ART + EXHIBITS
We welcome a diverse array of artists across various stages of their careers, with a particular emphasis on showcasing emerging to mid-level talents. Our commitment lies in curating engaging exhibitions that span different mediums and techniques, featuring artists from both local and international backgrounds. Exhibitions are refreshed approximately every eight weeks, ensuring a dynamic experience for visitors of all ages, without any admission fees.
There are numerous avenues for artists, creators, and supporters to engage with our museum and gain recognition. Opportunities include showcasing and selling artwork in our gallery, participating in workshops, responding to calls for artists, attending art sales and events, and joining the Coral Springs Artist Guild as an active member. However you choose to get involved, we’re thrilled to welcome you and sincerely appreciate your support!
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Tides and Currents – Main & East Galleries
OCTOBER 17 – JANUARY 4 2025
Water is both a source of life and a force that shapes the fate of entire communities. Tides and Currents explores humanity’s complex and evolving relationship with water, as it serves as a vital resource, a pathway for migration, and a force of nature that demands both respect and adaptation. The exhibition introduces stories of migration across seas with the multimedia work from Julia Zurilla—where water becomes both a bridge to new opportunities and a perilous, unpredictable expanse. For many, the ocean is a symbol of hope and survival, but also a reminder of the risks and tragedies that define the refugee and migrant experience as they navigate dangerous waters in search of safety and a better life.
Alongside these stories are the urgent realities faced by communities with limited access to potable water, illustrated with the fabric art works by Michelle Drummond. In these communities, clean water is a luxury, and the struggle for its availability defines daily life. This scarcity highlights the inequalities that persist globally, forcing us to confront our own water consumption practices and the critical importance of environmental stewardship.
The exhibition also transports us to fishing villages, where life has long been intertwined with the rhythms of the sea. The paintings from Aria Tan from the body of work Fish Market showcase different scenarios of daily live from a fishing community. Here, water is more than a resource—it is a way of life. Yet even these resilient communities face new challenges, from dwindling marine stocks to the growing threat of sargassum blooms, which choke coastal ecosystems and disrupt marine environments by smothering habitats and entangling animals. In response, Sharon Lee Hart brings washed-ashore seaweed to her darkroom creating unique photographs that document its intricate structures.
As climate change accelerates, hurricanes and severe storms pose ever-greater threats, requiring preparedness and adaptation. Holly Hanessian presents Hurricane Emergency Art Kit, which focuses on sustainable water practices and is filled with hand-made porcelain objects to use while waiting out a storm. Her work considers the ways communities brace for these natural disasters, highlighting the resilience and resourcefulness of those living in coastal areas. Artifacts of hurricane preparedness underscore the importance of readiness in the face of intensifying storms. Featuring the beauty and fragility of the natural environment, Evelyn Politzer’s fiber art works reminds us on the importance of water conservation, and the delicate balance in nature.
In Tides and Currents, we are reminded that water—whether as a source of migration, scarcity, sustenance, or danger—defines our shared human experience. The exhibition challenges us to consider our role in preserving this precious resource, our responsibility in reducing consumption, and our need for solidarity with those most affected by water’s unpredictable power. Through diverse artistic expressions, the exhibition paints a picture of resilience, adaptation, and survival in a world shaped by water.
UPCOMING
Tres: Garden of Memories, Lexicon de Plantas, & Water State
JANUARY 17 – MARCH 22 2025
Alejandra Abad’s themes relate to her own memories and belonging by exploring her relationship to space and the moving image; indoor and outdoor projections express cyclical change and transformation. She works in a Magical Realist style that recontextualizes the extraordinary moments of the everyday in reimagined environments, most recently in experimental animations that depict various topics regarding the audience’s memories of connecting to community and nature in South Florida. This sequence of projects began in the Fall of 2023 through partnerships with various cities and art spaces, beginning with transforming hand-drawn memories by recomposing constituent elements into new forms that mirror the cyclical processes of nature; i.e., the natural world transforms into drawings, and then the drawings transform into animations and those into hanging sculptures and layering of materials and textures. This exhibition at the Coral Springs Museum of Art presents the trajectory of the projects that began in the Fall of 2023: Garden of Memories, Lexicon de Plantas, and Water State.
