Exhibition Openings and Events

11:30 AM Doors open
12:00 PM Talk starts (1 hour)

Moderated by James Voorhies, The Bass Chief Curator, The Bass Dialogues presents conversations with artists and curators shaping the current landscape of contemporary art.

Join us live with guests Rachel Feinstein and Jack Pierson for the first artist talk of the 2025 season.

Visit Rachel Feinstein: The Miami Years for current exhibition information.

This event is FREE and open to the public. RSVP Required. Limited seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.

6-9 PM

6 PM Doors open
7 PM Performance (40 min)
7:45 PM Member Only Meet & Greet

Join us for a multimedia performance with interactive video and live music featuring Los Angeles-based Anna Luisa Petrisko and Ana Carolina Estarita-Guerrero. Anna Luisa offers spiritual ambient textures mixed with tropical beats to make up her signature mutant pop. Guerrero’s hyper-saturated interactive video art creates an immersive space, activated by using Microsoft Kinect data, computer vision, and real-time video processing.

Anna Luisa Petrisko and Ana Carolina Estarita-Guerrero have been collaborating since 2018 on projects that include Virtual Reality, Interactive Technology, and Animation. Their collective research includes non-linear time, healing communes, and decolonial sci-fi. Their most recent collaboration is All Time Stop Now, an experimental opera that was supported by the National Performance Network and Foundation for Contemporary Arts.

BIOS
Anna Luisa Petrisko (she/her) is a musician and artist working in video, performance, sound, and sculpture. She investigates the body as a site of paradox – transcendent of time, space and form. Her work is grounded in community and archiving histories. She collaborates with many artists and friends. These shared works build relationships and cultural communion.

Ana Carolina Estarita-Guerrero (she/her) is an immersive artist and educator whose work problematizes the boundaries between the individual and their surroundings, examines the intricate relationship between technology and memory, and explores the complexities of embodiment in digital environments.

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Save the date of Sunday, April 6, in Collins Park for our Art Outside Annual Picnic!

Our annual picnic returns to Collins Park featuring live music, artisan vendors, a “Best Picnic Setup Contest,” and many fun activities for children and families. Hosted in partnership with the City of Miami Beach and other arts & culture partners, the picnic is FREE for the entire community.

Sponsorship opportunities are available! Email us at [email protected] for sponsorship and underwriting opportunities.

Learn more about Art Outside, The Bass, and the City of Miami Beach Art in Public Places installations in Collins Park.

ART OUTSIDE

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6 – 9 PM

Performance times to be announced.

Throughout its run at The Bass, assume vivid astro focus: XI will host a series of performances and events with Miami-based queer artists, performers, and creators. Curated by the international art collective assume vivid astro focus (avaf), these programs celebrate the local LGBTQIA+ community, transforming the installation into a stage for DJ sets, screenings, and other activations. With bold performances from diverse voices, the series reflects the boundary-pushing spirit of both the exhibition and avaf.

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6 – 8 PM

6 PM Doors open
7 PM Performance (1 hour)

Composer, artist, and Director Nathan Felix’s new immersive opera breaks down the wall between performer and audience. Featuring original music and story, as told through a local ensemble, with world-class singing, theatrical narrative, movement, and exploration of sound.

ABOUT NATHAN FELIX
Nathan Felix (born 1981) is a Mexican-American composer known for his immersive operas and experimental films. Felix has premiered 16 operas, 4 symphonies and various chamber works in Spain, Japan, Australia, Bulgaria, Portugal, China, Sweden, Denmark, Mongolia and the United States and has been featured on the BBC, MTV, NPR, TPR & PBS. Felix, a non-award winning composer, often focuses on telling Latinx themed and minority stories that highlight border issues, underserved communities and his Hispanic heritage. He is the current recipient of Opera America’s prestigious IDEA Grant for his work, Faces in the Flames with librettist Anita Gonzalez. Felix also serves as the founding director for the Opera Austin Festival.

For more information on Third Thursdays, visit https://thebass.org/third-thursdays/

6 – 9 PM

Performance times to be announced.

Throughout its run at The Bass, assume vivid astro focus: XI will host a series of performances and events with Miami-based queer artists, performers, and creators. Curated by the international art collective assume vivid astro focus (avaf), these programs celebrate the local LGBTQIA+ community, transforming the installation into a stage for DJ sets, screenings, and other activations. With bold performances from diverse voices, the series reflects the boundary-pushing spirit of both the exhibition and avaf.

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For more information on Third Thursdays, visit https://thebass.org/third-thursdays/

Sunday, May 18, 2025
10:30am – 12:00pm

· 10:30AM: Breakfast
· 11AM: Curator-led Tour

Join The Bass Associate Curator of New Media Art Claudia Mattos in an exclusive members-only exhibition walkthrough of The Bass’s exhibition Hybrid Realities. Members will enjoy a light breakfast followed by a Curator-led tour, starting promptly at 11am.