| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | North Beach Art WalkPresented by North Beach Arts District June 4, 2011 - Ongoing North Beach ArtWalk takes place on the first Saturday of each month on 32nd, 33rd, 34th Streets and A1A, just north of Oakland Park Boulevard and Ocean Drive.
Any artists who wish to participate and set up live painting or drawing and/or tables/exhibits during this Artwalk are urged to contact Adam White at: awhite@thegallery101.net
| North Beach Arts District | 06/04/11- Ongoing | Fort Lauderdale |
The Coconut Grove Gallery Walk: Art Starts in the Grove Presented by Coconut Grove BID June 4, 2011 - Ongoing Galleries:
FrameWorks, Cristina Chacon Gallery, RodezArt.com Gallery, GroveHouse Artists and more | Coconut Grove BID | 06/04/11- Ongoing | Coconut Grove |
Aviation in MiamiPresented by HistoryMiami June 30, 2011-May 31, 2012 HistoryMiami will celebrate the opening of Aviation in Miami, an 11 month-long exhibition that explores the first 100 years of aviation in Miami. It begins in July, 1911, when all of Miami gathered to witness an extraordinary event. Aviator Howard Gill climbed into the cockpit of a wood and cloth-winged bi-plane furnished by the Wright Brothers and took off from the Miami Golf Links. The exhibition offers several aviation environments including a fuselage, a security screening checkpoint,... | HistoryMiami | 06/30/11- 05/31/12 | Miami |
Florida WaterEscapes, PARKLANDPresented by Parkland Library May 1-May 19, 2012 Jerry Smietanka, South Florida visual artist will exhibit his oils and watercolors in Parkland Library,
6620 University Dr.
Meet the artist - May 12, /SAT/ 1-2 pm | Parkland Library | 05/01/12- 05/19/12 | |
Convergence 2012 Juried CompetitionPresented by Rossetti Fine Art Gallery and Studios May 25-June 21, 2012 “Convergence” 2012, Opening May 23 to June 21. This is an open theme and open media juried exhibition for all 2D and 3D works. All artists are invited to enter paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, etc. and will compete for cash awards. Artists are encouraged to enter their finest works. The artists awards reception will be held on Friday May 25 from 8:00 to 10:00 PM. This exhibit is open to the public.
Intake: Saturday May 19 from 11 to 4 | Rossetti Fine Art Gallery and Studios | 05/25/12- 06/21/12 | Pompano Beach |
The Art of Found ObjectsPresented by The Education Fund May 24, 2012 Local Students Create Works of Art with Recycled, Found Objects
The Education Fund’s Silent Art Auction Returns to the Design District May 24
The Education Fund’s annual charity auction,“The Art of Found Objects,” will showcase more than 200 one-of-a-kind pieces of art work created by Miami-Dade County public school students and teachers representing nearly 50 schools. Each year, this exclusive event combines the power of imagination with the... | The Education Fund | 05/24/12 | Miami |
The Art of The BrickPresented by Art and Culture Center of Hollywood June 9-August 19, 2012 Internationally-renowned artist Nathan Sawaya will be on hand at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood on June 9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. to kick-off the debut of his exhibit THE ART OF THE BRICK® featuring the whimsical and awe-inspiring fine art collection created exclusively from standard LEGO® bricks. The exhibit runs until Aug. 19. | Art and Culture Center of Hollywood | 06/09/12- 08/19/12 | Hollywood |
WILL BARNET AT 100: Eight Decades of Painting and PrintmakingPresented by Boca Raton Museum of Art at Boca Raton Museum of Art March 27-June 3, 2012 To mark the 100th birthday of pioneering painter, printmaker, and educator Will Barnet (born May 25, 1911), this exhibition of nearly fifty works explores the momentous evolution of Barnet’s art from realism to abstraction during one of the most distinguished careers in American art. Barnet’s paintings, drawings, and prints are in major museums around the world — and at the age of 100, he is still creating the works of a true American master.
Barnet’s career as... | Boca Raton Museum of Art | 03/27/12- 06/03/12 | Boca Raton |
| Broward College Potters Guild Invitational 2012 | Broward College | 05/24/12- 06/15/12 | Davie |
| Selections from the Broward College Museum Collection | Broward College | 06/25/12- 08/25/12 | Davie |
Art In The Square Avg. Event Rating(5.0 Stars): Presented by RP&G Productions, LLC at Old School Square Cultural Arts Center October 19-October 21, 2012 Avg. Event Rating (5.0 Stars):  Art In The Square is a juried fine art show which takes place annually in Delray Beach, Florida and is presented by RP&G Productions, one of South Florida’s premier event planning companies.
