Art Services and Exhibitions
at the Miami-Dade Public Library System
presents
Place of Mind
Paintings and works on paper by John Bailly / Poems by Richard Blanco
October 4 – December 15, 2007
Reception, with a reading by Richard Blanco:
Thursday, October 4, 6:00 – 8:30pm
Main Library Auditorium, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami - 305.375.2665
The work for this exhibition is the result of a collaboration between critically acclaimed Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco (City of a Hundred Fires, Directions to the Beach of the Dead) and painter and printmaker John Bailly, Fellow of the Honors College at Florida International University. Bailly’s work for this project consists of prints, paintings, and book art created in dialogue with Blanco’s poems, which will be printed and mounted for the exhibition. Often subtle, sometimes vague, and rarely obvious, the relationships between the poems and paintings will rely on the viewer’s own intuition and associations.
Main Library Hours
Monday – Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Program: Surrealist Games
Play Dada and Surrealist art games with Richard Blanco and John Bailly. Create new art and poetry; cut up newspaper articles and magazines to come up with random combinations of words and learn how to play Exquisite Corpse to create a group drawing or writing project. Best for ages 13-18.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 4 – 6:00p.m.
West Kendall Regional Library, 10201 Hammocks Blvd – Miami – 305-385-7135
Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 4 – 6:00p.m.
California Club Branch Library, 850 Ives Dairy Road, Miami – 305-770-3155
Program: Artist’s Talk with John Bailly
Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 4:00p.m.
Coral Reef Branch Library, 9211 Coral Reef Dr. - Miami -305-233-8324
More exhibitions at the Miami-Dade Public Library System this fall:
Stargaze and Other Tales, or
More Artist-Poet Collaborations from the
Permanent Collection of the Miami-Dade Public Library System
Through December 19, 2007
Main Library, 2nd floor exhibition space - 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami - 305-375-2665
Agustín Fernandez: Translating Martí
Through June 1, 2008
West Dade Regional Branch, 9445 Coral Way, Miami – 305-553-1134
Lox with Black Beans and Rice: A Portrait of Cuban-Jewish Life
By Randi Sidman-Moore
October 13 – January 11, 2008
Miami Beach Regional Library, 227 22nd St, Miami Beach – 305-535-4219