Gallery Walk: a night of culture in our village

The Coconut Grove Gallery Walk is back Saturday, May 5. It's an evening of art, music and refreshments where all the Grove galleries are open from 7 to 10 pm.
Stroll the village and enjoy new exhibits, which are presented the first Saturday of each month.

Some featured galleries include the Christina Chacon Gallery (3162 Commodore Plaza) which will feature Alberto Gonzalez Vivo's exhibit titled "Formas/Shapes." His work ranges from geometric abstraction to Op art, influenced by his research on the production of artists Luis Tomasello, Julio Le Parc, Victor Vasarely, Martha Boto and Eduardo Moisset de Espanes, a generative geometry artist and creator of the Centre for Plastic Mathematical Research of Aregentina.

The FrameWorks Gallery (3196 Commodore Plaza) is presenting fine art photographer Paul Marcellini. His photos capture the unspoiled scenes of wild Florida with breathtaking views of the Everglades.

Through the end of May, Marcellini’s work will also be on display at the Everglades National Park Visitor’s Center. In the past, he has been featured at the Coconut Grove Arts Festival, The Winter Park Side Walk Festival, The Santa Fe College Arts Festival and The Islamorada Fine Art Expo.

The Rodez Art Gallery at CocoWalk (2nd floor) is hosting the 24th annual exhibition by the National Art Exhibitions by the Mentally Ill (NAEMI), an organization dedicated to collecting, displaying an dselling art by persons in recovery from mental illness. The exhibition features the work of aritists from Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Peru, Spain and the United States. All 40 works in the exhibit are for sale.

At Boswell Mourot Fine Art (3162 Commodore Plaza), May’s exhibit will feature all of the current gallery’s artists. Boswell Mourot is solely a fine art gallery, selling original paintings, mixed media and sculptures by international, national and local artists for the established and emerging collector. Artists include Hans Feyerbend, Karen Deilke, John Allison and Diana Ashley.

The Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery (339 Mayfair Street, Suite 128) Meme Ferre will showcase her paintings for another month in her exhibition titled “Raw Energy / Energía Cruda.” Ferre’s pieces combine colors of the Caribbean and the iconic mysticism of India. She will also conduct a live program titled “Art Attack” during the opening, where she will paint to music.
The Jim Hunter Gallery (3390 Mary St. Suite 128) right next door will continue to feature Erika King’s retrospective collage collection, titled “Evolution of Spirit.” This exhibition displays iconic images of the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, Statue of Liberty, Native Americans, angels and even Marilyn Monroe, through the use of familiar fragments of sheet music, stamps and torn foreign currency.

The Grove Gallery Walk begins at 7 p.m. and continues through 10 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be made available at selected galleries, while live music can be found at many locations around Coconut Grove.

And probably, one of the most popular aspects of Gallery Walk Night is the Coconut Grove Drum Circle, which bangs away at the Mayfair Atrium from 8 to 11 pm. Stop by, join in, grab a Hulahoop and dance!