Upcoming events/Mentions
2024 WOPHA CONGRESS
Arsimmer McCoy performs with Claudens Louie and Dani Amaro at the WOPHA Congress 2024
Freedom Rally Concert hosted by SAVE
Early voting starts in Miami Dade on Monday, Oct 21, so on Sunday, Oct 20 SAVE LGBTQ (Safeguarding American Values for Everyone) wants to get everyone excited and educated before casting your ballot in this very important election! Come out from 6p - 9p and hear music from an amazing line-up of talented artists - Cortadito, Aymee Nuviola, Kimberley Locke, Yoli Mayor, Frenchie David, Arsimmer McCoy, Robbie Elias and Legendary DJ, Arthur Baker. SAVE is producing the event with IT Specialists BACON UNLIMITED and many SAVE Endorsed candidates who will be on hand to meet with the community! You will hear from Miami Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones as well as more surprise guests! Join the fun! Sunday we dance! Monday we VOTE!
Food & beverage are available for purchase at the show. The Bandshell is an open-air covered venue, all programs are rain or shine. Your ticket, once purchased, is non-refundable. Any questions? info@miamibeachbandshell.com
The National LGBTQ Task Force Gala
Arsimmer McCoy performs for the The National LGBTQ Task Force Gala 2024
ARTiculation at the Arsht: Summer Slam Edition
Arsimmer McCoy will headline ARTiculation at the Arsht: Summer Slam Edition. A slam poetry event in which local, regional and national poets will perform their original work for a chance to win up to $1,000.
IlluminArts and Vizcaya present: In YOUnison
Join IlluminArts, Vizcaya, and our entire community, for a month-long workshop experience culminating in a performance event that will include music, spoken word, and fashion. Free community workshops, led by writer and poet Arsimmer McCoy, arts and culture thought leader Kunya Rowley, and fashion designer Pangea Kali Virga, will give participants the opportunity to create and shape a communal performance. The culminating event, taking place on June 24, 2022 in the gardens of Vizcaya, will highlight what it means to feel welcome. Participants are encouraged to lend their voice and their style as we celebrate diversity, both at Vizcaya and our community, in unison.
IlluminArts and Oolite Arts present Roscoè B. Thické III: Parables
This musical and spoken word performance event will weave Roscoè's photography and stories together with music sung by “vocally sumptuous” (Chicago Tribune) soprano Whitney Morrison. Through storytelling developed and crafted by Roscoè and poet Arsimmer McCoy, this dramatic presentation will introduce audiences to Roscoè: Visual Artist, Veteran, Brother, Photographer, Father and Confidant. The musical program will feature works by Terence Blanchard, Jessie Montgomery, Nina Simone and more.
Discovering Design Free Family Day: Power Poetry at the Wolfsonian
Celebrate National Poetry Month at our next Discovering Design Free Family Day! Local poet Arsimmer McCoy and musician Lee Muze will be on hand to guide your little ones as they draw inspiration from the collection to come up with their own visual and verbal creations, culminating in a pint-sized poetry slam for all ages.
Organized with the Jewish Museum of Florida. Discovering Design is supported by the Batchelor Foundation and the Tamara L. Harris Foundation.
Arsimmer McCoy SIRG Closing Program: A Higher Power+ hosted by Arsimmer McCoy
A Higher Power is a live performance, audio, & visual homage to Miami’s sovereign storyteller Will “Da Real One'' Bell.
Bell transformed the Spoken Word plane by cultivating spaces of belonging, through creation, space, and practice. Bell’s voice of resilience, through hard-won experience, resounds as the familial anchor for Black and brown communities across the city of Miami and beyond. Will Bell is the embodiment of Miami’s culture and artistic innovation. Bell honored the vulnerability of a people, seeking rooms that embraced expression, liberation to silenced hearts, and rest to the anxious and exhausted. Will “Da Real One” Bell was murdered in front of the Literary Cafe on May 29th, 2011. The Cafe was one of the collective hubs Bell purchased for poetry events, workshops, and education.
Delving into the revolutionary intricacies of sound, this celebration closes the series of programs on the SIRG platform.
AIRIE Sundays in the Park: Everglades as Connector
AIRIE Sundays in the Park presents Everglades as Connector, a conversation and performance at Royal Palm Visitors Center
An Everglades National Park 75th Anniversary event
Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE) is pleased to announce the return of Sundays in the Park public programming. On Sunday, March 27, join environmental and public lands advocate Audrey Peterman, recipient of the Centennial Leadership Award 2022 from the National Parks Conservation Association, for her work diversifying the parks community, AIRIE 2022 Fellow Arsimmer McCoy and music educator Portia Dunkley for a conversation exploring the theme of the Everglades as Connector. The discussion will examine ideas such as ancestry, belonging, community, and relationships in connection with the nature of the Everglades, and will be preceded by a performance by Arsimmer McCoy and Portia Dunkley.
12:30-1:00pm | Performance
1:00-2:00pm | Everglades as Connector conversation
2:00-3:00pm | Ranger-led Nature Walk on Anhinga Trail, co-hosted by Outdoor Afro Miami-West Palm Beach and AIRIE
Live in The Room
“Live in: The Room” is an experimental artists showcase that takes place every 2nd Sunday of the month on the MUCE Campus (Miami Urban Contemporary Experience). Performance concentration is on Poets/writers, however, the show highlights the work and efforts of all that fall under the category of “The Creative” and or “The Cultural Worker”. Hosted by Poet, writer, & artist, Arsimmer McCoy.
in Tandem: Back and Forth|Ekphrastic Exhibition
New exhibition in the Far Gallery centering an ambitious collaboration between visual and literary artist, in Tandem: Back | Forth, is a practice of ebb and flow in communion. Curated by Tayina Deravile, ten artists were anonymously paired, a visual and a literary artist, to create site specific works in reference to their paired partner’s piece. The result is the outcome of mutual exchange; a dialogue of works working alongside each other.Silk-Jazmyne Hindus -- Jaynilee Hernandez FernandezAllison Bolah -- Kandy G LopezJasmin Lankford -- Chastity PascoeArsimmer McCoy -- Adrienne ChadwickSheree L. Greer -- Khaulah Naima Nuruddin
Opening reception Friday, March 26th from 6 - 8 pm. Link in bio to RSVP.Public reception during FATVillage Artwalk from 6 - 10 pm.On view until April 24, 2021 by appointment.
