A field trip to the Miami Art Museum in elementary school showed Jason Seife what the life of an artist could look like.
He was at a Miami-Dade magnet school. An art teacher saw something special in him.
This field trip was Jason鈥檚 first time in an art museum. It planted a seed.
That day, he realized that if he kept working at the thing he loved, his art could end up in a big fancy institution.
That day is today.
The Miami Art Museum became the . And that鈥檚 where Jason has his first solo show in Miami 鈥� and a museum. It鈥檚 called 鈥�.鈥�
Jason worked on the pieces in the show for two years. And if you see them, you鈥檒l understand why. They鈥檙e sweeping canvases with intricate designs that he hand-painted. Picture a Persian rug but painted on concrete. His style honors his Cuban and Syrian parents.
It鈥檚 a big deal for Jason. He didn鈥檛 go to art school and he didn鈥檛 move to New York. He stayed in Miami and built his career here. Now he鈥檚 ready to show us why.
On the Sep. 26 episode of Sundial, Jason joined us to talk about how to make it big in your hometown.
On Sundial's previous episode, we spoke with Laura McDermott Matheric. She's Coconut Creek鈥檚 first poet laureate. She told us about being inspired by her community of 'Creekers' and how several learning disorders changed her life's trajectory from business to the arts.
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