Barbados Arts Events September 2010

BARBADOS ARTS EVENTS September 2010

Corrie Scott

Welcome to Barbados Monthly Arts Events September 2010

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

CORRIE SCOTT www.corriescott.net

A N D R E

W I L L I A M www.andrewilliamsphotography.net

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TIDES ART GALLERY

www.tidesartgallery.com

TIDES ART GALLERY www.tidesartgallery.com

Artwork of local and Caribbean fine art and photography.

The Tides Gallery, The Tides Restaurant, Holetown, St James.

Open 7 days a week, 9am - 11pm. tel (246) 432 2084 or (246) 432 8356. email tidesart@sunbeach.net

On The Wall Art Gallery at Earthworks, St Thomas

.www.onthewallartgallery.com Tel 234 9145

ON THE WALL ART GALLERIES

On The Wall Art Galleries at; Champers Restaurant, Rockley, Christ Church and Gallery at Earthworks in St Thomas. www.onthewallartgallery.com Tel 234 9145

"This book contains over a hundred pieces of work centered around my beautiful island Barbados. My paintings have been created from accumulated memories of the images I constantly see as I drive and walk through my small paradise." Vanita

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1067190?ce=blurb_ew&utm_source=widget Please click on link in green above to view more pages and details.

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

VANITA COMISSIONG

vanitacom@caribsurf.com

Tropical Carriage Giclee Prints. Series from original paintings by Corrie Scott.

Printed with archival inks on acid free paper. 8� x 10� Signed by artist Catalogue Album may be viewed by clicking on: http://issuu.com/corriescott/docs/tropical_carriage_book www.corriescott.net

ITALIA COFFEE HOUSE

Mini gallery with local fine art lithographs and giclees by Corrie Scott, Fred Odle and Margaret Rodriguez (and free wi fi ).

Margaret Rodriguez www.margaretrodriguez.com Corrie Scott www.corriescott.net Fred Odle www.fredtheartist.com/about_artist.htm opposite First Caribbean NationalBank, Sunset Crest, St James

ANDY PEIRCE andypeirce@caribsurf.com

BARBADOS ARTS COUNCIL www.barbadosartscouncil.com

Group Show Exhibition

A few of the pieces on show may be seen on www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8jvkxG-QV8 BAC Gallery, Pelican Craft Centre, Bridgetown (246) 426 4385 email: mail@barbadosartscouncil.com

GORDON ASHBY timeclub8@msn.com

ZAN McDOWELL

za-nm@hotmail.com

SOPHIE BARNARD www.sofistudio.com

Leandro Soto ‘La Tierra Y El Mar’ at Aweipo Gallery September 19th - October 9th Our gallery is dedicated to the promotion of Barbadian and Caribbean Art. We are deeply committed to building awareness and appreciation for all forms of art, and exhibit and represent various groups of artists. Gallery hours Sun to Sat 10 am to 6pm. The Crane Village, The Crane, St Philip.

T. 271 2839 aweipogallery@yahoo.com

AURELIA WALCOTT aureliaw@gmail.com Focusing on printmaking, the work of Aurelia Walcott takes you along the outline of nature and beauty aesthetics. This young artist is currently examining textures and tones found through the styling of hair within the Caribbean context.

While drawing inspiration from the island, her work plays with the initial subject matter but rather focus on the textures of the image.

JULIANNE GILL www.juliannegill.com I am inspired by nature and the beauty that surrounds us every day.

The ocean is my element; I have always lived near the sea.

After finishing my studies in Interior Design & Decoration, I set out on the typical Aussie 'Walkabout'; I ventured across the globe to South America, where I lived and travelled for several months.

I currently work as an Interior Designer and I am passionate about art and painting.

I am often drawn to paint in abstract form rather than a literal representation of a place or object. The conceptual use of colour and its ability to intermix on canvas can evoke a deep sensation within the viewer, resulting in personal interpretation rather than intellectual definition.

NORMA TALMA www.normatalma.com

www.alisonchapmanandrews.net

A L I S O N

C H A P M A N A N D R E W S

LEANDRO SOTO www.leandrosoto.com

'psyche's promise' William St James Cummins Bridgetown Gallery Exhibited August 2010 zemicon@caribsurf.com cumminsbgi@caribnet.net

‘The dark side of things has to be dealt with.......’

Abstract art is a narrow field in Caribbean art – very little has been done, and even less has been written about it.

It is not an easy genre to write about. The abstract image does not relate to a historical narrative, does not invite casual conversation. If we are to talk about it, the conversation will revolve around associations - yours and mine - offered by the arrangement of colour, line and texture the artist has placed in front of us. Abstract art rudely insists on itself and there is therefore a sense that all forms of abstraction are, more or less, the same.

This is not so. It may be spontaneous or painstakingly composed, it may explore the various possibilities of evoking a sense of space, it may draw attention to the two-dimensional surface of the canvas, to colourrelationships, to the emotive power of form. It may be mathematical and geometric or gestural and painterly it may be mystic or all about clarity. Intuitive art, on the contrary, has often been seen as a domain of particular relevance to the Caribbean: viewed as a response to the region’s particular history and often anchored in local forms of spirituality, the image of the visionary and self-taught artist is both romantic and anti-establishment!

William Cummins is an intuitive abstract artist. He is not self-taught, but his quest is deeply romantic: a journey between Skylla and Charybdis, fraught with sensations of danger, discovery, temptation and rewards. Cummins’ early works were mainly drawings in which a distinctive formal vocabulary and colour-scheme evolved, but the discovery of the digital medium as a dialogic art-form has been liberating. Its process may be technology-based, but is anything but predictable: between the deep space of the artist’s mind and the unknowable ‘mind’ of the computer a conversation emerges. Cummins tends to work in spurts. For months nothing happens. Then, a spark ignites a process, he is pulled in and finds himself immersed in the swirls and rapids of creativity. Images come quickly, relationships and interventions jostle between chance and will. Big questions emerge.

The process then becomes an existential process, condensed, but unfolding in many dimensions at once and the pace at which it all happens is one of the parameters, not a result. Each image (those presented here) thus represents the endpoint of a conversation – a moment the artist has chosen to freeze. The question then is whether the image has been fixed at the ‘best’ of its possible moments. Is it beautiful? Is it too beautiful? Does beauty come from ‘us’ or from somewhere else? Is formal beauty an objective quality? Does it cover or reveal?

