Place of Mind
Paintings and works on paper by John Bailly / Poems by Richard Blanco
October 4 – December 15, 2007
Reception, with a reading by Richard Blanco:
Thursday, October 4, 6:00 – 8:30pm
Main Library Auditorium, 101 W. Flagler Street, Miami - 305.375.2665

 

 

The work for this exhibition is the result of a collaboration between critically acclaimed Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco (City of a Hundred Fires, Directions to the Beach of the Dead) and painter and printmaker John Bailly, Fellow of the Honors College at Florida International University. Bailly’s work for this project consists of prints, paintings, and book art created in dialogue with Blanco’s poems, which will be printed and mounted for the exhibition. Often subtle, sometimes vague, and rarely obvious, the relationships between the poems and paintings will rely on the viewer’s own intuition and associations.
 
Main Library Hours
Monday – Wednesday, Friday, Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
 
Program: Surrealist Games
Play Dada and Surrealist art games with Richard Blanco and John Bailly. Create new art and poetry; cut up newspaper articles and magazines to come up with random combinations of words and learn how to play Exquisite Corpse to create a group drawing or writing project. Best for ages 13-18.
 
Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 4 – 6:00p.m.
West Kendall Regional Library, 10201 Hammocks Blvd – Miami – 305-385-7135
 
Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 4 – 6:00p.m.
California Club Branch Library, 850 Ives Dairy Road, Miami – 305-770-3155
 
Program: Artist’s Talk with John Bailly  
Tuesday, October 30, 2007, 4:00p.m.
Coral Reef Branch Library, 9211 Coral Reef Dr. - Miami -305-233-8324