August was hot and busy, both here in Charlotte and for the four lovely days I spent in Barbados to attend CARIFESTA XV. It continues to be a tough time on the job front, but it was uplifting to spend time crafting my collage workshop: “Archiving the Self”, participating in the delightful artist talk: “Fragments and Futures”, working on my big and small still life collages, and reconnecting with close friends and art colleagues in Barbados.

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CARIFESTA XV: Fragments and Futures

On August 24, I joined my sisters in art, Akilah Watts and Gherdai Hassell, for the panel Fragments and Futures: Collage as Radical Reclamation at Queen’s Park. Guided by Akilah, our conversation dug deep into the heart of our practices: what compels us to make, how we contextualize our work in the world, and the boundaries we create when working with personal and public archives. Read More

CARIFESTA XV: “Archiving the Self” Workshop

One of the pleasures of being invited to CARIFESTA XV was the opportunity to lead my workshop, “Archiving the Self: Collaging Personal Cartographies”. I was delighted that every available seat was filled with participants ranging from teenagers to people in their 70s, many of them eager to make their first collages. Read More

Still Life (Study No. 4): Coffee and Sea

• New collages: I have added a fourth collage to my Still Life studies series.

Nature’s Wild: Queering Cane Collaboration with Andil Gosine to Debut in Toronto This Fall

Originally slated for the Art Museum of the Americas, Nature’s Wild with Andil Gosine was canceled just before its opening. Now reimagined and relocated, the exhibition—including my collaboration with Gosine—will open at Paul Petro Contemporary Art in Toronto from October 10 to November 8, 2025. This new chapter of the show affirms our collective commitment to challenging institutional silencing and continuing critical dialogue around queerness, environmental justice, and Caribbean identity. Read More

During the “Fragments and Futures” Artist Talk at CARIFESTA XV, I shared the medical incident that led to me to knowing where I wanted to take my art practice. I wrote about that painful experience and the resulting piece, Ghazal, in this blog post from 2011. Read More

Here is what I am reading, watching, and listening to as I move in and out of the studio this month:

• Reading (via Audible) Martyr! by Kaveh Akbhar.

• Listening to Black Star by Amaarae and Tether by Annahstasia.

• Enjoying the artwork of: Gherdai Hasell and Anna Gibson.

• I still haven’t recovered from the derangement on display in Netflix’s documentary, Unknown Number: The High School Catfish.