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BIRTH PAPERS, curated by @lehweprojects — on view now at 81C and the Camille Pissarro House (St Thomas) through Fall, 2026.BIRTH PAPERS is a @princeton supported traveling exhibition of Caribbean design that considers how objects carry memory, identity, and proof of belonging. Taking its title from the documents that certify origin, authorship, and legitimacy, the exhibition asks what other kinds of records can be held in material form.Through furniture, lighting, textiles, sculpture, and functional objects, the works on view move between utility and storytelling, revealing design as a language of inheritance, adaptation, and cultural imagination. Bringing together designers and artists from across the Caribbean and its diaspora, BIRTH PAPERS proposes that objects can act as counter-documents: preserving histories, challenging fixed ideas of origin, and opening new ways of understanding Caribbean creative practice.Visit the show Tuesday-Friday on St Thomas. Admission is free.81C 4PM-8PM (Strand Gade St)Camille Pissarro House 10AM-2PM (Main St) More info at 81CVI.COM by @81cvi
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In just 3 days, we’ll be opening our doors to audiences in Rock City—St. Thomas, USVI here we come! Join us this Saturday July 11, at 5PM for music, drinks, art, and of course, community. 🫂✴️ @lehweprojects @81cvi 81C81C Kronprindens GadeSt. Thomas, USVI + The Camille Pissarro Building14 Dronningens Gade / Main StreetSt. Thomas, USVI#caribbeanartists #stthomasvirginislands #virginislandsevents #caribbeandesign #caribbeanart by @81cvi
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The summer is hot but summer study sessions are even hotter ❤️‍🔥 Join us at @81cvi, St. Thomas on July 16th! Tickets linked in bio or scan QR to secure your spot ✨ by @81cvi
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Thursday July 2 — Save the date for@strawberriemilk_ @warmmilkwithsugar Artist Talk at 81C St Thomas. The presenting artists will take questions and discuss Middle Of The Food Chain, an immersive fine art exhibition currently on view in 81C’s flagship gallery. @carbar.usvi brings the sounds and revelry.See you July 2 ❤️ Thank you @jbentonconstruction @uvi_edu and the many 81C Arts community partners for supporting the closing reception, artist talk, and youth enrichment programming associated with Middle Of The Food Chain. Your support for arts access and the emergence of creativity through community dialogues is a valuable gift to our youth and general public. Thank you for standing with us in support of the arts! by @81cvi
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BIRTH PAPERS hits the VI July 11th!This traveling exhibition of Caribbean design considers how objects carry memory, identity, and proof of belonging. Taking its title from the documents that certify origin, authorship, and legitimacy, the exhibition asks what other kinds of records can be held in material form.Through furniture, lighting, textiles, sculpture, and functional objects, the works on view move between utility and storytelling, revealing design as a language of inheritance, adaptation, and cultural imagination. Bringing together designers and artists from across the Caribbean and its diaspora, BIRTH PAPERS proposes that objects can act as counter-documents: preserving histories, challenging fixed ideas of origin, and opening new ways of understanding Caribbean creative practice.Curated by @lehweprojects and on view in Charlotte Amalie at 81C and the Camille Pissarro House through fall 2026, the show features 17+ artists. Core support @princeton Come join the conversation July 11 ❤️ by @81cvi
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Opening Reception: Honor Ori, a pop up art exhibition by IYANSA on view at 81C St Thomas. Join us in celebrating IYANA’s work this Friday June 19th 5-8PM ❤️ Artist Statement: “Being a Caribbean woman means that my work is as varied and fragmented as the stor of our region and that of the journey of our ancestors. I am a cross-cultural medium; a bridge between communities with similar pasts and shared goals. The presence of ancient practices and items within contemporary art helps to preserve what some have cast aside in the name of human evolution and technological advancements. It is my aim to preserve and honor the power of the natural elements and to carry on the legacy of ingenuity birthed by indigenous nations.”Artist Bio: Milenys Viera Pérez, known as IYansa, is a Puerto Rican artist and educator whose work reflects her mysterious persona and love for adventure. Themes of rapid adaptation and embracing the winds of transformation have become driving forces in her path. The scope of her work integrates multiple mediums— brewing a concoction of paintings, drawings, photographs, writings, and sounds, all which she deems sacred manifestations of the Divine. Born on November 1st, 1999, her early years were spent in Canóvanas, PR, where she was first introduced to multiple art forms. A great portion of her influence has come from living in Georgia, USA, where she had the opportunity to begin developing her craft. It was there where she met her first creative mentors and turned her passion into her life’s work. After coming of age, she returned to the Caribbean and has since lived in St. Thomas, VI and Barbados, where she expanded her practice by gaining experience as a screen printing artisan and experimenting with natural sustainable materials. Creative Development, a class she has been teaching virtually since 2022, helps children to develop their art skills and knowledge through studies of ancient artifacts. IYansa is currently based in Kingston, Jamaica and is working on her debut musical project. Somewhere between the magic that can be found in reality, and the thin veil between the living and the dead, is where you may find her. by @81cvi
