Media Coverage

National Endowment for the Arts January 2024: Grant Spotlight: Artists in Residence in Everglades. By Carolyn Coons. Read more.

Miami’s Community News November 2023: Miami-Dade County announces artistic activations for Climate Leadership Summit. By Community News Releases. Read more.

BOMB Magazine: Kunya Rowley Interviewed. By Monica Uszerowicz. Read more.

WLRN Sundial July 2023: This Miami artist weaves the Everglades, Peru and the Dominican Republic into her garments. By Carlos Frías, Elisa Baena, Helen Acevedo. Read more.

Art & Object July 2023: National Parks Have Inspired Artists for Over a Century. By Colleen Smith. Read more.

Prism January 2023: Advocates say caring for the Everglades isn’t about restoration, it’s about respect. By Ray Levy Uyeda. Read more.

Impact Edition January 2023: Experience the artistic Passages to celebrate, preserve, and enjoy nature. By Anjuli Castano, Samantha Schalit. Read more.

The Miami Guide January 2023: AIRIE’s New Exhibition Celebrates the People and Stories of the Everglades. By Miami Guide Staff. Read more.

Miami Herald December 2022: The Herald previews AIRIE's Art + Environment Summit. By Sean Erwin. Read more.

WLRN December 2022: AIRIE brings the Everglades to Art Week with an immersive installation focused on the work of some of AIRIE's 2022 Fellows. By Ammy Sanchez. Read more.

WLRN December 2022:The Everglades, over the years and through your eyes - a Florida treasure turns 75. By Helen Acevedo. Read more.

The Art Newspaper November 2022: Not quite land, not quite sea, but all fearsome beauty: how Florida's Everglades has inspired artists. By Hannah Edgar. Read more.

Miami New Times October 2022: Evette Alexander, Native South Floridian, Tapped to Lead AIRIE. By Artburst Miami. Read more.

PBS News Hour August 2022: Artists find inspiration in nature and history of Everglades National Park. By Jeffrey Brown and Alison Thoet. Read more.

Miami Magazine November 2021: AIRIE Celebrates 20 Years of Championing Everglades Conservation Through Art with its Most Diverse Residency Program to Date and a Commitment to Fight Against Racial Injustice. By Luis Rigual. Read more.

Electric Lit November 2021: 7 of the Best Writing Residencies in Florida. By Vanessa Blakeslee. Read more.

Miami Herald September 2021: South Florida Arts Groups are Finding New Ways to Address Equity and Inclusion. By Christine Dolen. Read more.

Miami New Times July 2021: AIRIE’s 20th Anniversary Exhibit Honors Everglades Art. By Alexandra Martinez. Read more.

The work of 2025 AIRIE.Foundation Fellow Thandeka Mfinyongo continues to move across performance, scholarship, and cultural exchange.

Her upcoming projects invite audiences to encounter African indigenous music not only as a form of artistic express

As part of AIRIE.Foundation’s 25th anniversary, we are reflecting on the artists whose time in residence continues to shape their work, research, and creative practice.

In 2023 and 2025, Gal Nissim joined AIRIE.Foundation, where her work devel

Today, we are celebrating Heather with deep gratitude for the care, creativity, and intention she has shared with AIRIE.Foundation.

Heather grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, where her connection to the outdoors and appreciation for the natural w

Join us on Saturday, July 25, for a special gathering with AIRIE.Foundation’s current Artist in Residence, Laurena Finéus.

Hosted at The Kampong, the afternoon will begin with a welcome and walkthrough of the grounds and the AIRIE.Found

Swipe through this special recap told through the artists’ own voices, with curated reflections from Coco Villa and Sheherazade Thénard paired with images shared from their time in residence.

A residency rooted in movement, wonder, land

Throwback to 2013 with AIRIE.Foundation Fellow Harumi Abe.

A Japanese-born artist based in South Florida, Abe’s practice explores landscape, memory, and cultural history through painting and ceramics. Her time at AIRIE.Foundation marked a turn

We are honored to welcome Laurena Finéus as a 2026 AIRIE.Foundation July Fellow.

A Haitian-Canadian interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, Laurena Finéus works across painting, performance, and social practice. Through imagined la

Meet Laurena Finéus, AIRIE.Foundation’s July 2026 Fellow.

Laurena is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn whose practice moves across painting, performance, writing, and the body. Her work explores Black geographies, Maroon his

For AIRIE.Foundation artist Ashia Ajani, research begins with observation, stillness, and time spent paying close attention to the environments around us.

In this reflection, Ashia explains how creative practice can emerge from slowing down: noticin

Some places stay with you long after you leave them.

For 2026 May AIRIE.Foundation Fellows Coco Villa and Sheherazade Thénard, the residency provided space to deepen their collaboration and their relationship with the landscape.

During their

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