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Virtual Artist Talk: Sterling Rook, Fiber Art Series

This is a past event.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at 6:00pm

Virtual Event

Sterling Rook is a fiber artist that uses unconventional materials in his work. Rook is a Miami based artist and is a MFA alumni of Florida International University. His multi-disciplinary practice investigates various mediums such a textiles, painting and sculpture. His One Man Tribe persona investigates what life in Miami will be like in fifteen to twenty years with sea level rise. 

 

Rook is a winner of the Knights Arts Challenge Grant and has a residency at the Deering Estate.  He is also a winner of the International Art Competition, No Vacancy Miami Beach Contemporary Art Happening, which is scheduled to open in October 2020.  Rook has a studio at the Bakehouse Art Center and has been exhibited throughout South Florida. His work has been shown at Miami Beach Urban Studios, The Frank Gallery, Art Serve, Perez Art Museum Miami and The Frost Art Museum.

 

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With the support of the City of Miami Beach Department of Tourism and Cultural Development, Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Miami Beach Mayor and City Commissioners.

To learn more about Sterling Rook, click here

 

 

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