HIGHLIGHTED POSTS 2009 to PRESENT
VISUAL ART CAREERS: Photography
Photography is definitely not just about pointing and shooting, that is, if you move beyond experimenting with the features of the camera.
Photography in its truest sense is really painting with light, with your camera as your paintbrush, and the film, as your canvas, when likened to a painter.Continue Reading
EDITORIAL: Jamaica’s Art and Culture, Tourism product
Jamaica’s art, artists and their creative products should be closer examined as tourism products.Continue Reading
Editorial: Travel Jamaican
For any tourist with this dream, many channels are being created making it easier to “travel Jamaican” when in Jamaica. The best possible tool of course being to research the area as much as one can before or during travel plans.Continue Reading
ART CAREER: Art critic
The art critic is one of the most sought after persons in this creative field. For one, its always good to have someone to bounce your ideas on. On the other hand, critics sometimes reflect the views of the public or potential client. Continue Reading
EDITORIAL: ART Careers for Jamaicans everywhere
Suprisingly although Jamaica has surpassed boundaries, and, somehow manages quite well in the first world, many Jamaicans remain clueless on art as a career.Continue Reading
Artists to stroke in Jamaica’s history as one
Jamaican artists are being given opportunity to add their strokes to the pages of Jamaican history in a national way. Through the eyes of the visual artists, Jamaica history and art history will be documented by yet another person who realises the value of the countryContinue Reading
Barcelona, forever in my heart writes Jamaican Lorna Chong
Lorna who believes that all humans ARE CONNECTED shares from her diary notes on her September 2008 trip to Barcelona, Spain.Continue Reading
Buju Banton, Beenie Man, Wayne Wonder for Reggae Bash October 31st
This year’s Reggae Bash, according to promoters, promises to be a momentous event, with a stellar line-up of performances.Continue Reading
Caradise, caribbean paradise on display!
Following is an excerpt from an article by the Gleaner’s Georgia Hemmings, on the first solo exhibition of Anthea McGibbon.
“VERY SUCCESSFUL” is how photographer and graphic designer, Anthea McGibbon, describes her first solo exhibition, held recently in the United States (U.S.).Continue Reading
U.S. Embassy, Jamaica Library Service details film series
In collaboration with the Jamaica Library Service, the U.S. Embassy announces a classic American film series. The films, which are free to the public, will be shown every Tuesday, September 15 to October 13, at the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library, 2 Tom Redcam Drive in Kingston starting atContinue Reading
