locust projects

2008 marked Locust Projects' 10-year anniversary. This once fledgling organization has burgeoned into a recognized art institution, becoming a landmark in the Miami art scene. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has... Read more

2008 marked Locust Projects’ 10-year anniversary. This once fledgling organization has burgeoned into a recognized art institution, becoming a landmark in the Miami art scene. With more than 65 exhibitions, representing more than 210 local, national, and international artists, Locust Projects has supported site-specific and installation artworks featuring photography, video, sculpture, drawing, painting and digital media.

The first art space in Miami’s once depressed Wynwood area, Locust Projects was founded in a converted warehouse, offering three exhibition spaces: a main exhibition room, a project room and the façade of its building for rotating mural exhibitions. Locust Projects was initially operated on the sole-efforts of its three founders: Elizabeth Withstandley, Westen Charles, and COOPER. However, the increasing success of the organization demanded more operational support. In 2000, the gallery incorporated itself and organized its first Board of Directors. In 2002, Locust Projects was officially recognized as a not for profit institution and given 501©3 status. In 2006, Locust Projects was awarded The Andy Warhol Foundation Grant. In May 2009, Locust Projects relocated to a new space in Miami’s Design District.