81C Arts at Prosperity Farm Distillery
At Prosperity Farm Distillery, we believe the arts play a powerful role in shaping communities. Art has the ability to transcend cultural boundaries, challenge perspectives, and open new ways of seeing what’s possible in the world around us.
To help foster creativity and cultural exchange, we established The Farmhouse Gallery — a dedicated space designed to bring more opportunities for experiencing the arts at the distillery. The gallery serves as a welcoming venue for exhibitions, gatherings, and conversations that celebrate artistic expression in the Virgin Islands.
We are proud to collaborate with 81C Arts, the non-profit arm of the renowned 81C in St. Thomas. Over the years, 81C has played an important role in bringing contemporary art to the territory while supporting established, emerging, and local artists.
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"This exhibition showcases artwork created by young artists from 81C Arts' Expression Through the Arts summer program, alongside digital animations from students in the DigiLocal after-school program and selected works from students in the wider community. At its heart, this show is a celebration of student voice — their thoughts, perspectives, and evolving sense of self. Through painting, poetry, and digital media, each piece offers a glimpse into how these artists see and experience the world.
Many of the works are paired with poetry created through a collaborative ekphrastic process, where students responded to one another’s artwork with written reflections. Other pieces feature blackout poetry, formed from pages of The Great Gatsby, where students shaped their own meanings from a shared text. Throughout the exhibition, these approaches highlight the power of interpretation, showing how different voices can emerge from shared experiences.
A significant portion of the work includes self-portraits, where students used color, symbolism, and words to express identity and self-perception. Together, these works reflect creativity that is thoughtful, expressive, and deeply personal. Each piece invites you to look closely, to read, and to listen — and to experience the world through the eyes of these young artists."
-The Curators, 81C, 2026
