
Our current exhibit by Carlos Acostaneyra, Salvador Lorenzo and Candida Rodriguez is not too be missed!
Paintings by Mayra Abo, Julio Batista, Noel Leon, Arnaldo Ladron de Guevara, Miguel Ordoqui, Tony Núñez, and Leonardo Severo.
Photography by German Guerra, Lapitu, and Marta Ramos.
Ceramics by Nestor Arenas, Dora Fiser, Liliana Folta, Omar Garcia and Evelio Lecour.
Handcrafted Jewelry by MABO.
Have a glass of wine while you shop for unique Christmas or Hanukkah gifts, all created by our multi-talented artists!

Zu Galeria Fine Arts les invita al cierre de nuestro año de literatura y poesia con la escritora Eyda Machin quien nos visita desde Francia y compartirá con nosotros sus poemas.
Sabado, 19 de diciembre 8pm
Zu Galeria Fine Arts
2248 SW 8th Street
Miami, Fl 33135
786-443-5872
www.zugaleria.blogspot.com

EYDA T. MACHÍN
Nacida en Cuba de nacionalidad francesa, Eyda Machín ha vivido en Cuba, en los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y en Venezuela donde obtuvo una Licencia en Lenguas Modernas, inglés y francés. Fue profesora de francés, fonética, literatura y traducción en la Universidad del Zulia (LUZ). Reside en la ciudad de Paris, Francia desde 1978.

En Francia obtuvo un Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (D.E.A.), una Maestría en Linguística y un Doctorado en Literatura. Publicó en Venezuela un poemario « Los Invasores de la Soledad », participando en numerosos programas de radio y televisión. Conferencista, ha dictado conferencias en Francia, Alemania, Bélgica, Portugal, Polonia, Estados Unidos y América Latina.

En 1990 crea la Asociación «LIBROS Y LUGARES» (Livres et Lieux), organizando viajes con sus miembros tras los pasos de grandes artistas del mundo. Como fotógrafa, ha hecho exposiciones de fotografías y textos poéticos en Paris (Francia), Maracaibo (Venezuela), Santa Bárbara (Estados Unidos), Erlangen (Alemania) y Poznan (Polonia). Su poemario “Soy Mucho Más” en versión trilingue (español-alemán-francés) fue publicado en el 2004 en Alemania por las Ediciones Thaleia y presentado al público en Erlangen (Alemania) durante una lectura realizada en esos tres idiomas. En el 2005, “Soy Mucho Más” fue presentado en La Maison de l’Amérique Latine en Paris. En julio de ese mismo año lo presentó en el Pen Club de Escritores Cubanos en el Exilio y en el Instituto de Estudios Cubanos y Cubano-Americanos de la Universidad de Miami en Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos de América. En noviembre de 2005 fue invitada a la Universidad de Francfort para dictar un ciclo de conferencias sobre la escritura femenina y dirigir un taller de trabajo sobre la traducción poética.

En el 2007 fue invitada por la Maison de Bretagne (Dom Bretani) a Poznán en Polonia a presentar su exposición «Murmures du Monde» y a hacer una lectura de su poemario “Soy Mucho Más” en versión español-polaco, traducido a este último por Mme Hanny Stary-Kokowskiej. En la Universidad Adam Mickiewics de Poznán hizo una conferencia sobre «Alfonsina Storni» y una lectura de su poemario. En el 2007 fueron publicados en Francia los libros de fotografías y textos poéticos « MURMURES DU MONDE » y «MURMULLOS DEL MUNDO» (francés y español) y en el 2008 es publicado su tercer poemario “En la voz del silencio/Dans la voix du silence” en versión bilingue (español y francés), editados por The Book Edition.

En diciembre de 2008 se publica su primera novela escrita en francés, «Passerelles», por la Editorial Aduana Vieja en Valencia, España. En enero de 2009 la presenta en la Maison de l’Amérique Latine en Paris, Francia y en octubre de 2009, la misma Aduana Vieja la pública en español.

