The Betsy - South Beach, a world-leading boutique luxury property known for innovative arts and culture programs, announces The Betsy’s 9th Annual Escribe Aquí/Write Here Festival schedule to take place from August 1-31, 2023. This year’s program includes residencies for 10 artists in The Betsy Writers Room and two live-streamed readings hosted by Poet Caridad Moro-Gronlier - with a special introduction by Miami Dade Poetry Ambassador, Nicole Tallman.

The Betsy’s Escribe Aquí/Write Here honors artists who ‘do their creative work’ at the intersection of arts, culture and identity and gives a special nod to those working in Miami, where over 70% of residents live in multi-lingual, culturally diverse, homes. Escribe Aquí was created in 2015 at The Betsy with support from The Knight Foundation by Cuban-American writer Pablo Cartaya (pablocartaya.com) and Pedro Medina Leon (PedroMedinaLeon.com), Peruvian writer/founder of SoFla publisher, Suburbano Ediciones. The project is sustained with support from The Betsy Hotel and the Plutzik Goldwasser Family Foundation, under the direction of Deborah Plutzik Briggs, The Betsy Hotel’s Vice President for Arts and Community Engagement. Caridad Moro-Gronlier, author of Tortillera: Poems (Texas Review Press, 2021) is the 2022 and 2023 community curator.

Featured creatives for the 2023 festival include: Caridad Moro-Gronlier (curator), Dustin Brookshire, Veronica Corpuz, Tyler Gillespie, Melissa Gomez, Judy Ireland, Alexis Ivy, Jen Karetnick, Arsimmer McCoy, Alina Pleskova, Juliet Romeo, and KC Trommer.

ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BETSY WRITERS ROOM @ THE BETSY - SOUTH BEACH

CollaborARTive principals (Jean and Iggy Font) have been working with The Betsy Hotel (thebetsyhotel.com) Arts and Culture program, which includes The Betsy Writers Room (thebetsywritersroom.com) for more than a decade. This includes curating and hosting events, as well as providing critical support for marketing and administration.

In 2023, collaboARTive will be hosting two public events featuring the resident artist cohort for the program, in 2 streamed events curated and hosted by award-winning Miami-based poet, Caridad Moro-Gronlier.

collaboARTive serves visual artists and creatives in Miami-Dade County (and globally online). We offer services that include affordable studio space in a safe and welcoming environment, a community of other creatives, opportunities to make and show work, and resources like calls to artists and grant opportunities.