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The Art of Black Miami Podcast Series organized by the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau highlights and introduces the stories of emerging and experienced artists who make Miami an exciting place to live and visit. Meet Miami-based artists as they share their unique experiences and artistic expression influenced by Miami’s cultural landscape, rich heritage, and mosaic neighborhoods.
Episodes
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Kandy G. Lopez
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Friday Apr 12, 2024
Lamenting Luis
by Kandy G. Lopez
Kandy G Lopez was born in New Jersey and moved with her family to Florida. She received her BFA and BS from the University of South Florida, concentrating in Painting and in Marketing and Management. She received her MFA with a concentration in Painting from Florida Atlantic University in 2014. She has taught at Florida Atlantic University, Daytona State College, and is now teaching as an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Media and Arts at the Halmos College of Art & Sciences at NOVA Southeastern University.
As an Afro-Caribbean visual artist, Lopez is eager to be challenged materialistically and metaphorically when representing marginalized individuals that inspire and move her. Her works are created out of the necessity to learn something new about her people and culture. Lopez is interested in developing a nostalgic dialogue between the artwork and the viewer. If she’s not learning from her materials and how it affects the message, it's not worth creating.
Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Recording Producer: P.S. Social | Sound Design/Editing: Raymel Casamayor
Links: kandyglopez, american-craft spring 2024, voyagemia, hyperallergic
@kandyglopez
More of Kandy's work:
Sukii & Spinelli
Marley & Luis Green
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Marjaries Marmolejos
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Untitled, airbrush on sheetmetal
By: Marjaries Marmolejos
Born in Dominican Republic, Marjaries Marmolejos has lived in the United States since he was eight years old. The hip hop influence in his work comes from growing up in the South Bronx as a child and loving hip hop culture. He considers his art a direct line to the minds of the working class, what he calls “the voice of the people.” Though Marmolejos received some traditional training at a young age, he has mostly taught himself by studying independently and observing the world around him.
Marmolejos thinks of his art as a form of cultural currency. He readily shifts gears, giving equal value and attention to custom painting a pair of Nikes, airbrushing a T-shirt, and creating a commercial mural. A professional artist for more than 10 years, he has worked in Wynwood, Allapattah, and Liberty City. His art is raw and highly calculated, figurative and abstract—his media ranging from oils on canvas to airbrush on car hoods, murals that wrap around buildings, and room-sized immersive installations. Marmolejos is devout and dedicated in his practice, motivated by his vision to express the love, fears, and challenges that everyday people experience in the world today.
Links: Marjaries Marmolejos, Liberty Square Artists in Residence Program, African Heritage Cultural Arts Center
@miacustom
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Shawna Moulton
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Me-mom-mini-2020
By: Shawna Moulton
Shawna Moulton is a multi-disciplinary artist and art educator based in South Florida. She was born in Freeport, Bahamas, raised in Kingston, Jamaica, and then migrated to the United States. Ever since she discovered the magic of art, she has been manifesting her creativity in drawings, paintings, sculptures, and papermaking.
In 2015, she graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Her art journey has taken her to the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan, where she learned traditional Japanese paper making. Through teaching and artmaking, she engages diverse communities in conversations around art and culture.
Her art reflects her search for identity through her heritage as an immigrant in America with deep connections to the Caribbean and the African Diaspora. Moulton’s current work includes life-size paper-casting figures, illustrations on handmade paper, and watercolor paintings reflecting her journey into motherhood.
Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Producer: Fresh Art International | Sound Design/Editing: Anamnesis Audio
Related Links: Shawna Moulton, Summer Open 2022, Bakehouse Art Complex, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
@shawnamoultonart
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Anthony Renelle Reed II
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Friday Jul 14, 2023
Our Family Tree
By: Anthony Renelle Reed II
Anthony Renelle Reed II, better known in the art community as 'Mojo,' is a professional contemporary artist based in Miami. His upbringing in St. Louis, Missouri, grounds his perspective on making art—inspiring him to bring uplifting awareness to his community through his paintings and murals. Reed graduated from Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD) in 2015, earning a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art with an emphasis on Sequential Art. Since he moved to Miami in 2018, a series of residencies, commissions, and partnerships have supported his vibrant depictions of Black American culture. The artist established the nonprofit Healing with Hues, Inc., in 2021. The organization aims to create impactful visual narratives, mentor aspiring visual artists, and bring public fine art to underserved communities.
Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Producer: Fresh Art International | Sound Design/Editing: Anamnesis Audio
Related Links: Mojo, Gone Til September, Local Black artist hired for Wynwood murals
@gotthemojo
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Thom Wheeler Castillo
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Arraiján
By Thom Wheeler Castillo
Thom Wheeler Castillo lives and works in Miami. He graduated from Pacific Northwest College of Art with a degree in Intermedia. Interested in landscape, environmentalism, and ecosystems, he works from an interdisciplinary approach, entwining art history, earth science, Queer politics, and anthropology.
In Miami, he participated in the inaugural Commuter Biennial, supplanting advertisements on public buses with a series of handmade, editioned prints. Wheeler Castillo produces works through experimentation and partnership that nurture his studio practice. He and Emile Milgrim founded Archival Feedback to engage in various critical dialogues of the moment, approaching the environment as a field studio and producing sound works in a wide range of mediums. Since 2021, he's embarked on cultural missions throughout the Caribbean region, working with curator Rosie Gordon-Wallace and the Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI) to participate in international cultural exchanges. He is currently an Artist-In-Residence Studio Fellow with DVCAI and a 2023 recipient of DVCAI’s Catalyst award. He works throughout the region as an educator with institutions including Perez Art Museum Miami, O, Miami Poetry Festival, HistoryMiami, A.I.R.I.E. (Artist in Residence in the Everglades), Rubell Museum, and Miami Design District.
Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Producer: Fresh Art International | Sound Design/Editing: Anamnesis Audio
Special Audio
Sanibel Shoreline Shells, from Archival Feedback by Various Artists
Biscayne Bay Storm Drain, from Archival Feedback by Various Artists
11th St. Station Whistle, from Archival Feedback, Single by Emile Milgrim & T. Wheeler Castillo A Call to Bird, August 2018, from Archival Feedback
Links: Thom Wheeler Castillo, Archival Feedback, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Commuter Biennial, Wynwood Walking Tour with T. Wheeler Castillo
@twheelzzzzzzzzzz
@archivalfeedback
Thursday May 11, 2023
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Carl Juste
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
"Carl Juste's Haiti's Hope Leogane Haiti"
Photo By: @Carl-Philippe Juste / Iris Photocollective
Under the threat of persecution, Haitian-born Carl–Philippe Juste and his politically active family were forced to flee their homeland in 1965, eventually settling in Miami’s Haitian community. Since 1991, Juste has worked as a photojournalist for the Miami Herald. He has covered national and international stories for the Herald, including assignments in Haiti, Cuba, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
As part of his ongoing independent work, in 1998, Juste co-founded Iris Photo Collective (IPC). In 2016, he won a prestigious Knight Foundation Arts Challenge grant to complete Havana, Haiti: Two Cultures, One Community, a book and exhibit of photographs and essays about Cubans’ and Haitians’ lives and shared humanity. Juste opened IPC Art Space in 2019 to further engage the public with the arts. He won Oolite Arts' Creator Awards in 2019 and 2021.
Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Producer: Fresh Art International | Sound Design/Editing: Anamnesis Audio
Links: Carl Juste: Iris PhotoCollective, Miami Herald, Oolite Arts, Havana Haiti: Two Cultures, One Community
@ipcartspace
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Nate Dee
Friday Apr 14, 2023
Friday Apr 14, 2023
"Channeling Change"
By: Nate Dee
Born and raised in South Florida, Nathan Delinois (Nate Dee) recognizes numerous influences on his art, including his Haitian background and the use of color in Haitian art, as well as street art. The design quality of the Art Nouveau movement and the drama of Greek art from the Hellenistic period can be seen in his work. Additionally, he is inspired by the pop surrealists.
Dee earned Bachelor of Science (2003) and Master in Fine Arts (2008) degrees at Florida International University, Miami. His art has been featured in magazines such as Delve, Making Waves, WeMerge, DUO, and Miami New Times, where he was listed as one of 10 Miami Artists to Follow on Instagram. Miami New Times gave him an Honorable Mention in their 2013 Miami Masterminds awards. The artist shows his work in exhibitions across the United States and internationally. Mural commissions have taken him around the globe.
Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Producer: Fresh Art International | Sound Design/Editing: Anamnesis Audio
Related Links: Nate Dee, FestiGraffiti, Florida International University News
@miaminate
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Chire ”Vantablack” Regans
Friday Sep 16, 2022
Friday Sep 16, 2022
"Say Their Names"
by Chire "Vantablack" Regans
Chire “VantaBlack” Regans’ makes art at the intersection of social justice and storytelling. Her work responds to urgent societal concerns and functions as a critical platform to amplify the voices of the communities with whom she engages. Over the past decade, she has focused on community advocacy and depicting social narratives without distortion, in a variety of mediums. The birth of the Black Lives Matter movement triggered a sense of urgency in her practice, motivating her to broaden her work’s social accessibility and creative scale. In South Florida, Regans continues to marry her artistic practice with community-led activism, emphasizing the art of storytelling as a means of engaging with communities with radical empathy and transparency.
Regans was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and relocated to Miami in the late 1980s. She studied at New World School of the Arts in the mid-90s, and graduated from Florida A&M University in 2005. The artist serves on the Miami Dade County Community Relations Board's Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Committee and was the Fall 2020 Artist-in-Residence with the Community Justice Project Miami. Chire has received critical recognition for her work in advancing social justice and racial equity. In 2020, she received The Ellies Social Justice Award from Oolite Arts and was recognized as the Best Visual Artist by the Miami New Times. In 2021, she was awarded a prize for her leadership and activism from The Miami Foundation’s Racial Equity Fund.
Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Producer: Fresh Art International | Sound Design/Editing: Anamnesis Audio
Special Audio Feature: Chire Regans, “Say Their Names,” 2021, courtesy of the artist
Related Links: Chire Regans, Oolite Arts Social Justice Award 2020, Say Their Names—A Public Art Memorial Project
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Loni Johnson
Friday Aug 12, 2022
Friday Aug 12, 2022
"Remnants"
by Loni Johnson
Loni Johnson is a multi-disciplinary visual artist born and raised in Miami. An artist, educator, mother, and activist, she honors the support she received as a young artist by giving back— nurturing her communities and bettering the world with her creativity.
Johnson’s practice focuses on transforming spaces and situations that have been historically inaccessible to black people and their communities. In 2021, at Locust Projects, Miami, Johnson presented Remnants, a healing space for black women designed to reconnect and reactivate ancestral memory. In the same year, Johnson co-founded Miami Melanated Arts, a collective of black artists centered on forging effective and impactful arts eco-systems in South Florida. Miami’s Oolite Arts recognized the importance of Johnson’s activism with The Ellies 2021 Social Justice Award. The artist will introduce Miami and her practice to Norway in a 2022 Heat Exchange residency organized through Bas Fisher Invitational.
Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Producer: Fresh Art International | Sound Design/Editing: Anamnesis Audio
Special Audio Feature: Juan L Martos, for Loni Johnson, “Crossroads” performance, 2021, courtesy of Loni Johnson
Related Links: @lonijae305, Locust Projects, Oolite Arts Social Justice Award, Bas Fisher Invitational Heat Exchange
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Art of Black Miami Podcast with Jenny Perez
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Friday Jul 15, 2022
Coming Home acrylic and charcoal on canvas
by Jenny Perez
Jenny Perez is a culturally influenced visual artist based in Miami, Florida. With nearly a decade of experience in the art world, Perez creates projects in a range of sizes for a wide audience—from massive interior and exterior murals, to gallery-owned series and prints on mixed media, and at-home private collections around the world. Her artwork “Trinity” placed second in the 2021 Art of Black Miami Cover Competition. Her dynamic multi-media works have drawn widespread attention, leading to commissions for product development and in-store visual design campaigns with international brands such as Armani Exchange, lululemon athletica, Barry’s Bootcamp, and Prada, and features in international publications including DISfunction Magazine, Latina Magazine, and onCuba.
Perez began her career as an apprentice under internationally-recognized Miami-based masters Romero Britto and Erni Vales. The apprenticeships encouraged her to immerse herself in her own disciplined studio practice, and positioned her to become one of the pioneering artists in the rise of Miami’s Wynwood Art District street art movement. Perez will install her first monumental sculpture in Miami in 2022. She is a proud new partner of Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator as an artist in residence. DVCAI selected Perez for a 2022 residency in Suriname.
Host: Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Producer: Fresh Art International | Sound Design/Editing: Anamnesis Audio
Related Links:Jenny Perez, DVCAI Artist in Residence, Espinasse31, She Lives Here