In-Depth Coverage By Miami's Top Arts Journalists
Throughout her career, Kathryn Garcia has been devoted to creating live cultural experiences that bring communities together, with a particular interest in celebrating diverse cultural traditions and providing meaningful educational experiences for the public. Prior to joining Miami Dade College, Garcia served as director of programming at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, where she was responsible for
Every year, for the past 13 years, Miami’s Cultural Arts Community gathers to celebrate, honor, and recognize its change makers, thought leaders and
Miami Art Week was the ideal time to host a discussion on The Arts in America and Cultural Policy, an event presented by Americans for the Arts, The Miami-Dade County Department
Before arriving in Miami Beach in 1986, James Quinlan was a New York City- based booking agent, producing tours for groundbreaking international music artists of the 1980’s from Brazil, Africa, the Caribbean and US. He brought his expertise here where
Miami’s arts leaders gathered at The Sandrell Rivers Theatre in Liberty City recently to learn more about the Institute of Financial Wellness for the Arts, a newly formed organization with a mission to empower financial sustainability for artists, professionals and non-profit arts groups. IFWA was founded by Darren Sussman; his brother Erik Sussman serves as Chairman. The event was presented by the South Florida Theatre League. Their President, Andie Arthur, introduced the Sussman brothers prior to their informative presentation. Darren is past President and Co-founder of both TheaterMania and Ovation Tix. “In times of acute financial pressure, rising costs and reductions in public funding for the arts, it’s never been more important for artists and arts professionals to take self-ownership for their own individual financial security.” In his portion of the presentation, he shared his experience of founding TheaterMania when he was a 27 year old musician. “I come from
“Art is the healthiest way to suggest radical positions.” Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Creative Time Summit’ Miami, 2018 Hosted by Art in Public Places Miami-Dade, the 11th Creative Time Summit, an annual convening for thinkers, dreamers, and doers working at the intersection of art and politics, was held in Miami for the first time in November. For a few days the summit bridged the various siloed communities of our city. Following an artsy opening reception at the Perez Art Museum on Friday evening,
Being open and honest as a performer is the ideal way to truly connect with an audience, which was the subject that Amanda Crider tackled at a recent Creative Mornings event. Crider is an opera singer who founded Illuminarts, a concert series that combines art and music with performances at museums and galleries, in 2013. She jokingly kicked off her talk saying “politics and online dating are two things most people aren’t honest about.” Following
Bursting onto Miami’s theater scene, Michel Hausmann introduced Miami New Drama with the classic “Our Town” and the very Miami-centric “Queen of Basel,” at the legendary Colony Theater on Lincoln Road, where they are the resident company. Hausmann, a Venezuelan-born theater director, producer, and writer, wrote and directed “The Golem of Havana,” a critically-acclaimed original
The term “starving artist” is something too many creatives in Miami know all too well. Recently, a trio of artists, all of whom have carved out a successful career for themselves, came together on a panel to discuss Art & Community at HistoryMiami. The panel was moderated by Dr. Jacek J. Kolasinski, director of Ratcliffe