VISUAL ARTS

5th Annual Young Blood exhibition unites 31 New World School of the Arts Alumni

On View: August 4th- August 25th, 2012


Opening Reception: Saturday, August 11th, 2012 6-9 pm
Thirty one artists – all graduates of the New World School of the Arts high school and college will unite for one exhibition in Miami called "Young Blood: Homecoming 2012". This is the fifth installment of Young Blood, an annual fundraiser exhibition featuring NWSA high school and college alumni founded by program graduate Michelle Gomez, 08’. The exhibition runs from August 4 through August 25th at the Artseen Gallery with an opening reception during Wynwood’s Second Saturday artwalk, August 11th, 6-9pm. A portion of the sales will benefit the NWSA high school and college visual arts department, which helped shape and develop the artistic talents of this group.

A new addition to the Young Blood team will be guest curator, John Witty. “My aim as guest curator will be to create a coherent presentation of the cross section of attitudes and media that express our relationship to our physical and conceptual home. This can describe a literal place of origin, such as Miami or South Florida, as well as the conceptual structures we create to embody more abstract notions of home, like a sense of belonging or the recollection of a moment of learning or discovery. Participating artists submitted work in an exciting variety of media, investigating notions of home from a range of perspectives, at once celebratory, nostalgic, and critical,” says, John Witty; who graduated from NWSA high school in 2005.

"Young Blood: Homecoming 2012" will open to the public during Wynwood's Art Walk on Second Saturday, August 11, 2011 from 6-9 PM, and will be on view until August 25, 2012, the date of our closing reception. To visit the exhibition, please make an appointment by contacting John Witty at youngbloodnwsa@gmail.com. Artseen Gallery is located at 2215 NW 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33127.

For more information about NWSA's annual Young Blood exhibition please visit our website at www.youngbloodnwsa.wordpress.com