Miami artist and photographer Zykeria Rolle will debut her first solo pictures exhibition this month with a undertaking that goals to doc and rejoice the on a regular basis life, historical past and resilience of Overtown.
“Overtown, STILL,” opening July 3 at Peach Mission Improvement in Overtown, will function each a pictures exhibition and the launch of six months of group arts programming designed to rework the gallery right into a gathering area for residents, artists and native organizations.
The exhibition grew out of Rolle’s private documentary pictures observe and expanded by way of her work because the photographer for GoingOvertown, the place she documented neighborhood occasions, native companies, church buildings, households and on a regular basis moments all through the historic Miami group.
In line with Rolle, these experiences revealed a story of Overtown that usually goes ignored.
“Overtown, STILL is my love letter to the group that raised me and an invite for others to expertise Overtown by way of the individuals who proceed to form it on daily basis,” Rolle stated in a press assertion.
The exhibition explores Overtown as a dwelling group formed by reminiscence, care and cultural preservation. By way of pictures, archival supplies and private artifacts, the undertaking facilities the folks and traditions that proceed to outline the neighborhood regardless of many years of redevelopment and displacement.
Featured works seize scenes of every day life, together with kids taking part in open air, neighbors gathering on entrance porches, church providers, household histories and different moments that replicate the group’s ongoing vibrancy.
Guests can even have a chance to contribute to a Neighborhood Altar, a collaborative set up honoring family members and highlighting the shared histories of Overtown and the African diaspora. One other set up, titled “Left Behind,” examines the objects and private traces that stay after displacement, inviting reflection on reminiscence, preservation and belonging.
Organizers say the exhibition’s broader purpose is to develop entry to arts programming in Overtown whereas fostering connections amongst artists, residents and cultural establishments.
All through its six-month run, “Overtown, STILL” will host artist talks, pictures workshops, movie screenings, youth applications, neighborhood conversations and collaborative occasions that includes native artists, historians and group organizations.
Relatively than functioning as a short lived exhibition area, organizers hope the gallery activation will create alternatives for sustained inventive collaboration and group engagement in Overtown.
The exhibition opens with a public reception on Friday, July 3, at Peach Mission Improvement in Overtown. Admission is free and open to the general public. The exhibition will stay on view by way of December 2026.
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