Events: Visual Arts
Forest: Ancestry and Dystopia
A unique art exhibition about the Amazaon rain forest, featuring the work of 16 Brazilian artists who chronicle life in the rain forest, including its indigenous people and the forces threatening a vital ecosystem, to the detriment of the planet.
Location
Pablo Atchugarry Foundation
5520 NE 4th Ave,
Miami,
FL
33137
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Las Olas Capital Arts Presents Frank Polanco
Thursday, Jun 9, 2022 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM - English
Join us on Thursday, June 9th, 2022 as we celebrate the amazing works of Frank Polanco, our 17th featured artist! Have a drink. Relax. Enjoy.
Jodi Jeffreys-Tanner, Founder and Curator of Las Olas Capital Arts, is thrilled to announce our 17th featured artist - Frank's beautiful and insightful pieces reflect his caring and meaningful personality. We hope to see you at his reception on Thursday, June 9th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at our offices on beautiful Las Olas Boulevard!
About Las Olas Capital Arts:
Las Olas Capital Arts is the principal philanthropic mission of Las Olas Capital Advisors. The initiative seeks to support, promote, and celebrate local artists by providing a venue to showcase their work. Each chosen artist has artwork exhibited in the Las Olas Capital Advisors office, located on Las Olas Boulevard the heart of Fort Lauderdale.
For more information on Las Olas Capital Arts, please visit website.
Location
fort Lauderdale
888 E Las Olas Blvd,
Fort Lauderdale,
FL
33301
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Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Sculptures from Africa
Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Sculptures from Africa, opening on February 25th, 2022, at The ARC in Downtown Opa-Locka. Every Secon Saturday from 1 pm to 5 pm until August 28th, 2022.
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The exhibition is curated by internationally renowned curator Tumelo Mosaka, the former lead curator for the Investec Cape Town Art Fair. The exhibition challenges Western cultural norms and perspectives of what contemporary African art is by presenting African sculpture in dialogue with works from some of Africa’s exciting artists.The exhibition takes advantage of OLCDC’s impressive holdings from its Karg Collection and features various stone and wood sculptures representing traditions from regions in Africa, including Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Tanzania, where carving tradition has a long cultural history. Featured artists include Sylvster Mubayi, Bernard Takawira and Edward Masaya, among others. Additionally, the exhibition will include paintings from famed artists Ouattara Watts, known for his large-scale canvas works that incorporate cryptic symbols, geometric designs, and numerical sequences that speak to his cross-cultural identity and MalatangaValente Ngwenya, a pioneer of modern African art with an aesthetic that is defined by a dense assembly of figures.
Location
The ARC
675 Ali Baba Ave,
Opa Locka,
FL
33054
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