 THE LARAMIE PROJECT AT THE COLONY THEATER
The New World School of the Arts high school theater program closes the season with the poignant The Laramie Project, a play by Moises Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theater Project, directed by Stuart Meltzer. Patrice Bailey, Dean of Theater at NWSA highlights, "This play offers an opportunity for our students to connect to a hate crime committed on a young man and to explore the different points of view of a story. It is my hope that our students will become activists of tolerance."
Considered by many to be one of the most startling and honest theatrical experiences in the past 20 years, The Laramie Project depicts the events of October 6th of 1998 when Matthew Shepard was beaten and left to die tied to a fence in the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. He died 6 days later. "This play represents the modern day civil rights movement in America," explained Meltzer. "To this day the senseless hate crimes that exist on our nation's campuses are frightening and archaic. It is with plays like The Laramie Project that, if we can open one mind up to tolerance, we have done our job."
May 10, 11; 7:30 PM
May 12; 2:00 PM
Colony Theater
1040 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
General admission is $12
Information at 305-237-3541
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AND THE OSCAR GOES TO...
Led by Al Clark, NWSA director of the High School Choir, the Spring Choir Show, entitled And The Oscar Goes To, highlights popular songs that won or were nominated for the Oscar, in the category of Best Song. The program contains some golden oldies such as Over The Rainbow, The Trolley Song, and Love Is A Many Splendored Thing as well as new favorites like That's How You Know from Enchanted and this year's winner, Skyfall, from the latest James Bond release. A very fun way to culminate a year full of award-worthy moments and artistic achievement!
May 17; 7:30 PM
Wolfson Auditorium - Room 1261
300 NE 2 Avenue, downtown Miami
General admission $10 / Students and seniors $5
Information at 305-237-7855
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 PROPERLY NAMED HIGHLIGHTS BFA PERSPECTIVE
NWSA's final visual arts showcase, Properly Named is the 2013 BFA group exhibition highlighting a variety of works from 16 visual artists of divergent disciplines. The show, graciously sponsored by Northern Trust Bank, was co-curated by Maggy Cuesta, dean of the NWSA visual arts program and Miami gallerist Fredric Snitzer.
"The NWSA BFA exhibition has historically been the first public exposure for some of the most successful artists to come out of Miami and this year it promises to be no exception," said Snitzer who also teaches at NWSA.
2013 Exhibiting BFA Artists include: Pablo Antonio Alverez, Elizabeth Buege, Stephanie Rachel Canto, Oliver Fortuny Castellanos, Azizi DeSouza, Lazaro Gamio, Tatiana Garcedo, Steven Marquez, Carrie Monescalchi, Jeffery Noble, Sebastian Duncan Portuondo, Anthony Quintana, Josč David Martinez-Rubio, Brandon Sweet, Nuo Xo.
Opening Reception: May 24; 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO)
1018 North Miami Avenue, Miami
Exhibition is free and open to the public
On view May 24 - June 9
Thursday and Friday: Noon-6:00 PM / Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Information at 305-237-3620
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 HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SHOWCASE EXHIBITION
An impressive High School Senior Showcase culminates the 2013 visual arts school year, at Artseen, featuring the work of 24 talented college-bound artists. The student works, representative of the various art disciplines emphasized in the visual arts program, encompass painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and installations.
Among the exhibitors is Ariel Canino. Influenced by a recent trip to Cuba, Canino sculptures represent the current dilapidated state of the island. "He was very moved by his visit to Cuba," said Susan Banks, professor of visual arts at NWSA. "Ariel's strong connection with the people in Cuba and his exposure to the architectural landscape gave him a clear vision of what he wanted to create." Other must see works include Imani Nixon and Gail Jacques' pieces. Both photography majors, these students' works explore powerful subjects through various experimental mediums. Their expression of every-day situations revealed through the lens of their cameras has garnered them recognition by leading universities across the nation. This has led them to receive full scholarships and housing to Kansas City Institute, where they will both be attending this coming fall.
