Friday, May 11, 6:30-10pm – Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 NW 32nd Street, Miami Midtown
Miami Dade County Public School Annual Countywide Exhibition (On view May 12-24, 2012 in the Audrey Love Gallery) and The Preserve: Uniting Nature and Culture (On view May 12-June 3, 2012 in the Swenson Gallery). “The Preserve” is an exhibition which unites the minds of selected artists who have participated in the Big Cypress National Preserve’s Artist in Residency Program. The works featured in this winter collection represent fifteen different approaches from artists working in a variety of disciplines, all originating from unique personal experiences. The exhibition features landscapes, layered photographs, woodcuts and poems by the Artists in Residence. Each artist voices concern for the philosophical and ecological implications of humans in nature, while concurrently raising awareness of the breathtaking natural resource situated between Naples and Miami. Participating artists: Ailyn Hoey, Deborah M. Mitchell, Deedra Ludwig, Karen Glaser, Mark Goodenough, Myrna Massey, Mollie Doctrow, Jacqueline Roch, Tom Weinkle, Wendy Burk Eric, and Magrane Anne Sullivan.
6:30-7:30 p.m. Member’s Preview and Artist Talk
7-10 p.m. Reception and Open Studios