ExhibitionApril 15, 2021
The Art of Margarita Cano presented in Miami
The Colonial Florida Cultural Heritage Center will present Divine Presence: The Art of Margarita Cano in the beautiful Baroque La Merced Chapel of the Corpus Christi Church.
The exhibition, curated by art historian Carol Damian, Ph.D., features small and elegant works that capture the artist’s nostalgia for her lost homeland of Cuba. Born in the artist’s imagination and completed with meticulous attention to detail, these sentimental objects, illustrated books, and devotional-sized paintings are a fantasy reminiscent of medieval miniatures. Her subjects feature the divine presence of angels and goddesses of the sea who have long protected the people of Cuba on their journeys to freedom, especially the Virgin Mary, the patroness of Cuba, La Caridad.
Exhibition will be on view Sundays, April 11, 18, 25; and May 2, 9, 16 ,23. The exhibition, as well as La Merced’s permanent collection, may be visited from 12-2 pm by appointment. La Merced Chapel is located at 3220 NW 7th Avenue, Miami. Admission is free.
The nonprofit Colonial Florida Cultural Heritage Center is located on the campus of historic Corpus Christi Catholic Church in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The Center’s mission is to acquire, preserve and make available to the public, the cultural and artistic patrimony of Florida. The Center’s focus from the earliest Spanish Colonial influences through the 19th century, from South, Central, North America and the Caribbean.
The exhibition, curated by art historian Carol Damian, Ph.D., features small and elegant works that capture the artist’s nostalgia for her lost homeland of Cuba. Born in the artist’s imagination and completed with meticulous attention to detail, these sentimental objects, illustrated books, and devotional-sized paintings are a fantasy reminiscent of medieval miniatures. Her subjects feature the divine presence of angels and goddesses of the sea who have long protected the people of Cuba on their journeys to freedom, especially the Virgin Mary, the patroness of Cuba, La Caridad.
Exhibition will be on view Sundays, April 11, 18, 25; and May 2, 9, 16 ,23. The exhibition, as well as La Merced’s permanent collection, may be visited from 12-2 pm by appointment. La Merced Chapel is located at 3220 NW 7th Avenue, Miami. Admission is free.
The nonprofit Colonial Florida Cultural Heritage Center is located on the campus of historic Corpus Christi Catholic Church in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The Center’s mission is to acquire, preserve and make available to the public, the cultural and artistic patrimony of Florida. The Center’s focus from the earliest Spanish Colonial influences through the 19th century, from South, Central, North America and the Caribbean.
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