SoBay Festival of the Arts
 SoBay Festival of the Arts | |
| from 1/31/2010 to 3/5/2010 http://deeringestate.org/pages/SoBay-Festival-of-the-Arts.aspx | |
| The SoBay Festival of the Arts was created in 2006 to raise awareness of the visual, literary and performing arts in the South Miami-Dade community and to promote the missions of partnering organizations. The SoBay Festival of the Arts is an annual celebration of the literary, performing and visual arts. The overarching goal for SoBay FOA is to provide an opportunity for the community to come together through the arts. We strive to include events that appeal to a wide range of audiences of all ages. The cornerstone of our programming strategy is that we collaborate with several local community arts organizations. Our list of past partners has included: Miami Short Film Festival, the Moth Story Corp, ArtSouth, Bake House Art Complex, LegalArt, Founding Artists of the Living Artist Concert Series, Miami String Project, The Edge Theatre Company, Books and Books, Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, South Florida Writers Association, to name a few. Featured events for SoBay Festival of the Arts generally include poetry readings, art lectures, theatre performances, fine art exhibits, and musical performances. The closing event for the Festival is the annual Moonlight and Music Valentine’s Day Jazz Concert. Sunday, January 31, 2010 ArtSoBay Exhibit Opening Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Free. Open to the public. Join us for the ArtSoBay Exhibit Opening with a progressive evening of art, history, and entertainment! Xavier Cortada will present his genographic project, "Ancestral Journeys,” a series of installations and performances using DNA to trace the ancestral journeys of people living in Miami. Guest juror, Bernice Steinbaum in partnership with LegalArt and the Deering Estate at Cutler presents a group art exhibit in the Stone House, Richmond Cottage and main grounds of the Estate. Artists in Residence – Jennifer Basile, Deena Blazejack, Cherie Clark, Ingrid Eliasson, and Vickie Pierre will present a culmination exhibit of their past year’s work while in residence on the Estate. Vignettes in the Courtyard will be featured by the Greater Miami Youth Symphony and the Miami Dade College Theatre Department. The ArtSoBay Exhibit will be on display through March 5, 2010 and is Free with Estate admission. January 31 - March 5, 2010 Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm (ticket office closes at 4:00 pm) Free with Estate admission. ArtSoBay Exhibit: "Ancestral Journeys," Xavier Cortada In developing the works for the "Ancestral Journeys" installations and performances at Deering Estate, Cortada will be using DNA to trace the ancestral journeys of people living in Miami. Cortada will do so through the Genographic Project. The site-specific works Cortada proposes to install and perform during February 2010 include The Ancestral Dinner Party, Ancestral Journeys and Ancestral Miami. The artwork shows the interconnectedness between those who came from different countries across the Hemisphere to build their lives in Miami and their relationship to the natural world. In their blood they capture evidence of the routes their deep ancestors took in response to climatic changes from their original journey out of Africa 60,000 years ago. Looking at their biology to explore how nature influenced human history, the art piece will use genetic data to create a portrait of Miami's community. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Visit Xavier Cortada's website for more information. Friday, February 5, 2010 Greater Miami Youth Symphony Performance Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Cost: $15 Join us for an evening celebrating emerging young artists in our community as they perform various vignettes of Chamber Music in the historic Stone House Ballroom. The Greater Miami Youth Symphony - our youth performance Artists-in-Residence - will co-host the evening. Saturday, February 6, 2010 "Book Nook by the Bay" - "EcoArt" Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Cost: Free with Estate admission: $10 for adults; $5 for children (ages 4-14). Join the Deering Estate at Cutler's staff and Artists-in-Residence and find inspiration in the natural features of the Estate while creating an eco-art project that focuses on the importance of environmental stewardship. Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Icon of a Moment: A Convergence of History, Land and Character Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm Cost: $10 Location: Richmond Cottage The historical discussion will be led by the Deering Estate's own Literary Artists-in-Residence, Deena Blazejack and Cherie Clark, Independent Researcher from Chicago, Jennifer Faust, and Education and Interpretive Staff members, Jessical Cabral and Ernie Lent. They will talk about the discovery of the juxtapositions of technology and culture depicted through Charles Deering - an icon of a moment in our nation's history. The panelists will share historical information and insights into the forces which affected, and the figures who shaped, the place that would become known as the Deering Estate at Cutler in the period from 1896 to 1922, chief among these Charles Deering himself. An icon is an image, figure or representation. In this presentation, the icon is that historical “moment” extending from 1896 – the year Flagler’s railroad reached the north shore of the Miami River and the year the city was incorporated – to 1922, when Charles Deering’s Stone House was completed as his primary place of residence. 1896 marks the end of the pioneer period in this coastal area. 1922 marks the beginning of Deering’s residence here, and the beginning of what will be preserved as the Estate. The panel will talk about the following: 1. Miami’s general history from 1896 -1922 (population, economy, major historical events and forces, changes, major players. 2. The Hunting Grounds and Cutler: the pioneer period (population, economy, major historical events and forces, changes, major players. 3. Charles Deering: a general biography to 1922. 4. Charles Deering’s Chicago years: the industrialist; family ties; anti-trust suits; social activities and standing. 5. Charles Deering’s many facets: a summing up of influences and interests: the naval experience, art, ornithology, botany, genealogy, climatology, conservation, etc. Friday, February 12, 2010 - **This event has been cancelled. Miami-Dade College Theatre Department Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Cost: $15 Under the direction of Deborah Mello, Miami-Dade College's Theatre Department will present an evening of Vignette's on the Estate. Saturday, February 13, 2010 ArtSoBay Exhibit Curator's Tour & Lunch Location: Richmond Cottage Tour: 11:00 am. Lunch 12:00 pm Cost: $25 includes gourmet boxed luncheon. Join Xavier Cortada, Artists-in-Residence, featured ArtSoBay artists, LegalArt Executive Director, Kathleen Carignan, and Exhibits and Collections Manager of the Deering Estate for a guided tour of the exhibits followed by a discussion of the Economic Impact on our Community over lunch. RSVP required by Tuesday, February 9th. Please call 305-235-1668 ext. 233. Sunday, February 14, 2010 11th annual "Moonlight & Music" Valentine's Day Concert featuring Johnny Rodgers and the Johnny Rodgers Band Concert begins at 7:00 pm; gate opens at 6:00 pm The festival will end on a romantic note with the 11th annual “Moonlight and Music” Valentine’s Day Concert. The concert will feature Johnny Rodgers who will delight guests with his original soft rock ballads, Taylor-flavored melodies, and sultry jazz arrangements. Johnny Rodgers performed to a sold out crowd at the Deering Estate's July 2009 Summer Cabaret Concert.  Tickets are $20. You can purchase tickets online for an additional fee of $2.50 per ticket or by calling the Deering Estate Ticket Office at 305-235-1668 ext. 233. The gate opens at 6:00 pm and the concert begins at 7:00 pm. Parking is free. Liza Minnelli discovered Johnny several years ago, bringing him on as a pianist and guest performer on her world tours and recently featured Johnny in “Liza’s At The Palace” on Broadway. Johnny Rodgers grew up in Miami and is a product of Westminster Christian, Southwood Middle School, and New World School of the Arts. He also attended University of Miami Frost School of Music. | Address: Deering Estate at Cutler 16701 SW 72nd Ave. Miami, FL 33157 Cutler Ridge 305/235-1668, ext. 233 |
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