Iris Peréz Romano, Conexión Vital, acrylic on canvas, 2017. Edition 1 of 1. Presented by Gallery Alma Blou.
2021, 2022, 2023 ONLINE PROGRAMS
This series of online presentations was created to support understanding of the region, galleries, artists and art projects featured in the Atlantic World Art Fair, presented on Artsy.
AWAF 2023 Gallery Talk
| New Door Creative |
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
New to the Atlantic World Art Fair, gallery director Michelle Talibah presents her talented cohort of artists.
AWAF 2023 Gallery Talk
| Black Pony Gallery |
Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
Join Lisa Howie for a quick overview of the talented artists she is featuring in this year's Atlantic World Art Fair.
AWAF 2023 Opening Reception & Curators’ choice
AWAF Founder Lisa Howie with Direlia Lazo, Miami based independent curator, and Marina Reyes Franco, Curator at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, open the 2023 fair and discuss their Curators' Choices. Enjoy!
AWAF 2023 Collectors' Stories
Join AWAF Lisa Howie in conversation with Holly Mazar-Fox, Mazar-Fox Art Consulting Ltd, and Mandy Cawthorn Argenio, long-standing patron and professional of the art world. Together, they discuss the 'no rules' approach to collecting art, while highlighting a few works from their Bermuda based collections.
Opening Reception & Curators’ Choice
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
AWAF Founder Lisa Howie and panelists Albertine Kopp from the Caribbean Art Initiative and Rosie Gordon Wallace from the Diaspora Vibe Cultural Art Incubator officially open the 2022 Fair and discuss their Curators' Choice.
Magic in Visual Conversation, Hosted by Readytex Art Gallery
Friday, April 22nd, 2022
Curator in Residence, Miguel E. Keerveld welcomes guests Alida Neslo, Independent Theater Maker and Art Director, and Xavier Robles de Medina, visual artist affiliated to Readytex Art Gallery. With the capacity of performing magic, visual conversation encourages new considerations in the context of so much global uncertainty. The all-inclusive space alakondre-fasi borrows from different belief systems and creates a focus on space and time in which we are all An Other to each other, thus allowing a unique and liberating vision about ourselves and our place in the world. In this discussion, artists will present what drives their thinking, art-making, and exploration processes, while they strive to make an impact and give a voice to subjects of diversity, inclusion, and identification.
Museum Perspectives on Atlantic/Caribbean Art
Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
Museum approaches to contemporary art exhibitions are as varied as the communities they serve. This talk gives perspectives on and outcomes of recent projects relevant to the region. Featuring panelists Julie Crooks, Curator, Art Gallery of Ontario; María Elena Ortiz, Curator, Pérez Art Museum of Miami, Caribbean Cultural Institute; and Roxanne Silent, Acting Senior Director, National Gallery of Jamaica. Moderated by Amanda Coulson, Founder, TERN Gallery.
Women & Photography in the Region
Thursday, April 29th, 2022
Women and Photography from the Caribbean Region brings together visual artist Nadia Huggins and curators Grace Aneiza Ali and Tiera Ndlovu. During an engaging dialogue informed by archipelagic thought and curatorial activism, panelists present their recent projects and exhibitions and discuss issues of Caribbean photography and the redefinition of archives. The conversation is moderated by Aldeide Delgado, WOPHA Founder & Director.
Perspectives on Contemporary Haitian Art
Friday, April 29th, 2022
Moderated by Writer, Scholar, Curator, Dr. Anthony Bogues of Brown University.
This location specific conversation explores the context of Haiti and the intriguing portfolios of two of the Island’s well respected contemporary artists, Edward Duval Carrié and Pascale Monnin.
Creating Alternatives for Contemporary Atlantic/Caribbean Artists
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
Featuring panelists Natalie Urquhart of Cayman Art Week; Blue Curry of Ruby Cruel, London; and Annalee Davis of Fresh Milk, Barbados. Moderated by Lisa Howie, Atlantic World Art Fair.
These presenters discuss some of the projects they have underway that are developing alternative community engagements, residencies and economic platforms for contemporary artists from the region.
NFTs and the Digital Age in Atlantic Art
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
A new era of art making and collecting is upon us. Learn more about the exciting NFT arena and how you can get involved as an artist and collector. Featuring Islnd.io Founders Wyatt Gallery and Anya Ayoung-Chee, Artist Rodell Warner and Collector Christian Salloum.
Closing Reception
Thursday, May 5th, 2022
The concluding commentary on the Fair, discussing the event’s overall achievements and celebrating the talents of our participating artists and galleries. Featuring Independent Curator Melissa Messina and Curator María Elena Ortiz, Pérez Art Museum of Miami, Caribbean Cultural Institute with AWAF Founder Lisa Howie.
