Kwesi Bovell set to represent Guyana at TFAPOPUP
AS the international art world prepares for Art Basel Miami later this year, The Fearless Artist Pop Up (TFAPOPUP) is preparing for their much-anticipated...
The true cost of creativity
IN last week’s article I wrote about the importance of network building for creative practitioners and touched on one aspect that I felt makes...
So you’ve got an art degree, what next?
FOLLOWING last week’s article about the value of receiving a formal art education, I thought it would benefit readers if I outlined some of...
Carving out his niche
Wilkie George and his passion for sculpture
LIKE most persons coming out of secondary school, Wilkie George had a very limited perception of what fine...
`We Have Met Before’ opens at the National Gallery of Jamaica
FOLLOWING an ongoing dialogue between Scottish artist Graham Fagen and Lucy Byatt (of the Hospitalfield artist residency programme in Arbroath, Scotland) about possibly showing...
Merging technology and Art
How Andre Jacobus found his niche
FROM as far back as Andre Jacobus could recall, he has always been driven to create. This early affinity...
‘ Resonance’: celebrating the region’s creative dynamism
SIX years ago the Fresh Milk Art Platform Inc. was launched in Barbados as a non-profit, artist-led, interdisciplinary organisation with the aim to promote...
STEM vs. STEAM
Choosing the ideal education model
FOR years we’ve heard arguments for and against the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering,...
Notes from MOU
Time, trauma and the female body
LAST Tuesday, Trinidadian artist Shanice Smith and I both presented works made during the month-long MOU residency to a...
Notes from MOU – Adjusting to a different pace
TWO weeks have passed since the creative exchange between Trinidadian artist Shanice Smith and I began. While I think we’ve both made some headway...