Artist
Lance Minto-Strouse is a Jamaican artist of Afro-Chinese, Anglo and Native American ancestry. His work is primarily focused on themes concerning community, temporary and everyday life through an anthropological lens. Lance first gained interest in using creative tools to address social concerns while participating in the Teen Art Program, an educational incubator for high school students at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami (MOCA), also, Arts 4 Learning, Teen Residency Program and later, Perez Art Museum Miami#39;s (PAMM) Perez Teen Council. Lance began to commit more time towards his creative passions by matriculating at the New World School of the Arts, a public high school and college in Downtown, Miami, FL. Currently, Lance is in his Junior college year, pursuing studio and sound arts, as well as curatorial studies. He recently accomplished multiple site specific community interventions addressing themes of gentrification, isolation and racism.