The
exhibit is an array of exciting IPC Visual Lab students' works by four
women who, each equipped with a unique personal and professional vision,
interpret life in South Florida through visual symbols. Their
documentary photography is driven by a wide range of emotional forces –
humanistic and aesthetic – distinctly synergized by the feminine
perspective.
The exhibit is curated by
Carl Juste, an award-winning Miami Herald photojournalist who most recently, co-curated the highly acclaimed “I Witness” exhibit at
the Bernice Steinbaum Gallery – a seminal body of work by international photojournalists.
Jenny Babot Romney co-curates and exhibits her own work.
Commenting
upon the importance of showcasing the female perspective, Juste says,
“Women offer a holistic approach and try to find a more complete
picture. Rather than searching for visual impact, they offer more of a
visual stroke.”
Exhibiting artists, all photography students at the
IPC Visual Lab co-founded by Juste, come from four different walks of life:
Jenny Babot Romney
is Presentation Manager for the Advertising Division of the Miami
Herald Media Company. Romney began studying photography 8 years ago
and she freelances as a portraiture and wedding photographer.
Jennifer Kay
is a Miami-based journalist for the Associated Press. Kay has twice
been a finalist for the South Florida Society of Professional
Journalists’ Sunshine State Awards, honored by the National Association
of Caribbean-American Journalists, and won a 1999-2000 Virginia Press
Award for a front-page story about gang activity in the D.C. metro area.
Sacha Suarez
is Senior Manager, Partner Relations at Univision. Her true passion
and calling since age 14 has been art – drawing, painting, and molding
any medium. Suarez is a professional artist and freelances for the
Miami Herald and private engagements.
Nanci Thomas
founded the Oscar Thomas Foundation in 1997 as a vehicle to perpetuate
the memory of her late husband, his achievements, and to carry on his
dream of a better life for others through the power of art. Thomas’
husband was an iconic billboard, mural, and portrait artist who was once
described by NBC News as “the country’s leading artist of Dr. Martin
Luther King.” Thomas, who once studied art with her late husband,
reclaimed her artistic voice through learning photography.
“A
Woman’s Eye is a project inspired from observation and a feeling of
passion for South Florida where so much of life is lived out in the
open, in the streets, as well as in its natural environment, “comments
Jenny Babot Romney. “South Florida is a vibrant and colorful place that
takes center stage through the eyes of these four female
photographers.”
Whereas
each woman brings a different viewpoint, the exhibit as a collective
showcases the possibility of visual storytelling. “The exhibit,” says
Juste “is a conduit for creativity and an opportunity to channel it into
something positive. Together these women can speak a greater truth not
achieved individually.”
“A
Woman’s Eye” runs through June, 2012 Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m. with other hours available by appointment by calling (305)
751-8367. The exhibit is free.
What: "A Woman's Eye"
When: Saturday, April 21, 2012
6:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Where: ACND Gallery of Art
Archbishop Curley Notre Dame Prep
4949 NE 2nd, Avenue
Miami, Florida 33137
Contact: 305-751-8367
George Fishman received a fine arts degree
from the University of Pennsylvania in 1971. He has designed and created
commissioned mosaic artworks for 25 years, while also writing, editing and
presenting at conferences and serving on arts boards. In 2009 he began
recording interviews with arts professionals, collecting them on the Mosaic of Art
web site, and now links edited audio commentaries to QR codes for galleries,
artists and institutions
