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Sky Gallery Exhibition Application

 

► Men in Art - October 2023

The Sky Gallery invites male artists of the diaspora to submit their best work for inclusion in this exhibition. This showcase will be centred on supporting the voices of Men in Jamaican Art.

Deadline: September 9, 2023

 

► Views of Jamaica - December 2023

Jamaica’s superb and picturesque scenery is a beauty to behold. This exhibition will be a visual narrative of Jamaica's exceptional beauty showcasing everything from flora to fauna, to vast panoramas of beaches, rivers, forests and to its inhabitants in urban spaces. It is recommended that artists submit pieces that depict Jamaica's distinctive ecological and socio-economic composition. Subject matter: Flora, fauna, sceneries and landscapes, people and places. All art styles are welcome.

Deadline October 5, 2023

 

► Open Call

Applications are now being accepted for solo shows at The Sky Gallery! The open call expands on The Sky Gallery's goal of supporting emerging local artists.

Submit your work for consideration, solo and small group exhibition proposals are welcome.

 

► Artist Call: Apply to be a part of future exhibitions online at theskygalleryja.com/exhibitionapply/

Art Bytes

Jamaican artist Garfield Morgan has another exhibit in Canada. This time his work is on display at the Don Wheaton Family YMCA in Edmonton.  until October 31st.

The National Gallery of Jamaica’s 50th Anniversary exhibition, Continuity, runs from June 30 to September 30th, 2024. Continuity revisits ten NGJ’s iconic exhibitions, including the Biennials of 2014, 2017 and 2022 and Jamaica Jamaica, (2020).

The Glasgow School of Art Exhibition in Scotland will present the work of the late photographer Sandra George until June 30th. Born to Jamaican parents,  George spent the first seven years of her life here before migrating to Birmingham. Later she went to Edinburgh to live with her father.

A 97 year old Jamaican is featured in Migrant Stories, an exhibition at the Market Gallery in Toronto, Canada. Lloyd Lindo, who left Jamaica with other migrants to help rebuild England after World War II, later made his home in Canada. He now lives lives in Amaranth, Dufferin County, Ontario

Jamaican artist Garfield Morgan, who has done work for Panmedia, is one of the artist featured in When Big Man Talk, an exhibition that opens February 3 in Montreal at the Jamaica Association Arts

Before he died last year businessman Michael Campbell, founder of Island Car Rental, asked his close friend former Prime Minister P.J.

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