Scholarship contest website address

We have received information about a $10,000 Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship contest which you may wish to pass on to your teachers.

The link to the information is:
www.gallerycollection.com/greeting-cards-scholarship.htm

The last date for entries is January 14, 2012. The prize includes a $1000 scholarship to the winner’s school also.

(click on image to enlarge)

2011-2012 Initial Student Florida Financial Aid Application

• The 2011-2012 Initial Student Florida Financial Aid Application closed on August 31, 2011.
• The online 2012-2013 Initial Student Florida Financial Aid Application will be available December 1, 2011.
• 2011-2012 high school seniors should wait until December 1 to submit this application for the following state scholarship and grant programs:
o Program
 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
 Deadline: High School Graduation
 Jose Marti Scholarship Challenge Grant
 Deadline: April 1, 2012
 Rosewood Family Scholarship
 Deadline: April 1, 2012
 Scholarships for Child/Spouses of Deceased or Disabled Veterans and Service members
 Deadline: April 1, 2012
• Should you have any questions regarding the student application process, you may contact the Office of Student Financial Assistance Customer Service toll-free at 1-888-827-2004.
• For further information, contact Ms. Corina P. Mills, Curriculum Support Specialist, Division of Student Services, at cpmills4@dadeschools.net or 305-995-7320.

"Colours of Greene" A Retrospective of the Work of Dorothy D. Greene. At the CGAF Gallery

(click on image to enlarge)

Don't Miss the Grand Opening of South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Oct. 1&2

(click on image to enlarge)

Join Us For These Upcoming Events!

Join us this Wednesday for the Season's First Meet & Mingle with Mette Tommerup

Mette Tommerup, Diver, 2011, Oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches, Courtesy of the Artist
On September 21, 2011 from 6pm – 8 pm
Join us as our Meet & Mingle series continues with Mette Tommerup of Tipping Points discussing her work in the exhibition.
This evening will include a lecture by the artist and will be immediately followed with the opportunity to Meet & Mingle with Mette Tommerup.
and stay for the launch of our Movies on the Lawn Series
September 21, 2011 8 pm
Bring your blankets and beach chairs and join us on International Day of Peace as we screen I AM on the façade of The Frost Art Museum. Tom Shadyac, the filmmaker behind I AM, is one of Hollywood's leading comedy practitioners and the creative force behind such blockbusters as "Ace Ventura," "Liar Liar," "The Nutty Professor," and "Bruce Almighty."

However, in I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good. Though he ultimately recovered, he emerged with a new sense of purpose, determined to share his own awakening to his prior life of excess and greed, and to investigate how he as an individual, and we as a race, could improve the way we live and walk in the world. I AM poses two practical and provocative questions: what's wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better?
In collaboration with Global Learning Initiatives at FIU.

Don't miss our next exhibition opening reception during Target Wednesday After Hours on October 12, 2011

Humberto Calzada, Presencing, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 47 x 47 inches, Courtesy of the Artist
The Florida Artist Series: Humberto Calzada: The Fire Next Time
October 12, 2011 - January 8, 2012
Cuban-American artist Humberto Calzada, one of the most renowned artists of his generation, will present an exhibition of recent works on the idea of Fire – the fire of war, the fire of light, the fire of passion and emotions with its metaphorical properties that are both destructive and regenerative. In The Fire Next Time, Calzada launches into a new artistic and formal language deviating from his hard -edge approach to a more unpredictable painting style. Calzada seemingly poses an open question between the personal and historical past and the promise of its future.

Magdalena Fernández: 2iPM009
October 12, 2011 - January 8, 2012
Magdalena Fernández's video installation, 2iPM009, brings Geometric Abstraction to a new level of expression. During the past decade the Venezuelan-born artist (1964) has developed a body of kinetic sculptures and videos, the latter with sound and movement of lines and colors. In 2iPM009, Fernández incorporates very sophisticated sound compositions to simulate rain and thunder. The visual imagery in the video consists of rapidly moving dots and lines that constantly change their configuration.

