Posts by Sarah Michelle Rupert
On Loan: Nancy Spero at Miami Dade College Museum of Art + Design
Nancy Spero The Race, 1988 Handprinting and printed collage on paper 24.5 x 19.5 inches Antonia Eiriz: A Painter and Her Audience Museum of Art + Design Miami Dade College, Freedom Tower September 13 – November 17, 2013 The walls of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Museum of Art + Design (MOAD) will be filled…
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The Reckoning – Women Artists of the New Millennium, released
Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princenthal, Sue Scott, the authors of After the Revolution return with an incisive study of the work of contemporary women artists. In After the Revolution, the authors concluded that “The battles may not all have been won . . . but barricades are gradually coming down, and work proceeds on…
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Girls’ Club intern interviews artist Jorge Pantoja
Girls’ Club’s Spring 2013 intern Sofia Bastidas interviews collection artist Jorge Pantoja, featured in the 2012-2013 Girls’ Club exhibition Following the Line: contemporary drawings from the collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz, curated by Carol Jazzar, on view November 2, 2012- Sept 27, 2013. about his artistic background, creative process and the relevance of…
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Art Fallout 2013, artists, photos, and record visitors
October 5, 2013 marked the Art fallout’s forth year highlighting the hotbed of creative production in downtown Fort Lauderdale and brought record numbers of artists, families and community members to the area’s contemporary art venues. Art fallout 2013, by the numbers For 1 day in October, Art Fallout saw 700+ visitors at 15 contemporary art…
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Art Fallout 2013
To celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month, a coast-to-coast collective recognition of the importance of culture in the United States, Girls’ Club is hosting the fourth annual Art Fallout, a day for contemporary art in downtown Fort Lauderdale. 2013 Participating Venues Girls’ Club Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale 1310 Gallery at Sailboat Bend Artist…
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Five Feminist Texts Today: What it Means to be a Feminist in the 21st Century?
by Vanessa Garcia As I start my year as writer in residence at Girls’ Club, I’m sitting here thinking about feminism. I’m thinking about what feminism means today. Whose contributing to it; whose writing about it; whose pushing buttons, and starting important conversations? Here are five “texts” I’m considering as my “top five feminist…
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Writer-in-residence Vanessa Garcia, 2013/2014
Vanessa Garcia, local writer and visual artist, has been selected as Girls’ Club 2013/2014 writer-in-residence. Garcia will work collaboratively with Girls’ Club to present various public programs and contribute writings in conjunction with the exhibition I think it’s in my head, curated by TM Sisters. Vanessa Garcia is an multi-media and cross-genre artist, writer, and…
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2013/2014 Internship Program Call for Applications
GIRLS’ CLUB Girls’ Club is an alternative, non-profit art collection and exhibition space dedicated to contemporary art by women. We exhibit curated annual exhibitions from the private collection and present a year-round program of public events including art talks, workshops, community events, outreach programs, film screenings and more. Now approaching our 7th year, Girls’ Club…
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Brown Bag Lunch Talk with Local Artist Residencies and Studio Centers
Thursday, August 8, 2013, Noon Girls’ Club invites artists, arts venues and creative entrepreneurs to attend this information session and brown bag lunch talk, Thursday, August 8 at Noon. Hear about South Florida’s artist residency programs/studio centers and learn about opportunities for studio space, facility usage and available support that can help further your artistic…
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Exhibition opportunity for artists at Whitespace – The Mordes Collection
CALL TO ARTISTS Application Deadline: November 15, 2013 Exhibition Dates: Friday & Saturday, April 4 – 5, 2014 8 -11 pm OUTSIDE THE BOX2, curated by Lisa Rockford, is the second biennial exhibition of outdoor, site-specific art in Palm Beach County, FL. This unique and alternative format, situated at the uniquely prestigious Whitespace – The…
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Revel on the Block with Girls’ Club artist Alex Trimino
Fort Lauderdale’s second Revel on the Block community celebration will take place on July 27, 2013 from 2-11 p.m. Organized by Cadence, C&I Studios and helium creative, the biannual event aims to build a stronger sense of connection in the local creative community, and will feature live music, art exhibits and various activities, food and…
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I think it’s in my head
2013 – 2014
Girls’ Club has engaged Miami artist team TM Sisters – sisters Monica and Natasha Lopez de Victoria – to collaborate with the collection of contemporary art by women amassed by Fort Lauderdale collectors Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz, and curate the 2013/2014 exhibition, selecting works which spoke to the mysterious attraction the girls felt to each piece.
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