Locust Projects

🚨 LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR LAB 2026 🚨

Calling all Miami-Dade high school students interested in art, design, technology, building, making, and creative careers!
Applications for 🎨 LAB 2026: Build for Better 🎨 close MONDAY, JUNE 8 at MIDNIGHT ⏰ application link in bio!

Spend five weeks this summer:
🛠️ Building art from day one
🎨 Working alongside professional artists
🏙️ Visiting artist studios and creative spaces
🤝 Collaborating with other young artists from across Miami
🖼️ Creating and exhibiting new work in Locust Projects’ Main Gallery

And yes — it’s completely FREE.
✨ Free lunch + snacks
✨ Transportation stipends
✨ Art supplies and Builder Bag
✨ Artist-edition T-shirt
✨ Community service hours

LAB is an opportunity to experiment, learn new skills, and bring ambitious ideas to life.

📅 June 15 – July 17, 2026
📍 Locust Projects
⏰ Applications close Monday, June 8 at Midnight

Tag a high school student, teacher, parent, counselor, or young artist who should know about this opportunity! 💥

🎨✨ SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, June 13! ✨🎨

Celebrate Little Haiti Little River Art Days from 12–5pm and spend the afternoon touring the neighborhood’s vibrant art spaces, studios, and creative hubs!

Participating spaces include:


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✨ Free and open to the public, Learn more at lhlrdays.com

From speculative role-play to secret Discord interventions, the final 🥒 𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 @ 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗟𝗟 of the season blurred the boundaries between digital and physical space 💻🎭

For the final DiLL of the 2025–26 season, artist-educator Fereshteh Toosi invited participants to step into speculative realities through live-action role-playing games exploring surveillance, digital systems, and the blurred boundaries between online and offline life. Through improvisation and collective play, the workshop opened up thoughtful conversations about how invisible technologies shape the way we move through the world.

The night concluded with Roxana Barba’s participatory performance secret group chat (beta test), transforming the DiLL into a live social experiment activated through movement, projection, and a secret Discord channel unfolding in real time.

Thank you to everyone who joined us this season to experiment, question, play, and imagine new digital futures together. Presented as part of the Digital Innovation Initiative at Locust Projects. Refreshments courtesy of + .

🎉 Locust Projects is proud to announce the appointment of four new members to its Board of Directors: Eduardo Ojeda, Greg Schneider, Tatiana Nascimento Silva, and Andre Williams.

🌟 Bringing a breadth of professional expertise, perspectives, and community leadership, these board members strengthen Locust Projects’ commitment to supporting ambitious contemporary art in Miami. As we approach our 30th anniversary, their insight and guidance will help shape an exciting new chapter of growth and innovation.

Eduardo Ojeda is a Miami-based cultural strategist and contemporary art advisor with over 25 years of experience at the intersection of art, business, and community. He is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of .community, a Miami-based cultural platform focused on artist partnerships, corporate art collections, and collaborations across the United States and Latin America. He is also actively involved with , , and the .

Greg Schneider is a philanthropist, collector, and enthusiastic supporter of the arts. He is the Director of in Miami. A former teacher, he has long championed students, artists, galleries, and nonprofit organizations in our community including and .

Tatiana Nascimento Silva brings 20 years of experience in corporate operations and economic development, including 14 years managing large-scale operations and strategic partnerships across the U.S., Europe, and Latin America. Most recently, she served as Chief Business Development Officer for the Miami-Dade Beacon Council and is the incoming Senior Director of GTM Strategy & Operations .

Andre Williams is a Harvard-educated real estate attorney and President and CEO of Pendragon Title and Escrow. He previously practiced at Holland & Knight LLP and served as an elected Councilman for the City of Miami Gardens from 2006 to 2012. He currently serves as President of the Miami .

🙌 Please join us in welcoming these exceptional leaders to the Locust Projects family!