Opening Reception, Hosted by Black Pony Gallery
Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
The opening reception for the inaugural Atlantic World Art Fair. Welcome remarks from Lisa Howie, Black Pony Gallery and Isolde Brielmaier, Curator-at-Large, The International Center of Photography (ICP) and Franklin Sirmans, Director at Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) who revealed their Curators’ Choices for the fair.
PANEL #1: ‘Artists in Dialogue: Moving in, through, and across Landscapes, Waters, and Memories’.
Friday, June 4th, 2021
During this conversation, four guest artists address the intersections in their work across varying thematics and speak about how complex histories, places, colonisation, nature, and spirituality have influenced their practices. Guest artists are LaVaughn Belle (USVI), Edouard Duval Carrie (Haiti/USA), Deborah Jack (St. Martin/USA), and Tessa Whitehead (The Bahamas).
ART TALK: Collecting Culture, Jamaica Styleee
Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
Hosted by Olympia Gallery and Frame Center Gallery
An exploration of Jamaica’s long standing and unique history in art collecting practice in the Anglophone Caribbean with O’Neil Lawrence (National Gallery of Jamaica), Sandra Moodie (Bank of Jamaica Collection), Charmaine & Dominique McIntosh (Guy McIntosh Collection), and Maxine Walters (Private Collection).
PANEL #2: Sustaining the Art of Making: The Collector’s Role
Friday, June 11th, 2021
Moderated by Amanda Coulson, TERN
Invited guest speakers: Derek Rolle, Central Bank of The Bahamas (The Bahamas), Susanne Fredricks, Suzie Wong Presents (Jamaica), Lusette Verboom, Gallery Alma Blou (Curacao) and Kenneth Montague, The Wedge Collection (Toronto), will discuss the spectrum of collecting in their respective countries and institutions.
Caribbean Mythoi
Monday, June 14th, 2021
Sour Grass, Black Pony Gallery and Gallery Alma Blou present a conversation between guest artists Samuel Sarmiento (Aruba/Venezuela), Aimée García (Cuba) and Iris Perez (Curacao/Dominican Republic). The artists speak about their work in relation to mythology, storytelling and folklore in the Caribbean. (In Spanish)
Welcome and moderation by Lusette Verboom, Director of Gallery Alma Blou.
The Nene Rituals
Friday, June 16th, 2021
Hosted by Readytex Art Gallery
On Friday April 9, 2021, a large-scale art installation by artist Kurt Nahar, named The Nene Rituals was presented on the second floor of Readytex Art Gallery.
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In The Nene Rituals, Nahar visualizes multiple themes flowing from and related to, the turbulent history of slavery, including its effects on present-day Caribbean people.The art installation is based on the immense historical tragedy of the 664 captured Africans who, deliberately locked up in the hold, drowned when the slave ship Leusden slowly sank off the mouth of the Marowijne river in Suriname, in 1738. With this striking art installation the artist aims to pay homage to all the ancestors who suffered the inhumanity and injustice of slavery. Reflection on the installation provided by Rosie Gordon-Wallace, President/Curator Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator and Alix Pierre, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and Director of Cultural Orientation, Spelman College in the presence of the artist Kurt Nahar. Concluding Q & A.
PANEL #3: The Transformative Impact of Art
Friday, June 18, 2021
Hosted by Black Pony Gallery, TERN Gallery, Sour Grass and Readytex Gallery
Welcome and introductions by Lisa Howie. Moderated by Natalie Urquhart, Director, National Gallery of Cayman Islands. Art has the capacity to encourage new considerations about ourselves and our place in the world.
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In the context of so much global uncertainty, we can turn to art for beauty, for reflection, for fresh perspectives, for magic and for a deeper understanding of our times. In this discussion, artists comment on what drives their art-making and the potential impact it has on their communities and selves. Meredith Andrews, Black Pony Gallery; Rodell Warner, TERN Gallery, Lisandro Suriel, Sour Grass; and René Tosari, Readytex Gallery.
CLOSING RECEPTION- Atlantic World Art Fair
Monday, June 21st, 2021
Hosted by Black Pony Gallery
Moderated by Lisa Howie. During the closing reception Dr. Marsha Pearce, scholar, writer, curator and educator from Trinidad and Tobago and Paulo Miyada, Curator of the Institute Tomie Ohtake and curator for the 34th São Paulo Biennial discuss trends, insights, intersections in research and the progression of visual culture and new directions in the Atlantic World contemporary art movement and the Global South.