August 2011 Arts Events Magazine

BARBADOS ARTS EVENTS

August 2011

Welcome to Barbados Monthly Arts Events August 2011

All information correct at time of publishing. Please phone or email relevant galleries to confirm dates of events as they may be subject to change.

Updates as news of arts events comes in each month may be viewed on http://corriescott.net/page28.htm Published by Corrie Scott

corriescott@gmail.com

www.corriescott.net

ARTS DIRECTORY BARBADOS The response to this arts directory was so enthusiastic from the creative world in Barbados that we have decided to pre release the book with the images and information we have received so far. There are many more artists who have registered who are still to send their images and information, and so by December when the book is officially due for release it will be a marvellous reference book for fine art, fine art photography, sculpture, craftwork and fine handcrafted jewellery.

To view the book so far please click on http://issuu.com/corriescott/docs/art_directory_barbados_bb The full book will be viewable online at no cost, and hard copies will be available for purchase directly from publisher by December 2011.

Kathy Yearwood & Corrie Scott July 2011

Calling All Creative Artists of Barbados to Be A Part Of The

Fine Art. Fine Art Photography. Sculpture. Installations.

Pottery. Craft work. Unique Handcrafted Jewellery.

With direct links to artists email and their websites.

Details on following page…………………..

ARTS DIRECTORY BARBADOS Corrie Scott and Kathy Yearwood (Festival Art Gallery) are jointly preparing a Directory of Barbadian artists. The directory will be on line and the pages will have direct links to artists email and their websites. The full book will be viewable online at no cost, and hard copies will be available for purchase directly from publisher by December 2011.

To view the book so far please click on http://issuu.com/corriescott/docs/art_directory_barbados_bb This Arts Directory Barbados encompasses all art forms. Art, photography, sculpture, installations, pottery, craft work, original handcrafted jewellery and more.

To be a part of this you will need: One image of your work in HIGH RESOLUTION ready for printing. If you need your work photographed Corrie Scott will set up a time and do it for you for free. And a photograph of yourself ( just head and shoulders like a passport photo) Bio/Artist statement (up to 150 words which includes your contact information) Deadline for submissions is September 30th, 2011 Cost is $30Bds per page.

Please make cheque out to Festival Art Gallery Address: The Palms , Woodside Gardens, Bay Street, St Michael.

For more information please contact Kathy Yearwood at kathyyearwood@hotmail.com or 429 0296 Corrie Scott corriescott@gmail.com

HEATHER-DAWN SCOTT picasaweb.google.com/corriescott/HeatherDawnScottRecentArt#

“For you to die with your ideas is a selfish act and robs the next generation of prosperity.� dizzymalliki.info

CORRIE SCOTT www.corriescott.net

CORRIE SCOTT Caribbean Doors Online Catalogue issuu.com/corriescott/docs/caribbean_doors

ALISON CHAPMAN-ANDREWS

www.alisonchapmanandrews.net

VANITA COMISSIONG www.onthewallartgallery.com

ON THE WALL ART GALLERIES

www.onthewallartgallery.com

ON THE WALL ART GALLERIES www.onthewallartgallery.com

ROSEMARY PARKINSON

www.rosemary-parkinson.com

CHRIS ALLEYNE www.chrisalleyneart.net

JENNY GONSALVES

mammy_apple@hotmail.com

NORMA TALMA normatalma.com

HEIDI BERGER heidiberger.com

RAYMOND BANCROFT basquiat333@gmail.com

TIDES ART GALLERY Artwork of local and Caribbean fine art and photography Open 7 days a week, 9am - 11pm (246) 432 2084 or (246) 432 8356 www.tidesartgallery.com

DUSTIN HAREWOOD www.dustinharewood.com

RAS AKYEM art_animal@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.127608430641732.22525.100001777282399

PORTRAIT OF RAS AKYEM – “ART ANIMAL” BY – LAURA LIN HUTCHINSON One thing the brilliant, revolutionary Barbadian artist Ras Akyem makes clear is that he rarely distinguishes himself from his artwork. His art, from which he feeds, breathes and lives, expressed from the very core of his being, is filled with paradoxes of simplification and dark complexity. It is sacred and sensual and sacrilegious, it blows the mind and pummels the senses, seducing you with the pain and pleasure of the colour palette while beseeching you to shift your levels of consciousness and perception.

