Point Comfort Art Fair + Show: The Black Atlantic

This Miami Art Week, Point Comfort returns to the heart of Historic Overtown with five days of art, music, conversation, and community. Presented by Hampton Art Lovers, The Black Atlantic celebrates the creative connections linking Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas, and the artists who made those connections visible.

THE FEATURED EXHIBITION

Loïs Mailou Jones: Across the Black Atlantic
Selections from The Norwood Collection
Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery · December 2–6

Few American artists traveled the Black Atlantic like Loïs Mailou Jones (1905–1998). From Howard University to Paris, Haiti, and across Africa, Jones forged a visual language where European modernism, African aesthetics, Caribbean culture, and African American experience meet. This exhibition traces her extraordinary journey, including her celebrated Les Fétiches (1938), alongside works by artists shaped by her legacy: Elizabeth Catlett, David C. Driskell, Wadsworth Jarrell, and Bisa Butler.

THE INDABA LOUNGE SERIES

Art. Music. Conversation. Community.

Named for the African tradition of indaba, a gathering to exchange ideas, this five-day series brings artists, collectors, scholars, and audiences together at two of Overtown’s most distinctive spaces: the intimate Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery & Gardens and The Pool Hall at Red Rooster Overtown, a speakeasy-style lounge at 914 NW 2nd Avenue that is home to a permanent installation of original Ernie Barnes works.

THE SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, DEC 2: Point Comfort Preview
Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery
An exclusive first look at the Loïs Mailou Jones exhibition for collectors, partners, and invited guests.

THURSDAY, DEC 3: Official Opening Reception
The Pool Hall at Red Rooster Overtown
Hosted by 100 Black Men of South Florida with the Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT). Join artists, collectors, and cultural leaders to kick off Point Comfort 2026.

FRIDAY, DEC 4 · 6:00–9:00 PM: BPM: Beats, Pics & Masters
Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery & Gardens
Book release, artist talk, and reception with Rahsaan “FLY GUY” Alexander. Through striking photography, BPM goes behind the turntables to reveal the pressures, sacrifices, and resilience of the DJs who carry rhythm and memory across the Atlantic world.

SATURDAY, DEC 5: Hampton University: Legacy in Blue
Jointly hosted by Hampton University Alumni Relations and the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture

Part I: Artist Talk with Nikkolas Smith (The Pool Hall at Red Rooster)
The Hampton alum and concept artist behind work tied to Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther and Sinners talks art, cinema, and African American visual culture, surrounded by the Ernie Barnes works whose iconic The Sugar Shack echoes in Sinners’ juke-joint imagery.

Part II: Sound Sculptures Reception (Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery & Gardens)
Rich Medina, creator of JUMP N FUNK, curates an Afrobeat-driven soundscape tracing the rhythms that connect Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas.

SATURDAY, DEC 5: Gantt Center Artist Talk
The Harvey B. Gantt Center of Charlotte, NC hosts a special artist conversation. Speakers, topic, and venue to be announced.

SUNDAY, DEC 6: Community Day
Historic Ward Rooming House Gallery & Gardens
Residents, families, students, and visitors are invited to experience the exhibition and celebrate Overtown’s cultural heritage.

Art of Black Miami