Strolling along Miami Beach and Miracle Mile, you may have noticed some new local art galleries and exhibitions that have recently popped up—some from FIU alumni artists, including Chris Friday MA ’20, James Herring ’81, MA ’13 and Yi Chin Hsieh MFA ’20, to name a few!
In an effort to bring more local art and culture to the community, Miami Beach Arts & Culture created the Miami Beach Open House, a residency program where accepted artists are assigned a vacant area to bring one of their creative projects or exhibitions to life for one month. Echoing the same idea, the Business Development office of Coral Gables created a similar program, allowing artists to open “pop-up shops” to be used as creative places for three months to work on their art.
Hsieh utilized her awarded space in a very unique way. Collaborating with CARTA’s Miami Beach Urban Studios, she developed her…
