Artist News: January 2023
Learn more about achievements and recent news from Bakehouse Art Complex Resident and Associate Artists during the month of January, including Sandra Ramos, Jenna Efrein, Gabriela Gamboa, Maria Theresa Barbist, Shawna Moulton, and multiple recipients of the Home+Away Travel Residency by Oolite Arts.
Introducing New Board Member Rodolphe el-Khoury
Read more about Bakehouse’s newest Board Member, Rodolphe “Rudy” el-Khoury, the Dean of the University of Miami’s School of Architecture. Rudy is an eminent scholar and expert on smart design and architecture who believes that “embedded technology empowers networked environments to better address the environmental and social challenges we face today.”
Donor Highlight: Tatyana Silva
Meet Tatyana Silva, a friend and supporter of Bakehouse Art Complex. Tatyana is a passionate art collector with a focus on Radical Italian Design and Arte Povera. We caught up with Tatyana to discuss her “eye-opening” introduction to our artist community,
New Staff at Bakehouse: Shawn Clybor, Chief Technology Strategist and Planner
Bakehouse is excited to announce that Dr. Shawn Clybor has joined our team as the Chief Technology Strategist and Planner. Shawn will lead with strategies intended to physically and programmatically transform Bakehouse over the next five years as a center for art making and art presentation in the digital age.
Artist Highlight: Augusto Esquivel
Meet Augusto Esquivel, an artist at Bakehouse Art Complex who repurposes readily-available shank and sewing buttons to create three-dimensional sculptures.
Donor Highlight: Board Member Claudio Riedi
Meet Swiss-American Board Member Claudio Riedi, a lifelong lover of “landscaping, photography, and landscape photography” and ardent supporter of Bakehouse Art Complex and its artists since 2016.
Artist News: December 2022
Learn more about Bakehouse Art Complex Resident and Associate Artists’ achievements, including exhibitions and installations by Jennifer Printz, Gonzalo Hernandez, and Tara Long, and recent news during Miami Art Week and December 2022.
Artist Highlight: Gabriela Gamboa
On the occasion of her new exhibition, “New Topographies: 25.7617° N, 80.1918 W°” at Bakehouse, we sat down with artist Gabriela Gamboa to discuss her artistic practice and how Bakehouse helped her grow roots in Miami.
Applications are open for Bakehouse x Cité internationale des arts Residency!
Applications are open through December 19, 2022 to Bakehouse artists for a two-month residency (May 4–June 7, 2023) at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, France.
Artist News: November 2022
See our roundup of notable artist news for November 2022 from Bakehouse artists Judith Berk King, Najja Moon, Jennifer Printz, and Troy Simmons.
Photos from Futures | Visions | Visionaries
Teamwork makes the dream work at Bakehouse Art Complex! View images from the Futures | Visions | Visionaries fundraising event from November 4, 2022.
Artist Highlight: Cynthia Cruz
Drawing from her experience as an artist of Dominican descent and fascination with technology, Cynthia Cruz creates fictional environments and characters using patterns and imagery influenced by animism, folklore, and science fiction.
New Staff at Bakehouse: Andrew McLees and Krysten Ortega
Meet Bakehouse’s newest members of the team: Andrew McLees, Grants and Communications Manager, and Krysten Ortega, Programs Assistant.
Bakehouse Partners with Cité internationale des arts!
Bakehouse Art Complex is proud to announce a new partnership with the prestigious Cité internationale des arts, a long-standing residency program based in Paris, France.
Artist News: October 2022
See our roundup of notable artist news for October 2022 from Bakehouse artists Judith Berk King, Najja Moon, Jennifer Printz, and Troy Simmons.
How to Make Paper Bats!
Bakehouse artist Pati Monclus created an instruction video for kids on how to make paper bats just in time to celebrate Halloween!
Artist Highlight: Amanda Linares
Amanda Linares is a Cuban-born visual artist based in Miami, Florida. She received a technical degree in printmaking from San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts (Havana, Cuba) and a BFA in graphic design from New World School of the Arts (Miami, Florida). Linares has been a resident artist at the Bakehouse Art Complex since 2020 and has contributed to developing their ‘s brand identity since then.
Donor Highlight: Akerman LLP, represented by Neisen O. Kasdin
For the past four years, Wolfson, his wife Ellen, and their children have made significant contributions to the Artist Studio Subsidy Fund through the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation. Their donations allow us to provide long-term studio space and artmaking infrastructure to artists of exceptional talent with demonstrated financial need.
Artist Highlight: Gabriela Garcia
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, Gabriela Garcia D'Alta is an artist and architect currently based in Miami, Florida. In Caracas, she studied architecture at the Universidad Santa Maria and photography at the Roberto Mata Taller Fotografía. She has been a resident artist at Bakehouse since 2018.
Introducing Board Member Alex Fraser
We are excited to announce the appointment of Alex Fraser to the Board of Directors. In 2005, he founded Fraser Financial Group and three years later, he began Smart Merchant Processing Corporation, where he oversees business development, strategic planning, client retention, as well as SMP's development and operations departments.