Artists, makers, designers.
Help shape the first Miami Lantern Parade — create lanterns, lead workshops or propose an illuminated work.
CALLING MIAMI ARTISTS.
Imagine what you could make with light.
We plan to commission artists to create a collection of spectacular large-scale illuminated works for the Miami Lantern Parade.
Painters, sculptors, designers, architects, fabricators, lighting artists, puppeteers, installation artists and wonderfully inventive people who don't fit neatly into any category are invited to participate.
Sign up to receive the Artist Call and submit your concept when applications open.
Possible directions
- Animals
- Marine life
- Tropical plants
- Abstract sculpture
- Fantastical creatures
- Cultural interpretations of light
- Works inspired by Miami
Artist opportunities and selection details will be announced as the program develops. No artists have been announced.
LIGHT TRAVELS. ART CONNECTS US.
The Miami Lantern Parade is developing an international Cultural Art Exchange connecting Miami artists with artists and communities around the world.
Each exchange would bring visiting artists to Miami to collaborate with local artists, schools and community organizations — creating extraordinary illuminated works, sharing techniques and ideas, and participating in workshops leading up to the Miami Lantern Parade.
But an exchange should go both ways.
The vision is for Miami artists to travel to partner communities in return, creating new work, collaborating with local artists and sharing Miami's extraordinary cultural identity with the world.
ARTISTS CROSSING BORDERS. COMMUNITIES SHARING IDEAS. ART TRAVELING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
- WORLD
- MIAMI
- CREATE TOGETHER
- PARADE
- MIAMI
- WORLD
- Visiting artists come to Miami.
- Miami artists work alongside them.
- Communities participate in the creative process.
- Their collaborative work becomes part of the Miami Lantern Parade.
- Miami artists then have opportunities to participate in reciprocal cultural experiences abroad.
MIAMI × CAPE TOWN
Two coastal cities. Two extraordinary cultures. One ocean between them.
Imagine artists from Cape Town coming to Miami to work alongside Miami artists and communities on a monumental illuminated creation inspired by the sea, followed by Miami artists traveling to South Africa for a reciprocal cultural experience.
The artists could work with schools, lead public workshops, collaborate with local makers and ultimately create work that thousands of people experience together.
This example illustrates what the Cultural Art Exchange could become.
AN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION EACH YEAR.
The longer-term vision is for each Miami Lantern Parade to feature an international artist or partner community.
Potential future exchanges might connect Miami with creative communities throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe and Asia.
Global in reach. Rooted in Miami.
ARTISTS: TAKE YOUR WORK SOMEWHERE NEW.
Miami artists and international artists interested in future Cultural Art Exchanges are invited to register their interest. This is an expression of interest, not an application.
HELP ART TRAVEL.
The Cultural Art Exchange will require partners beyond traditional event sponsors — organizations that can help artists move, work and create across borders.
- Artist travel
- Accommodation
- Artist commissions
- Materials
- Studio / workspace
- Cultural programming
- Local transportation
- School and community workshops
Airlines, hotels, cultural institutions, universities, consulates, foundations and corporate partners are invited to express interest.
The Cultural Art Exchange is not a separate initiative. The Miami Lantern Parade remains the public culmination — international artists create alongside Miami artists and communities, and their work ultimately joins the extraordinary collection of illuminated creations carried and displayed on Lincoln Road.
WE MAKE SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY TOGETHER — AND THEN WE CARRY THAT LIGHT SOMEWHERE ELSE.