MIA Magazine March 2016 Jazz in the Gardens | Page 12
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AN INDEPENDENT SUPPLEMENT BY MIA MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS GROUP TO THE SUN SENTINEL
By Asanyah Davidson
The Portal by
Isaie "Zeek" Mathias
MUCE (Miami Urban Contemporary
Experience) will team with Jazz in the
Gardens to bring the over 70,000
attendees, a pop-up gallery experience
like no other. MUCE debuted at last
year’s music festival and has returned this
year to showcase the work of 12
creatives in various mediums. The title of
the exhibition, “As a Matter of Black”, is a
play on “Black Lives Matter” and “As a
matter of fact”. The goal is to show the
diversity in work and artists that call
South Florida home. Co-Founder Ashlee
Thomas says, ”Art and diversity have to
be part of the first class city that Miami
wants to be.”
Throughout the year, many local
South Floridians may have experienced
the eclectic pairing of MUCE’s pop-up
galleries with events like movie
screenings and fashion shows. Most
recently during Art Basel 2015, the 2nd
largest Art fair in the world, the
organization worked with local culinary
celebrity Chef Creole. They enticed
out-of-towners to the Little Haiti
neighborhood in Miami with food, live
music, fashion shows and of course a 40
ft X 50 ft tent pop-up gallery. If you are
lucky enough to attend Jazz in the
Gardens 2016, be sure to stop by the
tent and remember MUCE brought you
art in the gardens.
Ashlee Thomas
Miami Urban Contemporary Experience
[email protected]
305-890-7402
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2016
Art in the Gardens
City Walker by Pascal
Miles Davis by Katherine Penner
Dizzy by Katherine Penner
Artfection by
Isaie “Zeek” Mathias
Muddy Waters by
Katherine Penner