Niki Art Studio & Circa24 presents:
Culture Clash
Artists transform cultural expectations with unexpected art
at 1310 Gallery: 1310 SW 2nd Court, Fort Lauderdale FL 33312 – map
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Culture Clash explores how modern influences affect our perspective of unexplored truths and ancient tradition. Art, fashion and aliens. What else do you need?“ Culture Clash gives us a platform to bring diverse groups together and cultivate positive energy,” says Lopez. “I have a different way of approaching art shows and pick art that reflects the vibrancy and energetic aesthetics not always seen in galleries.”
Visual Artists Include:
- Niki Lopez
- Greg Gibbs
- Greg Dubois
- Kareem Piper
- Yudelka Tavera
- Courtney Mason
- Detourbutterfly
- Andrew Ackermen
- Tatiana Castaneda
- Simone De Bernard Mas
- Micheal Anthony Clark
Dates:
- Sat 7/21 – 7pm-11pm Opening
- Sun. 7/29 3PM- 6pm – Tea & Fashion Panel and Clothing Swap
- Sat. 8/4 – 7pm-11pm – *Dr. Sketchy South Florida*
- Sat. 8/11– 7pm-11pm -Closing
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Lopez (Artist & Designer) is also known for exploring the concept of “alien” in her work. To her, alien isn’t just about the cosmos. “We’re all aliens in some way, not just feeling out of place in this new economy, but being transplanted in new surroundings and having new frames of mind. At our root, our ancient knowledge is alien to us, and it’s my job to help people rediscover it.”
Her co-curator, Asanyah Davidson, creative director of the apparel company Circa24 LLC, found a synergy with Lopez’s mission. Her fashion line is described as fierce sophistication, and she’ll reveal her new Grace Jones-inspired evening line on opening night. Opening night performances include: Fashion show by Adjanie and Circa 24; music by DJ Onestar and DJ Lerue; and live performance by Atlanta’s Profound Breadth (who has opened for artists including Flo Rida, B.o.B., Ludacris, New Boyz, Gorilla Zoe, and Bubba Sparxxx.) and Dana DellaCamera of Nakedown
Live Art by: Atde Crossroadz
Edible delights sponsored by Raw Fusion Catering, Divine Cupcakery and Meatless Lasagna
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Ask anyone who knows Niki Lopez and the first word they use to describe her is “community”. A founding member of the 1310 Gallery in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, her studio is a meeting place for church pastors, youth workers, LGBT activists, artists, entrepreneurs, singers, poets, and folks just looking to have a good time. Saturday, July 21, she brings all those interests together in “Culture Clash”, the 4th show she has curated at 1310 Gallery.
Lopez (Artist & Designer) is also known for exploring the concept of “alien” in her work. To her, alien isn’t just about the cosmos. “We’re all aliens in some way, not just feeling out of place in this new economy, but being transplanted in new surroundings and having new frames of mind. At our root, our ancient knowledge is alien to us, and it’s my job to help people rediscover it.”
Davidson also teaches fashion design, and encourages her students to be leaders in the field. “Fashion is a vehicle to communicate culture and change a person’s perspective about themselves,” says Davidson. “Sometimes expressing culture leaves people feeling alien from the collective, but being apart also means standing out.”
About the curators: Niki Lopez is a multi-disciplinary visual artist, graphic designer, and art teacher. Her often ‘other-worldly’ art has been featured in local and national publications, as well as exhibited across South Florida. She is an Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Alumni, member of the Broward Arts Guild, and Artspace’s Sailboat Bend Artists Lofts.
Asanyah Davidson is a Fashion Designer born in Clarendon, Jamaica, is owner of Circa24 LLC. as well as Adjunct professor at Ai Miami (Fashion Dept) and Broward College (Continuing Education Dept). Circa24 promises the convergence of simplicity, lush-sophistication and feminine lines that deliver distinction and command attention.
1310 Gallery is located at 1310 SW 2nd Ct. (Middle St.), Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312. Parking: Parking all along SW 2nd court/middle Street, Church parking lot and field across from Fire Museum on West Las Olas, Empty lot directly next lofts along SW 2nd court/middle Street.
1310 Gallery is an artist-run collective that offers over 2400 square feet of exhibition space split into 3 levels, and housed within ArtSpace’s live/work facility, Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts. 1310 Gallery rotates art exhibitions monthly and also hosts performances and workshops. The gallery is open by appointment in addition to the Opening & Closing receptions.
For further information please call 305-975-6262.
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Co-curators Asanyah Davidson of Circa24 and Niki Lopez of Niki Art Studio
Posted on 11 June 2012 by Niki lopez
Spencer Weiner, photograph, 2009
1310 gallery presents…
Crossing the Lines
Visual Art – Performance – Video – Photography – Installation – Spoken Word
June 16 – July 14 2012 Opening June 23
Curators: Sonia Baez-Hernandez & Diego Romero
Artists:
Andrea Assaf – Jacqueline Biagiotti – David Cabestany – Dequasia Canales
Asanyah Davidson – Dawn Davis – Louis Davis – Roberto Fernandez III
Steven Gagnon – Lucia A. Gomez – Carlos Inocente – Diana Khalo
Orlando Lara – Jesus Macarena – Tiffany McFarlane – Josafat Miranda
Julio Cesar Montano – Delilah Montoya – Tabatha Mudra – Diego Perez
Carlos Plaza – Michelle Riu – Fabio Rodriguez – Daniel Souza – Christine Velez Stone
Spencer Weiner – Nadine Younes – Zonia Zena
Openning event: June 23 with Discussion Panel: Art & Activism 7-8 pm
Guest Speakers: John De León (President of the Greater Miami ACLU and managing shareholder of the law firm Chávez & DeLeón, P.A.), Jacqueline Kulaga (Volunteers and Fundraising Coordinator of the Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking) and curators.
