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Brandy Magill

Visual Artist

2017 - Howleys - Femme Fatal - Lake Worth, FL - August - November 2017 - 1310 Gallery - Riverwalk Art Festival - September 2017 Jerry’s Artarama – Deerfield Beach, FL – July 2017 James May Gallery – Water, Algoma, WI- May 2017 Tedds Art Works – Aura, Wilton Manors, FL -Jan 2016 Miami, Florida – P.U.E.N.T.E. – Art Basel 2016 Tedd Art Works – Art-rageous, Juried Art Exhibition, Wilton Manors, FL – June/July 2016 Chico Art Center – Women in Contemporary Art – Chico, CA April – May 2016 Sailboat Bend Art Festival, 1310 Gallery – Fort Lauderdale, FL April 2016 Bailey House Auction – Artist Donation, Bailey House Auction and Gala, NYC, March 2015 Mimosa Boutique – Group Exhibition benefiting Susan G. Komen Breast cancer Research, Fort Lauderdale,FL November 2015 MAC Fine Art – Dali and Me Exhibition, Fort Lauderdale, FL June 2014 FLOR500 – FLOR500 Exhibit, FIU Graham Center Art Gallery, Miami, FL August 2014 Vargas Gallery – South Florida Group Show, Pembroke Pines, FL July 2014 FLOR500- A Participatory Art Project by Xavier Cortada, FGCU Gallery, Fort Myers, FL. May 2014 Van Gogh-Gos – Art Show at the Dubliner, Fort Lauderdale, FL. February 2013 Landscapes Art Exhibition – Light Space & Time, Online Gallery September 2013 SWFL Lives – HOWL Art Gallery/Tattoo Studio, Fort Myers, FL. August 2013 Transference, Veron Ennis Exhibition – Sidney & Berne Davis Arts Center, Fort Myers, FL. August 2013 Gulf Coast Leisure Art & Poetry Event – Sidney & Berne Davis Arts Center, Fort Myers, FL. June 2013 Xavier Cortada Flor500, Online, Florida. June 2013 Brandy has successfully completed the Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute put on by Broward Cultural Division and ArtServe. Artist’s Statement The powerful voice behind my paintings is that of my spiritual side. All people are equal. We are here aspiring to love and be prosperous, so lets do this in harmony. Creating art that provokes a positive and deepening emotion is important to not only my soul but the soul of the viewer. Im a firm believer that we must surround ourselves with art that is moving and thoughtful rather than dark and depressing. Where we are going as humans should be that of positivity and happiness rather than receding to the depths of negative humanity. Biography Brandy Lynn Magill was born in Syracuse, NY and raised in Chugiak, Alaska. She learned to paint at a very young age from her Grandmother, and excelled best in music and art classes. Inspired to discover a bigger city, she moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida at age 20 allowing her to explore various artistic outlets. She studied fashion and quickly turned to fine art painting. She studied at The Academy of Art online for a BFA in Painting. Brandy currently resides in South Florida where her studio is located. She is a mother to her son born in 2014. The strength it takes to be a parent/mother pushes her to grow and develop as an artist and in her yoga practice. To create an environment where positivity thrives through color and creativity is very important in her daily life. You can see this application in her paintings and subjects. Brandy is a firm believer that happiness and positivity can come from both Yoga and Art. The combination of spirituality and art is at the core of Brandy’s paintings.

