Miami Individual Artists (MIA) Program

About the Program

Category: Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation

Year: 2023

With a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs to launch a new program in support of artists of all creative disciplines working in our community in 2021. The Department was one of only 66 cultural affairs agencies in the nation awarded this prestigious federal grant supported by American Rescue Plan funds secured by the NEA. With this funding, the Miami Individual Artists (MIA) program was launched and supported more than 200 artists countywide, working in dance, film/video/ media arts, folk/traditional arts, literary, multidisciplinary, music, theater/playwriting, and visual arts. These artist/entrepreneurs were from diverse backgrounds, including African American, Haitian American, Hispanic/Latino and Native American, and individuals with disabilities. The MIA program has been sustained for a second year in the Department’s FY 2022-2023 budget in recognition of the essential contributions our artists are making to our community’s preeminence as an international cultural center.