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Summer by the Sea by Jacqueline Gopie
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Biscayne Nature Center presents Summer by the Sea, an exhibition of paintings by artist Jacqueline Gopie. In honor of Marjorie Stoneman Doublass' birthday, the exhibit opens on April 7 and will be open daily from 9am to 3pm in the gallery.
Observing the absence of nourishing depictions of Black children, Jacqueline Gopie began painting Caribbean youngsters in more positive contexts than the typical “happy children in a poor environment” scenarios in American popular culture. Her youthful figures are shown in serenity, sometimes lost in their own private thoughts. Riding a bicycle in Port Royal, Jamaica, becomes an act of defiance against all the imagery where young Black kids have little room for themselves and their chosen contemplation. Balancing abstraction and realism, Gopie paints open spaces where kids can just be kids, young people with valid emotions and ideas in various modes of play. Making possibilities for an adolescent imaginary, the colors of Gopie’s paintings evoke the natural light of sunsets, and waterside hues with plenty of sky for dreaming.
Meet the artist, Jacqueline Gopie, on Sunday, April 16 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Biscayne Nature Center.