Summer Too DVCAI Summer Exhibition at Barry University | Miami, FL

"This Summer Too" - DVCAI Summer Exhibition at Barry University

Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc. invites audiences to experience the art and culture of the Diaspora during a six-week exhibition,This Summer Too:
Conversations with Makers, Exploring Memory, Materials, and Meaning.

The exhibition is on view from May 9, 2025, to June 20, 2025, at DVCAI at Monsignor William Barry Library, Institute of Immigration Studies Gallery at Barry University, 11300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33161.

Join us for the opening reception on Friday, May 9, 2025, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

This summer, during This Summer Too:
Conversations with Makers Exploring Memory, Materials, and Meaning, Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator turns our attention to artists who bridge the artificial boundaries between art, craft, design, and artisanship. These are makers—creators who work from a place of ancestral knowledge, driven by the need to fill an inner void and propelled by the desire for self-expression.

During regular library hours, visit the exhibition to view works by artists Lauren Austin, Barbara Garvine, Alida Martinez, Yossi Peled, Evelyn Politzer, and Miki Spijers, with Barry University MFA Candidates, Joy Johnson and Robertha Blatt. These artists’ practices are often sparked by specific provocations, with memory as a recurring catalyst.

This Summer Too invites students visiting the DVCAI at Barry, Institute of Immigration Studies Gallery at Monsignor William Barry Library to participate in these conversations—designed to tickle the imagination and ignite curiosity.

We hope these encounters spark new ways of seeing and prompt students to think differently about art, materials, and objects in their own homes. May this conversation about makers open doors to broader dialogues about what art is, who gets to make it, and where it lives.

DVCAI at Barry:

This contemporary art exhibition is presented by the non-profit Arts Incubator Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator (DVCAI) in partnership with the Barry University Institute of Immigration Studies, the Monsignor William Barry Library, and the Barry University College of Arts & Sciences MFA Photography Department, to benefit the community. Special thanks to the Barry University community and the support of Victor Romano, PhD, Vice Provost for Student Success & Undergraduate Studies, Giselle Elgarresta Rios, PhD, Endowed Chair of the Monsignor Bryan O.

Walsh Institute for Immigration Studies, and Vivica Smith Pierre, MLIS, PhD, Director of Library Services at the Monsignor William Barry Library.