Miramar Cultural Center Cultural Arts & Education Programs

Field Trip Performances

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The Nutcracker

The enchanting holiday ballet that has enthralled audiences of all ages for over a century is back! Ballet Etudes of South Florida proudly presents its 48th Anniversary performance of The Nutcracker with international guest stars and dancers from the South Florida community. The magical production features lavish sets and scenery, colorful costuming and delightful theatrical effects. Ballet Etudes of South Florida’s Nutcracker production is under the direction of Founder & General Director Susana Prieto and Artistic Directors Dagmar Moradillos and Peter La Fox. A must-see treat that all students are sure to enjoy!

Grades 4 - 12

Thursday, December 15, 2022 | 10:30 am. One hour performance with brief Q & A afterward. Cost $8 per Student. Teachers/Chaperones Free

Presented by Ballet Etudes of South Florida

10-year-old Jabari loves to paint. With his Forever President Barack Obama as a guide, Jabari escapes the violent reality of an encounter with the police through his colorful paintings where he meets children from the past who teach him how to be fearless. He then meets his hero, Barack Obama, as a 6-yearold boy on the eve of the assassination of MLK, Jr. Will Jabari be able to instill in young Barack the lessons he’s learned and therefore ensure that

Barack will have the necessary tools to become president? Will he learn to take these lessons back into his own life and heal his community? JABARI DREAMS OF FREEDOM is a 45-minute dream, using rap, freedom songs, hip hop dance, history and humor to tell the story of a young Black boy from the South Side of Chicago who is afraid to leave the house, but learns to dream of freedom.

Ugly Duckling

Meet the most unusual duckling the pond has ever seen!

In their nest at the edge of a pond, the baby ducklings wait impatiently for Mummy’s enormous egg to hatch. But their new brother doesn’t look like everyone else. He doesn’t even quack like a proper duckling! Teased and called Ugly by his siblings, our hero goes on an adventure in search of a place to fit in. As the seasons change, the lost and lonely fledgling meets a menagerie of mischievous animals…. but where does he really belong?

Tutti frutti brings to life Hans Christian Andersen’s well-known tale with a menagerie of animals, inventive physicality, and live music and songs that quack and trill. This charming production plays with the importance of identity, self-worth and takes us on a journey to discover inner beauty.

Presented by Holden and Arts Associates

When the class gets lost on the way to the planetarium, Ms. Frizzle saves the day by blasting into outer space for an epic interplanetary field trip! But when rivalries both old and new threaten to tear the students apart, our young heroes must learn to pull together or risk getting forever lost in the solar system. Hop on the Magic School Bus for a ride in this new musical adaptation based on the original book series published by Scholastic.

Music and Lyrics by

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To register for school field trip performances please visit… https://miramarculturalcenter.org/1631/2022---2023-School-Day-Matinee-Field-Tri For additional information, please call 954-602-4537 or email Education@MiramarCulturalCenter.org

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Programs

Programs

MCC Experience

October 1, 2022 | 2pm to 5pm

A free community cultural arts family fun extravaganza to kick-off National Arts and Humanities month and MCC’s Season, showcasing the wealth of artistic and cultural talent in Miramar and surrounding areas. Indoor/outdoor activities including theatrical/improv vignettes, dance masterclasses, live art, writing workshop, art vendors and more.

Freeform Art Saturday

March 18, 2023 | 11am to 2pm

MCC presents a day of free fun activities that both educate and entertain. Activities include art and craft for kids, youth forum, outdoor music and dance, cultural presentations, face painting, a tour of the exhibit in the Ansin Family Art Gallery, art and craft vendors and food samplings.

Programs Miramar Comic Expo

July 15, 2023 | 11am to 4pm

Activities include cosplay competitions, video games, panel discussions, theater entertainment, caricature artists, face painting, graphic arts, film show, vendors and more. Experience Your favorite Marvel, DC and Disney characters all in one place at MCC’s Comic Expo! Activities for children and adults.

Cultural Start

February 8, March 15, April 13, 2023 | 6pm

The City of Miramar’s commitmment to the Arts and Culture in the community starts with providing an opportunity for very young children to become global citizens through an initiative called Cultural Start at MCC. This program is designed for four-year-old students participating in the City’s Early Learning program. As an extension of their Miramarvel Academy activities, the children and their parents participate in field trip experiences to watch global cultures come alive on stage!

Free of charge

Dance

Choreography for Kids

This is a way for all children at any level to express all genres of dance through different types of movements and dance languages. From Lyrical/Latin/Hip Hop/ Afro Beats/Jazz to Pantomiming, etc., all children will have the experience of selfexpression within the art of movement. $80 per participant

Six-week program from January 31 to March 11, 2023, for both age groups.

Culminating Showcase for both groups on Friday, March 17 at 6:00 pm.

Sip and Paint Class

February 4, 2023 | 2pm to 4pm

Sip and Paint class with artist, Guylaine Conquet.

This kid’s class is a component of the Black History Month art exhibition in the Ansin Family Art Gallery, ‘From Embarrassment to Pride’ that features artwork by artist Guylaine Conquet. Ages 8 – 14 years

Age 6 – 10 years Tuesdays

5:30pm - 6:30pm AND Saturdays 10:30am - 11:30am

Age 11 – 15 years Thursdays

5:30pm - 6:30pm AND Saturdays 11:30am - 12:30pm

Junior Chef Challenge

11am to 2pm

January 14, February 25, April 22, 2023

Join Chef Randy as a Junior Chef for MCC Chopped Jr.!

