James Clark who lectures on history at the University of Central Florida paid a visit to the Miami Book Fair International to discuss his latest boom, Presidents in Florida. Long before we ever heard of "hanging chads" Florida has had a famous and infamous relationship with most of the men who served as President.
the end/SPRING BREAK are Domingo Castillo, Patricia Hernandez & Kathryn Marks.
In this segment, Patricia Hernandez discusses their project for Art Live 2012, working with dancer Jenna Balfe to create a Body Movement event using contact improversation.
About the end/SPING BREAK:
the end / SPRING BREAK is a nomadic artist-run project committed to developing new modes of
considering issues in contemporary art and culture within South Florida communities.
Our focus is to develop programming that seeks to engage our audience as participants and
elicit a discussion surrounding the thematic concept chosen for that event. In collaboration with
various artists and members of the community, our goal is to stimulate a dialogue that will enable
one event to inform another in a manner that reflects the movement between the different methods
of presenting ideas.
Our programming will include but not be limited to lectures, exhibitions, site-specific projects,
publications, educational workshops, etc.
Art Live 2012 is an interactive, performance based, contemporary "art happening" and fair in which artists and exhibitors are invited to share the creative process unfolding spontaneously in every form of artistic medium and to the extent possible, engage the fairgoers in the creative process.
We like to say, don't just see art, be it! Performing artists and exhibitors alike to step outside the four walls of their galleries, institutions, residencies and studios to join us in an uplifting coming together of art and community for cause.
Admission proceeds of the fair will benefit the Lotus House Women's Shelter, providing shelter, sanctuary, education and resources to empower homeless women and children to build safe, secure lives off the streets. Join us in this very special coming together of art and community for cause and make a difference in the lives of women and children in need!
TRADING PLACES 2 AT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Knight Exhibition Series
September 13 – November 11, 2012
Artists swap their studios for spaces in MOCA galleries
Meet the artist panel discussions on July 18 and 25, 2012
In 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami launched an experimental program called Trading Places in which South Florida artists swapped their studio spaces for space in the museum’s galleries for the period of two months. From September 13 through November 11, 2012, MOCA has invited five South Florida artists: Dona Altemus, Onajide Shabaka, Magnus Sigurdarson, Rick Ulysse and Antonia Wright to participate in Trading Places 2, the second installment of this program. Trading Places 2 is part of MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Series program.
The emphasis of Trading Places 2 is on the research and development of projects rather than specifically working toward an exhibition, although works may be exhibited or performed at the museum. The artists selected have reached critical moments in their careers when they can most benefit from the opportunity to work with MOCA’s curatorial and technical staff.
This program provides the artists with studio spacein the museum’s galleries, materials and technical assistants, and opportunities to interact, respond to and investigate each others’ practices and engage in periodic discussions with the public.
A new component of Trading Places 2 is the role these artists will play mentoring the teens and young adults enrolled in MOCA’s free afterschool educationclasses and intern program, as part of the MOCA Art Institute, MOCA’s extensive education program for students of all ages.
Trading Places 2 is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami under the direction of MOCA Executive Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater. It is made possible by MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Endowment.
Rick Ulysse, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1983 and grew up in Philadelphia where he attended Tyler School of Art. Newly relocated to Miami, he is especially interested in continuing his research for his latest series of drawings based on Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution. Imagination, cartoon realism, ethnography and historical fiction all combine in a non-linear fashion and avoids direct story telling in the traditional sense. Ulysse notes that he uses “an open form to negotiate/infuse the everyday and current events into a broad conversation about history. Using this process allows me to garner a variety of sources from Japanese anime and Walt Disney, to Christian iconography and African symbolism.” One of the aims of his work is “to communicate to my younger cousins about Haitian history and identity. Theirs is a generation that views cartoons as reality.” He will have the opportunity to work directly with the teens and young adults in MOCA education programs, approximately 70 percent of whom are Haitian, and he will have access to South Florida’s centers for Haitian historical research, including the Haitian Historical Museum and Archives in North Miami.
Magnus Sigurdarson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1966. He will further explore the concept of identity and his search for “Miami Melancholy,” which has been ongoing since his move to Miami in 2004. “As a true blood Northerner with deep roots in Melancholy and the poetic enclose or angst as an artistic motivator, I have been searching for the ‘Tropical Melancholy’ and the ‘Subliminal in the flatness of Florida.’ This has of course opened my heart to all the other emotions,” Sigurdarson notes. In Iceland, Sigurdarson mentored many younger artists, including Ragnar Kjartansson who had a recent exhibition at MOCA.
Clearwater notes, “One of the essential aspects of any art community is the interaction between its artists. Trading Places helps to forge a stronger relationship between multi-generational artists and the students they mentor and to engage the public in the creative process.”
Clearwater notes, “One of the essential aspects of any art community is the interaction between its artists. Trading Places helps to forge a stronger relationship between multi-generational artists and the students they mentor and to engage the public in the creative process.”
About Trading Places
This program was launched in 2005 with Miami artists Salvatore La Rosa, Maria Martnez-Canas in collaboration with Alaska artist Kim Brown, and Frances Trombly. The artists occupied the museum’s galleries from July 29 to September 4, 2005.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami, Florida. For information, please visit www.mocanomi.org or call 305 893 6211.
Hours and Admission: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 11 am to 5 pm; Wednesday from 1–9 pm; and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. MOCA’s galleries are also open on the last Friday of each month from 7–10 pm in conjunction with Jazz at MOCA performances. Admission is free for MOCA members, North Miami residents and City employees and children under 12; $5 for adults; $3 for seniors and students with ID.
About the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art is to make contemporary art accessible to diverse audiences - especially under-served populations - by exploring the art of our time and its relationship to a broader cultural context. MOCA is internationally recognized as a force in defining new trends and directions in contemporary art. The museum originates most of its own exhibitions, presenting an exciting mix of both emerging and legendary artists.
