Mayworks Festival: Study Circle & Artist Talk

The Caribbean Solidarity Network study circle invites communities to ground their thinking and organizing in deep historical knowledge, especially in the radical thought of the Caribbean and its diaspora. This study circle is paired with an intimate artist talk with Julianna A.S.

Material allows for experiences similar to storytelling, as the experience of viewing and engaging with the material and interacting in the space reminds and transports the viewer. Through this artist talk, Julianna A.S. explores the concept of absence and presence through the manifestation of a hand-carved object that instill recognition, remembrance, or reflection. Through the power of storytelling and craftsmanship, the talk invites viewers to contemplate the interconnectedness of absence, presence, labour rights, and deforestation in the Caribbean, fostering a deeper understanding of these pressing issues.

Masks encouraged. Wheelchair accessible venue.

Mayworks Festival of Working People & the Arts annually presents new works by a diverse range of artists, who are both workers and activists. We prioritize the participation of artists and audiences from communities facing systemic discrimination. Our programming offers bold, insightful, responses to pressing issues at the intersection of art, social justice and labour. We are actively engaged in a social dialogue that challenges the logics of capitalism, and seeks to reimagine and represent a just future.

Julianna A.S is an Afro-Caribbean woman working at the intersection of art and scientific research. Her work reimagines the practice of art making and uses woodwork, photography and curriculum-based interventions to explore intuitive cognition, physics, and cultural imprint. Through her work, she invites viewers to question and engage with the intricate connections between art, science, and the human experience.

The Caribbean Solidarity Network (CSN) is an organization committed to the principles of Caribbean Liberation and Unity across the region as well as throughout the Diaspora. CSN’s platform is one rooted in a feminist, anti-imperialist, anti-colonial struggle. The history of the Caribbean peoples has always been one of freedom and self-determination. CSN offers space for the Caribbean community and invested allies to foment ideas and build collective knowledge and understanding about present and local circumstances.