SIDE x SIDE

SIDE x SIDE is a dynamic, interactive correspondence art project that engaged with young artists and writers in Opa-Locka and Little Haiti in 2018 and 2019. We aimed to bridge our respective Miami-Dade neighborhoods together by means of mail art, highlighting their unique experiences and neighborhoods.

Inspired students between the ages of 8 to 10 years old living and attending public school in Little Haiti and Opa-Locka were paired with each other as pen pals, creating correspondence art – stamps, envelopes, and other snail-mail memorabilia – while learning about life in another diverse community through the lens of a new friend.

These students expanded their literary horizons beyond community borders and instilled in themselves a civic sense of pride from where they read, write, live and play. The project was conducted in partnership with Page Slayers and Exile Books.