Cremata Gallery presents “Abstractomicina”
An exhibition by Cuban artists, in which everything is possible!!!!
Friday, December 11th, 2009. 7:00 p.m.
Aldo Menéndez. “Abstractomicina”. Collage / paper. 7 1/2″ X 10 1/2″
Opening reception: Friday, December 11th, 2009. 7:00 p.m.
Location: Cremata Gallery. 1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: From November 30th, 2009 – January 30th, 2010
Admission: Free

Painters that have never experimented with abstraction, do so now. They have come together at Cremata Gallery for the show “Abstractomicina”, which includes 80 works in total. Forty-seven renowned contemporary artists present paintings specially completed for this exhibit, departing from their usual métier, while maintaining their personal style. In addition, ten sculptors, plus a selection of paintings by twenty-three masters never exhibited before, will help us remember, comprehend and appreciate the Havana of the 50’s.
An installation by Aldo Menendez submerges the observer in the construction of modern Havana, buildings that were raised up surrounded by scaffolding, which served as inspiration for the constructivist movement, and brings to mind the works of Mario Carreño, Jose Mijares and Hugo Consuegra.
Some say neo-abstraction is what is happening now …who knows!!! But what is clear is that the exhibit “Abstractomicina”, serves as an antidote for the excessive use or abuse of figuration, it’s refreshing and has no secondary effects.
Artists included in “Abstractomicina” are Gustavo Acosta, Ana Albertina, Julio Antonio, Jorge Arango, Néstor Arenas, Juan Asencio, Waldo Balart, Yovani Bauta, Mario Bencomo, Giovanni Bosch, Adriano Buergo, Luís Cabrera, Carlos Cárdenas, Alberto Jorge Carol, Ramón Carulla, Jorge P. Castaño, Humberto Castro, Hugo Consuegra, Salvador Corratge, Humberto C. Cruz, Arturo Cuenca, Liliam Cuenca, Sandu Darie, Agustín Fernández, Luís Manuel Fernández, Meme Ferre, Ivonne Ferrer, Joaquín Ferrer, Flora Fong, Marta Fonseca, Lia Galletti, Carlos García, Enrique “Gay” García, Fernando García, Mysora García, Florencio Gelabert, Julio Girona, Victor Gómez, Ernesto González Puig, Armando Guiller, Osvaldo Gutiérrez, Pedro Hernández, Carmen Herrera, Pepe Herrera, Guido Llinás, Nelida López, Rafael López Ramos, Carlos M. Luís, Nuncio Mainieri, Leonel Matheu, Julio Matilla, Aldo Menéndez, Aldo Damian Menéndez, José Mijares, Heriberto Mora, Glexis Novoa, Carmen Oña te, Pedro de Oraa, Sergio Payares, Angel Peña, Natacha Perdomo, Rosa María Pérez, Lourdes Porrata, Guillermo Portieles, Rene Portocarrero, Jesse Ríos, Enrique Riveron, Emilio Héctor Rodríguez, Eduardo Rubén, Rubén Ruiz Caballero, Baruj Salinas, Carlos Sanjurjo, Cesar Santos, Raúl Santoserpa, Lolo Soldevilla, Rafael Soriano, José Toñarely, Antonio Vidal and Manolo Vidal.
Come to the gallery to enjoy “Abstractomicina”, a special presentation for this season of art fairs and holidays.
Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
www.crematagallery.com
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Black Friday at Zu Galeria!
This Friday, from 6pm to 9pm only!
Black Friday at Zu Galeria!
An Art Sale for those who are looking for unique gifts!
25 to 50% off on many pieces!
Ceramics by
Nestor Arenas,
Dora Fiser,
Liliana Folta, and
Evelio Lecour
Handcrafted jewelry by MABO.
Original works of art by
Mayra Abo,
Carlos Acostaneyra,
Julio Batista,
Arnaldo Ladron de Guevara,
Noel Leon,
Salvador Lorenzo,
Miguel Ordoqui,
Tony Núñez,
Candida Rodriguez, and
Leonardo Severo.
Photography by
German Guerra,
Lapitu, and
Marta Ramos
and many more…
Zu Galeria Fine Arts
2248 SW 8th Street
Miami, Fl 33135
786-443-5872
www.zugaleria.blogspot.com

