Art Exhibition: Women's Voices: A Journey Through Miami's Art History

Surveying the women's art movement from the 1970s to the 2000s, this exhibition focuses on artists and spaces that defined this period, featuring Kabuya P. Bowens Saffo, Rosemary Chiarlone, Susan Emery Eisenberg, Lynne Golob Gelfman, Mira Lehr, Charo Oquet, Karen Rifas and Claire Jeanine Satin. For more information, please contact 305-375-5572 or specialcollections@mdpls.org. All ages.

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This exhibition was made possible through generous funding from the James L. Knight Foundation and Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs in connection with the Vasari Project archive and to support the Miami Art Timeline project.

The Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Vasari Project presents an exploration of the Miami women’s art movement. Women’s Voices: A Journey through Miami’s Art History is an exhibition that illustrates the activities of several women’s arts organizations from the 1970s to present that significantly contributed to the cultural landscape of Miami. Artists featured include: Kabuya P. Bowens Saffo, Rosemary Chiarlone, Susan Emery Eisenberg, Lynne Golob Gellman, Mira Lehr, Charo Oquet, Karen Rifas and Claire Jeanine Satin.

About the Vasari Project:

The Vasari Project is a library collection at Main Library 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, exhibition spaces, galleries, institutions, and private donors.

The Vasari Project is a resource for ongoing research, scholarship, publications, artists' projects, exhibitions, and events. The archive collects documentation rather than original works of art composed primarily of printed matter: correspondence, press clippings, photographs, posters, books, exhibition catalogs, artists' files, oral histories, and other ephemeral materials.

About the Division of Special Collections & Archives:

Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Division of Special Collections & Archives is located at the Main Library and holds rare and irreplaceable historical materials for the benefit of the public and scholarly community. They oversee the Helen Muir Florida Collection, 16mm Film Collection, Cuban Collection of Rare Books & Ephemera, Genealogy Collection, Vasari Project archive, and Rare & Antiquarian books from as early as the 17th century. The Division aims to provide the public with the contents of these collections at their request, which include books, original manuscripts, over 18,000 photographs, prints, artifacts, audiovisual resources, and electronic media. 

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