Deborah Magdalena Email & Phone Number

Miami, Florida, United States

Miami

This six-week summer camp and 2016 National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award winner is produced by the Ailey Arts in Education & Community Program and the Adrienne Arsht Center. Has taught over 1000 middle school, underserved youth to express their life stories through the art of Spoken Word. Create and implement six-week lesson plans teaching the Spoken Word basics, poetry basics, visual poetry and performance. Facilitator & curator of visual arts installation made by the campers for the… Show more This six-week summer camp and 2016 National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award winner is produced by the Ailey Arts in Education & Community Program and the Adrienne Arsht Center. Has taught over 1000 middle school, underserved youth to express their life stories through the art of Spoken Word. Create and implement six-week lesson plans teaching the Spoken Word basics, poetry basics, visual poetry and performance. Facilitator & curator of visual arts installation made by the campers for the final performances. Collaborate with the Personal Development instructor, Camp Director and Arsht Center’s Education and Community Engagement Vice President in the authoring and production of the final show. Show less

Miami

(Formerly know as Spoken Soul Productions LLC)Artistic Director of multi-disciplinary performances. Artist curator and producer for multi-day special events. Directs all realms of interactive production, liaison between community partners and a motivational beast in making deadlines and the overall experience a success. Specializing in monthly, quarterly and yearly events. Develop and customize various workshops and artistic residencies (long and short term) with lesson plans using… Show more (Formerly know as Spoken Soul Productions LLC)Artistic Director of multi-disciplinary performances. Artist curator and producer for multi-day special events. Directs all realms of interactive production, liaison between community partners and a motivational beast in making deadlines and the overall experience a success. Specializing in monthly, quarterly and yearly events. Develop and customize various workshops and artistic residencies (long and short term) with lesson plans using theater arts, spoken word and poetic visual arts. Facilitate these workshops for arts organizations, after school programs, professional development courses, and for institutionalized individuals to encourage mastery of these art forms, healing through art, and inspiration for finding one’s life purpose. Show less

Miami - Nyc - La

ACCUMULATED TV AND FILM CREDITSIn the early nineties Deborah enjoyed a three-year stint as a student and apprentice for renowned actor and mentor Michael Beckett, under Uta Hagan’s direction at Herbert Bergdorf Studios in New York City. Immediately after, she quickly accumulated TV and film credits, including Sesame Street (CTW), Apollo Comedy Hour (Tribune Entertainment), The Newz (Columbia-Tri-Star), Safe Harbor (Warner Brothers), Striptease (Castle Rock), Holyman (Caravan), For Love or… Show more ACCUMULATED TV AND FILM CREDITSIn the early nineties Deborah enjoyed a three-year stint as a student and apprentice for renowned actor and mentor Michael Beckett, under Uta Hagan’s direction at Herbert Bergdorf Studios in New York City. Immediately after, she quickly accumulated TV and film credits, including Sesame Street (CTW), Apollo Comedy Hour (Tribune Entertainment), The Newz (Columbia-Tri-Star), Safe Harbor (Warner Brothers), Striptease (Castle Rock), Holyman (Caravan), For Love or Country (HBO), America’s Most Wanted (FOX) and Billboard Latino (Azteca America)SPOKEN WORDPerformed and was featured on landmark stages such as NuyoRican Poets Café - NYC, The Apollo Theater - NYC, Soulfrito Urban Festival - Miami, FL, NBA All-Star Weekend, Latin Night – Dallas, TX, Amherst College, Voice for the Voiceless - Amherst, MA, MTV AIDS Concert & Conference – Washington DC, The Rathskeller, University of Miami – Miami, FL. Produced and released three spoken word CDs- Spoken Soul: A Survival Kit of Poetry, Deborah Magdalena LIVE and FUNKdalena. Authored acclaimed chapbook, Heartbreak Haiku. Produced and performed the musical spoken word show, FUNKdalena at The Stage Miami. Produced and performed the short play “LOVE ADDICT”, which premiered at award winning, internationally acclaimed short play series MICROTheater Miami in 2012. (Full bio upon request.) Show less

