Making Miami, Powered By Jayaram

Photography by Nathan Valentine on December 5th, 2023 in Art Basel Miami Beach 2023, Miami Design District Art Basel 2023

Miami, FL – December 5, 2023 – MAKING MIAMI is a love letter to our great city. A cultural juggernaut—shaped by community leaders, arts organizations, philanthropists, artists and the institutions that uplift them—Miami’s cultural body is rivaled by few cities in the world, and yet its origin story remains largely untold. Before the luxury brands, tech founders and real estate boom, there existed a dynamic and prolific ecosystem of artist-run, non-profit spaces that emerged and were nurtured in what we now know as the Miami Design District.

Powered by Jayaram, MAKING MIAMI features four of the most influential spaces that emerged in the Design District in the early 2000’s, which continue to thrive and support artists today. Bringing to life a re-imagining of the original neighborhood, the massive and dramatic outdoor installation invites all who have lived and are visiting here to engage with a true Miami story.