Martin Casuso’s Master of Fine Arts exhibition “of-things-being-what-they-are-not” is on view through June 22 at the University of Miami Gallery at the Wynwood Building, 2750 NW Third Avenue, Suite 4. An opening reception will be held Saturday, June 9 from 2 to 9 p.m.

Casuso’s work has its origins in mainstream handiwork and hobby, with a deliberate shift from a traditional application of these crafts. His work involves an ongoing exploration of how gender, sexual preference, materials, and processes relate to themes of domesticity. The materials of craft, sometimes made by unseen hands of the past or by the artist himself, are combined with a more industrial palette of hardware supplies or thrift store housewares to make new “old” objects that are not gender specific. They in turn reflect Casuso’s own relationship with domesticity, shifting from being objects of use to objects of contemplation.

For more information, contact Milly Cardoso at 305-284-3161 or [email protected].

"Football Boyz" by Jacqueline Gopie

A new exhibition at the University of Miami’s College of Arts and Sciences Gallery will feature the works of a Jamaican-born artist whose paintings explore issues of memory, identity, and class struggle in postcolonial Caribbean culture.

“Full Circle,” Jacqueline Gopie’s Master of Fine Arts solo exhibition, will be on view at the gallery from June 5-22. An opening reception for the artist is scheduled for Friday, June 15 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the gallery, which is located at 1210 Stanford Drive on the Coral Gables campus. Read the full story