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| By LUISA YANEZ lyanez@MiamiHerald.com Little Havana is welcoming Art Basel with — colorful umbrellas. Thirty-six, 6-foot-high umbrellas hand painted by local artists will be on display and on sale from Thursday through Sunday along Calle Ocho between Southwest 13th and 17 avenues. The umbrellas are a way to attract the Art Basel crowd to Little Havana, which has a small but thriving art district, said curator Pati Vargas. “We have 24 art galleries in this area and we hope collector visit us,” said Vargas, head of Viernes Culturales, a monthly street festival in Little Havana. Vargas said all the artists purchased the same umbrella but decorated it with their unique art work. The umbrellas sell anywhere from $800 to $1,600. Among the artist who painted an umbrella was local Spanish-language radio personality Ninoska Perez Castellon, who specializes in paintings of traditional Cuban women and the island’s patron saint, La Caridad del Cobre. The event is a first in Little Havana. Vargas said they hope it will become a local tradition. For more information about the umbrella exhibit, call Pati Vargas at 305-972-5774. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/03/3794953/little-havana-welcomes-art-basel.html#storylink=cpy |
Welcome to our blog. We hope you enjoy your journey through the Cuban plastic arts in general. This blog features pieces from the The Flores-Carbonell Collection, which was established in Miami in 2006 by Miguel Flores and Rudenz H. Carbonell, as well as artworks by Cuban artists in various private collections worldwide. Our purpose is to educate fans and lovers of Cuban art in general by sharing the information freely.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Umbrellas of Little Havana - Expo Opened Dec 2013
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