Artist Call Emanicipendence

Calling all Artists! The Sky Gallery invites you to submit your best works for showcase during our 2023 exhibition season at theskygalleryja.com/exhibitionapply.

► Emanicipendence - August 2023

To commemorate Jamaica's Emancipation (August 1, 1834) and Independence (August 6, 1962), The Sky Gallery is welcoming artists whose works offer important insight into the development of Jamaica, its people, its culture and its art since these two historic moments of our nation’s history. All forms of artistic expression are welcome.

Deadline: July 8, 2023

Art Bytes

STELLA MEGHIE TO DIRECT WHITNEY HOUSTON FILM

Jamaican-Canadian Stella Meghie will direct the Whitney Houston feature film “I Wanna Dance with Somebody.” She’ll team up with Oscar-nominated screenwriter, Anthony McCarten, and Grammy Award-winn

NADINE IJEWERE PHOTOGRAPHS NAOMI CAMPBELL

Fashion photographer Nadine Ijewere, of Jamaican descent, recently shot legendary supermodel Naomi Campbell for the current July-August 2020 cover of Spanish Vogue.

JAMAICAN TEEN PURSUES DRAMA IN LONDON

Jamaican teen Sule Kamu Thelwell has been chosen as one of 18 out of nearly 5,000 applicants to be accepted for the Bachelor of Arts in acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama at the

RUDDY ROYE NAMED NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FELLOW

Jamaican Radcliffe (Ruddy) Roye has been named one of nine 2020-2021 National Geographic Storytelling Fellows.

LONDON TO GET BOB MARLEY MUSICAL

British actor of Jamaican heritage Clint Dyer is set to direct an upcoming Bob Marley musical, Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Story.

BREAKOUT FILM ENTRIES DUE

Breakout Film Festival is currently accepting submissions for its July short film contest.

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