Get ready to immerse yourself in a world of color and creativity as we showcase the works of the late Ray Rolston (1947 - 2019).

Sponsored by MIA Legacy Magazine, Southeast Overtown / Park West CRA and eLuggageShipping.com.

African American Works on Paper from the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Permanent Art Collection

Hampton Art Lovers is delighted to showcase African-American art from the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s Permanent Art Collection featuring the works of Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Gene Tinnie, Al Loving, Jacob Lawrence, William T. Williams, and others.

BLACK CARD: Transactions in cultural currency
June 17 - August 31, 2023
Brandon Clarke

Hampton Art Lovers Commissioned and Curated in collaboration with Brandon Clarke, "BLACK Card". With "BLACK Card..." Clarke explores Black artistic expression at the intersection of cultural authenticity and various forms of credit or currency in the contemporary moment.

Charles White, Move on Up!
November - March, 2023

Features the artwork of Charles White and his circle of influence - artists that inspired and mentored him and artists that he mentored and inspired - David Siqueiros, Hale Woodruff, Henry Tanner, John Biggers, Ernie Barnes, Benny Andrews and Musa Hixson.

The 2022 Black Impact BRG’s Homecoming at Moody’s Corporation

With “Homecoming” as its central theme for the 2022 BIG immersive and interactive event, Hampton Art Lovers will present a thematically curated Black art experience with an engaging panel discussion and an incisive exploration of homecoming’s powerful impact in Black diasporic culture. The visual art and the accompanying conversation will explore the importance of Black expressive culture and an examination of Black joy through African and African American art.

A curated art installation in celebration of the African-American contribution to Thoroughbred horse racing.

Baccarat, Pegasus World Cup and Hampton Art Lovers presents: "Too Black, Too Fast", an art exhibition sponsored by luxury brand Baccarat showcasing the portraiture and history of African American jockeys in thoroughbred horse racing and America's first professional athlete. More than 200 years before Jackie Robinson took to the baseball field, Black Jockeys ruled this "Sport of Kings" from 1600s until the early 1900s. The show in Historic Overtown is apart of the 2022 Pegasus World Cup activities at Gulfstream Park.

Hampton Art Lovers Presents "One Way Ticket: Movement, Migrations and Liberty" featuring Langston Hughes and Jacob Lawrence.

Curated with Special Selections from Ebony Broadsides of The Norwood Collection. This exhibition explores stories of freedom and liberty through the poetry of Langston Hughes and the featured artwork of Jacob Lawrence, with other works from Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, John Biggers, Charles Alston, David Driskell, Leroy Campbell, Anthony Reed II (Mojo) and Marvin Weeks.

Hampton Art Lovers and the Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery supports local African-American artists and their personal narratives of reflection.

“To Miami, with Love”: Pandemic Life and Protest by Rahsaan Alexander” is a photographic art exhibition that provides a moment of reflection about life in Miami during an historic moment. This unique installation is an interactive multimedia series of programs featuring photography, literature, music, food and dance that commemorates the one year anniversary of the first lives lost to the pandemic in Miami. Sponsored by S.E. Overtown / Park West CRA | Reef Technology | Ottinot Law P.A. | Spirits Sponsored by Duke & Dame Whiskey. 

"Dennis Manuel: The Eye of AFROPUNK": an exploration into the realm of AFROPUNK through the lens of Dennis Manuel.

Award-winning photographer Dennis Manuel has been capturing Black performance art for over 20 years as a freelancer for national media outlets and NY performance venues. He also serves as the official Afropunk photographer, "Dennis Manuel: The Eye of AFROPUNK" presents a look into the celebration of Blackness found within the realm of Afropunk’s eclectic stage performances, inclusive crowd, and groundbreaking expressionism.

“IMAGES OF ABSTRACTION,” presented by Hampton Art Lovers (HAL), is a series of abstract works of art from various African-American artists.

HAL presents these works in the spirit of re-defining and re-imagining the aesthetic limitations imposed on Black artistic production. It is not enough to say "Black is Beautiful.” In terms of artistry, color alone cannot contain Blackness. The Black-American aesthetic, abstractly expressed in this presentation, erases the confines of contemporary racial conventions.

Hampton Art Lovers at the Historic Ward Rooming House presents "Purvis Comes Home : Manchild in the Promised Land" in conjunction with the City of Miami - S.E. Overtown / Park West CRA.

Hampton Art Lovers presents an exclusive collection of Purvis Young (1943-2010) in the community (Overtown) that birthed his genius. Young is the most renowned visual artist from South Florida, his work is grounded in the experiences of an African-American man seeking Freedom in his "Promised Land" of Historic Overtown. Purvis was a visual folklorist, and an outsider to the art world. He was prolific and criticized for painting too much. In his own words: "they don't say that birds fly too much, Shakespeare wrote too much or opera singers sing too much - But it don't bother me".

Presented by Hampton Art Lovers, is a series of works depicting Black Men in Art from various artists.

We post these works in the spirit of protest for the wrongful death of George Floyd by Minneapolis police and all black men throughout the history of the United States of America. All the works are found on pages of books and catalogues shown and cited in the post.

IMAGES OF KINDRED LOVE presented by Hampton Art Lovers is a series of family oriented  works from various Black Artists.

All of the works can be found on the pages of books and catalogues presented, in an effort to encourage the purchase of these volumes during our stay-at-home for the COVID-19 pandemic.

IMAGES OF DEVOTION presented by Hampton Art Lovers is a series of spiritual based works from various Black Artists.

All of the works can be found on the pages of books and catalogues presented, in an effort to encourage the purchase of these volumes during our stay-at-home for the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hampton Art Lovers Presents: "The Art of the Southern Vernacular" featuring Leroy Campbell with Krystal Hart as apart of Black History Month.

African-American Vernacular English shares a large portion of its grammar and phonology with the rural dialects of the southern United States, and especially older southern American English, due to historical connections of African Americans to the region. American creole developed from one or more creole languages used by African captives of the Atlantic slave trade, due to the captives speaking many different native languages and therefore needing a new way to communicate among themselves and with their captors.

Hampton Art Lovers Presents: "Ernie Barnes : From Pads to Palette, Art of a Former NFL Player" showcase of his sports related rare works on paper.

Hampton Art Lovers presents these rare works on paper for sale to share the artwork of a former NFL player that excelled in life after the gridiron. As Miami hosts the largest sporting event in America, its fitting that we showcase these rare works on paper for sale to share the artwork of a former NFL player that excelled in life after the gridiron. Sponsored by S.E. Overtown / Park West CRA