Rainbow Village is a housing development in Overtown. Built in the 1970s, the pale gold residential community has been home to many Black families in Miami’s history, including artist Reginald O’Neal’s family. It’s the place where his mother first met his father, and where he had his very first kiss. 

Now, Rainbow Village is being torn down for something new. O’Neal wondered: how could he commemorate a place that’s held many generations of families through waves of gentrification and five major hurricanes? How do we grieve home? 

It starts with remembering.

Join us for our first-ever community commission, a collective memory-keeping project. Expanding Commissioner’s annual membership model, we invite you to participate with a one-time contribution of $450. Your participation not only secures a signed and numbered edition by O’Neal for yourself, but also helps make a work available for a former resident of Rainbow Village—someone directly attached to or displaced from this housing community.

In the spirit of surprise and delight—liberating both supporters and artists from tradition and expectations—O’Neal’s work will be unveiled at an inspired gathering featuring special guest artists Arsimmer McCoy and Nadege Green. With music, food, and a pop-up reading nook curated in collaboration with Black Miami-Dade, we’re creating a space to celebrate and share memory with the people from Rainbow Village and Overtown.

Can’t make orientation in-person on September 8 at Soho Pool House? Join us for a virtual Lunch & Learn on Zoom. 

From understanding the program’s origins and mission to what you can expect throughout the season, we’ll provide essential information to help you get the most from your membership. It’s the ideal opportunity to ask questions and connect with our team.

How does the program work? How do I get information about events? What can we look forward to?

Every fall, we kick off Commissioner with an orientation. Join us at Soho's Miami Pool House for an evening celebrating the start of Season Eight, surrounded by the artwork of commissioned artists including Morel Doucet, Edouard Duval-Carrié, Cornelius Tulloch, and Typoe. From understanding the program’s origins and mission to what you can expect throughout the season, we’ll provide essential information to help you get the most from your membership. Both educational and social, it’s also the ideal opportunity to ask questions and connect with fellow members and our team.

While all Season Eight members are invited to join, we especially recommend it for new members. 

Join us for a conversation about collecting as memory work with contemporary artist Reginald O’Neal and community historian Nadege Green, moderated by Commissioner Co-Founder Dejha Carrington.

Seven years ago, we asked folks to participate in a social experiment—to be nimble, take a risk, and move differently and outside traditional art market norms. Now Miami’s longest-running crowdfunding art program, Commissioner has brought together more than 600 visionaries to commission artists and build community through the arts. By interrogating notions of ownership and dismantling preconceptions around collecting, we have made possible what we can’t do alone. But, to what end?

Following the panel and audience Q&A, Reginald will introduce his monumental sculpture, “The Cellist”, featured in the exhibition Mirror of the Mind. There will also be an opportunity to meet El Espacio 23 artists-in-residence Carla Chaim (Brazil)  and Los Bravu (Spain) and Curatorial resident and scholar Odette Casamayor-Cisneros.

This special evening celebrating seven seasons of community collaboration is open to current and past members, alum, and conspirators. 

On the occasion of the 11th edition of NADA New York, join Commissioner and NADA members for an intimate workshop at Komal Kehar’s East Village boutique Common Things.

Led by Miami-based artist Addison Wolff, we will examine the queer symbolism of violets in the poetry of Sappho and the malleability of identity and time. We’ll explore the textural optical paintings of the artist, represented by NADA Member, Baker—Hall and in a special collaboration with Commissioner. 

At the workshop, Addison will teach members how to generate hand-taped optical moiré effects on top of limited-edition prints, embedded with lines of poetry from Sappho, creating a palimpsest documenting queer cultural objects and personal histories. An immersive approach to unmasking the layers of the artist’s process, expect to sculpt layers of textural paint and discuss the use of coded color in queer culture. Plus, leave the workshop with a personalized work of art while creating a shared history.

To participate in the workshop, please email us at hello@commissioner.us. Spaces are limited and first come, first serve.

Baker—Hall will present a solo exhibition of Addison Wolff at NADA New York. The gallery is part of the fair’s guided tour program led by Komal Kehar and Commissioner. Everything is connected.

About Addison Wolff

Addison Wolff born in Winter Park, Florida; lives and works in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Addison received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (2010). Addison’s practice explores issues of self-identity, intimacy, and interiority. Themes of transformation, transcendence, time, and fluidity are explored through non-objective compositions of broken color, collage, layering, erasure, and optical effects, on canvas and hand-built, hollow ceramic forms. Selected solo exhibitions include: “at the Baths,” NSU Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, (2025); “lOOking,” Baker- Hall Gallery, Miami, Florida, (2025); “Addison Wolff,” The Frank C. Ortis Gallery, Pembroke Pines, Florida, (2022). Selected group exhibitions include: “Young, Fresh, Different | Miami,” Zilberman Gallery, Miami, Florida, (2024); “South Florida Cultural Consortium Exhibition,” MOCA North Miami, North Miami, Florida, (2023); “Mes del Orgullo Gay,” Mexican Cultural Institute, Miami, Florida, (2022). Addison has received the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Award (2022), Broward County Cultural Division, Artist Innovation Grant (2023), and Artist Support Grant (2022). They have works in the NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Broward County Cultural Division; and Boca Raton Innovation Center collections. 

Join us for a virtual masterclass with Magnus Resch, the celebrated author of How to Collect Art.

Recognized by CNN as "the world’s leading art market expert," Magnus will share his insights on art investment and elaborate on the inner workings of this $65+ billion industry. Together, we’ll delve into the market’s finer points by offering a distinct perspective on art collecting, and provide a preview of Commissioner’s Miami Art Week program, replete with tips for requesting fair passes and getting the most out of your experience. This event is ideal for both seasoned collectors and curious newcomers. A Q&A session will follow the presentation.

Get a free book! The first 20 members to register will receive a complimentary book of How to Collect Art by Magnus Resch, with an introduction by Pamela J. Joyner. Recipients will be notified this week and can pick up their copy at Antonia Wright’s artwork reveal on Saturday, November 16.

Register for the virtual masterclass here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information to join.

About the author: Magnus Resch, Ph.D., is a bestselling author and entrepreneur. With a Ph.D. in economics, he has studied at Harvard and lectures at Yale University. His career has been highlighted in a Harvard Business School case study. Magnus resides in New York City and Miami.

About the book: Navigating the world of collecting can be a tricky process, especially for those just starting out. The world’s leading art market expert, Magnus Resch, explains the core principles of the art market and reveals his secrets on how to build and grow an art collection.

He answers questions such as:
• What art should I invest in?
• Where do I start?
• Which gallery should I visit?
• How do I get VIP tickets for Art Basel?
• Where's the best place to sell my art?
• Is this price fair?

This book is a comprehensive guide for anyone interested in collecting art, novice or expert. Readers will learn:
• How the art market really works;
• How to navigate the art world;
• How to start and develop a sustainable collection strategy for every budget. 

Featured alongside Magnus’s advice for collecting are quotes and case studies from esteemed art world professionals, including mega collectors Shelley and Philip Aarons, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Jorge M. Pérez, Howard E. Rachofsky, and Komal Shah; museum directors Adam Weinberg and Heidi Zuckerman; art fair founder Touria El Glaoui; mega art dealers Marc Glimcher, Adam Lindemann, Jeffrey Deitch, and Simon de Pury; leading art curator Hans Ulrich Obrist; superstar art advisor Amy Cappellazzo; and artist Julian Schnabel. The book also features a foreword written by leading art collector Pamela Joyner.

This virtual engagement is generously supported by Art Moves.