Rest Ashore functions as a point of departure for conversation about a number of interconnected, timely issues. The installation draws our attention to the varied experiences of Cuban migrants and how they relate to other migrations across water, including recent refugee crises. Bringing their expertise to this roundtable, the speakers will cover topics relevant to our current moment. Among them: the 1980s as a pivotal turning point in creating the Miami we know today; the racial politics of immigration and Latinidad; the growing Latinx movement and how it is centering multi-diverse, Black, and Brown identities; emerging, multi-disciplinary "Black Miami Aesthetics"; and the historical positioning of Latinxs in the art world.

This virtual roundtable was recorded live on October 24, 2020 - featuring Juana Valdes in conversation with Arlene Dávila, Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at NYU and Founding Director of the Latinx Project; Donette Francis, Director of the American Studies Program and Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Miami and author of Looking for Black Miami; and María Elena Ortiz, Curator at Pérez Art Museum Miami.

Learn more about Juana Valdes' exhibition at Locust Projects, Rest Ashore, here: [ Ссылка ]

Juana Valdes: Rest Ashore is made possible, in part, with support from Oolite Arts’ 2018 Ellies Creator Award, Funding Arts Network, and University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMASS) 2019 Research Healey Endowment Grant. Special thanks to Lynn And Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives, The Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami Libraries, and History Miami Museum.

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