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National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sunday's

This event on June 30, 2019, features the return of the International Reggae Poster Contest charity auction for the first time since its 2012. The professional and student images of the posters selected for auction are now available for review. The auction continues a relationship with the International Poster Contest started in 2012 and all proceeds support training at the Alpha Institute. You can join them from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm.

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ART TO HONOUR WINDRUSH GENERATION

The Windrush generation is in vogue again. Now a walkway on the Tilbury Bridge that they used on arrival in the UK, has been turned into an art installation to honour them.

Unbroken Gets T&T Film Festival Award

Unbroken, the docu-film based on amputee Laron Williamson’s attempt to qualify for the Jamaican Paralympic team, won Best Documentary Short Film at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival.

SCULPTURES FOR WINDRUSH GENERATION

To commemorate the Windrush generation, Hackney will unveil two sculptures next year.

GRACE WALES BONNER’S ‘NOT IN PARIS FASHION’ EXHIBIT

London-born fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner’s Jamaican roots were on full-display during Highsnobiety’s ‘Not In Paris’ exhibit.

JAMAICAN ACTIVIST WANTS TO HONOUR DU SABLE

While Haitan-born trapper and merchant, Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, is often called the “Founder of Chicago,” Jamaican Ephraim Martin, want to honour the memory of his fellow West Indian even fu

JAMAICAN ARTIST IN CALIFORNIA SHOW

Visitors to California’s Luxe Art Institute will get to enjoy the work of Jamaican artist Cosmo Whyte from September 12th to November 7th 2020.

National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sunday's

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