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Artist-in-Residence Series

HistoryMiami’s South Florida Folklife Center is proud to present the Heritage Spotlight Series, an annual artist-in-residence program that highlights Miami-area traditional artists and cultures. Each year, the series showcases two individual artists or ensembles and their traditions. Participating artists share their art through public events, school programs, and multimedia products.

 

View the Heritage Spotlight Series Meet-the-Artist Video Playlist

 


Current Artist-in-Residence

Delou Africa Dance Ensemble

The members of Delou Africa Dance Ensemble pose for a photo on stone steps

January – April 2021

Delou Africa Dance Ensemble is a leading West African folklore company and artist collective of talented drummers, musicians, dancers, and storytellers.


Past Artists-in-Residence

Susana Behar

Susana Behar stands against a stone wall wearing a blue dress

September – December 2020

Susana Behar is a Cuban Jewish performer who sings the traditional Sephardic songs of her Turkish grandparents as well as Latin American folk songs.


Polo Ramirez

Polo Ramirez

January – April 2020

Master ceramic artist Apolinario “Polo” Ramirez practices an ancient Peruvian art form. Polo uses these traditional techniques to make contemporary designs inspired by nature and elements of Peruvian folklore.


Pedro Zepeda

Pedro Zepeda

September – December 2019

Seminole artist Pedro Zepeda is an expert dugout canoe carver specializing in a variety of traditional arts, including leatherwork, beading, patchwork, and basket weaving.


Reza Filsoofi

Reza Filsoofi

January – April 2019

Reza Filsoofi is an Iranian musician specializing in multiple instruments, including santoor and setar (stringed instruments) and daf and tonbak (percussion instruments).


Puerta de Oro de Colombia

Puerta de Oro de Colombia

September – December 2018

Puerta de Oro de Colombia is a music and dance ensemble showcasing the diverse folkloric traditions from Colombia’s distinct regions.


Liliane Nérette Louis

Liliane Nérette Louis

January – April 2018

Liliane Nérette Louis is a Haitian folk artist from Port-au-Prince specializing in storytelling, cooking, and traditional medicine.


Alfredo Martinez with Ameyal Mexican Cultural Organization

Ameyal Mexican Cultural Organization

September – December 2017

Alfredo Martinez is a dancer and musician from Veracruz, Mexico and founder of Ameyal Mexican Cultural Organization. Through inventive and immersive presentations, the organization cultivates an appreciation for Mexican traditional culture and brings their heritage to life.


Mannolie DiSantos

Mannolie DiSantos

January – March 2017

Mannolie DiSantos is an expert beadwork artist who specializes in creating ritual items used in the Afro-Cuban religion known as Lukumi or Santeria. She creates jewelry, garments, and tools for practitioners across the country.


Ranjana Warier

Ranjana fastens bells called salangai around her ankles

September – November 2016

Ranjana Warier is a performer and choreographer specializing in Indian Classical dance. She is the founder of the Rhythms School of Dance, a training center for this traditional art form from India.


Leandro Rojas

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April – June 2016

Leandro Rojas is a master musician and instrument builder who specializes in the tres, a guitar-like instrument with three pairs of strings, and the primary instrument in the Cuban son genre.


The Lee Boys

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January – March 2016

The Lee Boys is an ensemble specializing in sacred steel, an African American gospel music tradition.The family group consists of two generations of musicians, all of whom learned the tradition growing up in the House of God Church.


Nancy Billings

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October – December 2015

Nancy Billings is an expert textile artist specializing in art quilting and Jewish textile traditions. She utilizes traditional and experimental techniques in order to add a contemporary style to her pieces.


Clarita Filgueiras

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April – June 2015

Clarita Filgueiras is an expert flamenco dancer and choreographer. She has spent a lifetime mastering this Spanish art form and performs across the United States, Latin America, and Europe.


Plena Es

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January – March 2015

Plena Es specializes in Puerto Rican plena and bomba, percussion-driven musical traditions that reflect the island’s African heritage.


21st Century Steel Band

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September – November 2014

The 21st Century Steel Band performs Trinidadian steel pan (steel drum) music and is led by pan maker and player Michael Kernahan. Founded in 1978, this band performs at festivals, cultural programs, and Carnivals worldwide.


Flipside Kings

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April – June 2014

Founded in Miami, Florida in 1994, the Flipside Kings are an acclaimed B-Boy dance crew. Over the past 20 years, the group has grown into a collective of artists that includes dancers, graffiti/visual artists, musicians, and educators.


Bahamas Junkanoo Revue

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January – March 2014

Bahamas Junkanoo Revue practices junkanoo, a Bahamian parade tradition. The group’s performances feature handmade costumes, music, and dancing.


Perú Expresión

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September – November 2013

Perú Expresión is an ensemble that performs traditional Peruvian music and dance, including Afro-Peruvian traditions.


Joe Zeytoonian

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April – June 2013

While growing up in Boston’s Armenian community, Joe Zeytoonian learned to play the oud, a Middle Eastern guitar-like instrument. An oud master, he also specializes in doumbek, a chalice-shaped drum played with the hands.

Serge Toussaint

January – March 2013

Born in Haiti, Serge Toussaint is a Miami-based muralist and sign artist. His creations can be found in several parts of Miami-Dade County, including Little Haiti.


Mieko Kubota

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September – November 2012

Mieko Kubota practices a variety of Japanese arts such as ikebana (flower arranging), origami, calligraphy, and the tea ceremony. She also teaches the Japanese language.


James Kelly

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April – June 2012

James Kelly is a renowned Irish fiddler who is originally from the Emerald Isle. He learned the fiddling tradition from his father John, a respected musician from County Clare.


Ezequiel Torres

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January – March 2012

Born in Havana, Cuba, Ezequiel Torres is a master drummer and drum maker who specializes in the batá drum, a key instrument in the Afro-Cuban Orisha religion.


Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and
The Pérez CreARTE Grants Program

 

 

 


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