Meme Ferré – “Moments” – This Friday at Books & Books!

Coral Gables Gallery Night Opening:

MEME FERRE – “Moments”

Event date:

Friday, November 6, 2015 – 7:00pm

Event address:

265 Aragon Ave

Coral Gables, FL 33134

On view through November 29

Meme Ferre’ is an Artist and Art Educator.
She is a native Miamian of Cuban, Puerto Rican and Venezuelan descent. She did not walk in the footsteps of her family legacy, as one of America’s preeminent Hispanic political families. Instead she navigated her inherited sense of cultural and societal passion into the Visual Arts and Art Education. Her father Maurice A. Ferre’, Mayor of Miami (1973- 1985) was the first Hispanic Mayor of a major American City. Great Uncle Luis A. Ferre’, Governor of Puerto Rico (1969-1973) was an Art Patron (Founder of the Museo of Arte de Ponce) and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Great Aunt Sor. Isolina Ferre’ was a Missionary nun and also a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Cousin Rosario Ferre ’is an author and a National Book Award Finalist. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY in Art History and Painting. A Master of Arts (MA) from NYU in Education and Painting in New York City and Venice, Italy.

Her artwork is in the collection of the Museo de Arte de Ponce, PR, Miami Dade County Public Library and in many private collections. She presently is an Art Educator with MDCPS (Miami Dade County Public Schools) since 1989. She is The Resident Artist at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center, Key Biscayne, FL since 2006.

She is a Board Member of the Copperbridge Foundation of Miami, Florida since 2010. The Copperbridge Foundation is a non for profit organization 501(c)3 that promotes people to people exchanges between the United States and Brazil, Cuba, and Argentina. Meme has owned her ancestral home “Villa Mary” in Adjuntas, PR ” since 2003. Villa Mary was build in 1918 by Meme’s Great Grandmother Mary Aguayo Casals Ferre’. It is on a 6 acres estate in the verdant “Cordillera Central” mountains in the center of the island. In the summertime Meme paints and creates art in this magical location.Villa Mary has been used for photo shoots, Movie locations and is available for short term Villa rentals throughout the year. View at VRBO.com/266492. She currently has an Art Studio/ Art Gallery called Casa Coqui Miami in the Wynwood Art District of Miami, FL. This is where she paints, has exhibitions and teaches individual students. Meme has taught over 10,000 children in the last 30 years. She has dedicated her life to the advancement of the Visual Arts in Miami, FL , Puerto Rico and Cuba. She currently lives between Key Biscayne and Puerto Rico, what she calls Reality and Fantasy.