Girls Summit, a 3-day Symposium at MOCA North Miami and Girls’ Club

Join the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami and Girls’ Club for hands-on workshops and presentations of innovative scholarship, including round table discussions and film screenings during this 3-day symposium for scholars, artists, educators, activists, therapists and other professionals who work with girls. Register for Girls Summit 2013 (3 days) Educators: $30, Students: Free! Wednesday,…

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Workshop participants get mappy with Felice Grodin

Armed with the usual suspects of drafting and architecture planning, a group of 5 artists took on the challenge presented by Artists in Action! artist instructor Felice Grodin to map a body sequence and change the way we see movement, gestural expression and transition.  Using tracing paper, acetate sheets, T-squares, drafting dots, triangles and a…

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Artists in Action! with Ana Albertina Delgado

Ana Albertina Delgado Artist Talk | 7pm, Friday, April 19 | free and open to the public Workshop | 1-4pm, Saturday, April 20, $30 Hear Ana Albertina Delgado speak about her work, creative inspirations and recent projects. Ana’s drawings relay a world of magical elements and surreal revelations which complement real motivations and explorations. Her…

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Artists in Action! with Felice Grodin

Felice Grodin Artist Talk | 7pm, Friday, March 15 | free and open to the public Workshop | 1-4pm, Saturday, March 16, $30 Hear Felice Grodin speak about her evolving career in the arts, her creative inspirations, and recent projects. Talk is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. RSVP to [email protected]. Felice…

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Artists in Action 2013

Four presentations at Girls’ Club by prominent local female artists will offer a glimpse into their unique methods of artmaking. In conjunction with the exhibition Following the Line, the four presenting artists all manipulate the medium of drawing as a main element in their work. They will share their inspirations, career paths and ah hah!…

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Gritty Girl Summer Camp visits Girls’ Club for tour and mini-workshop

Girls’ Club welcomed the creative and performing arts lab summer camp Gritty Girl for a tour of Re-Framing the Feminine. The girls learned about the contributions of contemporary female photographers and the different processes and techniques artists are using to communicate in the medium of photography and film. Following the tour the Gritty Girls participated…

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Artists in Action! Workshop inspires collage creations

  Miami-based artist Odalis Valdivieso’s mixed media, process-heavy creations playfully expand the the scope of  photography, incorporating elements of collage, space, sculpture and paper assemblage into flattened, hyper 2D prints. Using photography to capture her collages, the camera plays an interesting role as a visual translator, flattening the space dimensional space in which the collages…

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Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute Returns to South Florida

A series of full-day sessions to be offered on four Saturdays, starting June 2, 2012 at ArtServe Inc., 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale DATE: March 15, 2012 MEDIA CONTACT: Jody Horne-Leshinsky, Broward County Cultural Division PHONE: 954-357-7463 EMAIL: [email protected] Broward Cultural Division, The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC), and ArtServe, Inc. announce…

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Untitled (spontaneous narrative), 2012

Untitled (spontaneous narrative), 2012 was made during an Artists in Action! workshop led by Peggy Levison Nolan at Girls’ Club.  After hearing Peggy’s thoughts on photography in a group critique, artist took to their camera-phones, capturing spontaneous, on-site images and developing thoughtful texts for inclusion in the developing narrative. A special thank you to Peggy…

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Artists in Action! 2012

Artists in Action!, now in its third year at Girls’ Club, presents a series of artist talks held on Friday evenings beginning March 23rd. This year, a workshop led by each artist, inspired by her creative process is offered on the Saturday afternoon following each talk.  Saturday workshops are open to artists of all levels…

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