July through September, MAD Arts is thrilled to host new art from four local artists who have received the Broward County Cultural Division's Artist Support Grant.  

July 16, 2026 - August 2, 2026
What the Hands Remember by Taimy Alvarez, Yochi Y. Avin, Marina Font, Karla Kantorovic, Magda Love, Aurora Molina, and Lisu VegaLocation: Departure Gallery 
Workshop on Saturday, July 25, 11 AM-3 PM: Link

This collective exhibition transforms the gallery into an immersive dialogue between film and fiber, where documentary storytelling and material practice converge. Through a series of intimate films and accompanying artworks, the exhibition explores how memory, identity, and cultural heritage are carried through the gestures of making. As moving images and tactile works coexist within the space, visitors are invited to witness the ways in which hands become vessels of history, weaving personal and collective narratives into forms that connect past and present.

August 13, 2026 - September 13, 2026

Roots and Reflections by Sophie Wong

Location: Departure Gallery

This installation features large portraits and scenes that draw inspiration from the artist's multicultural upbringing in South Florida and her journey in motherhood. Explore how Sophie’s diverse ancestry shapes her artistic evolution, as each piece reflects the interweaving narratives of her life. Through powerful oil and fiber paintings and a thoughtful installation, she honors the cultural lineages that flow through her work, inviting you to connect with the deeper themes of identity, ancestry, and personal connection.

Sky is Buffering by Ileana Rincon
Location: Aikiko Gallery

This exhibition draws from the presence of Caracas’ blue-and-yellow macaws, whose flight across the city has become an unexpected symbol of adaptation and survival. Through a fragmented sky populated by birds, glitches, urban traces, and digital imagery, the installation inhabits the space between memory and displacement.

Moving between the physical and the virtual, the work reflects on the experience of forced Venezuelan migration and the unstable nature of belonging. Familiar landscapes appear, dissolve, and reassemble, echoing the ways identity is continuously negotiated across distance, absence, and change.

Neither nostalgic nor documentary, Sky is Buffering proposes a suspended territory where resilience emerges not from permanence, but from the capacity to adapt, persist, and imagine new forms of home.

‍The Gardeners by Luis Colina
Location: DC Room

This installation is centered around large-scale mixed media paintings and 3D-printed painted figures that embody guardians of a speculative landscape. By combining traditional and digital approaches, the project bridges fine art with contemporary technology, creating a body of work that resonates across different audiences. The Gardeners explores ecological archetypes, surrealism, and the tension between creation and destruction, realized across painting, sculpted figures, and interactive game design — complete with cards, a large-scale game board, and a card display shelf.