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Read MoreAnna Klimala and the Miami Music Project
ANNA B. KLIMALA is a nationally recognized nonprofit executive, music education visionary, classically trained double-bassist, and community impact leader who has dedicated her career to using music and the arts as catalysts for social change. As President & CEO of Miami Music Project, she has transformed the organization into one of the largest tuition-free music education programs in the United States, reaching more than 33,000 young people and raising over $25 million in public and private funding, with 100% of program alumni graduating high school.
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Read MoreThe Pioneer Winter Collective
PIONEER WINTER is a Miami-based choreographer and artistic director of Pioneer Winter Collective, an intergenerational and physically integrated dance-theater company, rooted in social practice and community, queer visibility, and beauty beyond the mainstream.
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Read MoreJohn Baldessari Exhibition at PAMM
John Baldessari was one of the great iconoclasts of 20th century art. Coming of age as abstract expressionism ruled the art world, he rejected the dominant style and looked towards conceptualism, art focused on ideas rather than aesthetics.
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Read MoreAnnemarie Jacir: Film Director, Screenwriter
ANNEMARIE JACIR has been working in independent cinema since 1998 and has written, directed and produced a number of award-winning films. Her latest film, “Palestine 36” (2025), featuring Jeremy Irons, is her most ambitious project to date.
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Read MoreSteven Pressman: From Journalism to Filmmaking
STEVEN PRESSMAN (b.1955) is a former newspaper and magazine journalist who has been making documentary films for the past 15 years. His most recent film is “Dust Bowls and Jewish Souls: Another Side of Woody Guthrie.”
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Read MoreClaire Healy: Investigative Reporter
CLAIRE HEALY is an Esserman Investigative Fellow at the Miami Herald. Prior to her current role, she wrote for the Washington Post, where she was a 2024 Pulitzer Prize finalist for “Searching for Maura.”
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Read MoreBernardo Britto: Film Director, Writer, Animator
BERNARDO BRITTO is a Brazilian-born filmmaker and screenwriter raised in South Florida. His most recent film (2025) is the sci-fi drama “Omni Loop,” starring award-winning actresses Mary-Louise Parker and Ayo Edibiri.
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Read MoreGenre Defying Author Julie Marie Wade
JULIE MARIE WADE is the author of 22 volumes of poetry, prose, and hybrid forms, including the new memoir “Other People’s Mothers” (University Press of Florida, 2025). Wade is Professor of English & Creative Writing at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami.
Current Edition of ArtSpeak e-Magazine (Volume 12, Number 1) for iPads and iPhones
The current edition, Vol. 12, Num. 1, features stories & video interviews with HOWARD HERRING, CLIVE SCOTT, JOHN STUART (about working FRANK GEHRY, JUSTINE CHICHESTER, MIGUEL ANGEL FERRER, KARLA KANTOROVICH, DIEGO SALTERINI,DANI SHAPIRO, MICHAEL ROSSI, BEN MEZRICH, and a cartoon by WILLIAM “MIKE” LANWAY.
