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  1. Practice moves through dance by Sheherazade Thénard, Coco Villa, Image 1.

    Sheherazade Thénard, Coco Villa

    Practice moves through dance, 2026

    Video

  2. Untitled by Franky Cruz, Image 1.

    Franky Cruz

    Untitled, 2024

    Cyanotype on Stretched Canvas

    24 x 33 in

  3. From the photo Series: "The skin your ancestry adorned you with" by Arsimmer McCoy, Image 1.

    Arsimmer McCoy

    From the photo Series: "The skin your ancestry adorned you with", 2022

    Photograph on Fabric

    40 x 60 in

  4. Crinum Americanum Series by Blanca Botero, Image 1.

    Blanca Botero

    Crinum Americanum Series, 2018

    Digital Print

    8 x 12 in

  5. The Nature of Things by Keren Anavy, Tal Frank, Image 1.

    Keren Anavy, Tal Frank

    The Nature of Things, 2018

    Color on Alokobond

    16 x 20 in

  6. Reclaimed Everglades by Adam Nadel, Image 1.

    Adam Nadel

    Reclaimed Everglades, 2014

    Print on Sheet Metal

    40 x 40 in

  7. High Tide II Florida Bay by Donna Marxer, Image 1.

    Donna Marxer

    High Tide II Florida Bay, 2002

    Oil on Paper

    30 x 22 in

  8. In the Everglades with Dara Silverman + Agile Rascal Theatre by Dara Silverman, Image 1.

    Dara Silverman

    In the Everglades with Dara Silverman + Agile Rascal Theatre

    Photograph

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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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