Cummins, the sincerest of artists, is both agonized and nurtured by the answers he seeks and finds in this process. The only answer, however, may be the process itself.

Therese Hadchity, August 2010

William St James Cummins cumminsbgi@caribnet.net

William St James Cummins cumminsbgi@caribnet.net

William St James Cummins cumminsbgi@caribnet.net

'psyche's promise'.

William St James Cummins at Bridgetown Gallery Exhibited August 2010 zemicon@caribsurf.com

cumminsbgi@caribnet.net

Artist’s Statement It is always interesting to me how people can look at my abstract images, derived from the psyche with conscious efforts to steer away from representation, and yet they “see” a face or an arm or a mountain, things which were very far from my conscious mind. When working at my computer on a new piece, I behold instead a compelling beauty, unfolding at a dizzying rate, with synergistic changes in pattern, line, colour, composition and emotion. There is no time to make conscious associations.

Abstraction demands to be heard/seen/experienced. Like Eros I am seduced by Psyche’s beauty, in my case the beauty of abstraction as informed by my own creative intuition. Even the more chaotic images have a strange appeal. I perceive possibilities that possess a nature that is both artificial and real and hence a hybrid, a rare orchid: How else to describe the meeting of digital mind and human psyche and their resultant synthesis? And alternately, there is the chaotic soup that seems to swim on the screen in the moments in between each creative decision! I hope you will find these images and their myriad possibilities as exciting and compelling to view as they were for me to produce. The results of this particular synthesis has resulted in images which I hope will challenge your own notions of beauty, especially as related to the abstract.

William St.James Cummins, August 2010

BRIDGETOWN GALLERY

Tel 246 430 0054

‘THERE and BACK’ Recent works by Alicia Alleyne and Mark King BRIDGETOWN GALLERY Tel 246 430 0054

Artist Talk Sunday September 5th, 4pm- 6pm

THERE and BACK

Recent works by Alicia Alleyne and Mark King

The art-critic Robert Hughes once described art as ‘a way of coming to terms with the world’. In very different ways, the here presented works by Alicia Alleyne and Mark King, directly and indirectly, reflect some of the big questions about being and life they, and we, confront in the process of coming to terms with the world.

Mark King, who grew up between the U.S. and Barbados, holds an M.FA in photography from The Academy of Art University in San Francisco. The photographs on display chronicle a summer’s travels through San Francisco, Chicago and Vancouver. Interspersed with pictures of places, events and portraits of ordinary people, many of these photographs offer glimpses of a hip, multi-ethnic generation: youths who have internalized the values of mass-media, celebrity-cult and the possibility of instant fame and who come across as both narcissistic and vulnerable in their embrace of artifice and practised flirtation with the camera. Other, seemingly more spontaneous photographs are blurry, de-contextualized and sometimes almost abstract sequences of objects, episodes or movements.

The constant in all of this is the photographer himself as he moves in and out of different environments, close up to and away from his motifs. While the terms of engagement change and King’s own fascination with the ’beautiful people’ undeniably implicates him in the fashion-cult he portrays, the uncalculated emotive quality of the spontaneous shots seems indicative of the complexity of the man behind the camera.

Photography – for all its apparent straight-forwardness – is arguably the most mystic of all artistic media.

What the photograph shows is fixed, isolated from the flow of time, and therefore at once hyper-real and entirely unreal. It is impossible to determine whether the camera draws us close to the object, or removes us twice. Its testimonial or ‘presence’ is not that of the object (or subject) in front of us, but of the intriguing relationship between the motif, the photographer, the viewer and the material actuality of the snapshot itself. It is this at once technical, aesthetic and human relationship Mark King, and every photographer, negotiates each time he presses the shutter-button.

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Alicia Alleyne graduated from the Visual Arts Programme at the Barbados Community College in 2009.

Her earlier works, which combined watercolour, print-making, collage, photography and photo-transfers in addition to a range of more unusual media, represented a playful and philosophical exploration of the concept of ‘chance’ as she created an interplay between controlled and ‘self-organized’ structures –drips and marks alternating with deliberate application of paint, line-drawing or texture. Later Alleyne created series of complex, subtly evolving micro and macro patterns, which invited reflection on the relationship between ‘part’ and ‘whole’, randomness and predetermination. Both types of imagery tend to occupy only a small portion of the paper and attention is thus drawn to the contrast between the ‘event’ and the space around it.

In these recent works, where Alleyne turns her gaze towards the cosmos itself, the contrast between the image and the large surrounding space – between ‘something’ and ‘nothing’ - becomes even more significant. The images ostensibly refer to the moon and to black holes, though rather than specific cosmological sites, the shapes become metaphors for that which we can only imagine and seems to equalize inner and outer reality: what we know of the universe is never based on direct experience, but on imagination or representation. However, the white space – the big nothingness – also represents the ‘unknowable’, and the works are thus suffused with a sense of relativity and uncertainty, which Alleyne attempts to offset with decisive, geometric shapes. Yet at times, these too come under threat: when the perfect black circle suddenly erupts and transforms itself into a protracted amorphous blob, or a massive tentacled darkness encroaches on the moon, order has broken down and given way to the unknown and a sense of terror, which once again draws attention to the relation between meaning and chaos. Yet black surfaces are encrusted with glittering dust, the moon shimmers with specs of gold and Alleyne’s work expresses equal measures of trepidation and wonder.

Therese Hadchity, August 2010

STANLEY GREAVES

stan.greaves@gmail.com

NEVILLE CRAWFORD

creativestop@caribsurf.com

JEROME RADIGOIS www.jeromeradigois.com

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

QUEEN’S PARK GALLERY Alison Chapman- Andrew’s Collection 2010.

Opening reception Sunday, September 12th, 6.30pm.

Exhibition ends October 2nd.

Tel 427 2345

QUEEN’S PARK GALLERY ALISON CHAPMAN-ANDREW’S ART COLLECTOR’S STATEMENT I can clearly remember my first purchase. We were at Pelican Gallery, looking at a bowl by Bill Grace which because it was a second was selling for $35. My mother in law was in favour:” Even if you use it for washing vegetables, you won’t regret it”. Now thirty years later I still use it for a fruit bowl. This was a difficult though small and hesitant first step. I remember when each one was bought or given as a gift by an artist friend.

