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.
\nModeling \;the \;Reef \;is an interdisciplinary public education and art pr oject designed by Beatriz Chachamovits to provide access to and awareness of ecological\, social\, and craft knowledge to students from all ages.&nb sp\;The \;project consists of two phases with distinct learning and ma terial outcomes. Participants will first discover Miami's underwater ecosy stems through an interactive marine ecology lesson followed by a coral scu lpting workshop led by Beatriz on how to craft their own ceramic coral scu lptures. \;
\n\nAbout the Artist:
\n< p>Beatriz Chachamovits is an environmental artist and educator from S&atil de\;o Paulo\, Brazil living and working in Miami\, Florida. \;\nHer work renders tangible the decline of the coral reef ecosystems\, and the role played \;by humans in it. Her intention is to share the majes tic beauty of at-risk marine ecologies as \;well as the appalling rate of their destruction. She works with ceramic sculptures and drawings to h ighlight the unique shape\, form\, and texture that exists in the underwat er world. She is the author and illustrator of the book The little handboo k of marine fishes and other aquatic marvels (Pequeno manual de peixe marinhos e outras maravilhas aquá\;ticas)\, published by Compan hia das Letrinhas in Sã\;o Paulo\, Brazil in 2018. \;
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About the Vasari Project:
\nThe Vasari Proje ct is a library collection dedicated to documenting\, collecting\, and pre serving Miami-Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. It is a living archive that grows through contributions from artists\, art profess ionals\, exhibition spaces\, galleries\, institutions\, and private \; donors.
\nThe Vasari Project is a resource for ongoing research\, sc holarship\, publications\, artists' projects\, exhibitions\, and events. T he archive collects documentation rather than original works of art compos ed primarily of printed matter: correspondence\, press clippings\, photogr aphs\, posters\, books\, exhibition catalogs\, artists' files\, oral histo ries\, and other ephemeral \;materials.
\n\nAbout
the Division of Special Collections &\; Archives: \;
Miami-Dade Public Library System's Division of Special Collections &\;
Archives holds rare and irreplaceable historical materials for the benefi
t of the public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Flori
da Collection\, 16mm Film Collection\, Cuban Collection of Rare Books &
\; Ephemera\, Genealogy Collection\, Vasari Project archive\, and Rare &am
p\; Antiquarian books from as early as the 17th \;century. The Divisio
n aims to provide the public with the contents of these collections at the
ir request\, which include books\, original manuscripts\, over 18\,000 pho
tographs\, prints\, artifacts\, audiovisual resources\, and electronic med
ia. \;