Join us for a participatory workshop led by Shayla Marshall, presented in celebration of the closing of Blue Magick, her site-specific installation in the Walgreens windows at 23rd Street and Collins Avenue.
The workshop explores “Blue Magic” as both a reference to the iconic hair grease found in many Black homes and an homage to the Black community’s deep historical and spiritual relationships to water as a source of power, survival, and transformation. Participants will create personalized jars of Blue Magic using herbs, oils, and words of affirmation 🌊
Program Schedule:
5:30 PM — Meet at the Walgreens windows installation (23rd St & Collins Ave) for a walkthrough of Blue Magick with artist Shayla Marshall.
6:00 PM — Walk to the beach for the hands-on workshop.
About the artist:
Shayla Marshall (b. 1999, Miami, FL) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice uses world-building as a tool for liberation, challenging linear notions of time to explore the complexities of history and identity. Working across sculpture, photography, painting, writing, and archiving, she creates immersive environments that reimagine Black American experiences and possibilities for healing and transformation. Rooted in her upbringing as an African American woman, Marshall’s work emphasizes storytelling, cultural preservation, and the redefinition of past and future. She holds a BFA from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles and an MA from the Royal College of Art in London, and has exhibited at institutions including Saatchi Gallery and Tate Modern.
Instagram: @shaylamonii
About The Bass x Bakehouse Art Complex Windows Project:
The Walgreens Windows Project is a collaboration between The Bass and Bakehouse. Featuring site-specific projects by emerging and local artists on a rotating basis, the projects represent the shared missions of the Miami-based arts organizations to support art that engages, challenges, and educates. The project is supported by Walgreens.