Alexandra Marie

Composer; Musician; Singer

Alexandra Marie, Singer, show producer I. Artistic Merits and Accomplishments A native from Argentina, this Argentinean-American International Lyric Soprano, educator and songwriter challenges her unique voice through wide and diverse repertoire with a flexibility hard to find among classically trained singers. In 1990, she arrived in the United States continuing her education, receiving scholarships from both the New World School of the Arts/ MDCC and later Florida International University. Alexandra Marie has appeared with Symphony Orchestras such as The Coral Spring Pops, the Hallandale Pops and sang with Zarzuela companies both in South America and in South Florida such as "Grateli", among others. Alexandra Marie released her second CD entitled “Esencia de Mujer”, featuring Latin women composers and historical female figures from the Americas, which was recorded in Argentina with the finest musicians from the Pampas. Alexandra was featured in the 2013 CD compilation: “TANGO in Miami”, cultural initiative by the Consulate General of the Argentine Republic in Miami. Alexandra Marie received consecutive grants by the Miami Downtown Development Authority to produce concerts for Miami Arts Day 2015-2018, performing with Florida Grand Opera pianists Sergio Puig and Paul Swartz, and bandoneon Miguel Arrabal. These highlighted concerts, “Beloved Melodies of the Americas”, “Sunset Terrace Concert” at the Cisneros Foundation can be found in her website with an eclectic repertoire from the Americas and Beyond. Alexandra is currently music teacher at iPrep Academy, where Superintendent Carvalho is principal. Her future engagements include the 35th Argentine Festival in the USA, Arligton Virginia in May and the Summer Symphony Series concert with the city of Pembroke Pines performing "Vocal Works by Symphonic Composers", accompanied by Paul Schwartz, pianist from Florida Grand Opera at the Charles F. Dodge City Center in June 12. You can learn more about this distinguish Argentine Performer visiting www.alexmarie.com

Daniel Marosi

Visual Artist

Daniel Marosi is a professional artist living in Davie, Florida. He runs Creative Order Design Studio, which encompasses all his interests in fine art, graphic design, scenic design, and art instruction. He received his MFA from Florida International University and has exhibited at Vizcaya Museum & Gardens, The Frost Art Museum, Context Art Miami, and the Affordable Art Fairs in New York and London.

Monica Marquez

Visual Artist

Kenneth Martinson

Musician

Kenneth Martinson, assistant professor of Viola at University of Florida, received his M.M. (Viola Performance) from the Eastman School of Music (1994) as a student of Martha Katz, and his B.M. (Viola Performance/Music Composition) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1993), where he was a student of Yizhak Schotten. He is currently serving as President of the International Viola Society, and he is the founding President of the Florida Viola Society. He has also founded Gems Music Publications, a company devoted to promoting rare and previously out of print or unpublished viola scores to help broaden the available viola repertoire. Ken had an early success in becoming the principal violist of the Interlochen World Youth Symphony. He was formerly the violist of the Julstrom String Quartet, the Potsdam Piano Quartet, the Artaria Quartet of Boston, and the Rackham String Quartet and has taught at Western Illinois University, the Crane School of Music- SUNY Potsdam (Potsdam, NY) and Viterbo College (LaCrosse, WI). As a chamber musician, he has won numerous awards such as first prize at the Coleman, Carmel, MTNA, and Yellow Springs Competitions. He was also a winner of the 1993 Cleveland Quartet Competition as well as a prizewinner at the Bucchi International Competition (Rome) and the WAMSO Competition (Minneapolis), and was the winner of the 1995 Richardson Awards (Lansing, MI). Mr. Martinson has held principal chairs in the Orlando, Toledo, Peoria, Lansing, Dubuque, and Santa Cruz Symphonies. Ken is a frequent recitalist and has performed intensely challenging programs such as the 4 solo sonatas of Paul Hindemith, and the complete sonatas of Darius Milhaud, also on his CD released by Centaur Records [CRC 2479]. He also has two other discs released by Centaur; viola chamber music of Rebecca Clarke [CRC 2847], and Bohuslav Martin? [CRC 2852]. His article "The Viola Music of Milhaud" was published by the American Viola Society Journal, vol. 15, no. 1. Mr. Martinson has been serving as an assistant editor of the Journal for the American Viola Society where he has his own column for reviewing new viola compositions and publications. The Toledo Blade has described his sound as being "rich and tawny, and one would like to hear it even more". Ken has performed throughout the United States and Canada as well as Brazil, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Russia, South Africa, and Switzerland, and was a featured guest artist at the 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010 International Viola Congresses.

Paul McDermott

Photographer

Paul depicts the art of the human experience through observation and interaction with the world. He explores the planet to capture simple yet profound moments that leave viewers as if they were there themselves. Transporting the viewer to a specific moment in time provides an opportunity for awareness and presence. Paul has been a photographer since the age of 14. His teen years began in photo labs and continued with a pursuit of technical photography skills in college. He has received numerous acknowledgements for his work including 2020 Silver Award for WPE Photographers International Competition, two National Exhibit Merit Awards from Professional Photographers of America in 2018, two in 2017, two in 2015, and three in 2014. He was published internationally in the 2014 Loan Collection Book and earned Two Loan Collection Awards in that competition. Other awards include the 2008 Ocean City Arts Center “Best in Show” award and the 2005 Scholastic Art Awards “Portfolio Gold Key Award.” Recently Paul has been producing personal projects after the “pandemic pivot” from a successful commercial photography career. In 2019, Paul began exhibiting his unique collections and expressing himself as an artist. In 2020 he made the transition to fine art full time and became a resident artist at ArtServe in Ft Lauderdale. In 2021 the Paul is Everywhere Gallery launched within the ArtServe Building.

