Press Releases - Oolite Arts

Press Releases

October 28, 2026

Oolite Arts Announces 2026 Miami Art Week Program

October 28, 2026

Oolite Arts Presents What Water Remembers, Curated by Sara Cluggish

October 5, 2026

Oolite Arts concludes the 2026 Oolite Arts Conversations with a public talk by leading international curator Cuauhtémoc Medina

October 2, 2026

Oolite Arts opens the fall season of Oolite Arts Conversations with a public talk by internationally recognized curator Ralph Rugoff

July 24, 2026

Oolite Arts Announces Leadership Update

July 1, 2026

Oolite Arts Opens “Sites of the Self” Alongside Open Studios and Inaugural Teen Residency Exhibition

June 1, 2026

Oolite Arts Combats the Affordability Crisis with Free Studio Space, Housing Support and Unrestricted Cash Awards

April 6, 2026

Oolite Arts Announces The Ellies, Oolite Arts Awards 2026

April 3, 2026

Oolite Arts Launches Oolite Arts Conversations with Antoni Miralda in Dialogue with César Trasobares and Stephan Palmié

March 20, 2026

Oolite Arts Launches Oolite Arts Conversations

February 9, 2026

Crossing the Bridge Exhibition

August 18, 2025

Oolite Arts Announces New Communications and Marketing Leadership

August 14, 2025

Oolite Arts Announces New Leadership in Development Team

June 2, 2025

Oolite Arts Welcomes New Chief Operating Officer

May 6, 2025

Cherese Crockett Named Interim Director of Programs

January 7, 2025

Oolite Arts Kicks Off 40th Anniversary Year with Exciting New Leadership

April 9, 2024

Seventeen Miami-Based Artists Come Together in “Everything is a Spiral,” a new exhibition curated by Dejha Carrington, presented by Oolite Arts

April 3, 2024

Unveiling the Oolite Arts Project Space Presented by Terranova

February 12, 2024

IlluminArts and Oolite Arts present Alberto Checa: Nice Work If You Can Get It

January 8, 2024

At Oolite Arts, Alberto Checa’s first solo exhibition offers a story of immigration and a critique of the American labor system

November 29, 2023

Miami filmmakers shine the spotlight on Little Haiti, social justice at Dec. 13 Oolite Arts screening

October 25, 2023

Miami artists and art teachers receive share of $500,000 to bring ideas to life at The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards, presented by Oolite Arts

September 28, 2023

Oolite Arts’ New Exhibition “Bounce” Pulsates with Movement

September 18, 2023

Oolite Arts Names Tania Castroverde Moskalenko as Interim CEO

August 16, 2023

Oolite Arts Launches Media Art Salon Series: Critical Conversations on Art, Technology and the Human Experience

July 5, 2023

Oolite Arts’ Summer Exhibition Offers Intimate Look at the Work of Miami Artists

June 27, 2023

Miami’s Oolite Arts to Offer $12,000 Annual Housing Stipend to Resident Artists with Knight Foundation Support

May 17, 2023

Oolite Arts’ Visionary Leader Dennis Scholl to Retire

May 4, 2023

Oolite Arts’ names Digital Arts Fellow to foster innovation in Miami arts community

April 13, 2023

10 Miami-Based Artists Participate in Prestigious Home + Away Program at The Studios at MASS MoCA as Part of Oolite Arts’ Travel Residency

April 5, 2023

Oolite Arts presents “Landscape of Realities” – with works featuring literal and imagined worlds by the organization’s 15 artists-in-residence

April 4, 2023

City of Miami Beach and Oolite Arts Commission Short Films on Climate Change for 2024 Aspen Ideas: Climate Event

February 28, 2023

Munisha Underhill named Vice President of Development for Oolite Arts

January 12, 2023

Artists Germane Barnes and Edouard Duval-Carrié join Oolite Arts’ Board of Trustees

