Two years ago, I returned from my first trip to Guyana — my mother’s homeland. Nearly a year later, I began creating Metem, a film that I knew would be about more than documenting my family’s journey back. In fact, you never actually see Guyana as a place in the film. Instead, Metem unfolds through memory, food, andContinue reading “The Power of Returning Home: Art, Memory, and Belonging”
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Caribbean Summer Vibes: Reflecting on Home, Culture, and Community
Embracing Community Through Art and Connection These past few months have been a whirlwind of creativity and connection, culminating in the opening of my Close to Home exhibition at the Queens Museum in May, five iterations of my new To Know One Another social practice project, and a behind-the-scenes talk and studio visit with inContinue reading “Caribbean Summer Vibes: Reflecting on Home, Culture, and Community”