Arts Biz Blog

Ailey Camp at Adrienne Arsht Center empowe...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

When President & CEO M. John Richard arrived to head up the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts one of his first orders of business was to develop a relationship with the Alvin Ailey Dance Company. Richard had an established relationship with the company from his days at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and made creating the Alvin

​ Indie Film Cinema Profile: Meet Miami Be...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

After years studying film, attending festivals and also living in Europe for 10 years, Dana Keith decided to return to the United States

MIAMI DANCES BLOG: Marissa Alma Nick, Arti...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

MIAMI DANCES BLOG Marissa Alma Nick, Artistic Director, Alma Dance Theater By Josie Gulliksen Miami Dances features insight into traditional and nontraditional dance programs, performers and choreographers that make Miami’s dance

Yes, We Have a Magic Conference and It Liv...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

Magicians, mind readers, comedians and magician/comedians gathered at the Miami Airport Convention Center last week to wow attendees of the Fourth Annual Greater Miami Festivals & Events Association Conference & Exhibition. The day’s theme was “Event Magic – Creating the

Five Miami-Dade Students Honored as YoungA...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

The future of Miami’s arts community was well represented at the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts event recently in Washington, D.C., when students from New World School of the Arts and the Design & Architecture High School (DASH) performed and exhibited their art. The prestigious event was presented by the National YoungArts Foundation in cooperation with the Commission in Presidential Scholars and the U.S. Department of Education. The performance was directed by legendary choreographer Debbie Allen. The five students all went through the rigorous YoungArts application process and were rewarded handsomely as winners. They were from DASH Diana Eusebio, fashion design and fine arts; Cornelius Tulloch visual arts design; and Nadia Wolf, visual arts. Representing New World School of the Arts were Sean Stack and Katerina McCrimmon, both visual arts graduates. Fashion design and visual arts exhibition by YoungArts Presidential Scholars (Photo Courtesy of YoungArts) They all had

Film Lovers: $8 tickets Through June Durin...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau loves to give locals great deals so they can enjoy the best their city has to offer and for the entire month of June the focus is on film. During Miami Film Month film lovers can visit one of Miami’s art house cinemas and catch a great flick for just $8. Those include O-Cinema (Wynwood, Miami Shores and Miami Beach), Miami Beach Cinematheque, Tower Theater in Little Havana, Gables Cinema and Cosford Cinema

Children Collect Thousands of Books for Co...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

By Lisa Palley of Palley Promotes During the past year, children from our community have been selecting free books from Read to Learn Books for Free bookshelves. These books have been provided by other kids in our community. Kids helping kids. Via book drives, special events and personal donations, Read to Learn Books for Free, a literacy initiative sponsored by Miami Book Fair and The Children’s Trust, has been diligently collecting books to insure that

Arts & Business Council’s Workshops Pr...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

Presenting a re-vamped workshop series in 2016, the Arts & Business Council of Miami hosted monthly inter-connected sessions from January to May. The Council’s Miami Arts Marketing Project Steering Committee was tasked with conceptualizing the topics and bringing together moderators and panelists to make the workshops happen. Workshop topics were: January: Transformation – Digital Marketing

Actors’ Playhouse Awards Winners in the Yo...

Written By Josie Gulliksen

Eight young emerging talents with ambitious dreams of making it in the world of music, dance, and theater just got closer to having those dreams come true. They were recently chosen as winners of the 2016 Youth Talent Big Dreams Contest hosted by Actors’ Playhouse. Barbara S. Stein, executive producing director of Actors’ Playhouse at