Topic: Arts

Cultural correspondent Dennis Scholl visits DayBreak to talk Basel shaek-up and preview this weekend’s Second Saturday gallery walk in Wynwood.

Artists Kiki Valdes and Jose Mertz dish on their new Hexagone exhibit opening Saturday at Miami Art Space. For more information visit MiamiArtSpace.com.

Stacey Glassman, director of development at the New World Symphony, and Dustin Budish, New World Symphony viola fellow, visit DayBreak to chat about the symphony, its new Frank Gehry-designed home and its Symphony in the City event on May 10. For more information visit nws.edu.

Ruth Grim from Bass Museum and Matthew Shattuck of VOOM Networks come to DayBreak to talk about voom portraits (an exhibition of hi-def video portraits) which will be on display May 2 - Aug 3.

MCH Swiss Exhibition (Holding) Ltd announced today the resignation of Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, Artistic Director of Art Basel.

Kalyn James from Arts for Learning comes by DayBreak with student artist Brandon Benjamin to talk about this non-profit organization and its impact on the community. For more information, visit the Arts For Learning website.

Azucar! Ten years in the making, the life and times of Cuban singer and actress Celia Cruz is set to hit the Tribeca Film Festival this month.

The documentary called Celia The Queen is the brainchild of Joe Cardona and Mario De Varona, which together make up Kids in Exile films.

Due to financial constraints, the film almost didn’t happen. It wasn’t until famed Cuban actor Andy Garcia stepped in and gave the filmmakers the push they needed to finally complete the film.

To read more about the documentary click here. To find out more about Cruz, who has also been featured in exhibits at the Smithsonian and locally at the Bass Museum click here. To read about the off-Broadway play in New York called “Celia: the Life and Music of Celia Cruz,” click here.

Tomorrow is Earth Day and aside from cleaning up a beach or attending any of the many festivities centered around this green day, the Earth Day network wants you to put in a call to congress. The network hopes to flood the capital with over a million calls from people demanding climate change. It’s a call to end global warming. If you want to get involved, click here.

Still, in Miami Beach, where we like to marry all our causes with some form of art, you can attend the Eco-Fashion show at The Sagamore Hotel. There the goal is to raise private sponsors for Eco Art Gallery By The Sea, a beautification project that amalgamates art with ecology. To read more about this cause click here or watch Ecomb’s Director, Luiz Rodrigues visit to Daybreak.