Executive director of Cannonball, Christopher Cook. Photo by Tatiana Hernandez. In a four-story, 1924 industrial building in downtown Miami, creative ideas are being developed and launched. That’s only fitting, since this renovated former warehouse is the home of Cannonball. The name alludes to one of the word’s meanings as “a jump in the water with […]
Article · February 24, 2015 by Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie
Photo courtesy TU Dance. To dance. Uri Sands has carried that desire deep within his heart since he was a kid in South Miami-Dade. As he grew up, he transformed the great passion of his youth into a way of life. Like so many other burgeoning artists from South Florida looking for opportunities, though, he […]
Article · November 5, 2014 by Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie
“Unscripted Art Chat” with Zoe Strauss and Knight Foundation VP/Arts Dennis Scholl. Photo courtesy Nathan Valentine/WorldRedEye.com. In spite of the bombardment of images and information that have become a mainstay of life today, Zoe Strauss still believes in the power of that one single image that cements a moment in time and touches lives in […]
Article · September 8, 2014 by Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie
Zoe Strauss. Photo by Flickr user Susan Sarmoneta. Zoe Strauss looks at things differently. For years, the self-taught photographer, installation artist and community activist, has been capturing reality through her lens in ways that others often don’t see. Or don’t want to see. Strauss, who began her professional career as a photographer in 2000 by […]
Article · September 3, 2014 by Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie
Photo: Justin Peck and Sufjan Stevens with Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen at the National YoungArts Salon. Credit: World Red Eye. For any artist, working with a colleague can open new doors of creativity, as successful collaboration entails compromise. It is an art in itself, after all, to make it happen. And precisely on “The […]
Article · June 28, 2014 by Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie
Photo: Justin Peck and Sufjan Stevens with Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen at the National YoungArts Salon. Credit: World Red Eye. For any artist, working with a colleague can open new doors of creativity, as successful collaboration entails compromise. It is an art in itself, after all, to make it happen. And precisely on “The Art […]
Article · June 28, 2014 by Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie
Above: Sundance Knight Fellow Monica Peña. Photo credit: Flickr user Miami Film Festival. The work of up-and-coming Miami filmmaker Monica Peña is generating some serious heat. And that’s due to her cinematic debut, “Ectotherms,” a 65-minute feature film that takes this scientific term, which refers to cold-blooded organisms dependent on outside sources for warmth, and gives it a […]
Article · April 9, 2014 by Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie
Above: Robert Redford and Sibylle Szaggars Redford at the Young Arts Salon Series Wednesday night. Photo credit: World Red Eye. Winning hearts is half the battle when it comes to saving the environment, and art can be one of its strongest allies. That’s the message iconic Hollywood actor Robert Redford and his wife, artist Sibylle Szaggars […]
Article · March 14, 2014 by Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie
Sarah Niles as Chairman, Joaquina Kalukango as Cleopatra, Chivas Michael as Soothsayer and Charise Castro Smith as Iras in Antony and Cleopatra. Photo by Hugo Glendinning. Last January, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s streamlined version of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” considered by some to be the most difficult of the Shakespearean tragedies, debuted under his direction at GableStage in […]
Article · January 9, 2014 by Juan Carlos Pérez-Duthie