Mission:
Dorsch Gallery's program reflects the intersection of tastes and interests in the partnership of gallery founder Brook Dorsch and director Tyler Emerson-Dorsch. Together they represent emerging, mid-career and established artists and seek to present powerful and insightful exhibitions. Mr. Dorsch and Ms. Emerson-Dorsch seek to instigate a greater understanding and appreciation of what the arts can do, instilling in Miamians, by example, the importance of art patronage. With more than 3600 square feet of exhibition space, the gallery presents an ambitious program including solo presentations by gallery and visiting artists, lectures, and shows by visiting curators.
Widely acknowledged as a pioneer of Miami's art district Wynwood, Brook Dorsch was the first to move a commercial gallery to the then run-down warehouse district in 2000. His contributions span from organizing over 300 exhibitions, including those of large-scale sculpture and installations, to hosting important concerts and performances. He was co-founder of Sites Miami, an exhibition of outdoor sculpture at Lummus Park, Miami. He has been a board member of Tigertail Productions, and he was one of the founding members of the Wynwood Arts District. He is currently on the board of ISAW (Interdisciplinary Sound Arts Workshop).
Tyler Emerson-Dorsch joined the gallery in late 2008, after earning an MA from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. Ms. Emerson-Dorsch curated Classroom, a program of lectures and events in a flex space at Dorsch Gallery in 2008; nota bene, a group show at Dorsch Gallery in 2009; John Sanchez's MFA show at the Frost Museum at FIU; and The Importance of Daydreams, a group show in 2009 at World Class Boxing, the project space for Dennis and Debra Scholl's collection. She collaborated with Mr. Dorsch in putting together a thirty-year survey of Robert Thiele's work at Dorsch Gallery in 2009.
