Jurors: Ruth Hamilton-Director, Florida International University Graham University Center & staff

Award of Distinction

Gil Sabino - Teatro Municipal de São Paolo

Professional

First Prize:  Ivone Vacaro

Second Prize: Betto

Third Prize: Gri Alves

Student

First Prize:  Tê Rodrigues

Second Prize: Catarina Nice Alaberce

Third Prize: Mariza Coutinho Gomez

Participating Artists

The Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC)
&
The Graham Center Art Gallery
at Florida International University,
The Arts Office Net Inc.
&
Miami Dade County Public Schools

present

An Artistic Cultural Exchange with Policarpo Jose Ribeiro
assisted by Tonietta A. Walters

Teacher Training Workshop
Saturday, October 24, 2009
8:30am-5:00pm
FIU University Park Campus
AS Building

This teacher training workshop in painting and sculpture is based on a program initiated by Policarpo Ribeiro for the Cultural Center in Suzano, SP, Brazil and his Journey of the Spirit Workshop.

It focuses on the use of alternative materials as a way of exercising creativity, the ability to work toward the resolution of design problems, enhancing observation and handling of diverse materials.

The use of the materials that are available but not standard to artmaking also serves to stimulate concepts of reutilization or recycling, allowing the public school students of art to approach ecological and social questions.

**Part of Sustainable TAO**

The Art Of Brazil Exhibition
featuring
Marcos Leandro
Pedro Neves
Policarpo Ribeiro
Andreia Sato
&
Artwork from the ECCOS collection.

! Come !
for
an evening of art
and to
meet the artists

Stewpeas & Rice [the Jamaican Feijoada] provided by Boston Juicy Jerk Restaurant.

[Part of Sustainable TAO]

Sustainability can be described as a multidimensional tapestry woven from economic, social, environmental, political and cultural aspects. Its core principle is centered on the importance of a people’s abilities to meet their present needs without compromising the prospects of future generations.  In essence, it is a phenomenon that embraces a sense of responsibility towards each other while at the same time recognizing accountability for ones actions.
 
We find ourselves living in an age filled with incredible advances, where technology has been able to push the limits of travel, communication, medicine and science.  There has come a price with this interpretation of progress.  We have pushed our natural resources to their limits, rapidly exploded in size of population and a number of nations are in economic crisis.  However, a collective effort to embrace a sustainable way of life has begun to take foothold across the globe.

Since the beginning of man, art has served as a mirror to the human experience.  For the artist, nature has been a vehicle for inspiration as well as a means to share an individually attuned expression of Global Consciousness.  For decades now, artists have had an active role in the struggle for environmental awareness.  Sustainable TAO is an effort to bring together people from around the world to explore urban development, cultural diplomacy and collective action.  Using the arts as a springboard for collective understanding, we can break down conceptual barriers toward achieving balance with our environment and promote the exemplary stewardship of our environment.

Sustainable TAO Statement by: Christopher Rodgriuez-Coordinator, FIU Graham Center Gallery

Schedule of Events:

1. August 17 - 21, 2009
Suzano, SP, Brazil
Grand Opening of ECCOSpace
TAO em Brasil | Exhibion and Lecture by Tonietta Walters

2. October 17 - 25, 2009
South Florida, USA
Group Exhibition at TAO:5448 Gallery
Workshop in collaboration with FIU Latin American & Caribbean Center

3. October through November
Online exhibitions:
Brazil, Art & Spirituality
   Lauderhill CRA Website
America, Arte e Espiritualidade
   City of Suzano Website

Sacred Rhythms: Meditation on Water presented by Rhythmic Rapture

January 2009 – February 2009

Flow:Triangulation 

Jose Polet-France, Policarpo Riberio-Brazil, Tonietta Walters-USA

Reception: February 5th, 2009 6pm to 9pm

Exhibition Statement:
Flow – a smooth uninterrupted movement or progress
Zone – a temporary state of heightened concentration that enables peak performance

‘Flow’ unlike the Merriam-Webster definition above is a now widely referenced as a concept proposed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: a mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. The Zone usually refers to athletes. The terms seem interchangeable and most artists are intimately familiar with this state. This annual exhibition series will give artists from around the world a chance to freely interpret both concepts using their usual form of expression and give their perspective on this fundamental part of the creative process.

Curator: Tonietta A. Walters is the CEO of The Arts Office Network. A visual artist, philosopher and member of Mensa, she has a Specialized M.A. in Art and Cognitive Science from FIU. Her paintings and sculpture can be found in public and private collections in the US, Middle East and France. She has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Brazil, France, India, Poland and the US. Tonietta teaches Philosophy for Miami Dade Virtual College and is currently working on the correlations between her recently synthesized model of creative practice to current theories in Philosophy of Mind.

A performance choreographed by Rhythmic Rapture Executive Director, Charmille Walters, will be at the New Municipal Theatre in Suzano on the evening of May 24th.

If you are interested in participating. Email images of the artwork you wish to exhibit [along with information on size and media] to submissions@theartsoffice.net. Participating artists are responsible for the shipping of the artwork to and from the cultural center in Brasil. Deadline date: April 12th.

Participation in the exhibition is free for affiliates of The Arts Office Network and resident artists of The Arts Office Lauderhill.

For all others the information for submissions can be found here: http://theartsoffice.net/network/submissions/

Artists involved with ArtSouth Homestead in the US or aRT+sCIENCE and AIR Vallauris in France or the Suzano Cultural Center and The Biennial Alto Tiete in Brazil are considered TAO affiliates for this exhibition. If in doubt about affiliation status contact us — info@theartsoffice.net

There will be light refreshments and music by DJ Jeff from The Music Box.