About the Collection

Limited edition NFTs from Addonis Activation collection are being offered for free on the Polygon blockchain to help onboard community members to NFTs and crypto.

Owners of NFTs from this collection will be given chances to win NFTs from Addonis’ official From Paris With Love collection honoring Josephine Baker, currently valued at a floor price of 0.1 Ethereum (~$330 as of 1/21/21), and have access to future giveaways and special events.

*Thank you to everyone who participated! This giveaway has ended and the winners awarded their POAP NFT.

Learn about Addonis’ latest giveaway from his Activations collection here.*

Claim your free NFT from acclaimed artist Addonis before January 4th 2022

Join us in honoring Josephine Baker

The digital art collection originated from a request by the French Consulate to create a portrait in honor of Josephine Baker’s 2021 induction into the Pantheon, and is being unveiled at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center during Art Week Miami. Dropping the collection in Miami is particularly significant, as in 1951, Josephine Baker’s refusal to perform for a segregated crowd at the Copa City Club in Miami Beach led to integration sweeping across the US.

Open to the public 12/2, with the first reveal on 11/28 @ the French Consulate in Miami

Honoring renowned entertainer & civil rights activist Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker represented #BlackGirlMagic long before Black Twitter made the term popular. Born in 1906, the year Black Wall Street was founded in the Greenwood district of Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was the first Black woman to become a world-famous entertainer. Her important works also include being a wartime hero, spy, and civil rights activist for Black Americans, notably for being the only official female speaker at the March on Washington, standing at the side of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

NFT = Opportunity

A brief on NFTs by our friend @matai_theNFTguy who is helping us plan this release

Non-fungible-tokens (NFTs) are being used to revolutionize how digital art and content are collected by providing:

• Verifiable digital ownership of digital media and content stored on trusted and decentralized blockchain networks
• New easy to use marketplaces where artists and collectors can buy, trade and sell digital content in the form of NFTs
• Royalty fees on all future resales to support artists and creatives as their work is valued beyond their first sale

He's a giant, and not just because he stands six feet eight inches. For more than a decade, Addonis Parker, owner of Art Forever Studios in Liberty City, Miami has concentrated on improving the world through paint and brush.

From teaching art to at-risk youth, to completing large-scale mural commissions (such as his 55-foot-tall sunset on a public housing project), to participating in museum shows that celebrate black history and culture, Parker is a man on a mission to "do something historical."

Over the decades, Addonis has won a litany of commendations.