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I’m really honored to share that I’m one of this year’s recipients of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Grant.

It means a lot to be recognized alongside so many talented artists across South Florida, especially because this was actually my second time applying for the award.

I wanted to mention that part because I know how easy it is to take a rejection as a sign that an opportunity just isn’t for you. Sometimes you really do just need to keep making the work, strengthening your portfolio, and growing into the artist you’re becoming.

The first time I applied, it wasn’t my year. This time, the work, where I was in my trajectory, and the timing of the grant happened to align.

So if you’ve applied for this award, or any opportunity you really care about, and haven’t been selected yet, keep going. Keep building the work and give yourself the chance to meet that opportunity again a little further down the road.

I’m incredibly grateful to the Consortium for supporting my work this year and excited for what this support will make possible.

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Good morning! Today’s my birthday! My birthday wish this year is that you’ll join me for my first solo show in Miami, at the Marshall L. Davis African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, curated by the illustrious @mccoy_arsimmer. This show will include a public art sculpture of a car, large scale installations and paintings. This rendering was first made during my fellowship at AIRIE. Can’t believe this is 3 years in the making. Details in the flyer above, stay tuned for programming during art week. Thank you Mr. Davis, @ahcacmiami @bayunga.kialeuka.studio , @locustprojects , @oolitearts @warholfoundation and my fellowship at IIT for making this work possible.

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An unforgettable weekend for us and a beautiful way to celebrate 25 years of AIRIE.Foundation. ✨

At The Armory Show @thearmoryshow, Ancestral Currents brought the stories of Jamaica and the Greater Everglades into a shared space of film, sound, and living landscape. Seeing visitors pause, listen, and find connections to their own histories made this milestone especially meaningful.

Created by AIRIE.Foundation alumni Ania Freer @goatcurrystudio and Cornelius Tulloch @corneliustulloch created the installation, bringing Ania’s archive of Jamaican Riva Mumma stories into conversation with Cornelius’s film Passages. Featuring performances by Arsimmer McCoy @mccoy_arsimmer and Kunya Rowley @kunyarowley, Passages reimagines histories of the Saltwater Railroad, tracing migration, memory, and belonging.

Inspired by the Everglades’ tree islands, the botanical sanctuary developed with Molly Cox of @saintagnes.studio connected native grasses and tropical flora across these ancestral landscapes. At its heart, @ishkadesigns’ Untitled 1.1 1.2 1.3 – (Ancestral Currents Bench Prototype), 2026 invited visitors to sit, reflect, and spend time with the stories surrounding them.

That spirit of connection continued after hours. Caribbean rhythms filled the fair during the first Armory After Hours, presented by TodayTix, as Adam “Foreigner” Cooper and live percussionists led a procession culminating at Platform—a joyful moment we’ll carry with us.

To everyone who connected with the installation, shared a memory, or stayed a little longer, THANK YOU. And to our artists, collaborators, board, team, and the Armory community, thank you for making this chapter possible.

Twenty-five years of supporting artists and exploring our relationship with the environment—and more stories ahead. Stay connected with AIRIE. Foundation to see what comes next.

Presented within Platform 2026, curated by Jovanna Venegas @jovannav.

AIRIE.Foundation’s presentation of Ancestral Currents was supported in part by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation @knightfdn ✨

Photography and video: Jevon Brown @novej.studi0s

#AIRIEFoundation #ContemporaryArt #InstallationArt

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Join us at Green Space Miami this Saturday Oct 3 afternoon for an artist talk and gathering to celebrate the last weekend of COUNT IT ALL JOY!

3-4 - Mingling and refreshments
4-5 - Artist talk featuring:

Christopher Mitchell
Destyni Swoope
Dimitry Chamy
Jed-Lee Metayer
MaiYap
Sydney Maubert

COUNT IT ALL JOY! is a group show of Miami artists from diverse backgrounds, each offering a unique interpretation of what it means to find comfort, rest and joy.

Christopher Mitchell @neoero
Clarence Josey II @unkleclarence
Destyni Swoope @deswitit
Dimitry Chamy @2urn_
Genesis Moreno @babyyy_g__
Germane Barnes @germane.barnes
Jason Aponte @japonteart
Jed-Lee Metayer @jedleemetayer
Maggie Steber @maggiesteber
MaiYap @maiyapfineart
Marcus Torbert @mfwhom_
Michelle Drummond @drum_strings
Shamar Watt @bongowattz
Sophie Wong @sophewong
Sydney Maubert @queensydneyrose

Donnamarie Baptiste, Curator @dm_or_dmarie
Arsimmer McCoy, Co-curator @mccoy_arsimmer

Painting: Jason Aponte
Photos: @zacharybalber

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The VIP Preview at The Armory Show @thearmoryshow brought our community together around Ancestral Currents, an installation connecting Jamaica and South Florida through water, ancestral memory, and belonging.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, spent time with the work, and celebrated AIRIE.Foundation’s 25th anniversary. Special thanks to [special guests, organizations, and institutions] for visiting and sharing this milestone with us.

