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  • NADA Miami 2017

    The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) has a venue change this year from the Deauville Beach Resort to Ice Palace Studios due to the damages the resort suffered from a fire and then Hurricane Irma.

    “NADA is committed to producing a distinctive event in Miami for our exhibitors and the public. We have always sought to provide the best conditions for presenting art in a fair environment, and we’re pleased to have swiftly arranged to host the fair at the Ice Palace Studios in Downtown Miami,” said Heather Hubbs, NADA Executive Director. “As the previous home of NADA in Miami from 2004 to 2008, we are confident that the Ice Palace Studios will provide an ideal location for this year’s fair.”

    VIP Preview by Invitation
    Thursday, December 7, 10am–12pm

    Opening Preview by Invitation
    Thursday, December 7, 12–2pm

    Open to the Public
    Thursday, December 7, 2–7pm
    Friday, December 8, 11am–7pm
    Saturday, December 9, 11am–7pm
    Sunday, December 10, 11am–5pm

    Admission:
    $40 Run of Show
    $20 Single Day
    $10 Senior / Student

    Purchase tickets online here.

    Proceeds raised from NADA Miami ticket sales will go towards the NADA International Gallery Prize, an initiative supporting first-time exhibitors traveling internationally to exhibit at NADA Miami in 2018.

    Location:
    Ice Palace Studios
    1400 North Miami Avenue

    About NADA
    Founded in 2002, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) is a not-for-profit 501c(6) collective of professionals working with contemporary art. Its mission is to create an open flow of information, support, and collaboration within the arts field and to develop a stronger sense of community among its constituency. Through support and encouragement, NADA facilitates strong and meaningful relationships between its members working with new contemporary and emerging art. In addition NADA hosts two fairs a year: New York, and Miami.

    NADA Projects
    Inaugurated in 2010, NADA Projects is a unique programmatic platform for presenting new art within the art fair environment. The discrete, self-contained booths are specifically designed to highlight small-scale presentations from emerging galleries and independent organizations.

    TWITTER: @newartdealers
    INSTAGRAM: @newartdealers
    FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/newartdealersalliance
    WEBSITE: http://newartdealers.org
    HASHTAG: #NADAMiami #newartdealers

     

  • Second Century: Photography, Feminism, Politics Symposium Panel Favorites

    From the Second Century Photography, Feminism, Politics Symposium presented by FotoFocus  earlier this month, this awesome Woman with a Camera Panel moderated by Prudence Peiffer (Senior Editor at Artforum) with Makeda Best (Curator of Photography for Harvard Art Museums), Carmen Winant (Artist and Writer, Assistant Professor of Visual Studies and Contemporary Art History at CCAD and Dean at SSPS), and Claire Lehmann (Artist, Writer, Curator) considers what if anything does it mean to be a woman photographer.

    Plus this stirring commentary from writer and scholar  Aruna D’Souza, Photography in an Intersectional Field, takes us through some of the mine fields that have occurred pre- and post election in the art world. 

    #FotoFocus    #FFsymposium    #LensFeminism

  • Save the Date: SCOPE Miami Beach 2017

    Save the Date: SCOPE Miami Beach 2017

     

     

     

     

     

    The 17th edition of this magnificent contemporary art fair, 
    SCOPE Miami Beach 2017, comes to South Florida  December 05 thru December 10 so save-the-date!

  • Supporting the Arts: Broward Cultural Division Seat at the Table Discussion

    Supporting the Arts: Broward Cultural Division Seat at the Table Discussion

    Lousy weather did not stop me or some of the regions arts movers and shakers from attending the “Seat at the Table (for the future of Broward Arts)” at the Broward Cultural Division this evening.   In attendance were people from the visual arts, theater arts, filmmakers, dancers, musicians, teachers, arts organization chairs, curators, collectors, an art appraiser and  other arts disciplines – all of us united by our serious concerns for the future of the arts in the county.

    The origin of this event was based from the exchange of ideas at an earlier event that took place last month: “Art, Culture and the Creative Economy in Ft. Lauderdale” Panel Discussion at Pipeline Workspaces. 

    While there was no official agenda, there was a considerable amount of sharing of information that made 2 hours fly by.  At the start we were given large index cards with instructions to draw or write what our vision or mission for the future of the arts in Broward is. These we learned would be complied for a future slideshow as part of the branding for moving those visions forward.

    Then we learned about the Creation Station Lab,  covered a brief overview of advocacy techniques, and did get to discuss a couple of  the visions attendees had for the future of the arts in the region.

