BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Miami-Dade Public Library System X-WR-CALNAME:Miami-Dade Public Library System BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b89cb9a4-c9f3-4cd6-8ccc-272219ad2516 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260719T095858Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241012T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241012T170000 SUMMARY:AV CLUB LOCATION:Main Library\nMain Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Main Library;X-APPLE-RADIU S=10;X-TITLE=Main Library:geo:25.7743775,-80.1961871 GEO:25.7743775;-80.1961871 DESCRIPTION:Artist and film archivist Barron Sherer will relay the fundame ntals of operating a 16mm projector - from threading\, changeovers\, and r ewinding film reels to adjusting focus and throw distance. Attendees will get hands-on experience and learn valuable skills as Barron shares insigh ts of his thirty years of itinerant film screenings around Miami-Dade Coun ty. For more information\, please contact the library at 305-375-5572 or specialcollections@mdpls.org. Ages 19 yrs.+ \n .\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.i nfo/event/11396711 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

About the presenter

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Barron Sherer lives and works in Miami\, Florida. He is a time-based me dia artist with a background in moving image archival practices. Sherer's moving image work centers on the dé\;tournement and rerouting of arc hival media and assembling it with materials he creates with legacy filmma king techniques. This work generally explores contemporary and historical realities and the image-based representations that engage with them.

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In 2017\, Sherer received a South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowshi p. He founded a studio project in 2020 with a significant Knight Foundatio n investment. He was a 2023 Knight Foundation Art + Tech Expansion Fund re cipient to invest in his analog to digital artmaking workflows. Currently\ , Barron is a 2024 Project Artist in Residence at Deering Estate.

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Recent work has been exhibited at the Frost Museum of Art\, Perez Art Muse um Miami\, Dimensions Variable\, and Emerson Dorsch Miami. Sherer's 2018 s olo exhibition in Australia\, "MIAMI/MIAMI\," featured 16mm installations and video projections at Walls Gallery in Miami\, Queensland.

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Sher er's media work may be found at Canyon Cinema Foundation and in private co llections. His solo exhibition "MOOD OVER MIAMI" at Bridge Red Studios in North Miami runs through November 2024.

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About the Division of Special Collections &\; Archives

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Miami-Dade Public Library System&rsquo\;s Division of Special Collections &\; Archives h olds rare and irreplaceable historical documents for the benefit of the pu blic and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Collecti on\, 16mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &\; Ephemera \, Genealogy Collection\, Vasari Project\, and rare &\; antiquarian boo ks from as early as the 17th century. The Division's primary goal is to pr ovide the public with the contents of the vault at their request. Its coll ections include rare books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 photograp hs\, prints\, artifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic media.

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About the Film Collection

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The 16mm film col lection has been part of the Library's holdings for over 55 years. Its fir st films were part of the City of Miami&rsquo\;s public library and began in the 1960s before there was a county library. When MDPLS was formed\, th e County supplemented its local funding for films with Federal LSCA grants (Library Services and Construction Act). Apart from leased feature films\ , all films were purchased for free exhibition for the life of the print. Subjects within the collection include experimental/avant-garde art films\ , non-narrated films\, children&rsquo\;s films\, Black history\, Floridian a\, and local history. Today\, there are over 4\,000 films within the coll ection. \;

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