Our ongoing rundown of visual art events and exhibitions throughout the South and the Caribbean.
Introducing Our 2026 Editorial Themes
Burnaway announces its 2026 yearly magazine themes: Schoolhouse, Storm Signal, and Sawtooth Star.
Burnaway celebrates art from the South and Caribbean.
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Auudi Dorsey: Self Esteem and 2D Surrealism
Yashi Davalos profiles the work of New Orleans-based artist Auudi Dorsey, who paints the community of Lincoln Beach, a former man-made beach in New Orleans East.
Blue Moon Cocoon at Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at University of Alabama, Birmingham
Courtney McClellan reviews Virginia L. Montgomery's tender affection for the luna moth in Blue Moon Cocoon at Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at University of Alabama, Birmingham.
In the Studio with Garnet Goldman
Karla James visits the Winston-Salem studio of artist Garnet Goldman, whose papercut works feel devotional without being doctrinal, precise without being rigid.
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See It Like a Native: House Galleries, Neighborhood Memory, and the Refusal of the White Box in Miami
Alexandra Martinez highlights See It Like a Native, a home-based exhibition in the Spring Garden neighborhood of Miami that models itself as an alternative infrastructure for artists.
Origins of Black Carnival Society: The Story of the Illinois Clubs at The Presbytère, New Orleans
Cierra Chenier reviews the ways Black beauty glimmers during oppressive times, and how alternative imagery and narratives thrive in defiance of degrading stereotypes in Origins of New Orleans Black Carnival Society: The Story of the Illinois Clubs at The Presbytère, New Orleans.
Pond Gallery in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Burnaway visits Pond Gallery, an artist-run gallery located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that emerged from an appreciation of Southern living, in this month’s edition of the DIY Index.
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Care in Precarity, Care in Community/Cuidado En La Precariedad, Cuidado En Comunidad
For the final release of the Burnaway x CCCADI partnership, Xuxa Rodríguez considers Caribbean diaspora artist responses in the wake of major survey shows highlighting increasing climate precarity in the region.
‘Sweet Lilly-Marie’ by Marlos E’van – A Burnaway Artist Edition
Burnaway is excited to announce 'Sweet Lilly-Marie', our next Artist Edition by Nashville and New York-based artist Marlos E'van.
In the Studio with Yun Dong Nam
Sterling Bowen visits the studio of Yun Dong Nam, speaking on his experience of teaching for thirty years at UNC Chapel Hill, ceramics, and the color palette in his work.
In Conversation with Marlos E’van
Justin Chance sits down with New York City-based artist Marlos E'van to discuss the roles of mentorship and references in E'van's work, alongside their art object for Burnaway's fourth Artist Edition.
In the Studio with Yun Dong Nam
Sterling Bowen visits the studio of Yun Dong Nam, speaking on his experience of teaching for thirty years at UNC Chapel Hill, ceramics, and the color palette in his work.
In the Studio with Nathalie Alfonso
Amanda Bradley visits the studio of South Florida-based artist Nathalie Alfonso to discuss her process of creating site-specific, temporal installations that center labor and ephemerality.
Treyvian Dowell: Tenderness and Protection
Amina Daugherty profiles the work of Atlanta-based artist Treyvian Dowell, who challenges the notion of legitimacy as dictated by polish or price.
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 GuideGeorgia'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 GuideThe 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.
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