HOW TO: Oh, look at me deepens Gonzalez’s commitment to creating provocative, participatory social spaces within institutional settings. As acts of queer infiltration, class—aware interventionism, her work wants us to see and explore, to dance and read—outloud the potential of our embodied cognition. We are only when we interact, when we commune. 

Locust Projects presents Disembodied, the third in a series of guest curated video exhibitions in Locust Projects’ Screening Room that launched in fall 2019. Guest curated by Dennis Scholl, founding board chair of Locust Projects from 2001-2006, the exhibition features works by emerging and established artists including: Cara Despain, Julie Fliegenspan, Alexa Lim Haas, Jillian Mayer, Nicole Salcedo, and Siena Stubbs. The exhibition opens to the public by appointment and walk-ins (capacity permitting) on Saturday, March 6 from 11am to 5pm and is free and open to the public. 

From April 1 to June 30, the Miami Design District will feature Outage by Jennifer Levonian and Eva Wylie in its Jade Alley Films Series, a collaborative year-long art video feature of four artist video selections by the District's key institutions, including Locust Projects, de la Cruz Collection and ICA Miami.

Originally commissioned and premiered by Locust Projects in 2019, Outage is a video that utilizes Levonian's signature cut paper animation technique, which incorporates deftly rendered watercolors into short films that wryly depict prescient social narratives and Eva Wylie's unique printmaking techniques. The single-channel animation was made from over 3,000 frames and more than 275 screens were used to create pieces for the animation.

Viewable 24/7 at the Garden Building Lobby in Jade Alley.

Have questions about WaveMaker incubator grants? You can book an appointment to chat with us! Our next Office Hours are Thursday, Apr. 1 from 10am-2pm. 

Book your 15-minute call here. Please make sure to attend one of our WaveMaker Virtual Info Sessions and review all materials on our website before making your appointment.

Locust Projects supports the business of being an artist through LegalARTLink, a program offering pro bono legal services, referrals, and professional development workshops for artists based in Miami. 

Held on the first Thursday of every month, the next LegalARTLink office hours are Thursday, April 1, from 2-4pm. If you have questions about the program or need help with a new legal issue, schedule an appointment to chat with Allyn Ginns Ayers, LegalARTLink Director, practicing attorney, and dancer.

Join Locust Projects and Oolite Arts virtually for a conversation with Rujeko Hockley, Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, streamed on Facebook Live.

Rujeko Hockley is an assistant curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She is the curator of the upcoming retrospective Julie Mehretu, opening in March 2021, and co-curated the 2019 Whitney Biennial. 

In conjunction with the exhibition, Locust Projects has commissioned a new video by GeoVanna Gonzalez that will premiere on Thursday, April 15 at SoundScape Park in conjunction with the City of Miami Beach's Third Thursdays Culture Crawl and Poetry Month. Additional support provided by Miami Light Project. 

HOW TO: Oh, look at me is a film that captures the multi-layered, interdisciplinary performance by GeoVanna Gonzalez, conceived as an activation of her sculptural installation of the same name. The performance features an original musical score by Batrypowr, involves two dancers, Cheina Ramos and Alondra Balbuena, and two poets, Zaina Alsous and Arsimmer McCoy, who interact with and exist within the structure.