All artist Rik Reimert needs to create these detailed illustrations is some
paper and some ink. The rest is a series of lines and hashmarks that Reimert
builds, from light to dark, with Rotring Rapidographs—a variety of technical
writing devices that provide consistent ink flow. The artist begins with pencil
and then fills in the lines with his pens that vary in thickness from 0.2 to
0.8mm tips.
The ongoing effort to turn a large swath of downtown Miami’s bayfront into a
center of science, art and learning has taken another important step. Knight
Foundation announced a $10 million challenge grant to the Patricia and Phillip
Frost Museum of Science. To be paid, the funds must be matched by an additional
$20 million in funding. The pledge comes as the science museum, currently
located in Coconut Grove, is poised to break ground next month on its new home
in downtown’s Museum Park along Biscayne Bay. The Frost will rise alongside the
under-construction Jorge M. Perez Art Museum and sit a block from the Adrienne
Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, two institutions that each received $10
million in Knight support.