On May 23rd, AIRIE friends gathered at Greenspace Miami for AIRIE Asks with May Fellow Venus Jasper as they walked us through their practice and time spent in the Everglades. Facilitating the talk was local artist and queer ecologist Lee Pivnik.

Join April Fellow Franky Cruz for a bike ride through the pinelands exploring butterfly habitat, the muse of his current artistic masterpieces. Bikes and helmets are provided. Meet at the Long Pine Key Campground at 9 am, on Wednesday, April 24th.

Stop by the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center or call (305) 242-7700 for reservations (12 and up) 5 to 10 miles, 2 hrs. Strenuous, dependent on Trail conditions.

On April 8th, to honor the first new moon of spring/a solar eclipse, O, Miami hosted a curated experience by transdisciplinary artist & community organizer Agua Dulce with support from Sayje Hewitt & Houston Cypress. Presented in partnership with AIRIE and NPS.

Our guests had a chance to meet the renowned artist and March AIRIE Fellow, Charles Humes Jr.

Thank you for joining us for a special AIRIE Asks with March Fellow, Charles Humes Jr., as he reflected on his time in residency at Everglades National Park. In an interview led by Donette Frances, Humes shared an intimate look at his practice, process, and month-long stay in the Florida Everglades.

Thank you for joining the Museum of Art and Design (MOAD) and Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE) for a very special evening featuring artist and architect Germane Barnes and special guests, interdisciplinary artist and designer Cornelius Tulloch and consulting curator Isabela Villanueva. See more details for recap!

Join us for an AIRIE Asks with February Fellow, Lauren Shapiro, as she reflects on her time in residency at Everglades National Park. Shapiro will share an intimate look at her practice, process, and month-long stay in the Florida Everglades. She will be joining in conversation with visual artist Joel Gaitan. This is a free event taking place in Everglades National Park in the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Auditorium, on Sunday, February 25th, 2024 at 11 am. Following the talk, please join us in the AIRIE Nest Gallery for a reception and light refreshments. RSVP HERE.

Join us on Saturday, February 17th at 11am for the opening of AIRIE's exhibition Contours of the Everglades curated by AIRIE Creative Director & 2022 AIRIE fellow Cornelius Tulloch and Operations & Programs Manager, Kristina Reinis. The selected body of work highlights the textures of the Everglades and how even when devoid of color, there is so much to experience in the landscape.

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Join us for a hybrid AIRIE Asks with January Fellow, Morel Doucet, as he reflects on his time in residency at Everglades National Park and shares an intimate look at his practice, process, and month-long stay in the Florida Everglades. AIRIE Ask is a monthly artist talk series hosted by Artist in Residence in the Everglades (AIRIE) featuring the current or recent AIRIE Fellow. This is a free event hosted by Green Space Miami, on Thursday, January 18th, 2024 from 6-7 pm.

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During Art Week, AIRIE Activated Sydney Maubert's second iteration of "Queen of the Swamp" for Green Space Miami's exhibition "DISplace," featuring music by DJ Pressure Point, performance by Arsimmer McCoy, and dance and percussion by Nayah Merisier and artists David, and Lakeria, a group of local Miami artists who all share a love for movement, culture, and rhythm. See images from the event and performances by Passion Ward.

Join us for an exciting special Pre-Miami Art Week AIRIE Asks discussion with AIRIE Fellows Monica Sorelle (filmmaker), T. Elliot Mansa (Visual Artist), and Alejandro Rodriguez (Playwright). The conversation will bring into dialogue how local artists, designers, and community members are preserving Miami’s built and natural environment through creative storytelling. In a community with vulnerable built and natural environments, how are artists and designers using their mediums to help preserve Miami’s cultural and environmental fabric? The 2023 Fellows will also reflect on their time in residency at Everglades National Park and other current projects.

On October 26th, We hosted our monthly AIRIE Asks with our October Fellow T. Eliott Mansa and took an intimate look at his practice, process, and month-long stay in the Florida Everglades.

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On September 29th, we held an exciting AIRIE Asks live from the AIRIE cabin with September fellow Alejandro Rodriguez, artist, writer, and director. In conversation with curator & cultural worker Zee Lopez Del Carmen and Everglades National Park Rangers, Rodriguez reflected on his time in residency at Everglades National Park. This in-depth and illuminating conversation explored the impact of AIRIE and ENP's partnership, the importance of the Everglades, as well as some work in progress from Rodriguez himself.