I do not believe artists should swap pieces and I don’t believe in art increasing in value (it usually keeps it), although that does happen rarely. One was the Golde White print I bought for $5, again at Pelican. Usually there is an immediate attraction to the piece I like best in an exhibition. Unfortunately it is often already sold, and because of my slowness , I go unrewarded, so significant artists are still not represented.

One of the most interesting aspects of collecting is “hanging “, arranging disparate works of art, once they are brought home. Apart from the balance of colour and shape, coincidences of interior shapes occur and completely differing pieces talk to each other. If my latest purchase fights everything, then it finds a niche on its own. Others are put together by style or subject: so nudes are grouped together.

This is not a true collection as such. It has no theme although it reflects exhibitions held in Barbados from thelate 1970s, through the 1980s to the present. It is governed by my spare cash, usually following a sale of my own art work, and by the small space I live in. So, many of the paintings and sculptures are miniatures.

This is balanced on the walls by my own paintings which are often large.

Tie-dye and printed lengths of cloth were made into clothes, the jewellery is on my dressing table in little boxes which I forgot to include, cushions are on chairs, and the list will keep growing. That is what happens.............. imperceptively one becomes addicted to buying art.

Alison Chapman-Andrews

QUEEN’S PARK GALLERY Alison Chapman-Andrew’s Collection 2010.

QUEEN’S PARK GALLERY WHY COLLECT ART? Collectors acquire works of art to decorate their home, earn money as an investor or simply to satisfy a love or a passion. What ever is the purpose for collecting art it can be an intimidating process and I have the distinct feeling that persons give the lame excuse that they cannot afford to purchase art to hide the fact that they don’t know enough about it and are frightened to make the first step.

The myth that art is for the “elite” should be dispelled. The acquiring of works of art is an aesthetic experience that can be fully enjoyed by all. If one can buy a designer or prêt a porter dress or suit that last one or two seasons, for sure one can buy a work of art that will last more than a life time. The idea that it is reserved to a certain category of persons is like affordability; a mere excuse. When you purchase a work of art it is an extension of yourself, of what you are as a human being. You don’t need to be rich, educated or trained in fine arts to use this fundamental quality possessed by every individual. Therefore I will say exercise your rights, kill the myth and follow your gut feelings. Buy a work of art and perhaps start a collection. This thrilling experience of discovery and learning, for those who take the time to contemplate a work of art, is an immense joy that transfers energy, permits to access to magical dreams and even a re-visitation of your soul.

As for corporate entities, it ought to be their moral duty to have an art collection, the government cannot do it alone. Their purpose may be different from an individual as profit is their main objective; but all the same the cost would not make a dent in their budget as they can easily find creative ways of absorbing the expenses for example by tax deduction , loss or what ever methods they choose. The building of their collections would permit Galleries to survive and consequently benefit the artists who need to be sustained in order to create and progress.

A work of art is acquired to enhance your life. To make it valuable and enjoyable it is imperative to visit as many galleries or art studios as possible. Get the galleries to include you in their mailing list. Educate yourself about the artist (s); consult their resume especially if you have in view to buy as an investment. Note that a recent graduate would not command the same recognition as an established artist who has an outstanding exhibition history .

Read books on art history and art reviews in newspaper (s). Get help from a professional art advisor/consultant.

Most importantly buy it because you like it.

Denyse Ménard-Greenidge Art Consultant / Curator

QUEEN’S PARK GALLERY Alison Chapman- Andrew’s Collection 2010.

The Central Bank Award ROMAL JONES “The winning piece entitled Croc Bloc, and what was shown were five of the major/ more familar part of a crocodile. The parts shown were the Teeth, the Eye, the Skin, the claw, and the Tail. I choose these parts due to their connection to people, this connect was either fear or admiration. As well for my fascination with crocodile, being my all time favorite animal I had passion to want to be hold, touch or have my very own crocodile. This was possible thru the use of clay, I was able to successfully mold and crave out the crocodile's features. Essentially it was chunks of the crocodile, made from local clay , the pieces were sculpted in a way that they could stand as pieces on there own but would still reform the whole crocodile. “ Romal Jones The primary award offered was the Central Bank of Barbados Purchase Award which was increased in value to bds $7,500.00. The entry winning the Central Bank Purchase Award will become part of the National Collection and will be displayed in the central bank of Barbados. The winner will also be granted a solo show exhibition at the Queen's Park Gallery and an accompanying catalogue.

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The Central Bank Award Received by ROMAL JONES There is a big difference in this year’s Central Bank of Barbados Visual Arts presentation. At the press conference held to announce the Bank’s recommitment to the event, Chief Executive Officer of the National Cultural Foundation, Dr. Donna Hunte-Cox declared that a new format is introduced this year which will display the work of one hundred and two artists. The NCF head explained that the number had increased from the average of fifty artists yearly, since there would be three separate exhibitions to be called collectively, the Central Bank Visual Arts Festival.

The first exhibition involves twenty one entrants, with the exhibits created from fibres. This will run from July 05 to July 14. The second will run from the 17 July to 26 July and will focus on two dimensional exhibits submitted by fifty four entrants. The final exhibition will begin on July 30 and end on August 09, and has attracted twenty Seven participants whose work will be three dimensional.

At stake for the artists are the Central Bank Purchase Award in the amount of seven thousand five hundred dollars plus other extras and the Governor’s Award which is in the value of the art piece selected. Speaking on behalf of the Central Bank, Mrs. Monica Drayton-Worrell, wife of the Governor, expressed her glee in being surrounded by such extraordinary locally created art.”The Bank’s involvement guarantees that the visual arts fraternity is placed at the forefront of our culture”, she said.

The Central Bank Visual Arts Festival is located at the Grande Salle, Central Bank of Barbados, Church Village and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Central Bank has contributed forty thousand dollars to Crop Over this year. http://www.barbadoscropoverfestival.com/index.php? option=com_content&view=article&id=348:central-bank-visual-arts-more-than-an-exhibition-its-afestival-&catid=49:crop-over-festival-news&Itemid=26

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

2010 BMHS FINE CRAFT FESTIVAL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2010, BARBADOS MUSEUM, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION & APPLICATION EVENT: The annual BMHS Fine Craft Festival is a show exhibiting for sale unique works of arts and crafts handcrafted by artisans in Barbados and the Caribbean. The show, now in its 23rd year, will on Saturday, December 4, provide a special opportunity for a select group of craft artists to show their products to the public against the backdrop of the beautiful and historic setting of the Barbados Museum. Craft artists with an ‘eye for excellence’ are now encouraged to submit an application for consideration for one of the limited spots available.

