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MAYOR DAVID DERMER FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE October 1 , 2007
CHAIR
NANCY LIEBMAN
LIVE ART INSTALLATION AT
VICE-CHAIR MIAMI BEACH BOTANICAL GARDEN
Paul Woehrle
MEMBERS
Ron Bloomberg
(Miami Beach, FL) -October 1, 2007 -The Miami Beach Botanical
Ray Breslin Garden, set in the city's newly created CANDO arts district, will be the
Harvey Burstein
Diane Camber
site of a live art exhibition on Monday, October 15th.
Jeremy Chestier
Mark Cole
Sid Daniels
Sculptor Henry Richardson's six-foot, 5000-pound glass orb "Healing
Daniel Gonzalez the World" will be installed live at noon. Inspired by the phrase "Tikkun
Bob Goodman
Conni Gordon
Olam" which means "repairing the world", Richardson's monumental
Seth Gordon scut ture is made of feces of fractured lass laser bonded to ether
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Mike Hammon
Laura Jamieson suggesting regeneration or healing of an individual or a society and
Cathy Leff the melding of cultures within a community. Richardson primarily
Ada Llerandi
Manny Meland
employs two archetypes in his public art: the sphere symbolizing the
George Neary universe and the laws of nature and the column s mbolizin man's
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Charo Oquet
Ava Rado contribution to civilization.
]ohnny Regan
Sara Stites
Mark Tamis
Later in the Fall, on November 18, 2007, the A) Japour Gallery,
Kristen Thiele which re resents Richarrson in Miami Florida, will host a chari event
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Gail Thompson
Robert Wennett at the Miami Beach Botanical Garden benefiting the Guardian Angels,
a charitable group of the Jackson Memorial Foundation that raises
money to provide advanced medical services to children at the Holtz
' Children's Hospital at University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical
MAYOR
S OFFICE
AC Weinstein Center.
(305) 673-7035
STAFF LIASON "It's great to see the marriage of art and charity here in the CANDO
~3osj 673 i 00 EXT 6745 arts district," said Miami Beach Mayor David Dermer. "The mission of
the Guardian Angels is a good one and this event is a great way to
help youngsters at the Holtz Children's Hospital at UM/Jackson
Memorial Hospital."
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