Miami

Winner of “Best Place To Meet Intelligent Women” by Miami New Times’ BEST OF MIAMI, Spoken Soul Festival (SSF) is a not-for-profit festival that features three events: Spoken Community Program, Spoken Soul Showcase / SWAN DAY Miami and The Vanessa Baez Memorial Women's Brunch. The mission of the Spoken Soul Festival is to spotlight South Florida women artists. The vision of the Spoken Soul Festival is to make South Florida women artist household names. SSF has launched the careers of 190 women,… Show more Winner of “Best Place To Meet Intelligent Women” by Miami New Times’ BEST OF MIAMI, Spoken Soul Festival (SSF) is a not-for-profit festival that features three events: Spoken Community Program, Spoken Soul Showcase / SWAN DAY Miami and The Vanessa Baez Memorial Women's Brunch. The mission of the Spoken Soul Festival is to spotlight South Florida women artists. The vision of the Spoken Soul Festival is to make South Florida women artist household names. SSF has launched the careers of 190 women, provided resources and programming for over 1300 women and 2500 youth. Has raised $50,000 in cash donations and $300,000 in-kind donations. Sphere heads the annual overall creative theme, direction, artist selection and marketing campaign for the festival. Uses her prestigious community relationships to negotiate and solicit partners for cash and in-kind donations for the festival. Show less

Miami

SENIOR PRESENTATION SPECIALISTProvide lively, inspirational and comprehensive presentations about the mission and requirements of the YoungArts program, while sharing its history and relatable experiences of renowned alumni in order to recruit new young artists. Prepare, implement and perform these multimedia presentations, which are adaptable for large (200-600) and small (5-15) audiences in high schools and prominent arts organizations. Develop, facilitate, and incorporate educational… Show more SENIOR PRESENTATION SPECIALISTProvide lively, inspirational and comprehensive presentations about the mission and requirements of the YoungArts program, while sharing its history and relatable experiences of renowned alumni in order to recruit new young artists. Prepare, implement and perform these multimedia presentations, which are adaptable for large (200-600) and small (5-15) audiences in high schools and prominent arts organizations. Develop, facilitate, and incorporate educational workshops (Theater, Writing-Spoken Word, and Visual Poetry) during the presentations. Has motivated and impacted over 40,000 talented arts driven high school students. Cultivate good-standing relationships with high school educators and administrators, arts organizations, and youth programs all year long. Co-curated Presentation Specialist handbook, facilitated training and workshops for incoming presenters Show less

Miami, Florida, United States

Commissioned by Dranoff 2 Piano Foundation to workshop and produce Piano Slam 2009 & 2010, one of the Adrienne Arsht Center’s signature community outreach programs. Piano Slam brings classical music and a poetry contest to inner-city middle and high school kids across Miami Dade County. The program has impacted over 15,000 middle and high school students in STEAM programs. The program culminates with a performance by poetry contest finalists accompanied by renowned pianists, famed DJ and… Show more Commissioned by Dranoff 2 Piano Foundation to workshop and produce Piano Slam 2009 & 2010, one of the Adrienne Arsht Center’s signature community outreach programs. Piano Slam brings classical music and a poetry contest to inner-city middle and high school kids across Miami Dade County. The program has impacted over 15,000 middle and high school students in STEAM programs. The program culminates with a performance by poetry contest finalists accompanied by renowned pianists, famed DJ and dancers at the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall in Miami, FL. As spokesperson visits various underserved middle and high schools, school board meetings, educator’s conferences and with community partners to discuss the mission, goal, rules and application process of Piano Slam. Produces Piano Slam School Tour to 15 – 20 middle and high schools. Tour consists of a classical mash up concert with poets and two classical pianist, writing workshops for STEAM classes, field trips and Family Nights which is annually attended by 3000 young poets and their families. Works closely with director and poet’s coaches for the final performance.Scriptwriter and director (2009, 2010) Show less

212-260 Ne 59 Terrace Miami Fl 33161

Doubled attendance for key special events and classes. Forged new community partnerships with the National YoungArts Foundation, BASS Museum, WomenArts, Art of Black, Exile Books, De La Cruz Collection, and emerging local artists. Co-produced National Conference for Teach for America. Curated new programming and performances for managing director with resident companies. Facilitated tours for History of Miami, Greater Miami Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, international and governmental… Show more Doubled attendance for key special events and classes. Forged new community partnerships with the National YoungArts Foundation, BASS Museum, WomenArts, Art of Black, Exile Books, De La Cruz Collection, and emerging local artists. Co-produced National Conference for Teach for America. Curated new programming and performances for managing director with resident companies. Facilitated tours for History of Miami, Greater Miami Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, international and governmental dignitaries, and renowned artists. Facilitated, curated and managed a new volunteer and intern program with local high school and college aged future community leaders. Advised in the creation and management of Arts After School, and Spring and Summer camps. Worked closely with resident art gallery curator in the development of official Art Basel events, the world premieres of various art collections, VIP Q&A, call for artists and artist selections for annual local art fair. Show less

