lauderdale yacht club art show

Annual Street Art Regatta Sets Sail in Fort Lauderdale

Feb 9, 2022 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Lauderdale Yacht Club 1725 SE 12th Street , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33316

January 21, 2022

Grace Arts Center

Street ART Regatta

On Wednesday, February 9, the Intracoastal Waterway in the City of Fort Lauderdale will be transformed into South Florida’s most expressive art show on the water. Get ready for StAR.

A theater of street and pop art featuring competitive sailing!

The Street ARt Regatta also known as StAR is an interactive art installation featuring youth sailing teams guided by award-winning coaches based at the Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation (LYCSF).

The annual installation sets sail in front of LYC showcasing competitive racing tactics ‘choreographing’ the boats and painted sails. The Project is presented as a collaboration of Grace Arts Center, Inc. (GAC) and Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation (LYCSF).

“StAR is the culmination of many years of working with artists beyond gallery walls to revitalize neighborhoods and engage communities through art and innovative conceptual projects. The Artists envisioned ‘dancing on the water’ painting unique original images on each side of sail canvases. This year New River Fine Art painters, Tom Rossetti and Andrew Cotton, interpreted the glamor of Hollywood beaches and sailing in their own brilliant way with direction from Gallery owner, Lisa Burgess,” said Clare Vickery, Director of Grace Arts Center, StAR co-curator.

In 2006, GAC commissioned the late Miami Florida Hall of Fame Artist, Purvis Young, to paint thirty-foot sails for the Winterfest Boat Parade. The Artist’s iconic images appeared to move across the sail canvas pressed by the ocean breeze. In 2020, local, national and international artists joined a new non-profit initiative creating walkable galleries in South Florida communities painting murals across city blocks to revitalize neighborhoods.

Stefano Alcantara, Jay Bellicchi ‘Remote,’ ‘Buns,’ ‘Hoxxoh,’ ‘Hiero,’ ‘Orla,’ Lori Practico, ‘Ripes,’ Isanusi Garcia Rodriguez, Tom Rossetti, Suzanne Scherer, ‘Surge,’ Laura Tan, and NY-based ‘Lady Pink’ and ‘El Cekis’ with London native Andrew Cotton painted unique original compositions on sail canvases.

Several painters who are not part of the street art community responded to StAR’s creative challenge including Isanusi Garcia Rodriguez, a retired professional ballet Principal of the Miami City Ballet, recovering from injuries through painting therapy. He worked with Painter and Art Educator, Laura Tan, to create a stunning two-sided sail available for purchase during the auction that follows the free afternoon regatta.

Ways to support and enjoy StAR

The free sailing event on the afternoon of February 9, 2022, is followed by an art auction sponsored by GAC, Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation with generous support from individuals, artists (and artist collectives such as Galera Collective), and organizations including the City of Fort Lauderdale Parks and Recreation Department, New River Fine Art Gallery and Quantum Sails.

The StAR auction features five (5) original sails painted by local and international guest artists. Auction details will be updated on January 10, 2022, on this registration portal including social media and ticket purchase information. The evening art auction occurs immediately after the public event at Lauderdale Yacht Club to benefit student sailing and art scholarships.

To participate use this Eventbrite link to donate an amount of any kind to the event.

Grant funding from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and Broward County Cultural Division supports StAR free public events.

Grace Arts Center (GAC) mission is to network and connect three distinct areas of general programming resulting in more extensive cultural collaborations and revitalization of South Florida communities through the arts and humanities

Here’s what participating artists, organizations, sponsors have to say about the Street Art Regatta:

“This was such a beautiful and exhilarating project to work on. In the midst of a Pandemic, we were able to paint and see our artwork on the water inspiring the audience” — Laura Tan and Suzanne Scherer, participating artists attending the 2021 Street Art Regatta.

“Fort Lauderdale is all about art, culture, and coastal living. What a treasure” — Mayor Dean Trantalis exclaimed to the audience during the 2021 Street Art Regatta.

“Me encanta” — Isanusi Garcia Rodriguez, Principal Ballet Dancer, and Painter, participating StAR artist.

“As an artist and a sailor, this event speaks to me. I care greatly about art, sailing, and the city of Fort Lauderdale” — Connie Commette, Sailor and Artist and StAR volunteer and co-curator.

