DIVERSITY IN DESIGN ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT

Caribbean Resiliency is the theme of the 2020 Summer Series for Diversity in Design Arts and Architecture, from June 24, 2020 to July 1, 2020. The annual event and exhibition will focus on diversity and representation of culture in design, arts and architecture. It will be livestreamed this year.

The audience can expect engaging conversations and expert presentations from designers and architects of Jamaican and Caribbean descent, and an exhibit and expo for established professionals and emerging creatives. Jamaican interior designer Marsha McDonald will host the event.

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JAMAICAN ACTIVIST WANTS TO HONOUR DU SABLE

While Haitan-born trapper and merchant, Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, is often called the “Founder of Chicago,” Jamaican Ephraim Martin, want to honour the memory of his fellow West Indian even fu

JAMAICAN ARTIST IN CALIFORNIA SHOW

Visitors to California’s Luxe Art Institute will get to enjoy the work of Jamaican artist Cosmo Whyte from September 12th to November 7th 2020.

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.

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