Ancestral Currents brings together work by AIRIE.Foundation alumni Ania Freer @goatcurrystudio, Arsimmer McCoy @mccoy_arsimmer, Cornelius Tulloch @corneliustulloch, and Kunya Rowley @kunyarowley. Presented within Platform 2026, curated by Jovanna Venegas.

With gratitude to Ishka Designs @ishkadesigns for Untitled 1.1 1.2 1.3 - (Ancestral Currents Bench Prototype) 2026. Botanical Landscape developed in collaboration with Saint Agnes Studio @saintagnes.studio

Thank you to our internal team and our creative marketing partner, Dharma Creativ @dharmacreativ , for the care, creativity, and collaboration behind this presentation.

AIRIE.Foundation is supported in part by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation @knightfdn

We’re just getting started. Experience Ancestral Currents through September 27 at the Javits Center in New York City. Tickets through the link in our bio.

#AIRIEFoundation #ContemporaryArt #InstallationArt

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Here’s a preview of what awaits you tomorrow. ✨ Explore Ancestral Currents, where film, sound, and water stories connect Jamaica and the Greater Everglades.

At The Armory Show @thearmoryshow, Ancestral Currents brings together work by AIRIE.Foundation alumni Ania Freer @goatcurrystudio, Arsimmer McCoy @mccoy_arsimmer, Cornelius Tulloch @corneliustulloch, and Kunya Rowley @kunyarowley.

Presented in celebration of AIRIE.Foundation’s 25th anniversary within Platform 2026, curated by Jovanna Venegas.

With gratitude to Ishka Designs @ishkadesigns for Untitled 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 (Ancestral Currents Bench Prototype), 2026. Botanical Landscape developed in collaboration with Saint Agnes Studio @saintagnes.studio.

Special thanks to our internal team and our creative marketing partner, Dharma Creativ, for their dedication, creativity, and collaboration.

AIRIE.Foundation’s presentation of Ancestral Currents is supported in part by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation @knightfdn.

📍 Javits Center | New York City
September 24–27, 2026

Get your tickets now through the link in our bio. See you tomorrow!

#AIRIEFoundation #ContemporaryArt #InstallationArt

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Oolite Arts alumni are taking on The Armory Show!

We’re proud to celebrate some of our Oolite Arts alumni presenting work at The Armory Show @thearmoryshow, one of the country’s leading international art fairs.

From immersive installations and photography to film, sculpture and performance, their presentations explore memory, identity, migration, ancestral knowledge and our relationship with the natural world.

Swipe through for a look at their work, on view in person Sept. 24–27 at the Javits Center in New York City.

Photo: The Armory Show 2025. Photo by Casey Kelbaugh. Courtesy of The Armory Show and CKA.

#OoliteArts #TheArmoryShow #OoliteAlumni #MiamiArtists #ContemporaryArt

Yanira Collado @yanira_collado (Studio Resident 2020-2022; Home + Away 2020; Creator Award 2019, 2023, 2025, and 2026) presents “Geometric Trajectories: Spiritual Rhythms in Form” with Mindy Solomon Gallery @mindysolomongallery in the Focus section.

Through construction materials, reclaimed texts, textiles and other materials embedded with their own histories, Collado explores Caribbean identity, colonialism, and how cultural memory is recorded, preserved and reclaimed.

Pictured: “Areíto,” 2024 Textile, acrylic paint, gel medium transfers, oil pastels, cardboard, carbon paper and mass-produced Turkish rug in a custom-made wood frame 102 × 138 × 2.5 inches

Image courtesy of Yanira Collado and Mindy Solomon Gallery.

Elliot & Erick Jiménez @elliotanderick (Creator Award 2023) present “What We Are Becoming,” a solo booth with Spinello Projects @spinelloprojects in the Focus section.

Drawing from their experiences as first-generation Cuban Americans and Afro-Caribbean cosmologies, the twin artists use photography, sculpture, and installation to explore memory, migration, spirituality and identity as a continual process of transformation.

Pictured: “Hasta Volverme Monte (Until I Became The Wilderness)”, 2026
Archival pigment print on canvas, installed in 19th century French pulpit, brass candle holder, thorns
54.125 x 51.3 x 22.3 in.

Image courtesy of the artists and Spinello Projects.

Alba Triana @albatrianastudio (Studio Resident 2018–2019) presents a solo exhibition with Casa Ho

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You’re invited to a special Saturday gathering with AIRIE.Foundation!

Join us to meet the artist behind Ancestral Currents and celebrate our 25th anniversary together at The Armory Show @thearmoryshow.