Modern Meals: Remaking American Foods from Farm to Kitchen
October 12, 2011 - January 8, 2012
The Wolfsonian–Florida International University presents Modern Meals: Remaking American Foods from Farm to Kitchen, an exhibition that explores how technology and design remade the places where food was produced, sold, cooked and eaten from the turn of the century into the post-1945 period. Images and artifacts from the Wolfsonian collection illustrate the movement of food from the field, to the factory, supermarket, and kitchen table, in order to explore how modern technology, design, and business practices created new meanings for food and eating in this era. The more than three dozen items on display will include posters, prints, and advertisements, as well as objects such as toasters, cookware, and tableware, all of which invite visitors to consider how commercialization has shaped modern American foodways.(http://thefrost.fiu.edu/docs/releases/2011/HumbertoCalzada.pdf)

Look for us at the Wynwood Art Fair October 21-23!
October 21-23 I 10-6pm daily
Join us as the South Florida art community gathers for the first Wynwood Art Fair.The fair will run from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Oct. 21-23 and will take place at Northwest 6th Avenue between 22nd and 29th streets.
Miami is launching the first Wynwood Art Fair, a groundbreaking, interactive, contemporary art fair involving virtually every major contemporary art institution and venue in Miami, together with artists from Miami and across the country. This extraordinary three-day celebration and exploration of contemporary art is more than just good fun, it’s also for a good cause. All admission proceeds benefit the Lotus House Women’s Shelter, providing shelter, sanctuary and support to women and children in need.

Superintendent's Holiday Card Competition

Superintendent’s Holiday Card Design Competition
These designs should depict students’ creativity and imagination of the holidays. Designs will be chosen by a select District committee for reproduction and distribution by the Superintendent. Special merit designs will be on display at the School Board Administration Building. All designs should be generic in nature and should “NOT” include any thematic, religious, or symbolic imagery representational of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.

Open to grades K-12. 2D Artwork ONLY. Artwork should be submitted electronically as a JPEG image (no larger than 3.32 MB) via the Division of Social Science and Life Skills Artwork Portal. Send to: arteducation.mdcps@gmail.com

Accepted artwork should be matted on white mats ONLY. Use Artwork Label Format provided by the Division of Social Sciences and Life Skills. All artwork labels must be TYPED.

School Board Administration Building:
Electronic Entries Due: Thursday, October 6, 2011 –
Accepted Entries Due: Thursday, October 20, 2011
All Accepted entries sent to: 9626/Art Education/316/

“Superintendent’s Holiday Card Design”

Scheduled Exhibition Dates: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 –
Wednesday, January 4 2012

No opening reception or award ceremony will be held for this exhibition. .

Students, your teachers have paperwork for this contest.

The Wolfsonian-FIU Invites You to Join Senator Bob Graham for a Talk and Book Signing

(click on image to enlarge)

Join us for Playing with Perspective: A Family Cultural Spot at CIFO

Join us on Saturday, September 24th for the first Family Cultural Spot of the season. Drawing inspiration from the many works in CIFO's current exhibition, Viewpoint: 2011 CIFO Grants & Commissions Program Exhibition, the children will be led through a guided tour of the exhibition and a project relating to perspective. Inspired by Laura Belém's installation Jardim de Esculturas II (Sculpture Garden II) the children will participate in the creation of an outdoor sculpture garden and construct a miniature one to take home! Using photography as a way of capturing their individual viewpoints, they will explore perspective, 3-D modeling, collaboration as well as fine tune their motor skills.

Saturday, September 24, 1pm @ CIFO Art Space
Admission is $5 per child
Free for CIFO Members
Purchase your tickets online here
or RSVP to rsvp@cifo.org
Space is limited

All kids must be accompanied by an adult.

Cost includes full entertainment, professional instruction, all materials, take home projects, and a snack!

