Art Bytes

Open Call Artiste Ambassador Programme

 

Are you an estabilshed or upcoming Musician, Singer, Filmmaker, poet, or creative group? Will you be on tour within the next 3-6 months? Then Apply for the Ministry of Toursim and Entertainment's Artist Ambadassor Programme.

The Ministry of Toursim and Entertainment (MTE), The Jamaica Tourist Board and The Entertainment Advisory Board have developed an Artist Advisory Programme that aims to provide greater exposure for touring artistes through official association with Brand Jamaica and the JTB thus positioning Destination Jamaica in the Target Markets being toured by selected Ambassadors. Including marketing and media support and merchandizing among other endorsements.

For Additional information visit http://www.mot.gov.im

Art Bytes

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, 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.

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

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

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

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.

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