Art Bytes
“I don’t think artists should ever be married because you cannot give to your wife the kind of total devotion she
needs. That goes to your art. Art is my first love, and it’s never going to be any different.”- Barrington Watson for
Caribbean Beat Magazine.
Pictured: Barrington Watson’s “Mother and Child” (1958) from the National Gallery of Jamaica.
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Flight by Jamaican directors Kia Moses and Adrian McDonald was recently awarded Best Short Film at the Belize International Film Festival. |
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The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) is staging a competition for the design of their new logo. |
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Fibre artist and illustrator Lisa Davis has created a line of colouring books, dolls and other products for girls of colour under her company The Craft People. |
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Jamaican director Isabella Issa’s short film Yellow Girl and Me has been racking up several awards at the Black Film Festival of New Orleans, getting Best Director, Best Writer, Best Film |
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British artist Joy Gregory, of Jamaican parentage, has become an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. The award recognizes her body of work in photography. |