Art & Leisure

Title: Sufferers' Manifesto: A Challenge to the best in us and Among us.Author: Owen Everard JamesIn political terms, a manifesto is a document that details policy decisions aimed at bettering the lot of a people. An interesting title for a thesis...

What are you willing to sacrifice to achieve your goals or to become successful? Many of us sit and wait for success to land in our laps or nicely packaged with a bow on top without doing an iota of work! How is that possible? Many of us may be...

The Jamaica Biennial 2014 is scheduled to close on Sunday, March 15, and to mark the occasion, the National Gallery of Jamaica will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on that day. A special programme of Artists' Talks will be presented on that day,...

The National Gallery of Jamaica pays tribute to Annabella Proudlock - artist, collector, art patron and gallerist - who passed away on February 14. She was the managing director of Harmony Hall and a former board member of the National Gallery of...

Following the success of last year's inaugural programme, Phase 2 of The Re-Birth Project - an intervention initiative for at-risk youth and their parents - was launched at the Spanish Court Hotel recently with guest speaker Dr Grace McLean, chief...

The internationally acclaimed Victoria & Albert Museum in London describes itself as the largest collection of art and design in the world, and recently, the museum opened a compelling exhibition of photographs ...

Slave masters, tell me whyYou! slave masters went to AfricalandYou! took our great great grandparentsfrom Africa landYou! shackled themYou took them away to strange andfar-away landsA journey frightening, horrible, painfuland cruelIn agony some fell...

For some people and organisations the world over, February is the month set aside to highlight the history and heritage of black people, which is the largest racial group in Jamaica. Black people in Jamaica are invariably the descendants of Africans...

I have oftentimes recommended that when you decide that you want to become an author, you need to have a business behind your book. Once you have made the decision that you want to go into business, you want to be your own boss and chart your...