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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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Ebony Patterson is so hot the critics can't find words to describe her stylized interpretation of Dancehall culture. In a New York Times piece on what to see in New York art galleries this week wri

The event ‘Poetry Night’ will be held at Redbones Cafe, 1 Argyle Road, Kingston 10, St. Andrew on every month the 4th Wednesday.  Admission is Free!
 

Art classes for adults at the Wine Shop, create your masterpiece while you sip a glass of wine. All supplies are provided. Every Tuesday at 5:15pm. See flyer

Nassau-born, London based artist Blue Curry has taken Paradise, his installation project for the Jamaica Biennial, into the heart of downtown Kingston.

Radiant Earth, a new interactive book by sculptor Laura Facey,is now available at iBooks.

The National Gallery of Jamaica has resumed its innovative child art programme, Saturday Art Time.

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