Exhibitor selections for the show will be on the basis of quality of work and professional finish, originality and creativity, diversity, and authenticity of creation by the artist’s own vision and skills.

The 2010 show will also feature a Food & Beverage emporium providing a greater opportunity for local producers of pre-packaged, specialty food products to participate. The event is produced by the non-profit, non-governmental Barbados Museum & Historical Society as a fundraiser to benefit the Museum’s operations and programs focused on preserving the island’s heritage. The event, a staple feature on event calendars, is traditionally held during the first Saturday in December allowing for optimal pre-Christmas and holiday shopping by patrons. The Museum is located at St. Ann’s Garrison, St. Michael, Barbados, W.I. EXHIBITOR FEES The exhibit space fee for 2010 will be tiered taking into consideration variables including exhibitor size, equipment supplied, and spot location. Rental fees can range from $100 to $2,500 based on the needs of the exhibitor and available space. The average fee for an individual craft artist will be $175, which will include provision of tent coverage, table (6ft) and chair. As in the past, the Museum will implement a marketing campaign, including email, print and electronic advertising, to vigorously promote the event.

ELIGIBILITY & SUBMISSION PROCESS Each potential participant must submit an application and four (4) images fully representative of the work you will sell at the Festival for consideration by the Vetting Committee. We strongly encourage all applicants to submit their application and images together electronically to FCF@barbmuse.org.bb.

Acceptable media categories include basketry, ceramics, glass, leather, metal, decorative fibre, wood, jewelry, paper, mixed media, furniture, and handmade bath and body products. Please note that submission of an application does not guarantee a placement in the show. The Museum must consider space allocation, exhibition standards, and production costs in the hosting of the event each year.

If you do not have easy access to a computer, the application and images can be delivered via regular mail. If you apply by regular mail, you should submit only the highest possible quality photographic 4” x 6” prints of the products, and include at least two (2) copies of each print.

Please ensure that you include accurate contact information and description of your media and identification and description of the images submitted. The deadline for submission is September 10, 2010. To reiterate, the email address is fcf@barbmuse.org.bb.

ACCEPTANCE Selected applicants will be invited to exhibit via an electronic notification letter by October 4. If you did not supply an email address with your application, you will be notified by phone. Once you have been notified of your selection and wish to accept the invitation to exhibit, arrangements can then be made for payment of the exhibitor fee. Inquiries can be directed to the Museum’s Development Office at 246-4270201.

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

A D R I A N

R I C H A R D http://imagepro.photography.com/adrianrichards

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PATRICK FOSTER patrickmichaelfoster@hotmail.com

BOB KISS www.bobkiss.com

NAKAZZI TAFARI www.nakazzi.com

TIYI BY DESIGN http://www.tiyibydesign.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlYHRksQByA Separated by ‘A’ Skin is a collaborative project between McColl Center for Visual Art Summer Affiliate Artist Indrani Nayar -Gall and The Levine Museum of the New South.

This project articulates the artist’s concern about hierarchical structures and intolerance in new and old world societies.

India – the ‘East Indies’- and the West Indies, two postcolonial societies, share a history of colonialism, which has left deep prejudices in India, Caribbean, and the USA.

H E I D I B E R G E R

www.heidiberger.com

RAS AKYEM art_animal@yahoo.com

RAS ISHI www.rasishi.com

CLAIRE DENARIE www.clairedenarie.co.za

DEREK WENT

www.wentcaribbean.com

L I L I A N

S T E N lilian.sten@gmail.com

RAYMOND BANCROFT raymond.bancroft@hotmail.com

SUE TREW susantrew@best-of-barbados.com

ANDREW HULSMEIER

vidim@freemotion.bb

H A R R I E T

R O L L I T T www.harrietrollitt.com

IRIE KID

JUNIOR HOWELL

www.iriekid.com

The British High Commission Presents ....A-Merge....Art Exhibition by Aubrey Cummings,Allison Bohne and Ahmad Boodhoo at The Clock Tower,The Garrison on Thursday September 16TH at 6.30pm for opening reception and continues Friday 10am to 6pm,Sat:9am to 1pm.

Exhibition ends September 17th Northern Business Centre, Queen Street, Speightstown, St. Peter, Barbados Tel: (246) 419-0858

MARGARET RODRIGUEZ www.margaretrodriguez.com

BILL GRACE www.billgraceart.com

THE GALLERIES AT LANCASTER GREAT HOUSE www.lancastergreathousegallery.com

THE GALLERIES AT LANCASTER GREAT HOUSE www.lancastergreathousegallery.com belvedereconsultants@gmail.com (246) 234 2494

The gallery is showing a wide selection of watercolours, photographs and oil paintings together with an interesting selection of Antique furniture throughout the summer season.

Viewing strictly by appointment tel 423 0458 The Winter Season of Exhibitions and events will be announced shortly.

The Artists Club will meet at Lancaster on second Tuesday of every month.

Further information from Martina Pile, Tel 432 8173 or zahlespil.martina@gmail.com

THE OLD PHARMACY GALLERY, SCULPTURE TERRACE & STAR BAR

The Old Pharmacy Gallery and Star Bar in Speightstown will be closed from Monday 31stMay and is planning to reopen for the Winter Season with an exciting series of exhibitions and a new classic movie season on the beach side terrace.

For further information, please contact Roger Chubb (246) 432 0458 belvedereconsultants@gmail.com

BARBADOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE

There are theatre happenings, workshops, lectures and events.

For more information please contact: Shaunelle Durham shaunelledurham@hotmail.com Tel: 426-2858, ext.5262 or 5259

SHEENA ROSE

bajanrose27@hotmail.com

www.barbadosphotographicsociety.com

CHRIS ALLEYNE www.chrisalleyneart.com

RASHEED BOODHOO rashfoto@gmail.com

2011 DESK CALENDARS by SUE HOLDER whatever2photo@gmail.com

2011 DESK CALENDARS by SUE HOLDER whatever2photo@gmail.com

L A N A

F E N T Y

lanafenty@hotmail.com

R A S

I W I N

Ras Iwin art available at the Barbados Arts Council www.barbadosartscouncil.com

www.caribbeantales.ca CTWD Celebrates its International Launch by bringing 25 Top Producers to the Toronto International Film Festival .

CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution Inc, the first ever film distribution company of its kind in the English-speaking Caribbean, will bring twenty-five (25) top Caribbean producers and filmmakers to Toronto this fall, to take part in its unique Market Development Program and participate in the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival 2010.

Launched regionally in Barbados in May 2010 with the Vision Statement “Taking Caribbean Films to the World”, CTWD aims to be the “go to” solution for Caribbean filmmakers seeking to penetrate the international marketplace, and international buyers looking for quality Caribbean-themed content.

“There is an explosion of content coming out of the Caribbean and a need for a focused distribution strategy to ensure that this gets the best deals on the international market.” said CEO and accomplshed award-winning Canadian-Trinidadian filmmakerFrances-Anne Solomon.

Already the company boasts a distribution catalogue of over 50 films and television programs by some of the finest filmmakers from the Caribbean and its Diaspora.

Caribbean Tales continued…..

The classy inaugural Catalogue will be unveiled in September when the company will host a Market Development Programfor twenty-five (25) selected Caribbean producers, aimed at supporting the growth of a vibrant world-class Caribbean film and TV industry. This will include an intensive 3-day Market Incubator (September 6-9th), a Caribbean-themed Networking Launch Party on September 7th, and a Marketplace Brunch(September 13th).

Participants will hone their project proposals through intensive analyses and interventions with international consultants, that will prepare them to participate in the Toronto International Film Festival, where they will take advantage of many networking opportunities with Canadian and international partners and buyers.

More than fifty (50) producers applied to this year’s CTWD Market Development Program. The stellar list of final participants represents a Who’s Who of Caribbean filmmaking.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) will fund the participation of 6 established regional producer, all of them recipients of the 2009 UNIDO Cinematic & Entrepreneurship Motivation Awards (CEMA). They are well-known producer/director Alison Saunders (Hit for Six) from Barbados, filmmakers Che Rodriguez, and Rubadiri Victorfrom Trinidad, Clement Richards from Dominica, St Lucian music video director Davina Lee, and L.A.-based Guyanese filmmaker and actor Marc Gomes.

UNIDO is also funding the participation of 4 outstanding producers selected for the exceptionally high quality of their submitted projects. They include celebrated Trinidadian writer /producer Tony Hall, accomplished Jamaican film and television director/producer Mary Wells, and Kirk Buchanan, Deputy CEO of the Creative Production & Training Centre Ltd & CTV Cable Channel.

Innovative Montreal-based Canadian animation company Toon Boom and UNIDO will jointly support the participation of award-winning animator Camille Selvon Abrahams from Trinidad and Tobago.

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Invest Barbados will support five (5) established Barbadian producers : Penelope Hynam fromCaribbean Island Film, Mahmood Patel (Bridgetown Film Festival/the Film Group), Cabral Trotman (Skylarc Pictures), Rommel Hall (Jesus Army Productions) and producer Lisa Harewood.

The Canada Council for the Arts is supporting five (5) accomplished independent Canadian filmmakers to participate in the CTWD Program: award-winning filmmaker Dawn Wilkinson, celebrity presenter and director/producer Sharon Lewis, NYU graduate Ian Harnarine, talented writer/director Louis Taylor, and prolific documentary maker Lana Lovell Finally CTWD is proud to announce part-subsidies for attendance by three (3) Diaspora producers:Mariel Brown (The Solitary Alchemist), from Trinidad, and US-based directors Vashti Anderson(Jeffrey's Calypso), and Melisssa Gomez (Share and Share Alike).

The CTWD Market Incubator Program will be led by respected international consultants including NYbased Marketing and Distribution specialist Michelle Matterre, and Tanya Mudaly, who is Commissioning Editor for Drama at the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Their participation is made possible through grants from the Caribbean Export Development Agency, and the Commonwealth Foundation.

CTWD is founded by award-winning Canadian-Trinidadian producer/director Frances-Anne Solomon . Other principals of the company are economist and CTWD Board Chair Dr Keith Nurse who is also Director of the Shridath Ramphal Center at UWI’s Cave Hill Campus in Barbados; international media personality, producer and marketing specialist Lisa Wickham, and talented Jamaican-American producer/director Mary Wells.

CTWD is a member of the Barbados Business Enterprise Corporation that provides Seed and Venture Capital Services.

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CARIBBEAN DOORS by Corrie Scott www.corriescott.net Caribbean Door Series fine art photography

by Corrie Scott 8" by 10" photograph printed with archival inks on acid free 100% cotton Fabriano watercolour paper.

Framed $380Bds Unframed $150Bds Available from Corrie Scott.

Tel +1 (246) 424 3965 corriescott@gmail.com and The Tides Gallery, Open 7 days a week, 9am 11pm. tel (246) 432 2084 or (246) 432 8356. tidesart@sunbeach.net

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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 Fax1-246-228-2703 Email:DAChristie-Bourne@centralbank.org.bb website www.fch.org.bb

THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY COMMITTEE

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Barbados National Art Gallery one step further.

The National Art Gallery Act 2007 came into being October 1st by proclamation signed by C. Straughan Husbands, Governor General for Barbados. This event signals significant progress toward the actual National Art Gallery and the specific responsibilities within the law which will be the remit of the National Gallery.

NAGC Consultant Curator Nerys Rudder, on the invitation of Rotary International, will participate in a cultural and vocational exchange that will take her to the USA through Oregon and Northern California.

For 6 weeks, starting April 23rd Nerys will visit 10 cities where she will make presentations to Rotary groups and visit galleries, raising awareness about the work of Barbadian visual artists and cultural producers. Follow Nerys’ adventures on her blog ontheoregontrail2010.blogspot.com

Visit www.nagc.bb - ArtistNet is a FREE NAGC service for artists. Visual artists are invited to post their profile and images on ArtistNet; for artists already on ArtistNet, you may wish to update your profile and images from time to time.

A new page has been added for NEWS FROM THE ARTISTS. Artists currently in the ArtistNet database are invited to submit updates and news on their current events and activities. Check this out in NEWS. For further information on contact the NAGC at +1 (246) 310 2700 or e-mail nagc1998@yahoo.com

J PATRICIA BROWN jhanbarbados@hotmail.com

"It's a Bajan 'ting"- Photographs that capture Barbados, in a Nutshell! The incredible scenery, the wonderful Bajan people, the vibrant Bajan culture, the rich Bajan heritage and the Bajan sport!

A superb lightweight souvenir of "de rock" that is Barbados!