Opening Reception: May 31; 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Artseen Gallery 2215 NW 2 Avenue, Wynwood Exhibition is free and open to the public On view May 31 - June 21 Information at 305-237-3620
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NEW WORLD DANCE ENSEMBLE PRESENTS THE WORK OF DARSHAN S. BHULLER IN MIAMI AND IN NEW YORK CITY
The New World Dance Ensemble, comprised of New World School of the Arts (NWSA) college dance alumni and college merit scholarship students, will present three performances of the work of British choreographer Darshan Singh Bhuller. The first two performances will be offered in Miami and, accompanied by Mary Lisa Burns, Dean of dance at NWSA, the 13-member New World Dance Ensemble cast will then travel to New York City to present the third and last show.
"Working with the New World School of the Arts over the past six years has given me the opportunity to test ideas that I develop further with my own professional company in London," said Bhuller. "This year, to my surprise, I've been given the honor to present a full evening of my work, including some of the pieces which were first choreographed on the school. Present students and Alums will form the New World Dance Ensemble performing in this project. This is a very exciting project for me, but more importantly it is a chance for these amazing dancers to be seen here in Miami and New York City."
The dynamic program will include the powerful dance/drama, The Virgin Queen, a choreography about romantic betrayal and palace intrigue in the court of Queen Elizabeth; Mapping #4, an abstract evocation about cultural dislocation and human connection, set to the music of Ravi Shankar, Laal, the powerful and virtuosic solo; and Stand and Stair, a duet originally choreographed on the Rambert Ballet Company based on the paintings of English painter L.S. Lowry. The passionate duet, Interlock, performed with live sitar accompaniment will round off the three presentations.
MIAMI PERFORMANCES
June 7, 8; 7:30 PM
New World Dance Theater
25 NE 2 Street, 8th Floor, downtown Miami
General admission $12 / Students and seniors $5
Information at 305-237-3341
NEW YORK PERFORMANCE
June 11; 8:00 PM
The Joan Weill Center for Dance
405 West 55 Street. at 9th Avenue
New York City, New York 10019General admission $20 / Students and seniors $15 Information at 305-237-3341
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IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
NWSA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
Tuesday, June 4; 7:00 PM
Olympia Theater at Gusman Center for the Performing Arts
174 East Flagler
NWSA HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN ORIENTATION WEEK
June 10 - June 14; 8:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
New World School of the Arts
25 NE 2nd Street, downtown Miami
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THANK YOU, NEW WORLD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SUPPORTERS
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EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT AWARD PRESENTED BY ROBERT BATTLE TO DANIEL LEWIS 
Danny Lewis, founding dean of dance at NWSA, received an award in dance education from the José Limón Dance Foundation at the Capitale in New York City on April 29. "José Limón was my Artistic Mentor," said Lewis, former dean of dance. "I danced in his company for over 14 year and was the acting Artistic Director of his company for one year, after his death. I was fortunate to be part of many of José's creations and was privilege to be part of his creative process. This honor means so much to me as I learned so much from this man's artistry. This made me a great teacher and I love sharing this knowledge with all my students." 
NWSA VISUAL ARTIST ATTENDS YALE'S MFA PROGRAM
A graduate from the high school (1995) and BFA (2000) visual arts program at NWSA, Todd Eliott Mansa is one of Miami's pioneering artists of color to be recognized not only for his exceptional technique in painting but also for what these pieces signify - to him and to his community.
Showcasing auto-biographical scenes through photo-realistic urban paintings during Art Basel, Mansa has quickly claimed a unique place among respected African-American artists from Miami. Now, as announced in the Knight Blog, Todd will be attending the Yale MFA painting program, joining the ranks of other Miamians including William Cordova, Luis Gispert and John Espinosa, who have also followed that remarkable path. Tarell A. McCraney, a theater alum from NWSA also received his MFA from Yale University.
 
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