BAKEHOUSE ART COMPLEX
Check out the exhibits at Bakehouse in Wynwood Arts District while chatting with resident artists about their work at their Friday night opening which will feature a silent T-shirt auction by Tees for Trees, a Contemporary Landscapes show curated by Gallery Diet’s Nina Johnson in the main gallery, a Miami-Dade College Kendall campus student show and Bakehouse artist Juan Jose Griego’s installation titled PA! (pictured here). 
Griego describes PA! which includes a BB gun, a bamboo pole, and Luxembourg plates, as an installation of objects that depict a frozen, impossible moment. “The rifle looks as if it has shot a projectile, which has exploded onto a wall. The bamboo acts as the projectile’s path of travel. The explosion is an installation of multi-colored plates that depict wild birds at play.”
His “Monitor Chandelier” made from eight recycled computer monitors and a donated computer, will also be on display. “All eight monitors play a digital video of a flood lamp or light bulb and are suspended using Mule-Tape, rated at 1800 pounds.”
There will also be wine, music and freeze pops. That’s right, freeze pops. The event runs 7-10 p.m. Friday at Bakehouse Art Complex, 561 N.W. 32nd St., Miami. Call 305-576-.2828. Parking is free and plentiful.
FINAL SHOW AT 18 RABBIT GALLERY
Leah Brown and Peter Symons, founders of 18 Rabbit Gallery, will exhibit works in two themes at the gallery’s final exhibition at its current location.
“Brown says the life-sized, mixed-media figures based on the intersection of memory and dream in “These Woods” are the denizens of a recurring dreamscape rooted in the forests of the Appalachian Mountains where she grew up. Influenced by her childhood experiences with the fauna of the 
region, folklore and fairy tales, the figures symbolize one’s “animal nature as well as revealing their own personalities through posture and proximity.”
Symons processes image and object through digital and analogue filters in “This Sky” in which he examines the body as object, while examining other bodies — asteroids that threaten the Earth— to create a relationship between terrestrial and celestial bodies.
Brown and Symons met 10 years ago while pursuing their BFAs in sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design and continue to work individually and collaboratively, exhibiting throughout the US, most recently in Showtel 8 with their installation Sutherland, which has been modified for inclusion in this exhibit.
Since their current show contains depictions of nudity, the artists encourage parents to view the work before deciding whether it’s age-appropriate for their children. The show will open 6-9 p.m. Friday and run through June 24 at 18 Rabbit Gallery,16 NW First Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Call 828-279-1481.
THE STARK & MACARTHUR SHOW
Jen Stark’s vibrant paper sculptures and Rory MacArthur’s brightly colored works made with Styrofoam, aquaresin, enamel and acrylic (as pictured here) are bound to make for one very colorful show at Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art.
An excerpt from the press release: “With shared concerns, exhaustive methodologies and a penchant to produce catalysts for a kind of spiritual reverie through meditation and psychedelic awe, these artists and their occasionally overwhelming creations seem to tease magic from thin air, making work that floats and pulsates as if supplied by an unseen force. Each piece exacting a kind of visual dance with illusionistic qualities of surface and paint, our privilege is not so much to witness, as it is to participate.”
The show opens 7-11 p.m. Friday and runs through June 13 at Carol Jazzar Contemporary Art, 158 N.W. 91 St., Miami. Call 305-490-6906.
SERVED COLD
I like to believe that all the people who operate with complete disregard for others will eventually get exactly what they have coming to them, from the car bullies who zip in and out of traffic ready to run down anyone who has the audacity to only drive 5 miles over the speed limit, to the people who make fun of the less fortunate or do cruel things to defenseless animals.
I suppose that could make me a little revengeful, but whatever, the thought of those people getting exactly what they dish out puts a smile on my face. So, in essence, I guess revenge is pretty sweet, even sweeter if it occurs naturally, and you just have suit back and watch as the cop pulls them over, the less fortunate person they made fun of flattens their tires and that iguana they tried to shoot with an arrow bite them right in the ass.
This weekend, 19 artists will offer their own take on the revenge theme at PinkGhost. The roster includes Helena Garcia, Brigette Coovert, Kat Reeder, Miss Led, Dennise Rodriguez, Heidi Elise Wirz, Eliza Frye, Matylda McIlvenny, Patrick Fatica, Miss Kika, Jason Snyder, Danny Brito, Piktorama, SOMA, Rudy Fig, Steff Bomb, Japanda (whose “Bitches Get Stitches” is pictured here), Justin Wallis and Aleloop (whose art will be feature in our next Fresh Art section).
