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  1. Meet Laurena Finéus, AIRIE.Foundation’s July 2026 Fellow by Laurena Finéus, Image 1.

    Laurena Finéus

    Meet Laurena Finéus, AIRIE.Foundation’s July 2026 Fellow, 2026

    Video

  2. Everglades by Jonquil Brookhart, Image 1.

    Jonquil Brookhart

    Everglades, 2018

    Mirror, Glass, Water

    10.5 x 12.5 x 5 in

  3. Charting Porous Borders by Sara Beth Rabinowitz, Image 1.

    Sara Beth Rabinowitz

    Charting Porous Borders, 2017

    Embroidery on Linen

    30 x 20 in

  4. Summer Sawgrass by Joice Marie, Image 1.

    Joice Marie

    Summer Sawgrass, 2013

    Oil on Canvas

    22 x 33 in

  5. Kindred by Deanna Morse, Image 1.

    Deanna Morse

    Kindred, 2012

    Film

  6. Unknown by Mary Garrish, Image 1.

    Mary Garrish

    Unknown, 2010

    Oil on Wood

    12 x 16 in

  7. Everglades I by Anne McCrary Sullivan, Image 1.

    Anne McCrary Sullivan

    Everglades I, 2003

    Poetry

  8. Everglades Landscape by Joseph Palmerio, Image 1.

    Joseph Palmerio

    Everglades Landscape, 2003

    Oil on Wrapped Canvas

    17.5 x 23.5 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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