📅 Saturday, September 26
🕚 11 AM–12 PM
📍 Javits Center · Platform Booth 17 | New York City

Everyone is welcome! If you need assistance with your ticket, let us know when you reach out. Please RSVP to hello@AIRIE.Foundation

We’d love to see you there! 💚

AIRIE.Foundation’s presentation of Ancestral Currents is supported in part by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation @knightfdn.

Photos courtesy of Ania Freer (@goatcurrystudio)

#AIRIEFoundation #ContemporaryArt #InstallationArt

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I’m presenting a collaborative installation “Ancestral Currents”, w/ @aniafreer.archive at @thearmoryshow in the Platform section, #17, @airie.foundation . Hope to see you all there this week from Sept 24-27th at the Javitz Center !

In Ancestral Currents, the sounds of Jamaica and the Greater Everglades converge through stories of water, ancestral memory, and belonging, revealing landscapes shaped by movement, resilience, and survival. Across the installation, water emerges as both witness and archive—holding histories that transcend geography while connecting communities.

Honored to be working on this installation with Ania Freer (@goatcurrygallery) and showcasing Passages, a film directed by me, featuring performances by @arsimmermccoy and @kunyarowly. Swipe your see some BTS footage from filming Passages. Ania’s films Kaa-Ha-Yut-Le, Cotton Tree, Shanny, and Shango will also be presented in this installation.

Re : AIRIE.Foundation

Passages, directed by Cornelius Tulloch, reimagines the histories of the Saltwater Railroad through performances by Arsimmer McCoy (@mccoy_arsimmer ) and Kunya Rowley (@kunyarowley ); tracing migration, memory, and place.

Presented in celebration of AIRIE.Foundation’s 25th anniversary, the installation is a curated selection of short films by AIRIE alumni. Together, these works invite reflection on water as a living archive; bridging landscapes, diasporas, and generations across the Caribbean and South Florida

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Planning to experience Ancestral Currents at The Armory Show (@thearmoryshow)?

Through film, sound, oral history, and performance, Ancestral Currents explores water, memory, migration, and belonging—connecting Jamaica with South Florida’s Greater Everglades ecosystem.

Save this guide for the dates, public hours, location, and details about the After Hours Party on Friday, September 25. Share it with someone joining you in New York!

Visit the link in our bio to plan your visit.

AIRIE.Foundation’s presentation of Ancestral Currents is supported in part by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation @knightfdn.

Photos courtesy of Ania Freer (@goatcurrystudio)

#AIRIEFoundation #ContemporaryArt #InstallationArt

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✨ Video recap from Grass Stains 2026! Revisit our site-specific performance residency and special event Searching for Collective Memory at The Bass Museum of Art (@thebassmoa), presented in partnership with Commissioner (@cmxnr) and Maven Leadership Collective (@mavenleaders).

Inspired by Sir Isaac Julien’s Vagabondia (2000), our 2026 cohort developed site-responsive works across the museum grounds, exploring memory, truth-telling, and cultural reclamation.

🌱 2026 Grass Stains Artists:
Darryl Brown (@quizcks)
Nina Osoria Ahmadi (@niblorf)
Lisa Kusanagi (@lisa.kusanagi)
Arsimmer McCoy (@mccoy_arsimmer)
Nicole Pedraza (@nihuhow)
Cecilia Benitez (@ceciliabenitezzz)
Hattie Mae Williams (@thetattooedballerina)

Alongside returning mentor / process doula Gabri Christa (@shaolinfilms) and Pioneer Winter (@thepioneerwinter)!

Guided tours and interventions led by @laurynn_l, @bythelb, and @vero_santes, followed by a panel conversation moderated by Corey Davis of Maven Leadership Collective (@mavenleaders) featuring Vanessa Charlot, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, and Lise Ragbir.

🎥 Documentation by Alexa Caravia @ac2565, courtesy of Pioneer Winter Collective
🎥 Reel edit @sarahlutzky

#grassstains2026 #pioneerwintercollective #sitespecific #artistaccelerator #miamidances

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Some stories are held by land. Others travel with water.

At The Armory Show @thearmoryshow, Ancestral Currents brings together work by AIRIE.Foundation alumni Ania Freer @goatcurrystudio, Arsimmer McCoy @mccoy_arsimmer, Cornelius Tulloch @corneliustulloch, and Kunya Rowley @kunyarowley.

Rooted in Freer’s immersive installation Raised by Water, Held by Land, the presentation connects oral histories from Jamaica with stories of migration, memory, and place from South Florida. Through film and performance, these distinct landscapes meet within a shared current.

As AIRIE.Foundation celebrates 25 years, this presentation reflects on the stories environments carry and the connections they continue to create across communities and generations.

Join us in New York to experience Ancestral Currents at The Armory Show.

September 24 to 27, 2026
Javits Center, New York City

AIRIE.Foundation presentation of Ancestral Currents is supported by Knight Foundation @knightfdn

Photos courtesy of Ania Freer (@goatcurrystudio)

#AIRIEFoundation #ContemporaryArt #InstallationArt

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