Thické III, “Hear No Evil,” will be exhibited as part of Oolite Arts’ “It Was Always About You.” (Photo courtesy of Oolite Arts) “Her line was always ‘helping artists help themselves,’ so when Laura and I started to talk about this show, we both agreed almost immediately that it all started with Ellie and it would be important to honor her,” says Scholl. It was apparent that this was something that wasn’t only close to her heart but also to everyone around her.”įor Scholl, there’s a bittersweet nostalgia built into “It Was Always About You.” It will be the last show he curates at Oolite Arts in his position: He is stepping down at the end of the summer to focus on his own art practice. “When I was reaching out to different artists that we asked to participate in the show, I was really struck by the long-lasting community that Ellie started. “Having Ellie at the center of the show makes sense,” says Laura Guerrero, Oolite Arts programs coordinator, who co-curated the group show with Dennis Scholl, the nonprofit’s president and CEO since 2017. In 2019, the name was changed to Oolite Arts. Potter-turned-artists’ advocate Ellie Schneiderman bought empty storefronts on Lincoln Road and in 1983 founded South Florida Art Center, which became ArtCenter/SouthFlorida. 17, features more than 40 artists who have been a part of Oolite Arts’ four decades on Miami Beach. ,” which opens Wednesday, July 12, and runs through Sunday, Sept. an artist could tell me, once they’d be juried in by a panel, how many feet they could afford.” and that allowed me to figure four bucks a square foot. She received it after going to the Miami Beach City Commission with her idea of starting an urban artists’ colony. “I applied for a grant,” the artist explained. In a taped recording released as a tribute to Schneiderman, who died on April 18, 2020, at the age of 80, the arts pioneer recalled starting the center, which would create lasting change on Lincoln Road, sparking careers and camaraderie among artists, along with a resurgence of the area itself. A piece of pottery by founder Ellie Schneiderman is on display and placed in the center of the gallery at Oolite Arts on Lincoln Road for its summer exhibition, “It Was Always About You.
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