The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) in Milwaukee and the Also Known As Africa (AKAA) Art and Design Fair in Paris are featuring international artists and programs for art lovers online.  “From these Shores,” a developing exhibit created the Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership is available for viewing and your comments.

In Milwaukee, “Reimagining the Global Village,” is an exhibition curated by MIAD alum Nirmal Raja and sponsored by Fiserv, featuring transnational art collaborations by nearly 30 artists and collectives in 18 countries that celebrate the universal urge to create and addresses major global issues such as refugees at borders, ruptures in cross-cultural communication, and climate change.  Some of the artists are also members of the Global Arts Project, whose organization has been featured in Port Of Harlem.

Pre-registration is required for their remaining virtual event:  Landays: Poetry of Afghan Women, December 2, 11:30a. – 12:30p CST. Registered attendees will receive a separate Zoom link for the event.

Also Known As Africa (AKAA) Art and Design Fair created a digital platform featuring 21 art galleries to accompany its physical edition that took place in Paris November 12-14. However, the online viewing is available now through November 21.  The digital version allows you to visit the viewing rooms of the exhibitors that were present at the fair and six other galleries of the African continent that participated only in the digital fair. The African galleries range from Circle Art in Nairobi to Galerie Atiss in Dakar and from Ubuntu Art Gallery in Cairo to Barnard Galley in Capetown.

The Artist link provides samples of the diverse artists ranging from Alexis Peskine (France/Brazil) and represented by the October Gallery (London, UK) and Giana De Dier (Panama) represented by Krystel Ann Art (Cascais, Portugal) to Denae Howard (Brooklyn, USA) represented by 193 Gallery (Paris) and Latoya Hobbs (Baltimore, USA) also represented by 193 Gallery (Paris).

Now online, but in the under-construction stage, the Port Of Harlem Gambian Education Partnership’s (POHGEP) “From These Shores” exhibit is also being physically constructed. It is supported by the late (POHGEP) board member Kevin Turner.  

While under construction, the online presence welcomes viewing and comments.  The physical exhibit will become a permanent exhibit at the Juffreh Slavery Museum, Juffreh, North Bank, The Gambia.  The exhibition celebrates the accomplishments of known and lesser-known Africans in the diaspora across time and geography.