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Gina Montét may be opening her newest play in Boca Raton, but “Baker Street Beginnings” grew out of her work and people she met in Miami-Dade County. Theatre Lab premieres the play on Saturday, Sept. 5 at Florida Atlantic University

A clean slate awaiting inspiration and creativity to become something beautiful and meaningful. This is how marquetry artist Milton Mizell describes “Blackquetry,” his work that will be on view from Saturday, Aug. 22, to Wednesday, Sept. 30 at CLAUG Creative Studio in Miami Shores.

The curved entrance walls at Oolite Arts are enveloped in pale pinks, muted reds and cool blues. Arches rise across the architecture. Columns, patterned surfaces and imagined passageways turn the gallery into something resembling a temple, civic building or ceremonial chamber. Look closer, however, and the decorative surfaces begin to reveal a considerably more bureaucratic origin.

A ghost appears repeatedly in the world of Miami artist AES. Sometimes it is reduced to a few economical black lines: rounded, almost cartoonlike, with dripping edges and two vertical marks suggesting eyes. Its simplicity is deceptive. The figure carries the visual immediacy of graffiti—a mark designed to be recognized quickly—but in AES’ hands, “The Miracle Ghost” has traveled beyond the wall into paintings, mixed-media works and sculpture.

Every final Friday of the month, the large open-air plaza of the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami (MOCA) turns into a live music venue. Jazz at MOCA has been entertaining the community since 1999. Welcoming local and traveling musicians, it puts a spotlight on a genre that is the cornerstone of all music.

A new exhibition at Pérez Art Museum Miami didn’t begin with the idea of a collector lending paintings to a museum. It began with a realization.

While the title of Miami City Ballet’s upcoming concert, “Ballet Classics Under the Stars,” may suggest an outdoor performance beneath the night sky, the star power will come from the stage at the Sanctuary of the Arts in Coral Gables, where the musicians of the Miami City Ballet orchestra will be in the spotlight.

At The CAMP Gallery in North Miami, “Under the Red Tent” unfolds as more than an exhibition. It is an environment shaped by collaboration, storytelling, and the tactile language of fiber. Presented by Red Thread Art Studio Miami, the show brings together more than 20 women artists who use textile practices to explore connection, identity, and shared experience.

Before he ever stepped into the title role of “Dear Evan Hansen” on Broadway, Kendall and Palmetto Bay native Stephen Christopher Anthony sat in the audience at the Music Box Theatre and was spellbound.

A lot has changed over the past few years in the art world. Digital art has become a popular form of expression for artists, and art fairs have taken notice. To help you plan your week, we’ve compiled some highlights at some of the art fairs as well as museums showcasing tech-forward art that will be premiering during Miami Art Week.

Miami-based Natasha Tsakos will take a bold step toward a vision she’s nurtured for years: bringing theatrical performance into zero gravity and simulating space as an essential part of human flourishing beyond Earth.

That transformative potential has found fertile ground in Miami's visual arts, where the Ceramic League of Miami has spent 75 years cultivating ceramics as a living, accessible, and deeply community-rooted art form.