Third Thursdays

6 PM Doors open, 6:30 PM Talk starts (45min-1hr)

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Sculpture and installation artist Kennedy Yanko joins The Bass in conversation centered on her bold and intuitive sculptural process of transforming found metal and paint skin into dynamic, large-scale works. Moderated by Tom Healy, writer, poet and Trustee at The Bass, they explore the physical and performative aspects of Yanko’s creative process and how she challenges the traditional boundaries of material and form.

To learn more about Kennedy Yanko, visit https://kennedyyanko.com/

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Complimentary admission with RSVP. Limited seated based on first-come, first-served.

The Bass welcomes back O’ Miami for an evening inspired by poetry. With its mission to bring poetry to every person in Miami-Dade County, the O, Miami Poetry Festival activates across the city with creative programming in public spaces.

Meet at the museum this third Thursday and “…count the ways” poetry and art can inspire.

To learn more about the O, Miami Poetry Festival, visit: https://omiami.org/poetry-festival/
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6 PM Doors open, 6:30 PM Talk starts, 7:30 PM Activity

Complimentary admission with RSVP. Limited seated based on first-come, first-served.

Commissioner, Miami’s longest-running community-led art commissioning program, leads a conversation exploring how art and collecting can serve as tools for truth-telling, memory, and cultural reclamation. Inspired by artist Isaac Julien’s Vagabondia (2000), soon on view at The Bass, the invited panel will also consider the evolving role and responsibility of individuals and communities in the cultural stewardship and preservation of inclusive narratives.

In addition to the talk, guests can partake in a public art walk—an activity to reflect on how shared experiences and cultural memories are recorded in our very own neighborhoods. This exercise will encourage participants to consider how their stories contribute to a broader, more expansive historical record, and how these memories can be preserved for future generations.

To learn more about Commission.us, visit: https://www.commissioner.us/

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This summer, Miami’s own Masisi collective returns to The Bass for a dynamic three-part residency celebrating diasporic creativity, queer community, and cultural joy.

Each month, Masisi brings a new wave of sound, movement, and gathering to assume vivid astro focus: XI—a floor-to-ceiling installation that fuses sculpture, video, and design into a vibrant, participatory environment. Founded by Akia Dorsainvil, Masisi is a Black Queer Afro-Caribbean collective known for creating events that blend nightlife, storytelling, and performance. Through a series of evening programs featuring DJ sets, film screenings, live activations, and more, Masisi invites guests to experience the exhibition in entirely new ways—cultivating connection, expression, and exchange.

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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/

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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.

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