Visual Arts

The Betsy Writer’s Room was a founding partner to WOPHA during its inaugural conference year - 2021 - awarding two residencies to Nadia Huggins, a photographer from Trinidad/Tobago, whose work was also exhibited at The Betsy Hotel in a collection called ‘Strange Territory’.

Strange Territory included a series of works that connect the Caribbean region and its diaspora in Miami, through ideas of ecology, catastrophe, and magic while reframing the representation of Caribbean bodies in natural environments.

See Nadia’s show HERE.

The Betsy Hotel and The Betsy Writer’s Room partner annually with global artists during Miami Art Week - for residencies, artist talks, and the installation of new shows by hotel curator, Lesley Goldwasser.

Miami Art Week program partners include Prizm Art Fair, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, GMCVB Art as Black, Centro Cultural Español, Miami Dade College, Florida International University, ForFreedoms, City of Miami Beach No Vacancy Program, SCOPE, Design Miami, Untitled, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and Art Basel Miami Beach, among others. 

More about: Miami Art Week @ The Betsy

https://simplebooklet.com/artbaselatthebetsy2019#page=3 (2019)

For more than 10 years, The Betsy Writer’s Room has annually hosted gallerists, art managers, and artists whose work is exhibited at The Betsy Hotel.

Recent gallery collaborations include Leila Heller Gallery, Marlborough Gallery, David Krut Gallery, Yossi Milo Gallery, Bernice Steinbaum Galleries, Halsband Gallery, NFA Gallery, HelMel Gallery, Jill Newhouse Gallery, James Danzinger Gallery.

Recent guest artists include Michael Halsband, Ike Ude, Tamary Kudita, Alessandro Sarno, Carlos Andres Cruz, Eric Kroll, Paul Saltzman, Robert Zuckerman, Aidah Muluneh, Christopher Cozier, Dave Calver, Maria Magdalena Compos Pons, Carmelina Santoro, Diamante Pedersoli, Sevan Bicakci, and Emilo Sosa. among others. .