January 4, 2023

Oolite Arts presents “Good Times,” a solo show by Artist Chris Friday

December 6, 2022

9 Local Filmmakers Debut Their “Love Letters” to Miami Beach at Free Dec. 15 Event

November 29, 2022

Oolite Arts Will Offer Housing Stipend, Digital Lab to Artists with $1.25 million from Knight Foundation

November 1, 2022

Miami audience to meet Black Olympic legend, whose raised fist made a controversial statement at 1968 Olympics, at Oolite Arts’ FREE Documentary Screening at the Cosford Cinema

October 27, 2022

South Florida artists receive $500,000 in funding as Oolite Arts celebrates the 5th Anniversary of The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards

September 28, 2022

Oolite Arts Adds Works by Eight Artists to its Collection

September 21, 2022

Artist Germane Barnes examines the traditions of Black kitchens, while artists question Miami’s Caribbean identity in Oolite Arts’ new exhibitions open through Art Basel

August 9, 2022

What does family mean? Eight local filmmakers offer unique perspective during free screening event at MDC’S Tower Theater Miami August 25

June 21, 2022

Miami stories – and the search for justice – are the focus of new short documentaries screening July 22nd

May 17, 2022

Oolite Arts Announces Two Summer Exhibitions, Featuring Artists-in-Residence and an All-Female Show that Pushes the Boundaries of Hard-Edge Abstraction

April 12, 2022

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April 12, 2022

Oolite Arts revela la casa de Miami de Barozzi Veiga

April 12, 2022

Oolite Arts Unveils Miami Home by Barozzi Veiga

March 25, 2022

Three Miami-Based Artists to Participate in Home + Away Program at Artpace San Antonio as Part of Oolite Arts’ 2022 Travel Residency Program

February 14, 2022

Oolite Arts, City of Miami Beach Encourage Miami-based Filmmakers to Submit Ideas for “Local Love Letters’ in Cinematic Shorts Competition, Starting Feb. 14

February 8, 2022

Miami Film Festival and Oolite Arts Debut New Partnership with Commission of Eight Miami Filmmakers to Create Short Films

January 24, 2022

Roscoé B. Thické III Reflects on a Lifetime of Community and Family in His Debut Solo Exhibition at Oolite Arts

January 5, 2022

Oolite Arts Reveals Recipients of 2022 Studio and Cinematic Arts Residency Programs

December 14, 2021

Oolite Arts Announces Partnership with Burnaway Magazine to Expand Coverage of Miami’s Visual Artists Beyond South Florida

November 9, 2021

Oolite Arts’ “Feels Like 97°” Exhibition Explores Diversity and Socio-Economic Landscape of South Florida

November 2, 2021

Oolite Arts to Launch First Book: “Tropical Burn” with Artist Gonzalo Fuenmayor at Miami Book Fair on Nov. 21

November 1, 2021

10 Local Filmmakers to Debut Winning Sustainability Videos

October 27, 2021

Oolite Arts Shines Spotlight on 2021 Winners of The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards

September 21, 2021

Oolite Arts Partners with Mount Sinai Medical Center to Honor 30 Healthcare Heroes on the Frontline of the Pandemic

September 14, 2021

Oolite Arts Connects 10 Renowned Miami, New York and Chicago Based Artists in Art Basel Exhibition: Common Space

July 28, 2021

City of Miami Beach Partners with Oolite Arts on Sustainability Program

July 16, 2021

Oolite Arts Announces Summer Exhibition: “Where there is power”

June 29, 2021

Oolite Arts Invites Public to Free Virtual Screening of ‘Save the Bay’ Video PSAs and Panel on This Critical Topic

June 22, 2021

Oolite Arts Announces 2021 Acquisition of Original Works from Seven Miami-based Artists

June 9, 2021

Oolite Arts’ “Natural Transcendence” Exhibit Captures Our Newfound Connection to Nature Amid the Pandemic

April 15, 2021

Oolite Arts to Inspire Next Generation of Miami Artists and Art Teachers with a Share of $500,000 from The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards

March 2, 2021

“Pass the Mic” features new, community-led documentaries on Miami challenges exacerbated by COVID-19

