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Selected Articles and Press Releases

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Grace Arts Center advocates for all state grantees in the 2025-2026 Legislative session

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Sun Sentinel political writers covers the proposed changes to Florida Arts funding

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Street Art Regatta 2024 is in the book and it was a beauty!

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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3358174676941-street-art-regatta-2024-youth-sailors-and-dazzling-painted-sails-ready-to-set-sail-april-11-in-ftl?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=i3

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'Two Women and the Pavilion in the Water' and 'Saltwater Railroad' film series

raises money for historical preservation, recognizes women's history in Florida

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https://www.orlandoarchitecture.org/movienight

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Festival of Classics November 2023 and City of the Arts July 2023

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Festival of Classics wraps the Sixth edition November 2023

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Newsbreak article for Festival of Classics performances 

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Community Newspapers cover Festival of Classics 

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Newsbreak article for City of the Arts 

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Scholarships for students and summer classes 2023

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Summer class engages youth to paint a sail with Dillard School of the Arts graduate teachers

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Street Art Regatta supplies funds for two students to study abroad

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Saltwater Railroad film series 'Through a Flowering Place' July 2023

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Miami Patch article

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Street Art Regatta April 2023

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Newsbreak article 

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Shakespeare La Florida series 2017 - 2023

Isanusi Garcia and Christie Sciturro discuss Grace Arts Center dance collaborations from 

Miami to Fort Lauderdale

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OVM video interview 

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Shakespeare La Florida series 2022 

Merchants of Venice 

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Florida Theater On Stage Review

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Villig News 

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The Miami Times


West Side Gazette (Preview)

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https://thewestsidegazette.com/south-florida-poet-rewrites-merchants-of-venice-a-new-all-black-shakespearean-adaptation-with-a-historical-south-florida-twist/​

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Miami's Community Newspapers

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NewsBreak

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Miami Patch Hyper Local News 

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Medium press release

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Sun-Sentinel Best Things to Do In South Florida

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Radio

Hot 105 Community Spotlight with Rodney Baltimore

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WMBM Radio

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Two Women and the Pavilion in the Water film screening 2022

Orlando 

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Article by Sun Sentinel cultural writer Joy Dickinson

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Street Art Regatta news 2021-2022

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Art Fix Daily coverage of StAR 22

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StAR raises funds for student scholarships and future art on sails 22

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Press Release for the StAR sails at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 22

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2021 Street Art Regatta press release

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2021 Article (original online version with photos no longer available)

https://streetartunitedstates.com/street-art-regatta/

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Festival of Classics 2019 - 2021

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Theater Musings discloses upcoming GableStage performance of Festival of Classics...​​

https://theatricalmusings.com/theatre/festival-of-classics-features-south-florida-talent/​

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Press release 2019

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Mobile Art Pavilion news 2019

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https://archinect.com/firms/project/4853926/fiu-mobile-art-pavilion/150162178

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http://cartanews.fiu.edu/department-of-architecture-students-design-mobile-art-pavilion-for-south-florida-communities/

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https://designingsouthflorida.com/fiu-art-pavilion/​

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https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/article236257268.html

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Be on the lookout next summer for the futuristic Mobile Art Pavilion, designed by Florida International University students, that will bring a new way to showcase pop-up art exhibits and plays in our community.

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Art Basel performances 2018

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https://worldredeye.com/2018/12/17th-annual-sagamore-brunch/

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For a second year, Grace Arts FL and Cuban Classical Ballet collaborated to present material to be used in theater productions live and to the large attentive crowds at the Sagamore Miami Beach historical hotel known for its art galleries that are free and open to the public and which are available for purchase. 

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Mural and Design Initiatives 2018

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NYLON Magazine covers 'COAT' an initiative of Grace Arts Center to revitalize communities 

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Why (Broward Cities) Fort Lauderdale is Florida's best kept secret for Art 

In several cities, a 'COAT (Community of Artists Transform) tour curated walls of South Florida commercial, residential, schools and non-profit organization buildings; a collaboration with a Jacksonville-based mural project, 'ArtRepublic.' Find out about COAT and other art in public places across Broward County and beyond.

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Art Basel 2017 performances

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Art Miami Week presentation with the Cuban Classical Ballet at the historic Sagamore Hotel 

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Sagamore Hotel Miami Beach Hosts 16th Annual Brunch Unveiling “Urban Legends”

WorldRedEye - December 2017 

Grace Arts FL sponsors a free public performance of a danced duet and solo vignette choreographed by Isanusi Garcia Rodriguez, and danced by Diana Figueroa and Jessie Marrero Muino with the Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami. Classical guitarist, Alberto Puerto, and the dancers, all Cuban-Americans, payed homage to Cuba's artistic heritage and academies of excellence.  

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Mural initiatives blended with cultural conversations 2017

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Mural Project signals revitalization of a neighborhood and opening a new learning center

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Artists Join Forces For School Mural Project at New Academy​

South Florida Times - December 2017 

Hallandale Beach was one of three cities impacted by a series of curated murals from Fort Lauderdale south to Miami during a project 'COAT' - community of artists transform - a collaborative of businesses, artists and non-profits working to renovate areas on the brink of poverty and restoration in our oldest urban neighborhoods.