Visitors from around the world are drawn to its permanent collection reflecting the most important developments in contemporary art.
MOCA presents a continuous calendar of lectures by renowned artists and critics, film screenings, concerts, and cutting edge performances. Its MOCA Art Institute has attracted nationwide attention for highly original education and outreach programs that make contemporary art accessible, understandable, and enjoyable to people of all ages.
Through enrichment programs, cultural travel and social events, MOCA members are provided dynamic opportunities to enhance their understanding of contemporary art and develop relationships with collectors and art enthusiasts from around the world.
Architectural plans for the expansion and renovation of MOCA's current facility will more than double its overall space to 54,000 square feet and more than triple its current exhibition space to 23,150 square feet. The expansion's concept plan is designed by Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman + Associates. The expansion will allow for ongoing access to MOCA's permanent collection, provide an education wing for classes and public programs, expanded space to present concurrent exhibitions, new art storage and enhanced public areas.
In 2007, MOCA received a $5 million endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish the MOCA Knight Exhibition Endowment. The endowment is part of a $460 million philanthropic initiative created by Knight Foundation to help transform South Florida by bringing the community together through the arts. The Knight Arts Challenge includes three institutional endowments and an open-invitation community contest to fund the best ideas for the arts. It enables MOCA to present exhibitions and multi-media projects each year featuring the work of emerging and experimental artists, as well as to develop innovative public and education programs. The Knight Foundation Endowment makes MOCA one of the few contemporary art museums in the nation to have a dedicated source of funding of this nature. Since its launch in December 2008, MOCA's Knight Exhibition Series has featured the exhibitions: Anri Sala: Purchase Not by Moonlight (2008-09), The Possibility of an Island (2008-09), Luis Gispert (2009), The Reach of Realism (2009-10), Ceal Floyer: Auto Focus (2010), Cory Arcangel: The Sharper Image (2010). Modify, as Needed (2011), Mark Handforth: Rolling Stop and Ragnar Kjartansson: Song. For more, visit www.KnightArts.org.
Exhibitions and programs at MOCA are made possible through grants from the City of North Miami. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
TRADING PLACES 2 AT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Knight Exhibition Series
September 13 – November 11, 2012
Artists swap their studios for spaces in MOCA galleries
Meet the artist panel discussions on July 18 and 25, 2012
In 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami launched an experimental program called Trading Places in which South Florida artists swapped their studio spaces for space in the museum’s galleries for the period of two months. From September 13 through November 11, 2012, MOCA has invited five South Florida artists: Dona Altemus, Onajide Shabaka, Magnus Sigurdarson, Rick Ulysse and Antonia Wright to participate in Trading Places 2, the second installment of this program. Trading Places 2 is part of MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Series program.
The emphasis of Trading Places 2 is on the research and development of projects rather than specifically working toward an exhibition, although works may be exhibited or performed at the museum. The artists selected have reached critical moments in their careers when they can most benefit from the opportunity to work with MOCA’s curatorial and technical staff.
This program provides the artists with studio spacein the museum’s galleries, materials and technical assistants, and opportunities to interact, respond to and investigate each others’ practices and engage in periodic discussions with the public.
A new component of Trading Places 2 is the role these artists will play mentoring the teens and young adults enrolled in MOCA’s free afterschool educationclasses and intern program, as part of the MOCA Art Institute, MOCA’s extensive education program for students of all ages.
Trading Places 2 is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami under the direction of MOCA Executive Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater. It is made possible by MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Endowment.
Rick Ulysse, was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1983 and grew up in Philadelphia where he attended Tyler School of Art. Newly relocated to Miami, he is especially interested in continuing his research for his latest series of drawings based on Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution. Imagination, cartoon realism, ethnography and historical fiction all combine in a non-linear fashion and avoids direct story telling in the traditional sense. Ulysse notes that he uses “an open form to negotiate/infuse the everyday and current events into a broad conversation about history. Using this process allows me to garner a variety of sources from Japanese anime and Walt Disney, to Christian iconography and African symbolism.” One of the aims of his work is “to communicate to my younger cousins about Haitian history and identity. Theirs is a generation that views cartoons as reality.” He will have the opportunity to work directly with the teens and young adults in MOCA education programs, approximately 70 percent of whom are Haitian, and he will have access to South Florida’s centers for Haitian historical research, including the Haitian Historical Museum and Archives in North Miami.
Magnus Sigurdarson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1966. He will further explore the concept of identity and his search for “Miami Melancholy,” which has been ongoing since his move to Miami in 2004. “As a true blood Northerner with deep roots in Melancholy and the poetic enclose or angst as an artistic motivator, I have been searching for the ‘Tropical Melancholy’ and the ‘Subliminal in the flatness of Florida.’ This has of course opened my heart to all the other emotions,” Sigurdarson notes. In Iceland, Sigurdarson mentored many younger artists, including Ragnar Kjartansson who had a recent exhibition at MOCA.
Clearwater notes, “One of the essential aspects of any art community is the interaction between its artists. Trading Places helps to forge a stronger relationship between multi-generational artists and the students they mentor and to engage the public in the creative process.”
Clearwater notes, “One of the essential aspects of any art community is the interaction between its artists. Trading Places helps to forge a stronger relationship between multi-generational artists and the students they mentor and to engage the public in the creative process.”
About Trading Places
This program was launched in 2005 with Miami artists Salvatore La Rosa, Maria Martnez-Canas in collaboration with Alaska artist Kim Brown, and Frances Trombly. The artists occupied the museum’s galleries from July 29 to September 4, 2005.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami, Florida. For information, please visit www.mocanomi.org or call 305 893 6211.
Hours and Admission: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 11 am to 5 pm; Wednesday from 1–9 pm; and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. MOCA’s galleries are also open on the last Friday of each month from 7–10 pm in conjunction with Jazz at MOCA performances. Admission is free for MOCA members, North Miami residents and City employees and children under 12; $5 for adults; $3 for seniors and students with ID.