Leigh E. McDonald

Visual Artist

I am a fiber artist/art quilter, author of Adventures in Circles: Quilt Designs from Start to Finish, Martingale & Co., 2008, and national quilting instructor. My work combines elements of printmaking, painting and fiber techniques such as stitching, weaving, crocheting, knitting, beading and embroidery to create each piece. I work in paper and fiber; coloring them with ink, dye and paints, then transforming the surface with the textures of beading and embroidery.

Carol-Anne McFarlane

Visual Artist

Carol-Anne McFarlane creates work that focuses on power, gender roles, identity, and the myths that reinforce the status quo. These subjects have been explored in drawings, prints, and photographs. She confronts the way men and women relate to each other and the misconceptions that one has about the other. The impetus of these pieces stem primarily from personal experiences. McFarlane has exhibited in Des Plaines, Kansas City, Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans, New York, and in various cities in South Florida. McFarlane was born in Fort Lauderdale. She attended the Atlanta College of Art and graduated with a BFA in Illustration. She lives and works in South Florida.

Stephanie McMillan

Visual Artist

Stephanie McMillan, a third-generation Fort Lauderdale resident, earned a BFA in 1987 at Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. She spent many years as an award-winning and widely-published cartoonist, producing editorial cartoons, comic strips, children's books and graphic novels. Her work in comics has been exhibited in galleries, museums and shows around the country, and her papers are archived at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence at the New River Inn Museum at History Fort Lauderdale, where she creates paintings and drawings inspired by local plants and wildlife. The collection, called "Zone 10b" (the climate zone of the coastal tropics), combines affectionate humor with the bright colors of sunny Florida. Her greeting cards and prints can be found locally in the gift shops of the NSU Museum and the Riverside Hotel, as well as at her studio, which is open to the public noon-4pm daily.

Myrna Meeroff

Musician

David Dean Mendoza

Composer; Musician

David Dean Mendoza (b. 1979) writes various styles of contemporary music. His works juxtapose the traditional with the contemporary, the ancient with the avant-garde, and the accessible with the abstract. Sound sources often include silences, electronic sounds, non-Western instruments, and improvisation to produce something that has been described as ethereal and evocative. Since 2007, his works have been performed at festivals and conferences around the country including the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, SEAMUS, N_SEME, and SCI local, regional, and national conferences. Internationally, he has participated in residences at the Musical Production and Research Laboratory (LIPM) in Buenos Aires, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and at the Banff Centre. His recent accomplishments include working with the Cleveland Orchestra, Montréal violinist Daphnee Sincennes, and the Toronto based Pneuma Ensemble. His music has been performed by Central Michigan University New Music Ensemble, Florida International University New Music Ensemble, Friends University Percussion Ensemble, Reinhardt University Percussion Ensemble, South Carolina String Project, The Other Music Ensemble, The Henri Mancini Institute String Quartet, Folie à Duex, the Nodus Ensemble, Resound Duo, The Pneuma Ensemble, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Players, and the University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra. In 2015, the Toulouse Regional Conservatory selected his work for Flicker for solo violin to be used as final exam repertoire for advanced students. David holds a doctorate in music theory and composition from the University of Miami and has taught as an adjunct professor at Florida International University and the University of Miami. David is based in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

PEN Across America Miami/South Florida Chapter

Writer

PEN America stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide. We champion the freedom to write, recognizing the power of the word to transform the world. Our mission is to unite writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defend the liberties that make it possible. Our PEN Across America initiative provides resources to mobilize PEN America communities nationwide to carry forward our mission to defend and celebrate free expression. New chapters in Austin, Birmingham, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, the Piedmont Region of North Carolina, Tulsa, and elsewhere are organizing public forums to debate critical issues, hosting writers for literary conversations, conducting advocacy campaigns, offering workshops on media literacy, storytelling, and citizen journalism, and much more.

