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a launchpad not only for artists, but for the broader cultural ecosystem of South Florida,” said Camargo. The anniversary exhibition also reflects nearly a decade of collection research and conservation efforts supported by the Knight Foundation and Mellon Foundation. MOCA said its digitized collection will soon be integrated into a redesigned website. Regional Artists Running alongside Anchors of Light is South Florida Cultural Consortium 2026, a group exhibition featuring 15 artists working across sculpture, photography, film, textiles, ceramics, and installation. The exhibition was co-curated by MOCA Curatorial Assistant Kimari Jackson and guest curator Laura de Socarraz-Novoa. Participating artists include Jen Clay, Luke Jenkins, Diana Larrea, Amanda Linares, Lauren Shapiro, Nina Surel, and Manuela Gonzalez, among others. The exhibition explores themes tied to spirituality, identity, heritage, and environmental change in South Florida. “Though initially varied in form and approach, each of these artists’ works share resonant thematic through lines that reflect the cultural and environmental realities of South Florida,” said de Socarraz-Novoa. MOCA’s Teen Art Force program also presents Antithesis, a group exhibition examining contrast through painting, sculpture, abstraction, and realism. The exhibition is part of the museum’s youth leadership and creative development initiative. “Having the SFCC exhibition simultaneously presented alongside the 30th anniversary collection exhibition is so deeply resonant with MOCA’s mission,” said Jackson. “All three shows as a whole act as teaching moments of the institution’s history.” Public Installations Outside the museum, MOCA’s Art on the Plaza program returns with three new public installations by South Florida artists Joan Edmundo Jiménez Suero, Carrington Ware, and Josh Aronson. Jiménez Suero’s Bailando Nuestros Problemas features iron sculptures inspired by community life and Afro-descendant traditions. Ware’s Homespun presents suspended fabric flags installed above the museum’s fountain, while Aronson’s installation includes sail-like banners incorporating imagery from Florida’s natural environment. More information about the museum’s Spring 2026 exhibitions and programs is available at mocanomi.org. By ML Staff. Photo/Zachary Balber