The Historic Riviera
A great lady, a historian without peer, a valued mentor, and a cherished friend.
Arva Moore Park's legacy lives on in the Coral Gables Museum, as the permanent curator of "Creating the Dream", in which her name will forever be stamped.
Happy MLK Day from the staff at Coral Gables Museum!
INSIDE THE CORAL GABLES MUSEUM:⠀
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Telfar Clemens. “Large Orange Shopping Bag”, 2014.⠀
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Telfar Clemens is a fashion designer and founder of the brand TELFAR. He was born in Queens, New York, to Liberian parents. At the age of five, he went to live in Liberia with his mother and four siblings and came back to the US after the outbreak of the second Liberian civil war (1999-2003). In 2002, he moved to New York to pursue a career in modeling, and the following year he started a collection of deconstructed and reconstructed vintage clothes which he sold in boutiques on the Lower East Side and in Soho. ⠀
His Shopping Bag, that comes in three sizes, became the label’s best-selling item and has humorously been referred to as “the Bushwick Birkin”, except it is much more affordable. “The Telfar brand is built on Clemens’ consistency in honoring the concept of community with a democratic approach to clothing. Telfar provides for the truly fashionable post-identity generation of the moment, rallying the label’s fanbase with a bold collectivist maxim: ‘It’s not for you—it’s for everyone.’ ” ¬says Office Magazine.⠀
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From the exhibition "PURSEonality; A Stylish Handbag History” September 15, 2020 – March 7, 2021 Abraham R. Family Gallery & Gallery 109⠀
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Click the link in our bio to learn more about the show!⠀
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INSIDE THE CORAL GABLES MUSEUM:⠀
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Jaime Ávila ⠀
Sastrería Americana - Capitolio de día, 2020 ⠀
American Tailoring - Capitol at Daytime, 2020 ⠀
textile collage, 53 x 61 x 2.75 inches ⠀
Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection ⠀
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Jaime Ávila ⠀
Sastrería Americana - Capitolio de noche, 2020 ⠀
American Tailoring - Capitol at Nighttime, 2020 ⠀
textile collage, 53 x 61 x 2.75 inches ⠀
Courtesy of Jorge M. Pérez Collection ⠀
Photos: Geandy Pavon⠀
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Status is culturally communicated in many forms, from the architecture of buildings to the fashion choices people make. Jaime Ávila (Boyacá, Colombia, 1968 - 2020) merged these two seemingly disparate languages to create a vocabulary that allowed him to comment on the power dynamics between the State and the individual. White shirt fabric with fine stripes, or what he would call “fabric from the suit of a young lawyer”, are among the materials he employed in his textile collages. ⠀
In American Tailoring, the U.S. Capitol building is represented under daylight and nightlight. The carefully-matched stripes of the fabric remind us of the lined paper of legal pads and establish a relationship between the elite running these government institutions and the institutions themselves. The predellas of faceless “men in the grey flannel suits” could be taken as a proposed typology of materials and their meaning for Ávila. In his pencil annotations, the different patterns and makes are matched with occupations and rooms inside this symbolic building.⠀
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From the exhibition "Alien Nations 2020" Carol A. Fewell Gallery December 1st, 2020– March 14th, 2021⠀
Curated by Bartholomew Bland and Yuni Villalonga⠀
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Learn more about the show at the link in our bio! ⠀
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Due to the wonderful response to "Quarantine: 40 Days and 40 Nights", both from the public and the press, we are pleased to announce that the exhibition will be extended until February 4th, 2021. You can still visit the Museum to enjoy this insightful photographic essay on life during a pandemic, by artist Geandy Pavón. The works are accompanied by a master interpretation of Cuban musician Jose White’s song La Bella Cubana, by Paquito D’Rivera.
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Art at the Park Classes: Valentine's Day Promotion
From now until February 14th, sign up for lessons with your significant other for a special BOGO offer!
All classes purchased within these dates will be validated for TWO sessions- so you can share in the joy and benefits of outdoor art with your friend or loved one, or transfer the BOGO offer to enjoy 2 separate lessons for yourself!
Visit our link in bio for available class listing, dates, and times.
After registration, we will contact you to confirm promotion details.
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For anyone who was unable to attend our artist panel this past Saturday, the recorded session is now available online! See link in bio!
Special thanks to the participating artists Eddie Arroyo, Thomas Bils, Camille Eskell, and Kandy G. López, and co-host Lehman College Art Gallery.
To celebrate Valentine’s Day, the Museum is offering a one-hour Valentine’s Day Special on Friday evening, February 12 at 6:30 PM.
The presentation, ‘Love and Wine in a Time of Cholera’ will be accompanied by two wines while Patrick Alexander, the Museum’s resident oenophile, examines, some of the greatest and most passionate Love Pairings in history, from Anthony & Cleopatra, and Pyramus & Thisbe, to Tristan & Isolde and Heloise & Abelard.
To reserve your place in the class, sign up and pay at the link in our bio or call the Museum at 305-603-8067. The cost is $30 per household and will occur at 6:30 PM on Friday, February 12.
See you tomorrow @ 2 PM via Zoom!
We will be having an interesting conversation with artists Eddie Arroyo, Camille Eskell, Kandy López, and Thomas BIls, and the curators of the show "Alien Nations 2020" Bartholomew F. Bland and Yuneikys Villalonga.
Register before the meeting begins to join in on the talk!
See link in bio to register.
See you tomorrow in our Loggia/Courtyard from 1-5 pm for art, music, and family fun!
