Kelly Eriksen, 18, was part of the Locust Art Builders, a three-week intensive summer program where students collaborate as artists and curators to put together an art exhibit at Locust Projects, a non-profit gallery space in Miami’s Design District. The exhibit is on display at Locust Projects, a non-profit gallery space in Miami’s Design District.
Teens from high schools all over South Florida were hand-picked to take part in Locust Arts Builders, a three-week summer intensive program where students collaborate as both artists and curators to create an art exhibit from scratch. One of the pieces was inspired by the Florida skunk ape.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski leads the way to El Arepaso 2 in Doral, a snack-time stop in his third annual poker run to raise money for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami.
Homestead officials celebrated the topping-off of the new City Hall, an 83,841 square-foot facility that will house a 225-seat council chamber in the center of the historic downtown.
Patricia Jeudy, left, watches over as James Green, Geniziz Desir and Angel Guevera play on the swings in the new Branches playground in Florida City. Jeudy, who has grown up in the Branches afterschool and summer programs, now helps up as a camp guide for the younger kids.
Lucy Hernandez, top, Joyson Chevalier, middle, and Wilne Pierre, bottom, slide down together during their free playtime at the Shade Summer Camp in the Branches center in Florida City.
Christopher Iscoa, sticks his tongue out as he reaches for the next handle on the monkey bars.
Christopher Iscoa, smiles as he jumps off the monkey bars.
Yolanda Martinez Fuentes has worked as a seamstress since she first learned the craft at age 14.
Yolanda Martinez Fuentes made a beach dress out of chiffon scarves she sewed together.
Cameron Keith, 9, correctly spelled two words at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday, but did not advance into the semifinals based on his score in the written spelling and vocabulary test.
Cameron Keith, from Boulder, Colorado, was the youngest speller at the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Sylvie Lamontagne, 12, writes each letter of a word with her finger as she spells onstage.
Jenna-May Ingal, from Riverside, California, was eliminated from the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals. She misspelled “periegesis,” meaning the description of a region.
Gokul Venkatachalam, from St. Louis, Missouri, was crowned co-champion of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee. He smiled onstage after spelling correctly during the finals round.
Snehaa Ganesh Kumar, from Sacramento, California, gasped excitedly after she spelled correctly during the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee final rounds. She tied in fourth place at the bee.
Victor Sutton, from Birmingham, Alabama, was eliminated from the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals after he misspelled “diamanté.”
Sara-Beth McPherson, from Kingston, Jamaica, was eliminated from 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals after she misspelled the word “agaric.”
Tax preparer Michelle Merced was helping a client when a stray bullet came in from a shooting outside through the front-store window, zipped past her ear and bounced off the walls.
Jess Olivas hugged his dog Ruby as he picked her up from an animal hospital in Margate. Both owner and pet sustained severe burns following an accident with flammable insecticide.