About the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art is to make contemporary art accessible to diverse audiences - especially under-served populations - by exploring the art of our time and its relationship to a broader cultural context. MOCA is internationally recognized as a force in defining new trends and directions in contemporary art. The museum originates most of its own exhibitions, presenting an exciting mix of both emerging and legendary artists.
Visitors from around the world are drawn to its permanent collection reflecting the most important developments in contemporary art.
MOCA presents a continuous calendar of lectures by renowned artists and critics, film screenings, concerts, and cutting edge performances. Its MOCA Art Institute has attracted nationwide attention for highly original education and outreach programs that make contemporary art accessible, understandable, and enjoyable to people of all ages.
Through enrichment programs, cultural travel and social events, MOCA members are provided dynamic opportunities to enhance their understanding of contemporary art and develop relationships with collectors and art enthusiasts from around the world.
Architectural plans for the expansion and renovation of MOCA's current facility will more than double its overall space to 54,000 square feet and more than triple its current exhibition space to 23,150 square feet. The expansion's concept plan is designed by Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman + Associates. The expansion will allow for ongoing access to MOCA's permanent collection, provide an education wing for classes and public programs, expanded space to present concurrent exhibitions, new art storage and enhanced public areas.
In 2007, MOCA received a $5 million endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish the MOCA Knight Exhibition Endowment. The endowment is part of a $460 million philanthropic initiative created by Knight Foundation to help transform South Florida by bringing the community together through the arts. The Knight Arts Challenge includes three institutional endowments and an open-invitation community contest to fund the best ideas for the arts. It enables MOCA to present exhibitions and multi-media projects each year featuring the work of emerging and experimental artists, as well as to develop innovative public and education programs. The Knight Foundation Endowment makes MOCA one of the few contemporary art museums in the nation to have a dedicated source of funding of this nature. Since its launch in December 2008, MOCA's Knight Exhibition Series has featured the exhibitions: Anri Sala: Purchase Not by Moonlight (2008-09), The Possibility of an Island (2008-09), Luis Gispert (2009), The Reach of Realism (2009-10), Ceal Floyer: Auto Focus (2010), Cory Arcangel: The Sharper Image (2010). Modify, as Needed (2011), Mark Handforth: Rolling Stop and Ragnar Kjartansson: Song. For more, visit www.KnightArts.org.
Exhibitions and programs at MOCA are made possible through grants from the City of North Miami. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
TRADING PLACES 2 AT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Knight Exhibition Series
September 13 – November 11, 2012
Artists swap their studios for spaces in MOCA galleries
Meet the artist panel discussions on July 18 and 25, 2012
In 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami launched an experimental program called Trading Places in which South Florida artists swapped their studio spaces for space in the museum’s galleries for the period of two months. From September 13 through November 11, 2012, MOCA has invited five South Florida artists: Dona Altemus, Onajide Shabaka, Magnus Sigurdarson, Rick Ulysse and Antonia Wright to participate in Trading Places 2, the second installment of this program. Trading Places 2 is part of MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Series program.
The emphasis of Trading Places 2 is on the research and development of projects rather than specifically working toward an exhibition, although works may be exhibited or performed at the museum. The artists selected have reached critical moments in their careers when they can most benefit from the opportunity to work with MOCA’s curatorial and technical staff.
This program provides the artists with studio spacein the museum’s galleries, materials and technical assistants, and opportunities to interact, respond to and investigate each others’ practices and engage in periodic discussions with the public.
A new component of Trading Places 2 is the role these artists will play mentoring the teens and young adults enrolled in MOCA’s free afterschool educationclasses and intern program, as part of the MOCA Art Institute, MOCA’s extensive education program for students of all ages.
Trading Places 2 is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami under the direction of MOCA Executive Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater. It is made possible by MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Endowment.
Dona Altemus, the youngest artist in Trading Places 2, is a 2012 graduate of New World School of the Arts, where she earned her BFA with a concentration in painting. For Trading Places 2, Altemus will investigate installation as a tool and explore spatial relationships that are activated when separate works interact. Altemus first came to Clearwater’s attention when she presented her work at MOCA’s unique Artist Critique program held twice a year, in which approximately 15 students from South Florida art schools present their work to MOCA’s curators for critique at each session. Clearwater notes, “I was impressed by the initial presentation and the maturity of Altemus’s vision. Trading Places will provide her with the opportunity to determine her post-graduate path.”
Onajide Shabaka’s work makes references to the anthropological, geological and biological through a visual aesthetic that is challenging and visceral, with a grounding in African Atlantic culture. Since 1997, his work has largely moved into the Florida wetlands, upper Minnesota and Oregon woodlands. He will use Trading Places to bring his art practice back into the formal gallery through photography, drawing and sculpture of natural and industrial materials. Bonnie Clearwater first worked with Shabaka when she selected him for the exhibition New Art: South Florida at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale in 1993, and notes that his recent body of work based on botanical studies conducted in South Florida marks a new path for him to develop. “With his extensiveexperience teaching at the college and university level, Shabaka will play an important mentoring role for the teen and young adult students in MOCA’s afterschool programs,” she said.
Antonia Wright’s project will reflect her background in performance art within the mediums of video, photography and installation to explore the environment of MOCA. A poet and photographer, Wright introduces social critique into a broad conceptual framework with imagination and conviction. She received an M.F.A. in poetry from the New School University in New York and studied at the International Center of Photography. Wright was one of the finalists in MOCA’s Optic Nerve XIII film festival in 2011.
Clearwater notes, “One of the essential aspects of any art community is the interaction between its artists. Trading Places helps to forge a stronger relationship between multi-generational artists and the students they mentor and to engage the public in the creative process.”
