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Art of Black Miami Podcast

As part of a continuation of year-round programming that showcases the diversity of visual arts celebrating the black diaspora, Art of Black Miami podcast series continues to highlight Miami-based artists. The monthly podcast which began April 2021 introduces one artist each month as they share their experiences and artistic expression influenced by Miami’s cultural landscape. The new summer series will culminate on September 20th with renowned artist Robert McKnight however the podcast will be a mainstay as part of our annual summer programming. The Art of Black Miami Podcast features a varied selection of emerging and experienced artists who make Miami an exciting place to live and visit. For more information about Art of Black Miami and the Podcast Series visit Art of Black Miami.

Art Circuits Features Special Edition Digital Guide Pocket Guide for Miami Art season 2021

As Greater Miami and Miami Beach gets ready for the 2021 art season Art Circuits is keeping visitors in the know with their newly produced special edition digital guide pocket guide. The guide features and highlights some of Miami’s anticipated great arts and cultural shows and events happening throughout the city including Art of Black Miami which showcases the diversity of the visual arts and the artistic and cultural landscape found in Miami's heritage neighborhoods and communities. Learn more at Art Circuits Digital Guide.

Miami Emergeing Arts Leaders - Resilience and how to Navigate Through Life's Challenges

Join the Miami Emerging Arts Leaders and Nicole R. Smith, a workforce engagement specialist and motivational speaker, for a presentation and discussion on the importance of a resilient mindset and how to activate it in the face of adversity. Nicole has more than 20 years experience in sports and entertainment, radio, TV, and the performing arts. An author, motivational speaker, and founder of Step It Up! dance organization, she currently serves as the Manager of Volunteer Services/Internship Program at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. Register here for the free September 10th virtual event. Registration closes September 9th at 5 PM; Zoom link will be emailed the day prior to the meeting.

25th Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival

The Inffinito Brazilian Film Festival celebrates 25 years in 2021 with a broad event, in a hybrid format, from September 4th to the 18th. As vaccination progress, Miamians and New Yorkers will be able to attend the film screenings and outdoor concerts.

6th Annual Virgen de la Caridad Collective Exhibit

Futurama 1637 Art Galleries presents the 6th Annual Virgen de la Caridad Collective Exhibit from September 7-30 with a reception on September 10th from 4-8 p.m. For more information, contact: Pati Vargas at 305.972.5774.

Jazz Under a Simple Tree at the Ward: Music & Community Story Gathering

Join us on September 18th for a free evening of jazz and food, and share your story! At the first in a series of Story Gathering Saturdays, the WPHL team is partnering with Hampton Art Lovers to collect and preserve the oral histories of African-American families of the Great Migration. We will spend the evening gathering community stories at the Historic Rooming House Gallery, home to the current exhibition One Way Ticket: Movement, Migrations and Liberty, featuring the work of Langston Hughes & Jacob Lawrence. Register here.

Funding for Individual Artists

Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs:

Artist Access (ART) Grants Program
Roxana Barba / Roxana.Barba@miamidade.gov
Carlos Caballero / info@fundarte.us info@fundarte.us

FY 2021-2022 – Artist Access Grants Program – Fall Cycle
Application Deadline: September 20, 2021, 11:59 PM
Funded by Miami-Dade County and offered in partnership with FUNDarte, the Artist Access Grant Program is designed to assist practicing, professional artists in any medium or discipline residing in Miami-Dade County pursue opportunities that will advance their practice and careers in demonstrable ways.

Eligible opportunities include artistic professional development and skill-building opportunities, as well as financial offset of equipment purchase and studio rental. Applications will consider how the potential, timeliness, and impact of the opportunity will forward the artist’s career.

“After the Rain Comes Light” Now Showing at Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami

The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA) is pleased to present “After the Rain Comes Light: Portraits of Resilience,” “After the Rain Comes Light: Portraits of Resilience,” the first collaborative museum exhibition by Miami-based artists Morel Doucet and Stephen Arboite. The new work will be on view both inside and outside of the museum building. A series of unique banners are installed on MOCA Plaza as part of the museum's “Art on the Plaza" program and in celebration of Haitian Heritage Month. The original, collaged artworks will be on view in the museum through Sept. 26. For more information, visit www.mocanomi.org.

Cinematic Arts Residency

Oolite Arts has officially opened the call for the 2022 Cinematic Arts Residency Program. One lucky filmmaker will receive up to $50k to create a narrative micro-budget feature, a dedicated producer, and access to a shared cinematic arts studio space. Get details and apply here. Register for an information session here on September 29 at 6 pm. Applications close at 6 p.m. EST on Oct. 1st.

Miami MoCAAD Hosts Afro-Latinx Conversations.

MiamiMoCAAD and Orlando Addison, founder of the Ernesto Gamboa project, will collaborate to host a series of virtual conversations aimed at community dialogue revealing hidden histories, contributions, and art of the Afro-Latinx community. These spirited conversations will share information excluded from history books regarding the Afro-Latinx community, explain historical barriers that have kept the Afro-Latinx community invisible, and share contributions of Afro-Latinx artists. Oct 7th 6-7:30pm: Definition of terms and presence of Africans in the new world; Oct 21st, 6-7:30pm: Traffic and commercialization of Africans in the New World; the King and Queen of Spain’s edict granting authorizing traffickers to enslave Africans and transport them to the New World; Afro-Latinx in political emancipation; Nov 4th, 6-7:30pm: Barriers keeping history and contributions of Latinx Afro-descendants hidden. Nov 28th, 4-6:30pm: Erica Moiah James , Caribbean art historian and curator, will moderate a conversation with Kandy Lopez, artist, Orlando Addison. Learn more about MoCAAD.

