Visual Arts Barbados May 2020 by Corrie Scott

MAY 2020

VISUAL ARTS BARBADOS

Cover art by Julianne Gill

All information correct at time of publishing. Please phone or email relevant galleries to confirm dates of events as they may be subject to change. Published by Corrie Scott

corriescott@gmail.com

www.corriescott.net

Celebrating ten years of the Visual Arts Barbados free online magazine. A completely free magazine created out of the need to inform so that we can get to exhibitions, artist talks, workshops and more, rather than hearing about events after they have taken place. See ten years of issues here https://issuu.com/corriescott

Welcome to Barbados Monthly Arts Events This is a completely free magazine created out of the need to inform so that we can get to exhibitions, artist talks, workshops and more, rather than hearing about events after they have taken place. I encourage anyone with a visual arts event to get in contact with me at corriescott@gmail.com and I will add a free page for you. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s get the arts out there! Please, pass this magazine on to others and so help the creative side of Barbados get all the exposure possible. Corrie Scott Publisher To see ten years of the publication here is the link https://issuu.com/corriescott

Visual Arts Events Facebook Page Open 24/7 Updated daily https://www.facebook.com/groups/175529135827747 https://www.facebook.com/groups/175529135827747

Online viewing album of the BPS exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;JOINING THE GATHERINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; recently held at the Embassy of Argentina. Hosted by Artists Alliance Barbados and The Embassy Of Argentina Saturday Feb 8th -Friday 27th March Photographers participating are Akil Brathwaite, Alison Elliot, Audrey Bryan, Markley Bryan, Cheryl Hunte-Small , Glyne Strickland, Graham Gittens, Cheyenne Hall, Kurk Rouse, Lisa StClair Hutchinson, Louis Christie, Mark Wellington, Niaz Dokrat, Raymond Patrick Maughan, Victor E. Gittens, Yvette Reid, Winston Edghill, Hugh Walker, Giselle Walker, Corrie Scott. Curated by Hugh Walker and Giselle Walker. The Barbados Photographic is joining in the celebration of 'We Gathering 2020' . Deciding that as the Embassy gallery has three adjoining rooms the BPS is creating 3 different moods with 3 different themes.

Link to album

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Df2LpRbbXinBBk5UA

JULIANNE GILL

JULIANNE GILL Hi there!! for day one of #aprilforartists Artist introduction yes I know it’s an oldie photo by @sofiewarren, but I thought I would post this shot as my #artistintroduction because I am now working on a commission based on this piece. I also loved this piece because I painted it at a pretty difficult time in my life and helped me get out. Art has the ability to do that, which is pretty freakin amazing!!! ❤ The funny thing right now some challenging times worldwide with this crazy virus, so enjoying expressing myself on canvas. Ok, enough about the photo we are supposed to write a bit about ourselves. So here goes. Hi, my name is Julianne... sorry this is sounding like a dating site. Lol! I paint mostly semi-abstract landscapes, seascapes, and ethereal scapes. I paint primarily in acrylics and dabble with other mediums like resin, Encaustics, inks, and I have an urge to get back into oils, but having a studio at home is a bit tricky with the odor. I’m originally from Perth Western Australia and now live in Barbados. My parents are from Barbados, and they still live in Perth. Go figure! I know I’m biased, but they are two of the best places in the world to live and have spent a “few” years torn between the two! I love them both so much! My husband is a Bajan, and we have two young children. I have never lived far away from the sea, apart from my AFS exchange year in Guatemala. I studied fine arts for a year at uni and then got a bit scared of being a starving artist... I have been known to like my food �� , so I changed my studies to Interior design and Decoration. I still juggle both art and interiors and the kids, which is an interesting challenge recently! I think that’s enough about me for now. Sorry for the ramble! I’m off to clean up my studio before I go to bed. My daughter had a fun time in here today while I snuck in some work time. �#semiabstract #abstractlandscape #intuitiveart #etheral #artistmeetsmother #arttherapy #artheals #australianartists #australianart #caribbeanart #artworks_artist #juliannegill #meettheartist #creativityfound #covidart #createart #commisionart #acryliconcanvas #fluidart #discovercolor #quarentineart https://www.facebook.com/studiojartandinteriordesign/

Art Hub Will be reopening on Monday May 4th (The alphabet system is still in place). Opening Hours will be Monday to Saturday 9am until 3pm Art Hub will be observing the government's guidelines of safety standards and social distancing. Orders may be placed ahead through their Facebook page or Email arthub.barbados@gmail.com WhatsApp, 2316846 Jeffrey, 2316847 Tracey Williams Delivery service available, certain conditions apply.

LAURIE DASH reopening on Monday May 4th (The alphabet system is still in place). Art supplies available from Monday May 4th! (The Alphabet system is still in place). You will be able to order art supplies and pick up at the kerb. send orders via Facebook messenger, email lauriedash@caribsurf.com or call 431-0676/426-5061 to speak to a sales representative. â&#x20AC;&#x2122;We are planning to open on Monday 4th of May. We will be following the health guidelines set out by the Government. During the reopening period we ask our customers to please be understanding as we know it can be a little stressful for everyone. Things can change veryi quickly so we have decided to do the following: Opening hours - For the FIRST TWO WEEKS (May 4th - 16th) Monday to Friday 9:00am to 3:00pm Saturday 9:00am to 2:00pm During these two weeks we can only provide a pickup service for our customers as they are not allowed in the store. Our customers can send us their orders via Facebook messenger, email lauriedash@caribsurf.com or call 431-0676/426-5061 to speak to a sales representative. We look forward to seeing you. Please be safe.â&#x20AC;? - Laurie Dash

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s undeniable that the uncertain times we live in can have a profound impact on the work that an artist makes . Intuitive gestural mark making and brush strokes are filtered responses to ones own innermost and sub conscious reflections. To progress from canvases crowded with people in action an movement to landscapes that evoke isolation and not knowing what lies ahead is a transition that can only manifest itself in times like these . Art in the time of Corona ...â&#x20AC;?

-Vanita Gopwani Comissiong

VANITA COMISSIONG

On The Wall's 3 galleries are now temporarily closed. You can still see view the art and shop. Browse art from local artists online here: www.onthewallartgallery.com and www.veryvanita.com Curated by Vanita Gopwani Comissiong

ADAM PATTERSON â&#x20AC;&#x153;made a little video sequence from my quiet tiny adventures building sandcastles, "From Quarantine Beach, with Love" for Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art for their new ongoing digital series, "Communities".â&#x20AC;?

