5 Local Artists to Watch for Miami Art Week 2020

Commissioner co-founder Dejha Carrington was recently profiled in the Miami New Times with a list of five local artists to watch for Miami Art Week, and tips about embracing the unique ways to experience art through virtual and socially-distanced events.

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Written by Carolina Del Busto for The Miami New Times

On this Sunday afternoon in late November, Dejha Carrington, the cofounder of the art-collectors' network Commissioner, has already made it through her first of many art-related events this season. In the lead-up to Miami Art Week, Carrington is riding the success of Commissioner's recent reveal of its first commissioned artist for season-three members.

Rather than allowing the constraints imposed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Carrington is embracing the unique ways to experience art this December. The majority of Commissioner’s programming during Miami Art Week will be virtual, including a virtual tour of NADA with artist Naomi Fisher and a virtual curator conversation on emerging art trends from the diaspora.

“With less fairs, there’s going to be more emphasis on being able to experience exhibitions more deeply,” Carrington tells New Times. “Usually during Miami Art Week, so much time is spent trying to see everything, but with so much going virtual [this year], what you’re going to see more of is people going to exhibitions, going to solo shows, going to group shows, going to studios, and having a much deeper interaction with the artists and with the ideas.”

As cofounder of Commissioner and director of strategic communications for YoungArts, Carrington lives and breathes Miami's art scene. This season, despite the lack of glitz and glitter during a pandemically challenged Art Week, she has her eye on a handful of local talent.

Read the full article here to find out which artists are on our watch list!