In-Depth Coverage By Miami's Top Arts Journalists
The Knight Foundation continues to be a lifeline for artists creating new work, especially during these unprecedented times of COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions. Now more than ever the need is wide and deep. The Knight New Work 2020 grant provides a vital new funding opportunity for the arts. “This program is rooted in the current circumstances and what we saw
Pictured here, Brea Jones Artburst is impacting the future of arts journalism. The Artburst Arts Journalism Mentoring Project was conceived as an opportunity
Their newest EP, Culebra, released February 28, 2020 on Spotify is slow and heartfelt, and adorned with hypnotic beats and several classic guitar solos (Spotify, n.d.).
“If you ever felt disenfranchised or a sense of injustice, this image honors that and also the memory and the legacy of the late John Lewis and his poem by Langston Hughes. All of it speaks to a greater truth.”
They thrive on the unexpected. Challenges are nothing new. But like most in the arts community, the Society Circus Players are left reeling from the effects of the Covid19 pandemic.
Performance from the 2018 Summer Theatre Fest Reading Series. Photo by Andie Arthur Curtains down and empty seats put a slight dent in the South Florida Theatre League’s annual Summer Theatre Fest, but it did not stop them. Creativity kicked in and they re-named it Quarantine Theatre Fest, pivoting to showcase what local theaters are featuring online. “At the time we were planning the festival, we thought we would safely be able to open,” said Andie Arthur, executive director of
When faced with the decision of how to present this year’s Writers Institute, director Marci Cancio-Bello, who is also program coordinator of the Miami Book Fair, knew the decision would be to move forward somehow.
“Art is the only thing that will remain to remind people of this time after the protests have wound down,” declared muralist Kyle Holbrook.
Miami and its powerful Real Estate industry has been a game-changer for the Arts.