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Militza Jean-Felix is a Haitian American artist from Boston, Massachusetts. She has a Bachelor in Fine Art from the Massachusetts College of Art and is a current Masters in Fine Art candidate at the California College of the Arts. Her work at the Massachusetts College of Art revolved around painting, ceramics and photography. She has done extensive travel and research in the Caribbean and in Europe. In 2001 while studying at the Ludwig Foundation in Havana she met the Afro Cuban artists of Callejon Hamel and absorbed the richness and density of their Santeria ritual spaces. She then combined this with Haitian Voudou and created large scale paintings that focused on group scenes of ritual and Guede ceremonial dances. The dancers wore menacing yet engaging masks and interacted with each other through twisted frenetic movements. At play within these works is a discourse between the perceived ominous nature of the subjects against the back drop of vividly colorful surroundings and heart felt spirituality. In 2008 she moved to France to attend the Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art and stepped into a more experimental realm incorporating the repetition of patterns, disintegrating architecture and the human figure as an afterthought into her work. She has shown her work twice at the Centre International d'Art Contemporain in France and has also shown her work in Korea and the United states. She is currently studying creative writing at the California College of the Arts, her thesis centers around her family’s real life experiences during the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010.

Massachusetts College of Art, BFA Pont Aven School of Contemporary Art California College of the Arts, MFA candidate - 4 Militza Jean-Felix Militza Jean-Felix http://isitlastsummer.blogspot.com/ PERSON 1 http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/id/104 2013-05-17T23:40:15+02:00 Mark Coetzee Program Director, <a href="http://vision.puma.com">PUMAVision</a> and Chief Curator, <a href="http://creative.puma.com">PUMA.Creative</a>

<a href="http://www.markcoetzee.com">Mark Coetzee</a> is Program Director of <a href="http://vision.puma.com">PUMAVision</a> and Chief Curator of <a href="http://creative.puma.com">puma.creative</a>. He is originally from Cape Town, South Africa. Before joining <a href="http://www.puma.com">PUMA</a>, he was the director of both the <a href="http://www.rfc.museum">Contemporary Arts Foundation</a> and the <a href="http://www.rfc.museum">Rubell Family Collection</a> (RFC) from 2000 to 2009. He is was adjunct curator at the <a href="http://www.psmuseum.org">Palm Springs Art Museum</a> from 2008 to 2009. Committed to education, he served as an adjunct faculty member at the <a href="http://nwsa.mdc.edu/college_home/college_home/welcome.html">New World School of the Arts</a>, was co-director of the <a href="http://nwsa.mdc.edu/college_home/college_home/welcome.html">New World School of the Arts</a> Honors Program, and from 2001 to 2009 the director of the <a href="http://www.rfc.museum">Curatorial Training Program</a>. He is a recognized artist in his own right as well an art historian and writer. Coetzee has published extensively on art, writing for journals including the <a href="http://www.mg.co.za">Mail & Guardian</a>, <a href="http://www.revuenoire.com">Revue Noire</a> and the <a href="http://www.sundayindependent.co.za">Sunday Independent</a>, and publishing over 30 monograph catalogs on various artists. His latest publications include monographs on <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/HB_ebook/HB_ebook.html">Hernan Bas</a>, <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/AAO_ebook/AAO_ebook.html">Keith Haring</a>, <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/EH_ebook/EH_ebook.html">Eberhard Havekost</a>, and <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/JS_ebook/JS_ebook.html">John Stezaker</a>. He has received various grants and awards for his work from foundations such as the Arts & Business Council of Miami of Americans for the Arts, Business & Arts South Africa (BASA), Harry Crossley Foundation, Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa, Maggie Laubscher Foundation, Miami Design Preservation League, Ruth Prowse Foundation, Irma Stern Foundation, Montague White Trust, National Arts Council of South Africa and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Coetzee studied at the <a href="http://academic.sun.ac.za/fine_arts/">University of Stellenbosch</a>, the <a href="http://www.michaelis.uct.ac.za">University of Cape Town</a>, and the <a href="http://www.paris-sorbonne.fr">University of Paris-Sorbonne</a>.

