Upcoming Events
Alumni Activations This Week
An interactive session for makers and thinkers to collaborate, connect, and spark new ideas.
"Land + Memory: Miami’s Creative Future" conversation with artist Sterling Rook and Catherine Camargo
In collaboration with Tunnel and QUEUE, AIRIE.Foundation presents Sterling Rook, 2025 AIRIE.Foundation Fellow, in conversation with Catherine Camargo, curator, writer, and founder of QUEUE.
As part of this program, Rook will share insights into "Shupingagua", his exhibition currently on view at Tunnel Projects, offering a closer look at the materials, research, and cultural memory that shape his practice.
Working across sculpture and fiber, his work engages the ecological and cultural landscape of South Florida. In dialogue with Camargo, whose curatorial practice explores migration, vulnerability, and systems of power, this evening brings together artists and curators shaping Miami's contemporary cultural landscape.
📍 Soho Pool House, Miami, Florida
🗓 April 15
⏰ 6–8 PM
Meet The Artist: Jean Shin “Confronting the Plastic Pollution Crisis”
Join January 2026 AIRIE Artist-in-Residence Jean Shin for a two-part public program addressing one of our most urgent environmental challenges.
Part 1: Artist Presentation
12:00 PM | Biscayne National Park Amphitheater
An exploration of how plastic waste from communities worldwide becomes large-scale installations revealing the impact of pollution on ecosystems and human health.
Part 2: Coastal Cleanup Experience
1:00–5:00 PM | Boat trip to Boca Chita
A hands-on beach cleanup connecting artistic practice with environmental stewardship.
Closing Reception "GATHERINGS" Charles Humes Jr.
Closing Reception 24 January 2026 10:30am - Noon
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On view through January 24, 2026 with a closing reception starting at 10:30am at the AIRIE Nest Gallery in Everglades National Park.
Admission is free and open seven days a week.
AIRIE is proud to present “Gatherings,” a solo exhibition by Miami-born artist Charles Humes Jr.
This exhibition is shaped by Humes’s AIRIE residency in Everglades National Park in 2024 and his return in 2025 as an Alumni Resident, featuring new works that explore the intersections of the park’s ecologically vital environment and its deeply rich cultural histories.
In “Gatherings,” Humes reflects on the histories of communities closely tied to the Everglades and imagines scenes that depict narratives that have gone visually undocumented, sharing his observations through materiality, color, and composition.
📍 AIRIE Nest Gallery at Everglades National Park 🗓 Saturday, January 24th, 2026
AIRIE Presents “Raised by Water, Held by Land” @ The Carter Project Miami
AIRIE Presents “Raised by Water, Held by Land” a site-specific installation by artist and 2022 AIRIE Fellow Ania Freer at The Carter Project in Miami for Miami Art Week 2025 in partnership with Art Basel Miami Beach. The celebration also marks the start of the organization’s 25th anniversary, and will be followed by a year of highlighting the artists who have participated in the residency.
The installation for Miami Art Week, titled “Raised by Water, Held by Land” is an immersive, multi-sensory installation inspired by the tree island sanctuaries of the Everglades—landforms shaped by water and held just above it. The three short films that features oral histories from Daniel Tommie (Seminole Tribe of Florida), Dinizulu Gene Tinnie, and Dr. Wallis Tinnie were created during artist Ania Freer’s 2022 AIRIE residency and subsequent visits to the Everglades. Originally part of AIRIE's Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Triennial exhibit "Making Home", this installation which is curated by AIRIE Global Artistic Director Cornelius Tulloch, invites reflection on the fragility of the environments that sustain us, and the intersecting pressures—climate change, colonialism, and systemic imbalance—that continue to endanger them.