What: The Street ARt Regatta & Auction

Where: The Lauderdale Yacht Club.

When: February 9th, 2022

Register: To Participate: Register for Free on Eventbrite

More Information or Media Interviews: Contact She Got Game Media @ [email protected] or (305) 520-9703.

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2nd ANNUAL STREET ART REGATTA SETS SAIL FEBRUARY 9, 2022 PHILANTHROPY X SAILING X ART - LIVE IN FORT LAUDERDALE & LIVE ONLINE

• FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida
• January 17, 2022

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – (January 17, 2022) – Grace Arts Center (“GAC”) announces the 2nd Annual Street Art Regatta (“StAR”) to take place on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at 4:00 p.m.  The event is free and open to the public and sets sail from Lauderdale Yacht Club located at 1725 SE 12th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  Registration for StAR is via Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/street-art-regatta-star-tickets-215074442447 .

StAR is an interactive installation that transforms the Intracoastal into a floating theater of street and pop art and competitive sailing. The Regatta will be live-streamed https://www.facebook.com/GraceArtsFL .

“Bringing together street art and the marine industries in a visual display of expressive art on the water was the basis for StAR.  Street Art thrives because it has a visceral connection to the ‘street’ with origins in historic hip hop and contemporary pop culture in America. A Regatta is a competitive race with a storied Venetian context involving elite events, extreme athleticism, and the grandeur of traditional boating,” says Clare Vickery, Founder and Director of Grace Arts Center.

The Street Art Regatta is an opportunity for young athletes in the smallest racing class of sailboats, the Optimist series, to use tactics that might otherwise be sanctioned during the sailing competition to maneuver or choreograph painted sails of massive human leaping legs to make the sailboats appear to dance along the water.

“Fort Lauderdale is all about art, culture, and coastal living. What a treasure,” says Mayor Dean Trantalis, who will be on-hand to serve as Starter of the race.

The artists had one directive – paint as if the ocean surface were a floor for human movement. The outcome is a dance on the Intracoastal waterway managed by the professional instructors of the Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation.

“Quantum Sails is excited to be among the sponsors of StAR, a unique combination of art, sailing and philanthropy.  This event brings visibility for sailing to new eyes in the diverse art world and promotes growth in youth sailing through scholarship,” says Libby Tomlinson, Merchandise and Event Coordinator.

This year features 16 Street, Pop, and Abstract painter collaborations, some in duos, who will have their original paintings expertly reproduced on sails that will fly from the masts of boats sailed by teams of young people departing from the newly renovated and historic Lauderdale Yacht Club (“LYC”).

“Our in-kind support furthers our mission to provide more access to sailing for residents,” says Phil Thornburg, Director, City of Fort Lauderdale, Parks & Recreation Department.

The interactive art and sailing event cruises the Intracoastal Waterway in the City of Fort Lauderdale. Youth sailing teams actively participate in StAR's art installations waving vividly on the masts. The teams are guided by award-winning coaches based at the LYC Sailing Center, who choreograph the boats and painted sails using competitive regatta racing tactics. The call to action for the artists was to envision a dance on the water through their unique images on each side of sail canvases.

Each boat will be piloted by one youth during the 45-to-60-minute program.  Weight class determines who can participate.  Most are age 10 to 13 and are training for careers in professional sailing.

New this year is an auction of five sails that will take place at the Lauderdale Yacht Club following the             Regatta.  Dr. Harry Moon, a beloved local physician, art collector and member of the LYC will be the Master of Ceremonies and the auctioneer.  Dr. Moon is the Chief Operating Officer of NSU Florida, the NSU Museum of Art (formerly the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art).  The auction and dinner tickets are $75 per person and may be purchased at https://lycsf.org/star-art-auction-dinner .

Proceeds from the auction will provide sailing scholarships for youth without access to boating activities provided by LYCSF.  This year, a new student travel abroad scholarship for seniors accepted to college art programs will be awarded by GAC.

An NFT (Non-Fungible Token) drop of one of the sails will be launched to raise additional funds for sailing and travel abroad scholarships as directed by Grace Arts Center.