Although small in comparison to other signature art shows in South Florida, since its’ debut, and primarily due to the quality of art it has attracted, has positioned itself amongst the list of premier art shows for artists to participate in and visitors to attend.
| RP&G Productions, LLC | 10/19/12- 10/21/12 | Delray Beach |
The Many Faces of CoBrA Presented by Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University at Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University February 24, 2010 - Ongoing In 1978, Dr. Meyer and Golda Marks donated a collection of nearly 1,500 works from their favorite collecting focus – works in all media from the Northern European mid-twentieth century CoBrA movement – to the Museum of Art ?Fort Lauderdale. A very generous and significant donation for this institution, the collection is considered the largest devoted to CoBrA in the United States. The name CoBrA is an acronym of the first letters of three of the central cities associated with... | Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University | 02/24/10- Ongoing | Fort Lauderdale |
The Spectacle of Life: The Art of William Glackens Presented by Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University at Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University February 24, 2010 - Ongoing When Ira Glackens, son of American impressionist William Glackens, died in 1991, he left his substantial collection of works by his father to the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale.
The original donation included more than two hundred works in a variety of media, later supplemented by another 300 works given by the Sansom Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded by Ira and Nancy Glackens in the 1950s to oversee their art interests.
The Glackens Collection ranges... | Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University | 02/24/10- Ongoing | Fort Lauderdale |
| The Indigo Room or Is Memory Water Soluble | Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University | 02/24/10- Ongoing | Fort Lauderdale |
| Constructed Reliefs from the Maurice and Sarah Lipschultz Collection | Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University | 02/24/10- Ongoing | Fort Lauderdale |
Conrad Marca-Relli Presented by Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University at Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University February 24, 2010 - Ongoing In the late 1940s, following the end of World War II, a group of artists living in downtown New York created an informal gathering place they called the Eighth Street Club. Conrad Marca-Relli was one of the founding members along with Willem and Elaine DeKooning, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell and Barnet Newman, all hailed as pioneers of Abstract Expressionism, the first internationally recognized art movement to originate in North America. Drawing on the artists’ unconscious and... | Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University | 02/24/10- Ongoing | Fort Lauderdale |
From Surviving to Thriving: An Everglades Economy Presented by Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum at Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum May 1, 2011-September 30, 2012 From Surviving to Thriving: An Everglades Economy is a chronological look at how the geographical area commonly known as the Everglades has sustained the Seminole Tribe of Florida from the mid 1800’s to the present. As deliberate attempts to change the Everglades have impacted the ecology of South Florida some of those same factors have affected the Seminole Tribe of Florida in both positive and negative ways.
| Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum | 05/01/11- 09/30/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
Plantation Then & NowPresented by Plantation Historical Museum at Plantation Historical Museum May 6, 2011 - Ongoing A special exhibit featuring a visual journey through the history of the City of Plantation.
Permanent Exhibits:
· Full Triceratops dinosaur skeleton
· Expedition: Ice Age: animal bones and fossils from Florida’s Ice Age period including a Saber Toothed cat skeleton
· City of Plantation history and Fire Museum including Plantation’s first fire engine
· Seminole history display
· Dino-floral paintings by local... | Plantation Historical Museum | 05/06/11- Ongoing | Fort Lauderdale |
Primordial: Paintings and Sculpture by Isabel De Obaldía, 1985 - 2011Presented by Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University at Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University August 29, 2011-May 27, 2012 Demons, gods, ghosts and beasts are the subjects of this mid-career retrospective of the work of Panamanian-based artist Isabel De Obaldía, who places herself in the long line of modern ‘primitive’ artists – from Paul Gauguin to Diego Rivera – who explore the art of ancient cultures. In De Obaldía’s case, her work is inspired by the simplicity and power of pre-Columbian art, examples of which are included in this installation. Incorporating symbols... | Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University | 08/29/11- 05/27/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
All in the Family: Paintings and Works on Paper by Members of the Glackens FamilyPresented by Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University at Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University October 25, 2011-November 7, 2012 The Museum of Art is the repository of the estate of American painter William Glackens, a member of The Eight and a transformative artist at the turn of the twentieth century. What is less known about Glackens is that he was part of an extended artistic family. He married painter Edith Dimock and their daughter Lenna was a talented young artist. In addition, William’s older brother Louis was a well-known illustrator and cartoonist. Installed in the Museum’s Glackens Galleries,... | Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University | 10/25/11- 11/07/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
Re-Framing the Feminine Presented by Girls' Club at Girls Club Gallery November 5, 2011-September 30, 2012 Re-Framing the Feminine demonstrates the varied strategies employed by female photographers to frame their experiences using the technology of film photography and digital media. Curated by Dina Mitrani, Miami-based photography curator and gallerist, Re-Framing the Feminine will include approximately fifty works. Its aim is to demonstrate what is particularly female in the capture and/or construction of a photographic image. The fluidity women experience as both subjects and objects in the... | Girls' Club | 11/05/11- 09/30/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
FAT Village Arts District - Art WalkPresented by Fat Village Arts District at 18 Rabbit Gallery September 24, 2011-September 29, 2012 FAT Village Art Walk is on the last Saturday each month from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
These walks allow visitors to stroll through art galleries, open artist's studios, prop warehouse, and even enjoy a street puppet show or a play in one of two theaters.
