SoBay Festival Curator's Tour

Thursday, 2/23/2012

6:30 pm
Cost: $12 adults; $7 youth (ages 4-14)

Gallerists, collectors, Estate members, art lovers, and the public at large are invited to get behind the scenes of ArtSoBay, an innovative, collaborative, contemporary arts exhibit at the Deering Estate at Cutler. Get a firsthand account of the process of inviting artists, nurturing individual projects, and the artists interaction with the Estate’s historic buildings, natural enviroment, and one another. The program is facilitated by Deering Estate at Cutler Assistant Director Jennifer Tisthammer with LegalArt Curator, Dominique Breard and Special Projects Curator Ralph Provisero.

Special Curator Ralph Provisero discusses how artists in his site-specific show "Wedding Crashers," responded through their works of art, to this popular special event destination. His discussion highlights featured performance artists from the one-night opening event, as well as the dialogues with artists, their proposals, and the resulting primarily outdoor exhibit.

Artists from two of Miami's unique Residency Programs worked collaboratively on the ArtSoBay exhibit, and even shared work spaceat the historic Deering Estate. LegalArt participants were selected by Curator Dominique Breard, LegalArt Program Coordinator and Deering works were selected from this year's resident artists and from a commisioned installation.?

Please join us for an insightful evening of art and discussion!

The Deering Estate at Cutler has also been designanted a CSA Community Sponsored delivery site.