Film
Cameron 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 moreMary 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 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 moreAna Menéndez: Author, Educator
ANA MENÉNDEZ has published five books of fiction: “The Apartment” (2023), “Adios, Happy Homeland!” (2011), “The Last War” (2009), “Loving Che” (2004) and “In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd” (2001), whose title story won a Pushcart Prize. She has worked as a journalist in the United States and abroad, lastly as a prize-winning columnist for the Miami Herald.
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.
read moreConductor Joseph Mechavich
JOSEPH MECHAVICH is a highly accomplished conductor known for his exceptional commitment to excellence in his craft. His dedication has fostered long-term and career-defining relationships with various opera companies, composers, and orchestras worldwide.
read moreSee What’s New at ArtSpeak !
In this space we will publish video conversations between Beverly R. Muzii (Chief Student Correspondent for ArtSpeak) and Raymond Elman (founding editor-in-chief of ArtSpeak) regarding insightful new video interviews with impactful people in the arts, across all art disciplines, which will be published on the ArtSpeak website in the weeks to come.
read moreThe Creative Adventures of Brigitte “Bibi” Andrade
BRIGITTE “BIBI” ANDRADE a multi-talented artist, Fashion Institute of Technology graduate, and former model, is a 33 year veteran of the Beauty Industry, and the creator of a unique series of comic books.
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