HistoryMiami Museum

HistoryMiami will present the Cultural Heritage Spotlight Series, an annual artist-in-residence project highlighting Miami area traditional artists and cultures. Each year the program spotlights three individual artists or ensembles and their traditions. Participating artists share their art through public and school programs, online content, radio shows, and print materials. The Cultural Heritage Spotlight Series was created to help access the region's rich folklife, facilitating broad public exploration of the region's folk artists, traditions, and cultures. Audiences have cross-cultural educational experiences that increase their awareness of traditional arts and culture. The artists for 2012 include Ezequiel Torres, an Afro-Cuban percussionist and craftsman; James Kelly, an Irish fiddler; and Mieko Kubota, a practitioner of traditional Japanese arts including bonsai, ikebana, and tea ceremony.