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Two New Exhibitions at the Walgreens Windows in Miami Beach
Youth Artist Residency Program
Massive Mural Commemorates Countdown to our New Campus
September 24, 2025
Oolite Arts CEO John Abodeely Featured on NBC6’s Impact with Jackie Nespral
Oolite Arts Celebrates 40 Years with Landmark Exhibition Penumbras: a narrative of ArtCenter/South Florida • Oolite Arts 1984–2014
Oolite Arts Featured on Inside South Florida
Two New Exhibitions at the Windows @ Walgreens in Miami Beach
Oolite Arts Marks 40 Years and Honors 2025 Ellies Award Winners
Oolite Arts Members Inducted into Inaugural Miami-Dade Arts Hall of Fame
John Abodeely and José Bedia on South Florida Live
April 15, 2025, South Florida Live
Oolite Arts in NBC6 News at Noon
April 15, 2025, on NBC6 News at Noon
José Bedia and Nuria Richards in Acceso Total
April 15, 2025 on Total Access, WSCV-TV
Oolite Arts Names John Abodeely as President and CEO
Oolite Arts to base 12 artists in Coral Gables office tower
Miami Today
Miami-made film about gentrification in Little Haiti is making a splash at festivals
Miami Herald
10 Must-See Miami Art Exhibits in March 2024
Miami New Times
Oolite Arts: A Conversation With Alberto Checa and Jean Chung
Miami Art Zine
Alberto Checa’s First Solo Show at Oolite Arts in Artburst
Artburst
This Miami Beach art show bounces with beats, ‘baddies’ and belly button piercings
The Miami Herald
Oolite Arts Recognizes Another Crop of Ellies Award Winners
Miami New Times
‘Mountains’ Director Monica Sorelle On Displacement, Imagery And Miami’s Little Haiti
Forbes
Oolite Arts Salon Series Rethinks the Tangled Love Triangle Among People, Art, and Technology
Miami New Times
Aspiring filmmakers shine on the silver screen at Oolite Arts Center
NBC 6
Mark your calendars: Exploring the intersection between art and technology at Oolite Arts
Refresh Miami
Phillip Karp Reveals First Solo Show at North Beach Storefront
Miami New Times
This Miami artist weaves the Everglades, Peru and the Dominican Republic into her garments
WLRN
Miami arts group to help artists pay rent. ‘Artists deserve to live in their city.’
Miami Herald
Interview: Director Monica Sorelle on Crafting ‘Mountains’ and Exploring Gentrification in Little Haiti
Awards Radar
Oolite CEO is going from supporting other artists to making his own art
Collector, leader, artist: Oolite CEO Dennis Scholl leaving post to focus on creating his own art
Sun Sentinel
‘This is gonna be my third act.’ Miami arts nonprofit leader retires to make his own art
Miami Herald
Oolite Arts presents ‘Landscape of Realities’ starting today with works of 15 artists-in-residence
Art Daily
Oolite Arts residency at Anderson Ranch gives visiting artists from Miami space for experimentation
Aspen Public Radio
Artists Juan Ledesma and Cornelius Tulloch explore cultural identity at Anderson Ranch
The Aspen Times
Miami’s Oolite Arts featuring Chris Friday’s “Good Times” exhibition
WSFL TV South Florida
Hangin’ In and Jivin’: Chris Friday’s “Good Times” at Oolite Arts Celebrates Black Joy
Miami New Times
Artists Germane Barnes and Edouard Duval-Carrié join Oolite Arts’ Board of Trustees
ArtDaily
This Miami Beach art exhibition wants you to remember the ‘Good Times’
Miami Herald
Oolite Offers Affordable Art with Shares Program
Artburst
FILMMAKERS CREATE ‘LOCAL LOVE LETTERS’ TO MIAMI BEACH THROUGH OOLITE ARTS, CITY FUNDING
Artburst
Oolite’s 2022 Ellies Winners Are All Over Miami Art Week
Miami New Times
The Knight Foundation is investing $40.7 million in local arts groups. See who got a grant
The Miami Herald
Oolite Arts to offer artists housing stipend
The Miami Times
From photographs submerged underwater to Hervé Télémaque’s early paintings: must-see exhibitions in Miami
The Art Newspaper
Miami Art Week can be overwhelming. Here’s an insider’s guide to what you want to see
10 Must-See Gallery and Museum Shows during Miami Art Week
Homestead Middle School Art Teacher Wins Oolite Award
Oolite Arts raises voices of local artists
The Miami Times
Diversity and unity in art: Through the lens of Black America
The Miami Times
Oolite ‘Shares’ Makes Art Accessible
The Miami Times
How Miami arts organizations are putting artists of color in the forefront this season
