Join us for First Friday at the Historic Ward Rooming House on February 2 from 6-8pm!
Kick off Black History Month with us.
Drinks, appetizers, and light refreshments will be provided.
See you there!
Register at www.wdfjba.org
Indaba Lounge Series | Art + Fashion
Fashion Art by Tatiana Gabriel Collection
Hosted by Tatiana
“Bespoke Motor Gallery: Art, Rigs and Rugged Elegance
Indaba Lounge Series | Art + Hip Hop Closing Reception
Sounds Curated by Six Millz (Rare Grooves)
Hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., Gamma Zeta Omega Chapter
Indaba Lounge Series | Artist Talk: Featuring the Artists of Point Comfort with Dr. Li Sumpter - Moore College of Art & Design
Presented by Hampton Art Lovers
Indaba Lounge Series | Mixer: Sound Sculptures
Sound Curated by Fly Guy & Friends
Indaba Lounge Series | Artist Talk
BPM: Beats, Pics & Masters with Rahsaan “Fly Guy” Alexander with Dr. James Peterson, President of Hip Hop Scholars, Inc.
Indaba Lounge Series | Artist Talk
Hip-Hop’s Enduring Legacy to Visual Art
Featuring the Artists of Point Comfort
with Dr. William Boone, Chair of Liberal Studies - Winston-Salem State University
Presented by Hampton Art Lovers
Indaba Lounge Series | Point Comfort Opening Reception (Black Party)
Sounds Curated by Six Millz
Hosted by 100 Black Men of South Florida
Indaba Lounge Series | Art + Social Justice Rediscovering Black Portraiture
Presented by South Florida People of Color
Juneteenth in Celebration of Freedom, Hampton Art Lovers Presents "BLACK Card: Transactions of Cultural Currency” a new installation, featuring the art of Brandon Clarke | Sponsored by SE Overtown Park West CRA | EllEven Vodka | Duke & Dame Whiskey |Art of Black Miami (GMCVB).
Hampton Art Lovers Commissioned and Curated in collaboration with Brandon Clarke, "BLACK Card". With "BLACK Card..." Clarke explores Black artistic expression at the intersection of cultural authenticity and various forms of credit or currency in the contemporary moment. Clarke’s art work wrestles with a range of critical questions: “How did the “Black Card” become a signifier of racial authenticity? “Who has access to an authentic Black identity? And “What is the relationship between the figurative Black Card and its high-end counterpart in the material world of credit and currency? Clarke’s work deconstructs the concept of the “Black Card” as a euphemism for Black identity, exploring its suggestive solidarity and reflecting on its symbolic and material presence in the lived experience of African Americans.
For Clarke, it is no accident that the “Black Card” has also come to represent an ultra-exclusive high-end credit status that is regularly referenced in pop culture as the ultimate signifier of elite access and invitation-only access. Much like the symbolic, the Black (credit) card, represents access that is limited to a select, authentic few. The Black Card is cultural currency with intrinsic value tied to the perception of it as an authentic status symbol. Traditional (or material) currency is generally associated with financial systems, but the scope of cultural currency is far-reaching, encompassing not only financial units of exchange but works of art, critical ideas and the material objects of culture. By juxtaposing these complicated concepts of the Black Card, Clarke’s work underscores the contradictions and exclusive practices that shape Black identity. Brandon Clarke’ “BLACK Card . . .” generates new possibilities for the discourses on Black identity and inside-outside dynamics within the African American community. It challenges the fixed parameters of African-American culture and the wider community at large.
Point Comfort Closing Reception: ART & SOCIAL JUSTICE
Sponsored by South Florida People of Color, Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association and Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association
Indaba Lounge Series | Hampton Art Lovers Presents:
“Bespoke Motor Gallery : Art, Rigs and Rugged Elegance”
Presented by Miami Jeep Pull-Up and Brand2Brand Marketing
RSVP at hamptonartlovers.eventbrite.com
Sat | Dec 03 | 5:00pm – 6::30pm
Indaba Lounge Series | Art + Social Justice
“Images of Social Justice @ Point Comfort Art Fair”
Hosted by South Florida People of Color
Sat | Dec 03 | 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Indaba Lounge Series | Art + Social Justice
Art Talk with Jill Deupi, Director and Chief Curator of the Lowe Museum (U of M)
& Christopher Norwood, Founder and Curator of Hampton Art Lovers:
“Charles White: Move On Up, Alittle Higher”
Hosted by Florida Memorial University
Indaba Lounge Series | Sound Sculpture Session | Deltas Soul Basel Meet & Greet
Curated by Rich Medina (Pew Fellow, DJ and Interdisciplinary Artist)
Hosted By Dade County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc.
Indaba Lounge Series | Art of Patronage - Canvas Conversations: Art x Tech
Presented by Hampton Art Lovers and Front Paije, Inc.
“The Art of Patronage”
A curated conversation exploring powerful dynamic of Black art... The history.
The culture.
The value.
And it’s future in the NFT space.
UNCOVER & DISCOVER work by Charles White, John Biggers, Ernie Barnes, Jacob Lawrence, Samella Lewis, Barrington Watson, Basil Watson, David Siqueiros, Benny Andrews, Hale Woodruff, Romare Bearden, Henry Tanner, Musa Hixson, Duhirwe Rushemeza, Brandon Clarke, Phillip Shung, Chris Clark, Tommy the Animator, and Tiffani Glenn.
