Oolite Arts is throwing its Lincoln Road doors open to the public on Thursday, December 3, as part of a Miami Art Week program that began earlier and includes a free group exhibition, open studios, and artist presentations at two of the city's biggest art fairs. The Miami Beach nonprofit describes itself as South Florida's largest artist support organization, and this year's lineup spans gallery walls, fair booths, and even a chain drugstore's storefront windows.
According to Miami's Community Newspapers, the organization announced its full 2026 Miami Art Week program on November 2. The centerpiece is What Water Remembers, an Oolite Arts-produced group exhibition that, per Oolite Arts, brings together eight artists and is curated by Sara Cluggish — though Miami New Times, in its own coverage, renders the curator's first name as Sarah Cluggish. The show opens November 18 and runs through February 7, 2027, at Oolite Arts' Lincoln Road campus, with free admission and daily hours from noon to 5 p.m.
Eight Artists Trace Water's Hold on Memory
The exhibition's roster includes Miya Ando, Ayesha Hameed, Adelita Husni-Bey, Saodat Ismailova, Lee Pivnik, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Juana Valdés, and Agustina Woodgate, according to Oolite Arts' exhibition announcement. The gallery frames the show as an examination of water as a carrier of memory, history, migration, and environmental change, with works spanning the histories water holds, transforms, and transmits. Miami New Times notes that the pieces on view range from video and photography to textile and sculpture.
Visitors can see the show at Oolite Arts, 924 and 928 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, the same address where the organization will host its Art Week Brunch on December 3. That morning begins with a VIP and press preview from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., followed by a public reception from 10:30 a.m. to noon that is free and open to everyone, per the Oolite Arts announcement. The open studios portion gives attendees the chance to tour working studios and meet resident artists alongside the current exhibitions.
Residents Head to NADA and Untitled Art
Beyond Lincoln Road, Oolite Arts is backing two of its 2026 residents at major Miami Beach fairs. Diego Gabaldon, born in 2000 in Miami and a BFA graduate of Tufts University, will present his work Ego-Lift at NADA's Booth F20 starting December 1, with the fair's presentation running December 1 through 5. Gabaldon's practice sits at the intersection of competition psychology, masculinity, mass media, and the post-human body, and he has previously exhibited at Alyssa Davis Gallery, Oolite Arts, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Central Saint Martins, and the National YoungArts Foundation.
At Untitled Art, Oolite Arts and Dot Fiftyone Gallery are presenting SUPERNATURE by 2026 resident Ricardo E. Zulueta at Booth N3, with that fair's run spanning December 2 through 6. Zulueta, an interdisciplinary artist and scholar born in Havana in 1962, has shown work at the Smithsonian Institution, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, and White Columns.
Walgreens Windows Turn Gallery for the Week
Since 2000, Oolite Arts has supported Windows@Walgreens, which the organization describes as a 24/7 public art gallery created from storefront windows. This year's featured artists are Oolite Arts alumni Beatriz Monteavaro and Jillian Mayer, both presenting work at Miami Beach storefronts through January 10, 2027.
Monteavaro, born in Havana in 1971, presents Marseille Drive at 74th Street and Collins Avenue, working from family photographs to picture birthdays, get-togethers, and ordinary days. Her recent solo exhibitions include Under the Bridge in North Miami this year, the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW in Fort Myers in 2020, and Locust Projects in Miami in 2015. Mayer, a Creative Capital Fellow who received Oolite Arts' Ellies Creator Award in 2018, presents Mayer Objects, a limited-edition series of ceramic, glass, and metal pieces, at 67th Street and Collins Avenue; her films and sculptures have previously shown at MoMA PS1, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
Oolite Arts, founded in 1984, provides studios, residencies, exhibitions, funding, art classes, cinematic programs, and community initiatives, with a stated mission to support artists and advance the knowledge and practice of contemporary visual arts and culture in South Florida. The organization says it has supported South Florida artists year-round for more than 40 years. Marie Elena Angulo said Oolite Arts welcomes local audiences and the wider art world to see work by its residents and alumni during the citywide celebration. Oolite Arts is a registered 501(c)(3) organization, and it notes that donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