Miami Herald
Local Project Helps Future Filmmakers
NBC 6 Miami
Filmmakers “Pass the Mic” to Activists Fighting Gentrification, Wage Theft, and Eviction
Miami New Times
Filmakers ‘Pass the Mic’ to their subjects in trio of Miami-Based Documentaries
Artburst
Timely Indeed: Two Miami Galleries Showcase Women’s Work
Miami Art Zine
“Pass the Mic: We Will Tell Our Stories” Film Screening Returns
Aventura Magazine
Queer feminist reggaeton duo makes music minus the machismo
Black Hill Pioneer
Oolite Arts toma Miami Beach con dos muestras visuales
Diario Las Americas
La futura “villa” de $30 millones de esta organización artística sin fines de lucro de Miami
El Nuevo Herald
Oolite Arts is getting a new home
WSFL-TV South Florida
Miami organisation Oolite Arts plans $30m new eco-conscious complex
The Art Newspaper
Here’s a sneak peek at the $30 million future ‘village’ of this Miami arts nonprofit
Miami Herald
3 Important Lessons Any Arts Organization Can Learn from Oolite Arts’s Expansion in Miami
artnet
Floridian artists explore new ways to make art at Anderson Ranch in Snowmass Village
Aspen Public Radio
Roscoè B. Thické III’s Debut Solo Exhibit on Pork ‘N’ Beans Projects
Art Burst
La riqueza de América Latina en los claroscuros de Fuenmayor
El Nuevo Herald
Oolite Arts residency cultivates encouragement, experimentation at Anderson Ranch
Aspen Times / Snowmass Sun
‘The diversity expresses itself’
Aspen Daily News
César E. Trasobares, a life dedicated to art
Diario Las Americas
Oolite Arts Hosts Feels Like 97° Exhibition In Miami Beach
Art Burst Miami
10 Local Filmakers Win In Oolite Arts’ Sustainability In Action PSA Contest
Art Burst Miami
Local Artists to Watch Out for at Miami Art Week 2021
Miami New Times
Artista cubano en Miami dice no a la Bienal de La Habana
Diario las Americas
From Hollywood walk-on to starring role, Miami grabs the movie spotlight
The Miami Herald
‘On the Frontline’ honors health care heroes
The Miami Times
Oolite Arts Announces 2021 Acquisition Winners
Artburst
Five Filmmakers Are Finalists In Oolite Arts’ ‘Save The Bay’ PSA Contest
WLRN
Oolite Arts’ Latest Exhibition Reshapes Power Into Creative Agency
Miami New Times
Oolite Arts Showcases ‘Natural Transcendence’
Artburst
As regimes are challenged in Cuba and Haiti, a timely exhibition on power and resistance opens in Miami Beach
The Art Newspaper
Wendy Wischer at Oolite Arts, Miami
Burnaway
‘Natural Transcendence’ Exhibition Opens at Oolite Arts Capturing our newfound connection to nature through the lens
Biscayne Times
10 Latinx Artists to Watch at El Museo del Barrio’s Triennial
Artsy
An Interview with Filmmaker Edson Jean and Shein Mompremier from the film Ludi
Atlanta Film and TV
Sasha Wortzel
Art Forum
Gonzalo Fuenmayor | If the Tucan-Nesting Hat Fits, Wear It
Flaunt Magazine
‘Pass The Mic’ Shares Miami Residents’ Stories
Artburst
Channeling the Rhythms of Nature, Sasha Wortzel Sets the Mood for Contemplation
Hyperallergic
‘Dreams of Unknown Islands’ at Oolite Arts Imagines New Futures
Artburst
The Film ‘Ludi’ Explores A Haitian Immigrant’s Struggle With Family Obligations
WLRN
Oolite artists-in-residence program returns to Anderson Ranch
Aspen Times
Local Filmmakers Jayme Gershen and Edson Jean Debut Features at Miami Film Festival
Miami New Times
Jewish traditions weaved into ‘Dreams of Unknown Islands’ exhibit
Sun-Sentinel
How A Jewish Prayer Helped An Artist Cope With The COVID Crisis — And Inspired Her New Exhibit
WLRN
‘I’m just a truth teller.’ How Chire Regans’ art heals and advocates for equality
The Miami Herald
Eleven Arts and Music Organizations to Support on Give Miami Day
New Times
Local Filmmakers Motivate Miami to ‘Mask Up’
WLRN
A new era for Oolite Arts
Miami Herald
This new online film festival spotlights the realities of lockdown life in Miami
Time Out Magazine
Oolite Arts Close Quarters Commissions Reveals Slices of Life in the time of Quarantine
Art Burst
Oolite Arts Steps Up to Help Miami’s Art Community
Miami New Times
Resources & Emergency Grants for Artists affected by COVID-19
Cultured Mag
Miami support group launches fund to help visual artists during the coronavirus pandemic
Miami Herald
Anderson Ranch hosts 14 artists from Miami’s Oolite Arts
