Este miércoles 26 de octubre la fundación Badges of Courage realiza su evento anual para recaudar fondos para combatir el cáncer de mama en Miami. Rosie 2016 Acrylic on Fabric Por tercer año consecutivo la fundación Badges of Courage, creada y liderada por la artista chilena Macarena Zilveti, reúne a diversos artistas para llevar a cabo una subasta a beneficio de pacientes con cáncer de mama, todo en el marco de una recepción que estará acompañada de una degustación de vino y

It's amazing how identities morph and take shape over time. From a little patch of warehouses and thrift shops (with the occasional cafeteria sandwiched in between), the (Hia)Leah Arts District is on the cusp of ushering in a major culture shift. I follow several artists on Instagram and decided that I would have to find this small parcel of land to explore today. Unlike Wynwood, I was seemingly the only unofficial person there – to the extent that more than one business owne

Diana Contreras has established herself as an influential Miami artist. From painting murals in the street art scene, to exhibiting in various galleries, her work has been seen in exhibitions and private collections in several parts of the world. Nicole Didi, your women grab my attention wherever I see them. How do you pick your subject matter? Are they from real models? Diana These girls are a combination of fashion, models, actresses, and my imagination. I mix it all up to

Upcoming in the world of visual arts, the new Leah Arts District in Hialeah launches Sunday with a big block party, ArtCenter/South Florida features a scientist-artist collaboration, and graduating visual artists from Miami’s New World School of the Arts have a final exhibition. ▪ The new Hialeah Artist Live/Work Overlay District launches Sunday with a free community block party from 4 to 8 p.m. at 1501 E. 10th Ave., Hialeah. Live music, food trucks, complimentary beer and mu

For more than a year, Miami artist Diana Contreras tried to capture the essence and spirit of a woman known for her flamboyant fashion, political poetry and arts activism in Pembroke Pines. The end results are emblazoned on a bench near the lake at William B. Armstrong Dream Park, a green space advocated for by Terry T. Sherman, the late activist who used poems to persuade city commissioners. "I love faces, so I had to do something there," Contreras said. "I wanted to make it

Wynwood -- Miami’s freshly-anointed hipster claim to fame -- is the place for street art, and its newest resident goes by the name of "Sofia Rose." Painted in a week by local artists Diana Contreras and Cristina Isabel Rivera, the mural adorns the wall of what will be Style CTZN at 218 NW 25th St. Store owner Ysset Boan commissioned the pair to create the image of a woman who personified strength, individuality, and just plain fun femininity. “I wanted to communicate the mess