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“The movie inside your memory..” A look within Krankie II: Middle of the Food Chain.On view now through July 2026 (St. Thomas) Across painting, sculpture, installation, and moving image, Emily Braswell @strawberriemilk_ and Jenna Rees @warmmilkwithsugar construct an immersive world built from invented memories, celebrity mythology, and the strange emotional residue of fame.Presented as a dual-site exhibition between 81C and the XIIID Research and Strategy Innovation Center at UVI, MOTFC continues the artists’ ongoing exploration of narrative environments where time folds, stories fracture, and meaning emerges through atmosphere rather than sequence.On view now through July 2026 | Free admission 81C | Charlotte AmalieTues–Sat | 5–8PMXIIID Research and Strategy Innovation Center at UVIMon–Fri | 9AM–4PMExhibition sponsors include Foundation for Contemporary Arts, One Communications, UVI, VI Museum of Art, VICA, and XIIID. by @81cvi
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St. Thomas, June 12th! No pressure, just vibes and creativity - come start the summer season with The Study ✶Scan QR code or tickets linked in bio! by @81cvi
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Experience Middle of the Food Chain, the newest installment of Emily Braswell @strawberriemilk_ and Jenna Rees’ @warmmilkwithsugar evolving Krankie series — this immersive art exhibition is on view now through July 2026 at 81C and the XIIID Research and Strategy Innovation Center at the University of the Virgin Islands on St. Thomas. Learn about the show @ link in bio or visit 81CVI.COM. Plan your visit today ❤️ DETAILSDual-Site Exhibition | Gallery Hours81C St. Thomas — Tues-Sat 5-8PMXIIID Research and Strategy Innovation Center at the University of the Virgin Islands — Mon-Fri 9AM-4PMOn View Through July, 2026 | St Thomas USVIEXHIBITION SPONSORS INCLUDE:Foundation For Contemporary Arts, One Communications, UVI, VI Museum of Art, VICA, XIIID #stt #virginislands #usvirginisland #charlotteamalie #stthomasusvi by @81cvi
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Milk hits STT 5.15.26 with an immersive dual-location fine art experience. Krankie II: Middle Of The Food Chain launches in Charlotte Amalie at 81C with proxy activations at the XIIID Innovation and Strategy Center at UVI. Krankie II: Middle of the Food Chain by Emily Braswell @strawberriemilk_ and Jenna Rees @warmmilkwithsugar unfolds as a warped cinematic universe where painting, video, and sculpture collapse into a single, unstable narrative field. Centered around a fictional 1980s movie star in a meta-perspective of invented lore from parallel storylines, the work drifts between past and present, constructing a world where time folds in on itself and meaning emerges through fragments rather than sequence.Hybrid airbrush and traditional paintings operate as imagined film artifacts: posters, stills, and visual residues from fictitious movies that are rendered with a hyper-saturated, almost synthetic clarity. Their surfaces oscillate between softness and precision, evoking the tactile nostalgia of analog media while simultaneously referencing the flattened glow of digital imagery. Sculptural interventions punctuate the space with quiet absurdity, grounding the work in physical form while amplifying its psychological tension.The accompanying video component extends this atmosphere into motion, offering a disjointed, voyeuristic glimpse into the interior lives orbiting this fictional figure. Rather than resolving into narrative, the work lingers in mood—an uneasy balance of humor, longing, and quiet unpredictability.Drawing from the American south small-town culture and nostalgia for the sensationalized monolithic star style fame of pre-internet times, Krankie II: Middle of the Food Chain constructs a world that feels both intimately familiar and fundamentally distorted. It is less a story than a condition—one where fantasy and perception continuously rewrite one another. — The Curators, 81C, Charlotte Amalie, 2026EXHIBITION SPONSORS:Foundation For Contemporary Arts, One Communication, UVI, VI Museum of Art, VICA, XIIID Join us opening night @81cvi 5PM-Midnight ❤️🥂DJ @carbar.usvi | cash bar | free admission | artists present by @81cvi
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This week, Student Art Show 2026 flies to St Croix for its Saturday April 18th opening reception!Join us at @prosperity_farm_distillery opening night (5-10PM))to see over 40 works by the wondrous students of our Expression Through the Arts and DigiLocal programs. “This exhibition showcases artwork created by young artists from 81C Arts’ Expression Through the Arts summer program, alongside digital animations from students in the DigiLocal after-school program and selected works from students in the wider community. At its heart, this show is a celebration of student voice — their thoughts, perspectives, and evolving sense of self. Through painting, poetry, and digital media, each piece offers a glimpse into how these artists see and experience the world.Many of the works are paired with poetry created through a collaborative ekphrastic process, where students responded to one another’s artwork with written reflections. Other pieces feature blackout poetry, formed from pages of The Great Gatsby, where students shaped their own meanings from a shared text. Throughout the exhibition, these approaches highlight the power of interpretation, showing how different voices can emerge from shared experiences.A significant portion of the work includes self-portraits, where students used color, symbolism, and words to express identity and self-perception. Together, these works reflect creativity that is thoughtful, expressive, and deeply personal. Each piece invites you to look closely, to read, and to listen — and to experience the world through the eyes of these young artists.”- The Curators, 81C Arts, 2026 📸 opening reception STT / students + families night at 81C on STT for Student Art Show 2026 (pics from Feb) by @81cvi
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@worthwhile.baggage x 81C pop up / STTThank you to everyone who pulled up to support this creative and inspiring brand. Thank you Kristen King - for your vision and craft ❤️ March was so fun.. let’s do it again ✨ ty @carbar.usvi by @81cvi
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