Miami MoCAAD Past Events
Creative Conversations
Creative Conversation Celebrating
Soul Basel Kickoff 2022 & Unveiling of ILA Local 1416 Mural
November 27, 2022
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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.
Creative Conversation Celebrating Black History Month
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.
#CreativeConversations Celebrating Afro-Latinx Heritage
Miami MoCAAD celebrated 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 collaborated on a conversation series aimed at community dialogue revealing complexities, related historical context, contributions, and art of the Afro-Latinx community.
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Creative Conversation: Arte Historia Cultura/ Art, History Culture
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Creative Conversation: También estuvimos/We were there too: Barriers that blocked our contributions
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Creative Conversation: Y Continuamos/And continuing: From the slave trade to building the Americas
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¡Aquí estamos! Here we are! Definition of terms and presence of Africans in the new world
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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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