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New Album: Konshens’ “Mental Maintenance”
Jamaica’s reggae and dancehall artist Konshens (Garfield Spence) has been finding success across the globe, most recently in Japan and Europe, where his album, Mental Maintenance, has risen to the top...
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Art: Visual Arts Competition/Exhibition at National Gallery of Jamaica
Veerle Poupeye reminds us that, as part of its new initiative to be open to the public every last Sunday of the month, the National Gallery of Jamaica will be open from 11:00am to 4:00pm today, with...
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Renee Cox: Challenging Stereotypes and Empowering Minorities through Art
Phillip Spradley won the July section of the Icons of Culture Competition with his essay “Renee Cox: Challenging Stereotypes and Empowering Minorities through Art:” “Fierce, fabulous, and one of the...
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Call for Submissions: 2012 Jamaica National Gallery Biennial
Artists are invited to submit entries for juried section of the 2012 National Biennial exhibition, which will open on Sunday, December 9, 2012, in the following categories: painting, drawing...
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Alexander Cooper: 50 Years of Creating Art
Karin Wilson Edmonds (Yardedge) recently featured Alexander Cooper, who, after a long absence from the exhibition scene, is “back in full force.” He recently celebrated his 50-year milestone of...
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Jamaica’s 2012 National Biennial Honors Omari Sediki Ra
Omari Sediki Ra, who was awarded the Institute of Jamaica’s Silver Musgrave medal in 2011 for outstanding merit in the field of art, has been honored with a tribute exhibition in the ongoing 2012...
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Art Exhibition: Cheery Stewart-Josephs Depicts Jamaican Life at the Embassy...
Jamaican artist Cheery Stewart-Josephs is showing her work in a 64-piece exhibition at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, DC. The show was curated by Margaret Bernal. JIS reports that the...
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Art Exhibition: Ken Ramsay Retrospective—Dare to Dream
The Mutual Gallery and Art Centre presents a retrospective of photojournalist Ken Ramsay, “Dare to Dream.” “Dare to Dream”—also the title of his retrospective book, published in 1994—opens on June 6,...
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National Gallery of Jamaica Hosts “Natural Histories” Exhibition
The National Gallery’s Natural Histories exhibition opened on Sunday, April 28, at 11:00am and will be on view through June 2013. The exhibition was introduced by its curators, Nicole Smythe-Johnson...
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An Interview with Olivia McGilchrist
Clelia Coussonnet interviews Jamaican artist Olivia McGilchrist for Uprising News (news on contemporary Caribbean art), underlining the multicultural background and experiences that inform her work....
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Tamara Natalie Madden in ART OFF the MAIN
ART OFF the MAIN is a special exhibition of African American, African and Caribbean art for the 2013 edition of the Contemporary Art Fair NYC, which will be held at the Javits Convention Center, New...
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National Gallery of Jamaica: Religion and Spirituality—In Our Own Image
The Explorations II: Religion and Spirituality exhibition, which opened last Sunday at the National Gallery of Jamaica, is organized around six broad, overlapping themes, with a gallery dedicated to...
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National Gallery of Jamaica Announces New Chief Curator, Charles Campbell
The National Gallery of Jamaica announced the appointment of its new Chief Curator, Mr. Charles Campbell, a Jamaican-born multidisciplinary artist, writer and curator, who has been based in Canada,...
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The National Gallery of Jamaica to Celebrate 40th Anniversary
The National Gallery of Jamaica will be celebrating its fortieth anniversary on November 14, 2014, and among several upcoming projects, there will be a major retrospective on the gallery’s trajectory,...
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“Augus’ Mawnin”: Art Exhibition to Celebrate Jamaica’s Emancipation and...
One of the many events celebrating Jamaica’s emancipation and independence day anniversaries in the South Florida Jamaican community is an art exhibition by Jamaican-born artist Richard Hugh Blackford...
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National Gallery of Jamaica Turns 40
The Jamaica Gleaner article “National Gallery of Jamaica at 40 (Part 1)” highlights the history of the National Gallery—the oldest and largest public art museum in the English-speaking Caribbean—as it...
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Sasha Dees Reviews Ebony G. Patterson
In “Ebony G. Patterson – Emerging Queen of 21st Century Pop Art” (ARC Magazine, 20 October 2014), Sasha Dees speaks about Ebony G. Patterson’s trajectory and what makes the artist distinctive and...
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Ebony Patterson among the 11 Artists to Watch In 2015
Our congratulations to Ebony G. Patterson, who was featured in the Huffington Post article “These Are The Artists To Watch In 2015,” by Priscilla Frank. Another Caribbean-born artist she mentions is...
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In Trench Town, Bob Marley Gets New Statue
As a follow-up to my co-blogger’s previous posts Happy Birthday, Bob Marley! and Happy Birthday, Bob Marley! I wanted to add this item, “Bob Gets New Statue for 70th Birthday.” Anastasia Cunningham...
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Paul Caridad Reviews Afro-Caribbean Inspired Artwork by Paul Lewin
In “Fantasy Meets Folk Art: Afro-Caribbean Inspired Paintings by Paul Lewin,” Paul Caridad (Visual News) reports on Jamaican-born artist Paul Lewin and the impact of Afro-Caribbean imagery on his...
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