For kids ages 5-10

Check out calendar of events here:
http://www.cifo.org/events

September ePropaganda at The Wolfsonian-FIU

Painting, La Pietá Umana, [Human Compassion], 1946
Alberto Helios Gagliardo (Italian, 1893-1987)
Genoa
Oil on Canvas
XX1989.128








SEPTEMBER 2011

http://www.enflyer.com/s/v?ib=3116%3B168117%3B217617%3B-1%3B106686%3B22203

Pan Am TV Series Premiere Party, 9/25

(click on image to enlarge)

Open House for FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios | College of Architecture + The Arts

Please join me for the opening of FIU Miami Beach Urban Studios, 420 Lincoln Road, 4th Floor, on September 20th, 2011 at 6:00pm. Please RSVP to carta@fiu.edu.

Largely due to the generosity of Ambassador Paul Cejas, the College of Architecture + The Arts (CARTA) will have over 16,000 square feet of graduate design studios, gallery space, faculty and graduate student offices, classrooms, and music practice rooms in the heart of Miami Beach!

As you may know, I have accepted Dean Brian Schriner's invitation to serve as the Founding Director of the newly formed College of Architecture + The Arts Office of Engaged Teaching, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (ETSCA) and to work in collaboration with CARTA faculty and students in developing my community art practice. ETSCA will be tasked with engaging with the local South Florida community in collaborative problem-solving initiatives and will be housed in this new Miami Beach facility.

Phone: (305) 535-1462
email: xavier.cortada@fiu.edu
webpage: http://www.carta.fiu.edu/etsca

Thanks,

Xavier Cortada
www.cortada.com

MOCA/North Miami: Modify As Needed

Opening reception: Thursday, September 22, 7-9 pm
Web Site: http://www.mocanomi.org/current/
ARTISTS:
Kathryn Andrews, Darren Bader, Nina Beier, Karl Holmqvist, Adriana Lara, Natalia Ibáñez Lario, Jose Carlos Martinat, Amilcar Packer, Nicolas Paris, Nick Relph, Anders Smebye

A Special Invitation| Miami is Calling YOU!

Where will YOU be when the heavy hitter of the art world are in Miami this December?
Click here to participate: http://www.arttakesmiami.com/?f=mag1
Your Entry Deadline is Friday September 30th 11:59pm EST
THE AWARDS
The Grand Prize Selected Artist Will Receive:
$10,000 Cash
Includes $5,000 to create new work to feature at SCOPE Miami and a $5,000 cash prize

An Exclusive Feature Booth at SCOPE Miami 2011
You and your work will be presented alongside the top players in the art world, showcasing your talent to galleries, buyers, critics and curators from all over the globe.

International Exposure
A publicity campaign featuring your work in both Miami and NYC and an online feature promoting your work internationally.

Plus, special prizes for:
The People's Choice Award, the Early Entry Award and each of the Category Awards

YoungArts Application Deadline: October 14

2012 YoungArts Application

Deadline: Friday, October 14, 2011
________________________________________
Dear Educator:
There is still time for your visual, performing and/or literary arts students to access money for college, be put in front of college recruiters and have a chance to be named a U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts - all through the YoungArts program!

YoungArts, the core program of the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts (NFAA) recognizes and supports America's most talented 17-18 year olds in the visual, literary and performing arts and is the sole nominating agency for the U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.

Your students can benefit from the unique and exciting experiences of the YoungArts program:
• Exclusive U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts nominations
• $500,000 in total monetary awards
• Up to $10,000 monetary awards for individual winners
• All-expense paid trip to Miami for YoungArts Week in January 2012
• Master Classes with world renowned artists
• Access to scholarships, career opportunities and professional contacts
It's not too late to tell your students about this amazing opportunity, but don't delay!

Registration Deadline: Friday, October 14, 2011 by 9 pm EST.

For more information, and to ask about fee waivers, please contact our Programs Department at 1-800-970-ARTS (2787) or info@youngarts.org. You also may visit us online at www.youngarts.org.

On behalf of the YoungArts staff, thank you for your support!

