# Soul Basel 2026: Mural Masters Miami and Kindred Spirit

A four-day Miami Art Week festival in Overtown from MUCE, built around the *Mural Masters Invitational*, a live painting contest with a USD 10,000 prize, and the *Kindred Spirit* exhibition. Artist talks and live music run alongside, with Miami gospel groups on Friday evening and the finals on Saturday. Entry is free Thursday to Saturday; Sunday's closing event is ticketed.

- Type: Other
- When: Thursday 3 December 2026, 2:00 PM (EST) until Dec 3 – 6
- Where: 9th Street Pedestrian Mall, Overtown, Ninth Street Pedestrian Mall, Miami, FL 33136, Overtown
- Part of: [Miami Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/miami-art-week)
- Event's own page: https://www.muce305.org/muralmastersmiami
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/soul-basel-2026-mural-masters-miami-and-kindred-spirit

## From the organiser

Four-day Miami Art Week festival in Overtown presented by MUCE (Miami Urban Contemporary Experience), with the Mural Masters Invitational live mural competition for a USD 10,000 prize, the Kindred Spirit exhibition, artist talks and live music. Free Thursday to Saturday; a ticketed closing event follows on Sunday. Friday evening brings the Soul Basel Revival with Miami gospel groups, and Saturday the Mural Masters Finals.

## Also on Thursday 3 December

- **Until Dec 6** · [Kindred Spirit: A Miami Art Week 2026 exhibition (MUCE)](https://artweekguide.com/events/kindred-spirit-a-miami-art-week-2026-exhibition-muce) — Show at Ninth Street Pedestrian Mall (Historic Overtown), Overtown. MUCE's exhibition at the Ninth Street Pedestrian Mall in Historic Overtown looks at migration, adaptation and coexistence between people, animals and place. It brings together painting, photography and mixed media, and is presented within Soul Basel as part of Miami Art Week.
- **9:00 AM** · [Baker's Brunch: Open Studios & Cafecito at Bakehouse Art Complex](https://artweekguide.com/events/baker-s-brunch-open-studios-cafecito-at-bakehouse-art-complex) — Breakfast & Brunch at Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood. Bakehouse Art Complex hosts its yearly Miami Art Week breakfast with open studios and a Creole-inspired menu, marking five years of Villa Albertine's residency programme. Former Villa Albertine artists stage activations, and the exhibitions *Homegrown* and *BAKEHOUSE @ COLDEFY / COLDEFY @ BAKEHOUSE* are on view. Free; RSVP required.
- **10:00 AM** · [AfriKin Talks: CHANGÁ: Griot Moves (Breakfast, Screening & Conversation)](https://artweekguide.com/events/afrikin-talks-changa-griot-moves-breakfast-screening-conversation) — Film at Maison AfriKin (Scott Galvin Community Center), North Miami. A breakfast screening of the documentary *Changá*, directed by Francio Guadeloupe and Manpreet Brar, at Maison AfriKin in North Miami. Guadeloupe gives a keynote, then talks with Patricia J. Saunders of the University of Miami. A live domino activation follows. RSVP needed.
- **10:00 AM** · [The Bass Dialogues: Architects Johnston Marklee in conversation with Tom Healy](https://artweekguide.com/events/the-bass-dialogues-architects-johnston-marklee-in-conversation-with-tom-healy) — Talk at The Bass Museum of Art, South Beach. A talk at The Bass Museum of Art in South Beach, part of Miami Art Week 2026. Architects Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee of Johnston Marklee present their design for the museum's expansion in public for the first time, in conversation with poet and Bass trustee Tom Healy. RSVP needed; capacity is limited.