GALLERY AT GREEN LIBRARY Eleke: Sacred Beaded Regalia of the Orisha

Running from November to December, 2013 the Gallery at Green Library will be featuring a colorful assortment of beaded works by artists Alexander Fernandez and Martin Tsang in Eleke: Sacred Beaded Regalia of the Orisha.  Coinciding with the exhibit will be a lecture from FIU Professor of Anthropology, Dr. Dennis Wiedman.
From the artists, "The pieces on display are examples of Afro-Cuban religious beadwork from the Lukumi orisha tradition. They are a mix of items that we have made ourselves, and some that have been inherited and handed down by elders. They are all items that are fully consecrated and used ritually, normally located in private, household shrines for the orishas. It is a rare opportunity for these items to be viewed by the public."

Although the pieces on display are not for sale, the artists do make beadwork for the Lukumi/Orisha community on a commission basis. Contact the artists with any inquiries at: eleke.afrocuban.lukumi.exhibit@gmail.com

LECTURE INFO:

ELEKE: Adorning the Divine
A Discussion on Lukumi Sacred Material Culture

Monday, December 2, 2013
5:30pm - 8pm
Green Library, Modesto A. Maidique Campus
GL220

for more information and details, please visit the Gallery at Green Library online. 

EXHIBIT: Don Paul, Visual Art

On view now at the Gallery in Green Library, Don Paul, Visual Art.  This exhibit will run through the month of October.  Meet the artist, Q&A, and guided tour on Thursday, October 10, 3-5pm.  Reception to follow, 5-7pm.  Visit Special Collections for more information. 

EXHIBIT - Brasil: The Sheila Thomson Collection

New at the Gallery at Green Library; this exhibition of Brazilian popular crafts is in remembrance of Sheila Thomson and her generosity to the Special Collections Department, Green Library.

In the news: Remembering Sheila Thomson, Long-time Wolfsonian Employee

Related website(s): 

Maria-Brazil: A Selection of Brazilian Music and Popular Crafts by Sheila Thomson

Gallery at Green Library: May Exhibit

Now on view at the Gallery at Green Library, "Art as Process" from the Children's Creative Learning Center.  

The Children’s Creative Learning Center at FIU’s Art Exhibit titled “Art as Process” was designed to reflect the nature of the children’s experiences in Art as well as to highlight other areas of daily CCLC activities all of which are a process.  Because the children ranging in age from two to six are highly visual learners, whether the content area is science experimentation, gardening, life cycles, emergent literacy or math, the documentation is interpreted through visual imagery and is integrated through the children’s sensory system.  Photographs help guide the sequence of events for the children as they will for visitors to the gallery who will also get a sense of time and place by looking at some of the historical images marking the Center’s 37th Anniversary. 

EXHIBIT: Cuban Dominoes

On view at the Gallery at Green Library, April 1 - 30, an exhibition of handmade domino sets, made by the students of FIU School of Architecture.  A domino tournament with the designers is also being scheduled, date and time to be announced, so stay tuned!

Green Library Gallery: "Winter in Cuba" Exhibit

"Winter in Cuba" offers a glimpse of the heyday of travel and tourism in pre-1950s Cuba.  The Elena Kurstin Collection of Cuban Memorabilia is a treasure trove of postcards, menus, brochures, magazines, and even swizzle sticks from hotels, night clubs and the haunts of many a mobster of that period.  This exhibition gives a glimpse of the Havana so popular with tourists... not only what to see in Cuba, but how to get there by air or by sea.

DISCUSSION: Gator in the Bay

Cesar Becerra will discuss the Gator in the Bay project
and the making of the 100-foot gator.  

NEW EXHIBIT: Artists in Residence in the Everglades

Gallery: Hurricane Andrew, 20th Anniversary

On view through August/September- photos, documents, ephemera.

GALLERY: Naval Cachets

ca•chet : kă-shāˈ n.  A commemorative design stamped on an envelope to mark a postal or philatelic event.

 

On view in the Green Library Gallery July 2012, 

Naval Cachets from the collection of Maksimilian Dikarev 

& WWII militaria from the Military Museum & Memorial of South Florida.

"cachet." The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Credo Reference.

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Botanical watercolor paintings produced by the Tropical Botanic Artists and sponsored by the FIU Marine Macroalgae Research Lab. 

Tohoku Region - Rebuilding for a Better Tomorrow

Tohoku Region - Rebuilding for a Better Tomorrow

on view

April - May 2012, Gallery at Green Library

50 | 50 The Road to Independence: Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

Lecture & discussion presented by the FIU Libraries' Special Collections department and the Digital Library of the Caribbean: 50 | 50 The Road to Independence: Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, to commemorate their 50th anniversary of Independence.  Event will be held on February 28th, 2012 at 5.30pm in Green Library 220.  

PRESENTATION- Force of Nature: The Story of Everglades National Park

In commemoration of the anniversary of the dedication of the Everglades National Park, FIU Libraries will host a discussion led by Cesar Becerra, Tuesday, 12/6, 6.30pm.

RSVP Requested. 

GALLERY: Nature & Culture in Our So. Florida National Parks

Curated by the South Florida Collections Management Center, the exhibit Collection Selection: Nature & culture in Our South Florida National Parks will be on view in the Gallery at Green Library, through January.

This unique collection contains artifacts, textiles, and samples of South Florida's natural history, much of which has never been previously displayed. 

GREEN LIBRARY GALLERY: the Collection of Dr. William Straight, MD

Now on view through November-

Gallery @ Green Library
presents
Selections from the Collection of
Dr. William Straight, MD
an exhibition curated by Christine Ardalan

GALLERY @ GREEN LIBRARY: Operation Pedro Pan Exhibit

On view August 2011- September 2011:

"Operation Pedro Pan"

an exhibition of materials from the collections of

Operation Pedro Pan Group, Inc.

& Barry University, Archives and Special Collections

GREEN LIBRARY GALLERY: Creating in H-D

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Cuban Research Institute 20th Anniversary

New Exhibition at The Gallery at Green Library:

Cuban Research Institute

20 Year Anniversary

on view April - May 2011

@ GREEN LIBRARY GALLERY: Ediciones Vigia

Visit the Green Library Gallery, 2nd floor, to view our newest exhibit, Ediciones Vigia: Handmade Books From Matanzas, Cuba, on view for the month of January.