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MAKING ART HAPPEN FOR 25 YEARS

Founded by artists for artists in 1998, Locust Projects is Miami’s longest running nonprofit alternative art space. We produce, present, and nurture ambitious and experimental new art and the exchange of ideas through commissioned exhibitions and projects, artist residencies, summer art intensives for teens, and public programs on contemporary art and curatorial practice.

As a leading incubator of new art and ideas, Locust Projects emphasizes boundary-pushing creative endeavors, risk-taking and experimentation by local, national and international artists. Over the past 25 years, Locust Projects has commissioned more than 200 exhibitions featuring 485 artists at all career stages and highlighting Miami artists alongside out-of-town artists-in-residence building a network of peers. We invest in South Florida’s arts community by annually providing artists with WaveMaker Incubator grants and empowering creative careers by supporting the administrative work of being an artist through an onsite artist resource hub, including a future Knight-funded Digital Innovation Lab, and access to LegalARTLink’s pro bono legal services.

In 2023 Locust Projects kicked off its 25th anniversary with the inauguration of our new space in Little River. The 8,000 square foot former warehouse offers expanded program opportunities for supporting experimental artistic production, allowing Locust Projects to continue to offer artists the space, time, and resources to take risks and work on a largescale in ways that are not possible in traditional venues.

Key to our success is our community of supporters. Please consider supporting the INCUBATOR ANNUAL FUND or joining the INNOVATORS and help us MAKE ART HAPPEN.

“Locust Projects helped create a diversity of practices and voices for the city, by developing a space where artists can come and explore ideas without the financial pressure, with no objectives or goals outside of being there to make art,” Domenech said. “It’s a space that attempts to create a new set of rules for the artist to make. It places the responsibility on the artist. You are the one in charge of doing as much

as you want and to push yourself as much as you want.”

— Rafael Domenech

Rafael Domenech, assembling beneath a desire for sabotage

What is The Incubator Annual Fund?

The Incubator Annual Fund is a group of donors that are integral supporters of Miami’s incubator for new art and ideas.

The Incubator is made up of influential donors and changemakers who believe supporting artists is essential.

The Incubator Annual Fund is created as a reflection on all that we do, from helping artists create ambitious and daring exhibitions, to inspire the next generation of creatives, and advocating for Miami artists and their creative practice by providing access to essential resources.

The Incubator Annual Fund is how you can support our work and help us thrive and grow.

Monica Lopez De Victoria, Galactic Sirens, 2015

Benefits of supporting The Incubator Annual Fund

include access to engaging activities throughout the year:

• Invitation to the The Incubator Annual Fund Event

• Priority access to Annual Benefit Dinner and fundraising events

• Private tours with the Director and access to artist activations

• Priority access to donor events including Artist Dinners, Artful Afternoons, s ArtVentures art trips, INNOVATOR events, and much more

• Access to Miami Art Week VIP passes

• Annual donor wall and website listing for 12 months

• Discounts on Locust Projects’ Editions series

We look forward to welcoming you as a founding donor to the Incubator Fund! Please use the form below to join today:

**PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT A MINIMUM DONATION OF $1,000 IS REQUIRED TO JOIN THE INCUBATOR FUND.

ANNUAL BENEFIT DINNERS HONOR ARTS LEADERS AND CELEBRATE ARTISTIC EXPERIMENTATION

Photo credit: 2022 INFINITY Benefit Dinner by Miralda

THE INNOVATORS

Miami’s newest network of art lovers connecting over a passion for the latest in art and ideas.

INCUBATOR FUND donors also get access to events with the INNOVATORS. Benefits include invitations to onsite and offsite exclusive events held at artist studios, collections and cutting-edge creator spaces, Cultured Cocktails, Conversations on Collecting and behind-the-scenes tours with exhibiting artists, invitations to the Annual WaveMaker Splash! Party held poolside each summer celebrating the new WaveMaker grantees, and much more. INNOVATOR only memberships are available starting at $500.

EXHIBITIONS

Supporting local, national and international artists with residencies and resources to produce and present ambitious and experimental exhibitions.

Zac Hacmon, mia , 2022

Leo Castañeda, Herramientas (Levels & Bosses), 2022

Loni Johnson, 2021

R. Eric McMaster Closing Program: Performance by Lee Fearson and Akins Allman, 2022

“The time I spent working on my exhibition Rest Ashore at Locust Projects is memorable in many ways. Still, the most significant is in the cooperation I received throughout the exhibition. From the beginning stages of research to the final install countdown, I always had the needed help to facilitate my creative process. I never felt bogged down or at a loss, and that is significant.”

— Juana Valdes

Juana Valdes, Rest Ashore, 2020

Tal Amitai-Lavi and Tal Frank, Homeline, 2021

Artist Resources

Empowering artists of all disciplines to build and sustain a creative practice through access to pro bono legal services, public programming, incubator grants, and professional development opportunities.

LegalARTLink at Locust Projects is a vital pro bono legal resource supporting local artists of all disciplines to protect their work and empower their careers.

