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Read MorePosted by Elman + Skye on Mar 8, 2026
Dream Team: Books & Books + The Betsy Hotel
The Betsy-South Beach (thebetsyhotel.com), in partnership with Books & Books (booksandbooks.com) will collaborate on a new literary series. All program events will take place at The Betsy Hotel, 1440 Ocean Drive. Miami Beach, Florida, on the last Sunday of every month.
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Read MorePosted by Elman + Skye on Mar 1, 2026
Hester Kaplan: Writer, Editor, Educator
HESTER KAPLAN is a writer, editor, and educator. Her most recent book, “Twice Born” (2025), is a memoir of her relationship with her parents, primarily her father, Pulitzer Prize recipient Justin Kaplan.
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Read MorePosted by Elman + Skye on Feb 22, 2026
Remembering Frank Gehry and the New World Center
World-renowned architect Frank Gehry (1929-2025) designed the New World Center (NWC), the most technologically advanced concert hall in the world, for the New World Symphony. Watch our ArtSpeak panel discussion about collaborating with Gehry to create this very special space.
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Read MorePosted by Raymond Elman on Feb 14, 2026
Celebrating Women’s History Month 2026
In celebration of WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, 2023, we have curated a group of video interviews from the ArtSpeak archives with prominent women in the arts, who are connected to the Miami and South Florida areas.
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Read MorePosted by Elman + Skye on Feb 12, 2026
Yaitza Rivera: Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Comedian
Yaítza Rivera-Jiménez is a Puerto Rican director, producer, writer, actor, and comedian.
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Read MorePosted by Elman + Skye on Feb 8, 2026
Diego Salterini: Dancing from Rome to Miami
DIEGO SALTERINI (b.1966) Is the Founding Artistic Director, Dance NOW! Miami; the Artistic Director, Joffrey Italy Summer Camp; the Co-Artistic Director, Joffrey Miami Summer Camp; and on the Board of Directors, Florida Dance Education Organization (Études). Born in Rome, Italy, Salterini brings a rich international perspective to the world of dance.
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Read MorePosted by Elman + Skye on Feb 1, 2026
Maria Todaro: A Lifetime in Opera
MARIA TODARO assumed the role of General Director of the Florida Grand Opera (“FGO”) in Fall 2023 with thirty years of international experience as an arts administrator and entrepreneur, stage director, conductor, librettist, and operatic mezzo-soprano under her belt.
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Read MorePosted by ArtSpeak Staff on Sep 18, 2017
The BEST Way to Experience ArtSpeak
TWENTY complimentary editions of our ArtSpeak (nee: Inspicio) branded e-Magazine are ready for installation and download to your Apple iPad (preferably) and iPhone from the Apple App Store. The first three editions of our ArtSpeak branded e-Magazine (Volume 9, Number 2, Volume 10, Number 1, and Volume 10, Number 2) were published in 2023-24.
Mission
The ArtSpeak publishing platform provides an intellectually sophisticated showcase for impactful creative talent, and serves as a bridge between arts journalism and academia by blending experienced writers, designers, photographers, and digital technologists with FIU students, faculty, and professional staff.
e-Magazine
TWENTY-ONE complimentary editions of the ArtSpeak e-Magazine are ready for installation and download to your Apple iPad (preferably) and iPhone from the Apple App Store. The first ArtSpeak branded e-Magazine (Volume 9, Number 2) was published in December, 2023.
TO INSTALL THE APP
From your iPad desktop or iPhone desktop, tap on the Apple App Store icon. Search for “artspeak miami” in the App Store and follow instructions.
Digital Commons Archive
Nineteen of the ArtSpeak (nee:Inspicio) e-Magazines have been tagged and archived by the FIU Library System in Digital Commons, see: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/inspicio/ Digital Commons is a hosted open access institutional repository and publishing archive, combining traditional institutional repository functionality with tools for journal publishing, conference management, and multimedia. Content published to Digital Commons institutional repositories is optimized for indexing by Google, Google Scholar, and other major search engines.
