Write Your Narrative, your South Florida weekly street art podcast.

Peter Tunney, the time is always now.

This week, my guest is Peter Tunney. Peter is much more than a visual artist and businessman. He believes in humankind and the good that results from performing
small acts of kindness. Most recently, his main philanthropic efforts are devoted to criminal justice reform and ending the stigma of mental illness.
So, buckle up and jump right into our conversation.
@petertunney
www.sunnycenterdonation.com
@ggagalleryofficial
@wynwoodwallsofficial

Miami muralist, Ivan Roque

Born December of 1991, Ivan J. Roque is a Cuban American artist from Miami, Florida. Burning with a passion for the concepts of birth, death, time, renewal and social dynamics. His influences range from the old masters to the new such as Caravaggio, Marc Rothko, Alexander McQueen, Gianni Versace and Nychos. Roque has been able to accomplish many achievements at his young age, such as working with rapper Denzel Curry, collaborating with major brands like
McDonalds, Microsoft, Virgin Voyages and Formula One to name a few. He has traveled quite extensively for various exhibitions and murals including shows in New York City, Dubai, Seoul and mural festivals such as the Sprayseemo Mural Festival and Pow Wow Worcester. He has
also been frequently commissioned by various cities across the United States with most recently being the City of Pembroke Pines, Florida and the City of Janesville, Wisconsin. Roque also has had three gallery solo shows and one museum solo show at the Coral Springs Museum of Art. He has a Bachelor of Art in Visual Arts from Florida International University.
@ivanjroque

Mick La Rock, Post Graffiti Artist.

This week, my guest is a post graffiti artist and project conservator based in Amsterdam. Her name is Mick La RockMick is one of Europe’s first and most well-known female, graffiti artist.
Inspired by the traditional New York school graffiti lettering style, she started writing her name MICKEY in 1983.Her latest exhibition, “Beyond Measure” is on view until August 2024 at the Wynwood Museum of Graffiti.
@micklarock01
@museumofgraffiti

Derek Wilson aka Mister Wilson

This week, my guest is Derek Wilson aka Mister Wilson, a Miami artist who’s also an art educator.
He has been curating the famous Union Wall at Lincoln’s beard brewing in the Bird Road district since 2017.
He recently created ELEVATE, a non-profit art foundation and a school mural project, raising awareness for the visual arts and building a culture that makes attending school exciting.
DALE!!!
https://www.instagram.com/mr.wilsonart/
https://www.instagram.com/artshappen/
https://www.instagram.com/elevate_foundation/

Tab Toonz, a 12 years old Miami digital cartoonist.

This week, my guest is Tyler aka TAB TOONZ.
He’s a 12 years old, self-taught digital cartoonist and author, born in Miami.
I met Tab Toonz and his parents, 2 years ago at the Museum of Graffiti in Wynwood where he’s taking art classes taught by local and international graffiti artists.
He’s without a doubt, my youngest guest!
John, his father, will be joining us in the podcast and we’ll talking about providing a supportive environment and celebrating Tyler’s efforts to value his artistic process.
Listen up and share!
Follow @tab.toonz on Instagram

Art facilitator and curator, Maxence Doytier

Episode 5 with my son Maxence Doytier.
Maxence is a community minded art facilitator and curator based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
He’s the creator and the driving force behind AOTA, Avenue Of The Arts, a weeklong visual arts festival.
With Maxence, we’ll have a conversation about the festival and his future endeavors.
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Joan Jimenez aka Entes

Joan Jimenez aka Entes, is an Afro-Peruvian artist who’s been painting murals all around the world and in Wynwood for over 10 years.
He is considered to be one of the graffiti pioneers in South America. His artwork addresses local issues, in a vivid pictorial way.
In the second part of the podcast, I will have a conversation with Supermarket gallery’s director and curator, Maria Gabriela Di Giammarco about Joan Jimenez’s new body of
work from his solo exhibition, “Migración de Jarana” at the gallery.

What happened to Wynwood?

This week, my guest is my good friend Miami photographer Sandro Abate.
He’s well known for his stunning photos of the fast changing Wynwood street art scene.
We met over 10 years ago and he was a regular contributor to Talking Off the Wall and gave us incredible artist’s portraits for the magazine cover.
With his distinguished white beard and purple Converse sneakers, he's pretty easy to recognize, when he’s walking down the street looking for a new mural to photograph.
Sandro and I, will discuss (and ) about the gentrification of our favorite neighborhood.
Is Wynwood still the street art “capital” city or is it doomed?

Diana Contreras

This week, my guest is Miami based artist Diane Contreras. Her work focuses on strong, beautiful women, often representing her Latin heritage.
Diana, also known as Didi Rok is a former teacher who decided to quit her job to become a full-time professional artist a couple of years ago.
She was on the cover of the July 2014 issue of Talking Off the Wall and the first artist to be part of the Write Your Narrative series “Where are they Now?”

Nobody Was Here. The Life of TMNK.

In this first podcast, I am having a conversation with the film director and producer, Rico James about preserving an artist's legacy. His acclaimed documentary about the street artist TMNK aka Nobody, is a must see to understand his life, his claim to fame and his tragic death in 2016.