3:33 | A Procession (Reprise)

Presented by Commissioner and Women’s Artist Archive Miami

Gather in our garden for an intimate performance by Loni Johnson, whose use of movement, iconography and ritual imbues a sacred space of connection and release. Together with Chire "VantaBlack" Regans, the artists will lead us in remembrance and ceremony, holding vital space for grief, loss, love and joy.

3:33 | Procession (Reprise) is an extension of A Reflection of the Times, a memorial exhibition of portraiture currently on-view at the Bakehouse.

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About the artists

Loni Johnson is a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Miami. Her work varies from painting, drawing, and sculpture to performance and installation. Johnson uses her work to explore how Black women occupy spaces, redefining how Black women navigate spaces that were not created for them. She works through how they grieve, love, and feel. Johnson's performance and installation works focus on the reactivation of feelings of community as well as ancestral and historical memory. Johnson is an artist, an educator, a mother, and an activist that understands that as an artist, there is a cyclical obligation to give back and nurture her communities with her creative gift, utilizing it to better our world.

Chire Regans , aka VantaBlack, a proud mother, visual artist, truth-teller, and community advocate. was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and relocated to Miami in the late 1980s. After graduating from Florida A&M University, Chire’s artistic practice focused primarily on portraiture. As societal issues began to weigh heavily on her conscience, the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement pushed Chire's art in the direction of social awareness and change. Chire serves on the Community Relations Board's Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Committee works as a Teaching Artist at the Perez Art Museum Miami, and is the Fall 2020 Artist-in-Residence with the Community Justice Project.

Image: Courtesy of Commissioner.