This event is gaining attention from art lovers, local artists, musicians and alike that want to emerce themselves in the festivities by popping in and out of the artist studios, attend live theatre and experience unique... | Fat Village Arts District | 09/24/11- 09/29/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
Red EyePresented by ArtServe at ArtServe July 14, 2012 The event of the summer is back…The Red Eye!
ArtServe is looking for talented street performers and visual artists to perform and showcase at the Red Eye on July 14, 2012 from 6pm – 10pm.
Red Eye is a phenomenon that presents itself as an artistic expression in the heat of the summer. Red Eye encompasses the raw talent of the streets in a presentable package.
Red Eye brings the streets into the gallery and the gallery into the streets
Share your... | ArtServe | 07/14/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
25th Annual Las Olas Art FairPresented by Howard Alan Events at Las Olas Boulevard October 20-October 21, 2012 An annual fall tradition returns to Las Olas Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Ranked as one of the top 100 art festivals in the nation by a leading art publication, Las Olas continues to be one of the most anticipated art events in the area. People come out yearly to see more than 150 artists display their work in what looks like a mini art gallery lined along the street. Las Olas Blvd, a popular tourist and resident attraction, boasts fine boutiques, great restaurants and a great city... | Howard Alan Events | 10/20/12- 10/21/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute (AEI) 2012Presented by Broward Cultural Division at ArtServe June 2-June 23, 2012 Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute Returns to South Florida
A series of full-day sessions to be offered on four Saturdays, starting June 2, 2012 at ArtServe Inc., 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale
Broward Cultural Division, The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC), and ArtServe, Inc. announce The Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute (AEI) for South Florida artists to be presented on four Saturdays in June 2012, at ArtServe, Inc., 1350 East... | Broward Cultural Division | 06/02/12- 06/23/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
Re:Vision - Art and PerformancePresented by 1310 Gallery at Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts May 19, 2012 “Re:Vision: See and Shift” Art collaborates to change the lives of children
1310 Gallery, Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts
1310 SW 2nd Ct. (Middle St.), Ft. Lauderdale, 33312
Opening: Saturday, May 19, 2012, 7 - 10 PM Closing reception: Saturday, June 9, 7 – 10 PM
FORT LAUDERDALE – South Florida’s premiere arts collective noted for its thoughtful and bold creations, will host an exhibition and showcase to transform... | 1310 Gallery | 05/19/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
"BIG" ShowPresented by ArtServe at ArtServe May 10-June 1, 2012 ArtServe presents for the first time an extraordinary exhibit dedicated exclusively to large scale works, exhibit runs from May 10 through June 1, 2012.
Please join us for this magnificent show open to all South Florida Artists.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Entry Deadline Friday, April 27 5PM
Intake Saturday, May 5, 2012 10am - 2pm
Reception Thursday, May 10, 2012 6pm - 8pm
Pickup Saturday, June 2, 2012 10am - 2pm
For more information call 954-462-8190 or... | ArtServe | 05/10/12- 06/01/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
| SHARK Artist Talks | Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University | 05/17/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
The Face and Body Art International Convention and Trade Show Presented by The Face and Body Art International at Hyatt Regency Bonaventure May 27, 2012 Come experience Living Art at its finest. The Face and Body Art International Convention and Trade show is opening its doors to South Florida, and inviting everyone to enjoy a creative feast for the eyes. Come and witness over 50 of the worlds best artists create living masterpieces on a human canvas. Not only will you be blown away by the artwork, you can also shop our market place for amazing deals on make up, supplies & Indie Artist Crafts, watch demo classes from world renowned... | The Face and Body Art International | 05/27/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
Dennis Britt LIVE in CONCERT!!!Presented by Youth of Nations: Project for the Arts at ArtServe June 8, 2012 Live concert performance by renowned South Florida and LA rock musician, Dennis Britt with special guest appearance by local rock musician Elvis Saint-Hilain. Also featured will be Dennis Britt's painting art exhibit, full-service cash bar and raffle!! | Youth of Nations: Project for the Arts | 06/08/12 | Fort Lauderdale |
Moira HolohanPresented by Art and Culture Center of Hollywood at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood March 24-May 27, 2012 Native New Yorker Moira Holohan’s practice focuses on experimentation through layering of several media; assemblage, video animation, and collage. Layered images and sound come out of her interest of the juxtaposition between the rational and the idea of truth, with the irrational and the idea of the absurd. Her sources vary from current social events to historical and art historical references and literature, with a slight nod to everyday life. Holohan intentionally uses distinctively... | Art and Culture Center of Hollywood | 03/24/12- 05/27/12 | Hollywood |
ArtWalkPresented by ANSU Gallery at Downtown Hollywood March 19, 2011 - Ongoing On the 3rd Saturday of each month Stroll the quaint tree-lined sidewalks of Downtown Hollywood, look over the shoulder of an artist painting in the street and visit art galleries.
