Arsimmer McCoy

Arsimmer McCoy is a poet, performance artist, and interdisciplinary artist from South Florida, celebrated for her award-winning storytelling and dynamic public programming that weaves poetic narrative with civic memory. Her practice centers on cultural preservation, environmental stewardship, and intergenerational care as acts of community justice.

She has been an artist-in-residence at ACA, Locust Projects, Oolite Arts, AIRIE, and Pioneer Winter Collective. In 2024, she performed at the Venice Biennale for the European Cultural Center’s Personal Structures exhibition, and in 2025, she curated a collaborative work at Locust Projects.

Her writing appears in Artsy, Rootwork Journal, The Lighthouse Review, and Burnaway Magazine. Institutions, including Pérez Art Museum Miami and Bakehouse Art Complex, have commissioned McCoy’s voice and creative programming due to her beautiful approach to collaborative performance. Her latest project, A Spell to Grow a Garden, a zine collaboration with EXILE Books and MAVEN Leadership Collective, features her poetry and new works in photography.

She is a Marjory Stoneman Douglas Poetry Award winner and a recipient of the 2025 Miami-Dade Arts & Environment Award. Arsimmer McCoy is also the Community Program Manager for the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami.

Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Recording Location: Barry University Department of Communication, Miami Shores, Florida
Editor: Raymel Casamayor

Links:
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Listen to Arsimmer McCoy's poem: A Spell to Grow a Garden