Unplublished interview
UNPUBLISHED INTERVIEW So, I understand you were in South America and the Caribbean this year, which was for your art practice. Where did you go and what did you do?
Antillean Lacunae: a litany of the botanical
In 1972 while a student at California College of the Arts, Onajide Shabaka wanted to make a sculpture that reflected the arts of the African diaspora and chose Suriname maroon
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Research and Residency Campaign
Colonial Food and Botanical Research Project Campaign This initiative, funded in part by this GoFundMe campaign, is designed to sustain a critical discourse on contemporary art, circum-Caribbean culture, and a
FAU presents High School Art and Poetry Exhibition ‘Soiled Again’
Inspired by a field trip last January to the Florida Atlantic University Galleries to see the exhibit, “DIRT: Yuta Suelo Udongo Tè,” curated by artist Onajide Shabaka, students from Boynton
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Downtown Miami: The Ground Beneath Our Feet, An Artists’ and Writers’ Collaboration
By Anne Tschida (edited version) Downtown Miami: The Ground Beneath Our Feet, An Artists’ and Writers’ Collaboration is a hybrid of an exhibit. It’s about art, literature, Miami architecture and
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Nierika – solo exhibition
[click for gallery installation views] What does Nierika mean? Nierika is from the language of the Huichol Indians of Sierra Madras, Mexico. The Nierika is a gateway to the spiritual