Everyday People Exhibit

Everyday People Exhibit comes to Overtown for Miami Art Week 2025.

Exhibit Hours: 10:30am-4:00pm (starting 12/03/2025)

This December, the City of Miami Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum proudly presents the Miami debut of the critically acclaimed exhibition Everyday People Exhibit, opening December 2, 2025, as part of Miami Art Week / Soul Basel in Overtown. Curated by Terrance Cribbs-Lorrant and Elijah Rashaed, collector and curator for the Dayton, Ohio NAACP. This nationally celebrated exhibition features over 80 works of art chronicling the beauty, complexity, and perseverance of the Black diaspora. The collection, drawn from Rashaed’s private holdings and emerging artists nationwide, captures the resilience and cultural richness of everyday Black life; from scenes of community and faith to contemporary explorations of identity and resistance.

Critically praised in Detroit, the Everyday People Exhibit first captivated audiences at The Carr Center in Detroit under the leadership of President & CEO Oliver Ragsdale, where it was hailed as: “A stunning, defiantly inclusive showing that acts as a rebuke to the lack of diversity in museum walls.” — Detroit Free Press “The name of the exhibit is Everyday People — but the art is far from every day.” — The Detroit News

In this special Miami presentation, Everyday People will also feature select historic works by the pioneering 1970s collective, the Miami Black Art Workshop — a groundbreaking group that ignited South Florida’s Black visual arts movement through mentorship, education, and community-based creativity. Artists from the Black Art Workshop include: Roland Woods Jr., Robert McKnight, Donald McKnight, Gene Tinnie (Dinizulu), Kabuya Bowens-Saffo, and Walter Dennis and more — visionaries who helped shape Miami’s Black cultural landscape. Their inclusion bridges generations, pairing foundational figures of Black art in the South with emerging Florida artists whose work continues the dialogue of equity, representation, and collective well-being.

This exhibition invites visitors to travel through Overtown, experiencing both the art and the historic spaces that define this cultural corridor. Guests are encouraged to RSVP for a guided walking tour to gain the full experience of the exhibit venues as part of a connected cultural journey through one of Miami’s most storied neighborhoods. Guided tours can be booked online.

For media inquiries, interviews, or press images, please contact: Director@HistoricalBlackPrecinct.org

About the City of Miami Black Police Precinct and Courthouse Museum: The Museum stands as a living archive dedicated to the preservation of Black history, civic duty, and the pursuit of equitable justice. Through exhibitions, education, and community engagement, the Museum continues to transform historic narratives into platforms for empowerment and cultural pride.

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