Artburst Extras

Steinway & Sons goes Virtual with Lun...

Written By Nevena Stanić Kovačević

In these times of pandemic, digital platforms have been providing a cherished open window into some of the most renowned institutions and their art collections and performances.

Portia Dunkley, Music of the Unsung Americ...

Written By Rolando Tate

Music of the Unsung America is intended to be an “annual multi-event concert and conversation series that will feature culturally diverse chamber and orchestral ensembles, which spotlights works by Black composers and utilizing historic Black spaces as performance venues..."

Miami artist Marina Font’s powerful images...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

Miami artist Marina Font whose work is featured in the national traveling exhibition “A Yellow Rose Project.” Photo courtesy of Marina Font. 2020 has no doubt been one of the most

Dance Review: Witnessing contemporary leap...

Written By Marialexia Hernandez

Contemporary dance is a fusion of dance styles that combines classical technique and unconventional abstract movement. Duet and solos passionately exposed battles within themselves streamed from the stage in an empty theater space.

Miami artist Brandy Swope’s colorful Miami...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

Local artist Brandy Swope brought her keen eye and represented Miami with a bright, colorful mural on Miami Beach.

Faena Art Offers Virtual Arts Courses to Y...

Written By Jonel Juste

Alexandre Arrechea, one of the Faena Art’s Artists, teaching children before the pandemic. Photo courtesy of Faena Art Faena District Miami Beach is offering engaging and innovative virtual Art Courses to young students 12-18 years old. Launched this fall, students now have the opportunity to participate in a range of classes led by artists of Faena Art’s Artist in Residence program. “We are living in a time where we are challenged to stimulate the mind in ways that we haven’t

New Grant helps Camillus House Art Therapy...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

The Art Therapy program aligns with Camillus House’s aim to reach and meet the homeless in Miami-Dade County and lift them out of their circumstance by providing programs and services with compassionate hospitality and respect...

Live Arts Miami brings artists and organiz...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

“We were driven to create a dynamic event that served both the Miami Dade College and wider Miami community as part of ICED's efforts during National Voter Education Week."

Miami Book Fair’s switch to virtual means ...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

November in Miami means one thing for book lovers, the annual Miami Book Fair.

Delicate flower print installation adorns ...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

The high-resolution scan captured the plants and the actual sunlight read by the scanner in the moment, creating abstraction and digital interruptions in the images. Living in this moment of tension between the digital and real world, Cristina was inspired to try to digitally capture the ever-changing phenomena of nature in an image.

The Different Cultures of Miami Allow for ...

Written By Brea Jones

Singer Carole Carole Ann Taylor photographed by Leesa Richards. In 1972 Carole Ann Taylor made her first trip to Miami Beach when she traveled there as a delegate to attend both the Democratic and Republican Conventions. “On Miami Beach and Ocean Drive all you could see were senior citizens sitting on porches where all the

Frost Science Museum answers parent’s need...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

The Pods program was created so that until schools reopen, students from kindergarten through fifth grade K – 5 can come to the Museum to complete their daily virtual school program while under the supervision of a Frost Science Educator.

Frost Art Museum FIU offers exhibitions fo...

Written By Brea Jones

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum will debut new exhibition on September 26 running through January  3, 2021 titled, “House to House: Women, Politics, and Place.”  

 Actress finds her place in a virtual worl...

Written By Marialexia Hernandez

With live performance virtually coming to a halt when the pandemic hit, artists who are used to getting their energy from live audiences now face a different way of working.