Locust Projects’ 2024 Annual Benefit Dinner honors Alberto Ibargüen, outgoing president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and his visionary legacy and unwavering championship of the arts that has transformed Miami into a vibrant world class center of art and culture over the past 18 years.

This year’s Benefit Dinner celebration will be framed within a captivating suspended sculptural installation by Mexico City-based artist Tania Candiani which is the inspiration for a special performance in honor of Ibargüen by dancer and choreographer Jonah Bokaer. Up to 150 guests will be enchanted by this memorable and distinctive experience created in collaboration with Le Basque Caterers.

Honorary Chairs 

Jorge M. and Darlene Pérez

Co-Chairs:

Diane and Robert Moss, Locust Projects Board Member

Debra Scholl, Locust Projects Board Chair

Dennis Scholl, Locust Projects Founding Board Chair (2001-2006)

Munisha Underhill, Locust Projects Board Member

About Locust Projects

Locust Projects is an arts incubator producing and presenting exhibitions, programs and projects. Our mission is to CREATE opportunities for visual artists at all career stages; INVITE risk taking and experimentation; ACTIVATE conversations around new art and ideas and ADVOCATE for artists and creative practices.

As Miami’s longest running alternative art space, we produce, present, and nurture ambitious and experimental new art and the exchange of ideas through commissioned exhibitions and projects, artist residencies, summer art intensives for teens, and public programs on contemporary art and curatorial practice. We invest in South Florida’s arts community by providing artists with WaveMaker incubator grants and empower artists to protect their work and careers with access to LegalARTLink’s pro bono legal services.