Exhibition, 10,000 Years of Miami by John Bailly

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Venue:Deering Estate

The February Features Exhibit Evening will be held on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Deering Estate.

Exhibit Evenings are free and open to the public. Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available. The exhibits will be on display daily, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., from February 06 – March 25, 2016, and are free with Estate admission.

10,000 YEARS OF MIAMI by John Bailly
The Deering Estate provided John Bailly with the perfect setting to explore the history of Miami, revealing how popular perception of Miami and the authentic reality of Miami are divergent. Bailly’s 10,000 Years of Miami is the artist’s humble effort to remind us of who we are, from a historical and environmental perspective. Through richly-layered paintings he depicts natural elements and transatlantic cultural commonalities.

As a Deering Estate Artist in Residence, Bailly was able to conduct field research through hiking onsite, snorkeling in adjacent Biscayne Bay, and by conducting collaborative research with interpretive staff on the sites’ archaeological and historical resources. Additionally, the artist traveled to Catalonia (Spain) to visit Charles Deering's former villa Maricel in Sitges where he collected visual and factual records. John Bailly (MFA Yale), is a French-American, Miami based artist and a Fellow at FIU’s Honor College. He is represented by ClampArt in New York, NY.

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