May 28 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Tuesday May 28, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Tickets are PWYC starting at $5
Join us for a virtual conversation with featured artists Donté Hayes and Natalia Arbalaez, represented by Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami. The artists will discuss their work presented at the International Ceramic Art Fair (ICAF).
Donté Hayes’ work is informed by researching traditional African heirlooms and initiation rites of birth, adulthood, marriage, eldership, and ancestry, which are essential to human growth and speak to the greater African diaspora. Along with his interest in history, science-fiction, and hip-hop culture, Donté utilizes ceramics as an historical and base material to inform memories of the past.
Natalia Arbalaez’s work reflects narratives about her Colombian family’s immigration, the pre-Columbian South American presence, and her American latchkey, after-school cartoon childhood. Mining tidbits from historical research, familial narratives, and cartoon culture, Natalia constructs surreal stories in clay, creating a multicomponent self-portrait of what it is like to be a Mestizo-Colombian-American hybrid.
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General : PWYC starting at $5
About Donté Hayes
Donté Hayes graduated summa cum laude from Kennesaw State University, Georgia with a B.F.A. (art history minor). He received his M.A. and M.F.A. with honours from the University of Iowa. Donté’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Newark Museum of Art (Newark, New Jersey) and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (Houston, Texas) among others, and he was awarded a Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Grant.
About Natalia Arbelaez
Natalia Arbelaez is a Colombian-American artist, born and raised in Miami, Florida to immigrant parents. She received her B.F.A. from Florida International University and her M.F.A. from The Ohio State University, with an Enrichment Fellowship. Her work has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries, and included in various collections, such as the Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, New York), MAD Museum (New York, New York), Fuller Museum (Brockton, Massachusetts), and the ICA Miami (Miami, Florida). She lives and works in the Mid-Hudson Valley region of New York.
About the International Ceramic Art Fair
The International Ceramic Art Fair (ICAF) returns to the Gardiner Museum from May 23 to June 2, 2024. ICAF is a 10-day celebration of some of the most compelling recent ceramic art, featuring works by emerging and established artists from a wide range of backgrounds, as well as online and in-person programming by artists and curators. Learn more
With thanks to our 2024 Honorary Committee
The Hon. Hilary Weston (Chair) / James Appleyard / The Hon. Nicole Eaton / Yvonne Fleck / Victoria Jackman / Ydessa Hendeles / Nancy Lockhart / The Hon. Margaret McCain / David Mirvish / Kent Monkman / Melanie Munk / Mia Nielsen / Lynda Prince
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