Art After Dark

Limited to 14 people per docent. Pick up your tour wristband at Visitor Experience available 1 hour before tour. 

Meet at the Great Hall 

Join guest teaching artist Eva Lia Pedriglieri and create a work of art inspired by Spanish artists like Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida.

About the Artist:

Eva Lia is an interdisciplinary artist, cultural researcher, and educator. Her work investigates and represents Afro-Latine and Mediterranean heritage through personal and community identity. She connects memory, family, and cultural tradition with new media and technology through performance, video, social practice and site-specific installation--engaging actively with her audiences through participatory experiences and community involvement.  Her work advocates for socialization and bonding practices, like eating a delicious meal or dancing with a loved one, as an art practice. Eva holds a BFA in Fine Arts and a BA in Culture & Media Studies from Parsons the New School for Design. She has exhibited artwork and screened her short films in galleries and festivals in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Miami, and Dominican Republic.  She has also produced, directed and coordinated several public events and international art festivals in South Florida. Along with her work as an independent artist, has served as a US cultural ambassador and English teacher in Southern Italy as part of the Fulbright grant. 

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@evalia.p / @evaliadaily 

www.evaliaart.com  

About Mestizas:

Mestizas is a musical group that combines styles such as flamenco, jazz and various genres of Latin American and Caribbean folklore.
From a contemporary perspective, they revisit forgotten —but fundamental— songs from the cultures that forged their intertwined identities along with their own compositions. From Spain to Uruguay, and from La Havana to Boston, their music is the vehicle that transports the cultural richness of each of its 5 members. With exquisite musicality, the quintet that was born at Berklee College of Music stands out for its quality, originality, aesthetic and social awareness. In a Mestizas’ show, each song is a story and each story is an invitation to travel to the center of our traditions to renew, rediscover, and admire them.
Mestizas members are Esperanza Delgado on lead vocals (Córdoba, Spain), Estefanía Núñez-Villamandos on piano and backing vocals (La Havana, Cuba), Ale Gómez on trumpet, percussion and backing vocals (Montevideo, Uruguay), Patricia Ligia on bass and backing vocals (Montevideo, Uruguay) and Paloma Gómez on flute, percussion and backing vocals (Sevilla, Spain).

Join artist Jill Lavetsky as she discusses works in the collection by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, Pablo Picasso, and other Spanish artists.

About the Artist:

Jill Lavetsky is a visual artist and educator living in Lake Worth, FL. In her figurative paintings, drawings, and collages, she explores themes of motherhood and intimate relationships. Jill received a Master's degree in painting from Florida Atlantic University in 2013, and has taught college, K-12 through community outreach, as well as incarcerated women. She has been featured in exhibitions such as the Florida Invitational at the Boca Museum of Art, and Drawn at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH.  

 www.jilllavetsky.com  

@jilllavetsky (Instagram)