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JAMAICAN CREATIVES IN TEENVOGUE ARTICLE

 

Abihail Myrie and Neko Kelly were featured in TeenVogue entertainment writer Sara Li’s 13 Best Vogue Challenge Posts article.

The article references the recent social media challenge inviting creatives (photographers, models, stylists, make-up artists, etc) to place the words “V-O-G-U-E” on their images as if they are an actual Vogue cover.

Myrie, daughter of Jamaican singer Buju Banton is a fashion model and shared images from a Desert Storm-titled editorial for the latest issue of the Collection MoDA’s MoDA Mag.

Neko Kelly is a burgeoning fashion stylist, known for his edgy art direction, as seen in the images he shared of some of his work.

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Until June 28, Artist and stylist Akeem Smith is exhibiting his first major solo presentation Akeem Smith: No Gyal Can Test at Red Bull Art New York.

Jamaican Nari Ward and South African artist Robin Rhode are having a joint exhibition in Hong Kong through June 18th.

CBC Arts names Jamaican-Canadian Clement Virgo one of the architects of Black filmmaking in Canada.

 

Three Jamaican artists will show their work at “The Island Imprint: The Art and History of the Caribbean Community in Broward County”, an art and historical exhibition from June 15th to

Kingston Creative’s monthly Artwalk festival experience goes virtual March 29th, thanks to  sponsors Sagicor, tTech and the Tourism Enhancement Fund.

Developed together with Steve Madden, the collection was designed for warm weather with the use of bright neon colors with rope, rhinestones, and buckle embellishments.

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