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We at The Shoe Store have a strong connection to the arts. Right above our store, in our upstairs office, we house the studios of artist Vanessa Garcia. Also, we patronize/sponsor theatrical events produced by The Krane. To read more about The Krane and Vanessa Garcia read below or visit their website: www.thekrane.com |
The Krane Mission Statement
Mixing beats with brushes and curtain calls, we are a company of singers, actors, dancers, painters, and photographers, ready to put on show for Miami. Art, Theatre, Events, Music -- The Krane is a visual and dramatic arts company that takes artists and audiences from the workshop to full-fledged production; from the canvas to the opening -- touching upon every step of the artistic process and fusing the arts with design; mixed-media with tradition. In a world as fast paced as ours, where ivory towers come tumbling down with the wrecking ball, it doesn't make sense to separate the arts and senses from each other.
Our name itself – The Krane -- draws together the construction cranes of a new urban center with ancient myths and legends of the crane bird. Legend has it that the Taoist sages were transported between heavenly worlds on the backs of Cranes. Think of us, as the cranes that take you through Miami -- crane city – and beyond. Towering above the high rises and building blocks of a metropolis under construction, we are the voice of a new generation, that sees the world with google eyes from a bird's eye view. Insiders and outsiders alike, we are native Miamians, we are citizens of the world, and we are here to set the stage for the next echelon of artistic heights. |
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Who we are: Many of us are Miami natives, who have traveled the world in life and study -- from New York City to Ghana; Japan to South America, we have degrees from Ivy Leagues, have lived through New York city during 9/11; New Orleans pre-Katrina; Europe, before and after the European Union. We are young, we have seen the world, and we are ready to bring it to Miami's stage -- a city whose rhythm has called us all back to her.
And remember, if you’re not in Miami and reading this and thinking: I wish The Krane were in my city – we travel and have traveled for work, if well-compensated.
Director: Vanessa Garcia
http://www.vanessagarcia.org
WRITER CV
Vanessa Garcia
contact@vanessagarcia.org
Vanessagarcia.org
Thekrane.com
Cell: 305-450-9931
Education
Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts, 2001
Graduated Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa
Double Major: English (concentration in Writing)
and Art History (concentration in Visual Arts)
Studied Under: Mary Gordon, Caryl Phillips, Peter Carey, Elizabeth Peyton, Archie Rand and others (references available upon request).
Writing/Work:
- Miami Herald (and their online publication as well Miami.com) – Freelance Writer.
Editors: Shelley Acoca, Jim Murphy, and Nikki Waller (among others); features. Miami, 2005-present
- Miami Bookfair International: -- Miami, Nov. 2006. Reading from Novel “The Flea Market.”
- Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami – 2006 (teach Art History and Visual Art)
- Florida Inside Out Magazine, Miami – Present (Writer – arts and design)
- Miami New Times, Miami – Present (Writer – arts and theater)
- Miami Art Guide, Miami – 2006; Writer (write about art and film).
- Luis Adelantado Gallery, Miami -- 2006; worked as a gallery assistant in gallery of contemporary art in Wynwood Art District, Miami
- Marketing Consultant -- Miami, Fl. 2005- present. Provide marketing solutions and writing material for several of Miami’s top web design firms.
- Princeton Harvard Cuba Conference -- April, 2006 Invited to Princeton to participate and take part in the conference as an artist/journalist/observer.
- Frieze Magazine – Winter 2005 – Art Magazine, based in London. I worked the Art Basel Miami Beach Booth for them. www.frieze.com
- NY ARTS Magazine: Writer www.nyartsmagazine.com
- WOW! Miami. Writer; online magazine. Write about arts and entertainment in Miami.
- Miami Dade Community College – 2005, Miami. Taught writing at the downtown Wolfson Main Campus’ writing center.
- The Southern Arts Journal – have written many feature stories for the publication. For more info on the journal go to www.southernartsjournal.com
- House King Magazine – Miami, Fl. Currently write for lifestyle, art, entertainment, and real estate sections of this magazine
- Personal Assistant to Caryl Phillips (http://www.carylphillips.com), Nov.
2002- present. Assist with research, teaching, conference planning, etc. His last novel was shortlisted for the Booker and won the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for best book.
- Callaloo – Excerpt from a novel chosen for publication in journal for “Cuban Diaspora” issue 2005
- Literature of the Middle Passage, Ghana, Africa. Assisted in taking a college course to Accra and Elmina to study where the Middle Passage, and the literature that arose out of the forced African Diaspora, began.
- Bellagio Writers and Scholars Conference 2003, Bellagio, Italy. Participant in conference entitled: The Caribbean in New York and Paris.
Theatre
- Parked – a play about two architects constructing a Park – it is also a political parallel of the situation in Palestine and Israel. Production at The Chameleon Theatre (Amsterdam, Netherlands), May 2008. http://www.decameleon.nl/ Reading at The Rep (Little Rock, Arkansas) in August 2007.-
- Cloudcuckooland –The play is about the city of Miami with all of its complex layers. Full Production March 2008 at Abanico Theatre. Staged Reading in May at Books & Books. Miami, 2005.
- The Krane; Director – I own and run a theatre/arts company that merges visual art and theatre; We run events around the city of Miami. www.thekrane.com
- Pink Zebras – a piece of theatre commissioned by the Nexus Development Group for their “Four Projects”. Production 3814 NE Miami Court. March 10, 2007. (I wrote, directed, and acted in this)
- RIOT – Raw Impressions Out of the Box Theatre—play produced at TIXE in Times Square – October 2003. Piece entitled: “My Life as a Stairdweller and the Secrets of Aviation.”
