Stories with 'miami art scene' tag

Meet Alette Simmons-Jiménez, a mixed-media visual artist

📸: Photo courtesy of Alette Simmons-Jiménez Who are you? What do you do? I’m a visual artist who works in painting, sculpture, video, photography, light, and sound.  My work has developed around my personal life experiences. I am a third-generational American, coming from a mixed ancestral lineage, beginning with ancient Anatolia, to Austria, Germany, and […]

/ July 5, 2022

Meet the local inviting fellow Miamians to engage with artists in their studios

📸 Photo Credit: Karli Evans/All Seeing Media Tell us about your work — your job and/or any volunteer work.  I am the Associate Director at Fountainhead Arts, the only live/work residency in Miami welcoming national and international artists to Miami for a month at a time. I love my work because what we do directly impacts artists […]

/ May 16, 2022

Why it’s so hard for women in the art world

Women, on average, make up just 30% of artists represented by galleries. Yet more than half of visual artists are women. Curators like Sofia Bastidas, director of the Littlest Sister art fair, are fighting back, giving female artists a chance to share their work.

/ December 1, 2015