Artist Highlight: Avi Young
Meet Avi Jannus Young, Miami native and Queer artist working in drawing, fiber, collage, photography, ceramic, and painting. Young uses multi-disciplinary techniques in documenting the jubilation of the queer experience, present the sublime nature found in the range of intimacy, and inform viewers through representation imagery, in the hopes that it will evoke a sense of empathetic relatability.
Artist Highlight: Philip Lique
Meet Philip Lique, multidisciplinary artist at Bakehouse since 2020. Philip’s practice focuses on Western civilization, religion, occult practices, and art history- themes that often become source material for sculpture, installation, printmaking, and independent publications. Lique is a self-described “obsessive maker,” integrating creation and daily routine in producing work that reflect the intersection of otherwise distinct interests.
Donor Highlight: Lawrence Kline
Meet Lawrence “Larry” Kline, VP of the Bakehouse Art Complex Board of Directors, where he has served for nearly a decade now! As Managing Director of the Perkins&Will Miami studio, Larry has worked to create designs that enhance and exist in harmony with Miami’s natural environment, showcasing clean, strong architectural forms that harness the strength of our tropical landscape and abundance of natural light. With his commitment of time and resources to our organization, Bakehouse has experienced tremendous growth. Now, we are fortunate to draw on his talent and expertise in thinking about our future live-work campus.
Bakehouse Strategic Planning Survey: Here's What We Found
Bakehouse is excited to have received feedback rich in ideas and aspirations for Bakehouse's future. These insights provide a clear direction for our future plans and underscore the importance of building an intentional community, supporting artists and expanding opportunities for professional and personal growth.
Bakehouse Art Complex Awarded $100K From National Endowment For The Arts
Bakehouse Art Complex is proud to announce it is one of 57 projects selected nationally from among 157 eligible applicants to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town grant program. Bakehouse will receive $100,000 to support architecture and design services related to the redesign of the Bakehouse Art Complex in the Wynwood Norte neighborhood of Miami.
Artist News: June 2023
Learn more about achievements and recent news from Bakehouse artists Adler Guerrier, Maria Theresa Barbist, Smita Sen, Luján Candria, Gonzalo Hernandez, Christina Pettersson, Sandra Ramos, Chris Dougnac, Christine Cortes, Alberto Checa, Judith Berk King, Jennifer Printz, Gabriela Gamboa, Nicole Salcedo, Amanda Linares, Jillian Mayer, and Valeria Yamamoto and Bakehouse Summer Open alumni Alejandra Moros, Chris Friday, and Arsimmer McCoy.
Eli Castro joins Bakehouse as Development Officer
Eli Castro joins Bakehouse Art Complex as our new Development Officer. In this position, Eli will work closely with our team to advance the organization's fundraising goals and help build meaningful relationships with donors and supporters.
Artist Highlight: T. Eliott Mansa
Meet T. Eliott Mansa, who joined the Bakehouse Art Complex in January 2023, and is a Miami-based visual artist.
Artist News: May 2023
Learn more about achievements and recent news from Bakehouse artists Maritza Caneca, Lujan Candria, Philip Lique, Shawna Moulton, and Bakehouse resident organization Bookleggers Library!
Donor Highlight: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Meet Michael Spring, a prominent figure in Miami's cultural community, who serves as the Director of the Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Department, where he oversees a wide range of initiatives aimed at promoting and supporting arts and culture throughout Miami-Dade County.
Bakehouse celebrates Purvis Young mural "reveal"
Join Bakehouse Art Complex, City of Miami Chairwoman and District 5 Commissioner Christine King, and Bank of America to celebrate the conservation of the Purvis Young mural.
Bakehouse Art Complex and The Bass are pleased to announce The Windows Project collaboration
Bakehouse Art Complex and The Bass are pleased to announce their first collaboration, The Windows Project, a program that grants Bakehouse artists the opportunity to create site-specific installations on a rotating basis in the Walgreens storefront on Collins Avenue and 23rd Street in Miami Beach.
Donor Highlight: Laura Brooks
Laura Anne Brooks is a lawyer, artist, and entrepreneur. She served as Senior Counsel for Artsy, the world’s leading online marketplace for fine art, and General Counsel for Paddle8, a global art auction house. She is the founder and CEO of Art LAB, the social art studio space providing self-guided painting tutorials for all skill levels.
Artist News: April 2023
Learn more about achievements and recent news from Bakehouse artists including Amalia Caputo, Woosler Delisfort, Sterling Rook, Gonzalo Hernandez, Nicole Maynard-Sahar, Pedro Wazzan, Maria Theresa Barbist, Augusto Esquivel, Diana Espin, and Jason Aponte...
Artist Highlight: Ian Fichman
Meet Ian Fichman, a Bakehouse artist whose practice is mainly comprised of metalwork and illustration. In seeking to defy the familiar, each sculpture he creates is uniquely assembled in an effort to bring new characters to life. Fichman's stylized skeletal figures aim to chronicle his own experiences, in a way that anyone may identify with.
Gabriela Gamboa: New Topographies: 25.7617° N, 80.1918 W°
An essay by Bakehouse Art Complex’s Assistant Director of Programs and Community Engagement, Laura Novoa, on resident artist Gabriela Gamboa’s outdoor, site-specific installation New Topographies: 25.7617° N, 80.1918 W° on view from November 2022 - March 2023.
Job Openings at Bakehouse
Join a creative, fast-moving organization as we begin to plan our future cultural campus. Qualified candidates for a Development Officer and Communications Associate are encouraged to apply now.
Artist Highlight: Mary Ellen Scherl
Meet Mary Ellen Scherl, a Bakehouse artist whose practice has largely been focused on women’s issues. Sculpting in clay, casting in bronze and stainless steel, carving stone, photography, film, installations, and painting are all within her toolbox. The subject of her latest work is an ambitious series of portrait paintings in oil honoring the women of our U.S. Armed Forces.
Donor Highlight: Vania Laguerre
Meet Bakehouse supporter, Vania Laguerre, Local Market Executive with Bank of America. This past year, Bakehouse was among 18 distinguished global institutions to be awarded a Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Art Conservation Project grant which is allowing us to preserve a public mural by the late artist Purvis Young, located on our east-facing façade. Read more about Vania and why she supports Bakehouse!
Joel Gaitan selected first artist laureate for the Bakehouse x Cité internationale des arts residency
Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, and the Cité internationale des arts, Paris, are pleased to announce the selection of Joel Gaitan as the first Artist Laureate to benefit from a prestigious two-month residency in Paris this upcoming May and June 2023.