🖤🎨#ArtIsAWeapon @hamptonartlovers @pointcomfortart 🙌🏿 "For Lovers of Black Art, Point Comfort Art Fair is an itinerary Must During Miami Art Week. "The Point Comfort Art Fair + Show is in full swing at #MiamiArtWeek. Held inside the historic Ward Rooming House in #Overtown, which holds the distinction of being one the oldest Black communities in Miami, the fair stresses the point that African-American art began when Black people set foot in the Americas. Hosted by Hampton Art Lovers, which operates a gallery at Ward Rooming House year-round, the mission is to share the enlightening aspects of African-American fine art in new and old settings. Offering invaluable exposure to an international audience of art professionals, art collectors, art lovers and patrons, the Point Comfort Art Fair + Show stands as a teachable moment designed to pique curiosity, share legacies and facilitate the purchase of Black artwork. The name “Point Comfort” is derived from the place in colonial Virginia where the first captives from the West African Kingdom of Ndongo (Angola) arrived in 1619. The people of Ndongo and other African tribes lost their native tongues and many of their traditions in America. Through tremendous adversity, remnants of these lost traditions continue to express themselves in the song, dance, art and crafts of today's African American community. The Point Comfort Art Fair + Show celebrates those remnants. “Art teaches history, a museum is a classroom,” says Chris Norwood, cofounder of Hampton Art Lovers, along with Darryl Neverson and Imani Greene, an editorial board member of The International Review of African American Art. “The preservation of the history of what this building represents, combined with the types of exhibits that we bring, we’re showing people aspects of African-American culture. Even people who come to the exhibit who are not Black gain a better understanding" " #ebonymagazine @cooli_ras_art @basil.sculpture @artbytiffanig @miamicra @brandonclarkedesigns @musahixson @moithuk @kingpopdesign @buck_mbilashaka @artofblackmiami #artofblackmiami #TraScapades #BlackGirlArtGeeks #WillTravelForArt #BlackArt (at Historic Ward Rooming House) https://www.instagram.com/p/CltOBDjA5Zb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
