Join The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery for an evening of art, conversation, and exploration as it celebrates the opening of Hyphenated Encounters on Thursday, September 17, 2026, from 6–8:30 p.m. at The Frank, located at 601 City Center Way. Light refreshments will be served.
A collaborative exhibition between The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery and Deering Estate, Hyphenated Encounters offers the most comprehensive presentation of Cuban American artist Lilian Garcia-Roig’s work to date. Bringing together a career-spanning survey with a focused presentation of work created during her 2024 Deering Estate Artist-in-Residence residency, the exhibition traces more than three decades of artistic practice while exploring the artist’s enduring engagement with landscape, place, and belonging.
Presented across two distinct but interconnected curatorial projects, Hyphenated Encounters: A Practice of Place, curated by Sophie Bonet, Chief Curator of The Frank C. Ortis Art Gallery, traces more than three decades of Garcia-Roig's evolving relationship to place through paintings and mixed-media works. Deering Estate Residency: Lilian Garcia-Roig, Site, and the Labor of Belonging, curated by Liliam Dominguez, Head Curator of Deering Estate, centers on work developed during the artist's 2024 residency, highlighting her site-responsive approach to painting through new works and an accompanying short film by fellow Artist-in-Residence Jorge Gonzalez Graupera.
Hyphenated Encounters will be on view at The Frank from September 17 to January 17, 2027. Admission is free and open to the public Wednesday to Sunday from 11 AM to 5 PM.