Ending Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: The Imperative for
Strengthening Justice and Resilience in Afro-Descendant Communities
in the Americas
Begins online
Tuesday, November 1
The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Art Museum of
the Americas (AMA), and the Office of the OAS General Secretariat in
Saint Lucia join forces with the Headphunk organization and artists
of the Caribbean to relaunch the activities held to commemorate the
Fourth Inter-American Week for People of African Descent in the
Americas in 2021.
From November 1st to 17th, several Caribbean artists will be
showcased by the Art Museum of the Americas. This program is
exemplary of the museum’s mission to exhibit and study modern and
contemporary art of OAS member states, as a culturally diplomatic
instrument in promoting cultural exchange and advancing the OAS four
pillars of democracy, human rights, security, and development.
The program will feature the work of Kendall Barthelmy, Fiona
Compton, La Tasha N. Nevada Diggs, Quince Duncan, Chevy Eugene,
Khadijah Halliday, Jason Haynes, Christian Kristof Joseph, Black
Kalagan, Geena Mc Phee, Yasmin Solitahe Odlum, Kishma Serieux, and
Gemma Weekes. They emphasized the importance of the topic Ending
Slavery’s Legacy of Racism: The Imperative for Strengthening
Justice and Resilience in Afro-Descendant Communities in the
Americas, through their artistic contributions.
Similar to the current exhibition Afro-Caribbean Motifs of the Art
Museum of the Americas Collection, this exhibition offers an
artistic component to the OAS’s Plan of Action for the Decade of
Afro-Descendants in the Americas (2016-2025), in recognizing the
Victims of Slavery, and the struggle against racism.
OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro has applauded the initiative in
favor of tolerance and cultural diversity in Saint Lucia, and the
OAS Resident Representative, Lilly Ching-Soto has expressed her
interest in the promotion of Saint Lucian artistic expressions.
AMA’s Director, Adriana Ospina highlighted that the Museum strives
for greater awareness and respect for diversity and cultures in all
their richness and that AMA is pleased to serve as a platform for
this collection of artistic voices of Saint Lucia.