Create meals from scratch using pre-selected ingredients. Each participant chooses one ingredient selected by Chef Randy. Ages 10 – 14 years $20 per child. Limited to 6.

Free of charge

Writer’s Clinic

Understanding the Process of Fiction Beginning to End April 15, 2023 | 10am to 3:30pm

This clinic is presented by the Louise BennettCoverly Heritage Council (LBCHC) for middle and high school students. It is an excellent opportunity to provide aspiring fiction writers the skills to develop a story plot and construct an outline to take the story from an idea to an interesting book from the beginning to the closing chapter.

Participants will receive a Certificate of Participation from LBCHC. Lunch provided.

MCC is staying connected virtually with creative, educational and inspiring cultural programming for everyone – young and old. Visit our youtube channel to experience art classes, creative writing classes, kids cooking classes, dance classes, music classes, cultural presentations, story time for little ones and mixology for big ones!

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The Ansin Family Art Gallery at MCC presents art exhibits throughout the year that provide inspiration for both children and adults. Our exhibits are often regarded as a teaching tool that stimulates and educates, providing visitors of all ages the experience to empathize and improve their visual analysis skills. You are encouraged to share in a gallery experience this season.

Hispanic Heritage exhibit: FRAGMENTS

September 15 - November 20, 2022

The artwork of Teresa Cabello is about fracture, blurriness, fade and breaking of the whole. Nostalgia of what once was complete. Fragments struggling between reality and imagination. Everybody lives a rupture. Like many immigrants, she left behind her roots, her traditions, her loved ones, her belongings, to reinvent herself in a new landscape. Memories and feelings, are now scattered pieces, coming randomly to her mind, uselessly trying to fit in this new reality. She is broken. Teresa Cabello proposes fragments of human figures framed in an indeterminate space and time. Not broken pieces or loose parts that seek to engage to complete a whole. Each of them is presented as an individual and complete unit, as a short story in the anthology of her life. Somehow, we are all broken so we need to do something new with the pieces.

A Jamaica Wi Come From

Black History exhibit: FROM EMBARASSMENT TO PRIDE

January 11 to March 1, 2023

Art Exhibitions 2022-2023

Artist Guylaine Conquet explores black hair history as it relates to her own experience and transition to natural. Black people have been conditioned to think of their hair as a tiresome, time-consuming burden. Many people don’t perceive black hair as a positive attribute. European hair textures are still seen as a standard of beauty. The messages conveyed in her work are the pleasures of being naturally beautiful, being yourself, embracing your difference, self-esteem through knowledge. Information on The Crown Act will also be incorporated in this exhibition.

OPENING RECEPTION

Artist Talk Back and Hair Care Workshop on Friday, January 13. 5:30 – 8:30pm. Free Sip and Paint Class with the artist for children aged 8 – 14 years on Saturday, February 4. 2:00 – 4:00pm

Women’s History exhibit: PHENOMENAL WOMAN

March

8 to May 10, 2023

Artist Kandy G Lopez will visually explore what it means to be a phenomenal woman through her multi-media portraits. The exhibition will discuss power and vulnerability within the ever-changing landscape of the idea of gender.

A free Fiber Arts Workshop with the artist will be presented on Saturday, April 1, 10:00am –12:30pm. The workshop will focus on identity and experimentation of materials using plastic canvas and thread to create portraits or other representation of identity.

Caribbean Heritage Exhibit:

As the cultural facility of a diverse community, the Miramar Cultural Center’s programming is inclusive of art exhibits that seek to provide insight, provoke, educate and entertain guests. From MCC’s Wishing Garden, Windows to our World murals and Vanishing View MCC’s public art is intentional and interactive. These exhibitions have allowed nationally acclaimed and local public artists to lend their talents to activating the garden and the green space that envelopes the Town Center property.

WINDOWS TO OUR WORLD MURALS

Windows To Our World murals utilize the building’s architectural cathedral indentations shaped like windows to open guests to several themes - Hispanic Heritage, Black History, The Environment and Caribbean Heritage. These themes continue work designed for programming of the facility’s Ansin Family Art Gallery. The 2022-23 murals are the creation of artist

Fabio Onrack, who is originally from Brazil. Fabio’s work combines photorealistic portraiture with graffiti style effects. The murals are a compilation of four different portraits of women united by their good intentions for the history of humanity, specifically Latin people, Black history, Caribbean people and people involved with the care of nature and natural history.

Vanishing View

Come and rediscover Alison Sky’s Vanishing View artwork in the MCC Botanical Garden. The piece is made of a water feature with 7 glass panels, an inspiration drawn from nature, the ecosystem and the gorgeous Miramar sky.

“The work is not complete until it is inhabited and enjoyed and experienced and explored by people.”

Alison Sky

The Miramar Cultural Center has established the MCC Artscape, a rotational Public Art on-loan project, as part of its annual community programming offerings. This will consist of four sculptures from public artists. Designed to invigorate MCC’s campus as a destination where art has added itself to community expression; they reflect how we can imagine the world. It’s vibrancy and curbside appeal offers a transformative identifier for the facility. It remains to be freely accessible and adds to the quality of life benefit that CULTURE brings when living, working and visiting the City of Miramar.

– MCC – A RTSCAP E

This will consist of four sculptures from public artists; Robert Coons, Atomik and Donald Gialanella.

Quetzalcoat’s Declination Robert Coons

Untitled Atomik

Celestial Fish Donny Gialanella

Plenum Orb #1 Donny Gialanella