‘Everything I touch is beauty’: Homeless community showcases Miami art through their lens
“Gator was one of the eight people selected by the Smile Trust, a nonprofit fighting against homelessness, for the “Smile Fuh Me” project. Within the project, friends and members of the homeless community received $500 stipends and disposable cameras to capture South Florida through their own lens. Of the hundreds of photos taken, twenty-five were edited and displayed Sunday evening in the courtyards of the N’Namdi Contemporary Fine Art art gallery in Little Haiti. Smile Trust co-founder Valencia Gunder noted that certain populations and forms of art are excluded from Miami Art Week, and at the inaugural “Smile Fuh Me” exhibit, sponsored by the Miami Foundation, she wanted to spotlight the work of one of the most vulnerable communities.”