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MARY WELLS TO TAKE PART IN ‘MEMORY IS A WEAPON’

 

Mary Wells will be one of the artists speaking on ‘Memory is a Weapon’, an international discussion this Friday, June 26, at 1:00pm Eastern Caribbean time, 12noon Jamaica time. She and others will discuss memory, what we have learned during Covid-19 and what they want the world to look like for women going forward.

Wells is an award-winning independent film Director/Writer and Producer. She was the first woman from Jamaica to do a feature narrative. Her debut film Kingston Paradise was awarded ‘Best Diaspora Feature’ in the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2014.

The Facebook Live link is:  https://www.facebook.com/memoryisaweapon/?epa=SEARCH_BOX  

 

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Students from the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts have partnered with The Ministry of National Security to paint peace murals in Swallowfield.

 

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Jamaican multidisciplinary artist Jamilah Sabur’s work will be shown at the second annual Faena Festival during Miami Art Week 2019.

Two murals have recently been created for the Rose Town and Standpipe communities by partnership between the US Embassy’s Public Affairs Section and the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Perfor

Jamaican born quilt artist, Donnette A. Cooper, Esq.

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