You may or may not relate to the universal themes of black struggle - the fight for survival and respect - or his peculiar iconographic language, but you must appreciate it’s raw energy, its sometimes “terrible beauty”….

As an Artist he is the consummate, sometimes consumed “Art Animal”.

PASSAGES IN A LIFE: Born in the 50s into the landscape of the Barbadian ghetto, Akyem sensed from early that he would be an artist and felt a kindred connection to famous artists like Picasso, whose work he was already familiar with at the age of nine, even sleeping with a book of his paintings under his pillow!!

In 1973/4 Akyem embraced the Rastafari faith and way of life and in 1979 he was accepted into the vibrant interactive artistic community of the Edna Manley School of Visual Arts in Jamaica..

After returning to Barbados he formed what would become a formidable and enduring relationship with another blazingly talented artist - Ras I-Shi. Out of this symbiosis they morph into ‘AkyemandIshi’, for years, one seldom referred to without the other. Sharing a mutual philosophy on life and Art, they begin the battle for Art and Artists to be recognized and respected like any other legitimate profession or institution. Refusing to be weekend artists or have a ‘day job’,they often had to choose between buying food or paint “from then we were committed to painting as the ultimate sacrifice” The now infamous 1989 VEXX Exhibition was the clenched fist, the locked jaw, bared teeth; a defiant middle finger directed at the ‘establishment’ - the silent outrage of visual subversion. These bold revolutionaries were blazing a path and pushing their own parameters, trodding on hallowed ground and invading complacent psyches - rebels with cause! Passionate, vibrant, raw, militant… the young lions had stood and roared…. the Art world in Barbados quaked!

Intent on the path of realizing their full potential they relocate to CUBA to enrol in the Instituto Superior de Arte from 1995 to 97.

Intent on the path of realizing their full potential they relocate to CUBA to enrol in the Instituto Superior de Arte from 1995 to 97.

Immersed in a different cultural landscape with its rich, poignant history, the stage is set for personal discovery and reinvention. Though fully appreciative of being within a society that treats its artists with honour and respect, there are challenges of language and conditions of social deprivation and confrontations with tutors who had difficulty accepting their peculiar aesthetic values and implementation of “a lot of drag and drip and passion and graffiti”, so very different from Cuban painterly traditions directly descended from Russian formalist schools of art - linear and logical. In the end they won over the critics and both artists’ work was selected for the very prestigious Santo Domingo Bienale where they won Gold!

Ironically, in revolutionist Cuba, Akyem and Ishi were the revolutionaries.

Cnt’d……

“ a cross section of a complicated man….”

A small frame and understated manner disguise a swirling mass of multiplicity and contained energy. He is a composite being willing to shred and dissect the layers of his instinctual selves and spew his innards onto canvas in an ephemeral visual language that is brilliantly provocative and beyond one dimensional comprehension. (see paintings) He is open and accessible yet remains enigmatic. Conscious and still committed to the ‘fight’ and plight of the stigmatised people of the Diaspora, the subversion of outdated and erroneous value systems and the ‘upliftment’ of the artist.

He loves life, the creative process and – even though he has been called misogynistic – women.

Marijuana is his muse.

He still enjoys liming in “Temple Yard” in Bridgetown, an area of commerce for the Rasta community, and in the ghetto. He considers these to be places of inspiration, raw energy and the perpetuation of collective ‘black angst’.

In conversation, here in his studio, creative energy is contained, the restless mind shifts fluidly. He verbalizes himself smoothly, precisely… Akyem is the epitome of ‘articulate’.

His love of painting is beyond mere passion, he is so kinetically sensitised to the paint itself that certain colours evoke a response even in his taste buds. Art is his lifeline and the canvas is his home - the dwelling place of his spirit. “all the paintings are self portraits, even if it’s a landscape or still life…..it’s a characteristic portrait of something that ‘s going on inside of me….I don’t think of my work and me as being separate…”

He doesn’t justify or define his art, but is willing to share his own understanding of his self, the process and the purpose in which he invites our participation. The paintings, seldom ‘pretty’, instigate a gamut of responses from revulsion, wonder, bewilderment, even shock…with titles like “Nigger Section” “Dark Angel”, “Bitch”.