Ken Middler

Musician

Ken Middler Studied music theory and percussion performance and aerospace engineering at the State University of Buffalo under Jan Williams and Anthony Miranda. Prior to that Ken studied various instruments such guitar and Baritone and began to study drums at the age of 15 under Pat Kachefsky and joined the Tonawanda Jazz Big Band and the following year Joined his first professional big band where he met and played with Rick James Bass Player, Oscar Alston. While studying music at UB, Ken joined punk band “Afraid Of Girls” and then met Kofi Wilmot a jazz artist and played drums on his CD “Slow But Sure” signed by Amherst Records. After College Ken Started the Color Band with one Rick James Keyboard Players Eric Williams from the Mary Jane Girls Albums. Ken then left for Florida in 1989 and got his first gig on a short tour with Dr. Hook. Then met bebop artist Jet Nero and performed and studying with him for 3 years. Ken Played drums at Calvary Chapel Ft Lauderdale FL for five years and played 3 Calvary CD’s and began composing “Soul Journey” CD. Ken then formed Rock/Jazz band “Stratus” 10/1/2013, Ken’s CD “Soul Journey” gets signed by Tate Music Group. Ken is currently performing and producing his original music

Laurie Miller

Musician

Laurie has been thrilling audiences worldwide with her critically acclaimed show featuring heartfelt vocals, high energy dancing and unique comic impressions of Cher, Liza and Barbra. An exciting highlight of Laurie’s career was as one of the original members and creators of the pop-hit girl group EXPOSE?.

Jeff Miller

Visual Artist

I am a third generation Broward County native. I've always dabbed in art, finding a strong interest in painting, mainly oils. Always enjoyed the challenge. More recently, I have created works with metal whether it be welding or using crazy, sometimes stupid ideas to create an abstract painting. I would love to share my work with the community and ultimately create a living with my art.

Terri Mitchell

Musician

Dr. Terri Mitchell, a long-time Mentor for the Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra, is an accomplished flutist, a consummate musician and educator. She was just awarded the honor of being placed on the Fulbright Senior Specialist List, making her eligible to receive money from the federal government to teach in her field at institutions of higher learning in other countries. Her new CD Ponteios which contains music by Brazilian and American composers, has been praised by flutists and non-flutists alike. It is available at www.cdbaby.com/cd/DrTerriMitchell. She received her Doctorate in Music from the University of Miami in 2003 where she received the Award for Academic Achievement. She is principal flutist with the Ars Flores Symphony Orchestra. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Ars Flores Orchestra. She is an adjunct Professor at Miami Dade College where she teaches flute lessons, Music Appreciation and Jazz and Pop and directs the Falcon Jazz Band. She plays chamber music with the Encore Chamber Ensemble as well as doing freelance work in the South Florida area. She also is the flutist for the Ars Flores V, the resident woodwind quintet of the Ars Flores Symphony. She has lectured on musicians’ health, the subject of her doctoral research, at the University of Miami and at the Florida Flute Fair as well as in Brazil. She taught the Frost Flute Choir and private lesson at the University of Miami Frost School of Music for many years and designed a seminar on Musician’s Health that took place at the University of Miami. Her article "Healthy Performance" was published in "Flute Talk" magazine. She has played with orchestras throughout the United States and Europe and has performed solos with the Alhambra Orchestra, the Ars Flores Symphony and the University of Miami Symphony Orchestra. She was awarded the SGI Renaissance Award in 2004 for her contributions to the community in the field of music She is also a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, the music honor society. Her work can also be heard at www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHhxdHY5Qfk.

Adorable Monique

Visual Artist

Adorable Monique is an award-winning artist brought up abroad. She holds a Degree in Fine Arts and she has had the good fortune to be mentored by a renown artist, which has enriched her artistic vision. She has received merit awards, the opportunity to exhibit in various venues. Growing up surrounded by different cultures has broadened her overall view of life. She is continuously pursuing success in personal, professional, and artistic endeavors as well in the artistic experience itself.