Following the Regatta and Auction on February 9, a selection of the sales will be exhibited at the new Southside Cultural Arts Center located at 701 S. Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316.

“I really like the idea of bringing street art to the sails. Showcasing street art and graffiti this way helps broaden the horizon for the artists,” says Glayson Leroy, Founder of Galera Collective and one of the sponsors of StAR.

The 16 artists who hail from near and far, many making their homes in South Florida, include Stefano Alcantara, Jay Bellicchi “Remote,” Buns, El Cekis, Andrew Cotton, Hiero, Hoxxoh, Lady Pink, Orla Ananda, Lori Practico, Ripes, Isanusi Garcia Rodriguez, Tom Rossetti, Suzanne Scherer, Surge and Laura Tan. (Artists’ bios available in our Fact Sheet).

The 2nd Annual StAR is sponsored by the City of Fort Lauderdale Parks & Recreation Department, Galera Collective, Grace Arts Center, Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation, New River Fine Art Gallery and Quantum Sails. 

StAR’s free events are made possible through grant funding from the Florida Division of Culture & Arts and the Broward County Cultural Division.

In 2006, Ms. Vickery, Director of the Grace Art Center commissioned Miami-based  Florida Hall of Fame Artist , Purvis Young, to paint thirty-foot sails for the  Winterfest Boat Parade . The Artist's iconic images appeared to move across the sail canvas fueled by the ocean breeze. In 2020, local, national, and international artists joined a new initiative by Grace Art Center to create walkable galleries in South Florida communities by painting murals across city blocks to revitalize neighborhoods.

De-commissioned racing sails are given a second purpose as canvas for original artworks and used as part of a water performance furthering the found-object-as-fine-art legacy of Mr. Young. He passed away in 2010 but his artwork, generosity of time and spirit lives on in South Florida and beyond through high profile art projects by self-taught artists that beautify neighborhoods.

"Repurposing retired racing sails reflects the legacy of Purvis Young. Free styling sailing and youth culture appeals to Street and Pop artists. StAR creates new relationships with the water and boating in Fort Lauderdale and elevates the nature of how we are integrating fine art into community events,” says Vickery.

Editor’s Note:  High-Res Photography and video available upon request.

About Grace Arts Center

Founded in 2011 by Clare Vickery, Grace Arts Center (“GAC”) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that presents original material including theater, art exhibits, humanities and science events/scholarships and urban design engagements.  The Grace Arts Center (GAC) mission is to network and connect three distinct areas of general programming resulting in more extensive cultural collaborations and revitalization of South Florida communities through the arts and humanities.  Projects feature exhibits, performances, and urban design by leading Innovators of multiple disciplines to entertain and inform the public and participate in social justice initiatives.  Each program supports annual outreach to lower income communities with less access to cultural experiences and the liberal arts.

About Lauderdale Yacht Sailing Club Foundation

The Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation (“LYCSF”) has a long-standing tradition of fostering competitive youth sailing.  Today, the LYCSF’s Sailing Program is one of the largest and most unique in the United States that offers teaching and training.

Founded in 2011 by Clare Vickery, Grace Arts Center (“GAC”) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that presents original material including theater, art exhibits, humanities and science events/scholarships and urban design engagements. The Grace Arts Center (GAC) mission is to network and connect three distinct areas of general programming resulting in more extensive cultural collaborations and revitalization of South Florida communities through the arts and humanities. Projects feature exhibits, performances, and urban design by leading Innovators of multiple disciplines to entertain and inform the public and participate in social justice initiatives. Each program supports annual outreach to lower income communities with less access to cultural experiences and the liberal arts.

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Street Art Regatta | StAR

Wed Feb 09 2022 at 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm

Lauderdale Yacht Club | Fort Lauderdale, FL

StAR's daytime event Wednesday February 9, 2022 4 - 6 PM EST i s open to the public at no cost but requires registration.

Street Art Regatta merges competitive sailing with popular street art. The interactive art and sailing event occurs at the Lauderdale Yacht Club (LYC) in the Intracoastal Waterway in the City of Fort Lauderdale. Youth sailing teams actively participate in StAR's art installations guided by award-winning coaches based at the LYC Sailing Center. Free and valet parking is available on site. Attendance however is limited due to the location and guided by continued health advisories.