About Trading Places
This program was launched in 2005 with Miami artists Salvatore La Rosa, Maria Martnez-Canas in collaboration with Alaska artist Kim Brown, and Frances Trombly. The artists occupied the museum’s galleries from July 29 to September 4, 2005.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami, Florida. For information, please visit www.mocanomi.org or call 305 893 6211.
Hours and Admission: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 11 am to 5 pm; Wednesday from 1–9 pm; and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. MOCA’s galleries are also open on the last Friday of each month from 7–10 pm in conjunction with Jazz at MOCA performances. Admission is free for MOCA members, North Miami residents and City employees and children under 12; $5 for adults; $3 for seniors and students with ID.
About the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art is to make contemporary art accessible to diverse audiences - especially under-served populations - by exploring the art of our time and its relationship to a broader cultural context. MOCA is internationally recognized as a force in defining new trends and directions in contemporary art. The museum originates most of its own exhibitions, presenting an exciting mix of both emerging and legendary artists.
Visitors from around the world are drawn to its permanent collection reflecting the most important developments in contemporary art.
MOCA presents a continuous calendar of lectures by renowned artists and critics, film screenings, concerts, and cutting edge performances. Its MOCA Art Institute has attracted nationwide attention for highly original education and outreach programs that make contemporary art accessible, understandable, and enjoyable to people of all ages.
Through enrichment programs, cultural travel and social events, MOCA members are provided dynamic opportunities to enhance their understanding of contemporary art and develop relationships with collectors and art enthusiasts from around the world.
Architectural plans for the expansion and renovation of MOCA's current facility will more than double its overall space to 54,000 square feet and more than triple its current exhibition space to 23,150 square feet. The expansion's concept plan is designed by Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman + Associates. The expansion will allow for ongoing access to MOCA's permanent collection, provide an education wing for classes and public programs, expanded space to present concurrent exhibitions, new art storage and enhanced public areas.
In 2007, MOCA received a $5 million endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish the MOCA Knight Exhibition Endowment. The endowment is part of a $460 million philanthropic initiative created by Knight Foundation to help transform South Florida by bringing the community together through the arts. The Knight Arts Challenge includes three institutional endowments and an open-invitation community contest to fund the best ideas for the arts. It enables MOCA to present exhibitions and multi-media projects each year featuring the work of emerging and experimental artists, as well as to develop innovative public and education programs. The Knight Foundation Endowment makes MOCA one of the few contemporary art museums in the nation to have a dedicated source of funding of this nature. Since its launch in December 2008, MOCA's Knight Exhibition Series has featured the exhibitions: Anri Sala: Purchase Not by Moonlight (2008-09), The Possibility of an Island (2008-09), Luis Gispert (2009), The Reach of Realism (2009-10), Ceal Floyer: Auto Focus (2010), Cory Arcangel: The Sharper Image (2010). Modify, as Needed (2011), Mark Handforth: Rolling Stop and Ragnar Kjartansson: Song. For more, visit www.KnightArts.org.
Exhibitions and programs at MOCA are made possible through grants from the City of North Miami. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
TRADING PLACES 2 AT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Knight Exhibition Series
September 13 – November 11, 2012
Artists swap their studios for spaces in MOCA galleries
Meet the artist panel discussions on July 18 and 25, 2012
In 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami launched an experimental program called Trading Places in which South Florida artists swapped their studio spaces for space in the museum’s galleries for the period of two months. From September 13 through November 11, 2012, MOCA has invited five South Florida artists: Dona Altemus, Onajide Shabaka, Magnus Sigurdarson, Rick Ulysse and Antonia Wright to participate in Trading Places 2, the second installment of this program. Trading Places 2 is part of MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Series program.
The emphasis of Trading Places 2 is on the research and development of projects rather than specifically working toward an exhibition, although works may be exhibited or performed at the museum. The artists selected have reached critical moments in their careers when they can most benefit from the opportunity to work with MOCA’s curatorial and technical staff.
This program provides the artists with studio spacein the museum’s galleries, materials and technical assistants, and opportunities to interact, respond to and investigate each others’ practices and engage in periodic discussions with the public.
A new component of Trading Places 2 is the role these artists will play mentoring the teens and young adults enrolled in MOCA’s free afterschool educationclasses and intern program, as part of the MOCA Art Institute, MOCA’s extensive education program for students of all ages.
Trading Places 2 is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami under the direction of MOCA Executive Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater. It is made possible by MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Endowment.
Dona Altemus, the youngest artist in Trading Places 2, is a 2012 graduate of New World School of the Arts, where she earned her BFA with a concentration in painting. For Trading Places 2, Altemus will investigate installation as a tool and explore spatial relationships that are activated when separate works interact. Altemus first came to Clearwater’s attention when she presented her work at MOCA’s unique Artist Critique program held twice a year, in which approximately 15 students from South Florida art schools present their work to MOCA’s curators for critique at each session. Clearwater notes, “I was impressed by the initial presentation and the maturity of Altemus’s vision. Trading Places will provide her with the opportunity to determine her post-graduate path.”
Onajide Shabaka’s work makes references to the anthropological, geological and biological through a visual aesthetic that is challenging and visceral, with a grounding in African Atlantic culture. Since 1997, his work has largely moved into the Florida wetlands, upper Minnesota and Oregon woodlands. He will use Trading Places to bring his art practice back into the formal gallery through photography, drawing and sculpture of natural and industrial materials. Bonnie Clearwater first worked with Shabaka when she selected him for the exhibition New Art: South Florida at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale in 1993, and notes that his recent body of work based on botanical studies conducted in South Florida marks a new path for him to develop. “With his extensiveexperience teaching at the college and university level, Shabaka will play an important mentoring role for the teen and young adult students in MOCA’s afterschool programs,” she said.
Antonia Wright’s project will reflect her background in performance art within the mediums of video, photography and installation to explore the environment of MOCA. A poet and photographer, Wright introduces social critique into a broad conceptual framework with imagination and conviction. She received an M.F.A. in poetry from the New School University in New York and studied at the International Center of Photography. Wright was one of the finalists in MOCA’s Optic Nerve XIII film festival in 2011.