Visit here: http://www.barbadosbooks.com/ to purchase any of our stunning books

Our diverse collection covers many aspects of Barbadian life and culture, including Architecture and Design, Restaurants and Dining, Plants and Gardens, action packed Cricket, Military History, Diving and the fascinating underwater world, fine Caribbean Cooking and beautiful Caribbean Art. Superb photography will be found in each of our books, drawing you in and transporting you to our fascinating and wonderful island.

For the food lovers, we offer a range of cookbooks appealing to chefs at all skill levels. Try a recipe from Chef Paul Owens at the world famous Cliff Restaurant, the restaurant of choice for visiting celebrities. Or perhaps a true, ageold West Indian recipe catches your fancy in which case our Caribbean Cookbook or Contemporary Caribbean Cooking will be a delight, sure to have what you’re looking for. Barbados A Coral Paradise & Historic Houses of Barbados are our newest titles, published in 2008

CORRIE SCOTT (246) 424 3965 corriescott@gmail.com www.corriescott.net http://caribbeanserendipity.blogspot.com

OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTISTS ‘Meet Fantastic Art at LESC’ In our on-going efforts to sensitize Barbadians and visitors to the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre (LESC) and support local artists, our team at Barbados Conference Services Limited (BCSL), which manages the LESC, has launched an initiative “Meet Fantastic Art at LESC”, which will commence on Thursday, July 1 2010 and run until June 30 2011.

Artists who reside in Barbados will be offered the Centre to display their work, which will be seen by persons who pass through the Centre on a daily basis and at the same time, the art is expected to add a welcome artistic element to the décor of the Centre.

There will be no fees, however each artist will be required to: Have their display work insured and provide us with proof of the insurance;Curate their display; Contribute 10% of items sold to Barbados Conference Services Ltd.; Provide a written description of each item and contact details for the artist, to enable key BCSL team members to answer any queries and to satisfy our company’s risk management protocols; Agree to mount a display for one month, concurrently with two (2) other artists; Replace with-in 48 hours, any items sold, to maintain the integrity of the overall display;Note the black-out period of November 2010, when we will facilitate the NIFCA Visual Arts Exhibition; Note that while requests for displaying on more than one (1) occasion in the calendar year will be considered, artists who have not displayed, will be given priority in the first calendar rotation;Note that the Centre is dynamic and management reserves the right to request to reschedule any display bookings; 4 artists have indicated their interest to display at the Centre commencing July 2010 and months requested are July and August 2010 and February 2011, however these are not yet confirmed.

Interested persons may contact: Mary M. Rose, Quality Service Officer at 467 8288 mary.rose@bcslbarbados.com or Peter Layne, Senior Manager, Operations 467 8252 or peter.layne@bcslbarbados.com Monday to Friday 8.30 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.

Once contact is made, the artist will be advised on the months which are available.

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 FRANGIPANI ART GALLERY, Sugar Cane Club, Hotel and Spa, St. Peter. phone (246) 422 5026 A GALLERY, Royal Westmoreland, St James

ARTIST STUDIOS & SALONS

RAFZA NEHAUL STUDIO/GALLERY Three dimensional artist Rafza Nehaul invites you to join her on any Tuesday between 10am-3pm (or by appointment). Rafza is a multi media and mixed media artist who works with organic materials and is environmentally sensitive. The studio/gallery, 6, Brighton Beach. Tel 421 8188 or email rnehaul@caribsurf.com SARAH’S ART SALON Sarah’s Chelsea Dinners, resume on 3 Saturday nights a month. Most of the art on the walls is for sale, although most people are more engaged in the lively social life at these events. This will soon include occasional readings, performance art, salons, and happenings, courtesy of certain literary suspects, some of the more antic patrons, and Sarah herself. For further information email saravie@caribnet.net

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.

PROMOTE YOUR EVENT AT TOTALLY BARBADOS AT NO COST !

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

ArtsEtc Inc. is a Barbadian adventure in everything artistic and cultural that was embarked upon in 2003 by two frustrated journalists, Linda M. Deaneand Robert Edison Sandiford.

In its short existence, ArtsEtc Inc. has become a vital and uncommon force on Barbados’ cultural landscape through two of its main branches of operation – a bi-monthly newsletter called ArtsEtc: The Premier Cultural Guide to Barbados, and a brand new publishing imprint, AE Books.

Through the individual and combined pursuits of its founders, ArtsEtc Inc. is also involved in literary development, education and rights management initiatives.

Our new marketing assistant is Sharifa Medford.

ArtsEtc –AE – Adventures in Everything!

NEW AND UPDATED ARTIST WEBSITES

NEW Artist Norma Talma www.normatalma.com On The Wall Gallery www.onthewallartgallery.com RECENTLY UPDATED Barbados Arts Council www.barbadosartscouncil.com Corrie Scott www.corriescott.net

ART SUPPLIES & FRAMING

FINE ART FRAMING LTD, Pelican Industrial Park, Bridgetown, 426-5325 FAST FRAME FACTORY, Dayrell’s Road, St Michael (246) 426 9994 AA FRAMING & DECORATION. #4, 1st Avenue Belleville, St. Michael, Tel: 435 0513 aaframing@caribsurf.com 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

THE ART HUB In conjunction with Jacuard, Rupert Gibbon & Spider Maufacturing Products

Demo/Workshops September 2010 Thursday 16th, 4pm-6pm Friday 17th, 4pm-6pm Saturday 18th, 9.30am-1.30pm Sunday 19th, 10.30am-12.30pm Please contact Tracey Williams for further details Tel 432 2328 or 231 6847 email arthub.barbados@gmail.com

ART SPLASH CENTRE www.artsplashbarbados.com

With over five years experience in teaching art to Children and Young Adults, the Art Splash! team offer Private Art Lessons for all ages, a colourful, exciting alternative for Birthday Parties, After-School Classes and our own Exclusive Art Camps.

With a wide range of inspiring approaches to art workshops and classes for all ages, the Art Splash! philosophy is not just about a solid, trusted educational experience – it’s about focusing on the individual imagination and developing each and every unique personal expression- in a safe, happy environment.

Call the Art Splash team on +1 (246) 8347758 or +1 (246) 2280776 or email artsplashbarbados@gmail.com The Art Splash Centre, Hastings, Ch Ch (Pink building opp Board Walk)

ART SPLASH CENTRE www.artsplashbarbados.com (246) 834 7758 (246) 228 0776 artsplashbarbados@gmail.com AGES 5-12 & 12-16 Monday Class 5-12yrs Starting 20th Sept at The Artsplash Centre.

