– SEPTEMBER 19 – OCTOBER 15 –
History Fort Lauderdale, proud steward of our community’s past by making our heritage accessible and engaging to residents and visitors, will present its third annual “Viva Fort Lauderdale: Celebrating Hispanic Art & Culture” exhibit showcasing creativity from our Latin community. The exhibit will run from September 19 through October 15 during Hispanic Heritage Month.
This fine art exhibit will feature work from local artists-in-residence including Leonardo Montoya (Colombia), Lifrancis Rojas (Venezuela), Isabel Perez Salazar (Venezuela) and Florencia Clement de Grandprey (Spain). The exhibit will open with a free artist meet and greet reception and preview at 6 p.m. on September 19 at the New River Inn (231 Southwest Second Avenue). “History Fort Lauderdale is proud of its annual tradition of promoting Hispanic Heritage Month through the lens of some of our talented award-winning artists-in residence,” said Patricia Zeiler, executive director of History Fort Lauderdale. “So much of our daily life is beautifully influenced by Latin cultural contributions and we invite guests of all ages to enjoy this year’s curated collection of lively, inspiring works from contemporary creators.”
History Fort Lauderdale hosts a variety of engaging multicultural experiences year-round. It seeks to bring awareness to the community through both traveling exhibits and multiple permanent exhibits including “Women Trailblazers,” “Fort Lauderdale – the Early Years,” “The African American Experience,” “Fashion & Musical Theatre,” “From Dugouts to Dream Yachts: the story of boatbuilding along the New River,” Seminole Arts & Culture,” “New River Archaeology,” and “Take PRIDE, a retrospective on LGBTQ life in South Florida.” History Fort Lauderdale, celebrating 61 years of being the proud steward of our community’s past by making our heritage accessible and engaging to residents and visitors, brings the stories of our diverse community to life through engaging educational experiences, innovative cultural exhibits, research and preservation of artifacts. Guests to Fort Lauderdale are invited to explore the city’s rich past that is housed in historic buildings on a lushly landscaped campus – the History Museum of Fort Lauderdale situated in the 1905 New River Inn, the 1907 Pioneer House Museum, the 1899 Ivy Cromartie Schoolhouse Museum and the Hoch Research Library, South Florida’s foremost history center housing print resources and newspapers from 1910 – present plus 400,000 archival photos, 2,500 maps and 5,000 architectural blueprints.