Miami as Archive: Memory, Place, and the Legacy of Purvis Young
Jul 30, 2026
From: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Purvis Young’s work serves as a starting point for a conversation on memory, place and artistic legacy in Miami. Miami as Archive: Memory, Place, and the Legacy of Purvis Young takes place Thursday, July 30 at the Freedom Tower Miami.
Presented as part of MOAD Talks by the Museum of Art and Design at Miami Dade College, the panel brings together South Florida cultural practitioners Tayina Deravile, Barbara Young and Terrence Cribbs-Lórrant. Each panelist has worked with exhibition-making, public programming or archival projects connected to Young’s legacy, offering distinct perspectives on how his art continues to shape Miami’s cultural record.
The discussion examines how archives preserve and reinterpret artist legacies, with attention to Young’s visual language, material choices and engagement with themes such as migration, resilience, spirituality, race and urban change. The program also considers how his practice transformed space within South Florida’s art history. Free parking is available for attendees in the MDC garage at 500 NE Second Avenue.