Michelle F. Solomon

Michelle F. Solomon is the editor, arts writer, and theater critic for ArtBurst Miami. Michelle was immersed in theater and the arts from a young age. When she was  5, she began a professional singing career as one of the featured performers with the Stars of Tomorrow at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, N.J. A graduate of Emerson College, Boston, Mass., with a Master’s degree from the State University of New York, Michelle has been arts editor at major and mid-sized newspapers, including Executive Arts Editor of the Albany Times Union and Assistant Features Editor of Entertainment at The Detroit Free Press. She was an on-air Entertainment Reporter and Managing Editor of New Media for NBC affiliate, WDIV-TV, Detroit, and the first Digital Executive Producer of New Media at ABC affiliate, Miami’s WPLG-TV, Local 10, where she also created the original true crime podcast, The Florida Files. In addition to her position as editor for artburstmiami.com, she covers a variety of cultural events for ArtBurst and is also editor and writer for miamiartzine.com, a publication of the Miami Beach Arts Trust.  Michelle’s work was nominated for the 2022 Rabkin Prize for Visual Arts Journalism, she received a 2023 Sunshine State Award from the Society of Professional Journalists for Beat Reporting – Visual Arts coverage, and was awarded two prizes in the 2025 Sunshine State Award including Finalist for her reporting of Miami’s arts scene – Arts & Culture Commentary and Criticism, and for Beat Reporting, Arts & Culture. She was named the 2025 Arts Marketer of the Year by the Arts and Business Council of Miami. Michelle is a Carbonell Award judge and also a judge for the Silver Palm Awards. She is assistant professor in the Department of Communication, Media and Arts at Nova Southeastern University’s Halmos College of Arts and Sciences. As a volunteer, she has served as co-chairman and mission chairperson/advocacy for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s.