Tammy Craftsow, with designer Tanya Marie, and Trisha Unaclarke model Gatsby inspired de Moura wedding party gownsTechnically this is not your classic art review, but I had such a pleasant time visiting Miami clothing designer Tanya Maria in the northern, and to me more interesting, section of the Design District, that we need to discuss this architect of thread and fabric. Not only is Tanya a lovely person inside and out (quite noticeably on the outside) but is a natural artist in the art-to-wear field. Tanya Marie has amassed a...

If any Broadway play typified the phrase "the magic of theater," it would have to be WarHorse. But, it's not so much the story, which itself is creatively interesting, but it's the way the story is presented.

The war horses in the play are puppets, made from an aluminum frame, cane, fabric, paper and wire, and are operated by puppeteers.

miamiartzine.com spoke to one of the puppeteers about what it takes to bring WarHorse to life. WarHorse is about a farmer who spends the family's mortgage on a thoroughbred colt when what they really need is a plough animal. The farmer's teen-aged son, Albert, forms a bond with the spirited animal that grows into being quite a worthy horse. When his father sells it (Albert has named the horse Joey), to the British calvary to fight in World War I, it sets up a series of events as Albert goes in search of his beloved best friend.

Michae Bay and Mark WahlbergIn film, as in the rest of the arts, we tend to gravitate towards the works that align with our own worldview, those motion pictures that strike a chord with us for any number of reasons. They may even change the way we look at a particular subject, resonating so strongly that we look up the director's name the moment the lights come up in the darkened auditorium. We're hooked from that point on, and in the best cases we bear witness to a brilliant career taking shape before us...

Coral Hoffman-Guzman, Founding Director Art at St John'sAfter a successful and impressive reign as Founding Director of Arts at St John’s since 2000, Carol Hoffman-Guzman will let go of the reins this summer to move on down the road of life and hit the focus button on her lifelong multi-talented role as artist in her own right. Experimenting with the rare bird of time and space flexibility has been rolling around in her thoughts for over five years. From her perch on Miami’s Mid Beach, Hoffman-Guzman didn’t allow the idea to take flight until meeting singer Lloyd Reshard, from the...

Emerson Dorsch Gallery reopened its doors on April 12. The gallery is considered a leader and pioneer in the Miami art scene and specifically in Wynwood since its inception in 1991. The new all white and glass space featuring a large outdoor garden area is once again on the forefront in terms of gallery design.

The first exhibition in the new space is Brookhart Jonquil’s “In a Perfect World” with Rene Barge’s “Relay” in the project room. The consistent humming of the plywood, pink tape and speakers installation “Relay” will be what remains steady while the shape and position will change and evolve over the duration of the exhibit.

The gallery’s main room is occupied by Jonquil’s sculptures, fittingly exploring the idea of perfection and utopia within the brand new Emerson Dorsch space.

Joshua Sasse and Leah GibsonDirecTV sent me three episodes of its 10 show suspense series Rogue in preparation for my interview in Miami with two of the shows stars Joshua Sasse and Leah Diane Gibson. Well, I guess I have to subscribe to DirecTV because I'm officially hooked. And I need to find out what happens to the Laszlo clan, its head honcho Jimmy (Marton Csokas) and Grace Travis (Thandie Newton).

The show debuted on DirecTV's Audience Network on Wednesday, April 3. When Rogue opens, we meet Newton as Grace, an undercover detective, who is on the trail of crime family the Laszlos. When Grace's young son gets gunned down, she is determined to do whatever it takes to find the killer, even if it means getting too close to the notorious Oakland, Calif., crime family.

The show is no holds barred. It is smart and edgy, emotionally and sexually charged, and of the caliber of an action film that could easily play in a movieplex.

Drawn From the Everglades, by artists Kavanaugh and Nguyen, (photo by Ginger Photography)Locust Project celebrates their 2013 crystal anniversary year with a springtime paper installation, Drawn From the Everglades, by the New York based team of Wade...

Marilyn Gottlieb-Roberts in her studio/gallery show at Under the Bridge - photo Irene SperberMiami’s creative foundation came long before Art Basel bungeed from Switzerland to our dunes. Despite the long held notion that pre-millennium South Florida was a wasteland of sun drenched wasted time, in truth there was a contingent of local avant garde virtuosos putting deep thought into paint, poetry, music, photography, theater, installation, film and sculpture. Not only are these seasoned artists a part of Miami’s aesthetic substructure, but many...

Tomie Arai, Peach Boy, 2003. Etching. ©TomieArai.The black and white etching of a Chinese boy staring blankly ahead and wearing an over-sized cowboy suit, reminds Robert Lee, co-curator of “Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity,” of himself. Lee knows the complexities of assimilation: his parents emigrated to the U.S. from China, he’s named after Robert E. Lee, the Confederate Civil War general, and as a child, his folks dressed him like a cowboy, too.