News from the Ignatian Center for the Arts
New Year brings new focus to the Saladrigas Gallery and the Roca Theater.
The Gallery will feature an exhibit titled, "He Shot It" by Assistant Athletic Director Victor Arrieta '95. The show will feature a breathtaking exhibit with a wide range of photographs that he has taken over the last 20 years. The exhibit will run from now until February 4. Please join us on January 17 at 7:30 p.m. for an Artist reception and on February 3 for a Gallery Night. Please RSVP or call the ICA Office at 786-621-4624 for more information.
On February 2 and 4 we will turn the Roca Theater into a cinema! The Roca Theater will be home to the South Florida premier of the film “Ignacio De Loyola,” a historical drama based on the memoirs of St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order. Students will watch the film on February 2 during the school day. Admission is free on February 4 at 7:30 p.m. but RSVP is required. Please RSVP to mdemola@belenjesuit.org or call the Alumni Office at 786-621-4674.
As we get closer to Tombola the Archdiocese of Miami High School Invitational will also be housed at the Saladrigas Gallery. The show features artwork created by students attending various high schools in the Archdiocese of Miami. “This exhibit highlights some of our very talented high school artists,” said Ignacio Font, Belen Jesuit Art Teacher and Exhibit Coordinator. “This event also brings together various Catholic High Schools that typically meet over an athletic event and are able to see each other in a different creative light.”
In March, we will turn our attention once again to the Roca Theater stage for the spring musical, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.”
BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain. The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline. In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty. The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow. Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.