2023 BARBADOS STUDIO TOURS ARTISTS

MARCH 11 - 12 / 11:00AM - 4:00PM https://www.artistsstudiotoursbarbados.com

On two weekends in February and March, 2023, participating ASTB artists open their studios to the public for “show and tell”, and potentially, sales.

Art lovers, both local and international, are provided with an informative brochure of the event (including a map to all the studios) in order to visit the studios either independently or with a guided tour and to interact with the artist. The tour is a great way to become known in your community and further afield. The goal of ASTB is to show exciting, diverse artwork to inspire appreciation and recognition of Barbadian art and craft. By opening our working studios to the public, we provide an opportunity for direct sales (no commission fees), education and enjoyment.

PLEASE DIRECT ALL ENQUIRIES TO THE ARTISTS DIRECTLY via the link to the website posted above

Artists work all year round and would be delighted to hear from you anytime, not just on studio tour days.

If you see something you like, if you’d like to commission a piece — don’t hesitate to contact the artist.

Artists Studio Tours Barbados.

Feb 11th-12th, 11am - 4pm

March 11th-12th, 11am - 4pm https://www.artistsstudiotoursbarbados.com/ .

There is an interactive map on the website which will give you directions to the various studios.

WHAT IS ARTIST’ STUDIO TOURS BARBADOS (ASTB)?

On two weekends in February and March, 2023, participating ASTB artists open their studios to the public for “show and tell”, and potentially, sales. Art lovers, both local and international, are provided with an informative brochure of the event (including a map to all the studios) in order to visit the studios either independently or with a guided tour and to interact with the artist. The tour is a great way to become known in your community and further afield. The goal of ASTB is to show exciting, diverse artwork to inspire appreciation and recognition of Barbadian art and craft. By opening our working studios to the public, we provide an opportunity for direct sales (no commission fees), education and enjoyment.

Discover Barbados, discover art.

www.artistsstudiotoursbarbados.com

Facebook: @artistsstudiotoursbarbados

Instagram: @artistsstudiotoursbarbados

Faire Monde(s) & ICF present Hold the Door

A conversation with artists and curators about making space to collectively imagine Caribbean representation in mega exhibitions

Our own Versia Harris and Allison Thompson participating.

“Faire Monde(s) in collaboration with ICF has invited a group of distinguished artists and curators to talk about their recent participation in the 2022 Biennale de Venezia and documenta 15. Both events, which take place in Europe and have long histories of shaping international discourses on contemporary art, attempted in 2022 to rethink and reconfigure ‘traditional’ templates of exhibition making. The participating speakers will share their experiences of the Venice Biennale and documenta, and reflect on strategies or possibilities for Caribbean participation in these arenas.”

Registration https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/faire-mondes-icf-present-hold-the-door-tickets-54098 1679767

The National Cultural Foundation presents ‘A Seat at the Table’ at Queens Park Gallery

Wednesday, March 8th - Saturday, April 8th

Exhibition opens 10am -6pm daily

For more information, please contact Curator Oneka Small at 427-2345 / 233-0982 or email oneka-small@ncf.bb

International Women's Day National Cultural Foundation www.ncf.bb

Opening night reception of Ras Daniel’s exhibition “The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937” at NCF Queen’s Park Gallery. The free exhibition is open to the public. Monday to Saturday from 10am- 6pm. The current exhibition closes on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

“The National Cultural Foundation is lending support to artist, Daniel Alleyne well-known as Ras Daniel for his upcoming exhibition titled: The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937 being showcased at the Queen’s Park Gallery. The exhibition, which will open this Thursday, February 9 at 6 p.m., aims to reveal a sepulcher secret of Barbados history – that after abolition of slavery in 1834 social and economic conditions did not improve in the following 100 years, eventually fomenting the 1937 Riots.

As we celebrate African Awareness Month and delve into our past, there are two-and three-dimensional works, as well as installations utilising mix media and mundane materials to create this narrative. “The collection tells the tales of this dare nightmare of human suffering: hunger and attendant health conditions, horrific housing, child labour, rape, legal injustices and overall inhumanity,” Ras Daniel said.

The seasoned artist has been a part of several successful art exhibitions locally and regionally. Ras Daniel focuses on themes relating to slavery and Caribbean society, aiming to depict his stories through a combination of colour, texture, symbolism and found objects. His works are included in the Ras Ishi Collective Commission in Golden Square Freedom Park.

Other exhibitions he has participated in include: Roots and Branches, Crop Over Exhibition, Barbados Carifesta’s Team, Carifesta, Black History, Not For and Landscape. His art has been on display overseas in Tortola and Haiti. Ras Daniel holds a BFA from Barbados Community College (BCC) and continues his education through knowledge exchanges as both a resource and a participant. He is an art teacher/ tutor who continues to share, receive and give to his community.

The free exhibition is open to the public and all are invited. The galley opens Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The current exhibition closes on Thursday, March 2, 2023. (PR)” -National Cultural Foundation.

