The Container Project Examines Caribbean Diasporic Memory and Resilience at Barry University
- camilarosiaz
- Nov 24, 2025
- 1 min read
The Container Project opens this week at Barry University, presenting a curatorial initiative focused on how Caribbean diasporic communities navigate memory, containment, and collective resilience. Organized by DVCAI and curated by Rosie Gordon-Wallace and Breeana Thorne, the exhibition uses the shipping container as its central metaphor—a structure tied to migration, movement, and the preservation of cultural histories.
Artwork: Waiting for your love by Michael Elliott
The show brings together 19 artists whose work reflects themes of grief, care, cultural continuity, and the ways in which personal narratives become part of a broader diasporic archive. Installations, performances, and mixed-media works explore what individuals carry, both materially and emotionally, across borders and generations.
Opening Week Events
Thursday, November 20 | 6:00–9:00 p.m.
Opening reception with a featured performance of TUAPUTI by Asser Saint-Val and Jessica Freites at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 22 | 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Performance of Telegraph Valley by L.A. Samuelson, followed by a conversation with Dr. Alix Pierre.
Location: Monsignor William Barry Library, 11300 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33161
Featured artists: Rimaj Barrientos, Jevon Alexander Brown, Patricia Cooke, Michael Elliott, Natou Fall, Rosa Naday Garmendia, Miguel Keerveld, Shayla Marshall, Sydney Rose Maubert, Lance Minto-Strouse, Shawna Moulton, Kurt Nahar, Amarachi Odimba, Evelyn Politzer, L.A. Samuelson, Asser Saint-Val with Jessica Freites, Clara Toro, and Leandro Vazquez.