Art Bytes
Isaac Mendes Belisario was one of the earliest artists to depict Jamaican culture. This character sketch, “Koo-Koo, or
Actor Boy”, is of a junkanoo dancer after Emancipation. It was in his collection of lithographs released in 1837-38.
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Kingston Creative will open Jamaica’s first Creative Hub in Downtown Kingston on Monday July 27th. |
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Renee Cox is one of nine black artists and cultural leaders the NY Times Style Magazine recently asked for their take on cultivating black audiences and dismantling historically white institutions. |
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Jamaican born artist Jae Sterling will show Riding Horses with White Men, his debut art exhibit, in Calgary. |
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Minister of Tourism the Hon. Edmund Bartlett says there are plans to open an Artisan Village at Hampden Wharf in Falmouth, Trelawny in a few weeks. |
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Jamaican artist Nari Ward’s solo exhibition, We the People, is at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, USA July 1st to September 1st. |
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Ten Caribbean School of Architecture students made history by participating in the first ever International Dezeen Virtual Design Festival. |