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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-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

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 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

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

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

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