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.
One of my favourite bands to watch for Carnival has been K2K Alliance. Twins Kathy and Karen Norman bring so much artistry to their fashion meets mas band. That they both work in finance in New York and can bring out an award winning band is madness, but I am grateful for their passion for…
One of my favourite bands to watch for Carnival has been K2K Alliance. Twins Kathy and Karen Norman bring so much artistry to their fashion meets mas band. That they both work in finance in New York and can bring out an award winning band is madness, but I am grateful for their passion for…
This imaginative book throws new light on the closing years of Caribbean slavery and the lives of enslaved people of African descent before emancipation in Trinidad in 1834. The book centres on the drawings of plantation life by Richard Bridgens, an English-born artist who became a planter and slaveholder in Trinidad, and examines these in […]…
What’s to be said about Bazodee? The Machel Montano headlined film opened in his native land last week, and I happened to catch it on opening night. The film is entertaining, but far from exc… Source: Basically Bazodee: A Review