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  1. AIRIE Alumnus Charles E. Humes Jr. Returning to the Everglades with Intention. by Charles Humes Jr., Image 1.

    Charles Humes Jr.

    AIRIE Alumnus Charles E. Humes Jr. Returning to the Everglades with Intention., 2025

    Video

  2. AIRIE.Foundation Commission - 2024 Smithsonian Design Triennial Soundscape for "Ebb + Flow" by Atéha "Jojo Sounds" Bailly, Image 1.

    Atéha "Jojo Sounds" Bailly

    AIRIE.Foundation Commission - 2024 Smithsonian Design Triennial Soundscape for "Ebb + Flow", 2024

    Soundscape

  3. Traces of Transplantation by Sara Beth Rabinowitz, Image 2.

    Sara Beth Rabinowitz

    Traces of Transplantation, 2017

    Embroidery on Linen

    30 x 20 in

  4. Flamingo Gas Station on the PayHayOkie by Valerie George, Image 1.

    Valerie George

    Flamingo Gas Station on the PayHayOkie, 2016

    Pigment Print

    23 x 35 in

  5. An Animator's Guide to Everglades National Park by Karl Staven, Image 1.

    Karl Staven

    An Animator's Guide to Everglades National Park, 2015

    Animated Short

  6. Distant Bats(for skip snow) by Gustavo Matamoros, Image 1.

    Gustavo Matamoros

    Distant Bats(for skip snow), 2013

    Music CD

    5 x 6 in

  7. Skin by Deanna Morse, Image 1.

    Deanna Morse

    Skin, 2012

    Film

  8. Postcard Snapshots 2 of 6 by Trong Nguyen, Image 1.

    Trong Nguyen

    Postcard Snapshots 2 of 6, 2012

    Archival Prints

    7.5 x 9.5 in

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About the artist

Charles Humes Jr.

Miami-born, Charles Humes Jr. comes from a rich family heritage of the Grand Turks, Exuma and Eleuthera Islands of the Bahamas. A nationally acclaimed painter, printmaker, draftsman and educator. Humes' early expressions found a voice championing the plight of the homeless, urban conditions and stereotypes predicated on socio-political, educational, economic prejudices, and bigotry. Humes Jr. has received many national and regional awards for his signature depictions of the African-American condition. His studies include Florida State University, Florida International University and Miami-Dade Community College, earning arts degrees in painting, printmaking and arts education. A recipient of the State of Florida Individual Arts Grant in painting, A Smithsonian Southern Arts Fellowship Printmaking Fellow, a Bakehouse Residency Award, a Visual Arts Scholar and Residency at The University of Miami’s Center for Global Black Studies and most recently an Ellies Creator Award Recipient and a Oolite Home And Away Mass MoCa Residency. Humes Jr. paintings and drawings have been exhibited in galleries, universities and museums throughout the United States and most recently completed a solo exhibition entitled MOTIC an acronym for ‘Matters of the Inner-city’ at the Miami International Airport Concourse D, March through September 2023.
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