Miami MoCAAD ​Past Events

Miami MoCAAD, in collaboration with Hampton Art Lovers, hosted a creative conversation and Soul Basel celebration at the Historic Ward Rooming House on Sunday, November 27, 2022. Miami MoCAAD commissioned Overtown native and muralist/artist Reginald O'Neal to create a mural on the side of the union hall building owned by the predominantly Black International Longshoremen's Association Local 1416 in Historic Overtown. Panelists included artists Reginald O'Neal; Donnamarie Baptiste, curator; Torin Ragin, President, International Longshoremen's Association, Local 1416; Corbin Graves, Miami MoCAAD and moderated by Charlton Copeland, University of Miami Law School Associate Dean of Intellectual Life, grandson of a New Orleans longshoreman, with closing remarks by  Marilyn Holifield , Partner, Holland & Knight.

Our #CreativeConversation looked at the past of contemporary Black art & its landscapes, as well as, a vision forward for the future. A celebration of Black art history in Miami co-moderated by writer and audio producer, Nadege Green; and curator-in-residence, Marie Vickles; the conversation featured artists and creatives, including author and choreographer, Michelle Grant Murray; founder, Contemporary African Art (CADA), curator and art advisor, Ludlow Bailey; Visual artist, Curator, Edouard Duval Carrie; and documentary visual artist, Aaron Jackson.

Miami MoCAAD’s spirited, Creative Conversation, which kicks off Miami Art Week and Art Basel, will explore drivers of Afro-Latinx arts and culture that have often been in the shadows or the margins. This community dialogue celebrates Afro-Latino diasporic culture and contributions to the arts landscape. Dr. Erica Moiah James will moderate a conversation between artists Patricia Encarnación and Kandy G. Lopez with closing remarks from author and advocate Orlando Addison and cofounder of Miami MoCAAD, Marilyn Holifield.

Afro-Latinx Art Creatives are just as much a part of the African diaspora. Still, misconceptions of race and ethnicity often excluded them from dialogues and opportunities in the arts and culture landscape. However, perceptions are changing, Afro-Latinxs are creating their space in the art world, and Miami MoCAAD is committed to bringing the topic to the forefront with their #CreativeConversation -También estuvimos/We were there too: Barriers that blocked our contributions. This community dialogue will feature Orlando Addison, advocate, author, and convener, First Afro-Latino Summit in Miami, and moderated by Miriam Dorsett, artist, entrepreneur, and community activist.

Miami MoCAAD and Orlando Addison, Afro-Latinx author, and advocate, continue their celebration of Hispanic Heritage and Arts + Humanities month with the second installment of their virtual #creativeconversation, Y Continuamos/And continuing: From the slave trade to building the Americas on October 21.  This #conversation will range from conquest and commercialization of Africans to the role of Africans in liberating South American colonies. This community dialogue shines a light on information excluded from history books, historical barriers that suppressed the Afro-Latinx community and cultural contributions that connect across borders."These conversations are so important to help strengthen the Afro Latinx community. "The contributions made are tremendous, and if we don't have these types of conversations, then this information may never be told," states Yvette Rodriguez, Founder, Afro-Latino Professionals of Miami.

Afro-Latinx Take Center Stage for Miami MoCAAD’s Hispanic Heritage  #Creative Conversation Series   The Series will Kick-Off with a Lively Conversation Revealing Hidden Histories, Complexities and Cultural Contributions  Miami MoCAAD will celebrate Hispanic Heritage and Arts + Humanities month through a series of virtual conversations focusing on Afro-Latinx histories and contributions within the African Diaspora. Miami MoCAAD and Orlando Addison,  Afro-Latinx author, and advocate will collaborate on a conversation series aimed at community dialogue revealing complexities, the related historical context, contributions, and art of the Afro-Latinx community. These spirited conversations will share information excluded from history books, explain historical barriers that kept the Afro-Latinx community invisible, share contributions of Afro-Latinx creatives and underscore connections and common denominators  The series kicks off with Orlando Addison in conversation with Yvette Rodriguez, Founder, Afro-Latino Professionals of Miami, discussing complexities, labels and the historical context. Produced by Miami-Dade North Arts & Humanities Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora
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On Thursday August 13, 2020, we hosted a virtual Creative Conversation with Venture Cafe Miami and Miami-based Haitian artist, Morel Doucet. It was an amazing discussion about growing up as an artist, interdisciplinary mediums, and advocating for Black communities through artistic practice. Enjoy this clip of the event and watch the full recording here.

We were so happy to host Peter London on our #Creative Conversation series! Read this short article written in the Miami Times to learn more about an amazing man!

A leading member of the new Afro-Cuban cultural movement, visual artist Juan Roberto Diago (b. 1971) has produced a body of work that offers a revisionist history of the Cuban nation. Featuring forty works produced by Diago over the course of his vibrant career, this exhibition was guest curated by Dr. Alejandro de la Fuente (Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, Professor of African and African American Studies, Director of the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, and Chair of the Cuba Studies Program at Harvard University) and is presented in collaboration with the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora (Miami MoCAAD).

Curated by Donnamarie Baptiste, a Cultural Consultant and Curator, this exhibition brought together multidisciplinary contemporary artists of American, Haitian, Cuban, Dominican and Jamaican descent exploring issues around identity and sense of place.