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Bakehouse Art Complex, in collaboration with French architecture and urban design practice Coldefy, has selected The Porch by architects and educators Elmer O. García and Olga Kusche-Iglesias as the winning proposal for its "Triumphal Arch" Open Call.
Conceived as a contemporary reimagining of the triumphal arch, The Porch draws inspiration from the social and architectural traditions of South Florida and the Caribbean. Constructed from aluminum tubing and repurposed lawn chair components, the design transforms the gateway into an inviting space for gathering, rest, and community exchange.
"The Porch stood out for its conceptual clarity, material ingenuity, and deeply local approach to public space," said the selection panel. "The proposal captures Bakehouse's commitment to creative innovation and community-building while transforming familiar everyday objects into an inviting architectural experience."
The installation will serve as the entrance to Bakehouse's new community garden and outdoor programming space in Wynwood Norte, supporting exhibitions, workshops, performances, and neighborhood events. Learn more HERE.
SaveArtSpace is proud to present Home Is Where I Make It, a public art exhibition on billboard ad space in New York, NY, opening July 24, 2026, curated by The Unapologetic Street Series & Amy Quichiz.
Home Is Where I Make It explores the various experiences of making homes in places unknown and how those places become core parts of us. So many of us whether immigrants ourselves or children of immigrants have a talent for building new rituals and making anywhere a home. The individual and collective experience of migration is not a monolith, but the overlapping beauties we find along the way are affirming that we share more in common than not when we make homes in new countries. New York City is a powerful example of how many people build coalitions and communities when we seek refuge and solidarity in one another.
Artists of all ages and talents are invited to submit their artwork between April 27 and June 8, 2026 in order to be considered for the exhibition. This is an opportunity to have your work placed on billboard ad space in New York, NY. APPLY HERE.
The application fee is $35 for 1-3 images; each additional image carries a $10 fee. Fees support the production of the exhibition, including the purchase of billboard ad space. All fees paid to SaveArtSpace are 100% tax deductible donations.
Selected artists will be announced after June 22, 2026. Public art will be on view starting July 24, 2026 in New York, NY, and will be on view for at least one month.
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Calling all South Florida Artists!
The Broward County Aviation Department, in collaboration with the Broward Arts Public Art & Design Program, invites professional South Florida artists to create an artwork on the exterior of an airplane to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States.
The selected design will transform the exterior of a non-operational Boeing 727 parked on the North Runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), celebrating American culture and history, patriotism, and community pride. This artwork should create a bold visual moment for travelers flying through FLL and drivers passing by on the highway.
Key Dates:
Application deadline: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Artist selected: May 2026
Installation: July/August 2026
Budget: $95,000
Finalists will also receive a $1,000 honorarium for proposal and presentation expenses.
For details, visit: https://www.broward.org/Arts/PublicArt/Pages/CallToArtistsDetails.aspx?call=20
*FLL is a service of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners
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A Must-See in the Miami Design District, Katie Stout: Gargantua’s Thumb - located throughout the neighborhood, Miami, Florida 33137. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Miami Design District’s Annual Design Commission, Katie Stout transforms the neighborhood with “Gargantua’s Thumb”, a series of sculptural benches that merge function, fantasy, and play. Stout brings a fantastical cast of furniture to life, including a dog and whale-shaped bench. Each piece begins as a small, hand-sculpted clay animal that is later digitally scanned and enlarged, encouraging people to rest, explore, and engage with their surroundings. Suspended from the trees, clusters of colorful orbs inspired by flora and fauna motifs transform the streets into a whimsical world of motion and wonder.
A Must-See in the Miami Design District, Diamantina by The Campana Brothers (2008) Fernando and Humberto Campana located in the Lobby at 4141 NE 2nd Avenue - Miami, FL 33137. Winner of the 2008 Design Miami/ Designer of the Year Award. Fernando and Humberto Campana of Estudio Campana create singularly joyful and expressive designs that bridge handcraft, limited edition, and mass production, frequently using discarded and mundane materials. For Design Miami/ 2008 the Campana brothers created Diamantina using the native Brazilian plant Apui, which grows on and eventually chokes rainforest trees. This rattan-like fiber is woven around plastic garden chairs and other ready-made plastic objects, such as discarded toys, dolls, flip-flops, and tires. Like the rainforest trees, the man-made objects are almost entirely swallowed up by the organic material, symbolizing nature's triumph over the synthetic world. With Diamantina, the Campana brothers expanded on this concept by introducing native Brazilian amethyst crystals into the woven structure, creating a series of biomorphic islands that visitors were encouraged to sit on and explore.
A Must-See in the Miami Design District, Buckminster Fuller: Fly's Eye Dome 1979/80-2014, located at 140 NE 39th Street in Miami, Florida 33137, known as Palm Plaza. In 1965 Buckminster Fuller designed and patented the Fly’s Eye Dome, which he called an “autonomous dwelling machine”. Prototypes began to be built by hand in 1977, and by 1983 three of the fiberglass spheres in various sizes (12-foot, 24-foot, 50-foot) had been produced. Fuller died before he was able to realize his vision for the structure. However, almost 50 years later, the design, a Monohex variation of the geodesic dome, can clearly be seen as a forerunner of today’s green building movement. In 2011, collector Craig Robins acquired the 24-foot prototype to exhibit it and use it as inspiration for a key element of the Miami Design District. The following year, The Buckminster Fuller Institute, in partnership with Goetz Composites, ConformLab, and DRDesign, began the development of a program to complete Fuller’s vision, using advanced technologies and materials not available to Fuller in the 1970s. BFI was then commissioned to produce a Fly’s Eye Dome utilizing state-of-the-art materials, intelligence, and techniques, to be prominently incorporated in the Miami Design District.