Time: 3.30 – 4.30 6 week term for $170 Tuesday Class 5-12yrs Starting 21st Sept at St James Church Hall Time: 3.30 – 4.30 6 week term for $170 Wednesday Class 5-12yrs Starting 22nd Sept at The Artsplash Centre Time: 3.00 – 4.00 6 week term for $170 Saturday Class 5-12yrs Starting 25th Sept at The Artsplash Centre Time: 10.00 – 11.00 6 week term for $170 Teenage Saturday Class 12-16yrs Starting 25th Sept at The Artsplash Centre Time: 11.00 – 12.30 6 week term for $240

OPEN AIR FILM SCREENING UNDER THE STARS AT OCEAN SPRAY For Septembert Itinerary of films please email mad2rass@yahoo.co.uk ON THE MENU: Grilled Fish & Chips, Grilled Fish & Salad, Samoosas, Grilled Fish sandwiches, Fish cakes; between $5 and $20.00, and a variety of drinks available DOORS OPEN @7:00PM - Screening starts @7:30PM Contribution of $ 5.00 for film screening only. Bring your chairs and blanket (optional) To be added to email listing email mad2rass@yahoo.co.uk Ocean Spray, Inch Marlow Christ Church Tel: 428-5426 www.oceansprayapartments.com

JOSCELYN GARDINER josgardner@hotmail.com joscelyn-gardner.blogspot.com Detail of "Veronica frutescens (Mazerine)" hand-painted stone lithograph on frosted mylar 36” x 24” Date:2009, Location: Artist\'s collection Part of a suite of lithographs entitled “bringing down the flowers…” which aims to subvert 18th century documentation practices. A series of inverted heads with Afro-centric hairstyles are embedded with iron collars and tropical plant specimens in order to allude to the punishable practice of ‘natural\' abortion used by slave women as a form of protest against slavery.

From National Art Gallery Collection website www.nagc.bb

Joscelyn Gardner's 2010 wall installation Creole Portraits III: "bringing down the flowers..." will be included in the 1st International Triennial of the Caribbean in Santo Domingo 2010 being held at Museo de Arte Moderno and other alternative spaces of the Dominican Cultural Capital from September 1 through October 24. This exhibition focuses on new horizons of content and projection, with a main subject: Art and The Environment. It includes the participation of artists from all geographical-linguistic areas of the Caribbean: English-spoken, French-spoken, Hispanic, Dutch, from the Grand Caribbean, Miami and Central America. This first edition of the International Triennial of The Caribbean is headed by the Organizing Committee, comprised of María Elena Ditrén, Executive Director of the Triennial and Director of the Modern Art Museum; Amable López Meléndez, Chief Curator of Museo de Arte Moderno; Marianne de Tolentino, Director of the Galería Nacional de Bellas Artes; Sara Hermann, General Secretariat for the Dominican Association of Art Critics (ADCA/AICA); Abil Peralta Agüero, Coordinator of the Cultural Technical Unit for the Deputy Chamber of the Dominican Republic; Dustin Muñoz, General Fine Arts Sub-Director and Rafael Read, cultural representative for the Major’s Office of the National District.

Museo de Arte Moderno 1st International Triennial of the Caribbean in Santo Domingo 2010 (Tric 2010). Art and the Environment.Date: Sept 1- Oct 24, 2010 Location: Museo de Arte Moderno Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte Santo Domingo Tel: (809) 685-2154 al 56 Fax:(809) 682-8280 Email:trienalinternacionaldelcaribe@g mail.com Web:www.trienalinternacionaldelcarib e.blogspot.com.

ANNALEE DAVIS

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ANNALEE DAVIS www.annaleedavis.com "Public Beach Access" will be screened for the first time in the Dominican Republic at the first International Triennial of the Caribbean.

"Public Beach Access" (2010) Annalee Davis Video Installation 8. 39 minutes Shot and Edited by Omar Estrada.

Stills by Sandy Majerus This work documents my repeated action of measuring ten Public Beach Access points to find out how many feet of beach access is available to local people on seven miles of the most lucrative stretch of the West Coast on the island of Barbados.

Throughout the work, I sing the lyrics to a song composed and originally performed by local musician, Gabby, and called “Jack, the Beach is Mine!”. This song was a response to the Barbados Board of Tourism’s legal counsel advising hotel owners that they had the right to extend their property down to the waterfront.

To see the full video, check out the link here at: http://www.annaleedavis.com/work/public_beach_access.html

1st International Triennial of the Caribbean in Santo Domingo Annalee Davis will be participating in the Inaugural Triennial of the Caribbean in Santo Domingo

Date: Sept 1- Oct 24, 2010 Location: Museo de Arte Moderno Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte Santo Domingo Tel: (809) 685-2154 al 56 Fax: (809) 6828280 Email: trienalinternacionaldelcaribe@gmail.com Web: www.trienalinternacionaldelcaribe.blogspot.com

Do you think our children should learn in beautiful and colorful environments? Manipura thinks so! We have partnered with Workmans' Primary to create a suite of 8 murals. We work with the children to create images that are reflective of their environment and their creativity. You too can have this project in your community/school.

Feel free to contact us at enquiries@manipurainc.com for more information on how you can be involved in this wonderful project.

1st International Triennial of the Caribbean in Santo Domingo 2010 (Tric 2010) Annalee Davis will be participating in the Inaugural Triennial of the Caribbean in Santo Domingo .

Supported by the statement “Santo Domingo, Cultural Capital of America 2010,” and in an effort to develop international cultural presence, the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Culture, through the Museo de Arte Moderno, undertakes the celebration of the “1st International Triennial of the Caribbean in Santo Domingo 2010.” It will be held at Museo de Arte Moderno and other alternative spaces of the Dominican Cultural Capital from September 1 through October 24.

The Biennial of the Caribbean (BC) was conceived in Santo Domingo in 1992, as an event and encounter focused on Caribbean and Central American painting, including the great and minor Antilles, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Cayena and Suriname. In its last two editions (2001 and 2003), it included the so called “transterrados” or Caribbean artists of the “Diaspora,” based mainly in Miami and New York City.

