TRAVEL around the city.
UNCOVER unique stories.
(RE)CREATE the stories with an all star team.
SHARE your work with an audience.

Our Directors will select up to 15  talented teens for Miami OURstory, an evening length performance about the Miami that the world doesn’t usually get to see. The  project takes teens to different neighborhoods to explore and create work inspired by the PEOPLE + PLACES + THINGS that are truly Miami. Under the direction of an all-star team of directors, we’ll uncover, recover and discover stories that have shaped the Miami we all know and love.

Miami OURstory is a Knight Arts Challenge project that gathers teen artists (ages 14 – 18) for a series of creative, site-based workshops and art-making experiences that explore the intersection of identity and community through the lens of a city in transition. The project connects teens with PEOPLE + PLACES + THINGS that signal and drive change in Miami. Through collaboration with industry professionals and teaching artists, the cohort will examine and map how Miami is changing, why it’s changing and how/where they fit in.

Project Partners: Art in Public Places, Combat Hippies, Culture Shock Miami, D-Projects, History Miami, Miami City Ballet, Miami Dade County Public Library Systems, Miami Light Project, Poetic Lakay + more

GENERAL

+ Emerging artists, leaders, scholars and entrepreneurs (ages 14 – 18)

+ Strong creative abilities

+ An interest in producing art that has social impact

CAST (up to $500.00 stipend for select artists)
+ 14 – 18 years old

+ Strong creative ability

+ Openness to create in collaboration with other young artists

+ Commitment to grow as an individual and artist

CORE (tuition paid for you; up to $1,500 value)
+ 14 – 18 years old

+ Emerging creative ability with openness to strengthening creative and production skills

+ Openness to create in collaboration with other young artists

+ Willing to grow as an individual and artist

CREW (Cost: $250 or $500)

+ 12-14 years old

+ Strong interest in developing your creative and production skills

+ Openness to create in collaboration with other young artists

+ Willing to grow as an individual and artist

We welcome creatives from all genres. Select one of the tracks and lend your skills to this artist-centered production.

Performing Arts Track (Vocals): Songwriting / MC or Rap / Singing / Spoken Word / Vocal Performance

Performing Arts Track (Movement): Choreography / Creative Movement / Dance / B Boy or B Girl

Audio/Sound Track: Music Composition / Production / Recording / Sound Engineering

Visual Art Track (Visual Storytelling + Design): Photography / Videography / Graffiti Art / Costume & Set Design

To qualify for a track, your application submission must include one of the following:

+ Beats (original productions only please)

+ Dance

+ Monologue

+ Photography

+ Song / Rap / Rhyme 

+ Spoken Word piece

+ Visual art

+ Video

Mandatory rehearsals + site visits:
July 8 – August 9, 2019 (9:30 – 4:00 PM weekdays)

You must be available to attend ALL program dates including the following evening events:

+ Family Orientation: June 30, 2019 from 4:00 – 6:00 pm (Location TBD)

+ Community Performances: July 26, 2019 from 3:00 – 7:00 pm (Broward County) and/or 6:00 – 10:00 pm (Little Haiti)

+ Miami OURstory Performances: August 7 & 8, 2019 from 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm (Miami Light Project)

+ FAMFest: August 9-11, 2019 (Miami Light Project)