Two
of Purvis Young’s pieces hang in the waiting area of Camillus House,
the Miami homeless shelter, on Nov. 21, 2014. Seated are clients, left
to right, Rhonda Dixon, Rhoda Mae Lopez and Antonio Frontela. Al Diaz MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Monday, December 1, 2014
Funding Arts Broward Invites New Members - posted by FFAB
Funding Arts Broward Invites New Members
to Join in a Passion for the Arts
Florida Youth Orchestra demonstrates the benefits of music with impact to the community
to Join in a Passion for the Arts
Florida Youth Orchestra demonstrates the benefits of music with impact to the community
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
– Recently, Florida
Youth Orchestra (FYO) serenaded more
than 80 FAB! members and their guests at Fort Lauderdale’s Tower Club.
With the city and the ocean in the backdrop from 28 floors up, this
group
with high energy and purpose, mixed and mingled to the classical sounds
of four
students demonstrating that music is good for confidence, comradery and
the
human spirit. FYO's Musical Director Steven Burnes shared ways and means
that
music affects lives, and particularly children. Five new members were
welcomed into
this Who's Who Monday luncheon that celebrated
the arts and the accomplishments of FAB! One hundred percent of membership dues
are contributed through grants to arts organizations that present at venues
throughout the county and enhance our community.
In eleven years, Funding Arts
Broward (FAB!) has distributed more than $2 million to the arts. "The one
thing we in this room all agree upon, I think I can say with conviction,” says FAB!
President Drazia Rubenstein, "is that the arts are important to us as
individuals, as a community and indeed to society as a whole." The four
young musicians, Chase Cueto, Erin Gotlieb, Ethan Foreman and Abby Hart, performed a soft, classical rendition after the meal that
confirmed any doubt, that the audience or Rubenstein may have had about her
statement.
New members enjoyed their first
FAB! luncheon of the season and shared how they too would like to be more
involved. “We hope to continue to integrate and mix our membership demographics
with more, younger members, male members and culturally diverse members,” says
Rubenstein, “in order to truly represent Broward County, and the artistic
talent and audience that we are working towards nurturing in the NEXT ten
years.”
Annually, Funding Arts Broward holds special FAB!
Fun events in order to share with their members the special cultural
experiences. It might be a back stage tour at Broward Center for the Performing
Arts or a tour of a private art
collector. FAB! fun events provide unique opportunities for members and their
guests to experience the arts in our community, and have a first-hand look at
their membership donations at work.
Through an efficient and effective process for determining grant eligibility and funding, FAB! has created a community of like-minded, art loving individuals who have joined together as advocates of visual and performing arts.
The program is created through a sustainable funding pool supported by annual contributions by members - individuals ($1000) and corporate ($3,500), is managed through an accurate and transparent accounting system. Every cent of the membership fee is distributed to the arts through grants. Members feel that this money has a direct economic impact, as well as an impact on the quality of life, community value and arts education; and that it is an endeavor rich with reward, for the future, for the fabric of the community and for the children, through arts education. Also, FAB! is the recipient of a Knight Foundation Challenge Grant that allowed the funding of eight additional FAB! Knight New Work Projects in Broward County in the past three years.
Through an efficient and effective process for determining grant eligibility and funding, FAB! has created a community of like-minded, art loving individuals who have joined together as advocates of visual and performing arts.
The program is created through a sustainable funding pool supported by annual contributions by members - individuals ($1000) and corporate ($3,500), is managed through an accurate and transparent accounting system. Every cent of the membership fee is distributed to the arts through grants. Members feel that this money has a direct economic impact, as well as an impact on the quality of life, community value and arts education; and that it is an endeavor rich with reward, for the future, for the fabric of the community and for the children, through arts education. Also, FAB! is the recipient of a Knight Foundation Challenge Grant that allowed the funding of eight additional FAB! Knight New Work Projects in Broward County in the past three years.
For further information on FAB! and more details on becoming a member, visit fundingartsbroward.org or call 954-353-7673.
For art aficionados, a new Wynwood emerges to the north - posted by FFAB
Gallery owner Karla Ferguson views a work by artist Tim Okamura, titled “Represent,” at the Yeelen Gallery. Al Diaz MIAMI HERALD STAFF
For art aficionados, a new Wynwood emerges to the north
By Anne Tschida and Jane Wooldridge
jwooldridge@MiamiHerald.com
For art aficionados bound for Art Basel Miami Beach and this week’s other fairs, the private museums and galleries of the Wynwood Art District will be high on the must-see list. By midweek, the juice bars, coffee shops and craft breweries surrounding the Wynwood Walls street-art enclave will be as busy as Lincoln Road.
What Wynwood visitors may not find are the artists who helped shape the neighborhood into a global hotspot. Many of them — and a handful of gallerists — have headed north, renting studios amid the botanicas, sugarcane vendors and discount clothiers of Little Haiti and the track-side stretch of warehouses known as the Little River Business District.
Artists including Edouard Duval-Carrie, Emmett Moore, Agustina Woodgate, Carlos Betancourt and Bhakti Baxter find the vibe there — and the prices – just right for studios and, in some cases, even living space.
When Moore returned to Miami from college a few years ago, he immediately gravitated to Little River, where he worked a decade ago as a high school artist. “It’s kind of quiet and off the grid. You could get a big space for cheap,” he said — size being critical for his large furniture pieces. Rents range around $8 to $12 per square foot.
For Moore, Wynwood was never an option. Finding any commercial space for less than $40 per square foot is now nearly impossible, said Realtor Tony Cho of Metro 1 Properties. And with many artists moving elsewhere, the energy wasn’t right for Moore.
As for Little River, “Right now, it’s a really good community, where you can collaborate with other artists and feed off each other.”
Betancourt agrees. After working in Wynwood, Opa-locka and El Portal, Betancourt last week purchased land for a home/studio in Little River, where he will be able to create both two-dimensional artworks and sculptures.
“There’s an organic feeling of the way it is progressing ... there’s a very careful planning behind it, with special consideration to the artists,” Betancourt said. “This is always very fragile. The bigger developers with big ideas can come in too soon, and that can jeopardize the organic feeling. They are extremely aware of that."
Find the whole Miami Herald article here
Whether you call it Little Haiti, Little River, Lemon City, MiMo or the Historic Upper East Side this part of Miami is attracting lots of attention. With rents lows and large spaces available this could be the perfect next hot area. I know of two artists that have recently moved into new space and love the area. I'll have to make a side trip during Art Basel week to see what all the fuss is about. GL
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