Meet interdisciplinary cultural practitioner, Onajide Shabaka, as he discusses his artist book, "Antillean Lacunae: Points of Departure," with the Special Collections team and guest Barbara N. Young. Space is limited. Registration is required. Zoom link will be emailed to registrants within 24 hours of the event start time. All ages.
Artist's Background
Onajide Shabaka, is an interdisciplinary cultural practitioner, and currently lives and works in Miami, Florida. Shabaka was awarded an MFA from Vermont College of the Fine Arts and he is represented by Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, Florida. Shabaka’s practice is connected through historical and biographical themes related to ethnobotany and geography that include African diaspora and Native American cultures.
Onajide Shabaka has been artist in residence at Suriname Botanical Research Residency, DVCAI, Paramaribo, Suriname; AIRIE Everglades Artist Residency, Everglades National Park, FL; Project Row Houses, Visiting Artist, Houston, TX; DVCAI Artist Residency, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico; selected participant in international cultural exchanges in, Suriname, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, and awarded grants & fellowships including, Creative Investment Grant, Broward County, FL; New Forms Florida, Individual Artist Grant; Individual Artist Fellowship, Florida Department of Cultural Affairs; Florida Humanities Council; Locust Projects Wavemaker Grant; ArtCenter South Florida Ellies Grant; IS Projects Bookmaking Residency; and Oolite Arts Home+Away Residency at Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
About the Vasari Project
The Vasari Project is a library collection dedicated to documenting, collecting, and preserving Miami-Dade County's art history from 1945 to the present. It is a living archive that grows through contributions from artists, art professionals, exhibition spaces, galleries, institutions, and private donors.
The Vasari Project is a resource for ongoing research, scholarship, publications, artists' projects, exhibitions, and events. The archive collects documentation rather than original works of art comprised primarily of printed matter: correspondence, press clippings, photographs, posters, books, exhibition catalogs, artists' files, oral histories, and other ephemeral materials.
AGE GROUP: | All Ages |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Collections | Performances & Presentations | Online |
TAGS: | Virtual Program | Online | Hobbies & Special Interest | Art |
Mon, Mar 25 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Tue, Mar 26 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Wed, Mar 27 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Thu, Mar 28 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Fri, Mar 29 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Sat, Mar 30 | 9:30AM to 6:00PM |
Sun, Mar 31 | Closed |