Daughter joins her dad as he works on an airbrushing.
The Tenth Anniversary 2017-18 Season of SOMIartwalk© in our town center held on the second Friday of the month from October through March is completing the season. From 6-9p the area business district opens its doors to artists, and visitors enjoy established and emerging visual and performing artists on the sidewalks throughout town until 10p.
Unlike other communities which have multiple art galleries and host art night events, South Miami relies on responsive establishments and its tree-lined sidewalks to host visual and performing artists.
Participating as Host Venue Sponsors this year are: arango, Bhoom Shanti, Isabel Fine Home Accessories, The Wirtz Gallery at the First National Bank of South Miami, and the Tropical Audubon Society at the historic Doc Thomas House. Other professional artists showcase their work on the sidewalks throughout town, and students from area schools join in the event and participate in the “SOMI SIDEWALK SHOWCASE,” featuring the visual and performing arts and late night Pop-Up Comedy in the Starbuck’s courtyard.
As noted by artwalk coordinator and publisher of SOMI Magazine, “the focus is on our area’s trendy boutique and dining district with local visual and performing artists, and most importantly, involvng our local school students to make a very special family-oriented ‘hometown’ Friday evening art event.”
Ransom-Everglades Middle Schooler Tommy Ruan shows his work “Palm Frond”
Area students from the South Miami Senior High School, South Miami Middle School, South Miami K-8 Expressive Arts Magnet, Palmetto Elementary School, Palmetto High School Ransom Everglades High School and Middle School, and Cutler Ridge Senior High School are participating in events this season.
SOMIartwalk© is co-presented by the City of South Miami, ChamberSOUTH, The Shops at Sunset Place and SOMI Magazine, and sponsored in part by Buffalo Wild Wings, ChamberSOUTH, First National Bank of South Miami, JES Communications, Massage Envy Spa, Miro’s Boutique, South Miami Jewelry & Antiques, Splitsville Luxury Lanes, The Dog from Ipanema, The Shops at Sunset Place and Town Kitchen & Bar.
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- Street performer Jess Cantley from Arkansas performing outside Sunset Place.
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- AnnaBelle Ambrogi, 11th grader at Doral Academy Charter school working on a piece in the SOMI Sidewalk Showcase.
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- Parker Marttorella, 7th grader at Ransom Everglades points to her work entitled “Gone with the Wind.”
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- Members of the Palmetto Elementary School Jazz Ensemble enjoy a dinner break hosted at Buffalo Wild Wings.
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- Recently The Wirtz Gallery hosted an exhibition of the 2017 Winning Underwater Photography from the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science. FNBSM’s Rose Hedgemond speaks with the school’s dean Roni Avissar, Ph.D.