“If the intuitive becomes satisfied in the awe of the connection with the object, even if the intellect is not satisfied it is enough…

It’s important for me that it makes you feel something… not that you sit and talk about how delightful those flowers are over dinner, I want to make you vomit at the dinner table and remember your own misdeeds…”

Initially encountering his authentic visual language and peculiar iconography may indeed be puzzling - the bared donkey teeth, the barbed crown of thorns, the gloved fists, the obtrusive phallus, the profusion of incidental strokes - but when given the rare opportunity to see it in the context of a collective body, one starts to formulate a connection, to look for and find meaning… that is the compelling power of the work, the mastery of the magician, before you know it you are spellbound…

Con’t……….

Akyem is indeed a shaman. Deliberately allowing the intuitive to override his intellect, he accesses the complex realms of nonverbal reality, primordial energy streams, and “power animals” embedded within the vastness of the human psyche. Transposing the rituals of the shamanic tradition to the dominion of the Artist is a brushstroke of genius!

As an artist in Barbados, “a space that doesn’t have much empathy or sympathy for visual expression”, the struggle to gain acceptance and respect, individually and for Art’s sake, has been long, hard and continual. The fact that his work can now command price tags as high as BDS$20,000 gives a cash value validation to the worth of that struggle and further entitlement to ‘nuff respect’. But as the barbed crown of thorns (see paintings) becomes the laurel wreath of success, Akyem hasn’t compromised his creative integrity or professional choices but remains true to his idiom and purpose. He doesn’t cater to market trends or what people think art should be, although he quite easily could, but rather he paints for himself and kindredspirits.

“If my work is selling it’s a real paradox …I’m surprised when people buy my work.

My paintings actually tend to be quite offensive…remember my art is subversive… I reinterpret (traditional images) and reinvent them in order to subvert the values that were used to denigrate us, and I do it in such a way that you’ll want to buy the work and have it…. so that’s the success of the denigrated.”

He has exhibited worldwide and gained international recognition yet Akyem - the artist, painter, poet, revolutionary, magician, griot, shaman - like his sometimes abbreviated figures, and seemingly unfinished pieces considers that ‘he is a work in progress, still becoming, incomplete, a point of endless possibilities, with no end in sight……….. "art is essential…. it has the capacity to give evidence to things that have no other means of manifesting themselves…”

LAURA LIN HUTCHINSON Laura Lin has written features for most of the major glossy magazines including island Life, Maco and Shabeau. She did a series of catalogue portraits of various artists for the Art Collectors of Barbados and is the writer/producer of the award winning short film ‘Holding On’. She is available to write/edit bios and profiles for artists. laurynhutch@hotmail.com

EWAN ATKINSON

ewanatkinson@caribsurf.com

www.ewanatkinson.com

ADAM WERTH aawerth20@aol.com adamwerth.com

RUPERT PIGGOTT rupert27@hotmail.com

SIMBAH PILE simbahp@gmail.com

VERSIA ABEDA HARRIS

picasaweb.google.com/corriescott/VersiaAbedaHarris

MARIE ANGE SYMMONDS

ANDRE WILLIAMS

andrewilliamsphotography.net

JOHN WEBSTER

jwebster@caribsurf.com

MARGARET RODRIGUEZ www.margaretrodriguez.com

ROMELL YEARWOOD

www.romellyearwood.com

AYISSA BURNETT

queenimother@hotmail.com

TIYI BY DESIGN www.tiyibydesign.com

“My intention is to show the jeweler’s art in true perspective,where the design and craftsmanship are to be value above material worth of the metal; where the real beauty lies in an aesthetic sensitivitythat is inherent in structures and materials chosen without real regard for monetary value.