    Robert Anstett, Coordinator for Digital Initiatives for Broward County Libraries
    Grace Kewl-Durfey, Broward Cultural Division Arts Administrator
    Broward Arts Connection Framework

    Afterwards, there was time for some quick networking where I got to exchange information with several amazing creators and found out about a great monthly event in Historic Sistrunk from writer/director educator Darius Daughtry ,  and  about her upcoming film about domestic violence and  her dating web series from actress/producer Sandra Justice :

    Art Prevails Projects Presents Saturday Sessions
    Bae Night

     

    Upcoming Film “loving Till It Hurts”

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    For sure, I’m looking forward to the next Seat at the Table Discussion session and to being more involved in the Broward County local arts scene.

    Special thanks to artist + writer Kristin M Beck of Art Buzz Studio for telling me about this great event!

  • Art Basel Miami Beach 2016 Week – Post-Election Funk Casts a Shadow on the Hottest Art Fair Week of the Year

    Art Basel Miami Beach 2016 Week – Post-Election Funk Casts a Shadow on the Hottest Art Fair Week of the Year

    After a particularly nasty and grueling U.S. election season complete with shocking outcome, I have to admit my usual Art Basel – Miami Beach Week excitement had been smushed a few notches.

    As the invites rolled in, I found myself confronting a post-election malaise. I wondered if I should just take a pass this year from the many fabulous contemporary art and design world events and Netflix binge instead, sequestering myself in a dark room hoping that this all was a bad dream.

    I am so very glad I did not go down the path of least movement but instead ventured out to commiserate with fellow attendees, exhibitors, designers, curators, artists and journalists at the temporary crossroads of the best in contemporary art and collectible design.

    Wherever I went, no matter the happening, event or exhibition, I had the best conversations with complete strangers or people who “knew” me from my social media channels but hadn’t met me in person yet.  I took tons of photos and  some videos (not as much as I would have liked). 

    While I did not get to see everything I wanted to see, I did see a lot, so stay tuned for upcoming posts! 

     

     

     

  • Upcoming Event: Maison & Objet Paris 2017

    Upcoming Event: Maison & Objet Paris 2017

    Maison & Objet Paris 2017 ( January 20th-24th) will be a design industry wonderland featuring exhibitors from around the globe! (more…)

  • SCAD at Miami Presents Theater of Self featuring Daniel Lismore

    SCAD at Miami Presents Theater of Self featuring Daniel Lismore

    The use of clothes to define, defend and defy societal conventions is at the center of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) presents SCAD AT MIAMI – Theater of Self: An Exploration of Identity, featuring works by  Daniel Lismore and photography by SCAD graduate student Bin Feng (M.F.A. Photography) that I previewed last week.  

    The core of the exhibition is a phalanx of 20 Daniel Lismore life-size mannequins festooned in his spectacularly designed creations that are accompanied by five light boxes of photos of Lismore taken by New York-based photographer Colin Douglas Gray. These five featured looks are also included in Lismore’s upcoming monograph, published by Skira Rizzoli in collaboration with SCAD entitled Daniel Lismore: Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken, due out for international release in February 2017.

    As I walked around each exciting ensemble, I realized that I could spend hours looking at Daniel Lismore ‘s creations and still not be able to fathom all the intricacies involved in creating them.   

    Accompanying Limore’s works, Bin Feng’s self-portraits of himself living a stylized version of the  “American Dream” offer profound insights to the subjects of class, race and gender from a non-Western perspective. This inclusion of Feng’s works could not have been more timely as the recent brutal election season has shown that we Americans have vastly different interpretations of what those “dreams” mean as well how we should attain them. 

    Also included are works from SCAD graduates including exquisite furniture designed Kalin Asenov and Eny Lee Parker,  thrilling paintings by Whitney Wood Bailey and  gorgeous lighting fixtures with embroidered cotton corded shades by April Rivers Locke.   

    In addition to all this, SCAD AT MIAMI also is showcasing the world’s first ever virtual reality musical “Say It With Music”, produced &* written by Joshua Howard and directed and performed by SCAD students.  Fortunately, Howard was on hand along with SCAD student Lubomir Kocka to walk me through the process of getting set up and viewing this amazing production.

    This totally immersive experience was extraordinary – it felt like I was not watching a musical as so much as being a silent participant .  While you will have to go to the exhibition to experience this, you can see a “behind the scenes” look here .

    Here are more pics from the exhibition: 

    SCAD AT MIAMI Theater of Self

    Details are as follows (corrected from original post on 12/11/16):

    Theater of Self

    Dec. 2-13

    11–6 p.m. daily

    SCAD AT MIAMI

    1601 N. Miami Ave.

    Miami, Florida

    Make sure to see this before it closes if you are in the area! 

    Photo Credit: Simone Todd