PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS | NWAW 2024

New Wave Art Wknd (NWAW) is back for its sixth edition, supporting its year-round non-profit artist residency and public programs. Each year, a different theme is explored over the weekend, with this year's focus being "Unity & Community." Taking place at the end of Miami Art Week, from December 6 - 9, 2024, NWAW showcases the region’s flourishing contemporary art scene and invites attendees to take part in thought-provoking programming that includes curated panel discussions, private collection visits, gallery hops, open studios, dining experiences, and more.

On FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, NWAW kicks off with a public panel titled The Gift of Public Art that will address the importance of public art in contemporary culture. The panel will be moderated by Sybille Canthal, West Palm Beach’s Director of Arts, Culture and Community Building, and will feature Gopal Rajegowda, a developer responsible for much of the public art in West Palm Beach, alongside artists Antonia Wright and Naomi Fisher and art producer Sam Giarrantani. The panel will be followed by a guided public art tour led by Canthal and Rajegowda. New Wave’s artist-in-residence Tiffany Alfonseca, who explores Black and Afro-Latinx diasporic culture through her work, will also open her studio to visitors. In the evening, the NWAW Gala* will be held at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens and will showcase video works by Naomi Fisher alongside Slim Aarons: Gold Coast, an exhibition celebrating the famed photographer’s love for the Palm Beaches.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, begins with a panel discussion and brunch at the Bunker Artspace*, the private art space of collector Beth Rudin DeWoody. Titled after their exhibition, Wing & Prayer, guest curators Kyle DeWoody and Zoe Lukov will lead a discussion on themes of hope, prayer and creation. The panel will feature Patrisse Cullors, activist, artist and writer who co-founded the Black Lives Matter Movement, alongside internationally renowned multidisciplinary artists Lita Albuquerque and Brad Kahlhamer. The official Bunker Artspace opening will follow, including a performance by Cullors. The Palm Beach gallery open houses will ensue, including visits to Acquavella, Onna House, and GMAC. The day will end with a cocktail reception at a private collector’s home*.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, the morning will feature an Artists’ Breakfast with talks by Angela Nguyen, Javier Castro, Tiffany Alfonseca, Lita Albuquerque, and Jose Alvarez at GAVLAK and New Wave galleries, followed by a guided curatorial tour of exhibitions at The Norton Museum.

The programming concludes on MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, with a panel conversation at the Bunker Artspace, hosted by the Cultural Council and NWAW*. This conversation, moderated by Stephen Reily of Remuseum, will explore how arts and cultural institutions can use data to enhance their missions and impact, with panelists including Sam Gill from the Doris Duke Foundation, cultural economist Joanna Woronkowicz, and Kulapat Yantrasast from WHY Architecture.

Access to events marked with a * require a patron ticket. For questions about the Patron Program, sponsorship, or press inquiries for NWAW 2024, please reach out to katerina@newwave.art.

To view a list of free public programming, please click here.