ATELIER 1022 Gallery hosts 2nd Edition of LITERĂ

An evening for independent writers, art, and documentary film

Miami Beach, March 16, 2012 – ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery is pleased to announce the 2nd edition of LITERĂ – an evening of indie book readings, documentary film, video art, and literature-inspired art installations, on April 14th, 2012, 6-11 PM. Central to the showcase are Florida indie writers C.T. Douglas, creator of the Lore Trilogy, and Carola Perla, author of the exiled artist novel Gibbin House, both of whom will be on hand to read from their works and offer insights into independent publishing. Other event highlights include:

1. “Homeless in Los Angeles” (2011) – an independent documentary film by Sergei Zelinsky and Taylor Golonka, exposing untold stories of LA’s itinerant street performers (Florida premiere)
2. Video poetry by award-winning German filmmaker Wolfgang Lehmann (Florida premiere)
3. “Spelling Bee” – a debuting paper art and light installation by plastic artist/author Carola Perla
4. Original illustrations for the children’s book Altavarania, by Ellie Perla
5. LITERĂ photograph series, including “Literary Walk” by New York photographer Susana Perla-Mendoza and “Extinction” by Carlos Rodriguez-Feo

Private reception for the artists to begin at 10 PM on ATELIER 1022’s newly opened terrace. LITERĂ coincides with the Wynwood Art Walk for the month of April, and is free to the public. ATELIER 1022 Gallery will also host a separate afternoon kids program – KINDERART – on April 14th, featuring readings from Ellie Perla’s fairytales, and an interactive art workshop led by the resident artist. The program kicks off at 2PM.

Featured LITERĂ Indie Authors

C. T. Douglas – Lore Trilogy

This phenomenal young writing talent and full-time undergraduate English major at the University of Florida was most recently honored for his fantasy novels at the 2011 New York Book Festival and the 78th annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Douglas was also a keynote speaker for the Marion County Library’s CREATE program in 2010. The Lore trilogy is a bold and exciting mesh of fantasy, historical fiction, and science fiction that starts with A Pirate’s Charm – the first volume in the tale of young Molly Bishop and her search across the seven seas for werewolves, vampires, and a magical destiny as the most powerful sorceress in the world. www.LoreTrilogy.com

Carola Perla – Gibbin House

The Romanian-born author and plastic artist bases her historic novel Gibbin House, which depicts the struggles of exiled artists in 1949 London, on her own extensive immigrant experiences throughout Europe and the Americas. Ms. Perla, who holds degrees in Art History and German Literature from Florida State University, extends this theme in her multi-lingual word-oriented paper and light installations, like “Off the Page”, which debuted during Art Basel Miami 2011. Upcoming projects include the installation “Spelling Bee” (April 2012) and the novel Humboldt’s Riches, a semi-autobiographical story set in the Peruvian Amazon at the time of the first Shining Path insurgency.

About ATELIER 1022
ATELIER 1022 recreates the sense of an artistic community in a public space. ATELIER 1022 permanent exhibit showcases an array of fine art photography, paintings, and mixed media works from resident artists Ellie Perla, Susana Perla-Mendoza, and Carlos Rodriguez-Feo, and aspires to capture the gallery’s art community concept with a collection of elaborate canvases, dynamic color prints, and examples of rare photo processes. ATELIER 1022 invites art lovers to join in and celebrate beauty, colors, and rhythms in a place where art is made and polyglot gossip resounds off the walls. Future art exhibits for 2012 are planned around such themes as: steam punk art and photo exhibit; documentary photography and short films; fairytale books and young art; the history of photography; 3-D photography; illustrations, and many more. ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery is located in Miami’s Wynwood Art District. Address: 2732 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33127. Websites: www.ElliePerla.com; www.MotiFotos.com; www.CJ-Photo.net; and www.ATELIER1022.com; Tel: 786-385-6066; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Media kits with further information on the gallery and high resolution photographs are available upon request.

MEDIA CONTACT: Carola Perla, Tel: 786-385-6066; E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it