Amanda Linares Artist Reception Celebrates Summer Residency at MOAD at MDC
MIAMI, FL — The Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at Miami Dade College invites the public to an artist reception celebrating the summer residency of Cuban-born visual artist Amanda Linares on Saturday, July 18, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the MDC Kendall Campus Art Gallery.
The reception offers visitors an opportunity to meet the artist, learn about her multidisciplinary practice, and experience the culmination of a residency that has transformed the gallery into an active studio and collaborative learning environment.
Throughout the summer term, Linares has created new work while engaging with Miami Dade College students, campus groups, and members of the public. Designed to foster dialogue between artists and audiences, the residency invites visitors into the creative process, encouraging conversations about multidisciplinary artmaking, artistic experimentation, and the role of the artist within educational institutions.
Amanda Linares (Havana, 1989) is a Cuban-born visual artist who lives and works in Miami. Her artistic practice expands like branches, embracing a wide range of media, including drawing, graphic design, installation, photography, and mixed-media works. She earned a technical degree in printmaking from the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts in Havana and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the New World School of the Arts in Miami.
Influenced by literature and spatial awareness, Linares constructs poetic visual narratives that investigate identity, displacement, absence, memory, and reconnection. Through reflection, transparency, revelation, found objects, and typographic interventions, she creates immersive works that invite viewers to reconsider the relationship between language, space, and personal experience. Although her practice continues to evolve, it remains deeply rooted in exploring universal human experiences through an intimate and multidisciplinary approach.
Since completing her studies, Linares has exhibited at the Deering Estate, the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, the Orlando Museum of Art, and Oolite Arts, among other institutions and cultural venues.
The residency reflects MOAD’s ongoing commitment to supporting artists by providing resources, creative space, and opportunities for meaningful public engagement. By opening the studio to visitors, the program highlights artistic experimentation, interdisciplinary practice, and the importance of dialogue between artists and their communities.
Refreshments will be served during the reception.
Free parking is available in the Miami Dade College Kendall Campus parking lot adjacent to the gallery.
Event Details
Amanda Linares Artist Reception
Saturday, July 18, 2026
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
MDC Kendall Campus Art Gallery
Building M-123
11011 SW 104th Street
Miami, FL 33176
Please note that MOAD may photograph or record the event and its attendees. By entering the venue, visitors consent to the use of photographs, video, and audio recordings for promotional and educational purposes.
MOAD’s exhibitions and public programs are made possible through the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, the State of Florida Division of Arts and Culture, and the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Image: Amanda Linares in her studio, 2025. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Mateo Serna Zapata.