> Beaujolais Nouveau
Friday, November 20th, 2009 From 6:30 to 10:30 Pm

For wine lovers, L’Alliance Française de Miami is pleased to celebrate the arrival of the Beaujolais Nouveau 2009.
Live music by Tangy Colombel.
Special evening of Wine and Food Tasting open to the public featuring different Beaujolais (Duboeuf, Momessin, Fessy, Drouhin…).
French specialities like cheese and charcuterie plates from Marky’s on sale.
Every year on the 3rd Thursday in November, cities around the world receive the year’s first vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau wine.
For reservation please contact l’Alliance Française at 305 859 8760
($ 3 per glass)
> Soirée Beaujolais Nouveau, fromages et charcuterie
Vendredi 20 Novembre 2009 de 18h30 à 22h30
Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé !
Comme chaque année le troisième jeudi de novembre, le beaujolais nouveau est mis en vente dans le monde entier. Il vous donne rendez vous à Miami ! Pour cette occasion, vous êtes conviés à une Soirée spécialement dédiée au vin nouveau (vente au verre : 3$ ou à la bouteille : 12$) de Duboeuf, Momessin, Fessy, Drouhin…) et aux produits français. Et en vente, des assiettes de fromages et de charcuterie de chez Marky’s
Réservez des maintenant vos places au 305.859.8760
(3 $ le verre)
www.afmiami.org

Cremata Gallery presents Diego de Souza + Luis Manuel Fernandez
Friday, November 13th, 2009. 7:30 p.m.
Left: Diego de Souza. “Llegada”. 2009. Mixed media on canvas. 60″ x 40″. Right: Luis Manuel Fernandez. “Hasta la Giraldilla se fue!!!” 2009. Bronze
Opening reception: Friday, November 13th, 2009. 7:30 p.m.
Location: Cremata Gallery. 1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: From November 13th through 30th, 2009
Admission: Free

A dialogue between the works of Diego de Souza and Luis Manuel Fernandez: one exhibition, two artists, one Argentine and one Cuban, two different ways of approaching art. Diego’s paintings, with his expressive use of color, light, transparency, and his free and imaginative strokes, comes very close to pure abstraction.
In contrast with Luis Manuel’s sculptures: precise, figurative and full of symbolic realism. The exhibition is the dichotomy between two artists, but it’s also full of coincidences – both produce the type of work that we want to be surrounded with in our private and personal spaces: classy, ingenious, elegant.
Diego uses his experiences in photograms and scenography to support the development of his painting. The expressive quality of his experiences and observations is translated to canvas in both an imaginative and an emotional way, his exuberance and passion are contagious. His brush strokes and visions are his own, an expression of his heritage, taste, and the people with whom he interacts.
Luis Manuel constructs visual emblems in bronze as realistic as the Giraldilla in a raft, “Hasta la Giraldilla se fue!” or the play on words brought to us in “Marea alta” and “Marea baja”. Unlike the formal poses of classical sculpture, larger bronzes tend to be relaxed, their uninhibited, languid bodies reclining comfortably or sitting in a chair. He expresses the meaning of “being alive” as a physical reality. An original in his own way, he never views another artist’s work as a template to follow.
Diego and Luis Manuel are mid-career artists in full creative maturity, with well-deserved professional recognition from many quarters, residing in collections from New York and Miami to South America and Paris. Diego comes from the prestigious National University of the Arts in Cuyo, Argentina. Luis Manuel is from Las Tunas, called the City of Sculpture, and graduated from the famous Cubanacan National School for the Arts in Havana, Cuba.

Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
Ph: 305.644.3315
Fax: 305.644.3319
www.crematagallery.com
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Leal’s Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Abel Quintero
Friday, October 23rd, 2009. 7:30 p.m.
Opening reception: Friday, October 23rd, 2009. 7:30 p.m.
Location: Leal’s Gallery. 1555 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: From Oct 23rd through Nov 21st, 2009
Admission: Free

On October 23rd, 2009 Leal’s Gallery opens the solo exhibition “Mas Guajiro que Naiden” by Cuban artist Abel Quintero with a reception to meet and greet the artist. Quintero started his involvement with the arts at a very young age, when he began exhibiting around his country. Since then, his work is better known for its Cartoonish style and the exuberant imagery of Cuba’s rural landscapes. Throughout his lifetime career, his work has received several prizes and has been included in solo and group exhibitions in Spain, Italy, US, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

About Leal’s Gallery
Leal’s Gallery is one of the newest additions to Calle 8 District. The space was introduced by father and son Nestor and Aleksejs Leal in February of this year, with the purpose of fulfilling their dream of exhibiting and promoting Cuban and Latin American Art, as well as providing framing services. The Leals, who have been avid art collectors for quite some time, decided to give a boost to their passion and created this space to consolidate their take on the Miami’s art community. They are offering the gallery to artists regardless of their style, technique or discipline in order to keep an open atmosphere that fosters creativity.

Leal’s Gallery
1555 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
305.642.3133
www.lealartframe.com

Cremata Gallery presents “Cardo ni ortiga cultivo … ” A solo exhibition by Pepe Herrera
Friday, October 9th, 2009. 7:30 p.m.
Pepe Herrera. From the series “La ciudad de las columnas”. 2009. 46″ x 46″. Mixed media on canvas
Opening reception: Friday, October 9th, 2009. 7:30 p.m.
Location: Cremata Gallery. 1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: From October 5th through November 2nd, 2009
Admission: Free

“Cardo ni ortiga cultivo … ” the one-man show by Cuban artist Pepe Herrera presented at Cremata Gallery, is his “opera prima” in our city. He arrives preceded by his recent and very successful participation in two major exhibitions in Spain: “Entre rías…” reviewed extensively in El Nuevo Herald (July13th, 2009), inaugurated in the very center of Madrid’s art triangle next to the Prado Museum, and “La isla expandida” showcased at Huelva’s Museum of Art.

Pepe Herrera is a master twice over: he enjoys international recognition as an outstanding figure of the celebrated 1980s Cuban generation, and at the same time, he is one of the best serigraphers of our time. His move to Barcelona 20 years ago and later to Madrid helped him become a major player in the European market. In his previous visit, he launched the first of a series of serigraphs of master Cundo Bermúdez carried out by him, edited by Cremata Gallery. Let this exhibition, full of mystery and subtlety, fill you with wonder as it explores an imaginary garden.

Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
Ph: 305.644.3315
Cell: 305.300.0068
Fax: 305.644.3319
cremata@crematagallery.com
www.crematagallery.com
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

Sister Cities Art of Calligraphy by Andres Chong Event
Seventh Annual Miami-Dade celebrates the art of its sister cities
Tower Theatre, 1508 SW 8th Street

Sister Cities Celebrates the Universal Language of Art
Seventh Annual Miami-Dade Celebrates the Art of its Sister Cities
“Universal Language of Art”
September 17 through October 8, 2009
Miami Dade College’s Tower Theater
1508 SW 8th Street
Miami, Florida
September 17 – Opening Night Reception: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
September 25 – Cultural Friday: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
September 30 – Art Seminar: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
October 8 – Closing Reception
Drawing of donated art: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Miami-Dade County Sister Cities Program and Miami Dade College are sponsoring The Seventh Annual Miami-Dade Celebrates the Art of its Sister Cities Exhibit at Miami Dade College’s Tower Theatre from September 17th – October 8th. The theme for this year’s exhibit is “The Universal Language of Art.” The exhibit will consist of art work by artists from Sister Cities affiliated communities. The opening reception scheduled for September 17th will once again draw together community leaders and art enthusiasts. The exhibit will be open to the public and proceeds will be used to provide a scholarship to a Miami Dade College student who has demonstrated academic achievement and civic responsibility.
For additional information please call Vivian Romero at 305-375-5280
or Norma Amaro at 305-989-1068

Timoteo Corelli Gallery Walk Invitation
Little Havana Cultural Fridays

THE DOORMAN by Othon Castaneda
WHAT: Public Outdoor Mural unveil & Art Exhibition by Othon Castaneda.
WHEN: July 31, 2009, 7PM.
WHERE: Calle 8 and 15th Avenue, Miami, FL
(CUBAOCHO, 7 PM & TOWER THEATER, 8 PM).

