The National Gallery of Jamaica is the oldest and largest public art museum in the English-speaking Caribbean. It originally opened at the historic Devon House on November 14, 1974 and will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
"This," Simone Bowie Jones, associate at the law firm Myers, Fletcher & Gordon (MF&G), said, "is my de-stressing zone," pointing to a larger-than-life abstract painting on the wall of her office.
The Transatlantic Passage/eople packed tight like sausage/In 'hellholes' destined for our shores/Sold like cattle in the market/Depravity, no matter how you take it/Unbridled injustice to the core...
The power of words is outstanding, and being a writer is dedicating one's own life to those words. Bound together, words form sentences, abstract metaphors, poems, articles and collected works, beautiful ones; and sometimes, words can change the world.
Addeah McDove has a strong storyline in Macca Tree Manns, not least of all because it turns in large part on the Ponzi scheme, which (to employ a common term dubiously) enjoyed a brief resurgence in Jamaica not so long ago.
You have probably come across the lattice-look weaving on some chair frames that your grandmother had, or you saw some at a flea market, or maybe you even have some yourself that need repair.
On July 24, the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), in collaboration with the United States Embassy and the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean, hosted a handover ceremony for the playing cyas (female Kumina drum) that once belonged to the late Kumina...
Tacky, a Coromantin (Coromantee) slave from central Ghana, is not a Jamaican National hero, but there are persons in St Mary who insist that he should receive that high honour for leading the rebellion against the British in 1760 which one historian...
Yes, I know both words begin with M, but hear me out. Marketing is an activity that never stops. It is meant to be continuous, consistent, persistent, creative, innovative, applicable and appropriate, among other adjectives I could have used.
ABF is designed to train advocates of the arts, people who can help a community recognise, value, and plan to use their own arts to meet sustainable developmental needs and goals.
Poetry is the most intricate way of writing, and according to Shelly-Ann Harris, writer of the book The Goodies on Her Tray, she loves to express herself this way as it takes a lot of dimensions to ensure the message conveyed in the poem is concise and intricate.
Mandela riseNelson Mandela, riseMandela rise Yes, Mandela rise againThe first black president in the black man's countryHis spirit revivedHis body revivedAnd energy let him smileHe did not fall because he had exalted himselfHe did not...
Many great leaders have left us and many more are yet to come. However, Sir Howard Cooke's indelible impression on the Jamaican populace will be lasting and will certainly remain with us for years to come...
Enough was enough. This relationship of theirs was just one big circus, and Kendra was the main attraction. Day after day, night after night, Michael was clearly taking her for a complete fool.
In an effort to raise the national cultural discourse beyond the Independence celebrations held on August 6, the Ministry of Youth and Culture in collaboration with the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) hosted the inaugural Signature Conversations on Sunday,...
+The soft lights reflected off the row of framed, black and white photographs, and as sun set in the distant horizon and the trees swayed in the cool evening breeze at Redbones Gallery in Kingston, the hues in the skies provided a creative perspective...
