10 AM–11 AM 11 AM–12 PM 12 PM–1 PM 1 PM–2 PM         2 PM–3 PM          3 PM–4 PM  
Welcome 
Dr. Donette Francis, Center for Global Black Studies & Associate Professor of English, University of Miami & Dejha Carrington, Commissioner
Opening
Germane Barnes, Community Housing & Identity Lab and Associate Professor, University of Miami School of Architecture
"Given Me Back Myself" - Zora Neale Hurston's Postwar Sojourn in Miami and Honduras
Dr. Sharony Green, Associate Professor of History, University of Alabama
Lunch Break  
Migration & Memories: Artists Juana Valdés and Morel Doucet
Moderator: Nhadya Lawes, Knight Foundation 
Black Interiors: Artists Chris Friday, T. Elliot Mansa, and Sydney Maubert 
Moderator: Donnamarie Baptiste, Independent Curator and Producer
Black Exteriors: Artists Jared McGriff and Roland Woods, Jr. 
Moderator: Dr. Donette Francis, Center for Global Black Studies & Associate Professor of English, University of Miami     
4 PM 
Reflections 
Franklin Sirmans, Pérez Art Museum Miami 
10 AM–10:30 AM Opening Performance 11 AM–12 PM     12 PM–1 PM      
Welcome
Artist Edouard Duval-Carrié
Poet and Artist Arsimmer McCoy
Black Photography
Artists Michelle Lisa Polissaint, Terence Price II, and Roscoè B. Thické III
Moderator: Aldeide Delgado, Women Photographers International Archive
Lunch Break 
1 PM–2 PM 
Making Art Public
Artists Chire Regans, Charles Humes, Jr., and Reginald O’Neal
Moderator: Marie Vickles, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Little Haiti Cultural Complex 
2 PM–3 PM         
Materials & Embodiment
Artists Loni Johnson and Kandy G. Lopez
Moderator: Lauren Baccus, Artist, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami 
3 PM–4 PM         
Reflections & Connections 
Dr. Donette Francis, Center for Global Black Studies & Associate Professor of English, University of Miami    
                
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