Florida Water
Kicking off National Poetry Month, Z. Yasmin Waheed merges prose poetry and perfumery in Florida Water, a Mood Ring exploring Miami through olfactory memory.
Florida (9)
Ukombozi: Reclaiming Place and Self at the Dale Mabry Gallery, Tampa
Zeny May Recidoro reviews Njeri Kinuthia’s exhibition Ukombozi: Reclaiming Place and Self, an homage to her Kenyan homeland, and to her self, currently on view at the Dale Mabry Gallery, Tampa.
Andrea Chung: Between Too Late and Too Early at Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Ming Joi Washington reviews Andrea Chung: Between Too Late and Too Early, highlighting Chung’s practice as a “curriculum of care” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami.
In the Studio with Julia García
Charlotte Foreman visits the studio of Julia García, discussing the influence of the Floridian landscape, internet source imagery, and the generous use of water in her work.
Arsimmer McCoy and The Carol City Museum
Isabella Marie Garcia interviews Miami-based artist and poet Arsimmer McCoy about turning her home into the Carol City Museum, along with the importance of preserving the histories of her family and neighborhood.
Analogous Ecologies: The Surreal and the Mundane in The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire (2024) and All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023)
In this Twang theme feature, Jordan Barrant considers the kindred histories of Black Caribbeans and Southerners depicted in The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire (2024) and All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023).
Signs of the Times
In the initial release of Burnaway’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Francess Archer Dunbar details the invaluable legacy of Serge Toussaint’s murals in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood.
A Conversation on Subcultures and Nostalgia at the Orlando Museum of Art
Zeny May Recidoro interviews Orlando Museum of Art’s Chief Curator, Coralie Claeysen-Gleyzon, on the trifecta of exhibitions currently on view that all tie to popular subcultures with skateboarding, punk and new wave culture, and rock, blues, and soul music.
Margin as Center: An Artist in the Amazon
Lauren Baccus profiles the work of Miami-based artist Cornelius Tulloch, his residency time in Suriname, and the unrestrained visual language that speaks to the fluidity of the Caribbean.
