Femi, Ross, L’nique, and Fereshteh are standing on a paved trail which with grass and trees to either side. They are wearing comfy clothes: leggings, shorts, and sweats, and are all looking up at the trees and sky out of frame. Fereshteh is taking a…
A full moon hovers in the grey sky of early morning. There is a paved road that curves into the horizon, The trees are dark and the street is tinted with a glow of dark orange-brown light. The text “announcing the launch of TFW” is superimposed on…
A journal used to record the names of the individuals who were killed due to gun violence, police abuse and domestic violence. Regans used the diary to write down all the important details about the people whose portraits she was drawing.
Miami-based artists Chire Regans and Loni Johnson discuss their exhibition Making Visible: The Studio Archives of Loni Johnson & Chire Regans at WAAM. Specifically, this exhibition illustrates the multifaceted ways in which artist/activist practices…
A conversation between Stephanie Garcia, Head of Special Collections & Archives at Miami-Dade Public Library System and Barbara Young, Barbara Young, archivist, curator, and co-founder of the Vasari Project at the Miami Public Library System. Both…
Article from the Miami Herald newspaper, Stitches in Store for Raggedy Originals, April 26, 1989. The first page of the newspaper reads: Barbara Young says goodbye to Raggedy Ann and Andy at Coral Gables Library. But they’ll be back.
Booklet for the exhibition, Carnival of Critters, at the Miami-Dade Public Library System in 1982. The second page of the booklet includes the following description: Carnival of Critters, a Peaceable Kingdom is Margarita Cano’s and Barbara Young’s…
Miami/Beach Art Exchange booklet presents two exhibitions, one at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center and the second exhibition at the South Florida Art Center in 1993. The front of the booklet reads: Miami/Beach Art Exchange - African Heritage…