May 2024
Thank you ArtSpeak Gallery, Nya Lewis, Booooooom, and Capture Photofest!
fracture/ repair opened with a warm reception at Artspeak Gallery in Vancouver on April 5.
A reflective response to the global calls to action concerning reparations, climate justice, occupation, and collective memory, fracture/ repair unfolds as a transcultural examination of diasporic relationships to land and place across the Caribbean. The exhibition frames ancestral and contemporary Caribbean landscapes as a backdrop for discourse relevant to the politics of location, dislocation, displacement, and dispossession. Where histories of exploitation, colonization, imperialism, and ongoing resource extraction pillar cultural and spiritual recollection, a unique perspective of geography and nationhood emerges, capturing themes of labor, sovereignty, belonging, love, and reconnection. The exhibition weaves a diverse collection of ecological queries informed by the transient and transformational ruptures and perpetual reassembling of the colonial project that is the Caribbean.
We want to say a heartfelt thank you to FORGOTTEN LANDS artists Nadia Huggins, Ricardo Miguel Hernandez, Andrew Jackson, Renluka Maharaj, and Junior Sealy for honoring us with the inclusion of their works in this exhibit as well as co-curator, Nya Lewis for her vision and desire to collaborate on such important discourse about the Caribbean. Lastly, a big thank you to Artspeak for welcoming us into their gallery, unwavering support for emerging and established artists, and their contributions to contemporary visual and language arts production and discourse.
Follow the artists: @nadiahuggins @r.miguelon84 @andrewjacksonphotography @renlukamaharaj @juniorsealy
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Other Islands Book Fair
It’s been a busy few weeks for our team but we were able to attend the Other Islands Book Fair produced by Pratt’s Graduate Communications Design Department. Other Islands gathers some amazing independently published books, journals, zines, and poster works, we were in great company. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table and connected with us!
Coming Soon! Part 4 of our Indigenous Origins series
In honor of Atabey (Earth) Day we’re sharing a preview of Part 4: I AM GARIFUNA from our Indigenous Origins Series. Shot on location in Saint Vincent , directed by Dante Ollivierre @danteollivierre, and featuring Ulrica Gaymes @ulrica.gaymes, in collaboration with Interconnect Life @interconnect.life, you can watch Part 1-3 and subscribe to see future drops on our YouTube page.
From Our Community
Cinema: Third Horizon Film Festival
Every year since 2016, Third Horizon Film Festival (THFF) gathers filmmakers, film lovers, and community members to experience the art of Caribbean and diaspora cinema through a rigorously curated program of films, visual art, performances, panels, events, and more in Miami, Florida. You can check the schedule for this year and plan your visit (in-person or virtual) from May 9 - 12.
Exhibition: I come from a place…
Our Partnerships & Programs Director, Amanda Bradley is in a group exhibition, I come from a place… at Tiger Meets Asteroid (TSA) in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY. The show features three Caribbean diaspora artists in photography, new media, and video art. Inspired by an excerpt from Haitian novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat's Breath, Eyes, Memory: “I come from a place, where breath, eyes, memory, are one, a place from which you carry your past like the hair on your head,” the show digs into personal identity through light, landscape, water, and memory.
Curated by Andrea Sofia Matos you can see Amanda’s work alongside María del Mar Hernández Gil de Lamadrid , and Jasmine Veronica until May 19.
Artist Opportunities: May - June 2024
Headlands Tournesol Award (California, United States) | Deadline May 3 Apply >>
William & Meredith Saunderson Prizes for Emerging Artists, Hnatyshyn Foundation (Canada) | Deadline May 6 Apply >>
More Art Engaging Artists Fellowship (New York, United States) | Deadline May 10 Apply >>
Bandung Residency 2024-25, MoCADA x A4 (New York, United States) | Deadline May 14 Apply >>
Sawtooth Ceramics Artist in Residence Program (North Carolina, United States) | Deadline May 15 Apply >>
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant (United States) | Deadline May 15 Apply >>
From Roots to Arts: Celebrating NYCHA’s Cultural Heritage | Deadline May 19 Apply >>
Art in Odd Places 2024: Care – Open Call for Artists’ Projects (New York, United States) | Deadline May 26 Apply >>
Oak Spring Garden Foundation 2025 Interdisciplinary Residency (Virginia, United States) | Deadline May 31 Apply >>
Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA): Research Fellowship Application | Deadline June 1 Apply >>
Perez Art Museum Caribbean Cultural Institute (CCI) Fellowship (Miami, United States & Hybrid) | Deadline June 15 Apply >>
Grist – Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors (Global) | Deadline June 24 Apply >>
Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists (United States) | Deadline June 30 Apply >>
*We share artist opportunities from around the world! While the country is listed, not all opportunities are just for artists living and working in those places. Check out each link to see if you qualify! Share with the artists in your communities.
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