A tribute to resilience and the enduring human spirit, this exhibition centers on mental health and the importance of finding moments of joy even during challenging times. A free public reception will be held March 27 at 6 p.m.
ArtServe, Inc. 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 (Map)
Opening Reception
DVCAI at Barry University presents Riddims of Graffiti, a solo exhibition featuring Izia Lindsay, MFA, Assistant Professor of Art at Augustana University. The exhibition opens May 14, 2026 and runs through August 22, 2026. Lindsay is a mixed media artist working across digital and traditional processes. His work draws on Caribbean iconography rooted in tradition and reimagined through contemporary ideas to create layered visual narratives that reflect on identity and class in a post-colonial society. Free and open to the public.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Izia Lindsay is a mixed media artist who works across digital and traditional media to create bold, multi-layered visual stories. Grounded in Caribbean iconography and shaped by contemporary ideas, his work explores identity and class in a post-colonial society drawing from material culture, indigenous histories, lived traditions, and the ever-changing landscape of the Caribbean.Known for geometric forms and dynamic compositions, Lindsay builds what he describes as a kind of “controlled naturalism,” where lines and shapes intersect, overlap, and hold multiple meanings at once. The result is a cultural narrative that reflects the dualities of a turbulent, cosmopolitan Caribbean life.
Monsignor William Barry Library, Institute of Immi 11300 Northeast 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33161 (Map)
786-306-0191
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A Conversation with YoungArts at The Betsy Writer’s Room Resident Artist Juan C. Sanchez
YoungArts at The Betsy Writer’s Room Resident Artist Juan C. Sanchez (1986 YoungArts Winner in Theater) will present pieces from Miami Motel Stories, his series of short plays that take place in different neighborhoods throughout Miami, based on the real-life history of the city and drawing from newspaper articles, conversations and personal connections to its neighborhoods. Juan will be in conversation with fellow Miami writer Jen Karetnick to discuss his inspiration and process for creating these experiential fiction works based on nonfiction events and people.
Light refreshments will be served.
With the support of the City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council, and the Miami Beach Mayor and City Commissioners. Additional support from the Betsy Community Fund at The Miami Foundation.
About Juan C. Sanchez
Juan C. Sanchez is a Cuban-born Miami-based playwright dedicated to writing stories that explore the cultural diversity and social issues of Miami. He has written plays for a variety of platforms from traditional theater stages to immersive, site-specific performances set in historical motels, virtual stages, climate-change themed productions, and radio plays. Plays include the immersive Miami Motel Stories series, set in Little Havana, MiMo, Wynwood, and North Beach which transform historic Miami buildings into stages, revealing the stories and histories of each neighborhood. Recent projects include Apollo, a dance-theater piece by The Pioneer Winter Collective commissioned by Miami Light Project; The Presentation, a climate-themed short play commissioned by Climate Change Theatre Action and presented at the Edinburgh Festival, as well as in Germany, Kenya, and other venues; and Miami Bus Stop Stories: Tropical Dreams, an immersive production at HistoryMiami Museum. He is currently part of a collaborative commission with nine other national and international playwrights, working with The Arts & Climate Initiative, the City of Albuquerque Department of Arts & Culture, Theatre Without Borders, and the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art. The work will be presented in Sarasota in 2027.
About Jen Karetnick
Poet, writer, journalist, and teaching artist Jen Karetnick is the author of 22 books, 13 of which are poetry collections. Her most recent work is Inheritance with a High Error Rate, winner of the 2022 Cider Press Review Book Award, and she has two new collections forthcoming this fall: Organ Language (Lit Fox Books, September) and Domiciliary (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, October 2026).
The winner of more than two dozen awards, grants, and fellowships, she has recent or forthcoming work in New Ohio Review, North American Review, Plume, South Dakota Review, and elsewhere. She is the co-founder and managing editor of the non-profit literary organization, SWWIM.
About The Betsy Writers' Room
The Betsy Writers' Room is a unique artist residency program at The Betsy - South Beach hotel in Miami Beach, providing a peaceful space for visiting writers and creatives to develop their work, with a special focus on poets, all while fostering community through arts and literary engagement. It is deeply involved in South Florida's cultural scene, hosting events, supporting local artists, and honoring the life and legacy of mid-century poet, Hyam Plutzik (1911-1962).