A Must-See in the Miami Design District, Vortex (2014) by 2x4, located at NE 38th St. between NE 2nd Ave. and NE 1st Ave. Miami, FL 33137. Founded in 1994 by Michael Rock, Susan Sellers, and Georgianna Stout, 2x4 is a collaborative studio of designers, programmers, writers, and animators who work in visual media. As a studio, their project approach centers on critical thinking and research. As in their mural, “Vortex”, in the Miami Design District, this experimentation and research often culminate in bold graphic works that question the nature and conventions of design. Tasked with creating a piece for a perimeter wall, “Vortex” immediately draws the viewer in beckoning those who are curious to see what is on the other side.
Saturday, January 11th from 11am – 12pm join the Miami Design District for a walking tour of the district, explore the history of the art and architecture that characterize the neighborhood. Visit outdoor installations and murals including Buckminster Fuller Fly’s Eye Dome, Nicole Nomsa Moyo’s Pearl Jam, Virgil Abloh’s Dollar a Gallon, Alteronce Gumby’s Living the Dream, and more.
Meet in front of the Fly’s Eye Dome on the first floor of Palm Court (enter at 140 NE 39th Street). This Event is Free & Open to the Public. RSVP HERE.
SaveArtSpace x PLAYGROUND DETROIT are pleased to announce an open call for immigrant and first-generation artists. SaveArtSpace invites immigrant and first-generation artists to submit new or previously shown artwork for their billboard curation. Curated by Martyna Alexander.
Generations of Multitude is looking to highlight artwork that demonstrates the beauty and struggles of holding many contrasting priorities close to you and the challenge of finding your whole in a world that asks for concise oneness and the quick read.
SaveArtSpace is prioritizing artists who are first and second-generation immigrants but also others who deal in the diaspora of dual or multi-faceted cultural identities.
They are welcoming all works inherently about or influenced by an artist’s split identity and the idea of fitting into multiple worlds, cultures, or ideologies.
Artists of all ages and talents are invited to submit their artwork between April 18 and June 10, 2024. This is an opportunity to have your work placed on billboard ad space in Metro Detroit, Michigan.
Open call for art ends June 10, 2024. There is a $10 donation per image submission to participate, each donation is tax deductible and goes to the production of public art. Selected artists will be announced after June 24, 2024.
Opening July 26, 2024, SaveArtSpace will launch public art installations for each selected work on billboard ad spaces in Metro Detroit. The public art will be on view for at least one month. SUBMIT HERE.
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SaveArtSpace is proud to present Patterns in Nature, a public art exhibition in Miami Beach, Fl during Art Basel & Miami Art Week, starting November 27, 2023, curated by Jen Stark.
Patterns in Nature will explore the beauty of forms found in the natural world, where spirals and sacred geometries intertwine harmoniously. From camouflage and colors to intricate shapes, Patterns in Nature promises an enchanting exploration of the universe's artistry, revealing the breathtaking intersection of science, art and spirituality. With mathematical foundations such as the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence, patterns emerge at various levels and scales all throughout our world.
This public exhibition aims to foster a deeper connection with our environment and acknowledge the subtle elegance woven into the fabric of existence, inspiring an appreciation for the underlying mathematical wonders that shape the universe.
SaveArtSpace invites artists of all ages and talents to submit their artwork between August 7 and October 2, 2023. This is an opportunity to have your work placed on ad space in Miami Beach, Fl.
Open call for art ends October 2, 2023. There is a $10 donation per image submission to participate, each donation is tax deductible and goes to producing the public art. Selected artists will be announced after October 16, 2023. Public art will be installed November 27 in Miami Beach, Fl, the public art will be on view for at least one month.
The Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami invites you to experience Welcome to Paradise, a dynamic new commissioning program featuring temporary public art projects by local South Florida artists. This program invites artists to create ambitious and experimental art installations that activate MOCA’s Paradise Courtyard. The first season centers on artists working at the intersection of ecology and technology.
On view February 8 through June 25, 2023, visitors will be able to step into the Paradise Courtyard and discover Victory Garden, an interactive sculptural community garden created by Miami-based artist Emmett Moore. Drawing inspiration from victory gardens of the past, which were planted during wartime to supplement rations and boost morale, Moore’s Victory Garden connects the local community with contemporary art and encourages visitors to reflect on our relationship with the built environment.
Utilizing sustainable materials such as repurposed steel drums to form sculptural planters, Victory Garden will feature plants native to South Florida and the Caribbean such as Cuban oregano, collard greens, starfruit, bee balm and Everglades cherry tomatoes that will be harvested and shared. It will also include benches and solar-powered USB outlets for visitors to use.
About the Artist
Emmett Moore is a Miami-based artist and designer known for a technically rigorous interdisciplinary approach that challenges notions of functionality and fluctuates seamlessly between design and art. Moore’s work employs processes taken primarily from architecture and industrial design to examine the relationship between ecology and the built environment. Moore utilizes found forms of everyday objects to speak to the universality and timelessness of the utilitarian and quotidian, working with secondhand goods and modular systems to break down inherent hierarchies within the physical world, elevate the mundane, and demystify systems of value.
His work has been shown institutionally at the RISD Museum, the Frost Art Museum, the Miami Art Museum, the Bass Museum of Art, and is in the permanent collection of the Perez Art Museum Miami. He was the first Miami-based designer to exhibit a solo exhibition at Design Miami/. He is representedby Nina Johnson gallery in Miami, Fl.
Moore’s work has been covered by Art in America, The Guardian, The Miami Herald, Cultured Magazine, Architectural Digest, Artsy and The Art Newspaper among others. Moore was named Miami New Times’ Best Visual Artist in 2015 and 2021.
Sponsors
Welcome to Paradise is made possible with major support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Additional support was provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
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