MIAMI – OneUnited Financial institution, is proud to have a good time internationally acclaimed muralist Addonis Parker, the financial institution’s artist-in-residence. His work can be featured in Nonetheless We Rise: The Artwork of Addonis Parker, a robust testomony to the resilience, creativity, and enduring spirit of an artist. His work has formed and redefined Miami’s cultural panorama. Nonetheless We Rise can be featured in Ten North Group’s modern assortment.
The general public is invited to the Opening Ceremony on Friday June thirteenth, 2025, 6pm-9pm at The ARC at 675 Ali Baba Avenue, Opa-locka, FL 33054. RSVP right here on Eventbrite.
Addonis Parker speaks his fact, “God created me to by no means match right into a socially accepted field made at no cost consumption for false narratives. I transfer by religion and stroll in prophecies earlier than I rise. My group is fed earlier than my canvas eats whereas fatherhood transcends compassion for my atmosphere. I’m a soul. I’m a father. I’m a son. I’m a Black man in America with imaginative and prescient and a coronary heart.”
Nonetheless We Rise Exhibition
On view at The ARC from June 13 by August 30, 2025 Nonetheless We Rise invitations viewers to discover the wealthy tapestry of Addonis’ work which confronts social injustice and celebrates Black tradition. His artwork encompasses a various vary of mediums, kinds, and themes whereas reminding us that artwork isn’t solely a type of expression but in addition a device for change, a way of preserving reminiscence, and a supply of hope.
“Within the spirit of Maya Angelou’s unyielding verse, Addonis Parker’s work reminds us that even within the face of adversity, magnificence, tradition, and group rise. At Ten North Group, we’re proud to face alongside visionaries like Addonis whose creativity helps remodel neighborhoods into narratives of hope and energy.” commented Dr. Willie Logan, President & CEO, Ten North Group.
OneUnited Financial institution Artist-in-Residence
For the previous ten years Addonis Parker has served as OneUnited Financial institution’s “artist in residence”. He maintains a studio on the Financial institution’s Miami department. Parker’s artwork has been featured on ten (10) OneUnited Financial institution Visa Debit Cards. These playing cards showcase highly effective artwork portraying themes from Black tradition. Every card embodies tales of resilience and unity. This marks a step ahead in our journey in direction of inclusivity and monetary equality.
“As America’s largest Black owned financial institution and an award-winning Neighborhood Growth Monetary Establishment (CDFI), we recognize the significance of supporting artists from Purvis Younger to Addonis Parker, who inform tales of resilience nationwide from Overtown and Liberty Metropolis in Miami to South Central Los Angeles and Roxbury in Boston,” states Teri Williams, OneUnited Financial institution President & COO. “And nonetheless, we rise!”
