Jennifer Basile: Quiet Advocate for Beauty at Risk
“My message is simple, to capture the environment in all of its pure and natural […]
Elisa Turner
Elisa Turner is an award-winning art critic and journalist in Miami. In 2020 she won the national Rabkin Prize for visual art journalists. In 2021 and 2020 she was awarded First Place for her Arts Commentary & Criticism and in 2021 Second Place for her Arts Beat reporting from Florida’s Sunshine State Society of Professional Journalists.
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Champlin in Memoriam Remembers Surfside Tragedy through Art
In times of grief and loss, art speaks the compelling language of solace. Consider the […]
Thanks to My Abortion, I Chose When to Give Birth
High school memories that won’t go away led to my abortion. There were girls who […]
Michele Oka Doner Links Art with Science at Aspen Ideas: Climate
Whether or not she’s in sight of the sea, artist and designer Michele Oka Doner […]
Roscoè B. Thické III Pays Attentive Homage to Life in Liberty Square
This essay was originally commissioned by Oolite Arts. An acute irony underlies the photographs of […]
Carmen Herrera Was a Great Cuban Painter who Is Unknown No More
The art world is mourning a woman of uncommon resilience, Cuban-born Carmen Herrera. She died […]
Purvis Young: “God Put Me Here to Be An Artist”
In honor of Black History Month, I’d like to share one of my stories about […]
Gordon Parks – His Weapon Against Racism Was a $7.50 Camera
As we mourn the loss of pioneering actor Sidney Poitier, who died in Los Angeles […]
Art Lessons from a Plague Year in Miami
Editor’s note: This essay was originally commissioned by Miami International Airport’s MIA Galleries. In 1999, […]
Janet Slom: One Mark Leads to Another
Editor’s note: Janet Slom commissioned Elisa Turner to write this essay for a forthcoming catalogue. […]