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Third Thursdays

Third Thursdays

THIRD THURSDAYS
LATE NIGHTS LIVE 
6 – 9 PM

Music, dance, and theater are LIVE at The Bass each Third Thursdays this 2024-25 Season. In partnership with artists and local performing arts groups, The Bass presents art across various disciplines, inspired by upcoming exhibitions that explore the performative and theatrical aspects of self, across various social networks and structures. 

Site-specific performances will draw new audiences to assemble around interpretative compositions that make transparent socially coded identities and deviance through various communication forms.  

Featured partner organizations and artists include Princess, Pablo Cano, Dance Now! Miami, Sons of Mystro & Celloist Jaleel Jones, Hued Songs, duo Anna Luisa Petrisko and Ana Carolina Estarita-Guerrero, Immersive Opera Composer Nathan Felix, and a live art series organized with assume vivid astro focus that explores the many facets of queerness through immersive performances and experiences. 

Programming expands through the Summer with educational workshops, hosted by filmmaking collective White Elephant Group, to share industry intricacies of character development, costuming, and stagecraft. Each evening kicks off with a live prelude in Social Assembly, a multi-pronged exhibition, by local performing artists such as Celloist Guy Michel, Bassist Renée Cruz, and duo Strings Attached. 

Upcoming Events

Thursday, February 20
THIRD THURSDAYS | FEATURING HUED SONGS

6-9 PM

6 PM Doors open
7 PM Performance (40 min)

Building belonging, empathy, and community for all, Hued Songs weaves and performs a tapestry of song and spoken word at The Bass by an all-women cast, centering female resistance, freedom and liberation of self.

ABOUT HUED SONGS
Hued Songs produces experiences that amplify black joy, black creativity, and black belonging/ Through song, spoken word, dance, and heart, our work is rooted across three core principles: 1) To provide a platform on which black and brown artists can be seen, heard, and paid. 2) The arts are a right and not a privilege, thus we work to remove cost, geography, and perception barriers to every performance. 3) Every performance is an opportunity to build belonging, empathy, and community for all.

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

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Thursday, February 20
"El Arte está en Casa" | The Shop Special Presentation

On Thursday, February 20th, at 6 PM, The Shop at The Bass hosts the Miami presentation of “El Arte Está en Casa,” the acclaimed book by collector and public relations expert Mariela Ivanier, edited by Planeta. In this special event, the author will engage in conversation with journalist and author Gabriela Esquivada, exploring the captivating world of art collecting and the ways art enriches daily life.

“El Arte Está en Casa” pays tribute to the profound bond between women and art, presenting the personal reflections of 141 women on their artistic experiences. Through its pages, Ivanier invites readers to discover how art can transform lives, offering inspiration and solace. The presentation not only provides a window into the stories shared in the book but also serves as a platform for discussing the broader role of art and culture in society.

This special presentation is FREE and no RSVP is required.

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Thursday, March 20
THIRD THURSDAYS | FEATURING ANNA LUISA PETRISKO AND ANA CAROLINA ESTARITA-GUERRERO

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.

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

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Thursday, April 17
THIRD THURSDAYS | FEATURING A CURATED LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS

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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Thursday, May 15
THIRD THURSDAYS | FEATURING IMMERSIVE OPERA WITH COMPOSER NATHAN FELIX

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/

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Thursday, June 19
THIRD THURSDAYS | FEATURING A CURATED LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS

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/

 

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Thursday, July 17
THIRD THURSDAYS with WEG
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The Bass hosts Third Thursdays with generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation Access for All Program. Additional contributions by Dry Farm Wines. 

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