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  1. Jewel Rodgers Residency Experience by Jewel Rodgers, Image 1.

    Jewel Rodgers

    Jewel Rodgers Residency Experience, 2025

    Video

  2. Anhinga way by Charles Humes Jr., Image 7.

    Charles Humes Jr.

    Anhinga way, 2024

    Watercolor on Paper

    18 x 24 in

  3. Peace by Piece by Maya Freelon, Image 1.

    Maya Freelon

    Peace by Piece, 2024

    Dyed Tissue Paper

    144 x 72 in

  4. Portrait of Everglades by Itamar Freed, Courtney Scheu, Image 1.

    Itamar Freed, Courtney Scheu

    Portrait of Everglades, 2019

    Kinetic Water Sculpture

    19 x 19 in

  5. Pine island by Harumi Abe, Image 1.

    Harumi Abe

    Pine island, 2018

    Acryla gouache and acrylic on canvas

    36 x 48 in

  6. Untitled by Dale Andree, Image 1.

    Dale Andree

    Untitled, 2018

    Still of Dance on Board

    12 x 18 in

  7. Shark Barr by Mark Dion, Image 1.

    Mark Dion

    Shark Barr, 2017

    Print of Ink of Paper

    8 x 12 in

  8. Pahayokee by Harumi Abe, Image 1.

    Harumi Abe

    Pahayokee, 2013

    Acrylic and Oil on Board

    24 x 24 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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