For me, it is an attempt to ensure their daring, nonconventional and 'spiritual' character! Brass and Copper are generic materials (base metals), and I have used design techniques to enhance the organic process of patina.As this process evolves, the object becomes more beautiful, naturally” Tiyi by Design Exclusive Hand-Crafted Jewelry

By Ichia Tiyi NOW OPEN TIYI BY DESIGN ART JEWELLERY SHOP, The first of its kind here # 12, Town Square, Speightstown Tel 252 0184

ITALIA COFFEE HOUSE Mini gallery with local fine art lithographs and giclees by Corrie Scott (and free wi fi ).

Corrie Scott www.corriescott.net opposite First Caribbean NationalBank, Sunset Crest, St James

KRAIG YEARWOOD kraigyearwood@hotmail.com

SHEENA ROSE sroseart.tumblr.com www.wix.com/sheenaroseart/sheenarose

MARTINA PILE

pilezahles@hotmail.com

SOPHIE BARNARD barnardsophie@hotmail.com

JULIANNE GILL www.juliannegill.com

ANTON BEST

www.flickr.com/photos/notna/

www.barbadosphotographicsociety.com

BARBADOS ARTS COUNCIL GALLERY SCHEDULE 2011 Tel 426 4385 www.barbadosartscouncil.com

July 12th- August 13th ‘Crop Over Celebration' Group Show Online album of some of the work in the ‘Crop Over Celebration’ exhibition may be viewed on: https://picasaweb.google.com/corriescott/BACCropOverCeleb

August 14th - September 3rd

‘Abstract’ Group Show

September 4th - September 17th Show September 18th-October 8th October 9th- November 5th Show

‘Photography’ Group

‘Little Gems’ Group Show ‘Our Caribbean’ Group

November 6th- December 10th ‘Independence Group Show December 11th- January 14th, 2012 ‘BAC 54th Year Celebration’ Group Show

BARBADOS ARTS COUNCIL BAC Gallery, Pelican Craft Centre, Bridgetown (246) 426 4385 mail@barbadosartscouncil.com www.barbadosartscouncil.com

THE ARC www.arcthemagazine.com www.facebook.com/arcmagazine twitter.com/arcthemagazine

FRESH MILK is pleased to host ARC founders Holly Bynoe and Nadia Huggins at its inaugural event on Saturday August 13th 2011 from 5pm til 8pm at the Milking Parlour Studio, Walkers Dairy, St. George, Barbados. All are invited, please RSVP at rsvp@arcthemagazine.com The event will launch ARC Magazine Issue III in Barbados and provide a platform for the Vincentian publishers to speak to the birth of this publication (January 2011) from their position as independent artists functioning within an informal network.

ARC Magazine is a Caribbean Art & Culture magazine dedicated to highlighting emerging & established artists. ARC Magazine’s aim is to foster and develop dialogues and opportunities for individual and collaborative artists across the region, while stimulating sharing and nurturing creativity by providing outlets for self-expression and critical engagement.

Copies of ARC III - hot off the press - will be available for purchase for 40BDS. Students and annual subscribers will be offered discounts and the chance to collect the entire suite, as back issues will be also available.

The event includes an exhibition of photography, sculpture and video works co-curated by ARC and Projects & Space. This event will showcase the works of emerging and established contemporary artists from Barbados and the region, including Sheena Rose, Mark King, Russell Watson, Yao Ramesar, Joanna Crichlow, Phillip Nanton and more.

To coincide with the launch, ARC also announces an Open Call to all artists. Works may be submitted on a MAC compatible CD/DVD. Please include: i. Biography ii. Resume iii. Artist Statement iv. 10 images in jpeg format @ 72dpi, no larger than 1000px on the longest side, maximum size of each file 2MB. Performance or new media artists send video links no longer than 5 minutes. v. Image list: Please submit an image list with the CD/DVD ensure that the image list has your name, title of each piece, proper captions: date, medium and size of works.

FRESH MILK aims to be an informal gathering space to discuss ideas related to the practice of contemporary art. Founded by visual artist, Annalee Davis, FRESH MILK is located at the Milking Parlour Studio, Walkers Dairy, St. George, Barbados.

All are invited, please RSVP at rsvp@arcthemagazine.com

CATHY CUMMINS cathy.coast@caribsurf.com

2010 brings a new adventure for this effervescent artist; Vanita is launching a local product line which will feature her images on stationary, calendars, pens, tshirts, and towels among other things as well as increasing her line of metal work and creating her very first coffee table book, showcasing her work throughout the years.