Clearwater notes, “One of the essential aspects of any art community is the interaction between its artists. Trading Places helps to forge a stronger relationship between multi-generational artists and the students they mentor and to engage the public in the creative process.”
About Trading Places
This program was launched in 2005 with Miami artists Salvatore La Rosa, Maria Martnez-Canas in collaboration with Alaska artist Kim Brown, and Frances Trombly. The artists occupied the museum’s galleries from July 29 to September 4, 2005.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami, Florida. For information, please visit www.mocanomi.org or call 305 893 6211.
Hours and Admission: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 11 am to 5 pm; Wednesday from 1–9 pm; and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. MOCA’s galleries are also open on the last Friday of each month from 7–10 pm in conjunction with Jazz at MOCA performances. Admission is free for MOCA members, North Miami residents and City employees and children under 12; $5 for adults; $3 for seniors and students with ID.
About the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art is to make contemporary art accessible to diverse audiences - especially under-served populations - by exploring the art of our time and its relationship to a broader cultural context. MOCA is internationally recognized as a force in defining new trends and directions in contemporary art. The museum originates most of its own exhibitions, presenting an exciting mix of both emerging and legendary artists.
Visitors from around the world are drawn to its permanent collection reflecting the most important developments in contemporary art.
MOCA presents a continuous calendar of lectures by renowned artists and critics, film screenings, concerts, and cutting edge performances. Its MOCA Art Institute has attracted nationwide attention for highly original education and outreach programs that make contemporary art accessible, understandable, and enjoyable to people of all ages.
Through enrichment programs, cultural travel and social events, MOCA members are provided dynamic opportunities to enhance their understanding of contemporary art and develop relationships with collectors and art enthusiasts from around the world.
Architectural plans for the expansion and renovation of MOCA's current facility will more than double its overall space to 54,000 square feet and more than triple its current exhibition space to 23,150 square feet. The expansion's concept plan is designed by Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman + Associates. The expansion will allow for ongoing access to MOCA's permanent collection, provide an education wing for classes and public programs, expanded space to present concurrent exhibitions, new art storage and enhanced public areas.
In 2007, MOCA received a $5 million endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish the MOCA Knight Exhibition Endowment. The endowment is part of a $460 million philanthropic initiative created by Knight Foundation to help transform South Florida by bringing the community together through the arts. The Knight Arts Challenge includes three institutional endowments and an open-invitation community contest to fund the best ideas for the arts. It enables MOCA to present exhibitions and multi-media projects each year featuring the work of emerging and experimental artists, as well as to develop innovative public and education programs. The Knight Foundation Endowment makes MOCA one of the few contemporary art museums in the nation to have a dedicated source of funding of this nature. Since its launch in December 2008, MOCA's Knight Exhibition Series has featured the exhibitions: Anri Sala: Purchase Not by Moonlight (2008-09), The Possibility of an Island (2008-09), Luis Gispert (2009), The Reach of Realism (2009-10), Ceal Floyer: Auto Focus (2010), Cory Arcangel: The Sharper Image (2010). Modify, as Needed (2011), Mark Handforth: Rolling Stop and Ragnar Kjartansson: Song. For more, visit www.KnightArts.org.
Exhibitions and programs at MOCA are made possible through grants from the City of North Miami. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
TRADING PLACES 2 AT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Knight Exhibition Series
September 13 – November 11, 2012
Artists swap their studios for spaces in MOCA galleries
Meet the artist panel discussions on July 18 and 25, 2012
In 2005, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami launched an experimental program called Trading Places in which South Florida artists swapped their studio spaces for space in the museum’s galleries for the period of two months. From September 13 through November 11, 2012, MOCA has invited five South Florida artists: Dona Altemus, Onajide Shabaka, Magnus Sigurdarson, Rick Ulysse and Antonia Wright to participate in Trading Places 2, the second installment of this program. Trading Places 2 is part of MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Series program.
The emphasis of Trading Places 2 is on the research and development of projects rather than specifically working toward an exhibition, although works may be exhibited or performed at the museum. The artists selected have reached critical moments in their careers when they can most benefit from the opportunity to work with MOCA’s curatorial and technical staff.
This program provides the artists with studio spacein the museum’s galleries, materials and technical assistants, and opportunities to interact, respond to and investigate each others’ practices and engage in periodic discussions with the public.
A new component of Trading Places 2 is the role these artists will play mentoring the teens and young adults enrolled in MOCA’s free afterschool educationclasses and intern program, as part of the MOCA Art Institute, MOCA’s extensive education program for students of all ages.
Trading Places 2 is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami under the direction of MOCA Executive Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater. It is made possible by MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Endowment.
Dona Altemus, the youngest artist in Trading Places 2, is a 2012 graduate of New World School of the Arts, where she earned her BFA with a concentration in painting. For Trading Places 2, Altemus will investigate installation as a tool and explore spatial relationships that are activated when separate works interact. Altemus first came to Clearwater’s attention when she presented her work at MOCA’s unique Artist Critique program held twice a year, in which approximately 15 students from South Florida art schools present their work to MOCA’s curators for critique at each session. Clearwater notes, “I was impressed by the initial presentation and the maturity of Altemus’s vision. Trading Places will provide her with the opportunity to determine her post-graduate path.”
Onajide Shabaka’s work makes references to the anthropological, geological and biological through a visual aesthetic that is challenging and visceral, with a grounding in African Atlantic culture. Since 1997, his work has largely moved into the Florida wetlands, upper Minnesota and Oregon woodlands. He will use Trading Places to bring his art practice back into the formal gallery through photography, drawing and sculpture of natural and industrial materials. Bonnie Clearwater first worked with Shabaka when she selected him for the exhibition New Art: South Florida at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale in 1993, and notes that his recent body of work based on botanical studies conducted in South Florida marks a new path for him to develop. “With his extensiveexperience teaching at the college and university level, Shabaka will play an important mentoring role for the teen and young adult students in MOCA’s afterschool programs,” she said.
