Mary Benton: Art + Environmental Activism
MARY BENTON is a portrait painter, sculptor, and jewelry designer who put down roots in Miami Shores after 30 years of living all over the world. She founded Bound by Beauty with a group of friends as a means of creating paradigm shifts in people by opening their eyes to the beauty and importance of nature through butterflies and the magical process of metamorphosis.
Read MoreCameron Basden: Gotta Dance — From The Joffrey to MCB
CAMERON BASDEN is a director, educator, répétiteur, writer and former professional ballerina who brings passion and spirit to her art as well as a keen sense of organization and integrity to the projects she undertakes.
Read MoreLaurence Gartel: Digital Art Pioneer
LAURENCE GARTEL is a very innovative and eclectic artist, who is a pioneer of digital art. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Joan Whitney Payson Museum, Long Beach Museum of Art, Princeton Art Museum, PS 1, Norton Museum, Palm Beach Photographic Center and in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of American History.
Read MoreAuthor, Playwright Nicholas Griffin and “Dangerous Days”
NICHOLAS GRIFFIN is a journalist and author of four novels and three works of nonfiction. His writing has appeared in The Times (London), the Financial Times, and Foreign Policy, among other publications.
Read MoreMulti-Talented Artist Carlos Betancourt
CARLOS BETANCOURT (born in San Juan, Puerto Rico 1966) is a multi-disciplinary artist. His artwork is part of public collections such as the Smithsonian’ National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale; San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana; Palm Springs Art Museum, California; Bass Museum of Art, Florida; Perez Art Museum Miami, Florida; and Museo de Arte Ponde, Puerto Rico.
Read MoreEdgar Recipient Christina Lane Documents Forgotten Women of the Film Industry
DR. CHRISTINA LANE is an Edgar® Award-winning author, and educator. Her book, “Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison, The Forgotten Woman Behind Hitchcock” is a biography of Joan Harrison who was one of Alfred Hitchcock’s closest collaborators.
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