Maps available at Comfort Zone Studio & Spa | ANSU Gallery | 03/19/11- Ongoing | Hollywood |
Hot Topics Discussion Series - Swamp Cabbage Presented by Art and Culture Center of Hollywood at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood July 28, 2012 Swamp Cabbage. Screening with filmmakers Hayley Downs and Julie Lara Kahn.
Set in Central Florida, Swamp Cabbage: A Dark & Sweaty Survival Guide is Hayley Downs’ personal story of wild boar hunting, gun toting, and hard drinking. The film weaves Hayley’s 10 year+ self-filmed story of love, addiction, illness, death and redemption. It features verité sequences of Florida Crackers as they trap alligators, gig frogs, and hunt wild boar, continuing to live in close... | Art and Culture Center of Hollywood | 07/28/12 | Hollywood |
Nathan Sawaya: The Art of The BrickPresented by Art and Culture Center of Hollywood at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood June 9-August 19, 2012 The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood is very pleased to present its third exhibition of the work of New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya. In the 2012 exhibition of The Art of The Brick, Sawaya will present a selection of new works not seen previously at the Center. Previous exhibitions of Sawaya’s work have been held at the Center in 2008 and 2010 – both exhibitions broke all previous attendance records in the Center’s 30+ year history.
Sawaya is a former attorney... | Art and Culture Center of Hollywood | 06/09/12- 08/19/12 | Hollywood |
Karen Starosta-Gilinski: Cloud 9Presented by Art and Culture Center of Hollywood at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood June 9-August 19, 2012 Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, raised in Venezuela, and currently living and working in Miami, Karen Starosta-Gilinski is a contemporary artist that takes provocative textured objects and alters them; she starts to break them apart or cut open a plush toy and put it together with another object until it becomes visually satisfying and strong enough to express the unique look of a character or situation. The results are whimsical, humorous, and at times unsettling works of art. For Cloud... | Art and Culture Center of Hollywood | 06/09/12- 08/19/12 | Hollywood |
Philip Estlund: Subprime/Subtropics ExhibitionPresented by Art and Culture Center of Hollywood at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood March 24-May 27, 2012 Subprime-Subtropics is Phillip Estlund’s first solo exhibition in Broward County. The Lake Worth-based contemporary visual artist will exhibit sculptures and two-dimensional collages that inhabit the psychological and physical terrain left behind by man-made and natural disasters. Estlund’s work deals with concepts that while at times are more urgent to the region are also global concerns. By taking the raw detritus that is left behind from natural disasters, such as hurricanes... | Art and Culture Center of Hollywood | 03/24/12- 05/27/12 | Hollywood |
Not Fade Away: The Lost Beatles and Rolling Stones PhotographsPresented by The Grace Gold Memorial Scholarship Fund at Art and Culture Center of Hollywood May 24, 2012 Exhibit of never-before-seen photos of The Beatles and Rolling Stones taken between 1964 and 1966. Join rock author and expert, Larry Marion, for a multi-media showing and an evening of food, drinks, unique silent auction items, good cheer and great people! | The Grace Gold Memorial Scholarship Fund | 05/24/12 | Hollywood |
The Sincerity ProjectPresented by Studio 18 In The Pines at STUDIO 18 IN THE PINES June 1, 2012 The Sincerity Project 2012, curated by Jill Slaughter is the second annual exhibition to showcase the work of established artists that have lent their work to be interpreted by the special needs community. Devotion is the theme of the exhibition which features both the original and interpreted versions of the artwork. The innovative narrative paintings for David"LEBO" LeBatard will splash across a 29'wall in the main gallery. Ed King and Jacklyn Laflamme's joyful color saturated... | Studio 18 In The Pines | 06/01/12 | Pembroke Pines |