April 2026
Thank You for Joining Us at CARA!
It was a full house at CARA for the convening of Water. It was a joy to hear performances by Chenée Daley, Yaissa Jiménez, and Las Mariquitas.
If you haven't made it yet, The Earth, the Fire, the Water, and the Winds: For a Museum of Errantry with Édouard Glissant is on view at CARA through May 10. This is the first U.S. exhibition of Glissant's personal art collection, works gathered over six decades through friendship and creative kinship with artists from across the Caribbean, Africa, and the Americas.
FORGOTTEN LANDS EVENTS
ICP Book Fest 2026 | May 8-10
📍84 Ludlow Street, New York, NY
Tickets are now on sale for the ICP Photobook Fest 2026! Join us at this three-day celebration of photobook publishing from around the world, hosted at the International Center of Photography on the Lower East Side.
NADA New York | May 13-17
📍 The Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York, NY
The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), the definitive non-profit organization dedicated to the cultivation, support, and advancement of new voices in contemporary art, is pleased to announce the exhibitor list for the 12th edition of NADA New York, the organization’s annual art fair championing galleries at the forefront of contemporary art.
Komal Kehar. Photo credit: Sean Davidson
Guided Tours of NADA New York by Commissioner | May 16
The Starrett-Lehigh Building, 601 W 26th Street, 3rd Floor
You can experience the fair with us through curated tours by Commissioner, a community-led forum that brings people together to support artists and collect art.
Led by architect and designer Komal Kehar of Common Things, tours will focus on fresh voices, first-time exhibitors, and compelling dialogues across movements, junctures, and geographies — with opportunities to meet participating artists, curators, and galleries along the way.
Guided tours run Saturday, May 16th at 11am and 3:30pm. Space is limited; tickets do not include fair admission.
FROM OUR COMMUNITY
Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr. Photo credit: Courtney Sofiah Yates
Guarionex Rodriguez, Jr. in Residence at the Ace Hotel BK
252 Schermerhorn St, Brooklyn, NY
For over a decade, Ace Hotel Brooklyn's Artist in Residence program has invited artists to live and work at the hotel for one month, culminating in an exhibition of new work.
We're excited to share that Volume 05 artist Guarionex Rodriguez Jr. is the first artist in residence of the 2026/2027 Artist in Residence program, with his exhibition opening May 14. A Brooklyn-based Dominican American photographer and member of the Mycelia Collective, Guarionex's practice is rooted in themes of trust and vulnerability, creating work that reflects and connects across communities. During his residency, he is developing a body of work that highlights the care involved in creating truly safe spaces for Brooklyn's dance communities and nightlife culture.
The program is curated by our friends at Field Meridians, an artist collective committed to creating tools for ecological resilience through social practice, braiding together art making, environmental justice, and collective visioning with their neighbors in Crown Heights.
Fade at Studio Museum
📍144 W 125th Street New York, NY 10027
Fade, the sixth installment in the Studio Museum in Harlem's landmark "F" series, brings together 17 emerging artists of African descent drawing on spirituality, surrealism, and nonlinear time amid a turbulent political moment. Among them are Jesús Hilario-Reyes (Vol. 07) and Emmanuel Louisnord Desir .
BIRTH PAPERS at El Kilometro
📍El Kilometro, 802 Ave. Roberto H. Todd, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dach + Zephir 🇬🇵🇫🇷 (Vol. 07), Suzanna Missenberger 🇯🇲 (Vol. 06), and Sebastian Meltz-Collazo 🇵🇷 (Vol. 02) are among the participating artists in BIRTH PAPERS, a traveling Caribbean design show presented by Lehwe Projects, a Caribbean design platform. Bringing together 15 artists from 15 origins, the exhibition opens May 7 at El Kilometro in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Lakay PAMM - Living Beyond Borders
📍1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and Route 1804 Foundation present an evening of Haitian culture, music, and storytelling on PAMM's waterfront terrace. The night features performances by DJ Gardy, ZB Keys, NSL Dance Ensemble, and Rara Lakay, alongside authentic Haitian food and cocktails from Verde. Inside the galleries, see coming forth by day, the first Miami solo museum exhibition by Miami-born artist Woody De Othello .
Biennale Arte 2026 Artists - In Minor Keys
Giardini and Arsenale venues, Venice, Italy
The 61st Venice Biennale, In Minor Keys, curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, features a notable Caribbean presence among its 110 invited artists. Representing the region are Edouard Duval-Carrié , Manuel Mathieu , Annalee Davis , Ebony G. Patterson , Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons , Daniel Lind-Ramos , Natalia Lassalle-Morillo , and Sofía Gallisá Muriente (Vol. 03).
Salon D'Ayiti - A Living Tribute to René Depestre
📍 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Haiti Cultural Exchange and The Center for Fiction collaborate to celebrate the work & living legacy of author René Depestre .
This afternoon at will feature select readings & panel discussion featuring the English translator of his work, Kaiama L. Glover, author Edwidge Danticat , and special guests.
In Another Man's Yard at The 61st Venice Biennale
📍San Trovaso Art Space, Venice, Italy
Lavar Munroe (Vol. 07) represents The Bahamas at the 61st Venice Biennale this May, the country's first return in thirteen years. In Another Man's Yard, curated by Dr. Krista Thompson, stages a posthumous dialogue between Munroe and the late John Beadle , rooted in Junkanoo and Bahamian visual culture.
Joiri Minaya - Unseeing the Tropics at the Museum
Joiri Minaya 🇩🇴 (Vol. 04) presents Unseeing the Tropics at the Museum at the Syracuse University Art Museum. Pairing her work with objects from the museum's collection, the exhibition invites a critical reconsideration of how nature, landscape, culture, and race have been deployed as tropes in visual culture.
Know Your Caribbean x CCCADI's 50th Anniversary Exhibition
📍 120 East 125th Street, New York, NY
CCCADI celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, partnering with Know Your Caribbean as Curator-at-Large for a milestone exhibition. Beginning May 22, the Community Archiving Lab opens at the CCCADI Firehouse, inviting visitors to witness the active recovery of the organization's history in real time.
ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES
May - June
The Hopper Prize (International) | Deadline May 12 Apply >>
Studio Museum in Harlem 2026-27 Artist-In-Residence Program (USA, NYC) | Deadline: May 18 Apply >>
Center for Craft 2026 Craft Archive Fellowship (USA) | Deadline: May 20 Apply >>
The Lumen Prize 2026 (Online) | Deadline May 23 Apply >>
Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation 2026 Grant for Writing on Sculpture (USA) | Deadline: May 31 Apply >>
PAMM Caribbean Cultural Institute (CCI) Fellowships (USA, Miami) | Deadline: June 1 Apply >>
Light Work Artist-in-Residence Program (International) | Deadline: July 1 Apply >>
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant | Deadline: Rolling Basis Apply >>
small axe journal call for submissions (Caribbean, Online) | Deadline: Rolling Basis Apply >>
Moko Magazine (Caribbean, Online) | Deadline: Rolling Basis Apply >>