Selected Recent Exhibition Catalogs and Books <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/AAO_ebook/AAO_ebook.html">Coetzee, Mark. Against All Odds: Keith Haring in the Rubell Family Collection. Palm Springs: Palm Springs Art Museum; Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2008.</a> <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/HB_ebook/HB_ebook.html">Coetzee, Mark. Hernan Bas: Works from the Rubell Family Collection. Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2007.</a> <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/JS_ebook/JS_ebook.html">Coetzee, Mark. John Stezaker: Works from the Rubell Family Collection. Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2007.</a> <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/REDEYE_ebook/REDEYE_ebook.html">Coetzee, Mark. ed., Red Eye: L.A. Artists from the Rubell Family Collection. Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2007.</a> <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/EH_ebook/EH_ebook.html">Coetzee, Mark. Eberhard Havekost 1996-2006: Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection. Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2006.</a> <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/LAD2_ebook/LAD2_ebook.html">Coetzee, Mark, and Laura Steward Heon. Life After Death: New Leipzig Paintings from the Rubell Family Collection. Miami: Rubell Family Collection; North Adams: MASS MoCA, 1st ed. 2005, 2nd ed. 2007.</a> <a href="http://www.phaidon.com/Default.aspx/Web/not-afraid-9780714843933">Coetzee, Mark. Rubell Family Collection: NOT AFRAID. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2004.</a> <a href="http://rfc.museum/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=21&category_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=5">Coetzee, Mark. America Dream, Collecting Richard Prince for 27 Years. Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2004.</a> <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/MOI_ebook/MOI_ebook.html">Coetzee, Mark, and Luisa Lagos. Memorials of Identity: New Media from the Rubell Family Collection. Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 1st ed. 2004, 2nd ed. 2006, 3rd ed. 2006.</a> <a href="http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&BBID=13358868&v3=1">Coetzee, Mark. Where Art Is Happening, ArtCenter/South Florida. Miami Beach: ArtCenter/South Florida, 2003.</a> - 36.8131 -1.27436 Mark Coetzee Coetzee Mark Coetzee d d http://vision.puma.com/ PERSON 1 http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/id/426 2013-05-17T23:40:06+02:00 PUMAVision A better world in our vision—<a href="http://vision.puma.com">PUMAVision</a>—would be safer, more peaceful, and more creative than the world we know today.

At PUMA, we believe that our position as the creative leader in Sportlifestyle gives us the opportunity and the responsibility to contribute to a better world for the generations to come. A better world in our vision—PUMAVision—would be safer, more peaceful, and more creative than the world we know today. The 4Keys is the tool we have developed to help us stay true to PUMAVision, and we use it by constantly asking ourselves if we are being Fair, Honest, Positive, and Creative in everything we do. We believe that by staying true to our values, inspiring the passion and talent of our people, working in sustainable, innovative ways, and doing our best to be Fair, Honest, Positive, and Creative, we will keep on making the products our customers love, and at the same time bring that vision of a better world a little closer every day.

