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Miami-Dade Public Library System’s

Art Services and Exhibitions Division presents

P r e g ó n

Call and Response Series #1

October 12 – December 15, 2006

Reception: Thursday, October 12, 6:00 – 8:30pm

With a performance of an excerpt from Teo Castellanos’ NE 2^nd Avenue at 8pm.

Main Library, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami - 305-375-2665

Ernesto Burgos • Teo Castellanos •  Carlos de Villasante • Christian Duran

• Vanessa Garcia • Beatriz Monteavaro • Angela Valella

Pregón is the first in a new occasional exhibitions series called Call and Response. Visual artists Ernesto Burgos, Carlos de Villasante, Christian Duran, Vanessa Garcia, Beatriz Monteavaro, Angela Valella, and performing artist Teo Castellanos were invited to select objects from the Library’s permanent art collection and respond to them through new or existing works of their own. Like a vocal improvisation dialogues with the structured chorus in a musical pregón, the artists’ own works—primarily painting, drawing, collage, and performance--are presented together in dialogue with the permanent collection pieces.

The exhibition includes a series of short performances by Teo Castellanos at neighborhood library branches, each featuring different characters from his award-winning solo show, NE 2^nd Avenue. To follow the show’s metaphorical jitney ride through “the bumpy streets of Miami,” see a performance at each branch. Each excerpt will feature a character from that branch’s neighborhood.

Main Library, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130, 2^nd-floor exhibition space

Thursday, October 12, 8:00pm (As part of opening reception for Pregón)

Saturday, December 2, 1:00pm

Allapattah Branch (near Wynwood), 1799 NW 35th Street, Miami, Florida 33142  Saturday, October 14, 3:00pm

Model City Branch (Liberty City), 2211 NW 54th Street, Miami, Florida 33142  Tuesday, November 28, 5:30pm

Lemon City Branch (Little Haiti), 430 NE 61st Street, Miami, Florida 33137   Tuesday, December 5^th, 4:30pm

Library Hours (Main Library):
Monday - Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
9:00 - 6 p.m.
Thursday
9:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Also happening this Fall at the Miami-Dade Public Library System:

The Everglades Invade the City

by Edwin Villasmil & Elba Martinez

September 27, 2006–February 28, 2007

West Dade Regional Library, 9445 Coral Way, Miami – 305-553-1134

Workshops - Art from Recycled Materials: Saturdays, 1:30 – 3:30pm, October 28, November 18, December 9, January 20

Villasmil and Martinez are artists, environmental activists and educators. For the past two years, they have researched the Everglades through our library system and documented their findings through art. The result - a fairytale world of line drawings, sculptural installations and graphic-novel style storytelling that parallels Marjorie Stoneman Douglas’ River of Grass and recounts the natural, social, and cultural history of the Everglades. Their goal is to investigate the relationship between art, society and nature, and to create awareness of the need to protect our natural resources.

FALLOUT: Nicaragua and Its Diaspora

by Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga

October 4, 2006- January 13, 2007

West Kendall Regional Library, 10201 Hammocks Boulevard, Miami - 305-385-7135

Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga, born in the U.S. to Nicaraguan parents, adapted this ongoing project for Miami, which is a major site of the Nicaraguan diaspora. It is an installation that presents a written and graphical history of the country, including a website that collects personal histories, memories and opinions on Nicaragua from exhibition visitors; and new audio recordings retelling folk tales as well as historically famous recordings.

Library and the Lens: Photographs from the Permanent Collection 

September 20 – March 31, 2007

Coral Gables Branch Library, 3443 Segovia Street, Coral Gables – 305-442-8706

Highlighted in this exhibition are color and black-and-white photographs from the permanent collection, created by contemporary and modern artists. Included are works by Mario Algaze, Eduardo del Valle, Mirta Gomez, Silvia Lizama, Joseph Tamargo, Roberto Machado Ortega, and C. Junquera.

Outside the Classroom: Dade Art Educators Association Exhibition

September 23- December 15, 2006

South Dade Regional Library, 10750 SW 211 St, Miami – 305.233.8140

Reception: Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 6:00 – 8:30pm

A group of Miami-Dade County Public School teachers and members of the Dade Art Educators Association present their own artworks of varied mediums, including watercolors, pastels, and photography. The show highlights their contributions to the arts outside the classroom.

Goodbread Alley Quiltfest 2006

A celebration that includes a series of exhibitions, workshops, and programs linking Southern African-American quiltmaking traditions, local history, and folk arts (including cultural foods and cooking) along with other nationalities of African descent. The quilt exhibitions manifest the spirit of young girls and women coming together through quilting groups to talk, tell stories, share techniques, make art, and keep history alive.

Down by the Riverside

By Ms. Snovia Phillips, Big Mama Quilters and Vintage Guild, Inc.

September 15 – December 17, 2006

North Dade Regional Library, 2455 NW 183rd Street, Miami – 305-625-6424

Holding Onto Southern Traditions: Lessons in African-American Quiltmaking

By the Girl Scout Council of Tropical Florida, Troop #1026, of Liberty City Charter School

September 16–December 13, 2006

Culmer/Overtown Branch Library, 350 NW 13th Street, Miami – 305-579-5322

Programs (to be held at Culmer/Overtown branch):

Nine-Patches from the Soul

A block quilting workshop for young teens  

Saturday, October 21 and 28, 2006, 2:00 – 4:00pm

Registration is required - call branch

Underground Railroad: Signs and Symbols found in African-American Quiltmaking

Saturday, November 18, 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Registration is required – call branch

Goodbread Alley: Art & History Workshops

Workshop dates: Saturdays, 2:00 – 4:00 pm, September 23, October 7, December 2, December 16

Call 305.375.5048 or email [log in to unmask] for more information.

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