- “The Meaning of North” (play produced in New York for Raw Impressions), April 2002
Painting Exhibitions/Murals:
- Last Picture Show -- March – April 2008, Miami. Group show at Artformz in design district – of selected Miami artists.
- Women and War – March 2008, Miami. Group show at the Miami Women’s Club – on the subject of women and war for a conference called “Reflections on War,” sponsored by Arts at St. Johns
- EXPOSED! At Artformz in Design District. Juried Group Show; Art Basel Miami Beach; Dec. 2007
- Locust Projects Raffle – Miami, Nov 2007; sold “The Flowers are More Interesting Underground” – selected by collectors Paul and Estelle Berg. 2006; sold a piece called “La Girafa”
- Off the Wall –Miami, Fl May 12, 2007. Wynwood One Night Happening @ 310 NW 26th street, curated by The Krane. Other artists included Aleksandar Kirilov, Rachel Hoffman, Yoshimitsu Takano, and Madame Gremalkin, along with Wize Foolz Muzik, Gatoe, and Nikki Garcia.
- Fast – Miami, Fl. Wynwood. April 2007 Group Show @ 370 NW 24th street, curated by Jordon Massengale
- Intimate Bodies, Public Spaces – San Francisco, March 1-31st 2007 – group show at The Mina Dresden Gallery http://minadresden.com/
- Intensely Superficial – Miami, Jan. – March 2007, Group Show at Artformz in the Design District
- Pregon, Miami Dade Public Library Call and Response Series #1, Miami, Oct. – Dec. 2006 – invited to be a part of a series of work that responds to the library’s collection. Artists included: Ernesto Burgos, Teo Castellanos, Carlos de Villasante, Christian Duran, Beatriz Monteavaro, and Angela Valella.
- Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo March 2006 -- invited with Miami Gallery [Edge Zones] to participate in an exhibit and series of performances at the Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo. Project was entitled “Reassessing the Diaspora”
- Imaging Ourselves: http://imow.org/ Chosen as featured artist for online exhibition for June 2006 [juried exhibition]
- HGTV commission, Commissioned to paint a mural for “Mission Organize”. Will appear on TV, 2006.
- Tactics and Strategies, Group Show at The Mission Cultural Center for Arts in San Francisco, March 3 - April 1, 2006 [juried exhibition]
- Doodle, Group Show at The Broadway Gallery, Soho NYC Sept 1-15, 2006
- Restructured Reality, group show at edgezones in Wynwood, Miami Feb-March 2006 http://www.edgezones.org
- Secrets of Aviation, Solo Show at The Gilded Hand, Coral Gables, Fl. Oct. 2005
- Solo Show at THE DISTRICT,, Miami, Fl. Sept. 8- Oct 13, 2005
- The Miami Paintings, at The Four Ambassadors Hotel (Lobby Space), Summer 2005
- Beyond All That, Edge Zones Gallery, World Arts Building, Miami, Fl. Jan 8th – Feb 26, 2005. Group show about the relationship of art and social transformation.
- Puntos de Vista, New York City, May 6, 2004 .Queens Council on the Arts benefit and auction of work by contemporary
New York Latino Artist.
- Visual Mnemonics, Edge Zones Gallery, World Arts Building, Miami, Fl. April 17-June 14 2004. Group show suggesting art as a device that triggers the power of memory.
- Artist’s Space (Soho), Night of 1,000 Drawings (group show) November 2003, NYC
- National Academy of Design, Group show. New York Aug- Sept. 2001
- Miller Theater, Group show. New York April –May 2001
- Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Group Show. Columbia University April- May 2001
- National Arts Club, Group show of Muralists. New York 2000
Honors and Awards
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Nomination for Best New American Fiction Prize (for short story Shells in Manhattan);winners TBA. Nominated by Edwidge Danticat, May 2008.
- Graduate Fiction Prize (for short story Shells in Manhattan), University of Miami May 2008
- New York State Summer Writers Institute Full tuition scholarship to study with Margot Livesey & Jim Shepard during July, 2008 in the genre of Fiction
- The Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative, 2008 finalist for literature protégé to work with Wole Soyinka; awaiting results.
- Voices at the River Residency at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre; August. 6-19 – two week residency for play “Parked” . Public reading at the end of residency. www.therep.org
- Full Fellowship/Tuition Scholarship for Graduate Studies/ MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Miami; with grant for Teaching Assistantship during MFA
- Grant from The City of Miami [Commissioner Johnny Winton] to launch a project Entitled Model City (grant for $1,400)
- Edward Austen Abbey Mural Workshop Scholarship, 2001Scholarship to study the art of mural painting at the National Academy of Design, NYC.
- Time Grant for Visual Arts, 2001
- The Doris E. Fleischman Writing Award May 2000 For best piece of writing fiction or non-fiction at Barnard College.
- International Library of Photography Editor’s Choice Award, 1998
- Miami International Bookfair Award in Writing (publication) 1997
In Collections of:
Paul and Estelle Berg, Miami
Stephen Gamson, Miami
Law Offices of Inaqui Saizarbitoria, Miami
Olga Marie Saizarbitoria (Discovery Channel), Miami
Digna French (lawyer), Miami
Caryl Phillips (writer), New York/London/Delray Beach
Pioneer Commodities, Boca Raton
Doug Harris, Bisazza
…And Others
Books Featured In:
Wet2
(ISBN: 0-9778621-0-0)
Edgezones press Miami; Edited by Charo Oquet and David Vardi
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