Opening Reception: Salvaged: Nature's Readymades

Nestled along the southwestern edge of Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve, the Deering Estate is Miami’s premier landmark that showcases the best of South Florida’s historic architecture and natural environment. As a 21st Century museum destination for tourists and local residents, a variety of signature events, programs, tours and classes are offered throughout the year.

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Join us at MDC Kendall Campus Art Gallery for Deering Estate AT: Salvaged: Nature’s Readymades, featuring work by Yusimy Lara.

Miami Dade College Kendall Campus, Art Gallery, Building M

<h2>Opening Reception of the exhibition Salvaged: Nature's Readymades</h2>Deering Estate in partnership with Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus Art Gallery presents Salvaged: Nature’s Readymades by Yusimy Lara, curated by Liliam Dominguez. This solo exhibition will open with a reception from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sep. 3, at MDC Kendall Campus Art Gallery.Salvaged: Nature's Readymades presents new work by Miami-based artist Yusimy Lara, who transforms storm-stripped palm fronds, sea-worn shells, and asphalt residue into sculptural forms that speak to memory, migration, and geologic time. Working almost exclusively with concrete, rebar, and asphalt, materials more associated with urban development than fine art, Lara reverses their usual function, using the very substances of erasure to preserve and honor discarded natural fragments. Rooted in the shared limestone shelf beneath Havana and Miami, the exhibition considers the artist's own journey, from Cuba, through Italy, to South Florida, as a kind of sediment: layered, compressed, and never fully erased.The exhibition will remain on view at MDC’s Kendall Campus Art Gallery through October 1, 2026. Additional public programs and events accompanying the exhibition include a guided visit and an artist talk at 2 p.m. on Thursday, September 10th. Additional programming will be announced on MDC’s website and social media channels.

WHAT: YUSIMY LARA: SALVAGED: NATURE'S READYMADESWHEN: SEP. 3 through OCT 1, 2026OPENING RECEPTION: SEP. 3, 6 PM - 8 PM.ARTIST TALK / GUIDED TOUR: SEP. 20, 2 PM.Gallery Hours (except on holidays):Mondays 12 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Tuesdays 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Wednesdays: 12 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Thursdays 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Fridays 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.Saturdays: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.WHERE: MDC Kendall Campus Art Gallery11011 SW 104th St. Miami, FL 33176About the ArtistYusimy Lara is a Miami-based visual artist born in Havana, Cuba (1979). After years in Rome absorbing European art and culture, she pursued a BFA in sculpture at New World School of the Arts. Inspired by nature, Lara works across materials, from bronze to sawdust, often incorporating an element of danger. Her current work explores human origins, and the beauty found where living things meet built environments.Lara has exhibited throughout Miami, including at the Deering Estate, Lowe Art Museum, Kampong Botanical Garden, and Fredric Snitzer Gallery, and has received grants including the Miami Individual Artists Award and the Corral &amp; Cathers Grant. She is an associate artist at Bakehouse Art Complex and a resident at Miami International Fine Arts Center.About Deering EstateDeering Estate, located at 16701 SW 72 Ave. in Miami, 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. Deering Estate is designated as one of seven Miami-Dade County “Heritage Parks” which have a vital role in our community’s history, environment and in providing recreational and cultural experiences.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 Miami Dade CollegeMiami Dade College is an equal access/equal opportunity institution which does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, marital status, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran’s status, ethnicity, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or genetic information. To obtain more information about the College’s equal access and equal opportunity policies, procedures, and practices, please contact the College’s Equity Officer: Cindy Lau Evans, Director, Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, and ADA Coordinator, 11011 SW 104 Street, Room 1102-01, Miami, FL 33176, (305) 237-2577 (Voice) or 711 (Relay Service), EquityOff@mdc.edu.Miami Dade College is committed to ensuring the accessibility and usability of digital communications by all users and/or recipients, regardless of technology or access method. To ensure accessibility, the College strives to adhere to the standards established by Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Levels A and AA standards.

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