Experience Miami's growing creative community hub every Monday night with collaboARTive's Noche de Arte at InterContinental Miami's Gallery 100. Watch local artists at work, engage in meaningful conversations, create your own postcard collage, and enjoy light bites from InterContinental Miami in a welcoming atmosphere from 6-8 PM.

Meet March Artist in Residence Yochi Y. Avin

Yochi Yakir-Avin is a multidisciplinary visual artist and art instructor based in South Florida. Born in Poland and raised in Israel, she earned her BFA from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan.

Working at the intersection of material, memory, and identity, Yakir-Avin's practice spans painting, drawing, fiber arts, photography, installation, and performance. She creates poetic compositions using worn photographs, sheer fabrics, reflective surfaces, and thread—often juxtaposed with industrial materials like aluminum—to explore how personal and collective histories are layered, preserved, and reshaped over time.

Yakir-Avin received the 2024 Broward Innovation Grant for "Painting Life in Pictures," an interdisciplinary collaboration exploring visual art and theater, which was featured on NBC6 Live. She has exhibited widely across the United States, including the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art (Wisconsin), Salmagundi Art Club (New York), and locally at Coral Springs Museum of Art, Arts Warehouse (Delray Beach), MIFA Gallery (Miami), and JCC Museum (Boca Raton).

Celebrating Women’s History Month, making history with LEAP for Ladies.

collaboARTive is partnering with LEAP for Women’s History Month. LEAP helps formerly incarcerated women rewrite their stories through education, healing, and real opportunity.

With your support, LEAP provide the tools for lasting freedom and true transformation. Learn more every Monday in March with LEAP staff and stakeholders on hand to share their impact and how you can support this local organization.