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-rA6iFAUA9/

Admittedly, it’s taking me a while to reach a point beyond grief, after what feels like a crisis-queered severance. I felt like the tiniest queer in the world and my life and practice felt like a sandcastle left overnight. I’m trying to take time carefully, to give time and attention to all the small pieces that remain in the arrival of each passing day. I’ve been thinking a lot about my memories of building sandcastles back home in Barbados; a practice of precarity. I made an isolated journey to Quarantine Beach here in Rotterdam to try building sandcastles again, to think and feel with my hands again, what it means to care for and attend to things that are never meant to survive. It’s reassuring to know I can return to this place and practice, even if nothing else lasts. Thank you to ̷ M ̷a ̷ri ̷ ̷jk ̷ ̷e ̷ for helping me find this place again. - Adam Patterson

http://www.theneighbourhoodproject.com/

Adam Patterson on Ewan Atkinson’s ‘The Neighbourhood Project’. “i've been thinking about art accessibility in these moments. and i've been thinking that our digital capabilities thus far are actually so hideously lo-fi (especially as it relates to the hasty and haphazard transposition of work, education and art to online spaces). that being said, a body of work whose access might be more meaningful through its digital existence, is "The Neighbourhood Project" by Ewan Atkinson, an artist based in Barbados. it's an ongoing huge mysterious archive of characters, ecosystems, works, information, drawings, narratives and connections, all based in the fictional world of The Neighbourhood. i think there's something to be learned from this work in these times, in terms of the other lives our work can live in the digital space. it also considers who is then capable of being a viewer to the work and how meaningful their experience can be, whether online or offline.” -Adam Patterson I came upon this place slowly. I came creeping with eyes half open, only to discover (in a manner of speaking) that what it required was a more dedicated kind of scrutiny than I had been willing to surrender, a "diligent audit" if you will. And so, seven years ago, it began. “ -Adam Patterson

ERIC BELGRAVE

MARIO PORCHETTA

SIAN PAMPELLONE “Yesterday was a rough one. Had personally received news of too many deaths within my own earthly experience. It really set the tone for these three pieces I did. “Everything dies”. Including the magnificent bee. Scientists say that when bees are all gone that we will no longer be able to survive either. I’m no scientist and don’t know if that’s fact but I what I do know is we are all fragile. That the smallest of creatures and viruses can wipe us out and that’s scary for me. It really calls for me to be more aware of what’s important. This pandemic has really taught me personally to not sweat the small stuff. I finally get that line. I hope you are all well and safe. Sending love.” . What’s inspiring you today? . Life Inspired Art: www.sianpampellonne.com

INNERSCAPES: exploring identity through existential and introspective lens.

Innerscapes The issue of identity has long been an integral component of many contemporary artists' practice; and no less so, to the the Caribbean artist. This concern has often been explored from social, cultural and political perspectives. In this exercise, I've primarily asked artist currently working on similar themes, as well as a few others up for the challenge to delve inwards to explore the theme of identity through an existential and introspective lens. An artists' role is often to act as society's mirror, many times addressing issues that remain unsaid by the wider community. AAB curator Oneka Small

www.barbadosphotographicsociety.com

BARBADOS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY April theme was ‘Stan Home’ hashtag #bpsstanhome The Barbados Photographic Society (BPS) is founded on an appreciation for and interest in photography. Website https://barphotosoc.wixsite.com/home Our Facebook Group is open to everyone with an interest in photography! You are welcome to join, share your thoughts on photography, post your work, follow the work of our members and participate in our discussions https://www.facebook.com/groups/Barbadosphoto/

ADRIAN RICHARDS

CORRIE SCOTT

ALLAN WALROND

ADRIAN RICHARDS

VEE HARTLAND

J W PHOTOGRAPHY JUSTIN WILLIAMS

JUSTIN WILLIAMS

ALLAN WALROND

KAYE HALL

VICTOR GITTENS VICTOR GITTENS

CORRIE SCOTT

RUPERT DASILVA

ALLAN WALROND

GUY ROBERTS

ALLAN WALROND

CHAUNTEL THOMAS

AKIL BRATHWAITE

BRADLEY BENSKIN

BERNARD WALLACE POOLER

VICTOR GITTENS VICTOR GITTENS

ANDRE WILLIAMS

VEE HARTLAND

CORRIE SCOTT

RAYMOND MAUGHAN

ALLAN WALROND

ALLAN WALDOND

RAYMOND MAUGHAN

CHERYL HUNTE-SMALL

LOUIS CHRISTIE

VEE HARTLAND

Heather-Dawn Scott on working towards a home for our National Collection "Creativity Changes a Place and the People Who Live There for the Better." Darren Henley â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were never going to get the timing right. This time of lockdown is wielding inevitable changes that will affect the way we live and work here. The efficient running of our lives will be further dependent on technology and the internet. Tourism will suffer and in building it back we must be sensitive to environmental issues. Doing away with the 11+ too will mean a restructuring of the educational system. All changes that are dependent on informed minds thinking creatively . The value of creative thought cannot be underestimated in any field. Often it means doing away completely with established norms. I cannot speak for other fields but there cannot be any doubt that the visual artists in Barbados are currently a very large and potent force, despite all the barriers and hurdles they have encountered they have been tireless and undeterred. No less the educators, the galleries and the curators. Change must come to welcome all forms of visual arts and be ready to recognise and embrace the myriad of new directions our artists young and old are engaged with while no less preserving and feeding from the work that has brought us to this springboard. While there is always a need for pragmatism I must stress that we must have a clear overview of our goals and get things right from the start. For this we must juggle with and share ideas. Push forward with concepts of what a fully functioning NAG could be. We have had no response from our Prime Minister to the letter sent March12th, one full month ago, which is understandable given the circumstances. I'm sure you all join me in wishing her a full and speedy recovery. She will be busy - that is her element; yet I feel sure that dealing with both the corona virus and a personal intervention concurrently will have sharpened her sense of values. I know that Mia grew up surrounded by the arts and is up to date on music and can deliver poetry as though it were her own. If we win her trust and crucially can take on the burden of drumming up the finances she may give us her blessing and slip a building or a plot for a new build our way. It is really way beyond comprehension that any government may ask how they might benefit from an institution such as a National Art Gallery. Judging from the lack of anxiety caused by the state of the collection and the lengths one must go to retrieve a piece for exhibition one can only surmise that those currently responsible place little or no value at all on the visual arts past or present. It's not simply about what benefit a work of art has, but clearly, to quote a friend, " one might reasonably address the question of the cost of not being able to stand before a work of art", this bears repetition ... the cost of NOT being able to stand before a work of art!