The line will be called 'Very Vanita' and will be available by summer 2010. The product line will give Vanita an opportunity to re-produce her most popular images in various media whilst freeing her up to take her painting in a new direction, address new subject matter and continue her lifelong experimentation with colour. www.onthewallartgallery.com

OCTOBER 14th & 15th, 2011 FREE Lecture Demonstrations Golden Artist Colors, Inc.Lecture Demonstration ART HUB In association with GOLDEN ARTIST PAINTS will be hosting FREE Lecture Demonstrations on acrylics. Technical lecture demonstration given by Paul Schultz, International Sales Director for Golden Paints.

This will be a 2 hour demonstration being held at Combermere School on Friday 14th October 2011. 4pm-6pm and on Saturday 15th October 2011 from 10am-12noon and in the afternoon from 2pm-4pm.

There will be half an hour after each session for questions. Please book your your space now.

Sample products will be given to all who attend.

Tel Tracey 432 2328 or 231 6847

arthub.barbados@gmail.com

OCTOBER 2011 FREE Lecture Demonstrations Golden Artist Colors, Inc.Lecture Demonstration The GOLDEN "A to Z" of Acrylics. Innovation and new technology are changing the options for ACRYLIC art exploration! Golden Artist Colours, Inc. Lecture Demonstration. The following is an outline of the topics covered in a lecture/demo. Each lecture/demo is 2 hours in length with an additional 15 minutes for questions after the presentation.

Acrylic technology, Paint making/formulation, Pigment review, Heavy Body palette design, Interference Pigment review, Iridescent Pigment review, Fluid viscosity review, Water media with Acrylics, OPEN Acrylics review, Digital Mixed Media review, Gels, Moulding Paste, review, Grounds, Special acrylic polymers and additive review, Varnishing review, Esoteric products, conservation products, custom products, Health and safety review This lecture packs in a ton of valuable information about acrylics, guiding listeners through the basics while opening up new possibilities. Gain information about mineral and modern pigments and how this relates to clean color mixing, glazing and the creation of fabulous new colours. Learn the unique properties of Fluids, Heavy Body, and the OPEN acrylics. Discover Interference and Iridescent paints for unusual effects. Get a grip on the many gels and mediums and how they can change texture, saturation and intensity of colour, used for sculptural effects and more. Check out the amazing new grounds to prepare truly, contemporary surfaces for painting, drawing, pastel, digital printing and mixed media. Discover how acrylics can simulate oil and watercolour, even gouache, yet are infinitely more versatile.

Each lecture includes an array of examples and samples of these materials put to use. Attendees leave the lecture enthusiastic to explore the extensive potential of acrylic painting!

Art supplies. BAC (Barbados Arts Council) members will receive between 5% - 10% off most art supplies on presentation on their membership card. email arthub.barbados@gmail.com tel: 432 2328 mobile: 266 5016 163 Amaryllis Row, Cordia Avenue, Sunset Crest, St James

QUEEN’S PARK GALLERY http://ncf.bb/about/culdev/queens.htm

QUEENS PARK GALLERY SCHEDULE 2011

Aug.21st – Sept.17th Goldie Spieler Retrospective Oct. 2nd -29th Group Show: ‘My Town' Barbadian artists on the parts of Barbados which have affected their creativity Nov. 6th – Dec. 3rd

Group Show: Just Men' exhibition of just male artists

Dec. 8th – 30th Group Show 'Art Supermarket' ..every item costs $50Bds The Gallery opening hours will return to 10am -6pm Monday to Saturday. On Mondays and Saturdays, only one Attendant works so we must close for lunch. If you intend to visit the Gallery on those days, please call first. Lunch is generally 2-3pm, but may vary according to how busy the Gallery is.

QPG tel.#427-2345 NCF tel.#424-0909

The Festival Art Gallery will be taking part in Bridgetown Market, July30th to August 1st.

THE FESTIVAL ART GALLERY A mobile art gallery showing in excess of 50 local Barbadian artists who are painters, ceramic artists, photographers and sculptors.