January 5, 2021

In year of loss, Sasha Wortzel’s new exhibition moves from grief to healing

December 2, 2020

“The Stripper” is the People’s Choice in Miami COVID-19 PSA competition

November 18, 2020

Collect local and give art this holiday season with Oolite Arts’ Pop-up Exhibition, “MATERIALIZE,” Curated by Meaghan Kent

November 10, 2020

Lovesick flamingoes, dancing skeletons – and a male stripper – star in Miami PSAs to combat COVID-19

October 21, 2020

Racial justice, pandemic are major artistic themes for winners of The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards

August 31, 2020

Oolite Arts and the Arsht Center’s Jazz Roots Series Present Art Sounds: Improv with Latin Jazz Legend Eddie Palmieri

August 24, 2020

New contest seeks creative ways to encourage masks in Miami during COVID-19

August 18, 2020

Oolite Arts launches collection with acquisitions from seven Miami-based artists

June 24, 2020

New film festival features Made-in-Miami cinema produced during quarantine

May 20, 2020

Miami artists and art teachers eligible for a share of $500,000 from The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards

April 1, 2020

Miami visual artist relief fund expands to more than $100,000 with new donations

March 26, 2020

Oolite Arts creates Miami visual artist relief fund for COVID-19

March 2, 2020

The Block – a short documentary contest by Oolite Arts – asks Miamians to share neighborhood stories

February 19, 2020

Award-winning architecture firm Barozzi Veiga will design new Miami home for Oolite Arts

January 9, 2020

Diego Gutierrez’s first solo show – at Oolite Arts – pushes the boundaries of painting

December 10, 2019

Noted Miami Filmmakers Faren Humes and Edson Jean awarded $50,000 each as part of Oolite Arts’ Cinematic Arts Residency

November 27, 2019

The King of Arms Art Ball, A live experience continuing traditions of vogue and ballroom culture

October 23, 2019

Miami artists share $500,000 through The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards presented by Oolite Arts

October 17, 2019

14 Miami-based artists participate in prestigious Anderson Ranch Arts Center program as part of Oolite Arts travel residency

September 24, 2019

Oolite Arts opens Art Basel show “On the Road II” curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah

July 10, 2019

New Oolite Arts exhibition, “It will never be quite familiar to you,” explores artists’ relationship to their heritage

June 24, 2019

Oolite Arts provides Miami artists with access to four prestigious national residencies

May 21, 2019

Documentary on Liberty City’s MLK Day Bike Riders wins funding from The Block, Oolite Arts’ new short documentary contest

May 8, 2019

Five Miami stories get chance at becoming films as finalists for The Block – a new short documentary contest by Oolite Arts

April 17, 2019

The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards presented by Oolite Arts, offer a share of $500,000 to local artists

March 13, 2019

The Block – a new short documentary contest by Oolite Arts – invites Miamians to share neighborhood stories

March 5, 2019

Miami visual arts organization announces new home for expanded programming

January 7, 2019

Oolite Arts presents first solo exhibition of Miami photographer Terence Price II’s work

November 28, 2018

Two Miami filmmakers named first recipients of Oolite Arts’s new Cinematic Arts Residency

October 24, 2018

Oolite Arts announces first winners of The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Arts Awards

October 20, 2018

Oolite Arts Presents “Parallels and Peripheries”

August 8, 2018

Oolite Arts launches innovative program to increase pipeline of Miami feature filmmakers

June 8, 2018

New exhibit gives behind-the-scenes look at the work of Oolite Arts’s newest studio residents

April 11, 2018

Oolite Arts launches The Ellies, Miami’s Visual Art Awards

March 27, 2018

National Arts Leader Dennis Scholl Named President and CEO of Oolite Arts

March 19, 2018

Miami arts leader Esther Park joins Oolite Arts as Vice President of Programming

January 20, 2018

New Oolite Arts exhibit imagines a not so distant future

November 20, 2017

Oolite Arts Creates Irma Relief Fund for South Florida’s Visual Artists

September 30, 2017

Oolite Arts Presents “On Documentary Abstraction”

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