Performing Arts
Alice Morrison Uses AI to Create “Jeano’s Box”
ALICE B. MORRISON is a technology strategist and storyteller working at the intersection of technology and design.
read moreLesley Visser: Trailblazing Sports Journalist
In ten Halls of Fame, LESLEY VISSER is the most highly acclaimed female sports journalist of all time.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
read moreSteve Schanes: Comic Book + Animation Entrepreneur
STEVE SCHANES has been in the comic book and animation industry for 50+ years
read moreThe Multi-Talented Jeff Zinn
JEFF ZINN, the son of noted historian Howard Zinn (“A People’s History of the United States”) is an actor, director, producer, and playwright. In 1987 he directed “A Lie of the Mind” by Sam Shepard at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater (WHAT), then in its third season. He returned the following year as Co-Artistic Director with Gip Hoppe.
read moreSandra Lopez Neill: Classical Soprano, Conductor, Director, Voice Coach, Educator
SANDRA LOPEZ NEILL is a classical soprano, performing in a wide variety of repertoire. She is an active voice teacher and conductor on the Voice Faculty of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, and serving as a conductor and vocal coach for the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival.
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