Now in its 13th year, Locust Art Builders: Summer Art Intensive for Teens, aka LAB, is a unique four-week pre-college program for high school students with an interest in art, design, and exploring creative careers.

The students are selected through an online open call process from schools across Miami-Dade County for the opportunity to learn from a Lead Artist Mentor and other professional artists in a dynamic on-site program and build and art exhibition in Miami’s longest running alternative art space from scratch.

Each year’s exhibition evolves as a unique and timely reflection of the current issues and ideas impacting youth today.