Third Thursdays
EVERY THIRD THURSDAY
6 – 9 PM
Third Thursdays continues with evenings of storytelling, poetry, historical deep dives, community conversations, and one-night only site-specific installations. Partner hosts include Uncle Scotchy & Friends, TheNightclub, local historian Malcolm Lauredo, O, Miami Poetry Festival, Commissioner, and the return of Masisi for a summer residency.
Made possible with generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation Access for All Program, all events are free with RSVP and take place at The Bass, 2100 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach. Seating and standing room are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Third Thursdays coincide with the City of Miami Beach Culture Crawl and include access to free trolley service to all participating art & culture destinations throughout the evening.
To learn more about public programs at The Bass visit https://thebass.org/education/public-programs/.
Upcoming Events
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→Thursday, May 21
THIRD THURSDAYS | SEARCHING FOR COLLECTIVE MEMORY
6 PM Doors open
6:10PM, 6:20PM, 6:30 PM Art Tours with Pioneer Winter Collective & Friends
7:15 PM In conversation with Vanessa Charlot, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, Lise Ragbir, and moderated by Corey Davis
Complimentary admission with RSVP. Limited seating based on first-come, first-served.
What narratives shape our historical record? Whose experiences, perspectives, and voices influence our cultural consciousness?
Commissioner, Miami’s longest-running community-led art commissioning program, presents an embodied program in collaboration with critically acclaimed dance company Pioneer Winter Collective and inspired by Issac Julien: Vagabondia (2000), now on view at The Bass. Exploring how art, legibility, and collecting can serve as vital tools for truth-telling, memory, and reclamation, participants are invited to reflect on their own roles and the evolving responsibilities of institutions in the cultural stewardship of inclusive narratives.
Unfolding in two parts, the evening will begin with art tours and interventions that will serve as the culminating performances by the 2026 Grass Stains artists—a biennial site-specific initiative created by Pioneer Winter that pairs mentorship (with Gabri Christa) with the creative process to generate public artworks that transcend the boundaries of traditional theaters and commissioning models.
Following the immersive tour, attendees are invited to join a dynamic panel discussion with Vanessa Charlot (photographer and professor at University of Mississippi), Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (filmmaker and cofounder of Third Horizon Film Festival), and Lise Ragbir (writer, curator, and cofounder/CEO of VERGE.) The conversation will be moderated by Corey Davis, founder of Maven Leadership Collective, a social impact ideas lab that cultivates ecosystems of support for queer and trans innovators, and creatives of color and allies. Together, we will consider how Julien’s Vagabondia and our shared stories offer a pathway for more expansive historical records and futures.
Art Tours Cast:
- Nina Osoria Ahmadi, Grass Stains artist-in-residence
- Lauren Baccus, practitioner, MOCA director of education and community engagement
- Cecilia Benitez, Grass Stains artist-in-residence
- Darryl Brown, Grass Stains artist-in-residence
- Gabri Christa, Grass Stains mentor
- Lisa Kusanagi, Grass Stains artist-in-residence
- Lauryn Lawrence, photographer, curator
- Arsimmer McCoy, Grass Stains artist-in-residence
- Nicole Pedraza, Grass Stains artist-in-residence
- Veronica Pesantes, Art Hang
- Hattie Mae Wiliiams, Grass Stains artist-in-residence
- Pioneer Winter, Pioneer Winter Collective founder
This program is curated by Commissioner and made possible with generous support from Art Bridges Foundation Access for All Program and Maven Leadership Collective, and with community love from Frolic Culture / Black Miami Weekend.
Pioneer Winter Collective’s 2026 Grass Stains cycle is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
To learn more about Commissioner, visit: https://www.commissioner.us/
To learn more about Pioneer Winter Collective and Grass Stains, visit: https://pioneerwinter.com/grass-stains
To learn more about Maven Leadership Collective, visit: https://mavenleadership.org/
To learn more about Isaac Julien’s Vagabondia (2000), visit: https://thebass.org/art/isaac-julien-vagabondia/
To learn more about Art Bridges Foundation, visit https://artbridgesfoundation.org/
Learn More→Thursday, June 18
THIRD THURSDAYS | MOVE YOUR BODY: MEMORY - MASISI RADIO LIVE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
This summer, Miami’s own Masisi Radio returns to The Bass for Move Your Body, a dynamic three-part summer residency that centers movement as a form of memory, imagination, and liberation, transforming the museum into a living site of sound, cinema, and performance.
Rooted in the legacy of the Black, queer, and trans communities who shaped disco, house, and global club culture, Move Your Body gathers artists, DJs, filmmakers, and performers in assume vivid astro focus: XI—a floor-to-ceiling installation that fuses sculpture, video, and design into a vibrant, participatory environment. Across three events, Masisi Radio explores how movement operates across dance floor, screen, and stage, reclaiming the museum space for collective embodied expression.
