artDIALOGUE
The artDIALOGUE experience allows attendees to deepen their knowledge of various artists, the local art market and the future of the art world. The artDIALOGUE series offers attendees access to the thinking of important artworld players – artists, curators, critics and collectors – who offer their unique perspectives on producing, collecting and exhibiting art.

The artDIALOGUE Series is free and open to the public and will be held at the Captain's Quarter's at Bahia Mar Yachting Center. Attendees must RSVP to guarantee seating.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Invest for Success
Speaker: Monica Tranter-Sinni (Gallery Owner)
Join Mona Tranter of the Tranter-Sinni Gallery in a eye opening, educational and very entertaining lecture. Mona Tranter, is a gallerist, art consultant, advisor, and independent appraiser specializing in research, appraisal, and all business and market aspects of original artist works, artist manuscript materials, art-related documentation, and art reference books. She has been selling art since 2000 and has been consulting and appraising for artists, galleries, businesses, organizations and private collectors since 2009. Art in its many mediums can be seen in every building across the world. Artists from every country are working daily to bring to light there future masterpieces. The painting you buy to match your sofa may increase in value, or it may be as salable as your kids spaghetti art project. As with any investment, you need to do your research and get to know the artist and trend of the art market. The art market is fickle with no guarantees of profitability, but with a little arts education and a good eye you can fill any space with pieces that may prove very worthy investments down the line. Consider this for choosing fine art and identifying the Michelangelo from the macaroni.
THURSDAY JANUARY 25
11:00am - 12:00pm
Overlooked Spaces,  An Interactive Installation
Speaker: Johanna Boccardo (artist) and Mona Tranter (Tranter-Sinni Gallery, director)
Join Mona Tranter director of Tranter-Sinni Gallery and Artists Johanna Boccardo in an open conversation, installation.  Together they will speak too the ever evolving art industry from performance art to installation art and how art transforms not only a room but its integrity and creativity sparks human emotion offering not only a taste for the eye but a deeper connection to the soul.  Art is no loner stationary but allows for movement and interaction.
1:00am - 2:00pm
What is Art? What has made the definition change through the times?
Speaker: Salvatore Zagami (artist)
Art can be personal , it can call for social change and Art can portray human emotions as well as evoke them -it can express harmony and disharmony, show the simple and the every day in unfamiliar ways or be monumental mysterious and fantastic... Please come and meet Salvatore Zagami and discuss where the arts are going?
3:00pm - 4:00pm
How Future technology changes how we experience art alongside societal change
Speaker: Vesa Kivinen (artist)
The current academia in art mostly considers art that critiques society as worthy of attention. He'll offer a perspective on how future technology like artificial intelligence, virtual reality and blockchain among others will change how we experience art alongside societal change.  Artists will  soon be better able to offer solutions, enthusiasm and visions to where we are going as well.
FRIDAY JANUARY 26
11:00am - 12:00pm
Exploring Broward County’s Public Art & Design Program: Public Art at Port Everglades
​Moderator: Dominique Denis (Public Art & Design Project Manager)
Panelists: Ernesto Maranje (artist), Peg Buchan (Assistant Director Port Everglades)
More than 30 public artworks can be found at Port Everglades including an eclectic collection of paintings from the 1980’s. Since the inception of Broward’s Public Art & Design program in 1976, Port Everglades has acquired or commissioned more than $2 million in public art which welcomes visitors, improves the physical space and supports its business goals. In 2015, Port Everglades began commissioning public art for outdoor spaces that celebrates Broward County’s natural environment. This panel offers an informal conversation exploring public art from each of the panel member’s perspectives.
