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 North
Shore Park & Youth Center "Entryway and Common Area"
Project - A public artwork has been sited for the North
Beach Park Youth Center to enhance the entry walkways and/or
the common area. This artistic component will integrate with
the architectural plan for the new construction located from
Dickens to Harding Avenue and from 72nd to 73rd Streets in North
Beach. The project sponsor, City of Miami Beach, and the project
consultant, Bermello Ajamil & Partners, consider this location
to be an excellent opportunity for a work of art to provide
a centerpiece for the neighborhood. Click
here for photos.
Click here to
view schematic drawing
About the
Artist:
Connie Lloveras was born in Cuba and
resides in Miami. She received her BFA degree from FIU in 1981.
Monographic exhibitions of her work include galleries in Chicago,
Cambridge, Puerto Rico and Nicaragua. Her works are included in
collections at the Lowe Art Museum, the University of Miami, the Museum of
Art in Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton. She has completed public art
commissions in four counties of the State of Florida and a federal
building in Dallas, Texas.
About the Project:
Miami Beach Art in Public Places has
commissioned the artist Connie Lloveras to create a clay tile mural (31’
x 28’) as well a 60 handmade tiles to be placed throughout the walkways
of the newly constructed North Shore Park & Youth Center (2003).
The artwork titled "Circle"
will be comprised of 368 slab rolled squares (12" x 12") each
containing an etched ball. The artist will hold workshops in North Beach
for community participants to carve outlines into the tiles of the
different balls that will be frequently used at the park as a source of
recreation – a source for bringing people together. The process of
creating the "Circle" will document the coming together of a
very diverse community.
Project
Update November
2003
Miami
Beach Parks & Recreation division scheduled nine workshops which
were held at Fairway Park, Muss Park, Normandy Isle Park, Normandy Shore
Park, Tatum Park, Stillwater Park, and the Scott Rakow Youth Center.
The artist introduced the project to members of the community
and participants were asked to draw a ball with different size markers. 500
individual drawings will become a 26' ball in diameter. All the
designs are interesting and unique and will be transferred to the
clay medium to produce the ceramic tiles for the wall mural. The
project workshops were documented on video. Click
here for photos.
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