Events at Main Stage (15th Avenue & SW 8th St.):
7:00 – 7:30 PM Fina Escayola Dance Academy
7:30 – 8:15 PM Sheenah
8:15 – 9:00 PM Los Soneros de Miami
9:00 – 9:15 PM Finalistas de “Batalla de las Americas”
9:15 – 10:00 PM Rómulo Castro
10:00 – 11:00 PM Malena Burke

NO SE PIERDA DE CONOCER A LOS FINALISTAS DE “BATALLA DE LAS AMÉRICAS” EN ESTE VIERNES CULTURAL
-21 concursantes llegaron a la Florida para iniciar la batalla-
-Los ganadores de Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, República Dominicana, Costa Rica, Panamá, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, México, Chile y Estados Unidos se presentaran ante miles de asistentes-

Miami, martes 24 de julio del 2009.- Spanish Broadcasting System (“SBS”) (NASDAQ:SBSA) y Mega TV en conjunto con Worldvibe Entertaiment anunciaron hoy que los 21 concursantes del reality show musical “Batalla de la Américas” , que sale al aire en Mega TV los día domingos a las 9 p.m. (EST), 10 (PT) y durante 13 domingos consecutivos, se presentarán este viernes 31 de julio en el Viernes Cultural de la calle 8 entre la 13 y la 17 avenida a partir de las 9 p.m.

En “Batalla de las Américas” se elegirá al mejor cantante, a aquel que sepa combinar su espíritu competitivo con su originalidad, creatividad, y capacidad de lidiar con el factor tensión.

Mega TV se enorgullece en traer a la televisión la más esperada de las batallas, donde la audiencia se podrá identificar con los participantes ya sea por su país de nacionalidad, por su personalidad o por sus sueños. Acompáñenos desde el comienzo a vivir esta guerra por un sueño que se volverá realidad para un solo participante en un reality show musical inolvidable.
Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays, Inc.
742 SW 16th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33135
(305) 643.5500 Fax (786) 999.8894
www.viernesculturales.org www.culturalfridays.org
Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays, Inc.
10:00PM: Malena Burke
742 SW 16th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33135
(305) 643-5500
Website

Avant garde miami_closing reception at AF Miami_July 24
www.afmiami.org

Cremata Gallery presents its Summer Exhibition featuring various artists from the gallery roster
Friday, July 10th, 2009. 7:30 p.m.
Carlo Monzani. “Sobre las olas”. Oil on Canvas. 30″ x 40″
Opening reception: Friday, July 10th, 2009. 7:30 p.m.
Location: Cremata Gallery. 1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: From July 1st through August 10th, 2009
Admission: Free
Regular hours: Tuesday – Saturday 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. and Mondays by appointment. Gallery closed from August to mid September
Cremata Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of its annual Summer Exhibition featuring various artists that have been with the gallery since its inception, and others that have joined us recently. The exhibition comprises 40 works including paintings, drawings and sculptures. The result is something uniquely eclectic and entirely contrary to delimited chronologies and rigorous themes. The joy of the Summer Exhibition always comes more from unexpected juxtapositions, not from the pairing of like with like, allowing the eye and imagination a rare freedom, not telling you what you ought to admire or notice.
The show opens at the gallery with a reception on Friday, July 10th at 7:30 p.m. It will run from July 1st to August 10th from Monday through Friday, 12:00 – 6:00 p.m. or by appointment. It is free and open to the public. All works are available for purchase.
Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
Ph: 305.644.3315
Cell: 305.300.0068
Fax: 305.644.3319
cremata@crematagallery.com
www.crematagallery.com
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com

invitation for June 26th Gallery walk event at Timoteo Corelli

June 26 at 7.00 pm at Alliance Française de Miami
Avant Garde Miami Group exhibit. Opening night with the young artists and Floyd The Rock Artist.