Join us on June 18 for Move Your Body: Memory a live Masisi Radio Juneteenth Celebration.
Experience a Masisi Radio Live broadcast and dancefloor celebration honoring Juneteenth through Afro-Caribbean sound, centering rhythm as remembrance while celebrating the impact of Black diasporic musical traditions through DJs and community.
Complimentary admission with RSVP. Limited seated based on first-come, first-served.
To learn more about Masisi, visit: https://www.instagram.com/masisiofficial
To learn more about assume vivid astro focus: XI, visit: https://thebass.org/art/assume-vivid-astro-focus-xi/
To learn more about Third Thursdays, visit https://thebass.org/third-thursdays/
Learn More→Thursday, July 16
THIRD THURSDAYS | MOVE YOUR BODY: IMAGINATION | CLUB SINEMA FILM FESTIVAL DEBUT
This summer, Miami’s own Masisi Radio returns to The Bass for Move Your Body, a dynamic three-part summer residency that centers movement as a form of memory, imagination, and liberation, transforming the museum into a living site of sound, cinema, and performance.
Rooted in the legacy of the Black, queer, and trans communities who shaped disco, house, and global club culture, Move Your Body gathers artists, DJs, filmmakers, and performers in assume vivid astro focus: XI—a floor-to-ceiling installation that fuses sculpture, video, and design into a vibrant, participatory environment. Across three events, Masisi Radio explores how movement operates across dance floor, screen, and stage, reclaiming the museum space for collective embodied expression.
Join us on July 16 for Move Your Body: Imagination Club Sinema Film Festival Debut.
The debut of Club Sinema presents a three-part film program exploring Black queer cinematic practices with a Miami Shorts Block of emerging and archival works, a Feature Screening of Looking for Langston by Isaac Julien, and a Music & Movement Cinema Block of films centered on sound and performance. Each section includes talkbacks and intermissions, creating space for dialogue and reflection while exploring cinema as a tool for shaping imagination and the future conditions of Black life.
Complimentary admission with RSVP. Limited seated based on first-come, first-served.
To learn more about Masisi, visit: https://www.instagram.com/masisiofficial
To learn more about assume vivid astro focus: XI, visit: https://thebass.org/art/assume-vivid-astro-focus-xi/
To learn more about Third Thursdays, visit https://thebass.org/third-thursdays/
Learn More→Thursday, August 20
THIRD THURSDAYS | MOVE YOUR BODY: LIBERATION | KIKI BALL BLACK AUGUST & SOUTHERN GOTHIC FUTURES
This summer, Miami’s own Masisi Radio returns to The Bass for Move Your Body, a dynamic three-part summer residency that centers movement as a form of memory, imagination, and liberation, transforming the museum into a living site of sound, cinema, and performance.
Rooted in the legacy of the Black, queer, and trans communities who shaped disco, house, and global club culture, Move Your Body gathers artists, DJs, filmmakers, and performers in assume vivid astro focus: XI—a floor-to-ceiling installation that fuses sculpture, video, and design into a vibrant, participatory environment. Across three events, Masisi Radio explores how movement operates across dance floor, screen, and stage, reclaiming the museum space for collective embodied expression.
Join us on August 20 for Move Your Body: Liberation Kiki Ball. Closing the residency, Masisi Radio presents a kiki ball inspired by the legacy of Black August and Southern Black Gothic aesthetics. Rooted in ballroom culture and informed by Haitian and Creole diasporic lineages, this event transforms the museum into a space of performance, resistance, and radical self-expression.
Complimentary admission with RSVP. Limited seated based on first-come, first-served.
To learn more about Masisi, visit: https://www.instagram.com/masisiofficial
To learn more about assume vivid astro focus: XI, visit: https://thebass.org/art/assume-vivid-astro-focus-xi/
To learn more about Third Thursdays, visit https://thebass.org/third-thursdays/
Learn More→Thursday, September 17
THIRD THURSDAYS | Featuring THE BASS DIALOGUES with YUKO MOHRI
Complimentary admission with RSVP. Limited seated based on first-come, first-served.
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Japanese-born artist Yuko Mohri creates kinetic installations and sculptures that respond to environmental forces such as gravity, sound, and humidity. Using found materials, she constructs systems that evolve in real time, challenging ideas of control, permanence, and authorship in art.
Mohri joins James Voorhies, Curator-at-Large at The Bass, for a guided discussion on her process, her relationship with unpredictability, and shifting conditions that shape her work. Together they will explore the role of impermanence in contemporary installation art and the creative potential of chance.
To learn more about Third Thursdays, visit https://thebass.org/third-thursdays/
To learn more about The Bass Dialogues, visit thebass.org/dialogues.
Learn MoreThe Bass hosts Third Thursdays with generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation Access for All Program.
