In-Depth Coverage By Miami's Top Arts Journalists
What better spot than hipster bar Gramps in Wynwood to host the Knight Arts Challenge’s kick-off Happy Hour. After all, this local hang out is where plenty of creative events happen. Milling around the venue that night were past winners vying for funding for new projects, newbies giving it a go for the first time, and past applicants trying again
The Arts & Business Council’s Miami Arts Marketing Workshop series kicked off on Jan. 27 at the Arsht Center. Titled “Reaching Audiences in
Performing and writing have been part of Rebekah Lanae Lengel’s life since she was just eight years old when she began performing with Voices United, a group whose mission it was
We recently posed the question about being an arts critic in what is now an age of digital media and citizen journalism to a few of our Artburst writers. Just how challenging is it to write an honest review in
The 2014 edition of Art Basel week in Miami featured the perfect marriage of arts and business. The city was alive with high-end private parties; pop up exhibitions and roving ads on cars, scooters and even people. Millions of dollars in art sales, restaurant meals, hotel rooms, and luxury car rentals exchanged hands.Beyond the dozens of satellite fairs and thousands of gallery booths catering to collectors, Miami Art Week offered a far more compelling benefit for businesses eager to court potential clients. Pacesetters from all industries and brand power houses swooned at the reach of art week. Developers, financial investment companies, tech start-ups, luxury car brandsand morecleverly leveraged the arts as a strategic imperative for business. These companies know the arts mean business. During Art Week, the Arts & Business Council of Miami hosted an Access Breakfast Forum with the Beacon Council to discuss how the arts are transforming Miami and why
The John and James L. Knight Foundation made 47 arts-based groups and organizations very happy for their prospects in 2015 by doling out a total of $2.29 million to them. With nearly 1,200 ideas submitted, the winning 47 had what it took when answering the question “What’s your best idea for the arts?” in the most compelling fashion, in just one paragraph. That was the only requirement. Well that, and some truly creative ideas. Some of the projects strive to
Nearly 50 dancers congregated on a recent Saturday morning at the Hotel Inter-Continental Miami for a shot at gracing the hotel’s outdoor digital canvas for all of 2015 as Miami’s iconic silhouette dancer. The featured dancer is set to debut on New Year’s Eve during the annual celebration and orange ball drop. This year’s winners were 20-year-old Ashlee-Ann Ramsay and 12-year-old Lucas Triana. Lucas dances at STARS Dance Studio and both were featured on Dance
On a blustery, gray afternoon at the Miami Book Fair International at Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus, a panel consisting of nine literary critics and two moderators enlightened a packed room about their role as journalists in their field in the age of the Internet. A journalist’s world is no longer just about print publications, and
Since the inception of the Miami Foundation’s Give Miami Day, there’s been a growing interest from the community to engage with the participating non-profits. Being strictly a 24-hour online-giving event, it lacked the face-to-face element people were seeking. Upon hearing that feedback, organizers at the Miami Foundation established the Give Miami Day Community Block Party