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!

Assume Vivid Astro Focus Virtual Opening & Artist Talk @TheBassSquared Merging drawing, sculpture, video, and performance, Assume Vivid Astro Focus enmesh gender, politics, and cultural codes into fantastical installations. For their presentation on The Bass’ Instagram gallery @TheBassSquared, three works by the Brazilian and French duo survey their digital and video practice. Colorful and psychedelic, yet meditative, the collage-like work, antes vulgar agora fino (2012) abstracts and animates imagery from another series of drawings titled “Cyclops Trans Cheesecakes”. LSE ABBA/FASSBINDER (in collaboration with Los Super Elegantes) (2004) and Relevee (2006) highlight Assume Vivid Astro Focus’ numerous collaborations with musicians, who integrate their installations into music videos and more experimental video works. The Bass² is The Bass' satellite virtual gallery hosted exclusively on Instagram, exhibiting art native to the digital realm. Join The Bass² for a virtual opening and artist talk today, August 26, at 4 p.m. via their Instagram! 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.

MasterMiND Series Archive On Demand Miami New Drama More Info

The OUTshine Film Festival On Demand through August 30  OUTshine Film Festival More Info

Miami Beach History by Howard Brayer On Demand Miami Design Preservation League More Info

Masks Up Info Session #1 August 26 5 PM Oolite Arts More Info

Virtual SOCAM Social August 26 5 PM The Wolfsonian-FIU More Info

Jazz on a Summer's Day On Demand O Cinema More Info

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Karen Rifas at The Bass With Hang in There, Miami-based artist Karen Rifas employs densely hued shapes and irregular lines on 32 banners surrounding Collins Park, playing with the malleability of perception in creating serialized spaces that oscillate between the two- and three-dimensional. View Rifas' 2018 exhibition, Deceptive Constructions, here >

PERFORMANCE REWIND Miami Classical Music Festival The Miami Classical Music Festival is excited to present this virtual concert of the various projects from their students from the 2020 MCMF Virtual festival! This program features chamber music, opera scenes, and zarzuela selections. Watch here >

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.