Daring to show a diverse trajectory of avant garde art, Floyd The Rock Artist invites these young, ground-breaking artists to join forces to show an explosion of artistic expression.The artists invited by the Alliance Francaise of Miami will present an array of riveting new artwork, ranging from beautiful figurative acrylic on canvas to exuberant abstracts, digital collage, photography, and metal sculpture.

Free admission
Visiting Hours: 9.00am until 8.00pm week days/ Fridays: 9.00am until 7.00pm/
Saturdays: 9.00am until 2.00PM

Floyd The Rock Artist –
Floyd is a pioneer in the Motion Art movement; he is the only artist of his kind who creates art with rock bands. The final product is a revolution on canvas fueled by the music’s energy and Floyd’s art. His art manages to span the commercial, artistic and street worlds. Performing live art, he says, has always felt natural, organic and gave him a voice. “I am an irreverent artist. I break rules in art and use a different form of expression without respect for established patterns in paintings.” -Floyd

He has performed with music greats such as Juanes, Ricardo Montaner and Miami’s own Guajiro. He has had several gallery exhibits in Miami, Coral Gables and Wynwood Design District as well as had his work auctioned off to benefit organizations such as The Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and La Ventana de los Cielos. Most recently his performances and art were featured at the Art Miami’s Bridge Art Fair and Green Art Fair in December 2008. In March 2009 he was invited by Irreversible Magazine to exhibit at Arte Americas at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Gaby Guimarey –
Argentinean-born Gaby Guimarey is an established journalist, photographer and artist who rocks a career in TV and Radio. You can find her as the host of the popular show Puerta Astral on Mega TV and has had several art expositions in Argentina and Miami. This show will feature her modern, abstract acrylics on canvas that use a visual language of form and color to interpret the unexpected balance between nature and industry.
Clarissa Rodriguez –
Clarissa Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico and is an abstract painter who paints modern, geometric figures on surprising mediums. A seasoned artist with various expositions under her belt she brings with her a fresh and new approach on abstract painting.
Rosabel Quevedo –
I view the art of photography as a subtractive process, a distilling of reality into a personal vision. As such I often use the tools of modern photography – different film stocks, filters, digital enhancement – to try to capture in an image the emotions I felt at the moment I tripped the camera’s shutter.
Aliett Kramer –
Her color has the unemphatic glow of a slow embrace, and the carefully calibrated horizontal bands drawn across the landscape in a colorful form of freedom and all the psychological assurance that measurement can bring no corners or end. The work is undemanding but right there, detached but full of feeling.
Antonia Wright –
Antonia Wright is a Miami born, Cuban-America artist, whose work employs photography, poetry, performance, installation, video art and the interaction between these forms. Her pieces are ‘social experiments’, highlighting the bizarre within the everyday façade of the ‘normal’. Much of her work investigates interpersonal connections to our surroundings and why we, both collectively and individually, do the things we do. She received an M.F.A. in poetry from the New School University and is a graduate from the International Center of Photography’s General Studies Program. Antonia’s work has been featured in numerous group shows including Amnesty International’s exposé on Cuban-American artists in Los Angeles. She is also the curator of the The Keys Project, an ongoing multi-city venture whose aim is to document and collect keys and portraits of their possessors.
Katia Jirasova –
Katia Jirasova was born in Lima, Peru with Czech, Italian and Peruvian grandparents. She attended a British high-school and later graduated with different degrees in American universities where she had contact with a variety of cultures. Here is when she learned to be a CITIZEN of the WORLD. Part of her life is using art to communicate a genuine LOVE and RESPECT for every member of humanity, independent from their race, religion, beliefs and lifestyles. “My only fear is the closed mindedness and disrespect by unenlightened beings towards the incomprehensible.”
Special Guests :
Manuel Millares –
Born in Havana, Cuba and exiled to the US in 1960, Manuel Millares has been a long time figure in the influential art scene in New York in the late 60s. He predominantly works with metal and has sculptures in Museums, public spaces as well as being acquired by private collectors.
Irreversible Magazine –
Irreversible Magazine is an International art project founded in 2005 by Norelkys (Noor) Blazekovic, to portray how in recent decades artists have progressively expanded the boundaries of art, as they have sought to engage in an increasingly pluralistic environment. The creating and understanding of art, are likewise no longer grounded in traditional aesthetics. In the early 20th century, Marcel Duchamp threw all traditional notions of the identity of the artist and of art into disarray and his Dada associates. In ironic mockery of the Renaissance tradition, which had placed the artist in an exalted authoritative position, Duchamp, as an artist, declared that anything the artist produces, is art. For the duration of the 20th century, this position has complicated and undermined how art is perceived but at the same time, it has fostered a broader, more inclusive assessment of art. Irreversible invites to explore the freedom of developing new models and instruments from everyday life, as Irreversible evolves in its efforts to become a creative medium for the better understanding of the complexities of our contemporary existence.
Special musical performances by Kill That Rooster and Smiling Gums.
Tel: 305.859.8760
www.afmiami.org

Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays presents Malena Burke
Mark your calendars! The last Friday of the month!
Also performing this month
Danny Ricardo
DAF Studios
Teatro Flamenco Carmen Rubio
Laura Cozar
Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays, Inc.
742 SW 16th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33135.
Ph. (305) 643.5500 * Fax (786) 999.8894
www.viernesculturales.org www.culturalfridays.com

Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays
Mark your calendars! The Last Friday of the month!
Viernes Culturales presents MALENA BURKE
Also performing this month:
Danny Ricardo
DAF Studios
Teatro Flamenco Carmen Rubio
Laura Cozar
Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays, Inc.
742 SW 16th Avenue Miami, Florida 33135
(305 ) 643-5500 * (786) 999-8894 Fax
www.viernesculturales.org www.culturalfridays.org

Unzueta Gallery Cordially Invites You To
“Viernes Culturales”
From 7 P.M To 11 P.M
Friday, May 29, 2009
1607 Sw 8 Street
Miami, Fl 33135
Tel: 305 788 5250
Unzuetagallery@Gmail.Com
Www.Ramonunzueta.Com

Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays
Mark your calendars! The Last Friday of the month!
Also performing this month:
Danny Ricardo
DAF Studios
Teatro Flamenco Carmen Rubio
Laura Cozar
Viernes Culturales / Cultural Fridays, Inc.
742 SW 16th Avenue Miami, Florida 33135
(305 ) 643-5500 * (786) 999-8894 Fax
www.viernesculturales.org www.culturalfridays.org

Please join us in Little Havana on Thursday, May 28th at 7:00pm to meet the inspiring leaders and corps members of City Year Miami!

The Nature of Things Photography of Clyde Butcher and Antonia Wright
Closing Reception
Friday, May 29th
7-9 p.m.
Renee Gallery
1331 SW 8th St.

Cremata Gallery and Alliance Française present “Towards Paris!”
A panoramic view of Cuban artists who have called Paris home
Opening reception: Friday, May 22nd, 2009. 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Locations: Cremata Gallery. 1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Alliance Française. 618 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135
Dates: Cremata Gallery. From May 22nd, 2009 through June 30th, 2009
Alliance Française. From May 22nd, 2009 through June 16th, 2009
Lectures: Cremata Gallery Wednesday, May 27th, 2009: 7:00 p.m.
Alliance Française Thursday, June 4th, 2009. 6:00 p.m.
Cremata Gallery and Alliance Française, are pleased to present “Towards Paris!” a panoramic view of Cuban artists that at different times or due to different circumstances have called Paris home. The title comes from the answer given by Eduardo Abela to the question “…where, then, should I direct my steps?” The reply was not difficult, according to Abela: “Towards Paris!” He added, “everyone knows that since the beginning of the XIX Century French painting is the most important in the world.”
Cremata Gallery proposed the idea to Miami’s Alliance Française which immediately accepted the challenge. A working bond was created between Raul Cremata and Philippe Timon director of the Alliance. They joined efforts to advance this venture and offer their respective spaces to allow this unique narrative to unfold. A rich and varied compilation of paintings and sculptures includes works by Cuban leading artists of the last two centuries. Cremata Gallery is proud to present this distinguished selection of works for “Towards Paris!” entirely for sale.
In conjunction with the exhibit, we are offering two lectures with Aldo Menendez art critic, painter and curator of the show, and Carlos M. Luis poet and art critic, who has been intimately connected with French culture for many years.
Among the subjects to be discussed are the influence of France in Cuban art, how the French’s artistic vision leaves its mark on XIX Century art in the island, the specific weight of “Breton’s surrealism” on our avant-garde and post avant-garde, Paris like the Mecca, where many of Cuba’s most important works art have been produced.
To make a reservation for each lecture, please e-mail the gallery at: rcremata@bellsouth.net or call: 305.644.3315
Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
Ph: 305.644.3315
Cell: 305.300.0068
Fax: 305.644.3319
cremata@crematagallery.com
www.crematagallery.com
Alliance Française
618 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33130
Ph: 305.859.8760
afmiami@afmiami.org
www.afmiami.org