PUMAVision PROGRAMS The PUMAVision looks ahead to a world that is safer, more peaceful and more creative for the generations to come. Through the programs of puma.safe, puma.peace and puma.creative, we are providing real and practical expressions of this vision. <a href="http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/page/430/en"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/ztvc/image/628/430-400-162.jpg" height="162" width="400" alt="" title="puma.safe logo" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - puma.safe logo - Creative Caribbean Network" href="/page/430/en">puma.safe logo</a> Under this banner, we are bringing together all of our longstanding work on environmental issues and decent work in decent workplaces, and combining it with new initiatives that will drive us to cleaner, greener, safer and more sustainable systems and practices. Imaginative solutions are found in every aspect of production for our Sportlifestyle products, from the sourcing of raw materials through the Cotton Made in Africa campaign, which has seen excellent results for subsistence farmers in Africa, to the development of fully biodegradable packaging and carry bags that replace existing plastics. In addition, transparent and constructive dialogues with stakeholders, supplier partners, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the Fair Labor Association have ensured that our PUMA Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct are observed and audited in workplaces worldwide. puma.safe will continue to work toward reducing our carbon footprint, developing new sustainable products, and raising work and production standards worldwide. <a href="http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/page/431/en"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/ztvc/image/100/431-400-141.jpg" height="141" width="400" alt="" title="PUMA.Peace logo" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - PUMA.Peace logo - Creative Caribbean Network" href="/page/431/en">PUMA.Peace logo</a> Through the puma.peace program, PUMA continues its support of the United Nations Global Cease-Fire Day and the non-profit organization that inspired it, Peace One Day. PUMA supported the Peace One Day documentary, which was filmed partly in Afghanistan with peace activist Jude Law and screened in major cities around the world including Cannes, London and New York. In 2008, we launched One Day One Goal, a global football movement that celebrated Peace Day with goodwill football matches played around the world, in many cases between communities previously in conflict. In its first year, the One Day One Goal campaign held over 180 peace games. puma.peace will continue to develop initiatives that promote and support peace across the globe. <a href="http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/page/432/en"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/ztvc/image/548/432-400-123.jpg" height="123" width="400" alt="" title="PUMA.Creative logo" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Click to get a larger image - PUMA.Creative logo - Creative Caribbean Network" href="/page/432/en">PUMA.Creative logo</a> Our puma.creative initiatives aim to bring together individual artists and organizations, and provide them with a platform for creative exchange and international exposure. The first puma.creative project was the support of the exhibition “30 Americans” at the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, Florida, during Art Basel Miami Beach 2008. Both Art Basel Miami Beach and the important “30 Americans” exhibition challenged our understanding of the synergy between art and design, music, style, and fashion, and was a perfect fit for the expression of PUMAVision’s creative initiative. The sponsorship of Hussein Chalayan’s retrospective at the Design Museum in London further grounded puma.creative’s serious commitment to supporting art and culture. In London we also sponsored the Central Saint Martins graduate fashion show and subsequent auction benefiting the PUMA Central Saint Martins Bursary Award. We established and continue to develop the Creative Africa Network (CAN), an online social networking website and cultural directory that enhances, celebrates and honors existing African and Africa-related cultural networks within and beyond the continent. CAN also includes the CAN Ambassador awards, awarded to 17 individuals in 2009 for dedicated service to the arts. As part of our commitment to a more creative world, PUMA will continue to support artists, art projects, and exhibitions globally through puma.creative. - 36.8131 -1.27436 PUMAVision PUMAVision PUMAVision d d http://vision.puma.com/ PERSON 1 http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com/id/28853 2011-11-18T02:16:33+01:00 Mansour Wael I am a dancer in the CMDC Company, I do break dance, contemporary and classic dance, as well as compose music

Wael Mansour or BBoy Wael!! I am a dancer. I love dance and maybe one day I will become a choreographer. I have been fortunate enough to visit many places participating in festivals and events such as Bamako, Mali; Shanghai, China, USA; Egypt; France; Italy and more.

- Mansour Wael PERSON 1 http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/id/434 2012-02-18T19:07:16+01:00 Claire Breukel Contemporary art curator and writer

After graduating from the University of Cape Town, Claire Breukel began her career working for the South African Center for Photography and the Association for Visual Arts, both non-profit organizations. Invited to curate the 2002 Cape Town Month of Photography biennale, she went on to curate the Vision Photography Festival and Brett Kebble Art Awards, 2003 and 2004. Introduced to Miami through the Rubell Family Collection, she took the position of Executive Director at Locust Projects, a renowned alternative non-profit. Whilst in Miami she participated in a number of art-related boards including as Vice Chair of Miami Beach Art in Public Places. Following this she became nomadic in her role as Coordinator of PUMAVision and Curator of PUMA.Creative, focusing on developing the arts specifically within Africa and the Caribbean region. Breukel is an independent curator and arts writer interested in contemporary art that falls outside of conventional modes of exhibition, and often affiliated with “developing” regions. She has written for Eikon, ArtPulse, Wynwood magazine and Arte Aldia, and has curated exhibitions in South Africa, New York, Miami and Vienna, and later this year her exhibition Coca-colonized will open at MARTE Museum in San Salvador.

