Nothing says the holidays like something handmade. In keeping with that theme, here’s the Christmas card I just received from Aholsniffsglue, a Miami artist who makes his own cards every year. Aholsniffsglue is always working on something. Recently, he’s been working with Butter Gallery in Miami and on March 11, he will have a solo show »
If it’s Christmas week, and you’re still running around with a list of people to buy for and no idea what you’ll get them, chances are you’ll buy them something they may re-gift. Personally, I don’t think re-gifting is as awful as some make it out to be. The other night I was in my local »
Like Semisonic sings in the song “Closing Time,” “Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” Actually, Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca was the first to say that, but Semisonic brought it to my attention. The first time I heard the lyric, I socked it away in one of the little cubby holes of my »
Stitch Rock organizer and House of Sweets co-owner Amanda Linton is now organizing “With a Side of Art” monthly art shows at Howley’s Restaurant in West Palm Beach. Naughty or Nice, her first show in the ’50s-type diner, kicked off on Tuesday with works by Chris Chaney, Evelyn Santiago, JR Linton, Lea Vendetta, Lorna Ruth, Pooch, »
Wee Beasties, Helena Garcia’s solo show of her little animal friends will open Saturday night at PinkGhost in Hollywood. Her paintings in the show will include a badger playing a flute for a little bug on a mushroom, a blue squirrel with a nut perched in a girl’s hair and a mischievous-looking and adorable yeti »
The thing about Art Basel and its many satellite fairs is that you can never really see it all, so for those who were there and wonder what they missed, or those who didn’t make it, here’s a roundup of videos and Flickr pages that tell the artful, sweet and sometimes bizarre tale of the »
When Cassie “Kazilla” Williams first attended Art Basel three years ago, the event both intimidated and inspired her. “The Convention Center alone is enough to overwhelm the senses, not to mention the surrounding galleries and art fairs,” says the illustration student at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. “I knew then that I wanted to »
Lauren Wagner, associate director of exhibitions at Bakehouse Art Complex, says Depoe has begun painting BAC’s historic silos as part of the Primary Flight project. She’s documenting the project and has just sent us the first photo. Wagner’s pretty excited. She says they had been hoping to get a Knight Foundation grant to paint the silos, »
Scratch DJ Academy recently relocated to the heart of Miami’s Design District, and on Saturday will throw a party that blends art and music in a way that offers a real taste of Miami. “It’s Like That …” named for a Run DMC song in honor of Jam Master Jay, the late Run DMC DJ who »
What’s cool, and local, about Primary Flight, now billed as “the world’s largest street mural installation,” is the street art that remains in Wynwood long after Basel and its surrounding fairs and shows become a distant memory. Since 2007, Primary Flight has drawn hundreds of influential street artists, including the very founders of the graffiti, stencil, »