The 1st International Triennial of The Caribbean focuses on new horizons of content and projection, with a unique and main subject: Art and The Environment, including the participation of creative productions of high value coming from all geographical-linguistic areas of the Caribbean: English-spoken, French-spoken, Hispanic, Dutch, from the Grand Caribbean, Miami and Central America.

Get more information ArtNexus Date: Sept 1- Oct 24, 2010 Location: Museo de Arte Moderno Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte Santo Domingo Tel: (809) 685-2154 al 56 Fax: (809) 682-8280 Email: trienalinternacionaldelcaribe@gmail.com Web: www.trienalinternacionaldelcaribe.blogspot.com

First Annual Caribbean Fine Art Fair (CaFA Fair), Bridgetown, Barbados March 31-April 3, 2011 www.cafafair.com

First Annual Caribbean Fine Art Fair (CaFA Fair), Bridgetown, Barbados March 31-April 3, 2011 New York, NY, August 6, 2010: For the first time in the English speaking Caribbean forty-five galleries of paintings, sculpture, photography, fine art jewelry, drawings and original limited edition prints, exploring the cultural traditions of the Caribbean will be on view at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference Center in Barbados, from March 31- April 3, 2011.

Though long known for its pulsating rhythms, its dance, its food and white sand beaches, the Caribbean has had a less known, but long and rich visual arts tradition. In recent years savvy collectors worldwide have come to appreciate the quality and value of Caribbean art. Last year over 25 million persons visited the Caribbean, and an increasing number of those are cultural heritage tourists seeking to acquire the works of the region's leading visual artists.

As globalization brings our world closer and building on the successes of Caribbean-themed art fairs held in New York City, such as Art off the Main, the Caribbean & Latin America Fine Art by the Sea, it has become more obvious that the need exists for more organized opportunities for collectors to view and acquire quality works by accomplished Caribbean artists. So, for four exciting days, the Caribbean Fine Art Fair will grace the halls of the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference Center in Barbados. CaFA Fair opens Thursday March 31st, 2011, with a Charity Gala to benefit Haitian artists affected by the January 2010 earthquake and will honor one of the foremost artists of the region, Le Roy Clarke.

An exciting array of art ranging from the traditional to the contemporary, the intuitive to the European schooled, the political and social to the whimsical- will offer seasoned and new collectors the opportunity to view and collect works from both emerging and accomplished artists. The impressive list of artists to be showcased includes Ada Balcacer of the Dominican Republic, Llewellyn Xavier of St Lucia, Sir Roland Richardson of St Maarten, Le Roy Clarke of Trinidad & Tobago, Philip Moore of Guyana, Ras Ishi Butcher of Barbados, Jerry Craig of Jamaica and Philippe Dodard of Haiti. This historic and pioneering Fair will become a landmark of Caribbean cultural expression.

Event partners include Accra Beach Hotel & Spa; Coconut Court Hotel; Intimate Hotels of Barbados; Barbados Tourism Authority; Caribbean Broadcasting Corp; Laparkan Shipping; and Sagicor General.

For additional information please visit www.cafafair.com or call 646-267-8831.

ARLETTE ST. HILL www.arlettesthill.com

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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 SUMI-A ART CLASSES The Art of Sumi-e: Classes of traditional Japanese art form with a contemporary flavor at Leandro Soto Art Studio in Prospect, St.James. Classes include lecture/demonstrations and meditation exercises as preparation for the technique. Every Tuesday from 7:00pm till 8:30pm.

For detail information of class cost art materials needed you can write to sotoananda@gmail.com or call by phone at (246) 421 9125 Leandro Soto’ Studio in Prospect, Saint James website www.leandrosoto.com .

MARK MAYNARD Art Classes on Saturdays. All Year Through. Re opens Saturday January 9th.

Under the tutelage of Mark Maynard. Tel - 828-7869/432-0762 ARTS SPLASH For more information call Elayne on 8347758 or 2280776 www.artsplashbarbados.com

M A R T I N A P I L E

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SARAH’S ART SALON & DINNER #2, Chelsea Gardens, Chelsea Road, St.Michael Call 435-3563 or 830-8904. email saravie@caribnet.net Sarah’s Chelsea Dinners, resume on 3 Saturday nights a month.

Most of the art on the walls is for sale, although most people are more engaged in the lively social life at these events.

This will soon include occasional readings, performance art, salons, and happenings, courtesy of certain literary suspects, some of the more antic patrons, and Sarah herself.

Please reserve at least 24 hours in advance. With advance notice, vegetarian alternatives can be arranged.

ROSEMARY PARKINSON rosemaryparkinson2004@yahoo.com

ROSEMARY PARKINSON rosemaryparkinson2004@yahoo.com

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MACO Caribbean Living Magazine is the epitome of Caribbean elegance, creativity and style, featuring the best of Caribbean architecture, art, gardens and festivals.

With its clean lines, colourful spreads and glossy finish, MACO Caribbean Living is a symbol of the simplicity and mystery of the Caribbean . Featuring writers and photographers from around the world, each has had experience and a background in the Caribbean , contributing reflections and opinions that are differing, intriguing, and most importantly honest.

The word ‘maco' is a combination of African and French (called Patois, a Trinidadian dialect) and refers to a nosy person, or ‘to mind someone else's business'. Indeed, MACO not only delves into the physical beauty of the Caribbean but also reflects that which is intangible; its culture, its spirit and its philosophy. Within its pages, MACO conveys like no other the interwoven nature of the Caribbean and its eternal fascination for all who view it.

MACO Caribbean Living – Mission Statement MACO Caribbean Living is dedicated to bringing the beauty and excitement of the Caribbean to the world with clarity, honesty and style. MACO Caribbean Living strives to reflect that intriguing combination of simplicity and opulence for which the region is known, from multiple and constantly changing perspectives.

MACO Caribbean Living is the Caribbean personified, in its vibrant colours, eclectic writing, and strong clean design. The statement of a people and an expression of a way of life, MACO Caribbean Living remains the symbol of all things Caribbean.

MACO CARIBBEAN LIVING www.macomag.com

MACO Tenth Anniversary Issue wins Sappi Printer of the Year Award 2010 Over 3,000 entries were submitted from printers all over the world, and MACO emerged at the placing in the top six Silver runnings, and moved on to win the Gold for Sheetfed magazines!

This is a huge deal for our printers (American Printing Co) and us, and follows up on previous printing awards for MACO Magazines.

Check out what the judges had to say about the entire process over at www.sappi.com/na/gold-winners

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Barbados, West Indies

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