The Sock Drawer Literary Magazine|Poem
At The Sock Drawer we aim to raise the voices of those who have felt that their voices have been placed in the back of the ‘sock drawer.’ We welcome all art and artists, while giving special notice to those who are often marginalized by society.
How To: Oh, Look at Me+In Collaboration with Artist Gevonna Gonzalez
Photo by @juanluis_matos
Come to @miamidesigndistrict to see Geovanna’s exhibition , “HOW TO: Oh, look at me”, is currently on view at Locust Projects Wed-Sat 11am-5pm through May 22. In conjunction with this exhibition, the artist is working on a new video commission featuring Cheina Ramos (@cheinaaa) and Alondra Balbuena (@alonzkillz), Arsimmer McCoy @arsimmermccoy, Zaina Alsous @zazazaina and @batrypowr. The video, commissioned by Locust Projects, in partnership with @miamilightproject, will premiere to the public at @nwsymphony’s SoundScape Park from 6-9pm on April 15 as part of #CultureCrawl and #PoetryMonth. Photo by @juanluis_matos
GeoVanna Gonzalez: HOW TO: Oh, look at me is made possible, in part, with support from @oolitearts, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (@dvcai), and @pulparts.
Major support for 2020-2021 exhibitions provided by @knightfdn @warholfoundation @miamidadearts @viaartfund @wagnerfoundation @neaarts
The Soul In Space|Poem
Soul In was created for the Black & Indigenous Communities to have a safe space to express and grow. The space aims to support those who identify with our communities in the areas of creativity, education, and wellness.
Opal Literary Magazine|Poem
Read Arsimmer McCoy’s “Cheshire Cat” in Issue 8 of Opal Literary Magazine.
Opal Literary was stablished in 2020 by three active creatives. Their mission is simple: to give space to emerging writers who inspire the reader to think out of the box.
Creatures Mag|Poem
In the “Our:Bodies” Issue for Creatures Mag, Arsimmer McCoy contributes two poems “The Book of Isaiah-The Foreward” & “Counterintuitive”.
Creatures is an online magazine that champions short-form content from diverse perspectives. We provide a platform for writers and artists, at any stage in their careers, to explore elements of the human condition
Unafraid Magazine|Poem
Arsimmer McCoy’s poem '‘The Ghost Dance” can be found in February’s issue of UNAFRAID magazine. UNAFRAID is dedicated to supporting female perspectives in the fine arts, literacy practice and social-arts journalism.
+Liberation Celebration! A Virtual Cabaret Fundraiser on Inauguration Day+
+A Virtual fundraising event for the Haitian Bridge Alliance+ Performance include Itawe+Dana De Greff++Arsimmer McCoy+Mpho Mahoko+and others+
Two Poems by Arsimmer McCoy in Online Publication Mixed Mag
In Issue #5 of the online publication of Mixed Mag you will find two pieces by Arsimmer McCoy; “Counterintuitive” & “Romancing Delusions of Grandeur”. Mixed Mag is a digital multimedia publication dedicated to uplifting creatives of color, celebrating our multicultural/multiethnic identities, and featuring intersectional perspectives on art/culture/health/wellness.
Arsimmer Interviews with The Lighthouse Review
Arsimmer McCoy interviews with the online publication The Lighthouse Review, which is an online journal publication dedicated to highlighting existing and emerging artists across the globe.
+Community Justice Project+A Poetry Reading and Workshop with Martín Espada+
CJP in partnership with Poetry for the People will be holding a virtual poetry reading and workshop featuring activist, poet, and former tenant lawyer, Martín Espada. Arsimmer McCoy will be cohosting alongside civil rights attorney Meena Jagaanath, for a reading and panel discussion with Martín. Both events will be streamed live on the CJP Facebook page. Register to participate.
+StoryTime for GrownUps+
“Join us this week on StoryTime for GrownUps with our special guest, writer, performer, and educator, Arsimmer McCoy. McCoy joins the show to read tales from The Dark Thirty by Patricia & Fredrick McKissack, concluding our season.”- BookleggersLibrary
+The Free Roots Project Presents+A Conversation with Arsimmer McCoy+
“Join us as Arsimmer discusses her exploration as a female artist in real time.”- The Free Roots Project
Every Wednesday The Free Roots Project has a conversation led by a black woman on the topic of her choosing.
+LAF 35th Annual Gala+
The Landscape and architecture foundation’s annual gala goes viral this year. Arsimmer McCoy will be representing the Cadence Landscape Architecture group by hosting and performing a spoken word set.
+Urgent Inc. Rites of Passage+Fall Expo+
Once again, Arsimmer has been invited to join the Urgent Inc. family as a teaching artist for the Rites of Passage Fall Expo. McCoy will be teaching a workshop centered around poetry and performance.
+HoneyShine Camp+After School Programming+
McCoy returns to the Honey Shine Camp family to teach the youth creative writing and theater practicum.
+"Arsimmer Pens a Poem”++Venice Magazine+Summer 2020 Issue+
Check out Arsimmer McCoy’s deeply moving piece about effects of trauma on the black body, entitled “In Us”.