Max Machado

The Los Angeles @quiethours.space residency program March to May ‘26 with @cici_mcm A 2 month artist residency in Beachwood Canyon — Los Angeles, CA. 📸 @brandontkhong

Life is oscillating between the ephemeral and the perpetual, subconsciously impacted by the sights, sounds, and structures in our immediate space. Scaffold Sounds, “Environmental Play” is a series that draws attention to that space around us, and how our efforts can and should directly shape it. The full 30 minute set is live on the @scaffoldsounds YouTube.

What are we building, who is it for. This is our first of a series of 10 sets across music genres where we take the Quiet Hours scaffold to areas around the city. Scaffold Sounds, Environmental Play set 1 by @margohannah_ is live on the @scaffoldsounds YouTube Channel now. When people listen to this set, what would you like them to be doing? “Rest. Whatever rest looks like to them. Morning coffee, cooking, chilling in the park.” - Margo I wrote a longer update on substack, you can view all the links necessary in my bio.

Scaffold Sounds is the audio nozzle for @quiethours.space . A way to tell stories through a new medium, specifically highlighting the individuals who create the visual identities of our cities. Music changes us, guides us, and elevates us. It can also motivate us to take part in the fabric of what’s being built around us, before the environmental scaffolding is up and the passive path we’re on swallows us whole. It cuts through the clutter of false abundance, reveals the truth, and inspires participation. I hope Scaffold Sounds can do its part here. Launches Friday at Noon est. - Max

Andrew Arocho’s The Odyssey at Quiet Hours. Images by @zacharybalber The show is up for another week @quiethours.space with a closing ceremony on Feb 13th. It’s always a privilege building an artist’s world inside the small format space, while continuing a through line between local story, the artist’s story, and the Quiet Hours mission of creating space for face to face. Come on by⚡️⚡️

Looking back in my notes app 2018, 2019, 2020, Quiet Hours is just a gut feeling realized. I met Andrew through a friend (Arsimmer) in November. That night I saw some of his work and wrote to a friend back in New York, maybe a solo show in March 2026. Don’t wait for the inevitable. We opened 2026 with @andrew.a.studio ’s movement into sculpture, in conversation with a body of work that touched on his past, and Miami’s, but emphasizing the commitment forward. The feeling we wanted to create was more a physical encounter with abstraction, the momentary push and pulls of old self and new. Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones blaring in the gallery in the 2 weeks leading up, late night jazz during install the nights before. Andrew utilizes archival maritime materials of wood, sail, and metal from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s from Coconut Grove, specifically (& likely) in transit from New York during that time period. Had to. It feels like more than ever it’s harder to connect to the new structures being built around us, but on theme with the show, control is only partial and we must go for it anyway, with whatever urgency we can muster to create something that lasts. The material Andrew utilizes has a story on its own, and how he carries it forward, how people interact with it in the room, breathes new life into a foundation that was set 100 years ago. Andrew is connecting people, cities, and history, through sensation without the on the nose need for representation, and I love that. We always want to leave layers to be discovered for those who are interested, to design the space with how people enter it, flow through it, and eventually exit it, in mind. So come on by and talk shop. Jan 15-Feb 13 Wednesday - Saturday 2-7pm Tuesday by appointment. @andrew.a.studio @quiethours.space

Opening 2026 tomorrow night with The Odyssey, by Andrew Arocho. Quiet Hours 212 NW 11th Street 6-9pm Come on by.

Local Research for The Odyssey, a solo exhibition by Andrew Arocho. As we build the show it’s important to understand references and context, while leaving room for discovery outside of the gallery. Here are some of Ralph Munroe’s archived images from Coconut Grove Late 1800’s into early 1900’s, paired with images I shot during our field trip to start 2026. Miami is a ‘young’ city rich with history if you go looking for it. The environment subconsciously informs the work long before we pick up on it. Keep an eye out for more info on this in particular. May physically print our references / images taken in the lead up to the show on the 15th. ✍️

Quiet Hours is excited to present The Odyssey, a solo exhibition by Andrew Arocho, which includes a series of paintings and sculpture. Come on by Thursday, January 15 from 6-9pm. 212 NW 11th St. (QHHQ) Maritime materials carry the physical history of exposure, labor, and endurance, functioning as vessels of lived experience. My movement into sculpture, utilizing these materials, gives me the opportunity to build that feeling in a room. @andrew.a.studio | @quiethours.space | in collaboration with @thecampgallery

⛽️ Announcement ⛽️ I think the best way to recap the year is to step on the gas. We’re expanding in 2026 to Los Angeles in the form of an artist residency starting March 1. More details announced after the holiday. I’ve learned so much this year, but I don’t have much else to say other than the work itself is the reward, the thank you needed, the reason to keep going. I have a wide array of experiences and references that I’m pulling from, and Quiet Hours is the outlet to bring it all to life. That feels good, and I won’t take any of the support for granted. See you face to face in 2026, Max

My nephew is officially the youngest collector of @danny.ochoa and @quiethours.space For Julian Your first art piece as the youngest collector I know! ‘Mano’ by Daniel Ochoa at Quiet Hours. To me, mano is about strength, about what lives inside scars, and about what our hands carry forward. We talk about starting young collectors, but what about the youngest collector? At six months old, you’re now a collector of an artist that’s part of the permanent collection at the Pérez Art Museum. I thought about giving you something for the holidays that you’d enjoy now, but you’d just outgrow it next month. Let this hand be a quiet reminder to pause, to choose, and to act in ways that align with your values. Our hands are powerful. They can harm. They can heal. They can create. The choice is always yours. This gift also marks something personal for me. I’ve moved so much that for a long time I only collected art books, things I could fit in a suitcase. This is one of the first pieces of art I’ve truly owned, and it feels right that it moves from mine, to start yours. A small foundation for a collection that I hope will inspire you soon. But if there’s really anything I hope to pass down to you, it’s energy. Curiosity. Enthusiasm. The courage to pursue what gives you purpose. And once you find that purpose, the confidence to step on the gas. And yeah, I want to be that uncle you inherited some cool ass shit from. Love, Uncle Max

Quiet Hours is pleased to announce the selection of Daniel Ochoa’s works by Pérez Art Museum Miami’s chief curator José Diaz for the SCOPE Acquisition Prize, an acquisition selected from SCOPE Art Show for the museum’s permanent collection. To fully believe in Danny’s talent fresh off his first solo exhibition in the intimate space at Quiet Hours, and to have it recognized by a renowned institution, is truly an honor. @pamm @scopeartshow @danny.ochoa