Clossing event: July 14 with Spoken word: Andrea Assaf 8:30 pm
Crossing the Lines is a collective art exhibition promoting a dialogue between visual artists, poets, spoken word artists, performance artists and human rights activist to reflect upon immigration, human rights and social justice.
The exhibition maps the bricolage of crossings: identities, hybridization of culture, dreams, struggles, human rights violations, human trafficking, hidden fears, and social and political mobilization.
Crossing the lines entail: 1) assimilation, social mobility (or the achievement the American Dream) and marginalization of documented and undocumented immigrants. 2) In certain historical context immigrants are subject of political discourse which identify them as threats, as a sector competing with the labor market, as deviance group (e.g., non Anglo Saxon European, Chinese, Japanese, Latinos, Arabs and other).
The artists as cultural workers have a distinctive “new politic of difference,” and aesthetic of activism contesting immigration policies by forming a collective creative resistance.
Artists as cultural workers are promoters of resistance, affirmation of difference, identities, human rights, and social justice through creative process, bringing lines of dialogues for social justice and human rights to vulnerable populations.
About Curators
Sonia Báez-Hernández and Diego A. Romero are multidisciplinary artists and residents at the Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts. Sonia Báez-Hernández received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MA from the University of Los Angeles California. She had curated contemporary art exhibits in Collage de las Americas at Chicago and Morlan Gallery at Transylvania, and Norton Center for the Arts Foger Centre College. As a visual artist, she has exhibits both nationally and internationally. She has been featured on Curated Space in Radical History Review Chicago Public Radio, en Radio International Feminista, 100 Black Men, La Voz de KY. Báez-Hernández is published on issues of breast cancer and human rights. Diego A. Romero received his Fines Art degree in Graphic Design from the National University of Colombia and was part of the Knight Fellowship at the Stanford University in California. He has exhibited his work in Florida and California and curated shows at the 1310 Gallery. Romero has been working with several organizations on issues of immigrations, human trafficking, and human rights.
About the Gallery
1310 Gallery has 2,400 square of exhibition space (divided into 3 levels). The 1310 Gallery is part of the ArtSpace Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The 1310 is an artist run collective that rotates monthly art exhibitions. for more information please visit http://sailboatbendartists.com/
Openning event June 24 7-11p.m. Free Entrance
1310 Gallery at Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts
1310 SW 2nd Court, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33312 1310gallery@gmail.com
Special Thanks to:
LAW OFFICES OF CHAVEZ & DE LEON, P.A.
Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking – All donations are welcome to support this cause
Posted on 08 May 2012 by Niki lopez
ReVision: See and Shift — Art, Performance and Film
How Art Helps the World See Things Differently
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“re: Vision” opens Saturday, May 19
closes: Saturday, June 9
1310 Gallery, Fort Lauderdale
Artists have the power to change how you see the world.
We can disturb or inspire you. This show chooses to inspire.
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Visual art by:
Farah Artist
Virginia Fifield
Donna Haynes
Tim Hicks
Loni Johnson
Brooklyn Murphy
Michelle Oravitz
Performance Art by:
Iva Marc
and
Jill Slaughter of Raw Candor
3D Art and Sculpture by:
Jacklyn Laflamme
Featured musical guests:
ADNA
and Jeffrey Altidor
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“re:Vision” features artists, filmmakers, and performers who use their craft to transform how people see the everyday, the mundane, and the traditional.
Proceeds benefit Voices for Children, a non-profit that provides financial assistance and community resources to fulfill the unmet needs of abused and neglected children. Their goal is to help each child feel cared for and to provide the motivation to overcome the obstacles of foster care to become successful and productive adults. Voices for Children of Broward County supports the Guardian ad Litem Program in its efforts to advocate on behalf of abused, neglected and abandoned children.
Posted on 19 April 2012 by Niki lopez
Rites of Spring- Group Art Show
Open Saturday April 21, 2012- 7pm-11pm
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Come join your local art community for a evening of art and interaction. Ten resident artists works including new works as well as a group mural created on recycled paper, as well as a wall for guest participation.
Dates as follows:
Saturday April 21
7pm-11pm
Opening night, Live Art, wine & light refreshments.
Sunday April 22
3pm-6pm
Sounds on the Bend FREE music concert:
More info- https://www.facebook.com/events/199438093506210/
Thursday May 10
TBA
Saturday May 12
7pm-11pm
CLosing night, OPEN MIC, open studios (listing TBA), live art demos (TBA)
————- Featured Artists ————–
Sonia Baez-Hernandez
Christine Velez Stone
Asanyah Davidson
Suzanna Murphy
Jeremiah Jenner
Tabatha Mudra
Yudelka Tavern
Jeffery Oliver
Philip Curtis
Louie Davis
Niki Lopez
Yudelka Tavera is a mixed media artist and visual arts instructor raised in New York City. The message she delivers as an artist is the manifestation of global awareness regarding environmental concerns and sociocultural issues. Her artwork is typically a body that stylistically focuses on the colors, textures, shapes, and formations of the earth’s prominent elements abstractly. Although initially non‐representational there is often a nod at movement, the female form and the usage or depiction of energy both in the literal and imaginative cognizance.
T.J. Brown is a 24 year‐old sickle cell survivor who was told he wouldn’t live past the age of fourteen. In 2010, he founded the Sickle Cell Natural Wellness Group Inc. (501c3) a non‐profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of sickle cell patients and educating the community to make positive healthy lifestyle changes. Through the knowledge of nutrition and a natural holistic approach he has been able to overcome the odds and make a difference so that the word “death” doesn’t immediately follow the diagnosis.
