{"id":19563,"date":"2019-06-09T11:16:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T18:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/?p=19563"},"modified":"2019-06-09T11:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T18:22:42","slug":"the-underline-curator-ximena-caminos-shares-art-preview-for-first-half-mile-of-the-underline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/the-underline-curator-ximena-caminos-shares-art-preview-for-first-half-mile-of-the-underline\/","title":{"rendered":"THE UNDERLINE &#8211; CURATOR XIMENA CAMINOS SHARES ART PREVIEW FOR FIRST HALF MILE OF THE UNDERLINE"},"content":{"rendered":"<a id=\"the-underline-curator-ximena-caminos-shares-art-preview-for-first-half-mile-of-the-underline\"><\/a><div id=\"attachment_19566\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19566\" class=\"wp-image-19566\" src=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Debi-Wechsler-Jeff-Wechsler-e1560104281940.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"627\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-19566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Debi Wechsler &amp; Jeff Wechsler<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Late last April, Ximena Caminos, co-founder of Faena, welcomed philanthropists, arts supporters and Friends of The Underline donors to her Miami Beach home for a private preview of The Underline\u2019s art master plan which Ms. Caminos curated.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of the guests were hearing the details of The Underline for the first time, so Meg Daly, Founder of Friends of The Underline gave a brief overview of the project and progress. Ms. Caminos and Galia Solomonoff of Dia: Beacon shared the art master plan for the first phase of the project featuring local and international artists.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Amy Rosenberg, chief development officer for The Friends, applauded board member Debi Wechsler and her father, Norman Braman for their significant and visionary gift to help fund the master plan. \u201cAs Miami becomes a global art market, we are thrilled to be supporting public art on<br \/>\nThe Underline which will connect and engage Miami-Dade County residents and the rest of the world,\u201d added Wechsler.\u00a0The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, was also mentioned as a major donor with their recent award of an\u00a0arts matching grant of $500,000.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel immensely honored to be able to contribute to this incredible project that will transform and celebrate our diverse communities. As a cultural entrepreneur, I believe in the power of art to heal, connect and transform,\u201d said Caminos. \u201cFor The Underline, we have tapped my life\u2019s experiences in bridging culture, community-building, urban development, and place making to help Miami be at the forefront of social innovation. Over the years, public spaces have become even more\u00a0important to\u00a0the experience of cities, creating the opportunity for new platforms for social interaction and innovative urban design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You may have also seen the Domino art installation on the Metrorail columns by artist Bo Droga.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Droga\u2019s playful transformation of Metrorail pillars into dominoes has excited a lot of people about the many ways to use art on the future Underline.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Also, last May Miami-Dade County released a call to artists to commission public art on The Underline for both the Link at Douglas Station and the Oolite Room at Brickell Backyard.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>We look forward to sharing the artist selections soon!<\/p>\n<p>To support Art on The Underline with a donation please visit theunderline.org\/donate or<br \/>\ncontact Amy Rosenberg at\u00a0\u00a0or 305-610-8091.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last April, Ximena Caminos, co-founder of Faena, welcomed philanthropists, arts supporters and Friends of The Underline donors to her Miami Beach home for a private preview of The Underline\u2019s art master plan which Ms. Caminos curated.\u00a0 Some of the guests were hearing the details of The Underline for the first time, so Meg Daly,<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/somimag.com\/the-underline-curator-ximena-caminos-shares-art-preview-for-first-half-mile-of-the-underline\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":19570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,299,1,269],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19563"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/somimag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}