El Museo del Barrio organized a third round table discussion in the French Caribbean. This roundtable, which focused on the French Caribbean, was presented as part of the Southern Caribbean region International Arts Critics Association (AICA) seminars organized in Martinique. A one-day research trip to Guadeloupe was also on schedule for the group of invitees.
The third roundtable had three main purposes: 1) to take the pulse of the art scene in Martinique and present and promote the Caribbean project to the seminar audience, 2) to look at the wider cultural scene in Guadeloupe, and 3) to meet with the group of invitees and colleagues to discuss the most recent project proposal recently developed by the project's managing team.
The AICA seminars were the setting for the presentation of the Caribbean project. Deborah Cullen was part of an AICA panel where she discussed the three institutions involved in the project—El Museo, Queens Museum of Art and Studio Museum in Harlem—all of which were founded around the same time and share similar civic purposes. For each museum, she described its history of collecting, institutional relevance, and interest in developing this project. She explained the thematic framework of the exhibition and presented illustrations. An informative brochure was designed and distributed during our visit (please see enclosed copy). The brochure provided the audience with a Joint Statement written collectively by El Museo, the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Queens Museum of Art.
During the roundtable discussion our invitees and other colleagues joined in, including writer and curator, Simon Njami (Paris) and Renee Paule Yung-Hing, Director of the Regional Council in Martinique, to give their perspectives on the current stage of the project and its general idea. The project was deemed interesting and crucial, and it was understood that it is still in its development stage but moving forward at a good pace. The meeting also emphasized the importance of the experience of the viewer attending an exhibition versus the scope of information that should be developed in the accompanying book.
This roundtable served the purpose of having a more focused discussion about the proposal and its real possibilities, primarily in terms of structure, funding and potential for travel.
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