Viva Fort Lauderdale Showcases South Florida Artists
Historical past Fort Lauderdale will have fun Hispanic Heritage Month with the fifth anniversary of “Viva Fort Lauderdale: Celebrating Hispanic Artwork & Tradition,” a free exhibition showcasing the work of South Florida artists.
The exhibit runs Sept. 17 by way of Oct. 25 on the New River Inn, 231 SW Second Ave., and opens with a free artist meet-and-greet and preview reception at 6 p.m. Sept. 17. Friends might register for the free preview reception at bit.ly/HFLVivaPreview2026.
This 12 months’s exhibition options works by Historical past Fort Lauderdale artists-in-residence Florencia Clement de Grandprey, a Spanish-born mixed-media figurative artist, and Venezuelan artists Isabel Perez Salazar and Lifrancis Rojas. New this 12 months are sculptures by Nicaraguan-born artist Norman Silva, whose work has been influenced by his household’s immigration journey and his childhood experiences throughout Nicaragua’s civil warfare.
“These award-winning multinational visionaries seize the guts and soul of our culturally various neighborhood by way of shade, texture, portraiture and modernist sculptures that replicate life experiences,” mentioned Patricia Zeiler, govt director of Historical past Fort Lauderdale.
The exhibition is a part of Historical past Fort Lauderdale’s year-round programming highlighting the various communities which have formed South Florida.
Whereas “Viva Fort Lauderdale” is free, common museum admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $7 for college kids by way of age 22 with legitimate identification. Admission is free for members, navy personnel and kids ages 6 and youthful.
Historical past Fort Lauderdale is open every day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with docent-led excursions provided at 1, 2 and three p.m.
