>> ALL RIGHT. SO BEAUTIFUL SHOT HERE OF MAKES YOU WANT TO GO VACATION. IT’S CARIBBEAN
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND WE
ARE RECOGNIZING A REGIONAL
ARTISTS, A LOT OF PASSION, A
LOT OF TALENT, AS YOU SEE HIM
THERE DOING HIS WORK. SO TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT IS BEHIND HIS
ART, WE HAVE DUSTIN HAREWOOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US TODAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, LOOKING AT
YOUR OUR WORK, IT’S IT’S
COLORFUL. IT’S PLAYFUL.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU’RE INSPIRED BY
WHERE YOU GREW UP, BUT ARE
WHERE YOU ARE. YOU’RE AN
AMERICAN. YEAH. WHERE YOU
SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE
BARBADOS. SO LET’S EXPLAIN TO
YOU ARE FIRST GENERATION
AMERICAN. BUT OF COURSE, YOU
ARE INSPIRED TO NEVER FORGET
YOUR ROOTS. ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. I THINK I HAD THE
>> OF LIVING IN BOTH PLACES.
SO ORIGINALLY NEW YORK CITY
WHERE MY PARENTS IMMIGRATED
FROM IT WILL INTEGRATE BUT
THEN I HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TO
SECONDARY SCHOOL OR HIGH
SCHOOL IN BARBADOS. SO I, YOU
KNOW, WENT FROM BASEBALL TO
CRICKET.
>> YOU’RE ALL TO SOCCER OR,
YOU KNOW, BUT TO BE
SURROUNDED. I MEAN, THAT’S
REALLY COOL. AND HOW DOES THAT
COME OUT IN YOUR ART? HOW DO
YOU MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS?
>>MARK COLLINS: WELL, I THINK
A LOT OF MY WORK WOULD BE
ABOUT THESE DAYS WOULD BE
FLORIDA. AND BARBADOS AND
OTHER PLACES. SO THIS IDEA OF
TRAVERSING THESE DIFFERENT
SPACES.
>> SO I THINK THAT’S WHAT THE
WORK HAS BECOME. LET’S TALK
AND LOVE TO SHOW YOU MORE OF
YOUR WORK AS WE’RE TALKING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LIVING IN BOTH
PLACES, THE NEW YORK AND
BARBADOS. WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE, YOU KNOW, STARK
DIFFERENCES, YOU NOTICE OR
EVEN THOSE COMMONALITIES THAT
WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM EACH
OTHER, START DIFFERENCES.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS
THIS IS FASCINATING BECAUSE
EVEN IF WE WERE TO TALK ABOUT
AFRICAN-AMERICANS OR, YOU
KNOW, THERE’S THERE’S
BLACKNESS BUT THEN THERE’S
LIKE THIS DIASPORA. SO WAS
THINGS. WHEN I GOT TO
JACKSONVILLE. IT WAS HOW I
DIDN’T IMMEDIATELY CONNECT
WITH THE BLACK POPULATION.
WASN’T A NATURAL CONNECTION.
YEAH. YOU WOULD SOMETHING LIKE
THAT WOULD BE STRANGE. YOU
THINK IT WOULD BE OBVIOUS BUT
CULTURALLY IT’S A DIFFERENT.
YEAH, IT’S DIFFERENT. THERE’S
SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO MUCH
THAT WE SHARE. BUT THERE’S A
LOT THAT LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT
SHARED EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I
THINK THAT’S WHERE WE WOULD
LOVE TO LAND RIGHT NOW IS AND
SOMETIMES APPRECIATING OUR
DIFFERENCES TO THAT. WELL.
>> SHARED EXPERIENCE WAS NOT
LIKE WHEN WE’RE WALKING
AROUND. NO ONE’S ASKING ME
WHAT KIND OF BLACK PERSON ARE
I JUST WANT TO I MEAN, SO ALL
THOSE NUANCES AREN’T THINGS
UNTIL YOU REALLY GET INTO
SPACE AND REALLY GET TO KNOW
FOLKS TAKING THE TIME TO, YOU
PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, TO BE
HONEST WITH YOU. SO BARBADOS,
BARBADOS IS LIKE THE FARTHEST
EAST. YOU CAN GET TECHNICALLY
IT’S MORE IN THE ATLANTIC,
RIGHT? MORE THAN US IN THE SO
AMERICANS REALLY DON’T TRAVEL
THERE THAT MUCH BECAUSE YOU’RE
GOING TO HAVE TO FLY OVER THE
BAHAMAS, RIGHT? ALL THE PLACE
FOR ISLANDS MAKE IF I SAID I
WAS FROM JAMAICA. I KNOW THE
CONVERSATION WILL BE MUCH
USUALLY WHEN I SAY I’M FROM
BARBADOS.
>> YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE PAUSE
THAT IS. GUEST LIKE FOR PEOPLE
TO KNOW ABOUT BARBADOS. I KNOW
THAT, YOU KNOW YOUR ART
IMPORTANT, BUT I DON’T THINK
YOU REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT
IS TO KIND OF GET THIS
APPRECIATION FOR YOUR
KINDNESS. WELL, THAT AND THE
FACT THAT IT’S A VERY
DIFFERENT PLACE. THANK YOU,
PHIL ARCHER, ACTUALLY A HIGH
SCHOOL FRIEND FROM BARBADOS
WHO SUPPLIED ME WITH THE SHOTS
OUR BIGGEST. THANK YOU, PHIL
IOU. KNOW HE’S GOING TO CASH
THAT IN. BUT THINGS ABOUT
BARBADOS. WELL, I KNOW YOU
HEARD THE NEWS RECENTLY THAT
WE RECENTLY BECAME A
REPUBLICAN WHO IS ONE OF THE
FEW ISLANDS THAT STATE UNDER
BRITISH CONTROL THE WHOLE
TIME. A LOT OF ISLAND
SWITCHED.
>> FROM FRENCH PORTUGUESE, THE
BRITISH. BUT BARBADOS WAS HELD
BY THE BRITISH. YES, SO WE
WERE ALWAYS PART OF THE
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH. MOST
PEOPLE FROM ENGLAND, BARBADOS
WOULD BE THE VACATION SPOTS,
RIGHT? OK, LOOK, WE COULD TALK
ALL DAY. DUSTIN HARD IN MY
EAR, BUT APPRECIATE I WANT
PEOPLE TO YOU SEE HIS PASSION
OF YOU SHOULD SEE HIS ARTWORK
EVEN MORE AS WELL. SO DUSTIN
HAREWOOD, YEAH, THAT YOU CAN
CHECK THEM OUT ON INSTAGRAM
AND SEE THAT IS FOR SALE. I
KNOW I LOVE IT AND WAIT BUT
SHOUT OUT TO THE PRIME
MINISTER. YES. AND OUR NEW
PRESIDENT.
>> ALL WOMEN AND RIHANNA WAS
RECENTLY OFFICIALLY RIGHT NOW
AS A NATIONAL HERO. A LOT OF
EXCITING THINGS GOING US RIGHT