Celebrating Emancipation: A Sip & Paste Workshop

On July 29, Island SPACE Caribbean Museum hosted Celebrating Emancipation: A Sip & Paste Workshop as part of its Reimagining Emancipation series. The Sip & Paste was presented in partnership with A.Rich Culture with the generous support of the Florida Humanities, Broward Mall, FPL y los siguientes fondos en el Fundación comunitaria de Broward: Mary N. Porter Community Impact Fund, Jack Belt Memorial Fund, Ginny and Tom Miller Fund, Stearns Weaver Miller Fund for the Arts, Harold D. Franks Fund.

Participants enjoyed hints of Bahamian culture, as they pasted headpieces in Junkanoo style. Junkanoo is a joyful and colorful celebration originating in the Bahamas, and celebrated, in different formats, in other Caribbean islands. Instructed by Garth Whymss, a veteran Junkanoo costume builder and the architect of the costume currently on display at Island SPACE, participants decorated individual headpieces made of cardboard covered in colored blocks of felt.