2025 Miami Art Week Panel Discussion: Ethical Practices in the Arts

AfriKin Talks 2025 invites artists, curators, cultural scholars, and creative entrepreneurs to an urgent and rigorous roundtable discussion on Ethical Practices in the Arts with a focus on equity, reparative justice, and cultural stewardship in the context of African and African Diaspora art.

At a time when the global art market grapples with extractive practices, performative DEI, and the erasure of cultural memory, AfriKin Talks offers a values-based forum for building a more ethical and equitable art world. Together, we ask:

• How can we approach site-specific projects with empathy and local accountability?

• What role should artists and institutions play in historical repair?

• How do we sustain social investments in artists and their communities?

• How do we invite diverse publics into the future direction of art from the Global African

perspective?

Why This Matters?

For academic partners, philanthropists, collectors, and cultural institutions, AfriKin Talks

provides a rare opportunity to:

• Engage directly with global thought leaders in African and Diaspora art discourse

• Explore actionable frameworks for ethical artistic engagement and reparative practices

• Position your institution or brand at the forefront of conscious cultural dialogue

• Participate in a growing legacy of critical thinking and transformative justice in the arts

Speakers from L to R:

Moderator Dr. Allison K. Young

Art Historian, Curator, and Associate Professor at LSU A specialist in African and African Diaspora art history, Dr. Young’s work intersects art and social justice. Her writing appears in Artforum, Art Review, and Brooklyn Rail, and she is the author of the forthcoming book Freedom as Form (Duke University Press).

Panelists:

Allison Glenn

Curator of the 2026 Toronto Biennial of Art. A nationally recognized voice in public art and placemaking, Glenn brings more than 15 years of curatorial experience at the intersection of art and civic engagement.

Gia M. Hamilton

Applied Anthropologist & Founder of Gris Gris Lab

A leader in community-centered arts programming, Hamilton’s Social Magic™ framework explores land, labor, and culture with deep roots in spiritual and social activism.

Lisa Anderson

Curator & Cultural Strategist Based in London, Anderson is known for her groundbreaking work in curatorial repair, cultural memory, and heritage justice. She is also founder of @blackbritishart.

Joseph Underwood

Joseph L. Underwood is a scholar and curator whose research focuses on artists from the African continent and the Diaspora. As an art historian of the modern and contemporary periods, his projects focus on the mid-to-late twentieth century and encompass themes from the Postwar era: including post-colonialism, (trans)nationalism, globalization, and biennialism.

This is more than a panel.

This is a commitment to doing better—together.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Scott Galvin Community Center, 1600 Northeast 126th Street, North Miami, United States