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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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 4 – 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 + ON SITE EVENTS
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.
