Open Arts Fest Miami in its third edition
Since the end of September, the Artefactus guild, in the south of Florida, has been mobilizing to carry out the third edition of Open Arts Fest Miami, a commitment to the arts that is resurfacing after several months of confinement and the closure of theater spaces in the city of Miami.
On Friday, November 6, at 8:30 p.m., the Festival will be inaugurated with the exhibition 80 años… no es nada, by the plastic artist, Carlos Artime, who through eight large-format works takes a tour of his eight decades of life. The pictorial exhibition is accompanied by poems and music that personalize each work, which turns this exhibition into a great performance. The event will be attended by the artist and will run until Sunday.
The second week begins on Thursday 12th, with a night dedicated to cinema, in which the short films I am, by Luis Jorge Mujía Duarte, a Cuban director living in Holland, and “Sophia, en la sombra de tus ojos”, by Luis Chongo Cárdenas, will be shown.
On Friday 13th, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th, two short pieces will be staged: Ofelia, a monologue by Jorge Carrigan, based on the character of William Shakespeare, played by Oneysis Valido, and Asalto, a dramatic comedy with hints of the absurd, written and directed by Eddy Díaz Souza, with performances by Belkis Proenza and Paloma Márquez.
The third week opens on Thursday 19th with a night that brings together music, dance and literature, with the participation of the musical trio DJ Ma Non Troppo, formed by Michael Gil on guitar and percussion, Arsenio Díaz on the zither and Manuel Clúa on the flute. For her part, Marisol Blanco, a dancer specializing in Afro-Cuban folklore, will be in charge of the dance interpretation, while the group Troop of Actors, composed of the writer and actress Nitsy Grau Crespo and the director Leopoldo Morales Mata, will perform the interpretive reading of the work Las manos de Lady Macbeth by Grau herself.
To close the season on Friday 20, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22, the play No puedo imagina el mañana, by the North American playwright Tennessee Williams, will premiere, with the performances of Héctor Alejandro González and Dairín Valdés, under the direction of Díaz Souza.
In compliance with biosafety protocols, Artefactus limits the capacity of its room and puts tickets on sale on Evenbrite.
Open Arts Fest Miami is a program of Artefactus Cultural Project that is now in its third year thanks to the support of the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs, The Windhover Foundation, the University of Miami Digital Theatre Archive, and the Joseph Carter Memorial Fund.
Performances will take place at Artefactus Black Box on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays: 8:30 p.m. and Sundays: 5:00 p.m.
Artefactus Black Box is located at: 12302 SW 133rd Ct., Miami, Fl. 33186.
For information: 786.704.5715 | info@artefactus.us | www.artefactus.us
