FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December, 2020

The Sagamore Hotel Presents Art Exhibitions in 2021: Everyone Has a Story to Tell! & The Gaze benefiting & featuring local Miami artists
In partnership with multiple local artists and galleries, The Sagamore Hotel hosts simultaneous art experiences after debuting at Miami Art Week 2020

Miami, FL – The Sagamore Hotel, known as Miami’s original Art Hotel, presents a new, reinvigorated arts program, which debuted at Miami Art Week 2020 and returns the hotel to its roots as a leading and iconic art establishment. As one of the first art-themed hotels in the country, The Sagamore Hotel holds a special role in the contemporary art world. Now, with safety of top concern, The Sagamore Hotel—under the direction of Ronit Neuman and the support of ownership—revitalizes its crucial role during these challenging times with its resilient love of the arts, a healthy and engaged community, and its timely exhibitions that bring together a multitude of needed perspectives for Miami Art Week and beyond. 

Everyone Has A Story To Tell!, The Gaze, and The Sagamore Walls debuted during Miami Art Week 2020, and are open through February, 2021. The exhibitions feature multimedia works curated throughout the hotel grounds, and all artwork on display will be from artists exclusively from Miami. The exhibitions are curated by two respected and seasoned art professionals: Grela Orihuela, an art advisor, documentary filmmaker, and former art fair director, and Maggy Cuesta, a graphic designer and former Dean of Visual Arts at New World School of the Arts. The artworks are available for purchase and a portion of the proceeds of sales will benefit local artists. 

In its continued support of local art and cultural initiatives, The Sagamore Hotel will make a contribution from ticket sales and a portion of art sales to its cultural partner, The Bass, in support of their art acquisition fund in the purchase of art by a Miami artist. The Sagamore Hotel is also supporting art programs, workshops and other nonprofits in Miami, including Fountainhead.

In conjunction with the exhibitions, there are seven permanent murals at The Sagamore Walls, curated by the duo. The artists involved with the murals include the following: Gabriela Beltran, Maria Benitez, Alejandro Contreras, Valeria Guillen, Patricia Monclus, Jose Felix Perez, and Camilo Rojas. 

Everyone Has A Story To Tell! offers an interactive experience where the artists share the stories behind their works. Visitors will also be able to contribute their own stories and reactions that can be submitted and likewise accompany the work. The idea is to have an ongoing narrative that continues throughout the entire run of the exhibition. The following artists are featured: Luisa Basnuevo, Cleo Bell, Joyce Billet, Carol K. Brown, Ana Carballosa, Nereida Garcia-Ferraz, Roberto Gomez, Stephanie Hadad, Richard Haden, Hush Fell, Yusimy Lara, Cristina Lei-Rodriguez, Betty Monteavaro, Alex Nuñez, Jose Felix Perez, Gavin Perry, Christina Pettersson, Kerry Phillips, Ralph Provisero, Camilo Rojas, Mateo Serna Zapata, Alette Simmons-Jimenez, and We Are Nice’n Easy.

The Gaze celebrates the human form through an artist’s eyes: how one person sees another, how they capture their essence, and how one gazes at another can alter the perspective of art history. Through expressions of desire, admiration, attraction, or inspiration, The Gaze explores fleeting moments of perception and connection. Also featuring Miami artists, the work is exhibited salon-style in the Sagamore Salon, and is another way to continue a visual narrative throughout the run of the exhibition. The following artists are featured: Susan Banks, Loriel Beltran, Jessica Cohen, Marina Font, Nereida Garcia-Ferraz, Carol Jazzar, Monique Lazard, Alex Nuñez, Jose Felix Perez, Christina Pettersson, Mateo Serna Zapata, Nina Surel, and Kristen Thiele. 

The exhibitions are complementary and open 24/7 in public areas, from December, 2020, to February, 2021.

During Miami Art Week 2020, The Sagamore Hotel, for the first time, hosted art galleries to exhibit out of their iconic bungalows fomr December 2 – December 6. The following galleries participated: 

• Christopher Martin Gallery (artists include Christopher Martin, Ysabel LeMay, Isabelle Van Zeijl, Jean Paul Khabbaz, and Paul Bloch)
• The Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP Gallery) (artists include Aurora Molina, Edison Peñafiel, Alina Rojo Rodríguez, and Damian Rodríguez)
• Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts Gallery (artists include Jose Bechara, Loris Cecchini, Daniel Domig, Daniel Gonzalez, Felice Grodin, Udo Noger, Alejandra Padilla, Cecilia Paredes, Dirk Salz, Santiago Villanueva, and Xawery Wolski)
• PR for Artists (artists include Barbara Cole, Russell Young, Tatiana Wills, Gretchen Andrew, Patricia Carr Morgan, Daniel Sackheim, Bob Landström, Chris Brandell, Sam Tufnell, and Scott Abrams)

Details
Everyone Has A Story To Tell!, The Gaze, and Walls at The Sagamore
December 2, 2020 – February, 28, 2021
Open 24/7 to the public in the lobby and public areas. 

The Sagamore Hotel is committed to ensuring all safety measures are implemented according to CDC and city regulations while providing guests peace-of-mind and an immersive art experience. The hotel will offer complimentary masks if needed and hands-free sanitizer stations are placed throughout all hotel areas.

About The Sagamore Hotel
Known as Miami’s original Art Hotel, the family-owned Sagamore Hotel has been a lavish oceanfront destination since the days of Art Deco. Now, under the direction of Ronit Neuman, #SagamoreIsArt serves as a unique cultural platform offering curated and immersive art experiences for everyone. Garnering international attention and acclaim, The Sagamore Hotel presents year-round rotating curated selling art exhibits and exclusive partnerships with leading artists, museums, and non-for-profits. The art program creates a unique opportunity for all to immerse in the art world by keeping all artworks on view 24/7 and completely free to the public.

About Grela Orihuela
Grela Orihuela is a seasoned art professional. She was an art fair director / producer and is an independent curator and art advisor. She is the Founder and Executive Producer of 1meter50, a full-service arts consultancy.

1meter50 is the producer for PLACE Project Group, which creates nomadic, site-specific art and design experiences across the US.

Orihuela is co-founder and Executive Producer of Wet Heat Project. For 12 years Wet Heat Project has been producing independent and commissioned documentary films about artists and art professionals, and also develops special events. She has also been a fashion, TV, and music executive. 

About Maggy Cuesta
Maggy Cuesta worked professionally as a graphic designer, before becoming an Associate Professor Senior and later Dean of Visual Arts for New World School of the Arts. 

She has been recognized for her dedication to her practice and leadership receiving the American Institute of Graphic Arts [AIGA] Fellows Award. 

Her work has been published in Communication Arts, Print, Print Casebooks, AIGA, Graphics and Hot Graphics USA. Maggy received a BFA from Texas Tech University and a MFA in Graphic Design from California Institute of the Arts.