In-Depth Coverage By Miami's Top Arts Journalists
Following a 40-year career at the Miami Herald, Christine Dolen, the daily newspaper’s now retired theater critic has found a new home at Artburst Miami. As the arts media bureau has launched its theater section, gaining her insight and knowledge of South Florida theater is an incredible asset. The feeling we found out, is mutual. “I’m thrilled to be writing
The pARTnership Movement campaign initiated by Americans for the Arts focuses primarily on eight key reasons why business and arts partnerships are so
Diana Dunbar was a voracious reader from a very young age and while all the kids in her neighborhood were outside playing, she was content to be inside with her nose
Think how many times you’ve sat in your car and watched the N.E. Second Avenue’s drawbridge at the Miami River open and close. It’s one of those mundane, almost daily occurrences that all Downtown Miami commuters must deal with. The
Wanting to provide a cultural outlet to travelers passing through Miami International Airport, Yolanda Sanchez, director of Airport Fine Arts & Cultural Affairs, was inspired to create a rotating exhibition program at the airport in 1995. Her inspiration came when she realized that this was the wave of the future and at the time, the only such program in the country was in San Francisco. After this, many airports around the country followed suit and now most of them have these programs. As the liaison for the Miami-Dade County Art in Public Places program, Sanchez explains that in that program, the art is integrated into the architecture and is permanent. At the airport, the exhibits might last three or four months. “We started out with one designated gallery and have grown to our current five galleries. We’ve also incorporated community, video, and performance programs, it has really grown tremendously,” she
Design and Architecture High School graduate and 2008 YoungArts winner in Visual Arts James Allister Sprang served as moderator for the YoungArts Salon Discussion with legendary hip-hop pioneer, visual artist, and filmmaker Fab 5 Freddy (Fred Braithwaite). In a capacity-filled room, the crowd gathered to listen and take a trip through the life of Fab 5 Freddy, who through his charismatic storytelling made everyone laugh and clap. That was in part thanks to Sprang, a master interviewer and clearly a
“Miami Music Project uses music as an instrument for social transformation, empowering children to acquire values and achieve their full potential, positively affecting their society through the study and performance of music.” That is the powerful and encouraging mission statement of this organization, established in 2008 by James Judd, former director of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra with additional support from a Knight Arts Challenge Grant, various government grants, foundation donations, corporate contributions, and in-kind services.
In a small intimate space along North Miami’s West Dixie Highway, the Performing Arts Network (PAN) and its founder Ilisa Rosal of Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, presented a mixed bag of dance groups during the Choreographer’s Showcase. On the bill were Tango Axis, pantomime performer Nina Martin, Atma Dance, and Rosal’s own Ballet Flamenco La
Timing their Breakfast With the Arts & Technology Industry with the opening day of the MIA/Animation conference at Miami-Dade College Wolfson’s new Miami Animation & Gaming International Complex (MAGIC) was ingenious by the Arts & Business Council of Miami. The morning kicked off with an Expo Area that was buzzing with a variety of tech