MOCA North Miami offers free, virtual and monthly educational programming through its miniMakers, Sunday Stories and MOCA Makers programs. The paintings explore the Haitian identity through deep, rich, vibrant colored scenes depicting historical figures, tropical flowers and fruits, rural landscapes, and daily activities infused with spirituality and Afro-Caribbean religious symbolism, particularly from a voodoo tradition. The merging of techniques, methods, and cultures is seen through their work, ushering forth a style that is uniquely and quintessentially Haitian. The works reveal the artists’ diverse artistic styles influenced by strong African roots mixed with American indigenous and European elements. This exhibition also included some of their contemporaries and pupils, including Ernst Louizor, Célestin Faustin and Adam Leontus. Featuring works by Hector Hyppolite, Philomé Obin, Rígaud Benoit, Wilson Bigaud, Jacques-Enguérrand Gourgue, and Gérard Valcin, these renowned masters come from the first and second generation of artists associated with Port-au-Prince’s Centre d’ Art. The exhibition brought together a selection of paintings from Haiti created between 19.
Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig, the “Life and Spirituality in Haitian Art” exhibition was on view at MOCA North Miami from November 2020 through March 2021. Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig, the catalogue will feature interviews and passages about the exhibition in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole languages.Ĭurated by Dr. Kyrah Malika Daniels, Edouard Duval-Carrié and Dr.
On May 27, the museum will release “Life and Spirituality in Haitian Art: Selections from the Betty and Isaac Rudman Trust Collection” exhibition catalogue in its MOCA shop for $30. Authored by Dr. Life and Spirituality in Haitian Art Catalogue On May 19, MOCA will host Miami-based, Haitian artists Doucet and Arboite with “Art on the Plaza” Curator Amanda Sanfilippo Long in a virtual conversation via Zoom surrounding their collaborative art project and the background of their special North Miami site-specific “Art on the Plaza” project. MOCA’s “Art on the Plaza” program is made possible with major support from the North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency (NMCRA).Ĭonversation at MOCA: Morel Doucet and Stephen Arboite Doucet and Arboite are two of the ten awardees of the inaugural Green Space Miami grant. Green Space Miami, whose mission is to be a catalyst for action through community partnership and collaborations, is the Green Family Foundation’s new art space guided by the foundation’s principles of inclusion, community empowerment and education. Arboite’s work considers beauty outside of classical aesthetic paradigms and places emphasis on spiritual transformation and evolution of human consciousness. Arboite, of Haitian descent, was born and raised in New York City and now resides in Miami. He employs ceramics, illustrations, and prints to examine the realities of climate-gentrification, migration, and displacement within the Black diaspora communities. This installation coincides with Haitian Heritage Month, transforming the plaza into a space for joy and reflection through its bold, vibrant colors.ĭoucet is a Miami-based multidisciplinary artist and arts educator that hails from Haiti. The silhouettes featured in the portraits are sourced from an open call to North-Miami residents and visitors to share their own portraits and photographs.
Each of the ten banners were created from an original, mixed media portrait collage, which will be on view in the museum. Highlighting the flora and fauna found in various neighborhoods across Miami-Dade, the work reveals the conflicts of gentrification while celebrating the uniqueness and beauty of the African diaspora.
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This installation is part of MOCA’s “Art on the Plaza ” program, a series of temporary public artworks by Miami-based artists installed on MOCA Plaza.Īrtists Doucet and Arboite showcase a collaborative work that explores Miami’s historically African American neighborhoods.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami is pleased to present After the Rain Comes Light: Portraits of Resilience, a collaborative installation by Morel Doucet and Stephen Arboite. “After the Rain Comes Light: Portraits of Resilience,” by artists Morel Doucet and Stephen Arboite MOCA North Miami’s series of programming that coincides with Haitian Heritage Month includes: “We are proud to offer programs that celebrate the Haitian culture in North Miami and beyond.” “MOCA’s mission is to reflect cultural diversity through our exhibitions and programming,” said MOCA Executive Director Chana Sheldon. In honor of Haitian Heritage Month, celebrated annually during the month of May, the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA) will launch a series of activations and educational programs.
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