LAIDA ARCIA CARRO

ART EDUCATOR

(childhood through adult level – instruction in different art media: two as well as three-dimensional art; art history & art appreciation) 

VISUAL ARTIST

(drawing, painting, ceramic sculpture)

• Bilingual (fluent in Spanish & English)

• Extensive travel throughout the U.S., Europe and Latin America with emphasis on cultural and academic museums and galleries.

Artist Statement: “Endless sources of creativity are found everywhere around us. As an artist and art educator I entice the world to see life’s possibilities in a unique light with imagination and sensitivity. That is my objective as I explore the human existence through the language of art…”

EDUCATION

Currently – Ongoing participation in Miami art studios in live figure drawing sessions from live models.

1987 – Printmaking & Drawing courses. Florida Int’l University. Miami, Fl.

1981 – M.S. in Art Education. Florida Int’l University. Miami, Fl. Completed the research study: “A Comparative Study of Children’s Drawings, Depicting the Creative Developmental Growth of Two Socio-Economic Groups”, using as criteria Victor Lowenfeld’s stages of creative development. Carried out in the schools of San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic.

1972-73 – Classical Drawing & Painting Studies. Passed Exam & was accepted to the School of Applied Arts (Escuela de Artes Aplicadas) Seville, Spain.

1971 – B.A. Summa Cum Laude – Major in Education, Minor in Art, St. Bernard College, Alabama.

Laida A. Carro – Art Educator/ Visual Artist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1991 to the present – Private Art Studio. Miami, Fl. Instructor of Art Workshops offered to beginners & advanced students (children & adults) in drawing, pastels, watercolor, mixed media, design, art appreciation & art history.

Summer 1990 - Spring 1991 – Florida Int’l University. Miami, Fl. Visiting Professor, College of Education Taught course: Art in the Elementary School.

1983-1990 – Dade County Public School System. Miami, Fl. Art teacher (Grades K-6) & Museum Educator in the Museum Education Program.

1991-1992 – Created, taught and coordinated the independent art project: Young Artistic Encounter ’92: Miami ~ Seville / Encuentro Juvenil de Arte ’92 Miami ~ Sevilla.  More than 60 art works by public school students from Miami, U.S.A. and Seville, Spain were created within a cultural exchange program commemorating the Quincentennial of America’s discovery and exhibited in the cities of Miami and Seville with the collaboration of the Dade County Public School System and the Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Educación y Ciencia, Delegación Provincial de Sevilla. Works were exhibited in June 1992 in the School of Fine Arts in Seville during the World Fair Exhibition in that city and in the Bacardi Gallery in Miami, Florida on October 1992 as part of the events commemorating the 500 years of the discovery of the New World. 

Spring 1992 – International College of Seville, Spain. Taught course: Art History of Spain.

1979-1982 – International Fine Arts College. Miami, Fl. Taught courses: Dynamics of Art & Fashion Illustration.

1978-1982 – Miami Dade Community College, South Campus. Dept. of Continuing Education, Miami, Fl.  Taught two courses: Basic Drawing & Interior Design.

1974-1975 – Metropolitan Museum & Art Center. Coral Gables, Fl. Monitored Life Sketch Drawing Sessions & served as Gallery Guide.

1971-1972 – Archbishop Blenk High School. New Orleans, La. Art Teacher & Head of Art Dept.

Laida A. Carro – Art Educator/ Visual Artist

GROUP SHOWS: 

The Miami Art League. “David, Memorial/Tribute” – Drawing, Sanguine on Pastel Paper – Organized by Professors Helen Burgos (FIU), Claudia Scalise and Marcia Mehaffey (Miami Dade College, Miami Fl.) 

Boca Raton Museum of Art. “35th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition”/ Ceramic Sculpture – Bonnie Clearwater, Juror (Boca Raton, Fl.)

Ringling Museum of Art. “Florida Art Education Invitational Exhibition”/ Acrylic Painting (Sarasota, Fl.)

Continuum Art Center. “Women Explore the 80’s”/ Acrylic Painting - Robert Frankel, juror (Miami Beach, Fl.)

Helios Gallery. “Creating in Freedom”/ Acrylic Painting (Naples, Fl.)

The Arts Center. “Florida Art Education Association Invitational”/ Ceramic Sculpture (St. Petersburg, Fl)

Main Library Metro Dade Cultural Center. “Ceramics as Canvas”/ Sculpture (Miami, Fl.) 

Koubek Memorial Center Fine Arts Gallery.“IX Salon de Otoño” Jesus Consagran / Acrylic Painting (Miami, Fl.) 

Metropolitan Museum & Art Center. “Expressions”/ Acrylic Painting. Ivan C. Karp Juror (Miami, Fl.) 

Barbara Gillman Gallery. Dade County Art Teacher’s Exhibit, Acrylic Painting (Miami, Fl.) 

Netsky Gallery. Dade County Art Teacher’s Exhibit/ Ceramic Sculpture (Miami, Fl.) 

El Taller. “Three Artists”/ Ceramic Sculpture, Bird Road Art District (Miami, Fl.)

Lowe Art Museum. “Art Auction 1990”/ Acrylic Painting, The Latin Division of the Children’s Cancer caring Center of the University of Miami Art Auction (Miami, Fl.)

John F. Kennedy Library. “Laida A. Carro & Michael Sastre – Recent Works”/ Ceramic Sculpture (Hialeah, Fl.)

SOLO SHOWS & COMMISSIONS

Hermann Fine Arts Center Gallery 310 “Velvet Forms: Figure Drawings by Laida Carro”. Marietta College, (Marietta, Ohio, USA) 

Private residence in Bal Harbor. Commissioned to create a 12’x 4’ mural entitled “Everglades Scene”. (Miami Beach, Fl, USA.)

Women’s Park.  Inspired by the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Human Rights Day, motivated a group of youngsters to create a temporary 16’ x 8’ mural. (Miami, Fl. USA)

Commissioned to create the cover of two books in Spanish: “El Canto del Angel” by Raul Fabio Pino and “Una Tumba Sin Nombre” by Fernando Gril.

Mercy Hospital Professional Bldg. Exhibitions of paintings in acrylic. “Child’s Play”. (Miami, Fl.)

Executive National Bank of Kendall. Exhibition of paintings in acrylic. “Childhood”. (Miami, Fl.)