Akeylah Wellington: The Architecture of the Gap
Amina Daugherty covers Columbus-based, Miami-born Akeylah Wellington’s explorations of childhood memories, belonging, and “femme-ing” of politics in her woven artworks.
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Gio Swaby: Love, Drawn Through The Eye Of A Needle
Natalie Willis Whylly situates diaspora-based textile artist Gio Swaby’s Black feminist portraiture in its original Bahamian context.
Speaking of the Sacred: Privilege Across Lucumí and Abakuá Spirituality in Cuban Art
Isabella Marie Garcia analyzes privilege and representation as they relate to depictions of Lucumí and Abakuá spirituality in Cuban art and within Miami museum exhibitions featuring the work of Belkis Ayón and Elliot & Erick Jiménez.
Reginald O’Neal’s Homage to Rainbow Village and The Work of Commissioner
Francess Archer Dunbar writes about Miami-based artist Reginald O’Neal’s homage to Rainbow Village, a now demolished housing development in Overtown, and the work of arts organization Commissioner.
Concrete Ties: Cuban Architecture, Memory, and the Afterlives of Solidarity
Looking at the work of Carlos Garaicoa, and the architectural exhibition Prefabricating Solidarity at Vanderbilt University’s Engine for Art, Democracy & Justice, Alexandra Martinez traces the lived history of postcolonial Cuban architecture.
The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Daniel Fuller reviews Minnie Evans’ lush, mythical compositions on view in The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.
See It Like a Native: House Galleries, Neighborhood Memory, and the Refusal of the White Box in Miami
Alexandra Martinez highlights See It Like a Native, a home-based exhibition in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Miami that models itself as an alternative infrastructure for artists.
‘the halls of a changing sea’: Claire Alexandre at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh
Colony Little reviews Claire Alexandre’s show ‘the halls of a changing sea’ at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh, highlighting how her works explore the ways Africans across the diaspora have transformed physical and social landscapes as a mode for survival.
Reflections From the 2025 National Performance Network Conference
In partnership with National Performance Network, a New-Orleans based network of artists and organization, Gabrielle Octavia Rucker reflects on NPN’s 2025 conference—from the theme of stormshaping to diversifying resources across working-class artists.