12:30pm - 12:45pm
Leveraging Fine Art in your Wealth Management Strategy
Speakers: Vanessa Olmedo and Ryan Thieme
Fine art is a powerful financial asset that should be considered as part of your overall wealth management strategy. Rather than using existing cash or selling securities to generate liquidity, which can incur potential taxes and disrupt your investment strategy, borrowing against fine art may offer significant advantages.  As a Merrill Lynch client you have access to credit specialists who are specifically qualified to help you take advantage of a variety of opportunities related to your fine art collection. Please rsvp today to learn more on how you can use your fine art collection as a financial resource.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Warhol vs Gartel Talk and book signing
Speaker: Laurence Gartel (artist)
Laurence Gartel taught Andy Warhol how to use the Amiga Computer in order to create the album cover for Debbie Harry in 1985. The Director of the Lucca Museum Maurizio Vanni felt this was the "touch-point" where "Pop Art fused with Digital Art." He then organized an exhibition of over 110 works by Warhol and Gartel. He also authored a "300-page" book of the same title which has toured several cities in Italy as well as being brought to Art Basel Switzerland for exclusive book signings.

Art Ft. Lauderdale is pleased to have Mr. Gartel give an informal talk about his work, along with a book signing of the Collector Edition "WARHOL vs GARTEL HYP POP." Please join us for this special historical moment.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
​Sound Resonance and Art
​Speaker: Sheinina Lolita Raj (interdisciplinary artist)
INTERCULTURAL is a immersive art experience by interdisciplinary artist Sheinina Lolita Raj and a sound collaboration by Nelly Furtado is a visual and sound art experience exploring cultural differences while analyzing the increasing obsolescence of race-based identity. The exhibition features photographs of artist Raj arrayed in the traditional authentic finery of various regions and nations while sounds pieces by Nelly Furtado explore new territory featuring Solfeggio Frequencies, frequencies that allow the mind and body to achieve a greater sense of balancing and deep healing.
4:30pm - 4:45pm
Leveraging Fine Art in your Wealth Management Strategy
Speakers: Vanessa Olmedo and Ryan Thieme
Fine art is a powerful financial asset that should be considered as part of your overall wealth management strategy. Rather than using existing cash or selling securities to generate liquidity, which can incur potential taxes and disrupt your investment strategy, borrowing against fine art may offer significant advantages.  As a Merrill Lynch client you have access to credit specialists who are specifically qualified to help you take advantage of a variety of opportunities related to your fine art collection. Please rsvp today to learn more on how you can use your fine art collection as a financial resource.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
A Female Force to Reckon With
Speakers: Sarah Michelle Rupert (gallery director)
Join Gallery Director Sarah Michelle Rupert for a look inside the 800+ work collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz, founders of the non profit art space Girls’ Club in Fort Lauderdale. As the only private collection open to the public with a focus on contemporary art by women, Girls’ Club houses work by some of the most influential artists of the past 60 years including Tracey Emin, Barbara Kruger, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Joan Snyder, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker and others.
SATURDAY JANUARY 27
11:00am - 12:00pm
Art is decor
Speaker: Simone Monney (artist)
She calls her style “lyrical abstraction”.Her way of painting is very spontaneous and inspired by the rhyme of music. Hans Zimmer, the film-music compositor, is mainly her companion in this first approach on the canvas. She mixes Indian Ink with Japanese rice paper collages to bring depth and transparency into the painting. At the end acrylic paint will give the final touch. In her paintings nothing is planned in advance, only the colors which she chooses very carefully as the aesthetical point of view is important in all her creations. Being creative means also, thinking outside of the box ... go beyond borders of our basic thinking. Be open-minded, explore new horizons without limits. She worked for 15 years in a famous fragrance company in Geneva, where analyzing trends was a daily task. Being a self-taught artist, she has no limits to explore new techniques and ways of going further in her creations. She will explore the idea of art and design and help create the journey between the artist and putting art in every room and on walls, furniture, textiles and even what you are wearing.  Art is in high fashion and why not customize a luxury environment in a unique way!
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Photojournalism and National Geographic Society
Speaker: Tammy Greene (Senior Art Consultant)
National Geographic Fine Art Galleries present fine art photography through exclusive limited editions embodying the rich heritage of the National Geographic Society and National Geographic magazine going back to 1888. Behind everyone of our iconic images is one of our many Photojournalist and there amazing stories. National Geographic is a non profit organization when you bring National Geographic photograph in your home,you become apart of the National Geographic legacy. National Geographic Society " We believe in the power of science ,exploration, and storytelling to change the world"
3:00pm - 4:00pm
A Panel Discussion about Art and Architecture
Panelists: Jose Lobo, AIA (Principal at SOW Design Studio, Fort Lauderdale, FL) | Margi Northard (Design Director and President at Glavovic Studio, Fort Lauderdale, FL) | Eric Slazyk, AIA (Principal at ArcWerks, Pembroke Pines, FL) | Jeffrey Huber, AIA (Principal at Brooks + Scarpa, Fort Lauderdale, FL).
This panel discussion will cover how art and architecture work together in harmony.  How art influences architecture and how architecture becomes the art.  The panelists will provide examples of their own work and experiences executing their artistic visions into the essence of the structures.
4:30pm - 4:45pm
Leveraging Fine Art in your Wealth Management Strategy
Speakers: Vanessa Olmedo and Ryan Thieme
Fine art is a powerful financial asset that should be considered as part of your overall wealth management strategy. Rather than using existing cash or selling securities to generate liquidity, which can incur potential taxes and disrupt your investment strategy, borrowing against fine art may offer significant advantages.  As a Merrill Lynch client you have access to credit specialists who are specifically qualified to help you take advantage of a variety of opportunities related to your fine art collection. Please rsvp today to learn more on how you can use your fine art collection as a financial resource.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
​Night time in the everglades
Speaker: Matt Stock 
Join Matt Stock as he walks people through areas seldom walked, literally and metaphorically deep into the heart of the Everglades. His area of expertise is creating hyper-realistic nighttime photographs with a technique referred to as painting with light. With this technique both himself and his team meticulously illuminate a scene on location using light sources ranging from the Milky Way and full moon to specialized continuous and strobe based lighting tools through the course of many hours and dozens of individual exposures. He then digitally combines elements of each of these exposures into a single luminous composition in post-production using Adobe Photoshop. Everything seen in my photographs was captured in real time and on location. Some photographs can only happen once a year, some even less frequently.

Abandoned Vehicles of the Everglades takes these same painting with light techniques deep into the heart of the Everglades. Through a decade of research, this series of photographs made for fine art exhibition explores the interaction between man and nature as seen through nighttime environmental portraits of vehicles long abandoned in the Everglades ecosystem. To date thirty-one vehicles have been photographed with plans to photograph another thirty or more vehicles and turn the completed body of work into a fine art exhibition.
SUNDAY JANUARY 28
11:00am - 12:00pm
The Aboriginal Art Experience
Speaker: Jay Bell Redbird (artist) 
Join Canadian Third generation artist Jay Bell Redbird in an informative and experiential talk and demonstration of his aboriginal people, how they once lived and continue to live as loving , caring and peaceful people. He will speak to his time spent with Canadian artist Norval Morrisseau and how some of our great Canadian artists, to include his father Duke Redbird, have influenced his art style and technique.
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Hot Cars
Speaker: Derick G (artist)
Derick G is well known for his photography works of celebrities, cars and beautiful models.  With a huge Passion for cars, DerickG will showcase some of his works, cars and be available to speak on his experiences and passion with photography and cars.
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Art & Healing
Speaker: Halina Stopyra (artist)
Halina will discuss her artworks from a healing arts perspective. Her technique and intrinsic ability to heal through nature, each other and the universe. 
JANUARY 25/26/27/28
BY APPOINTMENT
Coffee & Cars Consultation
Speaker: Rayda Sinni 
Rayda Sinni of “The Car Experience”, exotic and classic car consulting firm, will be offering private one on one consulting on car buying, selling and collecting. If you are extending your collection, renewing your collection or simply starting to collect.