Braiding a Story with Artist VantaBlack

Join us for an intimate artist-lead workshop on braiding, story telling, and bonding. Participants are encouraged to bring their own strips of fabric to add to their braids as we gather on the MOCA Plaza alongside VantaBlack’s current work “To What Lengths”.

On view through Jan. 20, 2023, as part of MOCA’s Art on the Plaza series, VantaBlack’s “To What Lengths,” showcases a key component to her artistic practice by reflecting on legacy building and preservation as foundational to Black culture and other diasporic peoples. VantaBlack explores how ideas about legacy are woven into everyday actions by activating five palm trees on the MOCA Plaza with large-scale braids, adorned with beads, metal, and artificial sunflowers and gardenias. The braids of each tree follows stylings representative of the women in VantaBlack’s family. At the base of each tree is a round mat with cushions for seating, inviting viewers to engage with the work while looking up.

RSVP to the workshop here: https://111401.blackbaudhosting.com/111401/Art-on-the-Plaza-Braiding-A-Story-With-Artist-VantaBlack

Art on the Plaza is presented by MOCA and made possible with support by the North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency.