The nearly tangible nature of Cuban-native Enrique Gomez de Molina’s hybrid creatures fascinated him into bringing this body of work into fruition. The curious and exotic nature of the artist’s sculptures is meant to be both fascinating and humorous. The fantastic, unrealistic qualities serve as a visual experience for the viewer and himself.
Award winning artist Aleloop is former Sr. Art Director of Vh1, Nickelodeon and LOGO Latin America. She launched Vh1 and LOGO for Latin America for six countries gaining 18 million viewers in two years; and re-launched Nickelodeon in Latin America bringing it to 1st place in rankings for kids’ channels.
Miami resident Clifton Childree is a filmmaker/artist who in 2003 completed his six-year solo feature film project, The Flew, which Cashiers Du Cinemart Magazine named as one of the top 50 Midnight Movies made in the last ten years. In 2004 Childree received the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship and presented an installation of The Flew at the Miami Art Museum.
Brandon Opalka, breakout artist of Miami’s contemporary art scene, joins Arts for a Better World by offering a new view of familiar objects. Opalka’s landmark mural in Wynwood depicts a tree on its side, representative of an eco-system in distress. It’s a logical evolution for the Virginia-born artist who was first attracted to graffiti art. He studied just one semester at Miami’s International Fine Arts College before setting out to be a professional. Since then he has been included in exhibits as far away as Japan and as close as the Bass Museum of Art
In concert, Jamie Cullum seems irrepressibly impish—and not just because he’s short and cute. No, it’s because he’s a whirl of energy, banging away at his piano (or any other surface), jumping on his instrument, cracking jokes, dancing … the guy oozes so much personality, you can’t help but fall in love with him.
Atlanta-based artist Greg Mike, whose “Popstars and Cokeheads” is currently showing at Wynwood’s Butter Gallery, was in the studio a couple weeks back talking about boycotting BP. “A friend of mine said a boycott wouldn’t do anything to affect the company,” said Mike, “so I decided to speak out in the best way I knew [...]
Miami has been a city in the making for decades and these days, it is television and media putting our shining streets on the map. That said, it’s clear why Carla Kaufman-Sloan and Chris Sloan packed their belongings and came to Miami to open their multifaceted production company, 2C Media. Carla got her start in [...]
Through the eyes of the beholder, beauty can easily be captured behind the lens of a camera, or at least that is how Miami born Aaron Davidson takes the escapades of his surrounding world. The twenty year old Miami/Dade College student adapted to the concepts of cinematography by exploring his creativity with a camera during [...]
