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Posted by Elman + Skye on Jul 13, 2025
Super Prolific Author Ben Mezrich
As of July 4th, 2025 BEN MEZRICH (b.1969) has authored twenty-eight books – major international and New York Times Bestsellers, with well over 11 million copies sold. The non-fiction genre he’s created – cinematic and unique true stories of young geniuses battling their way through the grey area between right and wrong, and succeeding at all costs
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Posted by Elman + Skye on Jul 8, 2025
Karla Kantorovich: Honoring Her Heritage with Mixed-Media Installations
KARLA KANTOROVICH is a mixed media artist from Mexico City, based in Miami, FL. She creates paintings, textiles, hand-made paper, and assemblages, leaning into the importance of texture and dimensionality to explore renewal.
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Posted by Elman + Skye on Jun 30, 2025
Isaac “Drift” Wright: Looking Down From the Heights
ISAAC “DRIFT” WRIGHT is a multidisciplinary artist and a United States Army veteran. After serving his country, he found solace and purpose in urban exploring and photography,
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Posted by Elman + Skye on Jun 25, 2025
Denise Blumenthal: Pioneering PBS LearningMedia
DENISE BLUMENTHAL was Director of Education at WGBH, Boston’s public television station. Under her leadership, WGBH’s Education Department in partnership with PBS launched PBS LearningMedia, an online library with more than 100,000 digital resources used by more than 1.6 million educators.
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Posted by Elman + Skye on Jun 10, 2025
Michael Rossi: Founding Artistic Director, MMF
MICHAEL ROSSI is the founding artistic director of the Miami Beach Music Festival (nee Miami Music Festival, 2013). He is a musician, educator, and has conducted some of the world’s leading orchestras.
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Posted by Elman + Skye on Jun 9, 2025
Rachel Faro: Producer, Singer, Songwriter
RACHEL FARO (b.1948) is a singer, songwriter, record producer, consultant and record label executive. She is also a well-known producer of Cuban, Latin, African, jazz, blues, folk and world music recordings, and the founder and president of Ashe Records, a well-respected world music record label.
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Posted by Elman + Skye on Jun 1, 2025
David Dunlap: Documenting Buildings and Lives
DAVID W. DUNLAP is a journalist who worked as a reporter for the New York Times for 40+ years. He wrote a regular column, “Building Blocks,” that looked at the New York metropolitan area through its architecture, infrastructure, spaces, and places. Dunlap has also been documenting the history of Provincetown, Massachusetts, through its architecture, on the website “Building Provincetown,” and in his book on this topic, “Building Provincetown,” (Provincetown Arts Press — 2015, 2021, 2024).
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Posted by ArtSpeak Staff on Sep 18, 2017
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