Miami International Fine Arts

09/01/2026

September at MIFA is full of opportunities.

New exhibitions open this month. Alongside them, four open calls invite artists, curators, printmakers, and sculptors to become part of what we are building here.

And if you've been thinking about studying, this is the month to start. New workshops, ongoing Atelier enrollment, and the chance to learn directly from artists who are actively exhibiting, researching, and growing inside the same building where you'd be working.
This is what MIFA looks like when everything is moving at once.

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08/26/2026

Six weeks. One character. One painting, built from the first mark to the final brushstroke.

Portrait Narratives is a new workshop at MIFA designed for painters who want to go beyond technique and into storytelling. Working from a live model with costume, light, and symbolism, you'll build a complete portrait narrative in classical oil, from the first drawing to the final glazes.

This is not a typical painting class. It's a sustained creative experience rooted in classical observation, built around a single character brought to life over six weeks.

Spots are limited.
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Join short-term, intensive art workshops in Miami led by local and international artists. Open to beginners and experienced artists at MIFA.

08/10/2026

MIFA Open Call 2027 is now open and we are looking for artists, curators, collectives, and cultural organizations ready to bring their work into our spaces.

We are not looking for finished exhibitions only. Works in progress, site-specific projects, interdisciplinary proposals, and research-based practices are all welcome.

Five gallery spaces. January through December 2027. Open to national and international applicants.
Submissions open: August 10 – September 30, 2026
Full guidelines: mifamiami.com/open-call-for-exhibitions-1

The art is alive. Is yours next?

08/03/2026

This is what August looks like at MIFA.

Six exhibitions, one opening night — August 6.

Plus a new open call, new workshops, figure drawing sessions, art history lectures, and everything else that makes MIFA the place it is. And it all starts Thursday.

Opening Night: August 6 · 6–8 PM
Miami International Fine Arts · Free admission

07/31/2026

No algorithm can mix color the way your eye sees it. No software can feel the weight of a brush on canvas. No AI can build the kind of hand-eye understanding that comes from hours of sustained observation and practice.

That is exactly what we teach at MIFA.

Classical drawing. Oil painting. Figure work. Still life. The foundational skills that have defined serious artistic practice for centuries and that no technology will ever be able to replicate, because they live in the body, not in a machine.

In a world where AI is generating images by the millions, the artists who know how to truly make something with their hands, their eye, and their judgment are the ones who will always stand apart.

Don't just consume art. Learn to make it.

🌐 https://mifamiami.com

Miami's only ARC-Approved fine arts school. Drawing classes, painting, mixed media, kids art classes & portfolio prep (99% acceptance). Artist residency.

06/29/2026

Every artist who has seen a Pre-Raphaelite work up close knows that feeling: a beauty that seems almost impossible to match, a luminosity that feels like it belongs to another level of skill entirely.

That voice telling you that you'll never achieve that kind of color, that depth, that atmosphere. That your technique will always fall short of masters who seem to have captured something beyond your reach.

That feeling doesn't mean you lack talent. It means you lack the method — and that is exactly what this workshop is for.
Through a guided master copy, Elkin Cañas teaches you the style, aesthetics, and complete technique of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. This is not theory. It's the chance to build, with your own hands, the kind of beauty you've only admired from a distance.

July 20–24, 2026�
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM�
$650
Spots are limited.

🌐 https://mifamiami.com/workshops-1�
📞 (305) 470-0009�
📧 [email protected]�
📍 MIFA – 5900 NW 74th Ave, Miami, FL 33166

06/16/2026

You want to draw. You want to get better. You want to be taken seriously.

At MIFA you train like a professional artist — learning the same classical techniques used by illustrators, concept artists, tattoo artists, animators, architects, and designers working today.

Real studio. Real artists. Real skills.
Drawing · Painting · Form · Value · Light · Color · Portfolio development

This is not an art class. It's the beginning of your career.
Enroll now at mifamiami.com

MIFA's painting and drawing class, offer top level instruction in realistic painting and drawing. Whether you are looking for beginner level art classes or an art school that will help you take your talents to the next level, MIFA is your art home.

06/15/2026

Summer is 10 weeks long. What's your plan? ☀️

If you're still figuring out what your child is going to do every day — we have the answer.

MIFA's Little Artists Summer Camp 2026 is a real fine arts experience in a professional studio, guided by working artists. Your child creates. Grows. And comes home proud of what they made.

No screens. No chaos. No "I'm bored."

Just art, color, and confidence — every single day.

📍 mifamiami.com · Spots are limited

06/09/2026

Master the Human Form with Carlos Lopez

Learn classical figure drawing & painting the way the Old Masters did — from life, every Saturday.

Saturdays · 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Half day or full day options available

From your first block-in sketch to grisaille painting and full-color
rendering — this program takes you there, step by step.

Serious about your art? This is your next move.

Enroll in the link below.
📍 mifamiami.com/live-figure-program

🌐 https://mifamiami.com
📞 (305) 470-0009
📧 [email protected]
📍 MIFA – 5900 NW 74th Ave, Miami, FL 33166

05/22/2026

Something major is coming to Miami. And it starts at MIFA.

We are proud to present the Miami Fiber Triennial 2026 — a city-wide celebration of contemporary textile and fiber art, presented by MIFA in collaboration with FAMA and Threading the City.

At MIFA, we open 8 simultaneous exhibitions spanning our galleries, printshop, outdoor spaces, and residency rooms — featuring artists from across the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Live performances. Artist talks. Family days. All free. All open to everyone.

And then the city takes over.

From Wynwood to Coral Gables to North Miami Beach — the Triennial extends across Miami through a satellite program of exhibitions, activations, film screenings, community workshops, and outdoor interventions at P71, Red Thread Studios, Mundo Arte Gallery, and Outer Space.

This is not just an art event. It is a question asked in thread, in weave, in stitch: What is America made of — and who made it?
Presented during the 250th anniversary of the United States, the Miami Fiber Triennial 2026 turns away from official history and toward the intimate, material, and embodied narratives that actually hold a nation together.

Opening Night: June 11, 2026 · 6–9 PM
On view: June 11 – July 24, 2026
Free admission

Supported by Miami-Dade County, the State of Florida, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Knight Foundation.

🌐 https://mifamiami.com
📞 (305) 470-0009
📧 [email protected]
📍 MIFA – 5900 NW 74th Ave, Miami, FL 33166