Artist News: February 2023
Learn more about achievements and recent news from Bakehouse Art Complex Resident and Associate Artists, including Luján Candria, Andrea Spiridonakos, Clara Toro, Gabriela Gamboa and resident organization Bookleggers Library for the month of February!
Artist Highlight: Joel Gaitan
Meet Joel Gaitan, a Bakehouse artist who explores personal themes of migration, identity, and nostalgia in his reflection on Pre-Columbian ceramic traditions in Central America. With Joel’s modern take, he’s able to create a space for storytelling that holds energies, messages, secrets, and attitudes unique to his experiences and artistic practice.
Donor Highlight: Adam Koffler
Meet Adam Koffler, an active member of the Bakehouse Board since 2019. Adam has lent his expertise in philanthropy and real-estate development to the thinking and planning around a future Bakehouse campus. We caught up with Adam to discuss his thoughts on Bakehouse at present and into the future!
Watch: Bank of America and Bakehouse Preserve a Mural by Purvis Young
Watch a video on a recent restoration project of a major outdoor mural by the late Miami artist Purvis Young. This project was funded by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.
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!