locust projects


	About General Mission Statement Hours of Operation Opportunities Founders, Board, and Staff Friends with Benefits / Membership 2009 Contributors Honorary Friends Shop About Locust Projects 2008 marked Locust Projects' 10-year anniversary. This once fledgling organization has burgeoned into a recognized art institution, becoming a landmark in the Miami art scene. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has supported site-specific and installation artworks featuring photography, video, sculpture, drawing, painting and digital media. A converted warehouse, Locust Projects offers three exhibition spaces: a 1650 square feet main room, a 1200 square feet project room and the façade of its building for rotating mural exhibitions. Locust Projects was initially operated on the sole-efforts of its three founders: Elizabeth Withstandley, Westen Charles, and Cooper. However, the increasing success of the organization demanded more operational support. In 2000, the gallery incorporated itself and organized its first Board of Directors. In 2002, Locust Projects was officially recognized as a not for profit institution and given 501(c)3 status. In 2006, Locust Projects was awarded The Andy Warhol Foundation Grant and hired its first full-time Director, South African curator Claire Breukel. Mission Locust Projects is an alternative, not for profit, Miami-based exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas and methods without the pressures of gallery sales or other limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work; Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience to develop their ideas and methods. Locust Projects is committed to offering an approachable and inviting venue for the Miami and international art community to experience the work and meet the artist. The main exhibition venue is approximately 1,650 square feet, with uninterrupted white walls standing twelve feet tall; typical industrial concrete flooring and large warehouse style doors. Click here to view submission details and Floor plans. Opportunities Locust Projects strives to continually expand its programming. Recently, LP partnered with Austrian-based collector, Ernst Hilger, to develop the Hilger Artist Project Award, and with art collectors Dan and Kathryn Mikesell to develop an artist residency program, the Fountainhead Residency. Hours Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment Thursday - Saturday 10 am-5 pm Locust Projects thanks the 2009 Contributors: Andy Warhol Foundation Ernst Hilger Galt and Skye Mikesell Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation Peroni, Italy Florida- State of the Arts Terry Witcher at Adair, Fuller, Witcher and Malcolm Knight Foundation The Moore Space HONORARY FRIENDS Ernst Hilger Kathryn and Dan Mikesell Dennis Scholl The Moore Space LOCUST PROJECTS FOUNDERS -Cooper -Westen Charles -Elizabeth Withstandley LOCUST PROJECTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Debra Scholl, Chair Linda Adler Paul Berg Joan Blackman Mario Cader-Frech Westen Charles Cooper Marcia Eitelberg Susan Ervin Dawn Fine Debra Frank Jorge Garcia Melissa Krinzman Alan Krischer Steven Lanster Veletta Marshall Richard Martin Stewart Merkin Arturo Mosquera Jose Perez Vivian Pfeiffer Amy Pollack Stuart Rohatiner Bill Ross Julie Sidorevskaya Heather Urban Elizabeth Withstandley EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Chana Budgazad Sheldon ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR Monica de Miguel CLICK HERE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT CLICK HERE FOR LINKS of more Not-for-Profit artist run spaces, museums, online exhibitions, references... CLICK HERE TO MAKE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO LOCUST PROJECT, and SUPPORT MIAMI ART LOCUST PROJECTS is sponsored, in part, by The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Dade Community Foundation with support of The Miami-Dade County Dept of Cultural Affairs, The Cultural Affairs Council, The Mayor, and The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners.