This program was made in suppo rt of the current exhibition Making Impressions: Archives\, Printmaking\, and Robert Blackburn on view at the branch. Funding for the exhibition and this program are made possible through the James L. Knight Foundation and Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs division in connection with the Vasari Projec t archive and to support the Miami Art Timeline project. Materials provide d thanks to sponsor Speedball.
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About the Artist:
\nJacoub Reyes is a printmaker and installation artist based. His work focuses on his Caribbe an and South Asian backgrounds. Reyes uses found materials and object to c reate his art and encourages his students to do the same. Reyes conducts p rintmaking workshops locally and internationally.
\n\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.\n\;
\nAbout the Di
vision of Special Collections &\; Archives: \;
Miami-
Dade Public Library System's Division of Special Collections &\; Archiv
es holds rare and irreplaceable historical materials for the benefit of th
e public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Coll
ection\, 16mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &\; Ephe
mera\, Genealogy Collection\, Vasari Project archive\, and Rare &\; Ant
iquarian books from as early as the 17th \;century. The Division aims
to provide the public with the contents of these collections at their requ
est\, which include books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 photograph
s\, prints\, artifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic media.&nbs
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