Atlantic World Art Fair: Programming
Tuesday, June 1st, 11am EST
OPENING RECEPTION, Hosted by Black Pony Gallery
The opening reception for the inaugural Atlantic World Art Fair kicks off with Isolde Brielmaier, Curator-at-Large, The International Center of Photography (ICP) and Franklin Sirmans, Director at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) who will unpack their Curators’ Choice during the reception.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 11 am EST
IG LIVE: John Lie A Fo and Marieke Visser, Hosted byReadytex Art Gallery @readytexartgallery
Readytex Art Gallery presents John Lie A Fo (French Guiana/Suriname) in conversation with Marieke Visser (Suriname).
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Friday, June 4th, 11 am EST
PANEL #1: ‘Artists in Dialogue: Moving in, through, and across Landscapes, Waters, and Memories’, Hosted by Sour Grass and Suzie Wong Presents
During this conversation, four guest artists will address the intersections in their work across the varying thematics and speak about how complex histories, places, colonisation, nature, and spirituality have influenced their practices.
Guest artists are LaVaughn Belle (USVI), Edouard Duval Carrie (Haiti/USA), Deborah Jack (St. Martin/USA), and Tessa Whitehead (The Bahamas).
Registration Link: https://form.jotform.com/211464775182863
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Wednesday, June 9th
11am EST
ART TALK: Collecting Culture, Jamaica Styleee, Hosted by Olympia Gallery and Frame Center Gallery
An exploration of Jamaica’s long standing and unique history in art collecting practice in the Anglophone Caribbean with O’Neil Lawrence (National Gallery of Jamaica), Sandra Moodie (Bank of Jamaica Collection), Charmaine & Dominique McIntosh (Guy McIntosh Collection), and Maxine Walters (Private Collection).
12pm EST
IG LIVE: Evelien Sipkes and Dede Brown, Hosted by Black Pony Gallery and Gallery Alma Blou
Artist Evelien Sipkes (Curacao) and Dede Brown (The Bahamas) will discuss their process, materials, making and meaning.
2pm EST
IG LIVE: Melissa Alcena and Delton Barrett, Hosted by TERN Gallery
Artists Melissa Alcena and Delton Barrett (both The Bahamas) will discuss their different approaches to portraiture in the photographic medium.
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Friday, June 11th, 11 am EST
PANEL #2: Sustaining the Art of Making: The Collector’s Role, Hosted by TERN gallery, Suzie Wong Presents and Gallery Alma Blou.
Join us as we dive into a conversation with invited guests, Derek Rolle, Central Bank of The Bahamas (The Bahamas), Susanne Fredricks, Suzie Wong Presents (Jamaica), Lusette Verboom, Gallery Alma Blou (Curacao) and Kenneth Montague, The Wedge Collection (Toronto), to speak about the spectrum of collecting in their respective countries and institutions.
Registration Link: https://form.jotform.com/211464775182863
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Monday, June 14th
11am EST
Caribbean Mythoi
Sour Grass, Black Pony Gallery and Gallery Alma Blou present a conversation between guest artists Samuel Sarmiento (Aruba/Venezuela), Aimée García (Cuba) and Iris Perez (Curacao/Dominican Republic). The artists will speak about their work in relation to mythology, storytelling and folklore in the Caribbean. (In Spanish)
Welcome and moderation by Lusette Verboom, Director of Gallery Alma Blou
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Wednesday, June 16th
11am EST
IG LIVE: Live From the Studio: Eliazar Ortiz and Franz Caba, Hosted by Sour Grass
Sour Grass presents “Live from the Studio'' a conversation between two Dominican LGBTQ+ artists Eliazar Ortiz and Franz Caba moderated by Dr. Ian Bethell-Bennett (The Bahamas). Both artists will give a tour of their working spaces, share ongoing glimpses into their processes, and introduce their thematics which including addressing the queer body present in their practices. Moderated by Dr. Ian Bethell-Bennett (The University of The Bahamas)
12pm EST
YOUTUBE PREMIERE: The Nene Rituals, Hosted by Readytex Art Gallery
On Friday April 9, 2021, a large-scale art installation by artist Kurt Nahar, named The Nene Rituals was presented on the second floor of Readytex Art Gallery. In The Nene Rituals Nahar visualizes multiple themes flowing from and related to, the turbulent history of slavery, including its effects on present-day Caribbean people. The art installation is based on the immense historical tragedy of the 664 captured Africans who, deliberately locked up in the hold, drowned when the slave ship Leusden slowly sank off the mouth of the Marowijne river in Suriname, in 1738. With this striking art installation the artist aims to pay homage to all the ancestors who suffered the inhumanity and injustice of slavery. After the premiere there will be a reflection on the installation by Rosie Gordon-Wallace, President/Curator Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator and Alix Pierre, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and Director of Cultural Orientation, Spelman College in the presence of the artist Kurt Nahar. There will be an opportunity for Q&A.
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Friday, June 18, 2021, 11 am EST
PANEL #3: Transformative Impact, Hosted by Black Pony Gallery, TERN Gallery, Sour Grass and Readytex Gallery
Welcome and introductions by Lisa Howie. Moderated by Natalie Urquhart, Director, National Gallery of Cayman Islands. Art has the capacity to encourage new considerations about ourselves and our place in the world. In the context of so much global uncertainty, we can turn to art for beauty, for reflection, for fresh perspectives, for magic and for a deeper understanding of our times. In this discussion, artists will comment on what drives their art-making and the potential impact it has on their communities and selves. Meredith Andrews, Black Pony Gallery; Rodell Warner, TERN Gallery, Lisandro Suriel, Sour Grass; and René Tosari, Readytex Gallery.
Registration Link: https://form.jotform.com/211464775182863
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Monday, June 21st, 11 am EST
CLOSING RECEPTION, Hosted by Black Pony Gallery
Moderated by Lisa Howie. Join the Atlantic World Art Fair for our closing reception and conversation with Dr. Marsha Pearce, scholar, writer, curator and educator from Trinidad and Tobago and Paulo Miyada, Curator of the Institute Tomie Ohtake and curator for the 34th São Paulo Biennial. Both will discuss trends, insights, intersections in research and the progression of visual culture and new directions in the Atlantic World contemporary art movement and the Global South.