Concept
Garden of Memories (2023) mixes various materials to create drawings and cut-outs to assemble animations of memories relating to Alejandra’s grandfather’s garden in Venezuela. Throughout her residency at Bailey Contemporary Arts she invited people to share their own stories related to plants by scanning a QR code. The stories formed the basis of various playful indoor and outdoor interpretations and activations of the installation (outdoor projections, claymation, paper cut-outs, collages, etc.).
Lexicon de Plantas (2024) is a large-scale audiovisual and site-specific art installation featuring a typewritten poem by her grandfather, and drawings and animations of memories of plants from the artist and the community that were then projected onto paper sculptures. The community-sourced texts came from members of the public who visited the exhibition in the months of February through May of 2024. The installation included an interpretation of a poem type written in Caracas in 1949 by Jose Colmenares, Alejandra’s Venezuelan grandfather, who was an educator and an advocate for nature. She combined text and animation using hand-drawn elements and laser-cut objects; the work incorporated the physical manifestation of the original typewritten poem through the text. This was displayed as part of a triptych alongside iterations of animated motifs based on her childhood memories of her grandfather’s garden.
Water State (2024-2025) is an ongoing experimental animation that began development with the Artist Support Regional Grant from the Cultural Division and a unique one-time screening occurred at the terrace of the Pompano Beach Cultural center sunset as an homage to artist Allan Kaprow. She experiments with the fluid nature of water in collages, animation, and cut outs that weave together audiovisual memories from the community that depicts Broward County as a refuge.
Superintendent’s Advanced Placement Studio Art Exhibition
January 17 – February 15, 2025
East Gallery
Celebrate the artistic talents of our Broward County High School Advanced Placement Students. An opening reception and award ceremony will be held on February 3rd, 2025 at the Museum and in the theater. This exhibition is a partnership between the Broward County Public Schools and the Coral Springs Museum of Art Inc.
UPCOMING
Ancestral Lines Exhibition in conjunction with FAMA
APRIL 3 – JULY 5 2025
The Coral Springs Museum of Art invites members of the Fiber Artists Miami Association (FAMA) to submit their work for consideration in the upcoming exhibition “Ancestral Lines” which will be on view from April 3rd through July 5th, 2025, at the museum’s Main and East Galleries. This exhibition will explore our heritage, where artists can study their traditions and reflect on their relationship with their ancestors: learn from them, honor them, forgive them, and heal with them.
The collective narrative of this exhibition will be rich and based on the diverse ancestry lines reflected in the multitude of techniques the group already manages. The museum welcomes artworks from individual artists and proposals from groups for large installations. Please note that as part of our partnership with FAMA, this call to artists is open exclusively to its members. We look forward to receiving your submissions and showcasing the incredible talent of FAMA’s members in this exhibition.
TOURS + OUTREACH
Museum tours are designed to give visitors an exciting visual arts experience of our exhibition(s) for all ages. Led by our volunteer docents or museum educators, guided tours of the museum bring to life our special exhibitions both indoors and out. For more information and/or to request a tour CLICK the Tour Request button below.
MUSEUM STORE
The MUSEUM STORE is our curated gallery shop filled with one of a kind arts and wares. We offer opportunities for Makers and Artists to display and sell their original creations throughout the year. We market, sell and present your goods during both private and public events. We present your sold goods to customers and collectors in a beautiful package ready to be given as a gift or gifted to yourself.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
We offer call for entries from time to time. Please keep your eyes peeled for a future call. In the meantime, check out our upcoming events through our profile on artscalendar.com, courtesy of the Broward County Cultural Division.
