The Frost Art Museum presents Tertulia Nights, an after-hours experience that takes place every second Thursday of the month. Tertulia Nights promotes an exchange of ideas and dynamic modes of creation and amplifies new voices, inviting local artists, scholars, and changemakers interested in engaging with the community in innovative ways. This time, we will be joined by Miami based artist and educatorJose Luis Garcia.
Participants will be guided through a series of bookmaking activities that range from simple fold books to complex stitched books to create a unique “Photo Book” using photomontage to explore themes of identity and self-portraiture.
This event is free and open to the public. No need to register, just drop in.
Artist Bio
Jose Luis Garcia lives and works in Hialeah, FL. Garcia earned their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Art from New World School of the Arts/University of Florida and their Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Florida International University. Garcia is a Photo-Based Artist, who works throughout the gamut of the photographic medium and often uses family archives as the source of their work. Selected Solo exhibitions include "Family Aggregate" at the Photography Gallery at FIU Biscayne Bay Campus, "Forget Me Not", and "In My Mind's Eye" at the Miami Beach Urban Studios. Selected group exhibitions include "CAP Lab: Overload" at the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, "End to End" at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, and "Body + Memory + City" with PhotoAlicante Photography Festival in partnership with Doral Contemporary Art Museum (DORCAM), in Alicante, Spain. Garcia has taught various K-12 educational residencies as a Teaching Artist with Arts for Learning Miami, led workshops with Miami Dade Public Libraries' The Vasari Project, is an Adjunct Professor at Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus, Broward College North Campus, and teaches Photography at New World School of the Arts in the Highschool Division.