December 2024

Thank you for an unforgettable year! 🥳

As 2024 draws close, we’re reflecting on a year filled with amazing art, connection, and cultural celebration. Thanks to your support, this year has been filled with incredible growth. From officially gaining our 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, releasing Volume 06, curating more exhibits, to vibrant conversations, and forming new partnerships, we continue to spotlight the rich legacies of the Caribbean diaspora.

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What resonated with you in 2024? What would you love to see from FORGOTTEN LANDS in 2025? Your voice matters, and your feedback will directly shape our programming, events, and projects in the year to come.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

MoMA Creativity Lab: Film Screening and Conversation

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Join us for a screening and panel conversation featuring five contemporary Caribbean filmmakers with MoMA’s Creativity Lab: Making Space for Belonging.

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MoMA Creativity Lab: Drop-in Blackout Poetry

January 17, 2025

We’re excited to join The Crown Creativity Lab at MoMA in early 2025! Through Making Space for Belonging, we’ll explore Caribbean kinship, belonging, and community, examining how art connects us to shared histories, our bodies, and the natural world. Stay tuned for updates!

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MoMA Creativity Lab: Page to Practice - Artists in Conversation

January 26, 2025

Join us for a community gathering with artists Devin Osorio, Dr. Margarita Rosa, and Simon Benjamin. They’ll explore publications from the FORGOTTEN LANDS resource library, sparking dialogue and creativity while connecting participants to their work and perspectives.

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Tropic Bound Book Fair

February 6-9, 2025

Miami’s biennial Artists’ Book Fair returns to the Miami Design District February 6-9, 2025! Book artists, publishers, curators, librarians, and book lovers will gather for an international event celebrating books as art, featuring a symposium, sessions, and a bustling fair with global exhibitors.

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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES

January - February 2025

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation – 2025 Archives Research Residency (New York, United States) | Deadline January 3 Apply >>
World Photography Organisation – Sony World Photography Awards {London, United Kingdom) | Deadline January 10 Apply >>

Bronx Council on the Arts – Bronx Recognizes Its Own (New York, United States) | Deadline January 13 Apply >>
Sculpture Space 2026 Artist Residencies (New York, United States) | Deadline January 15 Apply >>
FluxusMuseum Prize for Experimental Video (Paros, Greece) | Deadline January 15 Apply >>
Volume 29 The Caribbean Writer Call for Submissions (Online) | Deadline January 1, 2024 - February 15, 2025 Apply >>
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity – Visual & Indigenous Arts Residencies (Alberta, Canada) | Deadline January 29 (Visual Arts – Kapishkum), February 26 (Early Career BAiR Summer 2025), May 7 (Indigenous Arts – Aknumustiǂis) Apply >>
Taft Museum of Art – 2026 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence (Ohio, United States)| Deadline January 31 Apply >>

*We share artist opportunities from around the world! While the country is listed, not all opportunities are just for artists living and working in those places. Check out each link to see if you qualify! Share with the artists in your communities.