KINGSTON CREATIVE MURALS

Artist Errol Reid has painted a new mural on Beat Street. Funded by the Tourism Enhancement Fund, the mural depicts Studio One musicians such as the Skatalites, Jackie Mittoo, Cedric Brooks, Richard Ace, Lennie Hibbert, Ernest Ranglin, Winston Grennan and Tom of “Tom the Great” Sebastian Sound System.

Kingston Creative Director Doris Gross and artists from Denham Town and Trench Town also recently painted a mural in honour of renowned Rastafarian elder and drummer Mortimo Planno on Collie Smith Drive in Trench Town.

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JAMAICAN ANIMATORS VISIT FRANCE

Eight local animation studios are attending the Marché International des Programmes de Communication content trade show in Cannes, France, until October 17^th.

Renee Cox now Asst. Professor at Columbia University

Jamaican-born artist Renee Cox was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University in New York.

Maia Chung applies to Galleria Banditto

Jamaican visual artist Maia Chung has been invited to send her work for consideration for the Galleria Banditto's 10-day residency prize to be awarded this year, according to an article in

Renee Cox’s solo New York show

A solo exhibition by Jamaican artist Renee Cox at Carthouse Proper in Brooklyn, New York will feature her critically acclaimed 1993 large-format photograph piece Yo Mama and its counterpar

Thomas-Girvan shows her work in London

Jamaican born artist Jasmine Thomas-Girvan has a show at the David Zwirner Gallery in London.

National Gallery appoints new Chief Curator

O’Neil Lawrence is the new Chief Curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica. Lawrence will oversee the Gallery’s exhibitions and be responsible for the development of Jamaica’s national art collect

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