Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE)
REVEREND HOUSTON R. CYPRESS is a Two-Spirit poet, artist, and activist, from the Otter Clan of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida. Through his artistic practice, Houston explores and articulates queer ecological knowledge through community-based artistic, mystical, and shamanistic techniques.
DINIZULU GENE TINNIE is a New York–born visual artist and designer, writer, educator, and an activist in historical preservation and cultural affairs. He relocated to Miami in 1974, where he joined the iconic Miami Black Arts Workshop, co-founded the broader Kuumba Artists Collective, and chaired the newly formed Art Department while teaching at historically Black Florida Memorial University. The legacies of the Transatlantic slave trade inform his artwork and advocacy.
DR. WALLIS TINNIE, granddaughter of the late Seminole Maroon Florence Ealer Jones Hamm, was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her work focuses on the presumptions and agendas of colonization prevalent in the language of literature, criticism, and law. Dr. Tinnie serves as President of Florida Black Historical Research Project, Inc. A Miami Dade College Professor Emerita and former Protocol Officer of the City of Miami, she has served as a long-time cultural programmer. She was one of the chief organizers of South Florida’s Annual Pan African Bookfest and Cultural Conference spearheaded by the nonprofit African American Caribbean Cultural Arts Commission, which she co-founded.
TRACEY ROBERTSON CARTER is a former marketing executive and entrepreneur who is dedicated to up-lifting equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the various philanthropic efforts she is involved in supporting youth, arts, and the environment. She was the Founding Board Chair of a local group mentor- ing initiative focused on the social and emotional wellness of challenged youth in Florida, with a focus on incarcerated youth and teen parents. Tracey serves as a Trustee with New World Symphony, AIRIE, Art in Public Places Miami-Dade, Shelburne Farms, Vermont, and the Chicago Sinfonietta.
CORNELIUS TULLOCH is a Miami-based interdisciplinary artist and designer and artistic director of AIRIE. With work transcending the barriers of architecture, visual art, and photography, Tulloch focuses on how creative mediums can be combined to tell powerful stories inspired by his Jamaican and African American heritage. His work has been exhibited in institutions including The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, and the Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy. In 2016, he was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and is included in the permanent collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem.