ConFab: a one day practicum on how to make things happen in the arts
Saturday, November 18, 2017, Noon-8pm Join Girls’ Club and the Art and Culture Center/Hollywood for a one-day practicum for artists, writers and creatives in conjunction with the exhibition Change Agents, on view November 10, 2017 – January 7, 2018. ConFab is a series workshops and discussions designed to inspire innovative strategies for producing and presenting…
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SPF’17: Small Press Fair Fort Lauderdale
Saturday, November 11, 2017, Noon-6pm Girls’ Club and IS Projects present the second edition of SPF Fort Lauderdale, the area’s only Small Press Fair. SPF Fort Lauderdale is a Small Press Fair where artists, independent publishers and small presses can exhibit and sell their creations and the general public can learn about the world of…
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Artist Workshop: Watercolor Wanderlust with Harumi Abe at MDC
Saturday, June 24, 2017, 11am-2pm Join artist Harumi Abe for a hands-on painting workshop, creating small scale landscapes with watercolor. Harumi will lead a demonstration on basic watercolor elements, techniques, practices and alternative methods. Working with the ongoing theme of artist as historical explorer, the workshop invites participants to travel via Instagram to source vistas…
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Offsite: Jenny Larsson Performance
Saturday, June 17, 7:30 – 9:00pm Girls’ Club presents Offsite Performance by Jenny Larsson: Searching for Arctic Winter, a poetic performance in search of winter and wilderness in Florida’ summer heat, at Projects South, FATVillage. Searching for Arctic Winter Artist, choreographer, dancer and artistic director of Wild Beast Collective Jenny Larsson and company embark on…
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Offsite: Jen Clay Performance
Saturday, June 3, 2017, 6-9pm Girls’ Club presents Offsite Performance: Nearing, an elaborate, multi-media performance from the Fort Lauderdale-based artist Jen Clay on Saturday, June 3, 2017, 6-9pm, at ArtServe, 1350 E Sunrise Blvd, in Fort Lauderdale. First seating begins promptly at 6:30, the second at 7:30pm, with an interactive prologue and intermission. Nearing is…
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Offsite: Vanessa Garcia Performance
Saturday, May 6, 2017, 7:30-9:00pm Girls’ Club presents Offsite Performance by Vanessa Garcia: Temple Fade, a theatrical production set in the neighborhood barber shop, Monarchs Cut & Shave, in FATVillage, Fort Lauderdale. Temple Fade Three haircuts, three stories, and the butterfly effect walk into a barbershop… Created by Vanessa Garcia. Performed and Co-directed by Ashley…
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On Loan: Virginia Fifield at Coral Spring Museum of Art
On View March 11, – May 20, 2017 Pneumatikos – A Spiritual Gift Broward County resident Virginia Fifield’s seemingly familiar subjects in her charcoal drawings encourage a deeper contemplation about man’s relationship with nature. Her work is deliberately devoid of context and color to strip away all stylized associations to her subjects. Coral Springs Museum…
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Pink Noise Closing Reception
Saturday, February 25, 2017, 6-9pm Join the Facebook Event Join Girls’ Club for the closing of Pink Noise: Flexing the Frequency, the last exhibition on view at the iconic 117 Girls’ Club building in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and performance by Jen Clay. Downstairs, enjoy the exhibit and chat with exhibition curator Sarah Michelle Rupert, Girls’…
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On Loan: Nina Chanel Abney, Royal Flush at Multiple Venues
On View February 16 – July 16, 2017 at Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush The Nasher Museum presents Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush, the first solo exhibition in a museum for the Chicago-born artist. The exhibition was a 10-year survey of approximately 30 of the artist’s paintings, watercolors…
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Pink Noise: Perspectives, an independent project by Tayina Deravile
Pink Noise Perspectives is an independent, web-based project by Winter/Spring 2017 Fellow, Tayina Deravile. The project exists as a podcast series exploring the effects of the social constructs of the color pink to various individuals working in differing vocations. A teacher, a DJ, a noise artist, a producer, an optometrist, and a marriage and family…
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Offsite: Christina Pettersson Performance
Thursday, March 9, 2017, 6-8pm Girls’ Club presents Offsite Performance by Christina Pettersson: Along the Shadow of the River, a multi-disciplinary public performance set along the banks of the historic New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Taking place on the riverside grounds of the Fort Lauderdale Historical Society at 219 SW 2nd Ave, Fort Lauderdale,…
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Gritty in Pink Art Talk with Lisa Rockford
Saturday, Febeurary 4, 2017, 3pm Join the Facebook Event Artist and curator Lisa Rockford host this lecture and discussion highlighting the history of the color pink and exposing contemporary artists who have used the color pink ironically or subversively to draw attention to cultural issues. Artists featured in the Girls’ Club current exhibit, Pink Noise:…
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