Burnaway celebrates art from the South and Caribbean.

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Reginald O’Neal’s Homage to Rainbow Village and The Work of Commissioner

Francess Archer Dunbar writes about Miami-based artist Reginald O'Neal's homage to Rainbow Village, a now demolished housing development in Overtown, and the work of arts organization Commissioner.

To Do List

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

Reviews

Jamie Robertson’s soft heat at Houston Center for Photography, Houston

Rian (Raven) Crane reviews Jamie Robertson's otherworldly wetland images in soft heat at Houston Center for Photography, Houston.

Studio Visit

In the Studio with Harley Burns

Robert Alan Grand visits the Asheville studio of painter Harley Burns to discuss their paintings that speak to the experience of being trans and gender nonconforming in the South, and celebrating the importance of living authentically.

Reviews

Unbound Narratives: Embodied Language at Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta

Jasmine Wilson Dennie reviews how the featured artists translate embodied experience into visual and linguistic forms in Unbound Narratives: Embodied Langauge at Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta.

Detail of Danqi Cai, Refrain in Three Parts, 2025. Photograph by Kes Efstathiou and courtesy of Danqi Cai.

Interviews

In Conversation with Danqi Cai

Jaiha Lee interviews Danqi Cai, an Arkansas-based interdisciplinary artist who considers the infallibility of language through the migrant technologies of papermaking and print.

DIY Index

Room 412 in Birmingham, Alabama

Burnaway visits Room 412, an artist-run gallery in Birmingham, Alabama, that developed from a sense of shared momentum and need for connection within the city's artist community, in April's edition of DIY Index.

Call For Artists

Calls for Artists: April 2026

Our monthly round up of opportunities includes regional grants, a ceramics residency in Star, North Carolina, and an emerging craft artists program in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Features

Concrete Ties: Cuban Architecture, Memory, and the Afterlives of Solidarity

Looking at the work of Carlos Garaicoa, and the architectural exhibition Prefabricating Solidarity at Vanderbilt University’s Engine for Art, Democracy & Justice, Alexandra Martinez traces the lived history of postcolonial Cuban architecture.

Close Look

Clutch City Craft at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston

Burnaway takes a close look at Clutch City Craft at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houson.

Profile

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.

Portrait of Abigail Lucien in their studio, New York, NY, 2026. Photograph by Luis Corzo and image courtesy of Abigail Lucien and Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York.

Interviews

In Conversation with Abigail Lucien

Justin Chance interviews sculptor, writer, and educator Abigail Lucien, who explores language alongside motifs of enclosure and liminal space, in their work.

Profile

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.

Installation view of Virginia L. Montgomery: Blue Moon Cocoon, Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, University of Alabama at Birmingham, January 15 – March 21, 2026. Image courtesy of the artist.

Reviews

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.

Studio Visit

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.

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