Aspen Times
A Miami arts group hires rising stars from Spain to design its new Little Haiti home
Miami Herald
Barozzi Veiga to Design New Miami Home For Oolite Arts
Art Forum
Welcome to February in Miami
Miami Herald
Anderson Ranch welcomes 14 Miami artists for unique residency in Aspen
Aspen Daily News
Two filmmakers are shining a light on Liberty Square and Haitian experience in Miami
Miami Herald
On The Road II Exhibition at Oolite Arts | Interview with Curator Larry Ossei-Mensah
Create! Magazine
20 years of Margulies; Teresita Fernandez at PAMM: Art Week shows at Miami museums
Miami Herald
Get happy, be blue and find yourself. It’s all happening in November
Miami Herald
Ellies Award Winner Doing His Part to Bolster Local Arts Journalism
Art Burst
Karen Rifas’ Ladder: an undeniable win for Miami
Emerson-Dorsch
Los artistas latinos ganadores de los premios ‘Ellies’ se llevan mucho dinero
El Nuevo Herald
“Cultivating the Artists of Tomorrow.” Miami’s Biggest Arts Patron Makes His Next Move
Inside Philanthropy
Miami Artists Awarded $500,000 for ‘The Ellies’
Art Forum
Oolite Arts’ “On the Road II” Contemplates the Freedom of Mobility for Marginalized Communities
Miami New Times
Rising star curator unearths common ground in artists from Miami and Detroit for ‘On the Road II’
Art Burst
Oolite Arts’ “It Will Never Become Quite Familiar to You” Considers Cultural Intersections
Miami New Times
MLK Day bike riders’ story wins arts funding from The Block
The Miami Times
Focus On South Florida: Block Docs
CBS4 Channel My33
Miami’s Art Center/South Florida gets a new facility—and a new name
The Art Newspaper
Miami’s ArtCenter/South Florida announces new home & changes name to Oolite Arts
Art Daily
A Cinderella Story for the Miami Art Scene’s New $100 Million Player
New York Times
ArtCenter/South Florida to Build New $30 Million Home
Art Forum
First Look: Terence Price II
Art in America
Family Archives Become Art in Terence Price’s “Dancing in the Absence of Pain”
Miami New Times
Xavier Medina, Monica Sorelle Win ArtCenter/ South Florida Filmmaking Residency
Miami New Times
Various local artists win big at The Ellies
The Miami Times
Oolite Arts Awards $500,000 to Miami-Based Visual Artists
Blouin Artinfo
Edouard Duval-Carrié Receives the Ellies’s Michael Richards Award
Cultured Magazine
Miami artists share $491,000 in awards. Winners include a life-size cardboard MiG jet
The Miami Herald
Misael Soto’s Installation Sand Tackles Sea-Level Rise in Miami Beach
Artcenter/South Florida Awards Nearly $500,000 to Miami-based Artists
Artforum
ArtCenter South Florida Grants Nearly $500,000 to 44 Ellie Award-Winning Artists
Miami New Times
Miami’s ArtCenter South Florida Launches $100,000 Micro-budget Movie Scheme
Variety Magazine
Oolite Arts Offers $100,000 to Miami Filmmakers
Miami New Times
Home is Where the Art is. Black artists’ work depicts physical surroundings
The Miami Times
Dennis Scholl Takes the Wheel at Oolite Arts
Cultured Magazine
Esther Park Joins Oolite Arts as Vice President of Programing
Artforum
Miami arts leader joins Oolite Arts as Vice President of Programming
Artdaily.org
Time to Draw
The Miami Herald, By Steph Sez
“Intertidal” Exhibit Imagines Miami Beach’s Flooded Future
Miami New Times, Neil Vazquez
Abstract art can tell a story—and look good too
The Art Newspaper, By James H. Miller
Art Basel and Oolite Arts Offer Hurricane Irma Relief to Artists
Miami News Times, Deirdre Mendoza
Using Abstraction as a Political Tool
By Monica Uszerowicz, Hyperallergic
On Documentary Abstraction and the Art Practice of Tomashi Jackson
Sugarcane Magazine, By Onajide Shabaka
Arts leader Dennis Scholl named President and CEO of Oolite Arts
Artdaily.org
National arts leader Dennis Scholl named president/CEO of Oolite Arts
Miami’s Community Newspapers, By Marika Lynch
ArtCenter South Florida Appoints Dennis Scholl President and CEO
By Neil Vazquez, Miami New Times
Community leader parlays entrepreneurial skills to new art-centric venture
By Debora Lima, South Florida Business Journal
Arts champion Dennis Scholl to lead Oolite Arts
Miami Herald, Jane Wooldridge
Miami Arts Center’s Windfall Brings a New Leader and Expansion Plans
The New York Times, By Brett Sokol