Sincerely,
Paul T. Lehr
Executive Director

Hispanic Heritage 2011:Many Backgrounds, Many Stories….One American Spirit

Felix Varela Art Contest
The Hispanic Heritage Committee and the Felix Varela Foundation invite all students to participate in our 3rd annual Felix Varela Art Contest. This year’s topic is:

Many Backgrounds, Many Stories….One American Spirit
Muchas culturas, muchas historias…pero solo un espirito Americano

All artwork must adhere to the following criteria:
o The artwork can be in English or Spanish
o Any of the following artwork cane be submitted:
o Painting
o Drawing
o Sculpture/ceramics
o 3D model
o Creative writing (poem)
o Computer art
o The artwork must include the students name, ID number and grade level
o The artwork must address the topic and must include Father Felix Varela.

The winning art in English and Spanish will receive
$100 as well as a Felix Varela book collection
All essay due on October 14th to room 157
Mr. Vinat

Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit

Hispanic Heritage 2011:
Many Backgrounds, Many Stories….One American Spirit
Muchas culturas, muchas historias…pero solo un espirito Americano
Art Exhibit
We will be commemorating the start of Hispanic Heritage with a special program this year.

We are lucky to have the PIAG Museum Coral Gables, bringing a mobile art exhibit to our school.

The exhibit will feature contemporary Latin/South American Artists as well as the popular art cubes (you might have seen them at places like Tropical Fairchild Gardens)- we will also have the opportunity to create 6 cubes of our own for the museum- based on Father Varela and Hispanic Heritage Month.


Date: September 15th
Periods: 2,4
Times: 20 minute sessions

If you would like to bring your class to the Media Center to experience this exhibit
1. Please send an e-mail to D. Vinat by the end of the day Tues 9/13 with your name, the periods you would like to go and the number of students per class.
2. You will receive a confirmation e-mail with the periods and specific time to bring your students.
3. Teachers be aware that if your bring your class to the exhibit students are required to complete an assignment in your class related to the art work. In the confirmation e-mail you will receive a listing of suggested class activities. You will need to turn in the best student samples for the grant that allowed for this exhibit to come to our school.

Silvia Dorfsman cordially invites you to the exhibition Life's Soldiers and Muses

Works by Ernersto Capdevila and Carlos Eloy Perera Cosme

Date: Friday, September 16, 2011. 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.
Location: 2330 SW 62nd Court. Miami, FL 33155

Blue Door Fine arts
2330 SW 62nd Court
Miami, FL 33155
Ph: 305.206.5111
www.bluedoorfinearts.com

Hispanic Art Expressions Gallery

(click on image to enlarge)

THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI WYNWOOD PROJECT SPACE PRESENTS: WORKS ON PAPER

THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI WYNWOOD PROJECT SPACE PRESENTS: WORKS ON PAPER
Featuring the artwork of both Faculty and Students

The University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Gallery presents its first Works on Paper exhibition at UM Wynwood Project Space, 2200-A NW 2nd Avenue, Miami. This exhibition will showcase prints and drawings on paper that are not photographic or completely digitally based. This exhibition will run the entire month of September. In celebration of the opening there will be a reception on September 10th – 2pm to 9pm.

Artists included in the exhibition...
Brian Curtis
Lise Drost
Thomas Engleman
Eddy Lopez
Barbara Scheer
Abraham Camayd (Structural Complex Series #'s 1,4 &5,Linoleum relief prints)
Tom Virgin
Lani Shapton
Kari Snyder
Kyle Trowbridge

The Coconut Grove Gallery Walk: Saturday, September 3

Visit Miami's ORIGINAL Art District: On the first Saturday of every month
This Saturday, September 3, 2011. From 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
In Coconut Grove on Mary Street, Grand Avenue and Commodore Plaza

Florida Film Institute, Inc. CINERAMA

(click on image to enlarge)

SACRED STORIES, TIMELESS TALES: Mythic Traditions in World Art from the Lowe Art Museum

SACRED STORIES, TIMELESS TALES:
Mythic Traditions in World Art from the Lowe Art Museum
Through October 23, 2011

Paul Sierra, United States (born Cuba), b. 1944. Graces. 1996. Oil on canvas. 60" x 120". Gift of the Artist. 2001.08. ©1996 Paul Sierra.