Tel 429 0296 email Kathyyearwood@hotmail.com .

Curator Kathy Yearwood www.festivalartgallery.com Bringing Art To The People

GALLERY OF CARIBBEAN ART The Gallery Of Caribbean Art will be presenting the works of a variety of artists, both metal and fine art works

Northern Business Centre, Queen Street, Speightstown, St. Peter, Barbados www.artgallerycaribbean.com Tel: (246) 419-0858

‘Proximo’ Group Show Until Aug 20th

AWEIPO GALLERY The Crane Village, The Crane, St Philip Telephone 271 2839. aweipogallery@yahoo.com

National Cultural Foundation (Barbados) 2011 Crop Over Visual Arts Festival July 6th through August 5th The Visual Arts Festival for 2011 features three core exhibitions at three exhibition sites in Bridgetown--the Grande Salle at the Central Bank of Barbados, Queen’s Park Gallery and Bagnall’s Point Gallery in Pelican Village.

To promote the visual arts festival Mini Exhibitions will be held June 20 to August 6 to raise public awareness of the diversity and quality of Barbadian visual arts. Works in the mini exhibitions will be for sale.

For more information and to participate call the NCF at 424-0909; ext.234. Contact for the Visual Arts Festival is Rodney Ifill, NCF Cultural Officer for Visual Arts. Click here for details and registration deadlines.

THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY COMMITTEE

Visit www.nagc.bb - website for the National Art Gallery Committee in Barbados for NEWS on current happenings.

The site includes ArtistNet, the database of Barbadian visual artists; a click on ‘Artists’ will take you there. Visual artists are invited to post their profile and images on ArtistNet. Artists already on ArtistNet are reminded to send in their profile updates and new images.

ArtistNet is a FREE NAGC service for artists.

For further information contact the NAGC at +1 (246) 310 2700 or e-mail contact@nagc.bb

GROVE GALLERY Gallery NuEdge Fine Arts Ltd., 1st floor, Building B, Limegrove Lifestyle Centre Holetown, St. James, Barbados, West Indies Tel: +1 (246) 621- 0067 - Fax: +1 (246) 620- 5467 Monday- Saturday: 10 am to 7pm Sunday: 11am to 6pm

BLUE MOON DESIGN (246) - 426 5769 (246) - 820 4746 www.facebook.com/BlueMoonDesignBarbados

MORE GALLERIES GANG OF 4 The Cottage, Springvale Plantation.St. Andrew . tel 438 7883.

CONSTANT GALLERY OF FINE ART Sculpture and fine art (by appointment only), (246) 429 2654 and 232 7830. email: tradersrealty@caribsurf.com A GALLERY, By appointment please contact: Catherine Forter-Chee-A-Tow Curator/Artist Tel: 246 262 6238 or 246 262 6241 e: c.forter.cheeatow@caribsurf.comRoy al Westmoreland, St James & The Mews Restaurant, Holetown

DONNA GRANDIN

www.bluerootsartstudio.com

NEW AND UPDATED ARTIST WEBSITES

RECENTLY UPDATED On The Wall Gallery www.onthewallartgallery.com Barbados Arts Council www.barbadosartscouncil.com Corrie Scott www.corriescott.net

MANIPURA

www.manipurainc.com

Photo by Peter Boos

THE ARTSPLASH CENTRE Paint * Draw * Create & Have Fun! artsplashbarbados@gmail.com www.artsplashbarbados.com

FRANGIPANI ART GALLERY, Sugar Cane Club, Hotel and Spa, St. Peter. (246) 422 5026 info@sugarcaneclub.com

Mission: To unite, energize, support, develop and celebrate Barbados' vibrant and diverse music and arts community.

Manifesto Barbados is a non-profit Grassroots organization created in 2011 to unite, energize, support and celebrate Barbados' vibrant and diverse music and arts community, and find innovative ways of working together towards giving the youth a voice and a venue to express and develop themselves and their creative talents fully. manifestobarbados@gmail.com

Congratulations to CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution. The Barbados-based company has reached a major deal with a US film distributor to promote Caribbean culture to audiences across the world. Doing us proud in the Caribbean.

