SOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER INC
924 LINCOLN ROAD SUITE 205, MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139 www.oolitearts.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MISSION OF SOUTH FLORIDA ART CENTER, INC (D/B/A OOLITE ARTS) IS TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS AND CULTURE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. SFAC CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPERIMENTATION AND INNOVATION AND ENCOURAGES THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ACROSS CULTURES THROUGH RESIDENCIES, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. OOLITE ARTS STRIVES TO BE A LEADER IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND INTERNATIONALLY IN THE CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL SCENE AS A CREATIVE LEARNING CENTER.

RESIDENCY:FOURTEEN VISUAL ARTISTS PER YEAR ARE AWARDED WORKSPACE RESIDENCIES AT 924 LINCOLN ROAD, AND BENEFIT FROM EXHIBITION AND TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES, VISITING CURATOR ACCESS, OPEN STUDIO EVENTS, AND RESIDENCY OPPORTUNITIES AT ANDERSON RANCH NEAR ASPEN, COLORADO AND THE ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FLORIDA. THE CINEMATIC ARTS RESIDENCY AWARDS TWO SOUTH FLORIDA FILMMAKERS PER YEAR $50,000 EACH IN FUNDING TO CREATE NEW MICRO-BUDGET NARRATIVE FILMS. A SPECIAL MASTER ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM IN 2019 BROUGHT THE RENOWNED CONCEPTUAL ARTIST MEL CHIN TO MIAMI TO CREATE NEW WORK AND MENTOR YOUNGER ARTISTS.

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT:A TOTAL OF 250 ART COURSES AND WORKSHOPS (400+ INDIVIDUAL CLASSES) ARE OFFERED EACH YEAR IN OOLITE'S PROFESSIONAL ART STUDIOS. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH BY 10 LOCAL TEACHING ARTISTS, WORKSHOPS INCLUDE REDUCTION LINOCUT TECHNIQUE, PLEIN AIR DRAWING AND PAINTING WATERCOLOR, COLOR THEORY AND PRACTICE, ABSTRACT PAINTING AND MULTI-MEDIA PRINTMAKING. THE PRINTSHOP PROVIDES A FULLY FURNISHED PRINTMAKING STUDIO WITH ACCESS TO A CHARLES BRAND ETCHING PRESS, BRAYERS, GENERAL TOOLS, CLEANERS, DRYING RACK, SILKSCREEN DARKROOM, FLAT FILE STORAGE, AND MORE. IN 2020-2021, THE ELLIES AWARDS WILL PROVIDE MORE THAN $500,000 IN PROJECT FUNDING TO LOCAL ARTISTS. 40 ARTISTS WILL RECEIVE PROJECT FUNDING TO PRODUCE NEW WORK, 5 ART TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE TRAVEL GRANTS, AND ONE ARTIST WILL RECEIVE A CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD INCLUDING A SOLO EXHIBITION AT THE BASS MUSEUM OF ART. IN 2019, SFAC LAUNCHED VIDEO ART CLUB, AN 8-WEEK AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM AT ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL SCHOOL IN LITTLE HAITI LED BY MIAMI-BASED FILMMAKER MONICA SORELLE, A CINEMATIC ARTS RESIDENT.

EXHIBITION AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS:EXHIBITIONS AND PROGRAMS ARE ORGANIZED BY OOLITE STAFF AND VISITING CURATORS. EIGHT CURATED EXHIBITIONS PER YEAR ARE ORGANIZED AT TWO WINDOWS @ WALGREENS LOCATIONS ON COLLINS AVENUE IN MIAMI BEACH. ARTISTS CREATE SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS IN BLOCK-LONG HISTORIC WINDOWED FACADES, WHICH ARE VISIBLE FROM MIAMI BEACH'S MAIN THOROUGHFARE 24/7, AND SEEN BY 65,000 PASSERSBY PER YEAR. TWO LARGE-SCALE SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS PER YEAR ARE CURATED FOR MOUNT SINAI SURGICAL CENTER'S LOBBY, GIVING ARTISTS WHO WANT TO "WORK BIG" THE SUPPORT NECESSARY TO CREATE ARTWORKS AT THE SCALE OF A PUBLIC ARTWORK. SFAC PRESENTS TALKS, A YEARLY SERIES OF VISITING CURATOR LECTURES FOLLOWED BY STUDIO VISITS WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCUST PROJECTS. ART FILMS, A SERIES OF SCREENINGS FOLLOWED BY Q&A'S WITH THE FILM'S SUBJECT, ACTORS, DIRECTORS, OR PRODUCERS IS PRESENTED PARTNERSHIP WITH O CINEMA. SKILLS, A SERIES OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR ARTISTS AND FILMMAKERS.

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