Sacred Stories, Timeless Tales addresses multi-cultural mythic traditions in art, drawn exclusively from the permanent collection of the University of Miami Lowe Art Museum, which distinguishes itself among South Florida art museums by the depth and breadth of its holdings, which span 5,000 years and represent the art of Europe, the Americas, pan-Asia, and Africa. Concepts of creation, love, morality, mortality, seasonal regeneration, the cosmos, beauty, divinity, heroes, and war are explored in over 100 examples of pottery and ceramics, paintings, works on paper, sculpture, and textiles.

Mythic traditions are rooted in fictitious, symbolic narratives developed by cultures through time, which address the relationship between the inexplicable and the explicable, between the powers and forces that control the world and the human beings who occupy that world. Frequently reflecting regional differences, these sacred stories helped, and in some present-day cultures continue to help elucidate a people's religion, history, value systems, rituals, and concepts of self. As myths exist apart from, and are not dependent upon, verifiable facts or scientific objectivity for their impact on society, they typically involve deities, heroes, wondrous creatures, and fantastic events. Some renderings faithfully adhere to time-honored visual conventions. Others reflect more personal interpretations of traditional subject matter.

Among the featured objects are a 6th century BCE Greek, black-figure hydria, which describes a myth about the goddess Athena in the presence of Ajax and Achilles; Jacob Jordaen's The Judgment of Pari, painted around 1620; storyteller figure by Native American artist Mary Trujillo; an African Kuba mask known as Moshambwooy that represents the myth of the ancestral figure Woot; a 19th century Japanese wood-block print that relates a ghost story; Richard Stankiewicz's scrap metal sculpture, The River Styx, from 1953; St. George by Moises Finale; Theodoros Stamos' Persephone from 1945; a contemporary metal cutout of a siren by Haitian artist Serge Jolimeau; and a 10th century sandstone sculpture of Ganesha Breaking His Tusk to Throw at the Moon.

Mythological narratives were originally transmitted and preserved orally, during eras when people could neither read nor write, and paper was not available. Written traditions did not develop until a later moment on mankind's cultural time line, as scribes and poets sought to formally preserve stories in writing, lest they disappear. Artistic expression dramatically bridges both word-based systems, transforming into vivid pictorial or sculptural forms, concepts that spoken and textual forms of communication can only convey through mental images. Regardless of cultural derivation or individual inspiration, all the works on the exhibition represent an artistic urge to visually address those universal questions to which mythologies respond, and which unite humankind through time.

The Lowe Art Museum is located at the University of Miami at 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 12 to 7 p.m. Thursdays and 12 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Regular Admission (not including special events) is $10; $5 for Seniors and Non-UM Students; Free for Lowe Art Museum Members, University of Miami students, faculty and staff, and children under 12. For more information on membership or the museum, call 305.284.3535 or visit www.lowemuseum.org.

The Lowe Art Museum kicks off the season with a very special LoweDown Happy Hour!
Shaken! Not Stirred. Thursday, September 1, 2011, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Dress to impress with your most daring heels and your cutest black dress because it's a girl's night out at the first LoweDown of the season! Of course guys are invited too! Featuring: Door Prizes by MIA shoes, Sushi by RA Sushi, Full bar by Bacardi, Wine by Rex-Goliath, Martinis by PAMA, Vitamin Water Zero, and a tour of the current exhibition, Sacred Stories, Timeless Tales, by LAM Associate Director and exhibition curator Denise Gerson. Special thanks to MIA Shoes and RA Sushi.

$10 Admission; Free for Lowe Members
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33124
Ph: 305.284.3535
Fax: 305.284.2024
www.lowemuseum.org
For more information about local openings and events, please visit www.miamiartguide.com