In-Depth Coverage By Miami's Top Arts Journalists
Forging partnerships and collaborations between arts and hospitality industry executives has always been the mission of the Arts & Business Council of Miami’s annual Breakfast with the Arts & Hospitality. Now in its 10th year, the foursome line-up of speakers packed the house at the Hotel Inter-Continental, led George Neary, associate vice president of Cultural Tourism for the Greater Miami
The Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Department is offering Miami-Dade practicing, professional and emerging artists the opportunity to further their professional development through their
Speakers and panelists stressed the importance of social media and how to navigate the various platforms at last month’s Arts & Business Council Miami’s Social Media Workshop, underscoring the ever-changing nature
The memories of a culture-filled upbringing go back — way back — for singer/dancer/writer Miguel A. Estefan, Jr. So much in fact that he thinks it was in his toddler years, but he’s not quite sure. He recalls being enrolled
A visual arts veteran and pioneer of two of Miami’s long-standing, established visual arts venues, George Fishman is a welcome addition to the impressive list of Artburst writers. He spent 25 years into the late 1990s working in traditional mosaics, creating commissioned works for hospitality and religious clients and was involved in the startup of the Bakehouse Art Complex and the ArtCenter/South Florida. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he studied painting and art history, George’s career as an arts writer is extensive. He has written for trade publications, done presentations at conferences in the U.S. and abroad, and currently freelances for the Miami Herald. His strength as a arts writer comes from extensive time spent recording conversations with curators, designers, writers, dealers, administrators, and studio artists about their challenges and accomplishments. “I aired these interviews on a weekly Web-based radio show and archived them on the MosaicOfArt.com,”
Following on the heels of Miami’s month-long April poetry extravaganza that is O Miami Poetry comes the Artists Embassy International 17th Annual Dancing Poetry Festival. Participants submit as many 40-line poems in English or translated to English, as they wish (there is no limit to number of entries). They must send two typed, clear copies of each entry and include the entrants name, address, phone number and e-mail and how they heard about the contest. Fee is $5 for one
As a full-time philosophy professor at Miami Dade College for nine years, a long-time writer and critic for numerous publications, and a new writer to Artburst, Octavio Roca’s diverse professional background is something he draws on when encouraging his students to stay flexible with their future plans. He named Latino Educator of the Year in Arts & Letters by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. At Emory University he received his undergraduate degree
Arts audiences may be accustomed to experimental works in visual arts and dance, but when it comes to music, acceptance of and understanding it still leaves folks perplexed. At least that’s what experimental musician Dan Dickinson thinks. “I think the art-going public is very accustomed to boundary-stretching visual art and dance, but they may not
Speaking to a room filled with representatives from all spectrums of the arts world, nine experts — from the museum, advertising, public relations, professional sports, financial and condo development fields — presented the workshop “What Counts in Corporate Sponsorship.” The event was held at the Adrienne Arsht Center and hosted by the Miami Arts Marketing