Photography by Heather-Dawn Scott and Norma Springer https://fb.watch/iVZx-XVlYd/ ———————————————————-

Multiple links to opening reception, speeches, exhibition, images and videos of Ras Alleyne’s ‘The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937', which is currently being showcased at the Queen's Park Gallery until March 2, 2023.

At the opening of his exhibition, Ras Daniel explained the process and story behind his pieces featured in 'The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937', which is currently being showcased at the Queen's Park Gallery until March 2, 2023.

A featured speaker at the opening of the 'The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937' by Ras Daniel at the Queen's Park Gallery, Historian Professor Pedro Welch shared insight into the historical context behind the exhibition. https://fb.watch/iVYXm6r7eY/ —————————————————— https://fb.watch/iVYZKpizPV/ —————————————————- https://fb.watch/iVZ0lpJbs3/ ——————————————————————- https://fb.watch/iVZ4hAm8fF/ ——————————————————— https://www.facebook.com/368549423167996/posts/5977054032317479/

At the launch event for 'The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937', Oneka Small, Curator at the NCF, congratulated Ras Daniel on his exhibition, while providing context to the works displayed under the theme.

Flashing back to the opening of 'The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937 ' earlier this month where Andrea Wells, Chief Cultural Officer at the NCF, shared welcome remarks to special guests and attendees, highlighting that the NCF was pleased to host and support Ras Daniel's exhibition.

Flashing back to the recent opening of 'The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937' by Ras Daniel at the Queen's Park Gallery.

Showcasing during African Awareness Month, the exhibition delves into our past, revealing that after the abolition of slavery in 1834 social and economic conditions did not improve in the following 100 years, eventually fomenting the 1937 Riots.

Ras Daniel opened his exhibition entitled 'The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937'!

The exhibition, housed at the Queen's Park Gallery, aims to reveal a sepulchre secret of Barbados' history – that after the abolition of slavery in 1834 social and economic conditions did not improve in the following 100 years, eventually fomenting the 1937 Riots.

As we celebrate African Awareness Month and delve into our past, there are two-and threedimensional works, as well as installations utilising mixed media and mundane materials to create this narrative.

“The collection tells the tales of this dare nightmare of human suffering: hunger and attendant health conditions, horrific housing, child labour, rape, legal injustices and overall inhumanity,” Ras Daniel said.

The seasoned artist has been a part of several successful art exhibitions locally and regionally. Ras Daniel focuses on themes relating to slavery and Caribbean society, aiming to depict his stories through a combination of colour, texture, symbolism and found objects. His works are included in the Ras Ishi Collective Commission in Golden Square Freedom Park. Ras Daniel holds a BFA from the Barbados Community College (BCC) and continues his education through knowledge exchanges, both as a resource and a participant. He is an art teacher/ tutor who continues to share, receive, and give to his community.

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The NCF is pleased to lend support to artist, Daniel Alleyne, well-known as Ras Daniel, for his exhibition titled: The Retired Slave Apartheid 1937, at the Queen’s Park Gallery!

Come out and support this free exhibition which will be showcased until Thursday, March 2, 2023.

The free exhibition is open to the public, and all are invited. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the current exhibition closes on Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Annalee Davis at the Sharjah Biennale in ‘Pray to Flowers–A Plot of Disalienation' which opens today, February 7th as part of the Sharjah Art Foundation #SB15. in the United Arab Emirates.

‘Pray to Flowers–A Plot of Disalienation' opens today, February 7th as part of the Sharjah Art Foundation #SB15.

“These contour lines have shaped my life at Walkers Dairy in St. George, Barbados, grounding the work in the history of plantation society in Barbados. This is the land I walk in an attempt to understand its multilayered stories through a process of inner seeing rather than one of overseeing.l

-Annalee Davis

Photo credit: Shanavas Jamaluddin. Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation.

“Pray to Flowers – A Plot of Disalienation (2023), is a site-specific installation involving the steady transformation of the Bait Al Hurma [Women’s House in vernacular Emirati] courtyard into a sanctuary. The on-site living apothecary has been grown in collaboration with visual artist and researcher Yoeri Guépin, local gardeners, and the Sharjah municipality, with a view toward longerterm sustainability beyond the biennial.

The attached interior space features a suite of embroidered works mirroring the densely layered garden, a soundtrack of spoken words, titled A Blessing for Disalienation; a seed repository gifted to the public for growing gardens, a collection of reading material, and tea service for serving (bush) tea. A series of beds wind throughout the courtyard where the flowering and medicinal plants grown from seed are harvested for (bush) tea services for visitors.

The work references marginal lands given to enslaved people to sustain themselves, becoming sites of resistance within the plantation system. This plot thus acknowledges the regenerative potential of the biosphere and its inherent capacity for healing at the agricultural, botanical and psycho-spiritual levels. The work suggests future strategies for repair and thriving while investigating the role of botanicals and living plots as sites of refusal, counter-knowledge, community and healing."