Artist Myrlande Constant from Haiti is the focus of a retrospective of her work at UCLA’s Fowler Museum. Born in and working in Haiti, Ms. Contant is know for her stunning and innovative work. For this episode we talk to the curators for Myrlande Constant: The Work of Radiance Jerry Philogene, associate professor of American Studies at Dickinson College, PA. And Katherine Smith, Fowler curatorial and research associate of Haitian arts.

Marina Reyes Franco, curator of the the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico joins us for a conversation about the exhibition she curated, Tropical is Political. Maria Elena Ortiz leads this conversation discussing Marina’s travels and her curatorial focus for the future.

Denzil Forrester and Gean Moreno join us for a conversation about the upcoming exhibition We Culture at ICA Miami. We Culture, curated by ICA’s Gean Moreno, features Denzil Forrester’s first seven years of production from 1978 to 1985.

Textiles in the Caribbean- This week we speak to Jaqueline Bishop and Katrina Coombs about the new book Patchwork: Essays & Interviews on Caribbean Visual Culture . Led by Susanne Fredricks, we discuss Ms. Bishops new book and the importance of textile in the art cannon.

Black History Month in Jamaica, Windrush Portraits, the Zona Maco report and why African Americans should attend, and Bad Gyal RiRi at the Superbowl. Join us for this week in Caribbean Art and Culture.

This week we speak to Marcella Guerrero, associate curator at the Whitney Museum about no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria. This conversation , led by our Maria Elena Ortiz provides context about Puerto Rico and how the exhibition no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria tells the story of island.

This week's episode is all about what to see and plan for in 2023. Maria, Melissa and Susanne share their top Caribbean Art exhibitions.

David Scott, curator of the Kingston Biennial in Kingston Jamaica is our guest this week. We discuss producing work in the global south and the importance of such work.

For this episode, we talk about all things Miami art week and what we loved, and what we could have missed.

Catching on Caribbean Art News, plus remembering Leonie Forbes