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 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. Oolite Arts photo "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. "It Was Always About You.," which opens Wednesday, July 12, and runs through Sunday, September 17, features more than 40 artists who have been a part of Oolite Arts' four decades on Miami Beach. She said the city approved $62,000, "and that allowed me to figure four bucks a square foot.an artist could tell me, once they'd be juried in by a panel, how many feet they could afford." 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. Her idea was to provide low-cost art studios and exhibition spaces. The visionary artist founded the South Florida Art Center on Lincoln Road in 1983 after persuading the Miami Beach Commission to take her up on an offer to buy three properties on the thoroughfare with grant money. In the annals of Miami's visual arts community, Schneiderman's legacy is deservedly put on a pedestal. The clay pot is on a pedestal, conjuring a dual meaning. A piece of pottery by the late Ellie Schneiderman sits 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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