Field Day-Dec.10 at Miami's The Light Box

FIELD DAY: an evening of works-in-progress
Featuring works by Roxana Barba, Letty Bassart, Becky Flowers,
Rafael Roig, Bill Spring, Jean Villamizar and Charm Walters

December 10, 2005 at 7:00 pm
The Light Box, 3000 Biscayne Blvd, Miami
Admission: $5 suggested donation; reservations recommended
For more information, call 305.854.2913 or email info@artemisarts.org

Artemis and Miami Light Project invite you to take a field trip for one
night with seven artists working in South Florida.  Roxana Barba, Letty
Bassart, Becky Flowers, Rafael Roig, Bill Spring, Jean Villamizar and
Charm Walters present an evening of varied works developed over a
13-week Fieldwork session extended by 5 weeks due to Hurricane Wilma's visit. 
Ranging from mixed media work to theater and dance, these seven artists
invite you to preview these works-in-progress that have been developed
through an intense creative process with peer feedback at the core. 
FIELD DAY: an evening of works-in-progress will be held at The Light Box
on Saturday, December 10 at 7 pm.

Barba explores loops of awareness/unawareness through movement and
dance with pre-recorded spoken text.  Bassart presents a short piece in her
intricate subtle style and a series of writings in a hand-made book
that complement her movement style.  Flowers' work incorporates movement
and spoken text to explore identity and the traditions of oral history. 
Roig presents an excerpt from a new piece that tackles some realities
of a dating culture rife with casual hookups, online activities and
self-profiling rituals. Spring's subversive work intersperses personal
intimacies with public issues offering humorous political and religious
commentary.  Villamizar presents a series of mixed media works from the
Goddess Lost series where she touches upon issues of women's media
–driven self-image and constricting social structures.  Walters brings us the
story of one woman's resistance to external pressure as she faces the
involuntary process of letting go. 

Managed by Miami Light Project since its arrival to Miami in 1992,
Artemis began hosting Fieldwork sessions this year at its new home, 801
Projects.  Fieldwork is a rigorous multi-week workshop designed to help
artists gather information about their artwork before it hits the stage. 
Each week artists present developing work and receive honest and
rigorous feedback from their peers in a constructive setting.  Fieldwork
participant, Rafael Roig, affirms "Being primarily a solo artist, Fieldwork
brings me out of isolation and into a greater community.  It helps me
establish goals and timelines, and perhaps best of all, it provides a
safe environment in which to take risks as an artist."

Fieldwork workshops serve artists on a completely non-curated basis;
group participants come from diverse disciplines, aesthetic viewpoints
and levels of development. Fieldwork encourages risk-taking and
originality, and it offers artists an opportunity to mobilize their work toward
a deadline. FIELD DAY is that deadline and with the informal showing
featuring dance, theater, visual art and performance works offers the
public a glimpse into the artists' process.

FIELD DAY culminates a 13-week Fieldwork session held on Saturday
afternoons.  FIELD DAY will be presented on Saturday, December 10 at 7:00 pm
at The Light Box located at 3000 Biscayne Blvd in Miami's Wynwood Arts
District.  Another Fieldwork session will be held between April-June
2006.  For more information, please contact Artemis at 305.854.2913.

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