Your Virtual MB Arts & Culture Fix!

Welcome to your weekly Miami Beach Arts & Culture guide. View below digital event highlights for the week and be sure to check out our website for all things Arts & Culture!

Transforming Trauma into Art with Pablo Gershanik Presented by Miami New Drama Schools, like many other social structures, are representations of our society on a smaller scale. Our accomplishments as well as our setbacks, our beliefs, traditions, conflicts, and longings are all part of the everyday stories of our educational communities. Teachers, students, workers, and families all interact to form that community. The methodology behind the “Intimate Models” developed by artist, Pablo Gershanik, aims to create a space for conversation and reconciliation between all members of our educational communities through its three stages: representation, memory, and social relevance. Aimed at: Educators, Pedagogues, parents, artists, and therapists. Learn more > Looking for COVID-19 related news? The City of Miami Beach has created a comprehensive resource detailing business assistance resources, travel & transportation details, useful tools and more. Learn more.

Zen and the Art of Writing in America - Pablo Cartaya June 1 7 PM - 8 PM FIU MBUS & The Betsy More Info

Virtual Summer Art Camps  June 8 through August 14 11 AM The Bass More Info

Nic & N’Taya & Zoom Salsa Dance Challenge Live Stream May 30 8 PM - 9 PM The Rhythm Foundation More Info

Balloon Free: May 29- May 31 O Cinema More Info

Coffee & Conversation: Casey Steadman May 28 10 AM - 10:30 AM The Wolfsonian More Info

The Ellies Info Session#1 + Connect June 3 5:30 PM Oolite Arts More Info

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST Sounds from the Bandshell 2020 Take a journey back to the Bandshell with The Rhythm Foundation and explore the artists and sounds you may find on a future night out. Nu Deco Ensemble, Jason Joshua + Afrobeta rep' for the 305; while artists like Cimafunk + Sinkane highlight the talents seen at annual festivals such as Ground Up, Global Cuba, and Afroroots!   Listen Here

ARTIST PROFILE: KARELLE LEVY The Miami Beach Arts and Culture team joined Miami Beach Artist Karelle Levy to take a look inside the artist's studio during the quarantine. Parisian-born and Miami-raised fiber artist and designer Karelle Levy (AKA KREL) has been making fabric since a young age. As a performance and textile artist, Levy began creating large-scale installations and works on canvas. When the world changed course, Levy was able to pivot within days to face-cover design, prototyping and production, donating $10 from each face cover to help fund meals for local hospital workers fighting to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Karelle will join FIU's MBUS tonight, May 27 at 6 p.m. as part of their MBUS Virtual Art Talk 2020 series.   Connect with Karelle via Instagram or her website.

RECOVERY RESOURCES

The City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs staff is available to assist artists and arts organizations in identifying nationwide and local recovery resources for artists and arts organizations. If you or your organization has been impacted by Covid-19, you may be eligible for assistance. Learn more at our Recovery Resources portal. The site is frequently updated, so be sure to check back often. Still have questions? Some of them may be answered in the Arts & Culture Small Business Webinar, hosted by Mayor Dan Gelber. Originally hosted on Monday, April 6, the archive is available on Facebook here.