Just over two weeks ago Bruce Jardine (architect) and Richard Watson (quantity surveyor) most generously shared their expertise with in helping us to assess Block A which is the Garrison building closest to the Barbados Museum. Block A measures approximately 60x120 and is two storeys, 10,000 sq ft of which currently function as interior. The cost of restoring the building allowing for the particular requirements of a forward looking exhibition space was estimated at $5 million bds: with additional costs and fees we come to a total of 7 to 8 million. This sum is for the building alone and doesn't take into account any other vital ongoing expenses such as restoration of works, acquisitions, salaries or maintenance. We must consider that the sum of restoring this building amounts to the same as would the construction of a purpose designed new build. We will explore this. I beg you all to read Creative Truth to Power, find it on Facebook . It's a study of the current situation of the arts in Barbados researched and compiled by Annalee Babb, Mark Elliot and Allyson Leacock. It is a thorough analysis of the Arts with unbiased conclusions pointing to the high quality, education, variety and motivation of our artists and damning of the lack of action or support given by the successive governments and their agencies. Here yet again a leap is required for real change to occur. Please read it, it will clarify what we as artists already know and give solid support to your ideas. Dont be disillusioned , recessions are a time when start-up rates surge. We can play a significant role in the economy. We are artists we know it's not easy or an overnight thing, (even if we make it look so!!) so many have invested time in their work and so much has been given in support of developing and promoting others work ( I could make a very long list here but we all know who they are and that without them we couldn't have pulled though). Be confident! Keep the quality of your work high while we work together for our NAG. Lilian sent me a lovely Mandela quote," It always seems impossible until it is done"... now there was an artist with vision! The time is ripe! My warmest to each of you,â&#x20AC;? -Heather-Dawn Scott You are most welcome to circulate this.

Welcome to the Barbados National Art Gallery Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/barbadosnationalartgallery/ We hope to use this forum both to share our efforts and ideas, and to hear your input and feedback as we move forward towards the realization of our National Art Gallery. Our Board is comprised of community leaders and professionals with expertise in a wide range of areas, and is responsible for the care and development of the Barbados National Art Gallery collection. Alissandra Cummins – Chairperson Allison Thompson – Deputy Chairperson Ian A Best, – Member Adrian Burnett - Member Anthony Carter– Member Clyde T. Cave - Member Gillian Clarke - Member Terencia Coward - Member Natalie McGuire-Batson – Member Oneka Small - Member We are excited to share updates and activities regarding the Board and the collection via our social media!

Barbados National Art Gallery Featured Artist Every other week, we highlight artwork from the Barbados National Art Gallery collection, alphabetically by the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surname. Eric Belgrave (b.1960) "Passage / Test / Temple" 2002 Black and White Gelatin Photographs (Triptych) Each 40.5cm x 50cm

This triptych of black and white photographs show an expanse of water, with rocks and trees emerging from within a mist that encompasses much of the frame. These works can be seen to represent the reality and cycles of life, both through the lens of decay and optimistic solidarity of elements standing strong amongst the swirling mist of the uncertain. "Passage" was featured in the exhibition Journey: Emancipation of the Spirit in 2007, and within the exhibition context, the work was described as showing a “rough sea with resistant dark rocks holding their heads above water,” and was considered “a powerful metaphor for the true grit, the stoicism and resistance that characterized our survival of Slavery.” Eric Belgrave’s triptych "Passage/Test/Temple" has also been described as imbuing “… the impatiently swirling, troubled waters off the Barbadian east coast with a similarly haunting sense of dread and jeopardy, if also with a mysterious power of reckoning.” About the artist Eric D. Belgrave was born to a Barbadian father and an English mother in England on May 18, 1960. He grew up in England, Germany, Yemen, and Ireland and came to live in Barbados in 1998. He undertook studies at the Art Foundation, Croskeys College in South Wales, and the University L.C.P London Institute. He has exhibited extensively in group shows locally, and notably had a solo exhibition, Paint, at Punch Creative Arena in 2014. Belgrave has contributed to the arts community in several ways from teaching young people how to handle cameras, to supporting other artists with his professional services, curating exhibitions and producing images for catalogues and promotional purposes. Belgrave has also been conscious of Barbados’ photographic legacy, actively pursuing recognition for the island’s master photographers with his support for shows like UWI/NCF 2009 exhibition Seven Photographers. Image copyright the Barbados National Art Gallery, and may not be reproduced without permission #bnagartist The Board of the Barbados National Art Gallery wishes for everyone to be safe during these uncertain times, and we continue to bring you artworks from the collection to enjoy at home during the current lockdown.

Barbados National Art Gallery - Posts Barbados National Art Gallery Featured Artist Every other week, we highlight artwork from the Barbados National Art Gallery collection, alphabetically by the artist’s surname. Coral Bernadine (Pollard) (b.1940) "No Money No Crop" Mixed media 30 x 40cm 2006 "No Money No Crop" is an ink and watercolour sketch for Emancipation, one of the two murals commissioned by the Parliament of Barbados for the National Heroes Gallery and Parliament Museum. When the sketch was donated by Coral Bernadine to the Barbados National Art Gallery in 2008, she included a handwritten description of the work: “Broken chains burst asunder to the lick & lock up done wid crowd rejoicing in their freedom - their emancipation from slavery. Two children lead the band. In the background are slave huts, sugar fields windmill, Sugar factory. Further up the road is a chattle village. Women eventually leave the fields to trek to Market with the provisions & vegetables. On the left and right bottom a man and woman contemplate this new found freedom amid the sugar canes. Rising to the left is a fiery rebellion of the Bussa uprising which kinda started it going. To the right a more contemporary hero is Sir Garfield Sobers who bestrides the new Kensington (World Cup) oval like a Collosus. Rising from it all the Sharon Moravian Church one of the first churches that admitted slaves to worship - in their new found freedom - men and women praise the Lord. Top and Central the seat of Parliament the public buildings flanked by Sir Grantley Adams and Errol Barrow - Today is a funny night the 1937 uprising is to the right - to the left is a more peaceful unionized demonstration NO MONEY NO CROP.”