The show starts at 7 p.m. Saturday and runs through June 1 at PinkGhost, 1888 Polk Street, Hollywood.
ART ROCK
Art Rock, an indie art fair from Amanda Linton, founder of Stitch Rock and curator of the monthly With a Side of Art shows at Howley’s Restaurant in West Palm Beach, will feature 45 booths of art including one for Brandy Rumiez (whose work is pictured here). The art will include pop surrealist, lowbrow and street art as well as sculptures, ceramics, photography, edible art, DIY fashions and handmade items ranging from funky jewelry to crazy cupcakes. Find links to all of the vendors here. The event runs noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at Armory Art Center, 1700 Parker Ave., in West Palm Beach. Arrive early as there are free swag bags for the first 100 people. For the full lowdown, check out John Thomason’s story in this week’s City Link.
THE RIGHT MOMENT
Ever feel like you should do something, or say something or walk through a door or run out of a building to go chase your real dream and never look back? What is it that stops us? Wisdom? Fear. Do we need to do this right now, or can it wait another until another day, another week, another year? What if we miss the opportunity, if this moment never comes again? How do you know the time is right? How do you know?
That’s the question at the core of The Right Moment: Art Film, Performance and You, a show featuring visual art, installation and films that address the right moment and the question of “How do you know when the time is right?” There will be art by Cristy Alma, Molly Bo and Holly Anne, a film screening, an installation, live painting and films that address missed opportunities and embracing risk. The new director of South Florida’s 48-Hour Film Project will discuss the films, which include Life Unmentioned, HeArt Work, Tension, Gawking and Girl With a Gun.
Check it out 7-10 p.m. Saturday at Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts, 1310 S.W. Second Court, Fort Lauderdale. The time is right.
ART & SOUL
Tigertail Productions will celebrate its 30th anniversary season by uniting with the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance and its Haitian Art Relief Fund to present Art & Soul, a bash to raise money for artists here and in Haiti.
The Haitian Art Relief Fund’s mission is to provide immediate direct financial assistance to artists left destitute or homeless by the earthquake and to help renovate and preserve salvageable artworks. Those who attend the event may commission a poem, hear a traditional Haitian song that was sung on the streets of Haiti on the night of the earthquake, watch a performance artist and enjoy a variety of foods and drinks.
A silent auction, curated by Julie Davidow, will feature art by Wendy Wischer, Michelle Weinberg, Kiki Valdes, Rhonda Tymeson, Kristen Thiele, Sara Stites, Carolina Sardi, Samantha Salzinger, Lydia Rubio, David Rohn, Carol Prusa, Vickie Pierre, Christina Pettersson, Jay Ore, Glexis Novoa, Federico Nessi, Gean Moreno, Raul Mendez, Kito Mbiango, Billie Grace Lynn, Frederic Lere, Susan Lee-Chun, Natalya Laskis, Carl Juste, Alex Heria, Adler Guerrier, Felice Grodin, Karen Greenberg, Lynne Golob Gelfman, Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Dara Friedman, Julie Davidow, Elisabeth Condon, Keith Cougherty, Clifton Childree, Pablo Cano, Jenny Brillhart, Francie Bishop Good, Carlos Betancourt, Jose Alvarez, TJ Ahearn and Farley Aguilar.
The event, featuring director of Miami Contemporary Dance Ray Sullivan as the master of ceremonies, will include music from DJ Brimstone, Haitian music by Jan Sebon/Kazak, character performances by David Rohn (pictured here). Also, Amy Alvarado will sing a closing opera aria from Carmen, the Miami Poetry Collective will write on the-spot-poems abut Haiti through it’s Poem Depot.
The fundraiser is 8-11 p.m. Saturday at Little Haiti Cultural Center, 212 N.E. 59 Terrace (just a few blocks from Churchill’s), Miami. Cost: $100, $180 for two. Cost: 305-545-8546.
OTHER WEEKEND HAPPENINGS
Just click for info on these:
● Synthesis, an art and music event at Awarehouse in Miami.
● Art Supply Swap Meet at New World School of the Art’s Artseen in Miami.
● The Eyes Teaching the Hands, sculptor Kirk Vaughn’s exhibition at Gallery 101’s new space in Fat Village Arts District in Fort Lauderdale.