The Betsy South Beach 1440 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, AK 33139 (Map)
Join MOAD and Susan Lee-Chun at MDC's Padrón Campus for a reception celebrating Susan Lee-Chun: Everybody Suz-ercise!
Part of the larger project Everybody Suz-ercise! this humorous and engaging body of work by artist Susan Lee-Chun (b. 1976, Seoul) transforms an art gallery into a gym space. It includes a video art series, photographs from her performances, and an uncanny installation. Together, this presentation of Lee-Chun's work explores exercise culture, gender norms, and the racialized beauty industry.
Suzercise (mirrored symmetry, composition #1) doubles benches, weights, and other gym equipment in a carefully symmetrical arrangement, creating an uncanny, almost stage-like setting that feels both real and familiar, artificial and strange. The mirrored layout suggests reflection, evoking the ways in which cultural identities are replicated and reflected back to us as branded alter egos. Her video series, Let's Suz-ercise Chicago-style!, documents a performance from 2009 inspired by aerobic exercise VHS tapes.
Lee-Chun is known for adopting a series of alter egos—Sue, Sioux, and Su—that embody shifting cultural and social personas, from mainstream assimilation to perceived "otherness." Through these characters, she playfully unsettles expectations about authenticity and belonging, using humor and commercial aesthetics to draw viewers in through familiarity, only to subvert those expectations. By turning an everyday site of training into a space of critical reflection, Lee Chun exposes how beauty, fitness, and cultural symbols are packaged for consumption—inviting viewers to question where the line between perception and reality, artifice and authenticity, truly lies.
Based in Miami, Florida, Susan Lee-Chun has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Her work, while humorous and playful, challenges culture, stereotype and representation.
Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artist and enjoy the exhibition, conversation, and refreshments. Museum staff will be available to answer questions about the exhibition.
This event is free and open to the public.
Free parking is available at MDC's Padrón Campus flat parking lot located at 2501 SW 6TH Street, Miami, FL 33135.
Image: Susan Lee-Chun Everybody Suz-ercise! Photo by Oriol Tarridas, March 19, 2026.
The Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) at MDC may document the event, including its attendees. By entering the area, and/or participating in the event, you consent to the recording and its use in any form.
MOAD's programs are made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. They are sponsored in part by the State of Florida through the Division of Arts and Culture, and with generous support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
MDC's Padrón Campus 627 SW 27th Ave., Miami, FL 33135 (Map)
Jennifer Weinberg
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Gables Gallery Night is held on the first Friday of the month from 6 to 10 p.m., where various art galleries in Coral Gables open for attendees to enjoy a night of fine art, live music, and delicious refreshments in the City Beautiful. To plan your evening, visit coralgables.com/galleries
Downtown Coral Gables Downtown Coral Gables, Coral Gables, FL 33134 (Map)
This summer exhibition explores the rich intersection between visual art and language, highlighting the expressive beauty of the written word, storytelling, poetry, and other literary forms. A free opening reception will be held June 26 at 6 p.m.
ArtServe, Inc. 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 (Map)
A free opening reception will be held June 26 at 6 p.m.
This summer exhibition explores the rich intersection between visual art and language, highlighting the expressive beauty of the written word, storytelling, poetry, and other literary forms. A free opening reception will be held June 26 at 6 p.m.
ArtServe, Inc. 1350 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 (Map)
Presented as part of the Plunge Into the Arts program at Plunge Beach Resort, Lauderdale by the Sea.
Come join us for a special evening including nine works by John Potter as well as works by other artists.
Experience the mesmerizing beauty of Potter's unique halftone creations at the reception of this show. Don't miss your chance to immerse yourself in the world of halftones at 4660 El Mar Dr, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea in the beautiful Plunge Beach Resort. Mark your calendars and get ready for an unforgettable artistic experience!
Plunge Beach Resort 4660 El Mar Dr., Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL 33308 (Map)