- 36.8131 -1.27436 Claire Breukel Breukel Claire Breukel d d http://www.clairebreukel.com/ PERSON 1 http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/id/677 2012-02-05T06:58:54+01:00 Brooke Minto Assistant Director at <a href="http://www.miamiartmuseum.org">Miami Art Museum</a>

Brooke Minto is an Assistant Director at <a href="http://www.miamiartmuseum.org">Miami Art Museum</a> (USA). From 2005 to 2007 she was manager of education and public programs at Miami Art Central (MAC), where she developed interpretive programs for adult audiences including numerous film, lecture, and literary series. Prior to joining the staff of Miami Art Central, Ms. Minto held positions in the curatorial department at the <a href="http://www.guggenheim.org">Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum</a>, New York and at the <a href="http://www.rfc.museum">Rubell Family Collection</a>, Miami. She has contributed essays and articles on contemporary art and emerging artists to exhibition catalogues and other publications including <a href="http://rfc.museum/ebooks/MOI_ebook/MOI_ebook.html">“Memory Medium: William Kentridge’s Animated Drawings for Projection” in Memorials of Identity: New Media from the Rubell Family Collection</a> in 2006 and “Jonathan Calm” in the exhibition catalogue which accompanied Frequency at <a href="http://www.studiomuseum.org">The Studio Museum in Harlem</a> in 2005-06. In 2006 she participated in the inaugural Young Curators’ Invitational, sponsored by the <a href="http://www.fondation-entreprise-ricard.com">Fondation d'entreprise Ricard</a> during the 33rd <a href="http://www.fiac.com">Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC)</a> in Paris. In 2007 and 2008 she was a judge of the sixth and seventh annual <a href="http://miamishortfilmfestival.com">Miami Short Film Festivals</a>. Ms. Minto earned a BA in Art History from <a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu">Dartmouth College</a> and an MA in Modern Art and Critical Studies from <a href="http://www.columbia.edu">Columbia University</a>. She has been adjunct lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History at <a href="http://www.fiu.edu">Florida International University (FIU)</a> in Miami.

- Miami us -80.1937 25.7743 Brooke Minto Minto Brooke Minto http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/ PERSON 1 http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/id/1438 2011-02-26T15:08:27+01:00 Elias Maida President & Chief Officer | Creative Visionary. Fashion Box Studio INC.