About the Artist Coral Bernadine (Pollard) (b.1940) was born in Barbados. She attended the Christ Church Girls’ Foundation School and began painting while a student. Bernadine studied fashion illustration at the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York, but is also known for her painting, particularly murals. She created the Emancipation mural on display in the West Wing of the Parliament building, between the Museum of Parliament and National Heroes Gallery. In 2011, her artwork "Roots" was exhibited at the Barbados Museum & Historical Society in an exhibition titled “Portraits of a Head-Tie—A Celebration of Caribbean Women” organized by artist and playwright Ali Sandiford. In 2016, she presented the then Prime Minister, Freundel Stuart, with a portrait during the 50th anniversary of Independence celebrations. She was also honored by the National Cultural Foundation (NCF) in 2017 for her contribution and development of art in Barbados. Speaking of her choice for visual art subjects in a Nation Newspaper interview in 2016, Bernadine stated: “I study people. I am fascinated with people and history. Sometimes I say if I could have done anything else, I would have studied anthropology.” She is the designer of the "national dress" of Barbados, which took its inspiration from the Agostino Brunias late 18th Century artwork Barbadoes Mulatto Girl. She has also been an art educator for HM Prisons Dodds, and received The Award for Humanitarian Contribution For Outstanding Volunteer Service To Inmates And Staff Of HM Prisons Dodds. Image copyright the Barbados National Art Gallery, and may not be reproduced without permission. #bnagartist The Board of the Barbados National Art Gallery wishes for everyone to be safe during these uncertain times, and we continue to bring you artworks from the collection to enjoy at home during the current lockdown.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somewhere, amid the darkness, a painter measures a blank canvas, a poet tests a line aloud, a songwriter brings a melody into tune. Art inspires, provokes thought, reflects beauty and pain. I seek it out even more in these times. And in so doing, I find hope in the human spirit.â&#x20AC;? Dan Rather

TAISHA CARRINGTON Waiting on the growth. Exploring models of Barbadian society. Each iterations of this â&#x20AC;&#x153;self sufficientâ&#x20AC;? system utilizes the few things Barbados has in abundance: hot sun and ocean. With each experiment I alter the combination of necessities the plants have access to for growth: water, sunlight, nutrients and oxygen and observe how they adapt, suffer, thrive or die. The plants represent us island people. When do we thrive? Can we ever be self-sufficient? What would that look like? Is regression the way forward? #selfsufficiency #healing #STEAM #naturalresources #preservation #inthelab #experiments #resilience

Ecosphere reliquary: 6th iteration AIM: To observe the growth and development of the people in a system that provides all necessities for life in a confined space with a specific history. *To desalinate the peoples history and investigate its ability to be a main source for continued life.

TAISHA CARRINGTON Peace in a Pandemic https://www.taishacarrington.com/post/peace-in-a-pandemic

In these trying times I feel oddly at peace. COVID is a positive confirmation of what was the most uncomfortable decision/s I made in 2019: choosing to return to Barbados and not live in “ the land of opportunity “ ( NY). What drove this decision truly felt ‘silly’, and eyerollingly premature, but most definitely real in my heart - I feared a day would come soon where my fragile island would no longer look the same, in a blink of an eye. I wasn’t sure what that shift would be but something would happen, my logical brain pinned all possibilities to weather and climate change effects. A pandemic, I never saw coming. Somewhere around January 2019 I set out on a mission to make peace with my island... like physically make peace, not just in my mind. I wanted to do all the things tourists do that locals don’t, I wanted to experience all the treasured areas I never went to, I wanted to do lots of things my race or gender inhibited me from doing and I wanted to do this all with people I care about. On each of my escapades I collected land samples or sea samples with the intention to combine them in art. When the first part of that process felt complete enough I did my first performance in September 2019: a baptism of sort where I finally brought together all the elements of the land, sand, sea, sun and daughter and I invited those who attended to also make peace with this island on their own terms. It felt uncomfortable to do this work in this space and still does but I keep pushing. After the performance the next work that consumed my attention was a series of ‘reliquaries’. I’ve made endless iterations of this “self sufficient” system that utilizes the few things we surely have in abundance: hot sun and ocean. With each experiment I kept altering the combination of necessities the plants had access to for growth: water, sunlight, nutrients and oxygen and observed how they adapted, suffered, thrived or died. For me these plants represent us island people, and these reliquaries are observed or imagined models of Barbados/small Caribbean islands. When do we thrive? Can we ever be self-sufficient? What would that look like? Is regression the way forward?

This work began to grow with different intentions but with so much to teach me. The beginning of the story changed as new chapters developed. Art has always been my personal psychic. Revealing things to me about myself which I often come to understand yearsss later. It holds my hand and leads me blindfolded to some place I could never have imagined. When I started obsessively making these ‘healing devices’ I was fixated on making them ‘work’. Now on the other side of my ‘maker madness’ I see what I needed were objects of anxieties. I was compelled to spend lots of quiet time tinkering in the sun, listening to the birds, breathing on beaches, figuring out science concepts that uncannily parallel social structures, digging into our history, learning about our potential future and unpacking and understanding just what I was feeling about my place on this island as an artist. The more these projects grow the more I listen to them for advice and guidance. Without a doubt, everyday I think about “what if” I made different decisions but the feeling of regret lives nowhere near here. Thanks Rona. Let me just say, none of this work has been without many challenges, indeed as a result of my location ( like jeez can I just have access to a kiln or some woodworking facilities? Or studio space? or not spend $145693 on 1 single sheet of acrylic?) The day will come where I do have to go (again). But I’ll be sure it’s never because there is a promise of something ‘better’ just something different. In such fickle times all we have is the present, and I’m a big fan of this paradise-prison. Now let’s see if these plants bloom! I’m taking this two week lockdown time we all are sharing to open up my daily practices to you guys! I’m figuring it out along the way so hang in there. I will try to share more and more of these daily rituals and lots more art works that are all still in their ‘ugly experiments’ phase but so close to being ready for the world.

