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Miami New Times
December 13 2007
BASEL'S ODYSSEUS
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
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Miami New Times: July 14, 2005- Pup Art
MIAMI HERALD- NEIGHBORS- SUNDAY JUNE 26 2005
LITTLE HAITI
BY
CHRISTINA KENT
For The Herald
Three galleries hope to build art
district
Three new galleries tucked away in an alley near St. Mary's Catholic Church
have joined forces for what they hope will one day be a thriving arts district.
Traveling west on Northwest 71st Street in Little Haiti, one passes small auto
sales lots, a family-owned grocery and a store boasting its inventory of 99-cent
goods.
It might be easy to miss the neighborhood's artsier elements.
But tucked away on an alley near St. Mary's Catholic Church, a small arts hub
is taking shape.
Three galleries -- White Vinyl, Faktura Gallery and Chemical Wedding -- have
joined forces to create what they have optimistically dubbed the St. Mary's
Arts District. The spaces are housed in older buildings that once housed chop
shops and clothing recycling businesses.
Skip Van Cel, owner of White Vinyl, located in what was once an auto chop-shop
warehouse, describes the area as ``kind of off the grid.''
Van Cel, who does politically charged installation art that includes audio and
video, is excited about the prospects of helping start a ``vibrant art area.''
Van Cel, who also publishes the Biscayne Boulevard Times, bought his space a
year ago after a real estate agent said she ''needed someone with a vision''
to take advantage of the inexpensive property. Studio and exhibition space in
trendy art neighborhoods like Wynwood and the Design District are far too expensive
for many younger and newer artists to even consider.
''I bought this place for a few hundred thousand,'' Van Cel said of his three-story
12,000-square-foot space at the end of the alley on Northwest Second Court.
``A place like this in Wynwood goes for a few million.''
The benefit, he says: ``We can afford to be creative here.''
Earlier this year, Van Cel told artist Jacquelyn Jackson Johnston about space
that was available near him.
Her Faktura Gallery is located in what was once a chop shop; her first order
of business on taking the space was removing the disassembled cars and car parts
from inside the building and along the alleyway. Friends and family were enlisted
in the renovation project.
''We moved everything from car engines to compressor tanks to whole cars out
of this space,'' Johnston said. ``It took months to get the floor clean.''
Now she creates nude self-portraits that, according to her press release, ``explore
the art historical expectations of passivity and sexuality.''
Johnston, 23, a recent graduate of Columbia University in New York, came to
Miami to pursue her art career. She was previously a resident artist at the
now-closed Objex Artspace in Wynwood. She sees promise in her new home.
''I felt like the usual Miami art opening was more about the party than the
art, and I wanted to see a venue where artists could come together,'' she says.
``I'm really open-minded about finding new artists. I'm hoping to push the limits
as to what kind of art can be presented here.''
Despite inclement weather, about 200 people turned out last weekend to view
the works of Van Cel and Johnston at their openings. It was Johnston's third
opening at Faktura, and the first to include an extensive series of her works.
Her next opening is July 16.
''It's a bold and pioneering move for these artists to embark on leading an
art community in this area,'' said Roberto Cid, a Coral Gables resident who
attended the June 18 openings.
''This place has an authenticity to it that's not going to be copied anytime
soon,'' Van Cel said.
MIAMI NEW TIMES- SEE/ BE SEEN- JUNE 16-22 2005
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NEW TIMES- Cheap Thrills and Art Galleries- April 14 2005
Faktura Gallery
Faktura: Faktura gallery, an enormous new gallery enhancing the Little haiti
community with fresh contemporary artists, opens with the "Faktura" show, founded on the belief that current technological revolutions in communication
of mechanical reproduction have blurred lines between experimental and exceptional
artistic production. Opening reception on April 16; 7-10pm. Starting April 16,
Daily, Free. http://www.fakturagallery.com 7128 NW 2nd Ct, Miami, 305-758-9005.
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