New Florida Art Fair Explore Spiritual Heart of Art

THE MIAMI-HERALD

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FLORIDA - The first Wynwood Art Fair will be held in October -- and if the city's estimates are correct, it could provide a needed boost to local businesses. During a community meeting Monday, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado said that an estimated 120,000 people will be visiting Wynwood during the three-day festival. The fair will be paid for by private sponsors, not by the city, according to the mayor. The fair will run from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Oct. 21-23 and will take place at Northwest 6th Avenue between 22nd and 29th streets, adjacent to the Margulies Warehouse. It will benefit the Lotus House Women's Shelter. The fair organizers hope that it will be different from any other art event in South Florida. "The response of Miami’s art community demonstrates a deep hunger to explore the spiritual heart of art, and we believe the contemporary art community in Miami is ready to expand beyond the art for-profit fairs for which Miami has become known as it blossoms into a truly year-round destination for working artists, art institutions, schools, galleries and the entire contemporary art world," adds Ms. Kimberly Marrero, a NY-based guest curator. [link]