LegalARTLink provides artists with access to free legal advice, referrals to pro bono attorneys, one-on-one counseling, and professional development webinars and workshops on a broad range of legal issues including estate planning, family law, immigration, contracts, business law, real estate, taxes, copyright, trademark, and more.

“LegalARTLink not only helps you professionalize your career, but gives you the strength and the knowledge to overcome any legal issue, whether you are an established or emerging artist, LegalARTLink from Locust Projects is there to help.”

— Haiiileen, LegalARTLink Artist Member

In partnership with Oolite Arts, Locust Projects offers the public access to artists, critics and curators through our Fall and Spring Talks series. Annually, 36 local artists get 1-on-1 studio visits with the 6 speakers.

WAVEMAKER INCUBATOR GRANTS

In the spirit of Locust Projects’ artist-centric mission, WaveMaker grantees take risks and work outside of traditional institutions, creating innovative work that is accessible to the public in unconventional spaces in neighborhoods across Miami-Dade County.

Since 2015, WaveMaker has awarded $510,000 in funding to 102 of Miami’s visionary artists. Grantees receive up to $6,000 each in three categories: New Work / Projects, Long-Haul Projects, and Research & Development + Implementation.

WaveMaker grants at Locust Projects is supported by the Warhol Foundation Regional Regranting Program.

// SPACES FOR CREATION

Boasting a wood shop with tools for building, a CNC laser router, an AV room, and a future Knightfunded Digital Innovation Lab, Locust Projects offer artists and art educators space to experiment with new methods, explore scale, and expand their practice.

THE NEXT GENERATION

Nurturing the next generation of creatives with LAB summer art intensive for teens, LAB MFA, internships and fellowships.

// LAB: LOCUST ART BUILDERS

Now in its 13th year, the Locust Art Builders (LAB) program offers opportunities to the next generation of creatives from schools across the county to connect and collaborate with their peers to learn to build the world they imagine starting with collaboratively building an exhibition from scratch in a nationally-recognized alternative art space.

“We need spaces like Locust Projects to inspire and to continue fueling the next generation of artists. This was such an amazing opportunity for me that I never would’ve had otherwise.”

— LAB Student

LAB: MFA

LAB: MFA invites artists currently enrolled in an MFA program in the U.S. to Miami for a 3-4 week residency to create and present new work. This year specifically LAB MFA has been reinvisioned to focus on art and social practice.

The program allows students selected via an open call process to experiment and develop new work that expands on ideas they have been developing in their MFA studies as a pivotal, career-building opportunity.

Tara Kesavan and Indranil Choudhury, Lab MFA: Current Occurences, 2022

Victoria Ravelo, LAB MFA: Hidden in Plain View, 2021

“The work that was shown at Locust Projects led me to follow up with even more ambitious projects related to both dance performance and clay. Thank you Locust Projects for believing in me and my work!”

— Brian Vu

Supporting local, national and international artists with residencies and resources to produce and present ambitious and experimental exhibitions and offering the public access to artists, critics, and curators through programming.

ARTIST RESOURCES

Empowering artists of all disciplines to build and sustain a creative practice through access to pro bono legal services, incubator grants and professional development opportunities.

// THE NEXT GENERATION

Nurturing the next generation of creatives with LAB summer art intensive for teens, LAB MFA, internships and fellowships.

For recognition of your donation, myou choose the area of our mmission that most inspires you:

Support The Incubator Annual fund today.

Choose your level of giving followed by the program area that sparks your passion:

• $20,000 and up | Changemaker

• $10,000 - 19,999 | Lead Sponsor

• $5,000 - 9,999 | Major Sponsor

• $2,500 - 4,999 | Supporting Sponsor

• $1,000 - 2,499 | Exhibitionist/Friend

• EXHIBITIONS: Supports commissioned exhibitions, related residencies and public programs.

• ARTIST RESOURCES: Supports LegalARTLink pro bono legal aid and professional development resources for Miami-based artists.

• NEXT GENERATION: Supports LAB summer art intensive for teens, LAB MFA, internships and fellowships. LAB summer art intensive for

2022-2023 EXHIBITION AND PROGRAM MAJOR SPONSORS

Locust Projects 2022-2023 exhibitions and programming are made possible with support from: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Diane and Robert Moss; The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, The Children’s Trust; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Ruth Foundation for the Arts; Florida, Department of State; The Miami Foundation; Diane and Werner Grob; Susan and Richard Arregui; The Albert and Jane Nahmad Family Foundation; The National Endowment for the Arts Art Works Grant; VIA Art Fund | Wagner Foundation Incubator Grant; Funding Arts Network; Hillsdale Fund; Kirk Foundation; and the Incubator Fund Supporting Sponsors and Friends.

Cover: Tal Amitai-Lavi (shown) and Tal Frank: Homeline 2021. Photos: installation photography by Zachary Balber. Programs and events by World Red Eye and Locust Projects.