“During my AIRIE residency, I found myself drawn back to the same places—returning at different times of day to listen, to feel. Moving through the park, I felt cared for, as if a gentle, nurturing energy was watching over me. There was a deep sense of being held by the land. That feeling of safety, of reciprocity with the environment, became the foundation for this installation.”- Ania Freer, 2022 AIRIE Alumni
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We look forward to welcoming you
On view through December 2nd, at The Carter Project Miami, 3333 NW Sixth Avenue, Miami, FL 33127 / Wynwood
Admission is free
RSVP to https://thecarterprojectmiami.artsvp.com/c060e5
📍The Carter Project Gallery - Wynwood
Meet The Artist: Lee Pivnik "Feral Futurism"
Join September Fellow Lee Pivnik for “Feral Futurism” at Everglades National Park, with an early morning birding outing at 8:00 AM and an afternoon artist talk at 1:00 PM exploring the past, present, and future ecologies of Florida.
📍 Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Theater
🗓 Saturday, September 20
Meet The Artist: Thandeka Mfinyongo
Join us for an evening of sound, storytelling, and reflection with our August AIRIE Fellow Thandeka Mfinyongo, a South African musician and researcher exploring traditional Xhosa instruments: the uhadi (gourd bow) and the umrhubhe (mouth bow).
Register through the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMx1oTvNgEwmqD6hyMvJySUBSHQBjitbcu_ECJ8p0a649U7w/viewform.
📍 The Carter Project, 3333 NW Sixth Avenue
🕐 Monday, August 23 | 5 - 6:30 PM
Meet The Artist: Nathaniel Sandler - "Swamp Tales"
Join returning AIRIE Alumnus Nathaniel Sandler (2017 Fellow) for “Meet the Artist: Swamp Tales,” a presentation featuring readings from works in progress, completed pieces, and stolen selections from other people in the Glades.
📍 Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center Theater
🕐 Saturday, August 23 | 1:00 PM
Meet The Artist: Sterling Rook - "Shaping Lineage"
Join AIRIE’s 2025 July Fellow Sterling Rook for “Meet the Artist: Shaping Lineage,” a presentation about his current research and the process of building a Glades Skiff, a boat uniquely designed for the Everglades.
📍 Meet at Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center
🕛 Saturday, July 19 | 12:00 PM
Private Tour of MAKING HOME @ Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial Smithsonian
Artwork by Germane Barnes
Photo Courtesy of Dharma Creativ
Love The Everglades Movement Presents: Native Plants & Art at The Underline
AIRIE friends Love The Everglades Movement are hosting a free workshop on native and invasive plants from Everglades National Park, led by Jean Sarmiento!
“Native Plants & Art” will take place on Saturday, June 14 at Vizcaya Station Plaza, located on the north side of the Vizcaya Metro Rail Station. Participants will explore the ecological role of native species and take part in hands-on activities including pruning, propagation, and a creative reflection session.
Making Home Saturday Series: Building Home (Session 3)
Mark your calendars! Making Home Saturday Series: Building Home (Session 3)
Explore water advocacy and rethinking environmental design systems for preservation in the Everglades with Two-Spirit poet, artist, and environmentalist Reverend Houston Cypress (Otter Clan of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida), activist and Seminole dugout canoe carver Daniel Tommie (Seminole Tribe of Florida), and Betty Osceola (Panther Clan of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida).
General admission is $8 and includes access to all activations happening that day at Cooper Hewitt—no additional ticket required to attend this program.
📍Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Art & Environment Industry Mixer
Join AIRIE’s Artistic Global Director, Cornelius Tulloch, at Soho Pool House in Miami on January 22 for an evening bringing together industry professionals and creatives working at the intersection of art and the environment.
The event is open to Soho House members (book via the app), but if you're not a member and are interested in attending, please email heike@airie.org to inquire about availability.
Nest Gallery Exhibition "Land-learning" Opening Reception
Join us for the official opening of AIRIE Nest Gallery Exhibition "Land-learning!" Come meet AIRIE Team members and artists. Free for all.
Making Home: Smithsonian Design Triennial Exhibition
Mark your calendars! We’re excited to share that AIRIE will present an installation for the upcoming MAKING HOME—SMITHSONIAN DESIGN TRIENNIAL exhibition, opening November 2 at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. This exhibition will feature 25 new commissions installed throughout the historic Carnegie Mansion.