Opening reception: Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Cremata Gallery. 1646 SW 8th Street. Miami, FL 33135

Cremata Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of recent works by Cuban artist Juan “Erman” González. By using diverse techniques, this painter has been able to reproduce with vivid images, his visual experiences as an exiled. His exhibitions in diverse art galleries and art institutions have been praised by art critics, as one of the most important promises of the new emerging generation of painters.

Among his exhibitions “Art Basel” (Diáspora Vibe Gallery), “Center for Fine Arts” (Davie, Florida), “Combined Talents” (Museum of Fine Arts Tallahassee, Fl.), “Arts is in the Bag” (Ohio Arts Museum, Columbus, Ohio),“Beyond the Fringe” (Lowe Art Museum, Miami) ,“Unveiling” (Gayle Wilson Gallery, East Hampton, New York) “ Wearable Expressions” (Palos Verdes Art Center, California). Erman’s works form part of the permanent collection of the Miami Art Museum and many private collections such as Carl and Toni Randolph’s and Craig Robbins’. He has been the invited guest lecturer of Edna Manley College in Jamaica, FIT in NYC and Colorado State University among others.

Cremata Gallery
1646 SW 8th Street
Miami, FL 33135
Ph: 305.644.3315
Cell: 305.300.0068
Fax: 305.644.3319
cremata@crematagallery.com
www.crematagallery.com

Viernes Culturales 1st Carnival Night

Dear Friends of Cultural Fridays:
We are working hard for the ” Viernes Culturales 1st Carnival Night” It is the first time we have an event of this magnitude in the nine years of existence of the Cultural Fridays. We will be featuring Comparsas and Congas from all over LatinAmerica.
For this upcoming Cultural Fridays (February 27) we are organizing a comparsa and we are looking for enthusiastic and energetic people who want to participate in a comparsa.

The call is for this coming Wednesday (February 25) at 8:30 pm at Domino Park, located at the intersection of 15th Avenue and SW Calle Ocho, where we will be rehearsing the steps in the choreography.

Come have fun and have a good time at Viernes Culturales First Comparsa

WHEN: Wednesday February 25, 2009
TIME: 8:30 pm
WHERE: Domino Park

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Queridos Amigos de Viernes Culturales
Estamos trabajando arduamente para poder realizar la “1ra Noche de Carnaval de Viernes Culturales”. Es la primera vez que hacemos un evento de esta magnitud en los nueve años de existencia de los Viernes Culturales. Cerraremos la Calle Ocho, además de contar con congas y comparsas de diferentes países.

Para este próximo Viernes Culturales (27 de Febrero) estamos organizando una comparsa y estamos buscando personas de carácter alegre, entusiastas y llenos de energía, que estén en condición de participar en una comparsa.

La convocatoria es para este próximo miércoles (25 de Febrero) a las 8:30pm en el Parque Domino, localizado en la intersección de la 15 avenida y la Calle Ocho del SW, donde estaremos ensayando los pasos de la coreografía.

Ven a divertirte y a pasar un buen rato en la 1ra comparsa de Viernes Culturales

CUANDO: Miercoles Febrero 25, 2009
HORA: 8:30pm
DONDE: Parque Domino

Viernes Culturales/Cultural Fridays, Inc.
742 SW 16th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33135
305.643.5500 Fax: 786.999.8894