Lauderhill, FL – The 2025 Juneteenth Concert Experience proudly welcomes acclaimed visual artist Dionne Polite as part of its expanded creative showcase, Imagination Unchained: A Celebration of Juneteenth Through Art, Culture, and Black Brilliance. Taking place on Friday, June 20th at 8 PM at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, this year’s program offers more than just music—it presents a powerful visual tribute to Black resilience, memory, and joy.
Polite, a proud Guyanese-American painter, brings an intimate, culturally rich perspective to the exhibit. Her work, rooted in Caribbean heritage and personal experience, explores themes of identity, ancestral pride, and collective memory. Her creative journey deepened in 2019 following her father’s dementia diagnosis, sparking a series of sketches that evolved into what she now calls CCC: Culture and Creativity on Canvas.
“My work doesn’t center on trauma,” says Polite. “I want to celebrate our nobility and resilience. Across the African diaspora, we’ve flourished no matter where we’ve landed.”…