Watch our replay of the 2024 Application Informational: Zoom Session hosted by our Residency Coordinator Arsimmer McCoy and Operations + Programs Manager Kristina Reinis. This webinar is designed to provide valuable insights and information for prospective applicants. By joining us, participants can gain a deep understanding of the AIRIE program, its mission, and the incredible experiences it offers.

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On July 29th, AIRIE held “Queen of the Swamp” a two-part event with June and July AIRIE fellows Sydney Maubert and Atéha Bailly in Everglades National Park. This event began with the opening of Sydney Maubert’s large-scale work “Queen of the Swamp” in the AIRIE Nest Gallery at Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center. Over seventy people came to enjoy the work, which acknowledges Miami's Bahamian history and its vital ties to a larger cultural geography of Southern and Indigenous aesthetics. It draws upon Miami's history of Bahamian laborers' construction of Miami's infrastructure on porous rock, and their present descendants' influence on Miami Bass culture.

On July 25th, we hosted our first AIRIE Asks at Soho House's new Miami Pool House. This discussion featured Sydney Maubert, Artist, Architect, and June 2023 Fellow, and Atéha Bailly, singer-songwriter, producer, and July 2023 Fellow as they reflected on their time in residency at Everglades National Park.

On May 29th at the Nest Gallery, we held a very special AIRIE Asks series that was one for the books! Our May Fellow, Gal Nissim, was joined in conversation with John Tigertail. Tigertail is a Miccosukee Community member who owns Tigertail Airboat Tours that also works closely with Love the Everglades Movement, one of our essential community partners.

A special Earth Day for a natural dyeing workshop with artist and AIRIE Indigenous fellow Diana Eusebio. During the workshop, participants learned to create vibrant colors from native plants that can be found in South Florida and in our very own Everglades such as hibiscus flowers, Spanish Moss, avocados, and more!

A special hybrid AIRIE Asks where we took a deep dive with January AIRIE Fellow Diana Eusebio and March AIRIE Fellow Khari Turner. Hosted by Green Space Miami and facilitated by our Residency Coordinator Arsimmer McCoy and Creative Director Cornelius Tulloch.

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The opening of AIRIE's exhibition "Passages at the Nest” Gallery, curated by AIRIE Creative Director and 2022 AIRIE fellow Cornelius Tulloch. This exhibition reveals connections that our 2022 AIRIE fellows found or created in the Everglades and celebrates stories of this natural landscape. Through these passages, artists have created a sense of purpose, place, and lineage. In addition to Tulloch, participating artists include Arsimmer McCoy, Francisco Masó, Kunya Rowley, Lola Flash, M. Carmen Lane, and Ania Freer.

Presented by Build McKenzie and in sponsorship with Friends of the Everglades
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As part of the Everglades National Park's anniversary celebration, join us for a preview of a new exhibition in the AIRIE Nest Gallery!

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Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), in partnership with Artist in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE), presents Photowalks in the Everglades, an immersive, bilingual, photography-based walking workshop led by women photographers Clara Toro and Lisette Morales McCabe.

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Huge thank you to all who attended the first inaugural AIRIE Art + Environment Summit on Dec. 2, a free series of conversations and an immersive installation that brought the Everglades to Basel.

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Huge thank you to all who gave to AIRIE on Give Miami Day, helping artists engage hearts and minds in creating a more inclusive and environmentally-friendly future.

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Join AIRIE Fellow Kunya Rowley in conversation with associate professor of musicology Dr. Melvin Butler as they reflect on Rowley’s September residency in the Everglades.

This interactive art workshop invited the audience to join artist and educator, Maya Freelon, along with a professional assistant, in a collaborative art-making experience. Using simple instructions and wide parameters, participants of various abilities and ages can join together to help create this new work of art. No experience is necessary, all that’s needed is an open mind and a resilient spirit.

As part of my residency experience I will be hosting a public conversation with @love_the_everglades co-founder @ottercypress tomorrow 6.21 at 6pm via #zoom Learn more: “Ecological Intimacy: Systems Thinking, Visual Art & ‘The Relationship’ As An Interventionist Strategy of Care: A Public Conversation with Houston Cypress and M. Carmen Lane”