Deering Estate presents Rosemarie Chiarlone: STILL NOW

The Deering Estate presents STILL NOW, an exhibition of works by artist Rosemarie Chiarlone, on display daily in the historic Stone House Great Hall gallery from October 23, 2020 to January 31, 2021.

STILL NOW addresses the urgency of the global environmental crisis while referencing Charles Deering's prescient concern for the loss of native habitats due to the influx of population to South Florida almost a century ago.

Drawing on the broad issues of environment, preservation and climate change, the work includes various disciplines to point toward transforming viewers’ perception of these problems. The exhibition reminds us that, still now, we continue our concern for the environment that Charles Deering initiated in his plans for the natural environment of the Deering Estate. The exhibition includes three large undulating paper works with perforated poetic text hanging on the historic walls of the Stone House. Also included are a series of photographs elucidating the human connection to our path toward ecological awareness and conservation. The photographs are displayed in light boxes on the floor that, when viewed together, create a central sculptural form that centers the exhibition.

About the Artist:
Rosemarie Chiarlone lives and works in Miami, Florida. Her work explores the physical and psychological boundaries of human connection, creating works that comprise multifaceted matters addressing gender, societal and political contexts. These concepts are created in works on paper, hand-made books, photo and video-based work, installations, and sculpture. Chiarlone studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at Florida International University, completing a BFA and a master’s degree in the arts.

She has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her works have most recently been on view at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami; the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, and the Center for Book Arts in New York. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions including Galerie Verein Berliner Kunstler, Berlin, Germany; the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; University of Gloucestershire, England; University of Kyoto, Japan; Universidad de Costa Rica and the Museo de Artsy Diseno Contempranio, San Jose, Costa Rica; McMullen Museum of Art, Boston, Massachusetts; Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL; Girls Club, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; and MDC Museum of Art + Design, Miami, FL.

Chiarlone has received honors and awards, including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Florida Visual Arts Fellowship, Florida Artist Enhancement Grant and the Artist Opportunity Award from Citizens for Florida Arts and the Division of Cultural Affairs. She has received other grants from public and private organizations as well as a residency at the Vermont Studio Center and the Deering Estate, Miami. Florida.

Chiarlone's work is in numerous private and national museum collections including: Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; The Walker Library of the History of Human Imagination, Ridgefield, Connecticut; The Center for Book Art, New York, NY; The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami, FL; The Arthur & Mata Jaffe Collection of Books as Aesthetic Objects, Boca Raton, FL; The Mosquera Collection, Liza and Dr. Arturo F. Mosquera, Coral Gables, FL; Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; Girls’ Club/Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz Collection, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; University of Miami, Special Collections, Coral Gables, FL and the Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

About the Deering Estate
The Deering Estate preserves the 1920s era Miami estate of Charles Deering, Chicago industrialist, early preservationist, environmentalist, art collector, philanthropist and first chairman of the International Harvester Company. The Deering Estate is a 21st Century house museum, cultural and ecological field station, and a national landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places, owned by the State of Florida and managed by Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department. The Deering Estate is located at 16701 SW 72nd Ave. in Miami.

The Deering Estate offers complementary exhibition viewing nights, highlighting a variety of contemporary, historic, and visiting exhibitions inside the historic homes. Come and experience the #ArtsAtDeering. Exhibition Evenings are free of charge and offer the public a chance to interact with artists and curators and to experience a variety of exhibit tours and talks.

Cultural Arts Programming at the Deering Estate is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc.

About the Deering Estate Foundation
For those who treasure the Deering Estate, who advocate for its preservation and wish to invest in its future, The Deering Estate Foundation provides opportunities for individuals and corporations alike to partake in membership, signature events, and one-of-a-kind experiences, all in service of providing vital funding and support to the Deering Estate. Through these efforts, the foundation fulfills its mission to uphold the legacy of Charles Deering's cherished 1920s-era property, to provide funding for the cultural, educational and recreational experiences it offers, as well as its significant scientific and archaeological endeavors to conserve its diverse flora, fauna and the eight native ecosystems that thrive on its 450 acres, and to ensure its longevity as a prized American heritage site. Established in 1989, The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc. is a community-based charitable 501(c)3 Florida Corporation and the philanthropic partner of the Deering Estate.