This program was made possible through funding from the James L. Knight Foundation and Miami-Dade Cultur al Affairs division in connection with the Vasari Project archive and to s upport the Miami Art Timeline project.
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\nAbout the Artist:
\nGabriela Se rra (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist\, certified Restorative Justi ce circle-keeper\, and urban farmer born in Caracas\, Venezuela\, and curr ently based in Miami\, Florida\, and San Juan\, Puerto Rico. Her practice comprises filmmaking\, photography\, and community facilitation (through w orkshops and support circles) focusing on exploring and regenerating relat ionships between humans and non-humans\, bodies and the land\, and the pre sent self with ancestral histories. With community\, family\, and friends\ , she co-creates intergenerational spaces and projects in which oral tradi tion is practiced and honored in value for the love and care of neighbors making food and tending gardens together and where we can be vulnerable wi th each other. Although her art is often temporary\, the relationships and connections formed remain transformative.
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\nAbout the Vasari Project:
\nThe Vasari Project is a librar y collection dedicated to documenting\, collecting\, and preserving Miami- Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. It is a living archive that grows through contributions from artists\, art professionals\, exhib ition spaces\, galleries\, institutions\, and private \;donors.
\n< p>The Vasari Project is a resource for ongoing research\, scholarship\, pu blications\, artists' projects\, exhibitions\, and events. The archive col lects documentation rather than original works of art composed primarily o f printed matter: correspondence\, press clippings\, photographs\, posters \, books\, exhibition catalogs\, artists' files\, oral histories\, and oth er ephemeral \;materials.\nhttps://mdpls.libnet.info/event/9231344 URL;VALUE=URI:https://mdpls.libnet.info/event/9231344 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR