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The Miramar Cultural Center (MCC) continuously seeks new ways to grow community engagement with arts and culture. The latest addition is called MCC Artscape.
Join us for the MCC Artscape Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 10am at the Miramar Cultural Center Botanical Garden, 2400 Civic Center Place, Miramar, Florida 33025.
MCC Artscape features rotational Public Art-On-Loan as part of MCC’s annual program tied to its slogan “where community and culture converge”. The exhibitions allow premier sculptors: Robert Coons, Donald Gialanella and Atomik to display their art in the Botanical Garden and the green space around Miramar Town Center. These free public art displays humanize Miramar Town Center and add to the quality of life that arts and culture bring to the city.
Featured Art as described by the Artists:
Robert Coons
Quetzalcoatl’s Declination – A translation from the Mayan code that relates the epic battle between Quetzalcoatl and the Sun. It tells how the feathered serpent flew up to the Sun, challenged, fought, and defeated the Sun.
Donald Gialanella
Plenum Orb – The sculpture alludes to memories locked up in abandoned objects. Using a palette of familiar stainless-steel items, I created this large assemblage sphere that contain a mix of surprise, irony and humor. The repurposed artifacts are things people bought and eventually discarded, according to the vagaries of personal status and cultural values.
Celestial Fish – This piece is the culmination of fish sculptures I have been working on in a more modest size for over a decade. Over the years I have explored the shape of fish in all their myriad and fascinating forms, and finally felt confident enough to undertake the ultimate fish in this monumental scale.
Atomik
Untitled – A famous iconic orange character which emerged as a response to the demolition of the Miami Orange Bowl.
Camasha Cevieux, Miramar’s Director of Cultural Affairs stated, “art in public places express community values, enhance our environment, transform a landscape and heighten our awareness. This annual program will be refreshed to invigorate MCC as a destination to engage collective community expression and reflect how we can imagine the world. Artists in FY2022 included a mixture of nationally acclaimed and local public artists inclusive of LEBO, ‘GRABSTER’ Marcus Borges, ‘AAKABO’ Aaron Bodden, Yuhmi Collective and ‘HAYZE’ Andrew Hayes.”
For more information, visit www.MiramarCulturalCenter.org.
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