Black Artists for Black Lives and Central Florida Entertainment Advocacy Forum
Orlando's arts community prides itself on being progressive and inclusive, but according to a growing number of local Black artist-activists, it still has a ways to go. June's "Black Artists for Black Lives" rally downtown, organized by performers Elisabeth Christie and Danielle Harris, demonstrated the diversity of voices all calling for change in our community; and July's three-day Central Florida Entertainment Advocacy Forum, led by Meka King and Felichia Chivaughn Ellison, helped kickstart a much-needed conversation about systemic racism in Central Florida's art institutions that is still continuing online.
Arts & Culture: Best of Orlando 2020
Arts & Culture
1st: Epcot International Festival of the Arts disneyworld.disney.go.com
2nd: Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival orlandofringe.org
3rd: The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival wpsaf.org
1st: Corsets & Cuties, a Burlesque Cabaret corsetsandcuties.com
2nd: Les Vixens lesvixens.com
3rd: The Ladies of the Peek-a-Boo Lounge instagram.com/ladiesofthepeekaboo
1st: SAK Comedy Lab sakcomedylab.com
2nd: Orlando Improv Comedy Club
3rd: Shit Sandwich Comedy Showcase bullandbushorlando.com
1st: Orlando Ballet orlandoballet.org
2nd: Phantasmagoria phantasmagoriaorlando.com
3rd: Central Florida Irish Dance centralfloridairishdance.com
1st: Florida Film Festival floridafilmfestival.com
2nd: Orlando Film Festival orlandofilmfest.com
3rd: Uncomfortable Brunch enzian.org
1st: CityArts orlandoslice.com
2nd: Mills Gallery millsgalleryorlando.com
3rd: Snap! Orlando snaporlando.com
1st: Orlando Story Club orlandostoryclub.com
2nd: Loose Lips
3rd: Functionally Literate burrowpress.com/fl
1st: Carlos Navarro iamcarlosnavarro.com
2nd: Ben Ptashinsky instagram.com/equityben
3rd: Laura Hodos laurahodos.com
