What/Who: The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is presenting the group exhibition “Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly” through Aug. 5, 2018. Curated by Risa Puleo, the exhibition features the works of 37 artists who are from or living in the path of the monarch butterfly and are separated into conceptual categories including indigenous, immigrant and assimilated.
The exhibition focuses on the monarch, the only butterfly that migrates in two directions, as a geographic range and a metaphor. Monarchs (specifically those of eastern North American) fly from southern Canada through the Midwest on their way to Michoacán, Mexico and back.
Like the butterfly, which takes at least four generations to completely navigate its way through middle America with inherited knowledge, these artists also use inherited cultural memory to showcase and explore historical narratives of their respective heritage through abstract techniques such as basket weaving, beadwork, copper hammering, and quilting, and materials such as stucco, plaster, ceramics, and feathers.
To commemorate the “Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly” exhibition, MOCA will curate programming to engage and educate the public on the monarch butterfly’s migration path and its connection to unrelenting issues that create challenges for people native to the Americas — being separated by conceptual categories of indigenous, immigrant, and assimilated.
The full lineup includes:
Walkthrough with Curator Risa Puleo | Saturday, June 16 – 1:00 p.m.
Curator and Critic, Risa Puleo offers participants an engaging and enlightening gallery tour of “Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly” during its first stop on its traveling exhibition tour at MOCA.
Cost: Free with museum admission
https://mocanomi.org/2018/06/walkthrough-with-curator/
Creative Arts 4 Kids Butterfly House | Saturday, June 23 – 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Participants will create their own butterfly house. Led by a MOCA art education professional, these homes will be decorated to represent the identities of the individual and the exhibition theme of inheritance.
Cost: MOCA members: $10, non-members: $15
https://mocanomi.org/2018/06/moca-creative-arts-4-kids-butterfly-house/
MOCA Contemporary Dialogues: “Identities in Motion: A Conversation on Migration and Identity in South Florida and Beyond” | Saturday, June 30 – 2:00 p.m.
Panel discussion with “Monarchs: Brown and Native Contemporary Artists in the Path of the Butterfly” exhibiting artists: William Cordova, Onajide Shabaka and Dinizulu Gene Tinnie
Cost: Free with museum admission
Butterfly Activity in NoMi Butterfly Garden | Saturday, July 21 – 2:00 p.m.
Visitors will learn about the monarch butterfly, their migration patterns and their threat of extinction though an exploration of Miami-based artist Franky Cruz’s greenhouse inside of MOCA and a film screening “Sex, Lies and Butterflies.” Each visitor will be given seeds to plant their own butterfly garden.
Cost: Free with museum admission
https://mocanomi.org/2018/07/butterfly-activity-in-nomi-butterfly-garden/
MOCA Moving Images: “The Golden Dream” Film Screening | Saturday, July 28 – 2:00 p.m.
MOCA will screen the Cannes Film Festival award winning film “The Golden Dream” (2013), directed by Diego Quemada-Diez. This film follows three young men as they make the journey from Mexico to California.
Cost: Free with museum admission
https://mocanomi.org/2018/07/moca-moving-images-the-golden-dream-film-screening/
How/Cost:
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Where:
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami
770 NE 125th Street
Miami, FL 33161
About Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami
The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is dedicated to making contemporary art accessible to diverse audiences – especially underserved populations – through the collection, preservation and exhibition of the best of contemporary art and its art historical influences. The museum is located at 770 NE 125th Street, North Miami, FL 33161. It is open Tuesday–Friday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday 1–9 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m.–5 p.m. (closed Mondays and major holidays). Admission to the museum is $5 and is free to MOCA members and North Miami residents. For more information, visit mocanomi.org, call 305-893-6211 or email info@mocanomi.org.
