Local designer Ryan Chan has just released an adult colouring book. You know that I’m obsessed with them. Especially Caribbean colouring books. To the point where I had promised myself that I’m only allowed to buy Jade Gedeon’s Carnival Escape colouring book. I going to break that promise to include this gem.
Some pages from Pretty bitch therapy ! Get it tom ! 😊😂😂😂
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What? I’m supporting local! That’s allowed. Pretty Bitch Therapy: The Colouring Journal is available at The Little Black Dress in West Mall.
You can’t save every site and heritage building, but we need to save more than we have. We do have success stories in Trinidad and Tobago, Boissiere House and Audrey Jeffers’ Home aren’t listed. The Former is a completed restoration, the other restoration is taking place with great care to ensure historical accuracy. But the…
I’ve been doing a bit of shopping lately, window and otherwise, of local fashion things. I’ve mentioned my Meiling adventures, I stopped by the Jade Gedeon pop-up at Medulla, and yesterday I interviewed Robert Young of The Cloth. I should mention that I’ve ordered a Loud by Afiya skirt, I’m so excited about that purchase….
This article and television news report was produced in 2020, and it was written in response to a common criticism of the modern Carnival, that designers and masqueraders love of nudity was killing creativity. I attempted to explore that argument without prejudice. Published in the Trinidad Guardian (print and online) 22 February 2020 Source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/article/validating-naked-mas-6.2.1059944.a2db36df0a…
When artists get together to talk Caribbean Aesthetics, design, sustainability and creativity, interesting things happen, like thinking about another use for an iconic series of fete signs. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqjS5OvUkPo?rel=0] The Sign Books are popping up all over, but you can track their adventures on Instagram: De.Sign.Books
Michiel van Hout created the Holy Week Art Exhibition to help him find a space in the local art scene for his work. Michiel is a religious artist, and for him his work is a reflection of his faith. It is also part of his spiritual practice. The Holy Week Art Exhibition was created because…
I went to the Monday Night Theatre Forum (MNTF) as a reporter with the Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) in June 2016. I went to report on the talk that veteran actor, director and member of the rapso group 3Canal Wendell Manwarren had to say about his creative life in Trinidad and Tobago. Formed by…
These are cool. Have you seen the ones by Danielle Boodoo Fortune? Wish both were available here.
I have her most recent colouring book. It is amazing. She should re-print all of them.