Miami MoCAAD ​Past Events

Creative Conversations:

Creative Conversation: Miami MoCAAD & Little Haiti Cultural Center Present: History, Vision & Future
February 10, 2022
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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.

Creative Conversation: Arte Historia Cultura/ Art, History Culture
​November 28, 2021
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Creative Conversation: También estuvimos/We were there too: Barriers that blocked our contributions
​November 4, 2021
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Creative Conversation: Y Continuamos/And continuing: From the slave trade to building the Americas
October 21, 2021
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¡Aquí estamos! Here we are! Definition of terms and presence of Africans in the new world
October 7, 2021
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Afro-Latinx Take Center Stage for Miami MoCAAD’s Hispanic Heritage #CreativeConversation 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 This Creative Conversation is copyright of Miami-Dade North Arts & Humanities Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora. 
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 Morel Doucet
August 13, 2020

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. 
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Peter London
​November 21, 2020
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! 
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Creative Conversation: T. Elliot Mansa + Donnamarie Baptiste
​December 15, 2020

​Miami MoCAAD / Lowe Art Museum Art Basel Week Kickoff for Diago: The Pasts of This Afro Cuban Present 
October 24, 2019 – January 19, 2020

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).
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Reconstructing Identity: An Exploration of Identity and Diaspora Through Artistic Practice, a pop-up exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography and drawings on view at the Historic Ward Rooming House. June 6 - 21, 2019.

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.
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