Faena Festival: The Last Supper – Talk Series

Dec 2, 2019, 6:00 PM –
Sun, Dec 8, 2019, 9:00 PM

Faena Hotel Miami Beach
3201 Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL

TALK SERIES

A series of panel talks co-curated by Zoe Lukov and Tiana Webb-Evans which explores spirit in relation to the themes of the Last Supper.

Tuesday 3rd

11:30AM Taste the Spirit 

Faena Forum, Amphitheater

Zoe Lukov, Chief Curator of Faena Art will be joined by participating artists from the Faena Festival as they discuss their work in the context of the Festival.

4:30PM The Last Supper 

Screening Room, Faena Hotel Miami Beach

Join José Diaz, Chief Curator at The Andy Warhol Museum, for a discussion with artist Chloe Wise on the ways in which contemporary art practices can alter art history.

Wednesday 4th

11:30AM Welcome to The Supper Club 

Screening Room, Faena Hotel Miami Beach

Join Elia Alba and Sara Reisman for a discussion about their book The Supper Club. Artist Juana Valdes, who is featured in the book, will join them in conversation. Book signing to follow discussion.

Thursday 5th

11:30AM Women in the World Conference & Brunch 

Faena Forum

Tina Brown founded Women in the World as a live journalism platform in 2009 to discover and amplify the unheard voices of global women on the front lines of change. Women in the World shares unflinching narratives that illuminate the long march for gender equality. Celebrated artist, award-winning writer, and lifelong activist Faith Ringgold and her daughter, feminist scholar and writer, Michele Wallace will be in conversation with Tina Brown. Saskia Niño de Rivera, director and co-founder of Reinserta, will be in conversation with Emmy-nominated correspondent, producer, and writer, Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani.

4:30PM Breaking Bread and Spiritual Emancipation 

Mammoth Garden, Faena Hotel Miami Beach

Join Tiana Webb Evans, founder of Yard Concept and ESP Group, as she has a conversation with artists Kennedy Yanko and David Antonio Cruz about spiritual emancipation and artistic practice.

Friday 6th

11:30AM Preserving the Sacred: Legacy and Ancestry 

Screening Room, Faena Hotel Miami Beach

Zoe Lukov and Tiana Webb-Evans will moderate a conversation with Raquel Mendieta and Catherine Gardère as they share intimate insights about the legacies of family members Ana Mendieta and Paul Gardère.

4:30PM Unlocking Freedom 

Mammoth Garden, Faena Hotel Miami Beach

Dejha Carrington, Vice President of External Relations & Communications at Young Arts National Foundation and Founder of Commissioner, will lead a conversation on art as tool for social liberation and change with photographer and visual artist Nona Faustine, artist, educator and choreographer Octavia Yearwood and performance based, revolutionary artist Dread Scott.