Lineage: Celebrating A Legacy of Love, Family & Activism
About this Event
On Sat., July 26, 2025 from 3 pm-5 pm, African Voices magazine will host an opening exhibition for Brooklyn artist Watson Mere and a launch celebration for our special issue honoring the art and activism of Harry Belafonte! Watson’s art graces the front cover of our Summer/Fall 2025 issue! Enjoy an afternoon of art and celebration! Contributors from the issue will share their poems and stories! Guest list will be announced shortly.
Our issue is guest edited by award-winning poet/author Keisha-Gaye Anderson.
LINEAGE: Celebrating A Legacy of Love, Family & Activism
ARTIST BIO
Watson Mere is an award-winning visual and performance artist who has been exhibiting his work for the past eight years. Mere’s work has been shown in galleries, museums and venues, which include the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY; Venice Art Gallery, Venice, Italy; The Oculus at the World Trade Center, New York, NY; Gracie Mansion Conservatory, New York, NY; Norman Rea Gallery, York, United Kingdom, and The Africa Center, Harlem, New York. He has earned various awards including the 2024 Artist in Residence for the Haiti Cultural Exchange, the 2022 Elizabeth Foundation For The Arts Studio Program, a 2023 recipient of the Frederieke Sanders Taylor StudioProjects Fund, and the 2018 Citation of Honor (Arts) from the District Attorney of Kings County. Mere and his work has been featured in publications and television networks such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vogue Magazine, Hyperallergic, Esquire Magazine, Artsy, NPR, News 12 New York, Philly Magazine, Broadway World, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Colossal, GlobeNewswire, Nylon, C- Suite Quarterly, and more.
Mere attended Florida A&M University, receiving a B.A. in Business Administration in
2011 and a Masters in Business Administration in 2015. He was born and raised in
the town of Belle Glade, FL to two immigrant parents from Haiti. He lives in Brooklyn,
New York, and maintains a studio at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in Times
Square, Manhattan.
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