THE STORIES OF VIZCAYA

Quinceañera photo shoots are quite the tradition in Miami. Vizcaya is a place where people of diverse communities and backgrounds come together, and collectively shape its spirit. Vizcaya is featured in countless individual and communal memories, through the visitors who document their personal milestones and celebrations here. Milestone celebrations Generations of young women have used

“Going live in five, four, three, two…” Those were the words I heard right before every Beyond Vizcaya livestream session that would air. Once that count ended, it was my responsibility to introduce, engage, interview and ultimately bring to life the Miami stories we came to share for that day. There were no cuts, no

One of a kind Vizcaya’s Swimming Pool Grotto is one of the most distinctive and engaging spaces at the estate. It’s also easy to miss. The grotto is tucked away between the Vizcaya Café and Shop and the Orchidarium on the North side of the Main House. An indoor-outdoor space, half of the pool is nestled underneath

BISCAYNE BAY DRIFT CARD STUDY Where’s that trash coming from? In 2016, Vizcaya approached the Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science and CARTHE, a team of ocean scientists at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science to start a conversation about trash and pollution at Vizcaya. Together we launched an

As part of the Beyond Vizcaya project, we were able to meet and tour the grandson of one of Vizcaya’s longest working employees – Eustace Edgecombe.
One of the smallest items in Vizcaya’s archives contains oversized information about daily life in South Florida in the 1920s. Frank Landon McGinnis, Vizcaya’s estate manager from 1919 until the 1930s, kept a daily work diary in 1922

If you’ve heard about Spectral Vizcaya and wondered about this installation’s origins, take a step back with us. Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo’s first project at Vizcaya was Arrangements for a Concrete Box, part of the 2015 exhibition, “Fantastical Vizcaya,” which celebrated the theatrics of the estate as envisioned by Paul Chalfin, Vizcaya’s Artistic Director. In that commission,

The kitchen at Vizcaya, found on the second floor near the Breakfast Room, is one location on the Estate where guests can encounter the commonplace in this exceptional home. We don’t know if James Deering ever whipped up a midnight snack for himself, however, we do know that he employed a French chef to travel
Commissioning creative talents to work with Vizcaya is as old as the estate itself. We continue that practice today with Spectral Vizcaya on February 26, 2021.
Meet Eustace Edgecombe, a Bahamian teen who started working at Vizcaya as a waterboy in 1913 and dedicated the next 52 years to the estate.