Artists envisioned 'dancing on the water' painting unique original images on each side of sail canvases. Noted painters who were not part of the street art community also responded to StAR's creative challenge resulting in a number of collaborative compositions.

Click this link to purchase auction and dinner tickets immediately following the regatta - and check out the regatta artists' sails offered for purchase with proceeds to benefit sailing scholarships for youth in South Florida provided by Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation (LYCSF) and a new student travel abroad scholarship for seniors accepted to college art programs by Grace Art Center (GAC).

​Regatta Artists and Auction details

Regatta Sail Artist with * by their name has an original sail in the auction with only five (5) original sails available for bid.

Scroll to bottom to see more sail images.

Stefano Alcantara*

Stefano is of Peruvian descent from a family of artists and based in Fort Lauderdale creating stunning hyper-realistic body art and mural installations; he opened a thriving New York studio in 2019 and completed a high visibility mural on the west side of NE 4th Avenue just south of Fort Lauderdale's 13th Street Art District.

Auction Sail #1 Artist

https://www.instagram.com/stefanoalcantara

Jay Bellicchi ‘Remote ’

Remote is based in Fort Lauderdale inspired by Boston’s hip hop and graffiti culture with client installations at multiples sports and corporate South Florida locations and numerous gallery exhibits.

https://www.instagram.com/remoteroc

Buns is based in Palm Beach County and the first female artist inducted into the MSG crew, a historic Miami graffiti artist collective, who paints fun and powerful female anime characters.

https://www.instagram.com/zoegen

Ruth Burotte

Ruth is from the Fort Lauderdale area and the youngest artist to receive a commission from the Broward Public Art & Design Program designing coverings for eight traffic signal cabinets county-wide. With a Fine Arts degree from New World School of the arts in 2021, she created a footwear campaign for Adidas and works as a professional artist.

https://www.instagram.com/rutamfi

Nelson Rivas is a native of Chile and residing in New York inspired by the graffiti culture, Latin American mural movements and a generation of young street artists in South America; his work features neon colored plant life that envelopes spaces with 3-d compositions including stunning murals in MASS FTL in 2018 that was home to several artist studios.

https://www.instagram.com/el_cekis​

Andrew Cotton *

Andrew is a native of London and now resides in Fort Lauderdale. In England he learned to incorporate collage and large-scale photographs (including Xerox reproductions) into his work; inspired by UK graffiti scene he immigrated to New York City and embraced a DIY aesthetic of the street art market and his work is represented by New River Fine Art Gallery.

Auction Sail # 5 Artist

https://www.instagram.com/andrewcottonartist

Hiero is based in Sarasota known for portraiture and realistic style influenced by post-graffiti, the duck symbolizes clarity, family, love, vigilance, intuition, nurturing, protection, feelings, self-expression, balance, adaptation, grace, and strength; he's completed one of the first street art murals along Sistrunk Corridor at NW 9 Avenue in 2021.

https://www.instagram.com/hieroveiga

Douglas Hoekzema is based in Palm Beach County creating work through a unique oscillating pendulum distributing paint based on gravity’s natural pull with art installations across the globe. His sail for StAR is a collaboration with Hiero feat. the iconic yellow 'rubber duckie.'

https://www.instagram.com/hoxxoh

Orla is a Russian American graduating from Parsons School of Design, influenced by New York’s street art, her work features graphic contemplative color blocking and black and white photography; her clients include Carnegie Hall, Soho House NYC and published in Architectural Digest and other major design art publications. She and Practico collaborated on the StAR sail and numerous downtown Fort Lauderdale murals.