TORONTO The creativity of Caribbean filmmakers will be on show in Canada this September when CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution’s Toronto Film Showcase returns to “Hollywood North”. Now in its sixth year, the 2011 Toronto Film Showcase, and the recently introduced Market Access Program, returns from September 7 to 17, 2011 and will run alongside the Toronto International Film Festival.

About CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution is the first full-service film distribution company in the English-speaking Caribbean, and aims to become the go-to solution for producers and buyers of Caribbean-themed content. The company holds marketing events through the CaribbeanTales Film Festival Group, and provides co-production services to producers.

CTWD was founded by award-winning filmmaker Frances-Anne Solomon, and its principals include creative industries expert Dr. Keith Nurse (chair), economist and businessman Dr. Terrence Farrell, media personality and producer Lisa Wickham, and filmmaker and writer Mary Wells. CTWD is a member of the BIM Ventures family of entrepreneurs. http://newzfrmcaribbeantales.blogspot.com/2011/07/caribbean-film-festival-returns-to.html www.caribbeantales-worldwide.com

Building communities of practice one book at a time...

We are dedicated to creating books and journals of exquisite beauty and cultural significance; to surveying the broader horizons of Caribbean thought; to celebrating the Caribbean sense of life. www.strategyforuminc.org www.strategyforuminc.org/FR__Volume_II__Issue_6.html

To boldly and brilliantly pursue the adventure in everything artistic and to be a vital and uncommon cultural force in Barbados. www.artsetcbarbados.com

BRIDGETOWN FILM ACADEMY Our mission is to train and/or upgrade the skills of Caribbean people by conducting workshops in the areas of screenwriting, acting for film and television and digital filmmaking.

In Barbados and the Caribbean our cultural landscape has evolved and we now sit at the threshold of what is for us a new frontier of cultural expression, the creation of a film industry.

In addition, the world is now recognizing the Caribbean as a vast reservoir of untapped talent.

In light of developments over the last six years, the Bridgetown Film Academy recognizes that we have reached critical mass in our effort to create a film industry in the Caribbean as a whole. We believe that it’s time for Caribbean people to tell their own stories to the world, and it is widely accepted that a viable film industry is the vehicle through which this shall be achieved. It is imperative therefore that we train persons and build capacity in the relevant areas to meet the demands of our fledgling film industry. In this regard, we believe that the Bridgetown Film Academy is the next logical step in the process. The Bridgetown Film Academy sees itself as fulfilling this role now and into the future.

Our workshops are conducted by a team of dedicated individuals who share many years of combined knowledge and practical experience, and who are committed to the process sharing in order to help develop our film industry. www.bridgetownfilmacademy.com/

BARBADOS MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY www.barbmuse.org.bb

BARBADOS MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SHOP www.barbmuse.org.bb

MARK BROWN ( Antigua) Studied at BCC , Barbados www.markbrownart.com

SALLIE HARKER ( Antigua) www.sallieharker.com/

NAYDENE GONNELLA ( Antigua) www.naydene.com

PETER SHEPPARD pleinairart@gmail.com

Sample online magazine. Click on:

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FRANK COLLYMORE HALL AND GRAND SALLE www.fch.org.bb

A monthly programme is produced of all lectures, music and theatre events . To receive it by email or post please email Dale A. Christie-Bourne (Mrs.) Secretary,Frank Collymore Hall Tel: 246-436-9083/84 Ext 6639 Direct Line: 227-8371 Fax 1-246-228-2703 email DAChristie-Bourne@centralbank.org.bb or Joanna E Hinds JEHinds@centralbank.org.bb

RAINBOW LIGHTS ABLAZE Proceeds in aid of the survivors of the 2011 disasters in Japan.

Charity anthology by sixteen global writers and poets containing poems, short stories, essays and motivational pieces. About the Authors: Quenntis Ashby, Debbie Bishop, Margaret Callow, Althea Charles, David Helsten, William Holt, Polly Johnson, Neville Legall, Zan McDowell, Lynne McLean, Mary Linda Miller, B. L. Milner, Paul Schoaff, Marek Stefanowicz, Ashen Venema and Kenneth Wayne are writers, poets and artists from around the globe who have come together in this unique literary effort with the sole aim of raising funds for the survivors of the March 2011 disasters in Japan.

