"Art Starts in the Grove" is back for another year

Coconut Grove is joining the Art Basel weekend again this year with "Art Starts in the Grove," which is Saturday, December 3, which will be during the First Saturday Gallery Walk.

The Mayfair is ground zero from 7 to 10 pm. There are three main events. Manuel Carbonell sculptures will be displayed at one end of the Mayfair Atrium. Carbonell, who recently passed away at age 93, has been compared to Rodin, Henry Moore and Brancusi to name a few.

He's considered the last Cuban modern master sculptor. People like Gloria Estefan and Burt Reynolds collect his work. His work is at the mouth of the Miami River at the Brickell Bridge.

Patrick Farrell, well known Miami Herald photographer, will have his award-winning photographs shown at the Hunter Gallery, I passed by today and they were hanging the work. Many of his Haitian works will be recognized by Herald readers. Patrick won a Pulitzer Prize for the featured Haitian work.

Duncan McClellan's blown glass (shown here) is a popular feature each year at the Coconut Grove Arts Festival, and it's featured at the Festival Gallery this weekend and through December. Duncan's work won Best of the Best at the Arts Festival. His newest pieces will be on display. He uses a one of a kind process which enables imagery inside and on the surface to juxtapose combined images and articulate a complete message or idea.

All of the Coconut Grove Galleries will be open for Gallery Walk on Saturday night.

There will be live music, food and lots of art to see, it's all open and free to the public on Saturday night.