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Hours of Operation
Opportunities
Founders, Board, and Staff
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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.

The first art space in Miami’s once depressed Wynwood area, Locust Projects was founded in a converted warehouse, offering three exhibition spaces: a main exhibition room, a 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. In May 2009, Locust Projects relocated to a new space in Miami’s Design District.

Mission
Locust Projects is alternative, not for profit exhibition space dedicated to providing contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressures of gallery sales or limitations of conventional exhibition spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific installations as an extension of their representative work and 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.

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Opportunities
Locust Projects strives to continually expand its programming. Recently, Locust Projects partnered with art collectors Dan and Kathryn Mikesell to develop an artist residency program, the Fountainhead Residency.

Hours
Wednesday - Saturday 12-5 pm
And by appointment

Locust Projects Honorary Friends & Contributors:
The Andy Warhol Foundation
Dennis Scholl
The Fountainhead Residency
Fuller, Witcher & Company, P.A.
Galt & Skye Mikesell
Grolsch
The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs & the Cultural Affairs Council
The Miami-Dade County Mayor & Board of County Commissioners
The Moore Space
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Venture Architects

LOCUST PROJECTS FOUNDERS
-Cooper
-Westen Charles
-Elizabeth Withstandley

LOCUST PROJECTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Debra Scholl, Chair
Linda Adler
Stephen Bander
Paul Berg
Joan Blackman
Crystal Brewe
Mario Cader-Frech
Westen Charles
Cooper
Marcia Eitelberg
Sue Ervin
Dawn Fine
Debra Frank
Jorge Garcia
Melissa Krinzman
Alan Krischer
Jonathan Kurry
Vicente Lago
Steven Lanster
Richard Martin
Kerri McNulty
Stewart Merkin
Arturo Mosquera
Vivian Pfeiffer
Amy Pollack
Julie Sidorevskaya
Heather Urban
Elizabeth Withstandley

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chana Budgazad Sheldon

ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR
Monica de Miguel

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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.