OPEN CALL FOR VISUAL ARTISTS
Sight & Sound: The Haiti Recordings by Alan Lomax

Haiti Cultural Exchange is thrilled to launch this open call for visual artists from Haiti and the Haitian Diaspora in the US to submit work in response to the unprecedented audio archives that ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax made in Haiti in 1936-1937.

For this open call opportunity, The Lomax Archive has selected 40 recordings from its extensive collection from Haiti for visual artists from the US and Haiti to explore and respond to with their own artwork.


Deadline to submit: 
Monday, June 1, 2026

× VIZYON ATISTIK

Vizyon Atistik Artist Residency is a new initiative that provides visual artists of Haitian descent an intimate space to showcase works or share integral aspects of their practice/works in progress for a duration of 6 weeks.

Artists will be expected to facilitate public facing art making workshops and/or conversations with communities of their choice (Example: local residents, young kids, teens, adults, queer/non-binary identifying folx) and will receive assistance in developing and implementing workshops and talks with the Programs Associate. We encourage artists to view this opportunity as a way to receive feedback and/or generate conversation around an already existing body of work that they wish to expand or current works/projects in progress with the community.

Current Artists

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Harry Abilhomme

SPRING 2024

Harry Abilhomme is a self-taught and intuitive artist who has left his mark on the art world with daring creations evoking skin-deep sensitivity, based in Port-au-Prince, New York, and Montreal.

Serge Jolimeau

WINTER 2024

Serge Jolimeau is a highly acclaimed metal sculptor with deep roots in the vibrant Haitian culture and a leading figure in the world of cut metal craftsmanship based in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti.

Steven Baboun

SUMMER 2023

Steven Baboun is an artist, photographer, performance artist, and creative director from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, based in New York City.

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