In workshops at Miami Bridge in Homestead, we’ve been singing a song set to the tune of Super Blue’s 2013 carnival hit, “Fantastic Friday.” Our version is a homage to these two giant costumes made by artists at Homestead last year, with designer Brian Wong Won: the Golden Bat and Fire-Breathing Dragon. They’re retired for […]
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Trini and Peruvian Workshops in Homestead 2010
Carnival Arts : Celebration and Transformation Exhibit
Carnival Arts shared five years of workshops, performances, and videos in a restrospective exhibit at the mia galleries in the Miami International Airport.
Midnight Robber Costumes for Trinidad Carnival, 2010 with Brian Wong Won
Brian Wong Won and Jeremy assist Maria in making a Midnight Robber Hat at Miami Bridge Homestead, 2010
Brian Won Wong
Brian Wong Won is a visual artist known for his bright colors, expressionistic compressions of space, and distortions of architectural space. His subjects tend to be Trinidad carnival and the local vintage architecture. Born in Trinidad in 1970, he earned a BFA in Painting & Art History at Florida International University, writing a thesis on […]