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With Downtown Art Days set to take over Downtown Miami Sept. 19-21, the Blink Group Gallery, a marketing firm for visual artists, is putting out a Call for Artists for the Mary Brickell Village Arts Festival taking place during Art Days. DowntownMiami.com and Blink Group are presenting the arts festival as a vehicle to capitalize on the cultural vibe that
With innovative groups always looking at new ways to connect with audiences and reach new people, the Indie Film Club Miami has devised
ARTBURST BLOG www.ArtBurstMiami.com MEET THE ARTBURST WRITERS: TRACY FIELDS August 13, 2014 By Josie Gulliksen Already a well-established Miami radio personality thanks to her show Evenin’ Jazz on WLRN, Tracy Fields
ARTBURST BLOG www.ArtBurstMiami.com MEET THE ARTBURST WRITERS: GUILLERMO PEREZ August 8, 2014 By Josie Gulliksen As an avid reader and fan of arts journalism since his high school days, Guillermo Perez found himself devouring arts journalism and reviews of theater, dance
The Open Call for Applications for Cannonball’s 2015 Local Residency ends at 5:00 p.m. on August 4. That’s the last chance artists of all disciplines including curators, museum professionals, scholars, and other cultural producers from the music and dance world currently based in Miami-Dade County to put their names in the pool for residency in Cannonball’s facility. The 11.5 month residency lasts from January 5 to December 20, 2015. Those chosen will live and work in the facility for that duration. They will receive a subsidized private 600-square-foot live/work studio, complimentary Internet access, all utilities, and one on-street parking space. Those who are chosen for a residency will share the floor that includes a full kitchen, laundry facilities, laundry facilities, and dining and lounge areas. Each studio is single occupancy with no pets allowed. Residents pay a subsidized rent of $450 for all these amenities. The selection committee includes Amanda
ARTBURST BLOG www.ArtBurstMiami.com Round Up: Workshop on Creating Participatory Art in Miami July 28, 2014 By Josie Gulliksen The creative juices flowed during the recent event Open Creativity: A Workshop on Participatory Art in Miami hosted by creative think tank group Miami Whereby.Us and held at the Miami Center for Architecture & Design. Co-hosting the event were the Arts & Business Council of Miami, the Knight Foundation, and the Miami Foundation. As the audience gathered at the interactive event,
ARTBURST BLOG www.ArtBurstMiami.com Bartering Globetrotter Shantanu Starick Shares Travel Stories July 24, 2014 By Josie Gulliksen Professional photographer Shantanu Starick, a native Australian, concocted an idea in 2012 to experiment with the possibility of getting to every continent in the world without buying a single thing. He made a recent stop in Miami to discuss his project, hosting a talk at the Futurama art space in Little Havana. The idea for his project was to trade
ARTBURST BLOG www.ArtBurstMiami.com ScreenDance Fest and Inkub8 are Perfect Match July 11, 2014 By Josie Gulliksen When seasoned arts veteran Mary Luft, director of Tigertail Productions, South Florida’s longest running presenting and producing organization, was seeking an artistic director for her ScreenDance Festival, she tapped New World School alumni and screen dance innovator Marissa Alma
ARTBURST BLOG www.ArtBurstMiami.com July 10, 2014 By Josie Gulliksen Grants are the lifeline for many arts organizations, but understanding the lengthy and often complicated process of finding, researching, and applying for them is a necessary evil — one that overwhelms and stresses most people. Thanks to James Echols and his Life is Art organization,