Cultural Events

One of the aspects that differentiates Miami Sailing Week from other National and International regattas is the cultural tie-in. Our aim is to reach out to sailors and the local community alike and offer a different prospective on sailing and what it represents through the eyes of world’s best photographers.

Between 2010 and 2013 we worked with Nautical Photographers, Cory SilkenFranco Pace and Onne van der Wal whose exhibitions summarized their fantastic body of work from the past years in the filed of yachting and sailing.

In 2014, we worked with Cushy Gigs, a Wynwood based creative team, engaging ten local street artists to create ten custom-tailored white canvasses shaped as jibs showcasing sailing through their imagination. The sails were displayed at the iconic premier open-air shopping, dining, and entertainment destination in Coconut Grove.

Sailing Dreams was the title of Miami Sailing Week Annual Art Exhibit in 2015. We invited to Miami light painting forerunner Vicki DaSilva and organized a special pop-up exhibition in conjunction with Galleria Ca’ d’Oro.

In 2016 we partnered with our friends at Wooden Boat Magazine and Florida based boat builder George Krewson to build an original Shellback sailboat in one-week time. We set-up a temporary boat-building shed in CocoWalk that, coincidently, was home, back in the 1950’s, of a real boat building business. 

In conjunction with this project we partnered with Italian artist and painter, Roberto Fiorentino, an innovating artist and painter from Italy, which will feature his “OFFshore” collection in his pop-up “WeGallery” inside CocoWalk.

In 2017 for the first time, music was the cultural component of both the Miami and Newport Sailing Weeks. In both cities, local bands were invited to showcase their best tunes and get sailors and the community to dance under the starts.