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Art in the community

October 7 | 2022

As part of our ART IN THE COMMUNITY program, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (formerly known as the Kendall Art Center) features a presentation and artist talk with the Ceramic League of Miami's Joe Robinson, local artist and master potter. MoCAA and the Fine Art Ceramic Center is dedicated supporting local ceramic artists, and increasing appreciation for the ceramic arts.

June 21 | 2019

Contemporary Art Lectures: “The Repeating Island”
Contemporary Art Lectures examines particular artistic practices in Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. For this edition of Miami Art Week 2019, Presencia arrives at the Kendall Art Center with more comprehensive projects that explore contemporary Insular Caribbean Hispanic art, either produced on the islands, or in diaspora. “The Repeating Island” demonstrates the rich and diverse cultures of the Hispanic Caribbean Islands.
Moderated by Roxana M. Bermejo.

December 9 | 2018

Collection Review: CdeCuba Art Collection founded by Ximo Sánchez in 2008 together with the editorial project of the same name, has strived since the beginning to promote the production and the current thought about the visual arts from within and outside the island, with a clear vision to promote and present artists at an international level. Multi-disciplined in character, the collection includes paintings, drawings, art objects, recordings, photography, sculpture and installation with works dating from 1999 to 2020. La Colección is constantly growing and until now contains 450 works from 280 artists situated in Cuba, The United States, Latin America and Europe.
Moderated by Ximo Sánchez and Antonio Correa

November 11 | 2018

Book Presentation
An all-inclusive book on the works, artists and exhibitions of The Rodríguez Collection, with more than 50 superbly reproduced artworks from one of Miami’s foremost collectors of Cuban contemporary art. This title is dedicated to showcasing the unique visual traditions of the island, spanning decades of styles and subjects, culminating in a volume sure to be an indispensable addition or introduction for any art enthusiast. This title presents an ideal tour and scholarship on some of the best this comprehensive collection and Miami, has to offer.
Moderated by Roxana M Bermejo, Odette Artiles, Gary Anuez, Henry Ballate, Aldo Menedez and Leonardo Rodriguez.

October 13 | 2018

Collection Review: “Artists and friends” in the Hamlet Collection is the second exhibition presented by The Rodríguez Collection in collaboration with other private collections as part of the program to unveil art that was produced in Cuba and today is preserved outside the island. The panelists review the status of the collection and discuss in preservation and cataloging.
Moderated by Ivonne Ferrer and Henry Ballate.

June 9 | 2017

Teatro en Marcos
This project is to bring the theater closer to the public in the South West of Miami and explore unconventional settings that provide enriching creative alternatives. The Kendall Art Center is a place full of art, colors and textures and therefore it itself becomes a new element of the scenic language.
Art director: Leopoldo Morales.

September 18 | 2017

Panel Discussion: This event displays the final results of a two year investigation of Aldo Menéndez (Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1948). Artist, journalist, art critic, curator and promoter. Author of two previous books about the Taller de Serigrafía Artística Rene Portocarrero, published in Spain under the titles: “Ojo X Ojo” (2002) and “Colección Portocarrero / La tradición de un taller” (2003). With colaboration involving atelier from Cuba, Spain, France, Colombia, Mexico, USA, The Aldo Menéndez Archives and The Rodriguez Collection is Presented at Kendall Art Center as part of 2017 Art & Research Honors Program.
Moderated by Aldo Menéndez, Ivonne Ferrer and Henry Ballate.

September 29 | 2017

Teatro en Marcos
This project is to bring the theater closer to the public in the South West of Miami and explore unconventional settings that provide enriching creative alternatives. The Kendall Art Center is a place full of art, colors and textures and therefore it itself becomes a new element of the scenic language.
Art director: Leopoldo Morales.

May 10 | 2017

Artists in Purgatory, Collection ReviewArtists in Purgatory, an exhibition of the Jorge Reynardus Collection curated by Aldo Menendez, Henry Ballate and Ivonne Ferrer, is presented in Miami by Leo Rodriguez, a well-known art collector, founder and director of the KAC. The exhibition “Artists in Purgatory” is forging new recognition to these artists within the contemporary art world and a new definition of their artistic status that ends the collective isolation. The panelists review the status of the collection and discuss in preservation and cataloging.
Moderated by Aldo Menendez.

June 9 | 2017

Teatro en Marcos
This project is to bring the theater closer to the public in the South West of Miami and explore unconventional settings that provide enriching creative alternatives. The Kendall Art Center is a place full of art, colors and textures and therefore it itself becomes a new element of the scenic language.
Art director: Leopoldo Morale.

December 04 | 2016

Diálogos Místicos
Art presentation in which Henry Ballate M.F.A. Director and Chief Curator of Kendall Art Center was focused on the dialogue between the collector Leonardo Rodríguez and the artist José Bedia, a dialogue that not only shows part of the historical route of the artist but also the transformations and aesthetic valuations of the collector.
Moderated by Henry Ballate.

July 15 | 2016

Collection Review
The Kendall Art Center opens its doors with the presentation of Rodriguez Collection to the public of Miami Dade with the aims to educate and create an ongoing dialogue with the public in the concepts of contemporary art and its role in our society.
Moderated by Henry Ballate.

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