Volume 07 has arrived!

What a night! Thank you to everyone who celebrated FORGOTTEN LANDS Volume 07: Poetics of Architecture with us at MoCADA. Your presence and engagement made the evening unforgettable.

Special thanks to guest editor Shameekia Shantel Johnson for shaping this landmark volume and guiding such a thoughtful conversation, and to featured artists Abigail Lucien, Julian Alexander, and Kearra Amaya Gopee for expanding how we think about architecture of the body, memory, philosophy, and design, across the Caribbean and diaspora.

We’re grateful for the MoCADA team for co-hosting and their ongoing support of artists and cultural practitioners of the African diaspora. Cheers to Ten to One Rum for keeping spirits high throughout the evening.

Looking ahead, we're excited to build more programs around Poetics of Architecture throughout the coming year — soon come!

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CARIBBEAN SOLIDARITY IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE MELISSA

We are holding in our hearts all those affected by Hurricane Melissa across Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. The storm has left a trail of destruction, exposing deep vulnerabilities while once again revealing the strength and resilience of Caribbean communities.

We have compiled resources and organizations responding on the ground and within the diaspora. We invite our community to stand together—whether through donations, sharing reliable information, or sustaining attention on recovery efforts. Your care helps strengthen the collective resilience of the Caribbean and its people.

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FROM OUR COMMUNITY

Balanse Gede at Lakay Sakre

🗓️ October 6 - November 7

📍793 Rogers Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226

Art x Ayiti presents Balanse Gede, a powerful group exhibition at Lakay Sakre exploring memory, reverence, and ancestral connection through Haitian Vodou and Fèt Gede celebrations.

Curated by Yvena Despagne and co-curated by Jennica Francoise, the exhibiton features FORGOTTEN LANDS Community Director Tania L. Balan-Gaubert, Volume 04 alum Steven Baboun, Roy Clement, Pierre Michel Jean, Pyelila, and SAMDI, transforming the gallery into a living altar honoring the spirits of Gede.

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Last chance to see Sweetblood!

🗓️ November 6 - 8

📍JACK, 20 Putnam Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238

Volume 07 contributor Camille Simone Thomas, a Detroit-born Jamaican-American playwright and screenwriter, developed Sweetblood during her residency at JACK. Set in Jamaica in 1727, the play follows three free Afro-Taíno Maroon sisters as they navigate love, land, and liberation in the face of British invasion and the rise of the sugar revolution. Reimagining the voices of women who resisted oppression, Thomas asks what it truly means to survive and resist.

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Porch Passages: Creole Collage

🗓️ November 29, 2025 | 5-8pm

📍 Marshall Davis African Heritage Cultural Arts Center, 6161 NW 22nd Ave, Miami, FL 33142

Volume 07 artist and architect Cornelius Tulloch presents the Miami debut of Porch Passages: Creole Collage and unveils his new public sculpture Porch Passages: Liberty at the Marshall L. Davis African Heritage Cultural Arts Center (AHCAC).

Developed through youth workshops led by Tulloch and Arsimmer McCoy, this Knight New Works project merges digital fabrication with community storytelling to expand the architectural language of Black and Caribbean spaces, immersing visitors in the living histories of Miami's Black and Caribbean neighborhoods.

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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES

November - December

A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship for Emerging & Underrepresented Women & Non-Binary Artists (New York, United States) | Deadline: November 7 Apply >>
Brooklyn Arts Council Grant Applications (New York, United States) | Deadline: November 7 Apply >>
Velvetpark LGBTQ+ Residency Program (Brooklyn, New York) | Deadline: November 9 Apply >>
The Hopper Prize Artist Grants (International) | Deadline: November 11 Apply >>
Stowe Story Labs Short Film Production Grant (International Applicants Welcome) | Deadline: November 15 Apply >>
Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation – Sight/Geist: Film & Performance Series (New York, United States) | Deadline: November 15 Apply >>
Locusts Projects Main Gallery Open Call (Florida, United States) | Deadline: November 16 Apply >>
Miami Cold Chain (Florida, United States) | Deadline: November 18 Apply >>
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Visual Arts-Nomadism Residency (Alberta, Canada) | Deadline: November 19 Apply >>
Colección Tropicalia Open Call for Acquisition of Artworks (Samaná Bay, The Dominican Republic) | Deadline: November 20 Apply >>
Visual AIDS – Postcards from the Edge (International) | Deadline: November 22 Apply >>
The Caribbean Writer Accepting Submissions (Online and The Caribbean) | Deadline: November 30 Apply >>
Indigo Arts Alliance Mentorship Residency Program (Northeast Region, United States) | Deadline: Rolling Basis Apply >>
small axe journal call for submissions (Online) | Deadline: Rolling Basis Apply >>
Moko Magazine (Online) | Deadline: Rolling Basis Apply >>
Azule Artist Residency Mountain Retreat (North Carolina, United States) | Deadline: Rolling Basis Apply >>