SoBay Festival of the Arts
Set against the backdrop of a growing South Biscayne Bay (SoBay) community, the SoBay Festival of the Arts is an annual celebration of the literary, performing and visual arts created to raise awareness of the rich cultural resources in our community, highlight artists, and promote the missions of partnering cultural arts organizations. The 2012 SoBay Festival of the Arts will kick-off its two week long series of events with the 13th annual "Moonlight & Music" Valentine's Day Concert on Tuesday, February 14, 2012.
Please see individual event listings for information on cost. You can also purchase a SoBay Festival of the Arts All Access Pass for $75 (a $151 Value). The SoBay Festival of the Arts All Access Pass can only be purchased online.
The SoBay Festival of the Arts All Access Pass includes:
"Moonlight & Music" Valentine's Concert $20.00
Living Artist Concert Series (February 17th Concert) $25.00
ArtSoBay Event Night (February 18th)
Icon of a Moment $12.00
Curator's Tour $12.00
Concerto Competition $12.00
Ghost Tour "Voices of the Past" (February 16th) $15.00 - please note that the Ghost Tour is not part of the SoBay Festival of the Arts but is included in All Access Pass.
One Minute Play Festival $25.00
Individual Annual Membership to the Deering Estate Foundation $ 30.00
Total Cost $75 (a $151 Value)
Create! Take-Away art projects and an interactive theater.
Celebrate! Classical to contemporary concerts and art exhibits.
Collaborate! Stimulating cultural art discussions
A romantic moonlit Valentine’s concert begins a two-week celebration of literary, visual and performance art at the Deering Estate at Cutler. Now in its sixth year, the SoBay Festival of the Arts runs from February 14- 26, 2012 and has become a cultural windfall for the community with art exhibits, concerts, lectures and discussions, readings, and the performances of one-minute theater. Many of the programs presented are the result of strong collaborations between the Deering Estate at Cutler and cultural organizations in the community.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
"MOONLIGHT & MUSIC" VALENTINE'S DAY CONCERT
featuring Sarah Packiam & Scott Kirby
Gate opens at 7:00 pm; Concert begins at 8:00 pm.
Cost: $20
Friday, February 17, 2012
LIVING ARTIST CONCERT SERIES "RAINBOW OF COMPOSERS"
Meet the Artist Reception at 6:30 pm; Concert begins at 7:15 pm.
Cost: $25 adults; $12 students (Grades K-12 with Student I.D.)
Tickets can be purchased online for an additional fee. Tickets can also be purchased by calling the Deering Estate Ticket Office at 305-235-1668 ext. 233.
Guest composers Orlando Garcia, Professor of Music at FIU and a Latin Grammy Nominee, and Lansing D. McLoskey, Associate Professor of Music at UM, join Ensemble members, Dr. Jose R. Lopez, piano, Ross Harbaugh, cello, Scott Flavin, violin, and Laura Wilcox, viola, in the performance of “Rainbow of Composers.”
Saturday, February 18, 2012
ARTSOBAY EXHIBIT & Music Emergination
10 am Book Nook By the Bay (ages 4 +)
11 am Art-Take-Away with Thomas Daniel (bring your camera)
10 am-5 pm & 6:30 pm-10 pm Musical vignettes performed by students from The Greater Miami Youth Symphony, and UM and FIU Schools of Music. ArtSoBay Exhibit opens to the public.
6:30 pm-10 pm ArtSoBay Event Night. Free to the public. Deering Estate and LegalArt Artists-in-Residence collaborations, Curator Dominique Breard
“Wedding Crashers” site-specific outdoor installations and one-night only art events, Special Projects Curator Ralph Provisero.
“Agua Florida: Free-Swimming Fish” by Dinorah de Jesus Rodriguez
Enjoy a complete art and music ‘Emergination!” The day begins with the Book Nook by the Bay with arts, crafts and readings for children. In the Carriage House art studios, photographer in Residence Thomas Danielle ads an Art Take Away Workshop, where visitors are invited to use their cameras, tour the Estate, and find inspiration to create their own masterpieces.
In the Stone House Ballroom, South Florida’s young virtuosi perform musical vignettes, from eternal classics by Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin to contemporary tunes by the Beatles and jazz. The musicians represent The Greater Miami Youth Symphony, U.M. Frost School of Music's young string and woodwind ensembles, and FIU School of Music's young and upcoming pianists.
Throughout the day and into the night, visual art and performance collaborations can be seen inside the historic buildings as curator Dominique Breard, Program Director of LegalArt, opens an exhibition of paintings, drawings, mixed media and sculpture by the Artists in Residence from each of the LegalArt and Deering Estate residency programs. The participants from the Deering Estate are: Lucas Blanco (visual), Deena Blazejack (literary), Bernadette Denoux, (visual), Christina Petterssen (visual), Lucinda Linderman (visual), Aurora Molina (visual) and Thomas Daniel (visual).
In addition, Ralph Provisero, Special Projects Curator, has gathered this community's notable artists including: Bhakti Baxter, Cheryl Pope, Clifton Childree, Felecia Chizuko Carlisle, Frances Trombly, Jason Hedges, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova, Michael Loveland, Rene Barge, Robert Chambers, Wendy Wischer and William Cordova. Along with the outdoor site-specific installations, the evening offers guests an opportunity to meet all of the artists and curators, and one-night only art events on the main grounds of the Estate. A special alternate cinema project by artist Dinorah De Jesus Rodriguez is planned.
Wednesday, February 22
ICON OF A MOMENT: FEATURING ROCKY MCGIBONEY - THE INTERNATIONAL SAFE CRACKER
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost: $12 adults; $7 youth (ages 4-14)
For those who love to hear true accounts filled with cliff-hanging suspense, murder and intrigue, join Rocky McGiboney for Icon of a Moment, on Wednesday, February 22nd when he shares incredible stories from his newly released book, The International Safe Cracker. Mr. McGiboney is the Estate’s very own safe-cracker, because it is he, who opened the Prohibition era wine cellar safe, in the summer of 1985, after it had been sealed for decades. A book signing and a tour of the wine cellar follow the author’s presentation.
Thursday, February 23
CURATOR'S TOUR
6:30 pm
Cost: $12 adults; $7 youth (ages 4-14)
Facilitated by Deering Estate at Cutler’s Assistant Director Jennifer Tisthammer with LegalArt Curator, Dominique Breard and Special Projects Curator Ralph Provisero.
Saturday, February 25
INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTO COMPETITION
9:30 am
Cost: $12 adults; $7 youth (ages 4-14)
In collaboration with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony (GMYS) and their Executive Director Dr. Melissa Lesniak, extraordinarily gifted youth musicians compete in Symphony and Concert Orchestra pieces at the Instrumental Concerto Competition on Saturday, Feb. 25 in the historic Stone House Ballroom. A winner and honorable mention is selected for each division - the Symphony Orchestra and Concert Orchestra. The musicians are competing for the opportunity to perform a concerto with one of the orchestras at the GMYS Season Gala concert, at FIU Performing Arts Center in the spring of 2012.
Sunday, February 26
SOUTH FLORIDA ONE MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL
Two showings: 4:30 pm & 8:00 pm
Cost: $25
Wrapping up the 2012 SoBay Festival of the Arts is the “South Florida One-Minute Play Festival” featuring local playwrights and actors in short-form performances, each less than sixty-seconds, by some of the most exciting emerging and established writers in American Theatre. The One-Minute Play Festival (OMPF) is an NYC-based theatre company, founded by director Dominic D’Andrea.