Above: Jérémy Gobé, Installation view at bassX in Miami Beach. Photo: Christiaan Lopez-Miro. This post is part of series on how Knight Arts Challenge winners have taken their arts projects from idea to fruition. You can find the entire series linked below. The thought of reaching out to, seeking help from, or working with a […]
Article · April 18, 2016 by J.C. Pérez-Duthie
Wynton Marsalis’ Abyssinian Mass exemplifies perhaps better than any other recent musical piece that it’s not just the spirit can move us, but the music as well. Originally commissioned by Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church to celebrate its 200th birthday, the piece bridged the gap between the secular and the religious by bringing together jazz, gospel, […]
Article · November 20, 2015 by J.C. Pérez-Duthie
To win a Fulbright is an honor that still, more than 60 years after the Fulbright U.S. Student Program was created, equates achievement, excellence and leadership. Andrew Hevia And those were the very qualities that made it possible for one Miami filmmaker, Andrew Hevia, to join over 1,900 other U.S. citizens awarded the grant to […]
Article · June 11, 2015 by J.C. Pérez-Duthie
Above: Alterations trailer by Juan Carlos Zaldívar For some eight years now, filmmaker, video artist and programmer Juan Carlos Zaldívar has been working on seeing his interactive short film Alterations come to fruition. Based on a script of his own, the story is in tune with what has been happening lately with the transgender community in […]
Article · June 11, 2015 by J.C. Pérez-Duthie
For decades now, the image of Miami has gone from retirement haven to paradise lost to playground of the world. It’s also sometimes viewed as a bit strange. Lucas Leyva wants to make sure it remains that way: weird. Leyva is one of the founders of the Borscht Corp., a collective of homegrown creative talents […]
Article · December 11, 2014 by J.C. Pérez-Duthie