Miami MoCAAD Presents 2021 Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil

The Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora presents the Bienal de São Paulo, the largest exhibition in the southern hemisphere, running from September 4, 2021-December 5, 2021. Featuring 91 artists from around the world, this year will include Cuban artist Belkis Ayón who is well known for her depictions of the myths from Abakuá, a secret Afrocuban society. For more details about the biennale, click here (Note: the website is in Portuguese. To read the website in English, please follow the Google prompt in the upper left-hand corner).

MOCA North Miami to Present 1st Retrospective of Late Afro-Caribbean Artist Michael Richards

The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) is proud to host the exhibition "Michael Richards: Are You Down?" ― the first museum retrospective of the work of Michael Richards. The Afro-Caribbean artist’s sculptural and drawing practice reflects on issues of racial inequity, anti-blackness, and diasporic identity.Co-curated by Alex Fialho and Melissa Levin, “Michael Richards: Are You Down?” marks the largest exhibition of Richards’ work to date. Richards passed away in the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks while working in his Lower Manhattan Cultural Council World Views studio, located on the 92nd floor of World Trade Center Tower One. The exhibition will be on view through Oct. 10, 2021, commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

Call to artists for the Artist-in-Residence Program

A call to artists is currently available for the Deering Estate Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program for Visual, Literary, Performing, and Cross-disciplinary Artists. Artists are invited to apply before the October 17, 2021, 11:59 pm EST. The application is for Studio Residencies and Non-Studio Project Residencies at the Deering Estate that begin as early as December 1, 2021. Interested artists must complete a formal application, which is available on Creative Force.

2021-2022 South Florida Cultural Consortium (SFCC) Grant Deadline: Monday, October 25, 2021

The South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant Program offers the largest regional, government-sponsored artists’ grants in the United States, awarding $15,000 and $7,500 grants to resident visual and media artists from the counties of Broward, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach. Since it was established in 1988, the Consortium has awarded over to $4 million in grants to over 300 artists. In addition to receiving the grant, the artists take part in an exhibition hosted and organized by a visual arts institution in one of the five counties. See application details and guidelines.

"One-Way Ticket" featuring Langston Hughes and Jacob Lawrence

Hampton Art Lovers Presents: "One Way Ticket : Movement, Migrations and Liberty”. The exhibition explores stories of migration for freedom and liberty through the poetry of Langston Hughes and the featured artwork of Jacob Lawrence, with other works from Charles White, Faith Ringgold, John Biggers, Charles Alston, David Driskell, Leroy Campbell, Anthony Reed II (Mojo) and Marvin Weeks. On view through November 1st at the Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery.

Call to Artist: Le Art Noir, Diversity in Color

This art exhibition represents “Art of Times” by focusing on relevant topics and showcasing artists that capture the heartbeat of our society. Taking place during Art Basel Miami Beach, this exhibition will highlight artists that capture emotional and important matters through their lens and inspire change. The exhibition will be held Dec 2 - 5, 2021 at The African Heritage Cultural Arts Center. For more information and to apply click here.

Ase: Afro Frequencies Opens at ARTECHOUSE

ARTECHOUSE opens its latest collaboration with Vince Fraser, a London-based Afro-surrealist visual artist and illustrator, on his first solo exhibition. Centered around themes of identity and power Aṣẹ: Afro Frequencies is an immersive, multi-sensory contemplation of the Black experience through a futuristic lens. This technology-driven digital art exhibit is inspired by the idea of aṣẹ, the West African concept relating to our power to produce change.

MUCE’s L.O.V.E. Program

Need space to work? Join the L.O.V.E program. Limited to 10 artists per month. You put in volunteer hours at the campus, you get space, fresh air and creative vibes to do your work. Email for an application: info@muce305.org.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's TeeRico Grants

TeeRico will be giving out monthly grants of $5,000 to small community-based organizations serving underrepresented kids and young adults through programming in the arts and other support services. Organizations with budgets up to $250,000 may submit their information below for consideration. Click here to learn more.

The Pérez CreARTE Grant Program Will Invest Over $1.5 Million in Local Arts Organizations

The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation aims to develop South Florida as a world-class urban center. A thriving, equitable arts community is essential to making Greater Miami a vibrant, connected and culturally engaging place to live. Arts and cultural industries have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, investments in arts organizations will be essential to their rebuilding and recovery. In 2021-2022, the Foundation’s CreARTE Program will invest over $1.5 million in Miami-Dade organizations, working to cultivate this ecosystem by expanding residents’ access to the arts and making our city a global hub for artistic excellence. The Pérez CreARTE Grant Program will open to applications in late April and will be awarding two-year grants to support arts access, arts education and artist fellowships and residencies in Miami. To learn more visit CreARTE.

“Witness: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection”

Zimbabwean-born Tandazani Dhlakama is assistant curator at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) in Cape Town, South Africa. Open since 2017, it is the first major contemporary art museum in Africa. Tandazani is also the curator for the exhibition, “Witness: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection” and it will be on display through 2021 at El Espacio 23, 2270 NW 23rd St., Miami. Click here to schedule a visit by appointment only, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

HistoryMiami Museum’s New Artist-in-Residence

HistoryMiami Museum is proud to announce their newest artist-in-residence, Rose Max & Ramatis, a music duo specializing in the popular Brazilian music styles of samba, bossa nova, and chorinho. Both born in Rio de Janeiro, Rose Max and Ramatis Moraes moved to the U.S. in 1993 and now call Miami Beach home. Through performances and presentations, Rose Max & Ramatis share their passion for Brazilian culture and an appreciation for the mix of traditions that contribute to Brazil’s rich musical history. Their residency will start in September and run through December. For more information, click here.

Resources for Artists

The arts industry is mobilizing to support artists of all disciplines in this time of need. For a list of emergency grants and other assistance to artists affected by the pandemic, please click here.

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