This is a two part post, if you just want to read about my piece, head here.
I have spent a lot of time on this site saying nice things about Poets and Artists Magazine, and I am always happy to send work to the shows that they organize. What started out and one woman with a passion for the arts, has grown into an amazing community of artists, poets, curators, and gallerists. The shows always bring together an amazing range of artists. Relative newcomers (like me) hang alongside established artists, students hang alongside professors; and everyone’s work is given the respect it deserves, because it’s all damn good. Most importantly, it has given me the opportunity to meet, and share a drink or two, with a lot of great artists.
The best part about participating in these shows, is that they encourage experimentation (at least for me). This has led me to send them some of my best pieces, along with more than their fair share of flops. This time I wanted to send a piece I really felt good about, so obviously I started off on some half-baked idea with no real finishing point in site. If you have been following along, you may notice that I have not yet posted the final images of the triptych I have been working on. I think you can see where this is going. While I do feel good about that piece, I do not have any idea exactly how to finish it. Fortunately for me (and, I suppose for Sirona Fine Art), the same model had also signed on to help with one of the text message portraits, and the resulting piece is probably the best that has come from that series.
Check back later this week for a full post on that piece.
For now, here is a little more information about the show, and most importantly, images of some of the great work that will be included.
The show is called Chévere. It will hang at Sirona Fine Art in Florida, but there is also an issue of Poets and Artists Magazine, which will feature work from the show along with accompanying poems and essays. Check that out here: http://www.poetsandartists.com/store/pa77-chvere
Chévere is a group exhibition and publication showcasing works of art inspired by the Romance Languages of Latin America. Chévere’s intention is to break stereotypes. It will feature figurative, narrative, environmental, emotional, street, poetic, and history depicting works.
For anyone who happens to be headed to Miami for art fair week, the opening reception will be Saturday December 3rd from 6-9 pm At Sirona Fine Art in Hallendale.
Here is a full list of the artists (painters, poets, sculptors, photographers and essayists) involved in the exhibition, and the current issue of Poets Artists Magazine.
(I alphabetized them by first name because I have no idea how to sort by last name in Word, and seriously who can really be expected to do things right if they can’t make the computer do it for them)
- Alia El-Bermani
- Ana Menendez
- Aneka Ingold
- Brett Harvey
- Carlos Ramirez
- Carmen Chami
- Daena Title
- David E. Olivera
- David Lehman
- Debra Balchen
- Debra Livingston
- Dorielle Caimi
- Elizabeth Claire
- Eloy Morales
- Elsa Munoz
- Erica Elan Ciganek
- Erin Anderson
- Ernesto Marenco
- Fidel Rodriguez
- Geffrey Davis
- Geraldine Rodriguez
- Gig Depio
- Grace Cavalieri
- Irvin Rodriguez
- Ivy Alvarez
- Jaime Valero
- Jason John
- Javier Chavira
- Joe Amato
- Joseph Lorusso
- Jules Arthur
- Katalin Studlik
- Lauren Amalia Redding
- Mary Jones Easley
- Matthew Cherry
- Michael Van Zeyl
- Miranda Graham
- Nadine Robbins
- Nick Ward
- Nin Andrews
- Omalix
- Paola Estrella
- PF Potvin
- Rene Romero Schuler
- Reuben Negron
- Santiago Corral
- Santiago Galeas
- Sergio Gomez
- Sharon Pomales
- Suzy Smith
- Sylvia Maier
- Tanja Gant
- Tim Okamura
- Victoria Selbach
- Yunior Hurtado Torres
Whew, that was a long one–start with Reuben Negron, or Tim Okamura, or maybe Sylvia Maier to get warmed up–then just keep clicking.
his is a two part post, if you just want to read about my piece, head here.. For those of you that are with me here in Boston, I have a local show in the works featuring these paintings, so keep your eyes open for that.
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