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Shakespeare La Florida 2017 series

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State of Florida Spotlight

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Grantee Spotlight: Grace Arts Center’s R&J the Tempest Too​

Florida Division of Cultural Affairs - Summer 2017

Grace Arts Center, Inc. was selected as the grantee spotlight for its second chapter of a Shakespeare adaptation project, 'R&J The Tempest too' a collaboration with Outre Theater and award-winning choreographers from Florida and New York with a guest soloist from the Miami City Ballet. This project is now in its third iteration starting this summer 2017 for release in March 2018.

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Bi-annual Art Exhibit 2016-2017

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Brut Force online Magazine (no longer available)

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Reinterpreting the Pioneer: Florida Outsider Art Explores Culture and Community

February 2017 - A glossy online magazine dedicated to significant 'Outsider Art' events and Artists and the collectors and museum enthusiasts internationally and locally here in the United States. This article covered the thirty (30) year anniversary commemoration of the 1987 Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art (now NSU Art Museum) Outsider Art exhibition featuring Florida self-taught Artists including Purvis Young, among others.  ​

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Sun Sentinel

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Outsider art 'pioneers' on display in Fort Lauderdale

"Zero experience, lots of talent....30 year commemoration of pioneering exhibits of Florida Outsider Art" at the History Museum Fort Lauderdale.

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SFLStyle

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Outsider Art at the Fort Lauderdale History Museum

The three-month exhibit features artists, leaders from academia and the community in conversations discussing art, architecture, history, and design, as it relates to Outsider Art.

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Sun Sentinel

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Art pioneers blaze the way in new exhibit

Reporter Helen Wolt talks to presenter and noted Florida Self Taught Artist Advocate,Gary Monoroe,

about Reva Freedman and other artists represented in the core exhibition.

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Miami New Times

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Reinterpreting the Pioneer highlights Outsiders artists

Miami New Times leans-in to diversity as part of their coverage of "Reinterpreting the Pioneer"

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Festival of Classics initiative 2016

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The Music Journal 'Sound looks'

 

Grace Arts Center presents the first Zest Collective experimental deep dive into a what a courageous chapel and empty theater have in common...​

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Shakespeare La Florida series 2016 (first collaboration with Isanusi Garcia Rodriguez)

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Miami Herald

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After stroke left him half-paralyzed, ballet dancer makes miraculous return

Rodríguez’s odyssey has attracted other cultural patrons. Gallery owner, Clare Vickery,(is) present(ing) his paintings at an outsider art show in December at her Fort Lauderdale Grace Arts Center and...(he's) co-choreograph(er) ...for an urban production of “Romeo and Juliet” early next year. (Rodríguez danced as a principal dancer and as 'Romeo' for the Miami City Ballet’s production of 'Romeo and Juliet' in 2011.)

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Classes for students feature Self Taught Artists unique to Florida 2016

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Channel 10/Local ABC South Florida

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Highwaymen Display Art in South Florida for Black History Month

Television Reporter Neki Mohan covers Kelvin Hair and the winners of the Broward County School Superintendent's Visual Arts Awards Winners 2016

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Sun Sentinel

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Painter Kelvin Hair carries on Florida Highwaymen legacy

Grace Arts FL coordinated a series of events at the History Museum and in Fort Lauderdale for Black History Month featuring an exhibit 'Outsider Art - Exploring the Legacies of the Highwaymen and Purvis Young' among other Artists marginalized from mainstream society

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The South Florida Times

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The Art of the Highwaymen feature online

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Old Davie School Features Second and First Generation Highwaymen Artists

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Looking for next generation of the Highwaymen painters

Original generation of Highwaymen and Second Generation creating a legacy in South Florida that all can appreciate for #BHM

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Outsider Art Exhibition 2015

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ArtFixdaily Digital Curated Art World News and Exclusives

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At Home with Art Exhibit Highlights Artist Friendships, Reclaimed Art and Broward Art Resources

Ambassador artists program #AtHomeWithArt inaugural art exhibit as part of a longstanding home decor show shares local artists works alongside designer showcases including furniture made from reclaimed corrugated materials inspired by mid century modern design and nature.

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Shakespeare La Florida series 2014

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Tribune of Pinecrest, Miami Community Newspapers

Young Performers Bring R&J To South Florida. A Hip Hop, Tango, Artful New Twist, to Romeo & Juliet

Grace Arts Center's 'R&J' Shakespeare adaptation article (non-profit programs)

sponsored by Grace Cafe and Galleries in Broward and Miami-Dade counties

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South Florida Times

 

Grace Arts Center's first 'R&J' Shakespeare adaptation, collaboration

with local children's theatre

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Outsider Artist Purvis Young tribute

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Venice Fort Lauderdale

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Original Gallery articles focus on multidisciplinary art projects prior to 2014

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Dash Dispatch

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Filmmakers screening of 2013 Miami48Hour short film genres

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Sun Sentinel

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The sixth annual Dania Beach Art and Antique Festival is set to return to town from Jan. 28 through 30 in downtown Dania Beach.

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Social Miami

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Covers the Spring Arts Festival 2008

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Sun Sentinel  (no longer available online)

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Poetry Circle in Gallery 

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Sun Sentinel (no longer available online)

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'Divine Find' as art and antiques go outside amid a ballroom created on the street...

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Sun Sentinel  (no longer available online)

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'Striking a Perfect Chord' tango community thrives at the Grace Cafe and Galleries

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Sun Sentinel (no longer available online)

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Joint show for late Ferdie Pacheco and Purvis Young, feature music/culture

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Sun Sentinel (no longer available online)

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New Arts Council evolves

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Palm Beach Post (no longer available online)

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Colombian Singer Ria plays at Friday Night Salon

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