Category: exhibition

Teresita Fernández, Maelstrom

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Teresita Fernández discusses her solo exhibition Maelstrom and the key topics it unravels in relation to its central theme: the enduring violence and devastation ignited by colonization in the Caribbean. The arist invites viewers to reconsider the region and the erasure of its past in order to develop a deeper understanding of place, identity, and history. Film by Rava Films. via Lehmann Maupin.

The Porch is the Tree is the Watering Hole

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Installation photo by Steven Brooke

The Porch is the Tree is the Watering Hole will be open to the public on Thursdays and Saturdays from 11AM – 2PM starting Saturday, December 12 through May 29, 2021.

African American Research Library & Cultural Center
2650 NW 6th Street, Fort Lauderdale.

Viewed through the lenses of art, architecture, photography, and poetry, The Porch is the Tree is the Watering Hole is a dynamic exploration of space and community within the African diaspora. Highlighting the Black experience in Black neighborhoods, the exhibition celebrates the history of the Sistrunk community with works by: Germane Barnes, Darius V. Daughtry, David I. Muir, Adler Guerrier, Olalekan Jeyifous, Adrienne Chadwick, Marlene Brunot, and George Gadson. The exhibition is curated by Dominique Denis.

The Porch is the Tree is the Watering Hole

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The Porch is the Tree is the Watering Hole, on view at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center. Viewed through art, architecture, photography and poetry, the exhibition is a dynamic exploration of space and community within this historical Black neighborhood. The exhibition features artists and designers Germane Barnes, Darius V. Daughtry, David I Muir, Adler Guerrier, Olalekan Jeyifous, Adrienne Chadwick, Marlene Brunot and George Gadson, and is presented by Broward County Cultural Division.

Untitled (Thrives in full sun)

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via The Sunny Project
via @thesunnyprjct

I grew up here. This is a formative place, where I learned how to be, to imagine, and even how to cut a figure. I am grateful for all I was given, especially the encouragement to embrace the possible. I was placed in ideal conditions, in a bright and favorable position, that I shared with my siblings.

I blossomed. I became who I am, grounded and raised in a tended cultural plot. I was afforded a southeasterly view, of the world!? We could not help it–we have lived in other places, have known other conditions, have learned to participate in the ecosystem that we are in, and always remembered what dreams are for.

Here still works for me. It is a place of imaginings and comfort. It cultivates warm memories, and unfurled reflections. I prefer to thrive in full sun.

Related:

Balla Et Ses Balladins ?– Objectif Perfection, Editions Syliphone Conakry, 1980.

Paulette, la confiance est un habit difficile à porter.

LP back cover.

AG2020_1880469 or Thrives in the Sun

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Untitled (Thrives in the Sun), 2000. A print available through the Sunny Project, Sun Pours Daylong, an exhibition and online print sale of Florida photography by Florida photographers.

Sun Pours Daylong runs from July 24 through August 30, 2020, and is on view in the Miami Design District; was organized by Gesi Schilling, Rose Marie Cromwell, and Adler Guerrier.

The clear burning light of the sun pours daylong into the saw grass and is lost there, soaked up, never given back. Only the water flashes and glints. The grass yields nothing.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, The Everglades : River of Grass