summer school

Joaquín Stacey-Calle is an interdisciplinary artist from Quito, Ecuador. Currently based in Los Angeles, He engages with various mediums such as painting, microbes, photography, textiles, food, and installation to explore themes of identity, history, memory, representational and landscape painting, daily rituals, and the human condition. Stacey-Calle obtained his BFA from Florida International University in 2022 and is currently pursuing an MFA at Otis College of Art and Design, expecting to graduate in 2024.

Diana Eusebio is a Peruvian-Dominican multidisciplinary artist based in Miami, Florida. She graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a BFA in Fiber. A first-generation American, at the intersection of Peruvian-Dominican heritage and Black-Latino-Indigenous culture, Eusebio draws inspiration from the intersections of identity and community. Through creative exploration of processes such as natural dyeing, printing, stitching, and embellishing, her fashion, photography, and textile works preserve diasporic traditions, share stories, and prompt conversations around inclusion, love, and solidarity.

Roscoè B. Thické III education into the arts started while enlisted in the U.S Army. While stationed at Camp Casey, South Korea Roscoè studied Photography and Art. Roscoè continued his studies of Photography and Design at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. His work has been exhibited at the The Bass museum, the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and several other institutions. He has participated in multiple residencies like Oolite Arts Studio Residency in Miami, Fl., Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Symra Beach, Florida, African American Research Library residency in Fort Lauderdale, Fl., Mass Moca Studio Residency in North Adams, Massachusetts

Born in the Bronx, New York in 1994 and currently living and working in Miami, an artist, designer, and an innate creative, Andrew is renowned for his raw abstract paintings. His style of visual arts encompasses a fulfilling yet culturally rich aesthetic, taking viewers on a profound mental voyage across the vast seas of the Earth with impassioned fervor. Drawing inspiration from the ocean and his travels, Andrew's canvases are adorned with expressive and concise symbols, which dominate his latest body of work in the form of epic gestural abstractions

Patricia Monclus is a painter and art educator currently residing in Miami. She was born in Los Angeles and raised between Colombia and Spain, and her multicultural background often influences her narrative paintings.

In the spring of 2018, she graduated from the New World School of the Arts. Immediately after, she was awarded a sponsored studio space at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Wynwood, Miami, where she continues to practice her art.

She has participated in local group exhibitions at CIFO, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Coral Contemporary, as well as online platforms such as FarxWide.

Matthew Forehand is a visual artist based in Miami, Florida whose life has been shaped by his diverse cultural experiences and personal challenges. His art reflects a unique perspective, often patchworking elements of nature and the environment from his family home in Colombia And South Florida.

Growing up in a military family, he had the opportunity to travel and explore different cultures, which greatly influenced his artistic practice

Xavier Luján is an artist and educator working with photography, video and installation. He is a Resident Artist at the Bakehouse Art Complex, teaches at Istituto Marangoni Miami and Roberto Mata School of Photography and holds an MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies from ICP-Bard. He is based in Miami, Fl.

Beth Rhodes is from Biloxi, Mississippi with a BFA from Mississippi State. She currently lives and works in Miami, Florida.

Her paintings explore the tension of wanting to be known, while maintaining tight boundaries on our intimate selves and the balance between comfort in public and security in our own interiors.

Born in Philadelphia, Richard Vergez is a visual and sound artist with a background in graphic design and audio-visual composition. Before relocating to South Florida, he lived and worked in New York, where he was a member of the Brooklyn Collage Collective. His work has been shown in New York, London, Chicago, Los Angeles, and with homework at a solo-show titled ‘Trains of Thought',’ during Miami Art Week 2022.

July 7th 6-9pm

Sounds by Martin Zero + food by MoodBords

July 8th 4-6pm

Camellia Sinesis leaves have been harvested and brewed for thousands of years. During the tea ceremony, you will taste some of China and Taiwans greatest etas, sourced by Admari Tea.

David's tea ceremonies are about finding balance during the ebbs and flows of the creative process.

July 12 6-10pm

Performance by Richard Vergez (Noir Age)

On Wednesday, July 12 multidisciplinary artist Richard Vergez will be presenting Hearing Protection, an improvised, intermedia sound performance that combines audio and video elements to engage with the surrounding environment. Live video projection, electronically manipulated found sound objects and bass tones will guide the soundscape into an immersive audiovisual constellation, leaving us to meditate on our slightly shifting loop of life. Hearing Protection is suggested.

And back by unpopular demand, come early to experience The Weeping Willow pop-up bar. A strangely isolated place to get lost in the looking glass.

July 13th 6-9pm

Screening of a film by Gary Gardner

In this neo-western, two men go on an epic road trip through a beautiful yet isolating landscape while they reckon with their murky pasts. A reformed ex- convict picks up his old cellmate from prison and drives him around the country in order to return an old favor from the inside. Trapped together with their self-centered egos, they must learn how to live with the consequences of their actions and face a reckoning with their community.

July 14th 6-9pm

do’s and don’ts: fine art, branding & commissioned work w/ Florencia Franceschetti (Raygun Agency) + Brian Butler (Upper Hand Art)

Are you an artist looking to make a living out of your craft? Or maybe you know the fundamentals of your art, but are unsure of the business side? During this talk, they will cover the esteem and value of your art, as well as essential ethical guidelines to remember, including tips on expectation management and compromising when working with clients. Whether you are an up-and-coming artist, an experienced practitioner, or just interested in getting to know the business side of art, this conversation is sure to give you the skills you need to succeed.

July 16th 4-7pm

Sample a colorful array of minimal intervention wines crafted in the destinations where we idle away our European vacations, spanning from Croatia's extensive and picturesque coastline to the captivating black sand beaches of the Canary Islands.

Wine tasting w/ Gabriela Victoria Ospina (Sommelier at Boia De)

July 20th 6-10pm

An homage to Factory Records & The Haçienda. Panel discussion, videos and music. Hosted by Richard Vergez (Noir Age) + Martin Zero

July 21st 6-9pm

Comedor Azul + Hot Box Cinema Club Screening

Formal show closing for Fine Artwork

July 22nd 12-6pm

Art, VInyl, Vintage Clothing, Plants + more