This panel draws from the themes of La Vaughn Belle’s work in the exhibition Liberating Light, which centers the Black female body as a site of historical migration, trauma, and resilience. Invited speakers interrogate the role of gendered subjects in Afro-Caribbean art and culture. Panelists include Barbara Abadía Rexach, San Francisco State University; Ana-Hilda Figueroa de Jesús, independent curator; Irene López, Kenyon College; and Noralis Rodriguez-Coss, Gonzaga University; moderated by Postdoctoral Fellow in Museum Practices and Scholarly Engagements at The Gund, Dr. Diana Flatto.