How do you distill 40 years of Miami art history into one exhibition?

This was the dilemma faced by artist William Cordova when he was asked to curate an anniversary show for Oolite Arts, an organization whose scope and impact is both influential and tough to summarize. Known as ArtCenter/South Florida until it was renamed in 2019, the organization stages exhibitions and events throughout Miami-Dade County, hosts an artists’ residency and art classes at its Lincoln Road headquarters, and offers grants to artists through its awards program the Ellies. Artists who have participated in Oolite residencies include Teresita Fernandez, Germaine Barnes, Cara Despain, Reginald O’Neal, and Anastasia Samoylova.

“It’s impossible to, of course, include every single artist’s artwork,” says Cordova, hi

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