Elias Maida Presidente - Director Creativo. Fashion Box Studio Inc. Contar en pocas palabras la historia de Elias Maida no es tarea fácil. Hoy día, el presidente y director creativo de Fashion Box Studio, una empresa de entretenimiento enfocada en el desarrollo de líneas de ropa y la producción de espectáculos que esta ubicada en la ciudad de Miami Florida en los Estados Unidos. Sus inicios en el medio del entretenimiento se remontan a sus épocas como modelo profesional, representado por varias de las agencias más importantes en Latinoamérica y en los Estados Unidos por Wilhelmina Models, una de los emporios más reconocidos a nivel internacional. En su portafolio, Elias Maida ha sido imagen para más de cien campanas publicitarias de diversos productos, entre reconocidas marcas de autos, bebidas, aerolíneas, hoteles, líneas de ropa entre otras marcas. Pero en realidad su experiencia y gusto por la moda se remonta a años atrás. Elias Maida nació rodeado de telas, hilos, botones, hebillas, ojales, molduras, cremalleras y siempre viendo un desfile de diseñadores de moda buscar recursos para sus creaciones en las tiendas de insumos de modistería que sus padres tenían en su natal Barranquilla, Colombia. Desde allí, se podía decir de manera predestinada que Elias Maida ya estaba encaminado hacia una de sus grandes pasiones: La Moda. Inquieto, talentoso, creativo, apasionado, sorpresivo describen la personalidad de este multifacético artista. Su formación de manera profesional fue en el teatro y su inclinación más fuerte en el mundo de las tablas siempre fue la puesta en escena proponiendo vestuarios y escribiendo historias, otra de las habilidades que el mismo reconoce: “Así es como me veo hasta el final de mi vida, escribiendo proyectos para espectáculos y para el cine, también pintando cuadros abstractos a lado de mi casa en el mar” En medio de su experiencia delante y detrás de los escenarios, Elias Maida conformo un dueto musical en el que fue uno de los vocalistas, grupo llamado Puracanela, concepto "POP" que se ubicó en los primeros lugares de radio en aquel entonces, patrocinado por la compañía discográfica BMG-México. “Fueron años muy nutritivos para mi, pude experimentar muchas facetas como artista. En la música crecí al lado de un público, esto me marco para toda la vida”. A sus 33 años de edad, se puede decir que Elias Maida ha tenido una vida entera en el medio del espectáculo y sus distintas experiencias lo han colocado en el puesto en el que se encuentra hoy como artista y empresario. Hacia finales del 2004 Elias Maida inicia su historia empresarial fundando y desarrollando la firma de relaciones publicas, Madave Group, una agencia full-service que ofrecía una opción integral enfocada en entretenimiento “El cliente llegaba a nuestra casa a lanzar un nuevo producto y nosotros estábamos pendientes de la A a la Z. Desde el branding hasta los logos, del concepto fotográfico a la contratación de los modelos, de la estrategia de prensa hasta su inversión en publicidad, lo que llamamos un concepto One Stop Shopping”. Maida, en ese entonces vicepresidente de la firma lideraba el área creativa del grupo empresarial a cargo de las estrategias y conceptos con que se lanzaban cada uno de los productos que representaban. Dentro de su diverso portafolio de clientes cuenta con experiencia en líneas de ropa, estilistas de belleza, marcas de automóviles, compañías de cerveza, licores, restaurantes entre otros productos, estando a cargo también de la producción de un sin numero de eventos en la ciudad de Miami que incluían la producción e involucrar a sus clientes en importantes en movimientos como Art Basel, Fashion Week etc. En el 2009 Maida hace un “stop” en su carrera profesional dentro de Madave Group y toma la determinación de renovar el concepto creando Fashion Box Studio Inc, trayendo sobre la mesa mas de cinco años de experiencia como empresario en una firma enfocada en el desarrollo de líneas de ropa y la creación de conceptos y espectáculos, cuyo fin es el posicionamiento de marcas de lujo a nivel mundial. Maida es el presidente, co-fundador y director creativo de la empresa junto a su socia estratégica Patricia Rivadeneira. Actualmente se encuentra en el primera faceta del lanzamiento de EQUINOCCIO – EQUINOCCIO, la primera línea de ropa para mujeres que desarrolla el grupo de moda Fashion Box Studio, empresa que lidera Maida en una sociedad con el diseñador Alejandro Crocker y la fotógrafa y directora de operaciones de la firma, Patricia Rivadeneira. Dentro de su portafolio de proyectos, Maida se encuentra desarrollando uno de los proyectos más importantes de su vida en alianza con la prestigiosa corporación de crédito mundial MasterCard. Se trata de Fashion Art Show, una exclusiva plataforma de exposición y promoción de productos de lujo reconocidos a nivel mundial que mostrara las ultimas tendencias en moda, belleza, arte, fotografía, música, gastronomía, autos, tecnología y nombres que están considerados maestros de la excelencia en cada una de estas áreas. El programa tiene cinco pilares como estrategia y entre ellos un evento/ exhibición que tiene como invitados de honor a talentos hispanos que están causando impacto con sus obras al rededor del mundo. Para mas información www.fashionartshow.com Para el 2010 Elías Maida se encuentra lleno de proyectos; estudiando y estructurando propuestas, preparando la segunda edición de “Salvando El Planeta Con Estilo” un evento que reúne lo mejor de la gastronomía, la moda, el arte y la música llevando un fuerte mensaje de conciencia social y amor por el mundo que se ve reflejando en cada de estas áreas. Otro de los proyectos que toman su tiempo en la actualidad es la preproducción de la primera edición de Key Biscayne Fashion Week evento que se planea lanzar en el 2011. Paralelamente el creativo de Fashion Box Studio esta estructurando lo que será su primera línea de ropa para hombres y estudiando posibilidades para producir teatro y cine en proyectos que involucran todas sus pasiones. Una faceta importante que destacar de Elias Maida es el estar involucrado con diferentes organizaciones sin animo de lucro, actividades que van desde la recolección de fondos, ayuda humanitaria y el liderar campanas de recolección para necesidades de primera en situaciones de emergencia o catástrofes a nivel mundial. Quienes lo conocen personalmente saben que aparte de ser un apasionado por su trabajo está en una búsqueda espiritual muy fuerte “Soy un ser humano que vive preocupado por el mundo y de acuerdo a mis posibilidades aporto mi grano de arena, creo firmemente en la ley del Amor, pienso que vivir a través de las pasiones y siempre siguiendo el instinto en la voz del corazón es el camino mas viable hacia una verdadera felicidad”

