Don’t miss Pérez Art Museum Miami’s 13th anniversary of Art + Soul, celebrating the PAMM Fund for Black Art. Support the Fund and enjoy an evening of art, cocktails, music, and dancing under the stars.
Honoree
About Fab 5 Freddy
Fred Brathwaite, also known as Fab 5 Freddy, is a pioneering graffiti artist who became one of the first to exhibit his paintings internationally helping ignite the street art movement. Fab 5 Freddy gained notoriety early in 1980, when he famously painted Warhol soup cans on a New York City subway, most effectively symbolizing the bridging of worlds so elemental to his practice. He led the charge of early graffiti artist moving into galleries giving birth to the street art movement. The original co-host of the groundbreaking show “Yo! MTV Raps,” Fab 5 Freddy’s work in film and television also includes co-producing, starring in, and composing music for the cult classic film “Wild Style.” He has also directed music videos for numerous hip-hop stars, including Snoop Dogg, Nas, and Queen Latifah.
Brathwaite lives in Harlem, where he continues to make visual art, produce, and direct projects for film and television, and leads the social equity cannabis brand he co-founded, B Noble. His artwork was recently on exhibit at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Writing The Future: Basquiat & The Hip Hop Generation. This March, Brathwaite is publishing “Everybody’s Fly,” a memoir with Penguin Random House which will help retell the history of a seismic cultural moment from his uniquely powerful perspective.
Art + Soul Co-Chairs
- Holly Gaines & Eric Johnson
- Patricia Howell
- Tracey Robertson Carter & Christopher Carter
Honorary Chairs
- Deryl McKissack
- Dorothy Terrell
Vanguard Committee
- Karen Bechtel and William Osborne
- Rose Ellen Greene
- Patricia Howell
- Deryl McKissack
- Dorothy and Aaron Podhurst
- Dorothy Terrell
Champion Committee
- Ann M. Drake
- Jessica and Michael James
- Tracey Robertson Carter and Christopher Carter
- Knight Foundation
- Michelle and Wayne Seaton
- Cynthia and Ron Williams
Lead Benefactor Committee
- Florence and Sheldon Anderson
- Kimberly Marshall
- Jacky Wright
Benefactor Committee
- Suzanne and Chris Armstrong
- Todd and Sheyrl Brown
- Melissa and Clint Gulley
- Carole F. Hall
- Connie Kinnard
Dinner Committee
- Ana and Mitchell Bierman
- Mireille Chancy Gonzalez
- Barron Channer
- Lester Coney
- Carol Crapple
- Gail and Al Dotson, Jr.
- Edith Edwards
- Brenda Freeman
- Diane and Werner Grob
- Cheryl Hammond
- Alan Harper
- Theresa Heron
- Deborah Hoffman
- Sharon and John Hoffman
- Sheryl Marshall
- Gail Meyers
- Hal Phillips
- Mandell Smith
- Rhonda Welburn
Celebration Committee
- Wendy Francois (Co-Chair)
- Ronethea Williams (Co-Chair)
- Rob Prince (Co-Chair)
- Diemsk Jean (Co-Chair)
- Illianna Acosta
- Christopher Adeleke
- Kylie Alexis
- Cassandra Arnold
- Matthew Beatty
- Robbie Bell
- E’lan Brewer
- Aurelia Crews
- Dejha Carrington
- Edith Edwards
- Shirlee Fernandez
- Rochelle Gapere
- Marlon and Carla Hill
- Rodney Jacobs
- Tiara Miles
- Chris Norwood
- Cheryl Overton
- Debra Owens
- Kenasha Paul
- Armando Payton
- Rhapsodi Pierre-Jacques
- Jazmine Preston-O’Neill
- Zach and Roshell Rinkins
- Kylie Russell
- Hugh-Michael Tonge
- Nikisha Williams
Committees in formation