Antonia Wright’s project will reflect her background in performance art within the mediums of video, photography and installation to explore the environment of MOCA. A poet and photographer, Wright introduces social critique into a broad conceptual framework with imagination and conviction. She received an M.F.A. in poetry from the New School University in New York and studied at the International Center of Photography. Wright was one of the finalists in MOCA’s Optic Nerve XIII film festival in 2011.
Clearwater notes, “One of the essential aspects of any art community is the interaction between its artists. Trading Places helps to forge a stronger relationship between multi-generational artists and the students they mentor and to engage the public in the creative process.”
About Trading Places
This program was launched in 2005 with Miami artists Salvatore La Rosa, Maria Martnez-Canas in collaboration with Alaska artist Kim Brown, and Frances Trombly. The artists occupied the museum’s galleries from July 29 to September 4, 2005.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami, Florida. For information, please visit www.mocanomi.org or call 305 893 6211.
Hours and Admission: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 11 am to 5 pm; Wednesday from 1–9 pm; and Sunday from noon to 5 pm. MOCA’s galleries are also open on the last Friday of each month from 7–10 pm in conjunction with Jazz at MOCA performances. Admission is free for MOCA members, North Miami residents and City employees and children under 12; $5 for adults; $3 for seniors and students with ID.
About the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
The mission of the Museum of Contemporary Art is to make contemporary art accessible to diverse audiences - especially under-served populations - by exploring the art of our time and its relationship to a broader cultural context. MOCA is internationally recognized as a force in defining new trends and directions in contemporary art. The museum originates most of its own exhibitions, presenting an exciting mix of both emerging and legendary artists.
Visitors from around the world are drawn to its permanent collection reflecting the most important developments in contemporary art.
MOCA presents a continuous calendar of lectures by renowned artists and critics, film screenings, concerts, and cutting edge performances. Its MOCA Art Institute has attracted nationwide attention for highly original education and outreach programs that make contemporary art accessible, understandable, and enjoyable to people of all ages.
Through enrichment programs, cultural travel and social events, MOCA members are provided dynamic opportunities to enhance their understanding of contemporary art and develop relationships with collectors and art enthusiasts from around the world.
Architectural plans for the expansion and renovation of MOCA's current facility will more than double its overall space to 54,000 square feet and more than triple its current exhibition space to 23,150 square feet. The expansion's concept plan is designed by Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman + Associates. The expansion will allow for ongoing access to MOCA's permanent collection, provide an education wing for classes and public programs, expanded space to present concurrent exhibitions, new art storage and enhanced public areas.
In 2007, MOCA received a $5 million endowment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to establish the MOCA Knight Exhibition Endowment. The endowment is part of a $460 million philanthropic initiative created by Knight Foundation to help transform South Florida by bringing the community together through the arts. The Knight Arts Challenge includes three institutional endowments and an open-invitation community contest to fund the best ideas for the arts. It enables MOCA to present exhibitions and multi-media projects each year featuring the work of emerging and experimental artists, as well as to develop innovative public and education programs. The Knight Foundation Endowment makes MOCA one of the few contemporary art museums in the nation to have a dedicated source of funding of this nature. Since its launch in December 2008, MOCA's Knight Exhibition Series has featured the exhibitions: Anri Sala: Purchase Not by Moonlight (2008-09), The Possibility of an Island (2008-09), Luis Gispert (2009), The Reach of Realism (2009-10), Ceal Floyer: Auto Focus (2010), Cory Arcangel: The Sharper Image (2010). Modify, as Needed (2011), Mark Handforth: Rolling Stop and Ragnar Kjartansson: Song. For more, visit www.KnightArts.org.
Exhibitions and programs at MOCA are made possible through grants from the City of North Miami. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts. With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
Originally featured in tropicult.com
From the ashes of Art Basel and its satellite fairs, the third installment of Miami International Art Fair (MIA) is bringing together a colorful ensemble of 30 international galleries representing both established artists and emerging talent.
Miami International Art Fair will present 21st century contemporary works composed from various materials and ranging in media including photography, painting, mixed-media, sculpture, installation and video.
MIA relocated the luxurious SeaFair to Downtown Miami. The megayacht exhibition facility voyages along the eastern seaboard pair international fine art and collectables with harbor view dining and special events in cities. For MIA there will be tons of awesome art to look at on board, and I mean look at because these high caliber artworks cost what to you and I is a small fortune.
To give a little back to the community, MIA has partnered with MOCA, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Art, Lowe Museum of Art and Boca Raton Museum of Art to introduce educational art projects that collaborate with local artists, museums and organizations.
Accordingly, MIA kicks-off with a preview for the members of the MOCA Shakers, a group of young professionals interested in networking, cultural, philanthropy and community engagement. Should you be a member, private collector, or other VIP, this party is a must because its on a yacht of course!
Being aboard this yacht alone is the highlight of this fair. With plenty of art, daily Meet the Artist Receptions and sunset parties on the sky deck, seems like we’ll be spending all weekend aboard. Full program.
Every evening, MIA invites you to watch the sunset on the sky deck and enjoy Art on the Rocks, featuring art inspired cocktail creations like the Jackson Pollock Martini, Dali’s Day of the Dead, Matta Mojito and the Frida Kahlo Tequila Sunrise.
Friday, January 13th Art Link International will present artwork and a live painting performance by John Matos aka Crash. Crash revolutionized graffiti by earning the craft the respect of the art world and even the likes of Eric Clapton when he presented him with a detailed Stratocaster who has since commissioned 5 guitars now dubbed Crashocastors.
