An Evening of Music, Art & Conversation

Live jazz and a conversation on art, memory and the Caribbean diaspora unfold across two Miami Beach locations during a free evening program. On Sunday, August 23, trumpeter, percussionist and composer Etienne Charles performs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Lummus Park as part of the Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series, followed by a discussion between cultural producer Nuria Richards and Miami-based Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrié from 8 to 9 p.m. at B Bar inside The Betsy - South Beach.

Born in Trinidad, Charles draws on jazz and Caribbean musical traditions in work shaped by research into migration, history and diasporic culture. A Guggenheim Fellow and Creative Capital Award recipient, he is also an associate professor of studio music and jazz at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music.

At The Betsy, Richards and Duval-Carrié turn to visual art as a form of archive, narrative and living memory. Duval-Carrié is known for paintings, sculptures and mixed-media works that engage Haitian history, migration, Vodou imagery and the cultural connections between Haiti, Africa and the wider Caribbean.

The program is presented in partnership with The Betsy Writers Room, FIU’s Public Humanities Lab and Iris Photo Collective, with support from Pérez CreARTE. Both portions of the evening are free and open to the public.