Miami, FL – July 10, 2013 – Bonnie Clearwater and the Museum of Contemporary Art’s young international members, the MOCA Shakers, warmly welcomed new curator Alex Gartenfeld at a cocktail party in his honor at Dolce Italian at Gale South Beach. Among the guests who attended were  MOCA Board Chair Dr. Kira Flanzraich, MOCA Executive Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater, new Shaker Executive Committee members and several artists.

Kira Flanzrich, Bonnie Clearwater, & Susanne Birbragher

Kira Flanzrich, Alex Gartenfeld, & Bonnie Clearwater

Alex Gartenfeld, Valerie Graves, Bonnie Clearwater, & Lexing Zhang

Suzanne Hollander, Bonnie Clearwater, Brian Calzadilla, Alex Gartenfeld, & Lexing Zhang

Bonnie Clearwater, Alex Gartenfeld, & Lexing Zhang

Bonnie Clearwater & Lexing Zhang

Ronni Smulian, Kira Flanzrich, & Alex Gartenfeld

Cricket Taplin, Kira Flanzrich, Sonia Siesholtz, Kathryn Mikesell, & Ronni Smulian

Tracey Robertson Carter & Kira Flanzrich

Martin Rozenblum & Bonnie Clearwater

Ronni Smulian, Bonnie Clearwater, & Kira Flanzrich

Alex Pappas & Patricia Elizee

Patricia Elizee & Kevin Michael

Joey Myers, Todd Friedman, Andrew Calzadilla, Brian Calzadilla, & Kevin Padron

Camila Souza & Sarah Farsh

Claudia & Juan Carlos Londono

Elizabeth Virue & Daniel Saro

Fazia Ali & Brian Smith

Juan Carlos Zaldivar & Maquiamelo

Lexing Zhang & Valerie Graves

Cara Despain, Kenny Riches, & Amanda Sanfilippo

Kira Flanzrich, Alex Gartenfeld, & Todd Friedman