Rafael Montilla

Photographer; Visual Artist; Art Performance, art installation, street art

"Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.” Sir Thomas Browne Ever since I can remember, I have given importance to two things in my life: internal seeking and art. My works of art are concrete and essential approximations of my own inner and outer experiences. They are simple; they reflect me. I have based my work on the flower of life and Metatron’s Cube. Geometric Abstraction allows me to convey deeper thoughts to my audience as a divine human gift. My art is a strong response to the chaotic world around us. Exploring the elements of geometric shapes, light, and color in the combination, I try to bring about harmony, unity, and balance. I would like to reduce my artistic vocabulary to dots, lines, and shades of white. My biggest challenge is to simplify my art expression. Born in Caracas, Venezuela. I have exhibited my artwork in various cities in the United States such as Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Weston, Las Vegas, Coral Gables, New York, and the world as Canada, Spain and Venezuela HONORS AND AWARDS: Special recognition for contribution to the Art in the community, delivered by the Mayor of the City of Doral (Miami Dade), Juan Carlos Bermudez, April 27, 2017 Tomas Regalado, City of Miami Mayor proclaimed August 19, 2016 as Rafael Montilla’s Day.

Darwin Morales

Visual Artist

At an early age of 17 and influenced by his well-known visual artist uncles, Rafael and Luis Portilla, he began venturing in the magical worl of art. After a few years of continuous learning in a striving and escalating art business, Darwin established his first “Art Gallery Gala” in Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1986. Darwin's involvement in the cultural world of art is where he discovered that carving was a vital interest in his life. His passion for art sculptures began flourishing the inner artist that hides within every human being. He continued with the promotion of his art gallery and sculptures until the year 2000 when he emigrated to USA. Darwin incorporates and mixes different types of stones (alabaster, marble, soapstone, etc) when creating his unique sculptures and sculpture lamps. Since 2000, Florida has become home to his Sea Life Sculptures.

Melton R. Mustafa

Musician

Melton Mustafa was born in Atlanta, GA. and raised in Miami, Fl. where he started playing music in high school under the direction of Mr. Frank Neal at Miami Carol City HS. Melton Mustafa received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Florida A&M University where he served as Section leader of the saxophone section and head of the Dance Routine committee for the Legendary Marching “100”. While at FAMU, Mustafa performed with the FAMU “Strikers” at the Apollo theatre and traveled the world with the Marching “100”. After undergraduate school, Mustafa received a Master’s Degree in Education from Florida International University and where he is currently working on his Doctoral Degree in Leadership. Melton Mustafa currently works as Professional Music Educator at Parkway School of the Arts & Florida Memorial University, performs, directs and produces music professionally. As a musician, Mustafa has studied and performed all over the United States. Performing with with groups like: The Melton Mustafa Orchestra (A 17 piece jazz big Band ala Count Basie), Rock With You Ent., Ike and Val Woods (Blues Band), Betty Padgett (Blues/Funk Vocalist), The New Vision Sax Ensemble (Sax Quartet), Barabas and "The New Tribe" in the Bahamas As a director, Mustafa has conducted the “Star Spangled Banner” for the Junior Olympics, written and directed a show for the Super Bowl entitled “Global Rhythms Local Beat”, served as the Musical Director for the Show “From the Porch” featuring Danny Glover, directed the band and choreographed Master "P" and Little Romeo’s music video, “It Takes Two”(which was featured on the show TV Show Access Granted- the making of the video). A couple of years ago, Melton Mustafa wrote and received a grant to start a community band at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center. The grant was written to allow a venue for anyone in the community who plays jazz or classical music and wants to play and perform. Melton has been featured on the following: “Butterfly” CD (poetry and sax), “St. Louis Blues” CD (Big Band), “Sea B Marrah”CD (Reggae), Betty Pageant CD (Blues sax), Ike and Val Woods CD (sax), Guest Artist for the show “By Kids for Kids (channel 10), acted in Tom Dowd (Film), Acted in “The Buddy Holly Story” Actor’s Play House”(off Broadway), danced at the Apollo Theater (Striker dance troupe). As a producer, Melton Mustafa just released “Scenes from Miami” Vol. 1 “The Softer Side” CD (featuring International trumpeter and recording artist Melton Mustafa Sr.) and just came back from New York recording his latest CD “The Traveling Man”. Melton Mustafa is currently working on adapting his original music “Shalom Salaam Serene” into an audio book to be used in the public school system and a "play along" CD/Book to be used as an educational resource.

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