In 2010 an animated journey began when Andres Mänd, the head of the Animation Department of Volda University Norway was invited to be on the jury for CubAnima film festival in Havana, Cuba. There he met the founder and director of Animae Caribe Animation Festival Camille Selvon Abrahams. There was an immediate connection and discussion…
The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago is hosting viewings of Ramleela in Cedar Hill, Princes Town. Ramleela is a dramatic re-enactment of the life of Lord Rama as described in the Ramayana, ending in a 10 day battle between him and Ravan. Cedar Hill’s Ramleela celebration is said to be one of the oldest…
An exhibition of recent, smaller works from Shalini Singh at 101 Art Gallery @ Holder’s Studio
The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago is selling the recently re-released A Handbook of Trinidad Cookery; the first published recipe book of Trinidad and Tobago. The new edition was edited by Danielle Delon, whose previous work includes The Letter’s of Margaret Mann. This is a re-publication of the 1907 edition of the book which…
The National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to invite submissions for the juried section of upcoming Jamaica Biennial, which will now be held from February 26 to May 28, 2017 and will thus be the Jamaica Biennial 2017. The Jamaica Biennial, previously known as the National Biennial, is the National Gallery’s flagship biennial exhibition. Designed […]…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwIcwKdgQ64?rel=0] The conversation on my Facebook feed after the budget was read out, is that this Government, like it’s predecessors (regardless of party) doesn’t understand or value the creative sector. Finance Minister Colm Imbert spoke of spending $25 million to re-install a state of the art audio system in the National Academy of the…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKpaTJlfkBU?rel=0] JURY PRIZES BEST FEATURE FILM–NARRATIVE TT$12,500 / Sponsored by The National Gas Company In competition: Antes Que Cante El Gallo (Before the Rooster Crows)-Arí Manuel Cruz, Puerto Rico-WINNER El Acompañante (The Companion) – Pavel Giroud, Cuba Esteban-Jonal Cosculluela, Cuba Play the Devil-Maria Govan, Trinidad+Tobago, The Bahamas, the USA The Cutlass-Darisha Beresford, Trinidad+Tobago BEST…
Alice Yard turns 10 this month. The yard used to be Sean Leonard’s great-grandmother’s home. Her name is Alice Gittens and she purchased the property in 1953, and instituted the open door policy that is a feature of the space today. Sean is one of the directors of the Alice Yard. The others include Christopher…
Rubi makes so much sense as the true inspiration for Bond. James Bond.
This is quite an interesting call for papers. I’ll try to monitor it.