Crossing the Lines Art Exhibition
Visual Art - Performance - Video -
Photography - Installation - Spoken Word
Artists and Activists Reflect on Border Crossing
Crossing the Lines is a collective art exhibition promoting a dialogue between visual artists, poets, installation artists, spoken word poets, performance artists and human rights activists to reflect upon immigration, human rights and social justice. The artists, and human trafficking and human rights activists are from Broward and Miami Dade, Tampa, FL, Chicago, IL, Saint Louis MO, Lexington KY, Santa Barbara, CA. Texas. The curators, Sonia Báez-Hernández and Diego A. Romero, are multidisciplinary artists and residents at the Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts.
Press Viewing: Friday June 22nd, 6-8 PM
Opening Event: Saturday, June 23rd, 2012
7:00 pm- 11pm
COST: EVENT FREE
1310 Gallery at the Sailboat Bend Artists Lofts
1310 SW 2nd Court, Fort Lauderdale 33312
Discussion Panel: Art & Activism 7-8 pm
Guest Speakers: John De León (President of the Greater Miami ACLU
and managing shareholder of the law firm Chávez & De León, P.A.),
Jacqueline Kulaga (Volunteers and Fundraising Coordinator of the
Florida Coalition against Human Trafficking)
and curators Sonia Baez-Hernandez and Diego Romero.
Closing Event: July 14 with Spoken word artists: Andrea Assaf & Elisa Elbo 8:30 pm
Donations to benefit Florida Coalition against Human Trafficking