We are NOT just selling ART!
Opening Reception for "Starry Crown: Art of #BlackGirlMagic" Sponsored by Heaven's Door Whiskey, FIU-Public Humanities Lab & SEOPW CRA
Hampton Art Lovers invites you to the opening reception of "Starry Crown: Art of #BlackGirlMagic" | Sponsored by Heaven's Door Whiskey, FIU Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab. and Art of Black Miami (GMCVB) | Music Curated by Rich Medina (Dante's HiFi) | Hosted by Eulois Cleckley (Director of Miami Dade Department of Transportation and Public Works) and Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO)
Join us for Hampton Art Lovers & FIU Wolfsonian Public Humanites Lab Presents: "View From The Upper Room | Bob Dylan & Greg Tate" a multidisciplinary community discussion and reception highlighting the impact of Bob Dylan's legacy on Civil Rights and Protest and Greg Tates legacy as a cultural critic. Sponsored by S.E. Overtown / Parkwest CRA and Heaven's Door, Bob Dylan's award-winning whiskey.
Dylan is a writer, painter, poet, musician and sculptor. We celebrate both his legacy in civil rights and his extraordinary visual art, as seen in "Retrospectrum: Bob Dylan" currently on view at the Frost Museum - FIU. This event is in memoriam to Greg Tate, the long time cultural critic for the Village Voice and contributor to the "Retrospectrum" Exhibition Catalog.
The Gathering : Dinner Conversation on the State of Black Art
Presented by Hampton Art Lovers and Pigment Magazine “The Importance of Public Art” featuring Sculptors Basil Watson and Gerald Griffin | moderated by Christopher Norwood, Editorial Board– International Review of African-American Art
Sponsored by Wells Fargo
Indaba Art Conversations —“The Women & Art Legacy of Howard University:
Alma Thomas, Lois Mailou Jones, Mildred Thompson to Bisa Butler with Love!”
Indaba Art Conversations | Writing on the Walls: Arts & Letters for Criminal Justice Reform
Featuring artist Hank Willis Thomas and Dr. Baz Dreisinger Moderated by Christopher Norwood, Hampton Art Lovers and Editorial Board of International Review of African American Art
Hosted by Exchange for Change
Indaba Art Conversations | “Libraries as Arts and Culture Incubators for Underrepresented Artists” with Makiba Foster (Manager of the African-American Research Library and Research Center) & Tammi Lawson (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) and Anthony “Mojo” Reed (Artist) | Hosted by Former State Senator Dwight Bullard and Florida Rising
Point Comfort Opening Reception for Point Comfort Art Fair & Show
Hosted by Bill Diggs, Clark Atlanta University Alumni & Pi Delta Omega (PDO) Chapter Of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
Sponsored by City of Miami SE Overtown Park West CRA, Duke & Dame Whiskey and REEF Tech
A VIP (Invite Only) Press Preview
Closing Event for "One Way Ticket: Movement, Migrations and Liberty" featuring Langston Hughes and Jacob Lawrence
When you think of dynamic women, none competes with Carol Ann Taylor. She is a phenomenal human being (from a family of activists), a businesswomen (founder of Miami To Go in Little Havana and four different outposts inside the Miami International Airport) and most importantly a trained Jazz Vocalist who turned down a five year contract with Duke Ellington to pursue other interests.
Please join us to listen to the sounds of the Sunblazers Quartet (FIU Jazz) with Carol Ann sittin' in, tomorrow evening for "Hampton Art Lovers Presents Jazz Under a Simple Tree: A Night at the Savoy" a themed event where the vibe of the 1920s are welcome. SO dress the part!
Jazz Under a Simple Tree at the Ward: Music & Community Story Gathering
RSVP at : hamptonartlovers.eventbrite.com
Join us on Saturday (9/18) for a free evening of jazz and food, and share your story! Sponsored by Art of Black Miami, Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, FIU Public Humanities Lab and S.E. Overtown / Parkwest CRA.
Our series of Story Gathering Saturdays, the Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab team is partnering with Hampton Art Lovers to collect and preserve the oral histories of African-American families of the Great Migration. We will spend the evening gathering community stories at the Historic Rooming House Gallery, home to the current exhibition One Way Ticket: Movement, Migrations and Liberty, featuring the work of Langston Hughes & Jacob Lawrence.
The evening will feature live jazz with The Simon Mogul Quartet and fish fry courtesy of Captain Gooch. One Way Ticket: Movement, Migrations and Liberty explores stories of freedom and liberty through the poetry of Langston Hughes and the featured artwork of Jacob Lawrence, with other works from Charles White, Basil Watson, John Biggers, Charles Alston, David Driskell, Leroy Campbell, Anthony Reed II (Mojo) and Marvin Weeks.
“Sounds of the Islands” Music curated by Fly Guy and Friends
“Friday Gallery Night: Dedication” : every Friday in April at the Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery we present an experience of vibes, art and sounds. DJ Fly Guy will curate music inspired from a specific piece of his artwork weekly
