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  1. Traditional Eastern Moccasins by David Rahahę·tih Webb, Image 1.

    David Rahahę·tih Webb

    Traditional Eastern Moccasins, 2025

    Deer skin, cotton calico cloth, ribbon, sinew, glass beads, brass cones, and dyed deer hair; hand sewn.

    12 x 12 in

  2. Reflections on AIRIE.Foundation 25th Anniversary by Thandeka Mfinyongo, Image 1.

    Thandeka Mfinyongo

    Reflections on AIRIE.Foundation 25th Anniversary, 2025

    Video

  3. Wet Walk N' by Charles Humes Jr., Image 1.

    Charles Humes Jr.

    Wet Walk N', 2025

    Mixed-Media, Charcoal, Graphite, Collage on Paper

    82 x 52 in

  4. Mosquito Shrine by Venus Jasper, Image 1.

    Venus Jasper

    Mosquito Shrine, 2024

    20 x 24 x 15 in

  5. Everglades Burnt Pineland/Stump III by Nick Gilmore, Image 1.

    Nick Gilmore

    Everglades Burnt Pineland/Stump III, 2017

    Pine Char on Rives de Lin Paper

    21 x 26 in

  6. Sea Turtle by Anita Dallar, Image 1.

    Anita Dallar

    Sea Turtle, 2013

    Hand Pulled Intaglio Monotypes

    22 x 13 x 2 in

  7. Everglades Dawn by Marilynn Brandenburger, Image 1.

    Marilynn Brandenburger

    Everglades Dawn, 2011

    Watercolor

    7.5 x 13.5 in

  8. Rampant Marshland by Deedra Ludwig, Image 1.

    Deedra Ludwig

    Rampant Marshland, 2007

    Oil, Wax and Dry Pigments on Wood

    20 x 20 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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