Crash will donate one of his works to benefit the Marli Foundation for Ovarian Cancer during a benefit for the Foundation on Saturday, January 14th aboard SeaFair.
Begins on Friday, January 13th at 2pm with The Importance of Proper Lighting in Today’s Interiors by Pamela Hughes, Owner and President, Hughes Design Associates. Hughes discusses the many lighting choices available to us today, and the criteria for their use in interior design.
Hughes Design Associates is one of the premier firms of interior designers in the United States. Pamela Hughes is a legit lady, she leads the firm of over 20 experienced architects, interior architects and interior designers with several highly prestigious projects under her belt.
Pamela Hughes continues her lecture on Sunday, January 15th at 2pm withIncorporating Functional Art into Rooms of all Periods. Hughes will be discussing how to incorporate the incredible variety of functional art available today.
For full article including a preview of the exhibitors, visit tropicult.com.
The Fairchild's 5th Annual International Chocolate Festival with Coffee and Tea took place on January 21st, 2011.
Three days of chocolate treats, delicious cups of coffee, soothing cups of tea, tastings, cacao tree sales, the ChocoKids area, cooking demonstrations, our ChocoWalk, lectures and much more.
Knight Foundation Awards Infuse South Florida Arts Scene with $3.8 million. uVu interviewed some of the winners, including:
Recipient: Centro Cultural Brasil-USA da Florida
Project: Interactive Oscar Niemeyer Exhibit
Award: $100,000
Summary: To expose South Floridians to the mind of the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, Centro Cultural Brasil-USA da Florida will produce an interactive exhibit showcasing his creative process. The Niemeyer exhibition at Miami’s Freedom Tower will aim to enrich Miami culturally and enhance the city’s appeal as a global cultural destrination. A collaboration with the schools of architecture at the University of Miami and Florida International University, the project will feature lectures by professors to the architectural community and the general public. Middle and high school students will receive special tours of the exhibition.
Bio: The Centro Cultural Brasil-USA da Florida is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization established in 1997 with a mission to disseminate Brazilian culture in South Florida and strengthen the ties between Florida and Brazil.
Paul Leary interviews Robert Rosenberg about Out In The Tropics South Florida’s First Gay Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered contemporary performing arts festival July 7 thru 11 at the Colony Theatre Miami Beach. Get all the information about opening night, lectures and more at outinthetropics.org and facebook.com/outinthetropics.
For Immediate Release. April 1st, 2010
Contact info:
Rebekah: 305-851-3441 (locally)
Email: the_professional_image@yahoo.com
South Florida Chef Whips Up the World's Foremost "Caribb-ican" Recipe Book
Chef/Author Michael Bennett cooks up a special Caribbean-style cuisine and NEW COOKBOOK at Fort Lauderdale's finest wood-grilled Seafood restaurant.
South Florida, May 1st, 2010 /Books PR News/ -- When in Florida you can never run out of Seafood restaurant choices. South Florida has a highly diversified food culture where every observed and ranked restaurant boasts of their healthy seafood recipes. Chef Michael Bennett's current menu represents an elite melange of our South Floridian pelagic-based cultures. Many current South Florida residents come from Caribbean island nations, namely; Jamaica and the Virgin Islands (which are British), Cuba and Puerto Rico (Spanish), Haiti and Martinique (French).
Chef Michael has tapped into these individual-istic cultures that have all lent their own culinary flavor to South Florida's unique dining landscape. After returning from a four year culinary journey in the Caribbean, chef Michael Bennett utilized these culinary experiences to develop a “Caribb-ican” vibe at his current post as Executive chef. This post, at the very popular Bimini Boatyard in Fort Lauderdale, has been a launching point for his first and second cookbooks.
After two years working with this exceedingly visible South Florida cookery conception, chef Michael's Bimini menu apprises diners which Caribbean isle each recipe is dedicated to. People can choose dishes from a French, Spanish or British Caribbean island namesake. An example of this is when chef Michael pairs the familiar Gulf Grouper with an distinctive Santo Dominican twist of mango, plantain and coconut.
When it comes to food, Miami and South Florida live up to its name as the Magic city- food magic! Chef Michael explains, “as chefs we never fail to surprise people from different walks of life with our excesses in our tropical seafood bounty. There have been different forms of Caribb-ican cuisine but, this style is the most easygoing and acceptable for a sweeping spectrum of Americans”, says chef Michael.
His new cookbook, In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks, is a collection of recipes from his current position at this vital local Caribbean favorite. Author Michael Bennett has compiled his best-tasting recipes from notable Caribbean dining spots where he had employed them. Chef Michael promises a gastronomical burst of cuisine for food lovers and cooking enthusiasts alike; a salute to the Caribbean ’s quintessential definition of food as a celebration of life.
About the Author
Michael Bennett is a well-known award wining (Chef of the Year-1995) South Florida chef and who's clients are a Who’s Who of Media and Sports personalities. He earned critical culinary kudos as the Executive chef for the 26 year-local culinary force Left Bank restaurant. Under his auspices he brought “Best of” (Zagat Survey), Four Stars (AAA) and Four Diamonds (Mobil) to the long-time three star rating. He is the founder and member of The Professional Image, inc. publisher for the Culinary Arts. He also holds culinary affiliations with several culinary and food-related organizations in the USA and around the world. He regularly lectures on South Florida 's “Caribb-ican” cuisine.
A “Caribb-ican” chef's life is what Michael promotes in both of his books. Chef Michael's first book “In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks” and his latest book “Underneath a Cloudless Sky both feature this “Caribb-ican” recipe styling, both being published by The Professional Image, inc.
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About The Professional Image, inc.
The Professional Image was founded in 1991 and as a “budding” Chef/Author services provider for chefs - and soon to be authors, has helped to publish food-related articles and books on a regional and national basis. The Professional Image is based in South Florida with outposts throughout the Caribbean. TPI provides chef/authors with direct and personal access to quick, quality orientated publication in trade paperback, custom leather-bound, and full-color formats.