All profits from the sale of this book will go towards helping survivors rebuild their lives.

The book costs US $19.99 and may be purchased through Amazon or Createspace through these links:

www.amazon.com/Rainbow-Lights-Ablaze-Anthology https://www.createspace.com/3586324

The Caribbean Sea will from May 1st, 2011 be designated a "Special Area" under provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL), a senior Barbados government minister has said."

This means from that date the disposal of garbage and other pollutants in the wider Caribbean Sea is strictly prohibited, except in cases where it is processed in accordance with Annex V," International Transport Minister George Hutson said as the region gets ready to join the international community in observing World Maritime Day today.

Read more by following this link: www.totallybarbados.com/barbados/Business/Barbados_Business_N

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ART CLASSES IN BARBADOS Fielding Babb at THE MAIN GUARD Introductory Art Classes. Every Thursday from 1pm – 3pm Barbadian artist Fielding Babb and BARP invites people to join Fielding at The Main Guard ( building with clock tower) Verandah, The Garrison.

People need to bring an hb pencil, a 3B pencil and a sketch pad and participate in what will be and enjoyable, enlightening and creative experience. To confirm this and for more information please contact BARP or Fielding Babb fieldinggallery@yahoo.com MARK MAYNARD Art Classes on Saturdays. All Year Through. Under the tutelage of Mark Maynard. Tel - 8287869/432-0762 ARTS SPLASH For more information call Elayne on 834 7758 or 228 0776 www.artsplashbarbados.com

ONLINE NEWS, JOURNALS & BLOGS WHO SUPPORT THE ARTS

BAJAN REPORTER Supporter of the arts in Barbados. Wonderful New On Line Newspaper http://bajanreporter.com Congratulations to Bajan Reporter who has been a wonderful patron to the arts in Barbados by giving all art forms exposure in his newspaper and so helping our culture get out there. Wonderful advertising prices too.

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Do you have an event that you want everyone to know about? Then list your Event on the Totally Barbados Events Calendar and let us help you generate more public awareness of what’s going on in Barbados at any given time. Simply click on the below link to Submit An Event� at no cost to you and be a part of our Monthly Events Calendar; one of the largest event calendars for Barbados! No event is too big or too small - simply fill in all relevant information such as the date, time and descriptions of each event to let it be known throughout Barbados and across the World Wide Web. www.totallybarbados.com/cgi-bin/barbados/addurlevents.cgi

ART SUPPLIES

THE ART DEN Art Supplies. Stretched canvases ranging from 14”x10” to 30”x24”; acrylic paint, tear off palettes, painting boards, sketch books & sketchpads, portfolios, matboard, black & white only & presentation boards in two sizes.

BAC (Barbados Arts Council) members will receive between 10% off art supplies on presentation on their membership card.

Art Den # 437 1019, ask for Marcia, Sandra or Elsa, email krackerjackkids@gmail.com THE ART HUB Canvases, paints, brushes, stretchers, bars, mediums.Sumi supplies: Rice paper 8 by 20 Hosho, Unryu 24 by 36, Variety bamboo brushes, sumi ink.

Watercolour paper, charcoal paper, pastel paper, various drawing media, willow charcoal, graphite compressed woodless (2B,4B,6B,8B) watersoluble, India ink, fixative, textile paint, dyes, fabric markers, silk lino, block printing ink, cutters, brayers, plus more email arthub.barbados@gmail.com Art supplies. BAC (Barbados Arts Council) members will receive between 5% - 10% off most artsupplies on presentation on their membership card. tel: 432 2328 mobile: 266 5016. #163 Amaryllis Row, Cordia Avenue, Sunset Crest, St James

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FUTURE CENTRE TRUST Founded 1997. A non governmental organisation focused on raising awareness of environmental impacts to Barbados and the planet with a vision to be "a catalyst for sustainable living today and tomorrow" Mission "To stimulate awareness and encourage responsible management of the vital relationship between people and nature leading to a sustainable future for all�.

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