Locust Late @ The DiLL, Locust Projects’ signature after-hours art and tech series, is back with a new season of free workshops, performances, and talks by artists, for artists in South Florida. We’re kicking off our newest NEA-supported season with a special hands-on improvisation workshop by Miami-based transdisciplinary sound artist Dani Amaro, followed by the Miami debut of New York-based experimental percussionist Lesley Mok. Stop by and be among the first to see Locust Projects’ newest, most technologically ambitious exhibition to date, Tides and Passages, Chapter I: MARE MAGNVM by Edison Peñafiel, on view in the Main Gallery. 

Artists and attendees of all skill levels are strongly encouraged to #BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) and follow along.

7pm Workshop | Dani Ferreira Amaro: Creative Systems of Improvisation

Arrive early for a workshop on how technology supports improvisation by Miami-based transdisciplinary sound artist Dani Ferreira Amaro. With a background in music education and performance spanning over nine years, Amaro approaches musical improvisation in interdisciplinary works as a vehicle for learning and communication. Rooted in a foundation of contemporary jazz technique and Brazilian-Cuban heritage, they infuse storytelling and folklore into their practice, oftentimes weaving between repertoire in English, Spanish and Portuguese. They are alumni of the National YoungArts program in Jazz Voice (2016).

9pm Performance | Lesley Mok

Linger late for the Miami debut of boundary-pushing New York City-based percussionist, composer, and sound artist Lesley Mok, whose solo LP, transient, released in July 2026 on American Dreams Records, expands their practice into beat-making, electronic composition, and the transformation of acoustic sound. The album has received acclaim from PopMatters and Foxy Digitalis, with JazzTimes describing it as music that “asks the listener to participate in shaping meaning through sustained attention rather than genre-based categorization.” Their work is guided by a continual search for the connection between the mundane and the divine, the experience and manipulation of time, and a desire to capture emotional dissonance and complexity.

Locust Late @ The DiLL is free and open to the public, and is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Complimentary pizza is available for workshop participants; and refreshments are available for guests aged 21 and older.