The Cultured Cup
Deering Estate presents The Cultured Cup, a series of artist talks inside the Deering Estate theater. The Cultured Cup will promote Deering Estate’s Studio and Non-Studio Artists-in-Residence community through hosting a morning interview about AIR’s off-campus exhibitions. This program is geared towards providing a platform to connect different Art and Cultural Organizations in Miami.
This iteration of The Cultured Cup will feature AIR Gretchen Scharnagl and a discussion about her recent exhibition Entangled in the Mangroves: Florida Everglades Through Installation, on view at The Baker Museum in Naples, FL, through November. This event will take place in the Deering Estate Visitor Center Theater, with a PowerPoint featuring Gretchen’s work from her exhibition, and will include a coffee truck, Pink Elephant Coffee (https://www.pinkelephantcoffee305.com) stationed within proximity. These elements will ultimately be conducive to a refreshing, artistic and social atmosphere.
This event will take place at the Deering Estate Visitor Center Theater on Saturday, August 30th, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
(The talk starts at 11:30 a.m. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to start time. Pink Elephant Coffee will be stationed near the Deering Estate Theater, available for service from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.)
COST:
Non-members: $10 purchased online only
Deering Estate Foundation Members: FREE with online registration
Tickets/registrations are via Miami Dade County Park Link. Create your account today by clicking here. To guide you through how to register for a Miami-Dade County Park Link account to purchase your tickets, you may view an instructional PDF by clicking here.
About the Artist
Gretchen Scharnagl grew up in South Florida, beginning her archiving of nature and environmental practice in her mid-forties. She graduated with an MFA from Florida International University, where she still teaches classes in the Architecture Department, Art and Art History Department, and Honors College. “I use refuse and residue from my past bouts of consuming and upcycle the discards of others and found natural material. My art archives nature, suburban back yards, ecosystems, South Florida including Deering Estate, and our home – Earth. Experiential and research based, my practice includes reading Green Ideas by Penguin, Kinship from The Center for Humans and Nature, and Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet. I consult scientists, whose guidance supports the scientific literacy of my art. Currently playing with palimpsest-based collage, concrete poetry, scribbling, tracing, installation, and mark-making. The understanding that the environment is inseparable from human equity, I now shift toward social/environmental issues within my practice. I use the language of the humanities, poetry, poetic thought, or visual poetry. I measure success in the dialogue my work inspires. A scientist visiting my studio said, ‘You have me looking at things I’ve never looked at.’”
Photo Credits
Nesting, Gretchen Scharnagl, 2025
Photograph by Daniel Portnoy
On View at The Baker Museum
About the Deering Estate
Deering Estate, located at 16701 SW 72 Ave. in Miami, is a 21st Century house museum, cultural and ecological field station, and a national landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places, owned by the State of Florida and managed by Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department. Deering Estate is designated as one of seven Miami Dade County “Heritage Parks” which have a vital role in our community’s history, environment and in providing recreational and cultural experiences.
Cultural Arts Programming at the Deering Estate is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc.
About the Deering Estate Foundation
For those who treasure the Deering Estate, who advocate for its preservation and wish to invest in its future, the Deering Estate Foundation provides opportunities for individuals and corporations alike to partake in membership, signature events, and one-of-a-kind experiences, all in service of providing vital funding and support to the Deering Estate. Through these efforts, the foundation fulfills its mission to uphold the legacy of Charles Deering’s cherished 1920s-era property, to provide funding for the cultural, educational and recreational experiences it offers, as well as its significant scientific and archaeological endeavors to conserve its diverse flora, fauna and the eight native ecosystems that thrive on its 450 acres, and to ensure its longevity as a prized American heritage site. Established in 1989, The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc. is a community-based charitable 501(c) 3 Florida Corporation and the philanthropic partner of the Deering Estate.