Associate Radio Programmer For Cyloop.Com•Worked closely with VP of Entertainment to compile, research all musical artists of the website and assist in the programing of the online radios station.•Scanned over 11,000 original songs created and maintain Excel Radio Matrix which consists of every track / artist that was scanned, approved or skipped for the online radio network by genre.Associate Producer (Artist Interview / Asst. Coordinator) •Worked closely with VP of… Show more Associate Radio Programmer For Cyloop.Com•Worked closely with VP of Entertainment to compile, research all musical artists of the website and assist in the programing of the online radios station.•Scanned over 11,000 original songs created and maintain Excel Radio Matrix which consists of every track / artist that was scanned, approved or skipped for the online radio network by genre.Associate Producer (Artist Interview / Asst. Coordinator) •Worked closely with VP of Entertainment to compile POP culture topics and background history of upcoming artists.•Authored questions documented and research artist’s biography, conducted artist interviews for their online shows.•Researched for future question grid, up and upcoming artists and latest artist releases.•Created and maintained artist contact data base. Show less

Miami

•Commissioned by Arts For Learning, as a teaching artist for their after-school programs (at multiple elementary schools in Miami Dade County).•Authored an original poetic program called After School Zen which resulted to teaching 200 kids from first thru sixth grades.•Taught the creative art form of Spoken Word, theater exercise, drawing, Improv games and SLAM poetry competition (5 days a week, 90 minutes per day).•Initiated to seek sponsors to help with creative supplies and… Show more •Commissioned by Arts For Learning, as a teaching artist for their after-school programs (at multiple elementary schools in Miami Dade County).•Authored an original poetic program called After School Zen which resulted to teaching 200 kids from first thru sixth grades.•Taught the creative art form of Spoken Word, theater exercise, drawing, Improv games and SLAM poetry competition (5 days a week, 90 minutes per day).•Initiated to seek sponsors to help with creative supplies and awards for the students. Show less

Miami

Assistant To Project Director / Aqua Island –•Assisted the Project Director of famed urban development project AQUA Island.•Liaison between architects, construction company, The Craig Robins’ Collection manager and art curator, as well as assisted with all records and documentation related to the AQUA Island project.

CONSULTANT – I worked closely with music department VP, Brandon K. Olmos, supervised by Chairman Edward James Olmos, pre-production on music documentary {Untitled}, scoring for feature film {Last Winter}, music production consultant, music publishing consultant and talent coordinator. VOLUNTEER - Participated in Cezar Chavez 2002 march and events with Olmos family

PRODUCER / HOST ­ I hosted a special series of half an hour radio shows called SAZON, focusing onthe diversity of Latin Music, artists and the Latin Grammys 2001.

•Co-founder of this publishing and artist representation company with the goal of launching careers of talented South Florida, multi-lingual writers, rappers, and singers while also trying to improve the repertoire of music offered for the TV and film clients of sister company Sprockets Music.•Image consultant for artists, set-up music recording and video production schedules, supervised and created company budget.•Responsible for hiring and supervising of public relations for company… Show more •Co-founder of this publishing and artist representation company with the goal of launching careers of talented South Florida, multi-lingual writers, rappers, and singers while also trying to improve the repertoire of music offered for the TV and film clients of sister company Sprockets Music.•Image consultant for artists, set-up music recording and video production schedules, supervised and created company budget.•Responsible for hiring and supervising of public relations for company and artists, extensive networking with record labels, publishing companies, film and television casting directors, freelance songwriters, freelance music and video producers. Show less

Miami

•Responsible for getting new TV and film clients during a surge of TV and Film productions happening in Miami.•Acted as music production supervisor, casting director for voice over talent, musicians and singers, client services, consultant for company’s creative image, coordinated charity events, responsible for increasing staff and new clients 50% within ten months from start date.

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