We provide a variety of free programming & services all year for the trans community, including the sponsoring TransArt, the only program of its kind anywhere, bringing art, artists and community leaders, literally from across the globe for the last 5 years; Established the TransLives project, which to date has video recorded the testimonials and lives of over 50 Trans individuals, and counting; Sponsored various job training workshops and healthcare fairs, provided beauty makeovers, product and clothing to nearly a hundred people to date; We have paid for groceries, utility bills and rent for many in our Trans Community over the years and will continue to do so as needed; Dedicated our whole Miami Beach Gay Pride float for 2017 to the memory of slain Trans persons, and created a memorial exhibit of their images and stories; Presented a booth in Pride Ft Lauderdale’s TransVillage; Provide free office space to three Trans organizations in South Florida.

We have done ALL of this, not because it has been self-serving or profitable, or even popular with much of our LGB community, but because it is the right thing to do for our community. 

TRANSART MIAMI IS TAKING A BREATHER FOR 2022. 
PRIORITIES CHANGE. NEEDS EVOLVE. INCLUSIVITY IS KEY. 
WE ARE TAKING SOME TIME TO ENSURE THAT TRANSART MIAMI TRULY REFLECT THE TALENTS, NEEDS AND HOPES OF ALL, ONGOING…     

IF the last 2 years have taught us anything, it’s that we must constantly revisit the needs of our community. How we are meeting them, our organizational priorities, and relevance in programming. Our beloved TransART Artists Exhibit & Conference is no exception. It is for these very reasons that we are pressing pause on our Miami event, and listening, hearing & learning what the community wants for itself, in hope of rebuilding an even better and more relevant event, ongoing. 

Celebrating its 7th successful year, TRANSART and ArtLab are produced by Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU), the organization for the So. Fla. Latinx|Hispanic & Indigenous LGBT community - advancing Equality & Fairness through Education, Leadership & Awareness, since 2002. TRANSART is the inspiration of founder & advisor, ARYAH LESTER and The Betsy Arts programming director DEBORAH BRIGGS, and has been faithfully produced & curated by UC|CU since its inception. 

Through TransART Miami, we have given a platform and audience to dozens of local, national, and international artists, designers, performers, musicians & writers. We have taken TransART to trendy neighborhoods, theaters, colleges, and community centers. We have encouraged dialogue, exchanges of ideas and ideals, and we have helped tell the stories of nearly 100 individuals thru our TransLives Video Archives. 

TransART has not only made a difference and impact on South Florida. We are thrilled to announce the first ever TransART BOGOTA this coming January 8, 2022, produced by SARAY LUNA, JOEL BALMACEDA and their team of UC|CU Ambassadors. A Miami delegation will be travelling there to support, exchange ideas and strengthen community & cultural bridges, and record a new chapter of our TransLives Video Archives. UC|CU established a Colombia presence over 2 years ago to assist in emergency Covid supplies, food and other needs, and has now grown into a fulltime program of education, leadership, and services. 

As we move forward, we remain committed to a new plan that makes sense for the world we are living in now. This is a world where traditional resources have diminished, people’s lives, priorities and schedules have changed. And so with that in mind we have to adapt.  Adapt not abandon, because the needs continue and no one else (worldwide) has picked up the mantle and done what we have done, better.      

If you like to be part of the planning and vision for TransART Miami, please contact us at info@unitycoalition.org