Part of Auction Sail #2 Artist Collaboration

https://www.instagram.com/orla_ananda

Lori Practico *

Lori is a painter based in Broward County and is a resident artist of Art Serve. Her work features bright color, figurative, representational and pop elements depending on the client; she’s also founded a non-profit to empower young women to excel.

https://www.instagram.com/girlnoticed

‘Lady Pink’

Lady Pink is from Ecuador currently residing north of New York City and writing graffiti since 1979 competing as the only female in a male graffiti subculture; she's made significant contributions to street art genre and is a cult figure in the hip-hop community with artworks included in numerous museum collections and part of the global art market for street art.

https://www.instagram.com/ladypinknyc

Ripes is based in West Palm Beach and part of Galera Collective; he’s self-taught graffiti artist influenced by cartoons whose work features graphic high intensity contrasts and architectural beveled 3-d shapes.

https://www.instagram.com/ripe143/?hl=en

Isanusi Garcia Rodriguez *

Isa is a native of Cuba and based in Miami, recruited by the Miami City Ballet Founder, Edward Villella, to dance as a company soloist before experiencing a debilitating injury in 2013 and recovering through painting therapy exploring visceral joy and pain of dance and his Afro-Cuban culture through vibrant color and raw figurative representations.

Part of Artist Collaboration for Auction Sail #3

https://amp.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article99488247.html​

Tom Rossetti *

Tom Rossetti is a native Floridian based in Fort Lauderdale whose work features brilliant abstract impressionistic imagery; he's a longtime gallerist and art community celebrity painter whose work is now represented by New River Fine Art.

Auction Sail # 4 Artist

https://tomrossetti.com/links.html

Suzanne Scherer

Suzanne is based in Palm Beach County with a MFA from Brooklyn College; she's the recipient of International Research & Exchange Board Award as first American visual artist accepted into the Russian Academy of Arts during the Soviet period; she co-founded Scherer & Ouporov Gallery receiving national and international awards and is a full time artist and art educator at Boca Raton Museum of Art.

https://www.instagram.com/suzanne.scherer/

Surge is from Los Angeles raised in Miami and based in Fort Lauderdale, influenced by Post-graffiti and hip hop culture his work features cartoons and brilliant color with numerous corporate clients and charitable causes.

https://www.instagram.com/illsurge

Laura Tan *​

Laura is based in Miami whose body of work includes self-portraits featuring unfiltered, emotional responses to specific moments in life and recipient of numerous awards for decades as an art educator in the Miami Dade Public School system.

https://www.instagram.com/ltart

StAR is sponsored by GAC, Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailing Foundation with generous support from individuals, artists (and artist collectives such as Galera Collective) and organizations including the City of Fort Lauderdale Parks and Recreation Department, New River Fine Art Gallery and Quantum Sails.

You may use this Eventbrite link to donate an amount of any kind to the event.

Grant funding from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs and Broward County Cultural Division supports StAR free public events.

Photos by John Casey (LYCSF), Armando Colls and Alina Reyes-Smith

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Street art regatta puts wynwood graffiti art on the water.

If you’ve ever wandered around Wynwood, you know how cool street art can be. It’s even cooler when that art is plastered on the sails of boats doing crazy stunts. It gives a whole new meaning to the term: “art for sail.”

Mix hip street artists with the freestyle talents of young sailors, and you get the Street Art Regatta.

Clare Vickery: “It’s an opportunity to exhibit interactive art in a visual way both on the water and to showcase some of the region’s and actually the nation’s top competitive sailing teams that are coming right out of Fort Lauderdale.”

These boaters use the intracoastal waterway at the Lauderdale Yacht Club as their own personal playground.

Clare Vickery: “We have competitive youth sailing teams competing against each other to sort of outdo each other in the spins and the maneuvers and the tacks.”

With the wind blowing into all the colorful sails, it’s an art show like no other.

Clare Vickery: “And a lot of the young up and coming sailors can take the beautiful printed sail versions of the artwork on the water. The images look as though they’re dancing on the water and spinning.”

Seeing her work on a sail instead of a wall is a brand-new experience for local artist Didi Contreras.

Didi Contreras: “I’ve never had anything like painted on a sail before, never had anything floating on the water like that, and I feel so excited already.”

Didi’s one of six local female artists who combined to turn out this beauty.

Didi Contreras: “We quickly came up with an idea, and then we tried to incorporate everybody’s style into the piece. My part of it is the girl on top of the dolphin, the ballerina girl and also the fish and the butterfly so mostly all the pink.”

From the pink in the painting to the blue of the water, take it from a sailor, you’ve just gotta regatta.

Jake Taubman: “It’s really about expressing art right. It’s sort of a dance on the water, almost like a ballet of sorts. I’m glad that I get to represent the art on my sail.”

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