Island SPACE Social Justice Series
From May to October 2022, Island SPACE Caribbean Museum, with funding from the Community Foundation of Broward, will present an exhibition and event series highlighting social justice issues affecting Caribbean and Caribbean-American communities. The first in the six-month series addresses issues affecting LGBTQ+ people. Subsequent themes will include Emancipation and the region?s complex history with the concept of freedom, and colorism and gender roles among Latin-Americans.
Support for Island SPACE and the social justice series has been provided by Broward Mall, Florida Power & Light Company, Grace Foods, the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the National Endowment for the Arts and the following Funds at the Community Foundation of 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.
May 7 – July 3, 2022
June 11 – August 7, 2022
August 13 – October 2, 2022
MAY – JUNE | Queer Caribbeans: Resilience, Resistance and Reimagining
Queer Caribbeans: Resilience, Resistance and Reimagining, will present a multimedia, historical retrospective showcase of the racial and cultural achievements of Caribbean LGBTQ+ rights activists. Island SPACE has partnered with nonprofits Black LGBTQ+ Liberation, Inc. et Caribbean Equality Project to curate the project. The Queer Caribbeans exhibition will document the intersection of Caribbeanness and LGBTQ+ rights activism with an extensive repository of photographs, news footage, oral histories and videos featuring well-respected Caribbean LGBTQ+ rights advocates.
Exhibition On View: May 7 – July 3
Opening Reception: May 10, 2022 | 6 PM – 8 PM (Register to attend)
On-site Panel Discussion (Diaspora Issues and Achievements): Friday, May 27, 2022 | 6pm – 8pm
Virtual Panel Discussion (Caribbean Issues and Achievements): Wednesday, June 15, 2022 | 6pm – 7:30pm