About the Saltwater Project The Saltwater Project focuses on decoding Caribbean identity, displacement and the fragility of life in the Caribbean region due to social, political and environmental conditions. Under this umbrella I address the threats of climate change, possible displacement resulting from hurricane activity and food and water scarcity. I juxtapose this ‘pending displacement’ with our history as an island previously populated by displaced people; enslaved persons brought to the Caribbean. These persons -my ancestors, adapted to their new world and eventually began to prosper and create the culture I now exist in on the island of Barbados. We –their decedents, however, now confront displacement and adaptation to a new world yet again in the anthropocene. These two periods, our past and our present, have striking similarities. In essence, I am exploring the old adage ‘the world is a cycle’. https://www.taishacarrington.com/copy-of-the-salt-water-project-2

RHOHAN BULLEN

Rhohan bullen

Canvas and computers . . . Artist Made Barbados holds online classes https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/04/09/canvas-and-computers-artist-made-barbados-holds-online-classe s/

Shanika Shamona Grimes teaching art online. â&#x20AC;?With the onslaught of the COVID-19 crisis, one art teacher is capitalizing on time lost by offering her services to little children online, in the comfort of their own home. Owner of Artist Made Barbados and Artist Made Bags Shanika Grimes has ten children under her wing in the virtual community and meets with them weekly to teach them new techniques in brush control and to spur creativity. For these little ones five years and older, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as simple as signing on to a WhatsApp call and having their parents select a corner of the house for them to operate as Shanika teaches remotely.â&#x20AC;? https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/04/09/canvas-and-computers-artist-made-barbados-holds-onli ne-classes/

YASMIN VIZCARRONDO OF PAINT AND GROOVE Yasmin Vizcarrondo is art journaling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Art Journal , I painted the lady on the left page yesterday, had a blank page on the right, it was scary at one point, a blank page, so I poured out writing about my fears of the situation we are living now with the Corona virus, I filled the whole page...then I looked at it and decided to follow my instincts, kept the paint flowing , I covered most of my writing....painting at this moment feels so futile, so shallow but it might be the only way I can stay sane......â&#x20AC;?

This art journal page was inspired by all what's happening to us at the moment. Our positive energy and our actions will conquer this virus, we have to maintain our calm, I found this psalm in the back of a card, " My soul shall be joyful in the Lord" , the card is the little girl holding the flower, the cross , the butterflies, all came together nicely, enjoy finding my writings and keep CALM AND JOYFUL in this times!!!

I am enough... Art Journals with Yasmin Vizcarrondo Every day is a surprise, I do not go with an intention or an idea, it just happens, not everyday is like this, that's the beauty of art, it can show up in different forms ....

HAPPY EARTH DAY My art journal page today is related to apreciate what we have, small things that we didn't notice before because we did not have the time....The earth is rebirthing slowly, offering us her beautiful gifts every day, notice, be present, enjoy, focus on the positive side, enjoy your family time, enjoy your favorite space, savor with gusto...

I am loving this page, feeling I want to leave it monochromatic. All the writing is about Covit 19 and what we are feeling at the moment, when we are facing this uncertainty about our jobs, projects and island new normal, is everybody feeling it now when it is getting tighter???

Yesterday I reached my goal, Paintandgroove challenge, I had set myself from March 31st until April 27th 15 minutes or more painting a day in my art journal, 20 pages done , inspired by @conniesolera Painting the Femenine ecourse , which combined with the lockdown in Barbados was a God sent. I thank Connie for her special way of teaching, what a beautiful art adventure this was...now I am ready for the next challenge...

David Spieler creating a magical ceramic portal at Flower Forest. â&#x20AC;?Captains log, star date 14042020: the method to a corona free planet remains challenging but slowly the mosaic is crystallizing. Covid 19 continues to infect the planet, and we had to isolate ourselves. The project keeps us busy as we try not to worry about our families.â&#x20AC;? -David Spieler

David Spieler’s update . “When I started this sculpture it was to be a window to a better world. As lockdown happened I joked about being a starship captain and a Trekkie searching for a portal to a Covid free world. Now that the tiling is finished and I ready myself to start cleaning/grouting I feel defeated and depressed. Covid is a worthy opponent, and humor just does not resonate. Once finished I intend to rename this sculpture and to dedicate it to the pandemic. More to come.”

ARTISTS STUDIO TOURS ONLINE GALLERY Art for under BDS $500â&#x20AC;? Online gallery Updated with new work regularly. An Artists Studio Tours Barbados Initiative. Artists create all year round! Link here. https://www.facebook.com/pg/artiststudiotoursbarbados/photos/?tab=album&album_id=239844467380672

KRAIG YEARWOOD on working towards an upcoming exhibition. â&#x20AC;?It's been a while since I've posted or been able to work for that matter. As artists we often spend tons of time isolation whether it's physically, mentally or both but had to force myself into the studio to get back to working on the exhibition I've been planning for over a year. .â&#x20AC;?

BCC Fine Arts Division ”Dear Barbados, please limit your whereabouts. Stan' In Yuh Yard!”

AKILAH WATTS

Frame and Art Gallery temporarily closed. Sten-Nicholson at Sten 2020 'A Song of Many Coloursâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at the Frame and Art Co. Friday, March 6th - April 4th Part of the proceeds will benefit the Barbados Association for Cancer Advocacy. For more information call 271-6509 or info@frameartco.com

ERROL BREWSTER "In an open and democratic political process, one not dominated by party elites and corporate money, these people would not hold political power. They know this. They would rather implode the entire system than give up their positions of privilege.â&#x20AC;&#x153; Chris Hedges

MEET PRESIDENT TRUSTME O. NOTDEM Has us all tied up in knots Not economic development Not cultural advancement Not social cohesion You'll meet the wife soon. She's the Director of Women' Fears, and particularly suited to the job, her maiden name is Silent.

ANOTHER ONE FOR THE FIRING SQUAD. Dis one directs iIlllegal affairs. Fire all ah dem at any upcoming election near you. They are NOT WANTED!

Another NOTWANTED POSTER for high official of the Ministry of Ablsolute Absurdities. - The Commissioner of Crimes

Introducing the NOT WANTED POSTER for the Minister of Cunning Plans. He's ready for rooting out!

HIS DEEDS ARE DONE IN THE DARK. He's ready for the Firing Squad. Stand him and the others up for the next election near you And fiah dem!

DENIS BELL Fairfield Pottery

Artists Alliance Barbados curator Oneka Small on life in lockdown and being an artist. Monday April 27th 2020 “Today I am Giving Thanks for self-determination. ‘Every day don’t brek alike’ During this Covid-19 lockdown I have felt this all the more strongly

Movement is restricted so I ‘kind of’ know where I am going on any given day - nowhere. Smile. What is not sure is the vibe that I will wake up with. Some days my energy is high and I am ready to navigate new waters and some days I have to dig deep as I come to terms with a virtual shift. My world is ‘real’ and I am still coming to terms with artificial intelligence ruling supreme. This generates a certain amount of ‘sadness’, especially for the tech challenged like myself. ‘Get wid it’ or get left behind. ‘It’ is not easy grounds as we all clamber for a piece of the virtual pie. My virtual is still very much linked to the real. How is this being balanced? However, what is exceptional about this time is that I can truly determine how I am going to make the day.