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Gallery owner and consultant Dora Valdés-Faulí, a long supporter of the arts in Miami, is taking on the role of director of arteaméricas, the largest Latin American art fair in the country. The fair is opening its doors March 26-29 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
After participating in the fair since its inception seven years ago, Ms. Valdés-Faulí is now taking the reins. In her new role as director, she says she has been working to attract new galleries to participate in this year’s fair.
Her efforts are paying off as several new galleries are joining this year, which is to help fill the void of others unable to participate because of the economic downturn.
In its eighth edition, the fair, which is to lure more than 15,000 art aficionados, is to feature the works of various Latin American artists from countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain.
“In addition to what the galleries bring to show, we have a series of lectures, roundtable discussions called Art Talk Conversations and I think that that’s going to be a very, very important part of our intellectual offering,” Ms. Valdés-Faulí said.
This year, arteaméricas is also pitching in to help earthquake-devastated Haiti by displaying an exhibition exclusively of Haitian artwork, with all sales proceeds going to fund struggling Haitian artists.
“We’re very excited about this because we all want to help as everyone in our world does at the moment,” she said.
Ms. Valdés-Faulí discussed the plans for this year’s arteaméricas with Miami Today reporter Yudislaidy Fernandez at the fair’s offices in Miami.
Gallery owner and consultant Dora Valdés-Faulí, a long supporter of the arts in Miami, is taking on the role of director of arteaméricas, the largest Latin American art fair in the country. The fair is opening its doors March 26-29 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
After participating in the fair since its inception seven years ago, Ms. Valdés-Faulí is now taking the reins. In her new role as director, she says she has been working to attract new galleries to participate in this year’s fair.
Her efforts are paying off as several new galleries are joining this year, which is to help fill the void of others unable to participate because of the economic downturn.
In its eighth edition, the fair, which is to lure more than 15,000 art aficionados, is to feature the works of various Latin American artists from countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain.
“In addition to what the galleries bring to show, we have a series of lectures, roundtable discussions called Art Talk Conversations and I think that that’s going to be a very, very important part of our intellectual offering,” Ms. Valdés-Faulí said.
This year, arteaméricas is also pitching in to help earthquake-devastated Haiti by displaying an exhibition exclusively of Haitian artwork, with all sales proceeds going to fund struggling Haitian artists.
“We’re very excited about this because we all want to help as everyone in our world does at the moment,” she said.
Ms. Valdés-Faulí discussed the plans for this year’s arteaméricas with Miami Today reporter Yudislaidy Fernandez at the fair’s offices in Miami.
Gallery owner and consultant Dora Valdés-Faulí, a long supporter of the arts in Miami, is taking on the role of director of arteaméricas, the largest Latin American art fair in the country. The fair is opening its doors March 26-29 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
After participating in the fair since its inception seven years ago, Ms. Valdés-Faulí is now taking the reins. In her new role as director, she says she has been working to attract new galleries to participate in this year’s fair.
Her efforts are paying off as several new galleries are joining this year, which is to help fill the void of others unable to participate because of the economic downturn.
In its eighth edition, the fair, which is to lure more than 15,000 art aficionados, is to feature the works of various Latin American artists from countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and Spain.
“In addition to what the galleries bring to show, we have a series of lectures, roundtable discussions called Art Talk Conversations and I think that that’s going to be a very, very important part of our intellectual offering,” Ms. Valdés-Faulí said.
This year, arteaméricas is also pitching in to help earthquake-devastated Haiti by displaying an exhibition exclusively of Haitian artwork, with all sales proceeds going to fund struggling Haitian artists.
“We’re very excited about this because we all want to help as everyone in our world does at the moment,” she said.
Ms. Valdés-Faulí discussed the plans for this year’s arteaméricas with Miami Today reporter Yudislaidy Fernandez at the fair’s offices in Miami.
The Boomers and Beyond Health Fair was held at NSU on Sunday April 26 and featured:
Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the founding executive director and chief curator of the Jewish Museum of Florida, has been collecting photographs of Jews in Florida for nearly a quarter of a century. Over the years, she has presented hundreds of slide show lectures and written exhibits, films and publications. Marcia Jo Zerivitz presented her new book on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, discussing the history of Jews of Greater Miami and introducing many of the individuals who are included in this photo-documentary.
Now Marcia Jo has compiled her 3,000-word essay and 250 photographs with captions to chronologically tell the story about Jews of Greater Miami from 1896 through the present.
Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community
Marcia Jo Zerivitz, the founding executive director and chief curator of the Jewish Museum of Florida, has been collecting photographs of Jews in Florida for nearly a quarter of a century. Over the years, she has presented hundreds of slide show lectures and written exhibits, films and publications. Marcia Jo Zerivitz presented her new book on Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of Florida, discussing the history of Jews of Greater Miami and introducing many of the individuals who are included in this photo-documentary.
Now Marcia Jo has compiled her 3,000-word essay and 250 photographs with captions to chronologically tell the story about Jews of Greater Miami from 1896 through the present.
Miami was among Florida's latest communities to develop a Jewish population. When the City of Miami was chartered in 1896, Jews owned 12 of Miami's earliest 16 businesses. Jews began to settle on Miami Beach by 1913. Facing discrimination, the Jewish community grew to dominate the Beach, its politics and tourism industry until the 1980s. At one time, Greater Miami hosted the state's largest Jewish population, which currently has declined, but stabilized. Barriers for Jews have been greatly dismantled and prejudice against Jews has lost its respectability. This rich photo documentary tells stories of the pioneer Jews, their struggles and successes, how they worked hard to help develop every area of their community and at opening society and now thrive in it. Miami Jewry has cultural diversity, young Jews, observant Jews, a rich and varied Jewish community infrastructure including the Jewish Museum of Florida, and, at last, is a multi-generational Jewish community
