Point Comfort Art Fair + Show 2023 is a surround-sound experience of ART, CONVERSATIONS, and Community. Our mantra for this year is Be For the Culture/Before the Culture: Celebrating Hip Hop's Golden Jubilee. It is a celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip hop. We curated our fair with works based on the inspiration of this transformative cultural institution with an enduring legacy that continues to alter America and the planet. We encouraged our invited artists to embrace the theme literally and create images of dignity. Featuring the art of Rahsaan “Fly Guy” Alexander, Judy Bowman, BUCK!, Chris Clark, Brandon Clarke, George Clinton, Tiffani Glenn, Musa Hixson, Damien Mathis, Phil Shung, Benford Stellmacher, and Tommy the Animator.

Point Comfort's Indaba Lounge Series brings people together in conversation through art. The word “Indaba” is Swahili for “come together” or “meeting of great minds”. Our Indaba Lounge Series includes our Opening Reception, Art Talks, musical vibes curated by musicologists Fly Guy & Six Millz, “Bespoke Motor Gallery: Art Rigs and Rugged Elegance” our curated immersive car exhibit in front of the Historic Ward Rooming House.

Point Comfort Art Fair + Show is in Historic Overtown at the Historic Ward Rooming House during Miami Art Week/Art Basel/Soul Basel 2023. Point Comfort is an art exhibition AND the Indaba Lounge Series. Sponsored by the City of Miami Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Revitalization Agency & Art of Black (Greater Miami Convention & Tourism Bureau), 100 Black Men of Florida, FIU-Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab, Lowe Museum at the University of Miami, E11even Vodka and Duke + Dame Whiskey.

The name “Point Comfort” is derived from the place in colonial Virginia where the first captives from the West African Kingdom of Ndongo (Angola) arrived in 1619. The people of Ndongo and other African tribes lost their native tongues and many of their traditions here in America. Through tremendous adversity, remnants of these lost traditions continue to express themselves in the song, dance, art and crafts of today's African-American community. "Point Comfort Art Fair + Show" celebrates those remnants. “We're not just selling art” – The show is a curated, multi-dimensional experience designed to tell the powerful narrative of the African-American experience through art and conversation. POINT COMFORT is a teachable moment, designed to pique curiosity, share legacies and facilitate the purchase of Black artwork. Point Comfort provides a platform for African-American masters of American fine art at the largest art exposition in North America (Miami Art Week). Providing invaluable exposure to an international audience of art professionals, collectors, lovers, and patrons of the arts.

SCHEDULE

Pre-Basel Events

Fri | Dec 01 | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

For the People: 700 The Arts | First Friday Mixer

Celebrating the African-American Art Collection of Miami-Dade Library

Hosted by Wilkie D. Ferguson Bar Association

Sounds Curated by Six Millz - The Remix

Sponsored by Southeast Overtown / Park West CRA

Sun | Dec 03 | 12 pm - 2 pm

“Morning of the Rooster: Artful Conversations about Human Trafficking”

Hosted by The Links Incorporated (Dade County Chapter) & Quest2freedom

Sponsored by Hampton Art Lovers

GENERAL SCHEDULE

Fri | Dec 01 | 04:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Thu | Dec 07 | 07:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Fri | Dec 08 | 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Sat | Dec 09 | 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Sun | Dec 10 | 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

SPECIAL EVENTS SCHEDULED

Thu | Dec 07 | 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Indaba Lounge Series | Point Comfort Opening Reception (Black Party)

Sounds Curated by Six Millz

Hosted by 100 Black Men of South Florida

Fri | Dec 08 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

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

Fri | Dec 08 | 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Indaba Lounge Series | Artist Talk

BPM: Beats, Pics & Masters with Rahsaan “Fly Guy” Alexander

with Dr. James Peterson, President of Hip Hop Scholars, Inc.

Presented by Hampton Art Lovers

Fri | Dec 08 | 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Indaba Lounge Series | Mixer: Sound Sculptures

Sound Curated by Fly Guy & Friends

Hosted by the Zeta Nu Nu Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity

Sat | Dec 09 |3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Featuring the Artists of Point Comfort

with Dr. Li Sumpter - Moore College of Art & Design

Presented by Hampton Art Lovers

Sat | Dec 09 | 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Indaba Lounge Series | Artist Talk: Art and Public Spaces

Oscar Fuentes, Miami-Dade Public Library

Christopher Norwood, Hampton Art Lovers

Moderated by Rebecca Friedman of FIU - Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab

Sat | Dec 09 |6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Indaba Lounge Series | Art + Social Justice

Rediscovering Black Portraiture

Presented by South Florida People of Color

Sat | Dec 09 | 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

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

Sun | Dec 10 | 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Indaba Lounge Series | Hampton Art Lovers Presents:

“Bespoke Motor Gallery: Art, Rigs and Rugged Elegance “

Hosted by Miami Jeep Pull-Up

Sun | Dec 10 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Indaba Lounge Series | Art + Fashion

Fashion Art by Tatiana Gabriel Collection

Hosted by Tatiana