Pre and now during Covid I was / am working on ‘making it good’. They are basic chores that must be done regardless, simple needs such as hygiene, exercise, and food, but after that I can write my own script. Bob and weave between virtual and real. Although life today is out of my control in many ways, my daily actions within the imposed confines are determined by me. Pre Covid-19 I would have harshly ‘assessed’ myself for taking a 2hour nap on a weekday. There were just too many urgent and pressing things that needed to be done. Covid- 19 has made, very little beside survival, urgent or pressing. Deadlines have been deferred indefinitely. Projects have been suspended. Exhibitions are closed. Uncertainty is high. Hope is itself a work of Art.

Today a ‘nap’ was an urgent part of the process of change. Today rest was a necessary part of navigating this pandemic. Today I worked on ‘It’s okay to do nothing’ Today I am giving thanks for self determination. -Oneka Small

HEIDI BERGER During this time of Covid-19 isolation, I created a series of watercolour portraits (11" x 15") of Barbadian artists. I am offering these pieces for sale at Bds $250 each (plus shipping). All proceeds will go to support the artist community of Barbados by buying other art, providing art supplies, etc. Facebook page @heidibergerart for available paintings or contact me at heidimberger@gmail.com

CARLA HINDS

Photography Charissa Seward of CHULAPHOTO Charissa

TRIBUTE TO AKYEM-I RAMSAY BARBADOS VISUAL ARTS SPECIAL EDITION. BARBADOS AUGUST 2019 https://issuu.com/corriescott/docs/august____2019__visual_arts_magazine_barbados___ak

The Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS) in partnership with Father Charles CardReynolds is pleased to announce the launch of The Black Presence: Activism and Agency in a Different Age, an exhibition of paintings, prints and engravings from the collections of the BMHS and Father Charles Card-Reynolds examining historical representations of Black Portraiture in the 18th â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 20th C as empowerment. The Black Presence: Activism and Agency in a Different Age launches on February 5th, 2020 at the BMHS Cunard Gallery, with an evening reception and lecture by Father Charles CardReynolds in the Walled Garden Theatre from 6pm. The exhibition runs until June 28th, 2020. For more information, please contact the BMHS at 538 0201. This exhibition, launching in African Awareness Month, aims to further facilitate conversations regarding Black Portraiture for shared heritages of African, Caribbean and European regions. Barbados, in particular, has been at the center of debates regarding colonial representations, retentions, and revisions, cultures that have been submerged, and those that have been perpetually hypervisual. By incorporating engravings and prints from a private British collection, with prints and paintings from the BMHS Fine Art collection, The Black Presence invites local engagement and consideration of multiple narratives within art historical Black Portraiture.

During this nation-wide COVID-19 lockdown, the team at the BMHS aim to bring you the #museumathome, including some of our temporary exhibitions! Each week, we will feature one of the portraits from our current exhibition The Black Presence: Activism and Agency in a Different Age. This week: Portrait of a New York Hairdresser Artist Unknown Oil on Canvas 19th C BMHS Collection The Portrait of a New York Hairdresser shows a bust length portrait of a distinguished, confident and secure black gentleman wearing a jacket with a bright white shirt and stick pin. He is staring out at the viewer with a serious arresting gaze that bespeaks his skill and personal identity. This portrait crystallizes the belief that personal social equality could be both asserted and possibly even attained through the presentation of the self as successful and educated. By revealing information about the society in which portraits are produced, such images of self, provided precious information about the status and aspirations of their sitters, their place within dominant hierarchy and their anticipated or imagined potential for movements beyond it.

Alice of Dunks Ferry features Alice, an enslaved woman who lived to the remarkable age of 116 in Dunks Ferry, Pennsylvania. Her parents were from Barbados, and Alice was born in Philadelphia, but was moved to Dunks Ferry where she lived for the rest of her life. Her life was recorded in Thomas Isaiah’s Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters Ancient and Modern and versions of her life’s story were widely published in Britain at the time of her death. In the engraving, Alice of Dunks Ferry is shown towards the end of her life – the accompanying vignettes show her as an oral historian receiving visitors; the fish refer to her ability to fish even when blind, and the Bible points to her enduring Anglican faith. It is noted in Isaiah’s account that she would share remarks regarding the city and the country’s improvement, and was a trusted source of information. He also notes that she was excused from her labour as an enslaved person at age 100, only due to her blindness. Her story points to another enduring Barbadian characteristic, the mark of centenarianism, which still remains relevant today. This piece is kindly on loan to the BMHS from the Card-Reynolds collection as part of the exhibition The Black Presence: Activism and Agency in a Different Age. ***All images copyright the Barbados Museum & Historical Society and cannot be reproduced without permission.***

On The Wall Art Galleries. Curator Vanita Gopwani Comissiong ARTIST OF THE DAY: ANN DODSON⠀ ⠀ Ann Dodson was born in Barbados⠀ She currently teaches at St. Winifred's School. Her art has been exhibited not just in Barbados but in the USA as well. She also creates hand-painted scarves and t-shirts which are easily seen as collectors' items.⠀ ⠀ Ann shares with us, her studio during the lockdown and her beautiful hobby, her orchids. We asked her how she is doing during this all and what she has been keeping busy with. "Right now I am unable to paint because of the demands of school/training/trying to figure out the technology....stress. ..never thought how much I miss going to school and coming into contact with students."⠀ ⠀ "Well..I like the idea of not dressing up and leaving home early to avoid traffic. On the other hand... I am still dealing with school & whatever...plus I do not like the fact that my movements are restricted....long lines...wearing masks...being sprayed...etc"

On The Wall Galleries featured artist Susan Mains. Galleries curated by Vanita Gopwani Comissiong ARTIST OF THE DAY: SUSAN MAINS Featuring our neighbour in Grenada - Susan Mains. "Days all seem to be the same. Too addicted to the news. Try to paint every day, and even an hour helps my attitude. Find that as usual, I run down a rabbit hole until it catches me. Red fish has been a current theme--who knows why. Was to have had an opening of a show of new works at Art House 473 on last Thursday. The works are big, loose, filled with humans -- and not finished. I will display them at some point. They have taken on the urgency of the fragility of the moment. Like a "safety net" that is full of holes. This is not worse than surviving after hurricane Ivan -- we have electricity, water, a roof, internet, no looting -- we are good and properly locked down. There is food at the grocery, which we can access if we line up. Don't know when and ever we will have buyers for art again, but can't help but keep making it. I miss going and soaking in the sea." - Susan Mains

