nwsa.mdc.edu - Alltogethernow exhibition

NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
WELCOMES 2012 WITH
ALLTOGETHERNOW: EXPLORATIONS IN DIGITAL ART AND VIDEO
EXHIBITION

Miami—New World School of the Arts’ first 2012 exhibition, ALLTOGETHERNOW: EXPLORATIONS IN DIGITAL ART AND VIDEO showcases artists from the NWSA college

program that are presently working in Electronic based media. The body of work includes digital animation and experimental print as well as image projection and installation. Together under one platform, the pieces exhibited aim to visually and interactively communicate the current trends in digital aesthetic and technology.

Alltogether Now: Explorations in Digital Art and Video will be on view January 26 through February 24. Opening Reception is on January 26, 6:00-9:00 PM At the New World Gallery, 25 NE 2nd Street, downtown Miami. The show is free and open to the public.

The curator of the show, Carlos Gallostra - NWSA faculty, drawing and painting highlights "This work is about construction and replacement in our environment. It deals with the idea of using materials to give them another purpose and significance. How we create imitations of wood and other materials to somehow replace them and how it affects our environment and future advancement in return."

About NWSA: A Florida center of excellence in the visual and performing arts, NWSA provides a comprehensive program of artistic, creative and academic development through a curriculum that reflects the rich multicultural state of Florida. With programs accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art, Dance, Music and Theater, NWSA offers four-year BFA and BM college degrees, as well as the high school diploma. Through its rigorous curriculum and conservatory-style teaching NWSA empowers its students to become leaders in the arts. At New World School of the Arts, visual arts students are able to explore and develop their personal artistic and aesthetic vision while being guided by a dynamic and distinguished faculty who are all practicing artists. Through disciplined training in traditional and new media, students also develop new skills and refine others while gaining invaluable understanding of the roles of art and design in society. Areas of concentration in visual arts include Drawing, Electronic Media, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture.

New World School of the Arts (NWSA) was created by the Florida Legislature as a center of excellence in the performing and visual arts, is an educational partnership of Miami Dade County Public Schools, Miami Dade College and the University of Florida.

Further information regarding NWSA’s Visual Arts Program is available by calling (305) 237-3649, or at nwsa.mdc.edu

Home Page photo: Ramses Machado, "Final Self-Reference" Digital Print on Paper, 13x19 inches, 2011.
This photo: Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, "Intermind Series" Digital and Mixed Media on Paper, 14x20, 2011.

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