- Elias Maida Maida Elias Maida PERSON 1 http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/id/698 2012-06-11T20:43:04+02:00 Artformz/Office for Curatorial Projects A nomadic art collaboration for the advancement of innovative ideas of diverse media and content

Artformz / Office for Curatorial Projects Founded in 2004 and today still located in the Wynwood Arts District, the new Artformz Office, develops nomadic projects, yet continues to be a creative gathering spot that encourages intellectual dialogue and collaboration among artists. In 2008 Artformz was awarded several grants from the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs as well as a prestigious Knight Arts Challenge Grant for the presentation and development of the premier exhibit of "Giants In The City" at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami. In 2009 Artformz partnered with Red Nomade in Valencia, Spain to co-curate the Artist Invites Artist project. Artists from Miami traveled to Spain in 2010 and exhibited their work with the support of the Cultural Affairs Ministry in Valencia. The Valencian artists reciprocated a visit to exhibit in Miami in 2012 with the help of the Dacra Office in the Miami Design District, The Miami-Dade OEDIT Unit and the City of Miami Mayor's Office. Artformz most popular project is "Small Wonderz" a highly successful salon style exhibition series of small format artwork by exceptional local artists. It was presented for the first time in May of 2010. With subsequent showings at Verge Fair, the Wynwood Art Fair, and Pulse Fair it continues to be a stand out local cultural event. As in the past the <a href="http://www.artformz.net">Artformz</a> office continues to support the exploration of unusual strategies to bring artwork of exceptional quality closer to the public and to create a larger dialogue by connecting art and community in new ways.

- N Miami Ave Miami 33127 us -80.1971 25.8529 6 Artformz/Office for Curatorial Projects Artformz +13054399577 http://www.artformz.net/ PERSON 1 http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/id/756 2012-09-15T18:48:32+02:00 Charo Oquet Dominican Native, Miami-based interdisciplinary artist/curator/publisher/author

Charo Oquet, work spans painting to photography, performance to installation. Her work has been extensively exhibited internationally. As an art activist, in 1996, she founded “Miami Arts Collaborative”, which later became Edge Zones, founded in 2004 as a non-profit arts organization. In her role as director and curator Oquet took a leadership role in organizing numerous exhibitions which have featured Dominican and Miami artists internationally. As a publisher she has produced 5 books (please visit www.edgezonespress.org.) Oquet also serves the arts community as a grants panelist for the Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council and for the State of Florida grants. She is the recipient of several fellowships and awards most recently: Florida State Artists Fellowship Award; the State of Florida Artists Enhancement Grant; South Florida Cultural Consortium 2005 Visual and Media Artists Fellowship Award. She received a BFA from Florida International University.

- P.O. Box 398356 Miami Beach, FL 33239 us -80.14 25.79 5 Charo Oquet Oquet Charo Oquet d http://www.charooquet.com/ PERSON 1 http://www.creativecaribbeannetwork.com/id/757 2010-11-25T15:02:23+01:00 Bea Pernia Singer/Songwriter

Born in Los Angeles, California, raised in Caracas, Venezuela. I started writing at the earlly age of 7 and was always interested in all types of music. I moved to Miami and initiated my studies of Art, Design and Music, alternating them with Modeling and Acting. <object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JLR52QmLi2g&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JLR52QmLi2g&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> After a few years of studies and work, I created my first independent Album "Bea Delirando", my songs have appeared in Soap operas, Short films, and underground Radio stations. <object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xRPfQLFkHaI&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xRPfQLFkHaI&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> <object width="407" height="306" class="inline-object wiki-youtube"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z7CWmzHx5Tg&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed class="inline-object wiki-youtube" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z7CWmzHx5Tg&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="407" height="306"></embed></object> My lyrics are inspired by understanding the human experience in relationships and how to evolve through them. My Music mixes Pop rock with electronic, but still retains my latin roots. With this combination of elements along with my voice, I've created an alternative Pop which is called " Tiempo", the title of my new upcoming Album.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-guZui5sWU">Bea Pernia "Quedate"</a> - Miami us -80.2264 25.789 4 Bea Pernia BEA PERNIA http://www.beapernia.com/ PERSON 1