ARTIST OF THE DAY: Heather-Dawn Scott We checked in with Heather-Dawn Scott, an artist born in Chile and grew up in Barbados, to see what she is up to during the lockdown. "Hate the mornings, hate that I have to drink decaf, hate the mess I left things in the night before, hate that all the paint on my palate has dried up. My dog Rustle and my overgrown garden with its exuberance of wildlife and trees eventually haul me into the day so that I can pick up where I left off. A carpenter makes up the stretchers for me so that I always have a large selection of sizes, I have a preference for working on a large scale. I stretch and prime my own canvases. Sometimes I'll take them into the garden to prime them so that I can be more vigorous (messy) and can add some lively splashes. I like neutral tones but then no one buys those so I try to be colourful and in the end they are predominantly blue. I do love blue. More recently I worked a series on black so that instead of working the shadows back I pulled the highlights out. They were drawings really, just the reverse of what we think of as drawings. If I go out for anything I tend to be out for hours, food , paint, deliveries, visits, banking... The usual. I just like to get everything done and out of the way so I can get back to work. Love my work a lot. My email and texting take up time. My googling is out of control, isn't it wonderful to have it all at your fingertips, news, spelling, galleries, synonyms, whistling frogs, endless art and sourcing images to use in my paintings. Lunch happens quite late. I used to cook a lot, I had 5 years training in Italy, can even make pansotti in salsa di noci from scratch! Little bellies with walnut sauce, makes me hungry to think of them! But now I keep it basic so I don't have too much to clean up though somehow I still always dirty everything.

I will paint on through the afternoon. The paintings need to be thought out thoroughly before I begin or they go wrong and give me battle but I don't do much by way of preliminary drawings, just a rough layout of the composition sometimes if there are a lot of elements to pull together. Watercolours used to take ages to work out and it was always scary to begin one, for all their seeming spontaneity they require great control. Acrylic as they say is forgiving, you paint out anything you feel isn't working, just like erasing a pencil mark. The sun hits me in the eye through the jalousies at sunset and I harness up Rustle for a long walk, usually Carlisle Bay. The walk always renews me! The clouds and tides and colours are never the same. Even the sand changes from cement hard to sinking sugar. Love the fun kids and the crabs and the darling sandpipers. Always does me good, I feel it the minute I breathe that sea air. Home for a glass of wine and a faceful of nuts and another rummage in the fridge. If I have deadlines I will paint after dinner otherwise I'm happy with some foreign movie, ( what does foreign even mean?) I'll watch garbage too like Grace and Frankie or Terrace House. When my daughter is here I'll try to watch Kardasians with her but I can only take so much, give me Abbas Kiarostami instead. I've finally kept a promise to myself and begun working textiles. I bought two sacks of sea island cotton here and in London I found the Hand Weavers Studio and Gallery where I bought basic carding combs and a spindle to start me off. So my weavings have been from scratch. They may be roughshod to anyone in the know but I'm really happy with them. I also produced a number of cotton, hand dyed textile pieces. I have been making them for some years now and this year I exhibited with all the other textile artists at Queens Park and was over the moon that a piece was sold. So sometimes I will put quiet time into my textile work or I'll read. I have my dad's library here , I'll never get through even a tenth of it but still I buy books wherever I go. Bedtime is at witching hour whenever that is. I'm not good at sleeping and I must sleep lightly as my dreams always surface, in them I'm always lost although they are always in places I have known! Read what you will into that." Heather-Dawn Scott To view more work by Heather-Dawn Scott follow: www.onthewallartgallery.com

HEATHER-DAWN SCOTT

DANA SIKKENS

CATHY CUMMINS Paintings/murals for Uncle Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar and Grill on East Coast

ARTISTS ALLIANCE BARBADOS Presents ‘Musings Under The Tree’ An exhibition of art hosted by Harrison’s Cave. March 7th – 31st Daily 9am – 4pm For further information 822 3694

Pencils: Roger Marshall. Inks and colours: Alexei & Sergio Charles. The battle against Covid-19 continues...

JULIE SENIOR Reconnecting with the wax resist technique and missing beach time with the pandemic lockdown. .... my thoughts journeyed under the ocean and to the freedom of sea life and particularly the fascinating life of turtles ....

GALLERY OF CARIBBEAN ART The Gallery Of Caribbean Art Galleries presents the works of a variety of artists Northern Business Centre, Queen Street, Speightstown, St. Peter www.artgallerycaribbean.com

Tel: (246) 419-0858

SUSAN MAINS

ASHER MAINS

ICHIA TIYI DESIGNS

UNION at Beckwith is a place for creative production. We are developing spaces and access to equipment and programming for artists, designers and makers in our City of #bridgetown. Culture Based, Creative Lead, People Centred and Community Driven. We are Union Collaborative: nonprofit company, social + creative enterprise. https://www.facebook.com/unionatbeckwith/

online viewing www.onthewallartgallery.com

National Cultural Foundation NIFCA 2019 photography catalogue http://www.ncf.bb/nifca-2019-photography-catalogue/

Books: Barbados Bu'n-Bu'n - Nyam Jamaica Culinaria: The Caribbean e-books: Shake Dat Cocktail, Cocktails & Hors d'Oeuvres, Barbados Bu'n-Bu'n (4 vol), Nyam Jamaica (2 vol) (see website) Gourmand World Cookbook Awards: Barbados Bu'n-Bu'n: Best Cookbook of the Year, Best Self-Published Book, Best Historical Recipes, Best Cookbook Design for Barbados (2014) 'Best Self-Published Book In The World' (2015) Nyam Jamaica: 'Best Design In The World' (20082009) - honoured 2015 at Frankfurt Book Fair for the 20 years of Gourmand World Cookbook Award - Best of the Best Design In The World (2015) Caribbean Tourism Award (2009)

Barbados Bu'n-Bu'n This amazing book by Rosemary Parkinson is on island. Two hard cover coffee table books, with a sleeve that encloses both, 656 pages and 1400 plus photos filled with history, tradition, culture, stories and recipes from Barbados.

ROSEMARY PARKINSON www.rosemary-parkinson.com www.facebook.com/BarbadosCulinaryJourney

Barbados Bu'n-Bu'n, a collector's item, has won 4 awards for Barbados â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Best Photography, Best Design, Best Historical Recipes, Best Self-published Book â&#x20AC;&#x201C; then against 5 of the best books in the world WON Best Self-Published Book In The World and honoured at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015 with Best of the Best In The World by the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2015.

