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.
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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
- Tracey Robertson Carter and Christopher Carter
- Dorothy Terrell
Champion Committee
- María C. Bechily
- Kathryn and Kenneth Chenault
- Ann M. Drake
- Jessica and Michael James
- Kristina Newman-Scott
- Cynthia and Ron Williams
Lead Benefactor Committee
- Florence and Sheldon Anderson
- Kimberly Marshall
- Teri and Lloyd Trotter
- Jacky Wright
Benefactor Committee
- Michelle and Rodney Adkins
- Suzanne and Chris Armstrong
- Allison and Larry Berg
- Todd and Sheyrl Brown
- Ramón and Nercys Cernuda
- Dr. Sidney Coupet and Kerry Lee Brown
- Melissa and Clint Gulley
- Carole F. Hall
- Erica and Lee Johnson
- Connie Kinnard
- Karen and Charles Philips
- Michelle and Wayne Seaton
- Tracy and Douglas Seaton
Dinner Committee
- Noel Anderson
- Zainab Benson
- Ana and Mitchell Bierman
- Mireille Chancy Gonzalez
- Lester Coney
- Carol Crapple
- Gail and Albert E. Dotson, Jr.
- Edith Edwards
- Brenda Freeman
- Kimberly Greene
- Diane and Werner Grob
- Cheryl Hammond
- Catherine Dumait-Harper and Alan Harper
- Theresa Heron and Barron Channer
- Deborah Hoffman
- Sharon and John Hoffman
- Sheryl Marshall
- Monique Meloche
- Gail Meyers
- Walter Oden
- Enrique Parra
- Carmen and Dennis Perkins
- Hal Phillips
- Karen Phillips
- Valerie Riles
- Remi and Oti Roberts
- Mandell Smith
- Ana Paula Sun
- Rhonda Welburn
- Nikisha Williams
- Ronethea Williams
Celebration Committee
- Wendy François (Co-Chair)
- Ronethea Williams (Co-Chair)
- Diemsk Jean (Co-Chair)
- Rob Prince (Co-Chair)
- Illianna Acosta
- Christopher Adeleke
- Cassandra Arnold
- Matthew Beatty
- Robbie Bell
- E’lan Brewer
- 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
- Kyle Reid
- Zach and Roshell Rinkins
- Kylie Russell
- Hugh-Michael Tonge
- Zakkiya White
- Nikisha Williams
Committees in formation
