Arts Garage announces its 2026 lineup for “Off the Wall: From Canvas to Conversation,” a seasonal artist talk series designed to bring audiences face-to-face with visual storytellers and cultural voices shaping today’s creative landscape.
All events are free and open to the public at Arts Garage – Black Box; RSVPs are encouraged. Event schedule is as follows:
Shining Through Community – Thursday, March 5, 2026, | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Mark Delmont is a Miami-based multidisciplinary artist whose work centers on storytelling within overlooked communities and the architecture of city life. Influenced by music, cinema, and his blue-collar upbringing, Delmont creates dramatic portraiture and large-scale iconography using construction materials, fabrics, and paint. His work explores black identity, masculinity, and collective memory, celebrating the depth, resilience, and vitality of lived experience.
More information: artsgarage.org/event/off-the-wall-mark-delmont/
Exploring Ekphrastic Connections – Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Arsimmer McCoy is a poet, performance artist, and interdisci-plinary storyteller from South Florida, known for weaving poetic narratives with civic memory and environmental justice. Her work has been presented internationally, including at the Venice Biennale, and commissioned by institutions such as Pérez Art Museum Miami. A recipient of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Poetry Award and the 2025 Miami-Dade Arts & Environment Award, McCoy’s practice centers on cultural preservation, intergenerational care, and community-rooted collaboration.
More information: artsgarage.org/event/off-the-wall-arsim-mer-mccoy/
