Celebrating Women’s History Month 2026
For WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH, 2026, 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.
Beginning March, 2020, some the videos below were recorded via Zoom. Click on any video link (below the images). You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.
Cameron Basden: Gotta Dance — From The Joffrey to MCB
CAMERON BASDEN is a director, educator, répétiteur, writer and former professional ballerina who brings passion and spirit to her art as well as a keen sense of organization and integrity to the projects she undertakes. A former dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, she is currently the Managing Director of the Miami City Ballet School of the Miami City Ballet
Bibi Andrade & Myroslava Koliadenko Make a Superhero Comic Book About Ukraine
In this ArtSpeak video conversation we address BRIGITTE “BIBI” ANDRADE‘s desire to do something positive for the children of war-ravaged Ukraine. To that purpose, Andrade worked with 18 year-old Ukrainian refugee MYROSLAVA KOLIADENKO to create “T-Superheroes,” a comic book about the invasion of Ukraine.
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.
“Dr. Enid Curtis Pinkney at the Hampton House.” 2022. 40 x 60 inches. Mixed-media on canvas. Raymond Elman.
In Memoriam: Dr. Enid Curtis Pinkney
DR. ENID CURTIS PINKNEY (1931-2024) passed away on July 18, 2024 at the age of 92. She will be most remembered for saving the Hampton House in Brownsville from the Miami wrecking ball, and raising the funds to restore it to National Historic Registry standards. She was the founder of the Historic Hampton House Museum.
Designer Barbara Hulanicki — The Queen of Biba
Designer BARBARA HULANICKI invented Biba in London during the swinging 1960s. Biba’s fans included The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Elton John, and Brigitte Bardot. In Miami Beach in the 1980s, Hulanicki reimagined several Art Deco hotels and “Woody’s” for the Stone’s Ronnie Woods.
Juliet Romeo: Filmmaker, Journalist, Activist
JULIET ROMEO is an award-winning writer and director known for her dedication to bold, authentic storytelling. A Brooklyn-born Trinidadian filmmaker based in South Florida, she brings her lived experiences as a disabled Caribbean woman into her work, creating narratives that explore identity, resilience, and social justice.
Julie K. Brown: In Pursuit of Justice
JULIE K. BROWN is an investigative journalist with the Miami Herald, best known for pursuing the sex trafficking story surrounding Jeffrey Epstein. She is the recipient of several awards including two George Polk Awards for Justice Reporting. Brown’s book, “Perversion of Justice,” based on her reporting on the Epstein case, was published by William Morrow and Company. The book served as the foundation for a limited series on HBO.
Mary Ellen Scherl: Art with Backstories
After a 17-year career as an Art Director at two premier advertising agencies, MARY ELLEN SCHERL transitioned from commercial art to fine art — sculpture, painting, installation photography, writing, and most recently filmmaking.
ROZ CHAST’s work has appeared in numerous magazines through the years, including the Village Voice, National Lampoon, Scientific American, Harvard Business Review, Redbook and Mother Jones, but she is most closely associated with THE NEW YORKER.