Enjoy a live performance by South Florida Chapter Ensemble, and our Arts Market, where local vendors will be showcasing their craft!
Join artists Eddie Arroyo, Camille Eskell, Kandy López, and Thomas Bils, and the curators from the exhibition Alien Nations 2020 for a lively 90-minute discussion of how Artistry intersects with Alienation to spark the creative impulse.
Among the timely questions that will be explored in the session are how does the enforced isolation of a pandemic shape an artist’s practice? How does the embrace of heated social justice issues spur artistic engagement? How have the chaotic events of the past year shifted the discussion of artists engaging with arts institutions? How can alienation lead to depression and a loss of creativity? How can we employ the visual arts as solace that can help heal societal alienation?
See link in bio RSVP
FREE!
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Inside the Coral Gables Museum:
From the exhibition PURSEonality: A Stylish Handbag History"
Lady Dior Bag, 1994. The bag was gifted to Diana, Princess of Wales in 1995 by France’s First Lady, Bernadette Chirac. In 1996, it was renamed Lady Dior Bag, as an homage to the princess. Designed by Christian Dior, Paris, France
On view in our Abraham Family Gallery & Gallery 109 until March 7th, 2020.
Don't forget, this Saturday @ 2 pm!
Join artists Eddie Arroyo, Camille Eskell, Kandy López, and Thomas Bils, and the curators from the exhibition Alien Nations 2020 for a lively 90-minute discussion of how Artistry intersects with Alienation to spark the creative impulse.
Among the timely questions that will be explored in the session are how does the enforced isolation of a pandemic shape an artist’s practice? How does the embrace of heated social justice issues spur artistic engagement? How have the chaotic events of the past year shifted the discussion of artists engaging with arts institutions? How can alienation lead to depression and a loss of creativity? How can we employ the visual arts as solace that can help heal societal alienation?
Click the link in our bio to RSVP for FREE!
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Join us at the Coral Gables Museum this Saturday from 1-5 PM for engaging fun family activities: enjoy a live performance by South Florida Chapter Ensemble in the courtyard, and visit the Art Market in our Loggia, where local artists and vendors will be showcasing their craft to the community.
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Is expressing more of your creativity one of your New Year’s resolutions? Join us at Ingraham park to capture the beauty of nature!
On January 5th our Art at the Park session will be focused on the fundamentals of photography.
Snag a deal and sign up for the 4 sessions, or sign up for individual sessions!
Class package: $80 Members, $120 Non-Members
Single session: $40 Members, $60 Non-Members
From the team at the Coral Gables Museum, we wish you and yours a wonderful new year. May 2021 be a year filled with culture, art, and inspiration for us and our community.
We are truly grateful to all of our patrons for their generous and continuous support throughout this past year, and we can't wait to bring you many new exciting exhibitions and programs in this new year.
A reminder that the Museum will be closed tomorrow, January 1st.
See you next year!
INSIDE THE CORAL GABLES MUSEUM:
From the exhibition "Alien Nations 2020"
Patrick Jacobs
Raked Leaves (Apparition), 2019
styrene, clay, paper, foam, wood, acrylic, steel,
lighting, BK7 glass, 19 x 24 x 22 ½ inches
Courtesy of Bernice Steinbaum Gallery and the artist
In Raked Leaves (Apparition), Patrick Jacobs (California, US, 1971) presents a miniature scene viewed through a circular window of glass lenses. The distorting optical interface bends light to make objects appear further away than they are. The illusion allows us to perceive a vibrant world that is captivating in its clarity. Yet, it provides no point of reference as to the exact dimensions of the scene we are viewing, creating a subtle tension and sense of unreality - it rather instills a longing for a real Arcadian place. In this scene, a figure rises out of the dead leaves and branches encircled by a bower of delicate rose flowers and foliage. Amidst the exquisite beauty, this eerie being disturbs. Whether created by an unseen protagonist, or a spectral manifestation of the landscape itself is uncertain. But it smiles at us knowingly, its mouth and eye-sockets illuminated by the moonlit sky, fully aware of our unobtainable desires.
Visit the link in our bio to learn more about the exhibition and view upcoming related programming.
Join artists Eddie Arroyo, Camille Eskell, Kandy López, and Thomas Bils, and the curators from the exhibition Alien Nations 2020 for a lively 90-minute discussion of how Artistry intersects with Alienation to spark the creative impulse.
Among the timely questions that will be explored in the session are how does the enforced isolation of a pandemic shape an artist’s practice? How does the embrace of heated social justice issues spur artistic engagement? How have the chaotic events of the past year shifted the discussion of artists engaging with arts institutions? How can alienation lead to depression and a loss of creativity? How can we employ the visual arts as solace that can help heal societal alienation?
Saturday, January 9th @ 2 PM
Click the link in our bio to RSVP for FREE and join the event!
#aliennations2020 #aliennations #contemporaryart #yvillalonga #coralgablesmuseum #painting #sculpture #installation #curatorship #artinmiami #miamiart #lcag #bartbland #lehmancollegeartgallery #bartonart
What’s your New Year’s resolution for 2021?
Pick up a hobby or enhance your skills in these intimate, outdoor lessons with professional artists. Register for Art at the Park today!!
Did someone say BOGO?
Class package: $80 Members, $120 Non-Members
Single session: $40 Members, $60 Non-Members
These adult classes consist of 4 sessions in Spanish and English at Ingraham Park on Drawing, Photography, Oil Painting, and more!
Dates vary by class. Visit our website to view full course options and REGISTER!
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We will be closed for the holiday weekend. See you next week!