Burnaway celebrates art from the South and Caribbean.

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‘the halls of a changing sea’: Claire Alexandre at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh

Colony Little reviews Claire Alexandre's show 'the halls of a changing sea' at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh, highlighting how her works explore the ways Africans across the diaspora have transformed physical and social landscapes as a mode for survival.

To Do List

Our ongoing rundown of visual art events and exhibitions throughout the South and the Caribbean.

Reviews

Ida Mae at Luca Studio and Gallery, Fort Mill

Caelan Bailey reviews the latest exhibition from artist Ida Mae, highlighting her work's transition from realism to collaged, geometric-influenced figuration at Luca Studio and Gallery, Fort Mill.

Reviews

Nuestro Vaivén (Our Sway) at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota

Lauren O'Neill-Butler reviews the intergenerational survey of Latinx artists found in Nuestro Vaivén (Our Sway) at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.

Close Look

Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock

Burnaway takes a close look at Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock.

Annotations

A Curator’s Annotations

For the next iteration of the Annotations column, Grace Aneiza Ali reflects on her belief about curating as a space of listening through the form of titles, installations, public programs, the artist's words, and exhibition catalogs.

Reviews

Thương / Nhớ at Visible Records, Charlottesville

Sommer Browning reviews Thương / Nhớ, a textile installation by Phượng-Duyên Hải Nguyễn that evokes memory, lived human experience, and the invisible forces that undergird the material world at Visible Records, Charlottesville.

Call For Artists

Call for Artists: February 2026

Our monthly round up of opportunities includes the Center for Craft's Material Exploration Residency in Asheville and residencies at the Eureka Springs School of the Arts in Arkansas, alongside regional grants.

Features

Caribe Por Venir at El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan

Luke Urbain reviews the broader reconceptualizations of the ecological found in Caribe Por Venir at El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, San Juan.

Reviews

Archiving Place at the Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville

Virginia Knight reviews how fiber artists interpret memory, nostalgia, and time through the perspective of place in Archiving Place at the Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville.

Close Look

Jo-Ann Morgan: The Mourning After at Myrtle Beach Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach

Burnaway takes a close look at Jo-Ann Morgan: The Mourning After at Myrtle Beach Museum of Art, South Carolina.

Features

Reflections From the 2025 National Performance Network Conference

In partnership with National Performance Network, a New-Orleans based network of artists and organization, Gabrielle Octavia Rucker reflects on NPN's 2025 conference—from the theme of stormshaping to diversifying resources across working-class artists.

Close Look

Jo-Ann Morgan: The Mourning After at Myrtle Beach Museum of Art, Myrtle Beach

Burnaway takes a close look at Jo-Ann Morgan: The Mourning After at Myrtle Beach Museum of Art, South Carolina.

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DIY Index

Causeway in Cocoa Beach, Florida

Burnaway visits Causeway, an artist-run gallery presenting work pertinent to the Space Coast and located in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in this month’s edition of the DIY Index.

Studio Visit

In the Studio with Jacq François

Kristina Kay Robinson visits the New Orleans studio of Jacq François, who navigates loss and lineage and the preservation of memory during a time in the United States that is all about forgetting.

Featured Art Guides

Artist residencies are an integral part of any arts ecosystem. Residencies provide dedicated space, time, and resources to artists and administrators to develop projects and practices. The South and Caribbean are home to many established and emerging residencies from West Virginia to Barbados, Houston to Savannah.

Explore Guide

Georgia's oldest city—awash with Spanish moss—is home to a bustling art scene. At Savannah's apex, The Savannah College of Art and Design draws in international perspectives among a growing contemporary art scene with a thriving grassroots ethos and cultural centers abound.

Explore Guide

The Caribbean boasts a vibrant collection of spaces, dotted with longstanding national museums, anchored by project spaces, and home to galleries showing contemporary art and the archives of local artists.

Explore Guide