GINE ON MAGAZINE·Gine On?! is the online magazine brainchild of cultural practitioners DJ Simmons & Empress Zingha published every other Thursday on GineOn.com. The husband and wife duo developed the digital publication with artists, entrepreneurs, and all the persons who support them in mind. Too many times do we hear; “Where else does events like this happen?” “Where can I hear live music?” “Anything else going on other than fetes?” “I didn't even know that was happening”. This online, access anytime hub is here; so YOU can find your next favourite time! We broadcast bare Bajan culture to thousands of users to any device connected to the world through the web portal GineOn.com. Link with us for original video content highlighting various art personalities, new music, videos, blogs, podcasts, I mean a couple clicks opens a wealth of entertainment. We build an engaging experience for hundreds of our supporters on social media connecting the world to know wuh gine on with arts and culture right here at home. See you somewhere sometime soon... Sign up to our mailing list to make sure you always in de know at: GineOnMagazine@gmail.com Hosting or performing at a live entertainment event, or doing any activity progressing performing arts in the island? Forward us an email (GineOnMagazine@gmail.com) with more information so we can help push it for you. Let's help and support each other in the arts! Come and hear wuh Gine On! https://www.facebook.com/gineonmagazine/

www.Gineon.com

Along with a constantly updated cool callendar of events, the site is basically set up in the categories Art, Crumbs & Rums, Follow Fashion, Community. Under Arts we tell the stories of powerful cultural influencers through video Features. Highlight strong up and coming talent in Artist Peeps. Digest the experiences of stalwarts in the industry in Craftsmen Of Our Men. We link you directly to Bajans producing quality content all over the web through the page New Brand. And coming soon you will be able to attend online workshops and masterclasses in Arts Training. Bajans love to eat and drink and through Crumbs & Rums we take you into the lives of our local farmers and vendors in Bridgetown Market. Share homegrown recipes and food & beverage blogs in Eat Bajan. Explore the diner things around here in Eating Out In Bim and link up with those street stalls who save our bellies in On De Side. Nuff content coming to fill these pages just now! Culture is only as strong its Community. Connect with some of the most engaging Bajans through our Features. See and hear the experience patrons and performers had at events under So How It Was. Discover new places to lime and truly treasure Barbados in Part You Carring Me. We are so fussy to announce Gine On TV. A variety of video specials with a Bajan flair. Be uniquely entertained by some of your favourite local personalities. Real Reactions, Ask Me Anything and Top Ten Talk already in production, with more right around the corner. You know Bajans know how to take care of ourselves and in Follow Fashion Features we direct you to some the local designers in the industry. Get tips and tricks in trends, hair and body care through Looking Like A Bajan and receive online masterclasses in hair and make up through Fashion Training. This page will be filled with vibrant content very soon so make sure you subscribe for the updates. Of course our official Gine On merchandise is also available. Hats and mugs; with fitted tees and tote bags coming soon! This site is building an archive documenting Barbadian culture to connect our passions and creativity. Make sure you hit that link to receive notifications when we post something good. Any questions, suggestions, queries or just want to send some love; contact us at gineonmagazine@gmail.com Enjoy your space to be a Bajan online and make sure you check regularly because we will be pushing out consistent content for you to enjoy. Join our social media community over at @gineonmagazine on Instagram and Facebook. Love all de time. See you somewhere sometime soon

Do you consider what you use and discard of regularly? What are you doing on a daily basis to minimize your consumption of single-use plastics?

EARTHWORKS POTTERY (246) 425 0223 m.me/EarthworksPotteryBarbad os eworks@caribsurf.com http://earthworks-pottery.com https://www.facebook.com/Eart hworksPotteryBarbados/

THE BARN ART CENTRE The Barn Art Centre. A new art space. "We are offering approximately 650 sq. ft. of space for short term rentals for art and craft related workshops, classes, events, summer camps, yoga, etc., in an old plantation yard at Small Ridge in Christ Church. Juliana Inniss - 231-0335 Jo Anne Johnson - 253-8702 Email - thebarnartcentre@gmail.com

Created in 2016, The Barn Arts Centre is dedicated to the promotion and development of art-based learning. Our mission is to provide a unique learning environment for diverse audiences to experience a range of art based programs. The Centre provides a space for the community and local resource persons to offer and conduct classes and workshops in painting, drawing, pottery, and textiles. We are dedicated to providing an environment that is meaningful to the arts in Barbados. Located on the breezy Small Ridge Plantation in Christ Church, (just ten minutes away from Sheraton Centre. The Barn Arts Centre offers an escape from the quickening pace of life. Here you can be immersed in an environment that fosters your creativity. Our 570 square foot studio is equipped to provide more than adequate space to conduct a variety of classes and workshops. The studio is well lit and ventilated and can comfortably accommodate up to 15 persons. We offer a variety of opportunities for learners, including exhibitions, artist lectures, and single workshops, as well as adult and youth classes. Our artistic programming continues to be essential to our goal of inspiring creativity, fostering self-discovery, and nurturing an appreciation of the arts. The Founders of The Barn Arts Centre are Jo- Anne Johnson and Juliana Inniss. Jo Anne started doing ceramics as a hobby in 1982 and has operated a ceramics studio since 1987, providing services and supplies to people who wished to do slip casted ceramics as a hobby. She has taught many different finishing techniques to her students and learnt many more through experimenting, and trial and error. Juliana has been working with pottery and ceramics since 1992. She began by hand-painting local pottery with bold and colourful designs. After graduating University she made the decision to pursue her passion for art through the medium of ceramics. Juliana has worked with a number of techniques such as casted ceramics, handbuilding, surface decoration and raku firing. Juliana was first introduced to Raku in 2006 during a two week residency in St. Thomas USVI, with this exposure Juliana began mixing her own glazes, constructed her own kiln and has been Raku firing since then. https://www.facebook.com/thebarnartcentre /

PAINT & GROOVE WITH YASMIN VIZCARRONDO https://www.facebook.com/Paintandgroove

Fresh Milk supports excellence in the visual arts through residencies and programmes that provide Caribbean artists with opportunities for development and foster a thriving art community. Founded in 2011, the organization offers professional support to artists from the Caribbean and further afield. Fresh Milk seeks to stimulate critical thinking and cultivate excellence in contemporary visual art. Its goal is to nurture artists, raise regional awareness about contemporary arts and provide Caribbean artists with opportunities for growth, excellence and success. Website: http://freshmilkbarbados.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/FreshMilkBarbados Twitter: http://twitter.com/FreshMilkBdos Instagram: http://instagram.com/freshmilkbarbados Youtube: h ttp://youtube.com/FreshMilkBarbados Tumblr: http://freshmilk-books.tumblr.com

ON THE WALL ART GALLERY On The Wall Gallery at Champers Restaurant, located on Accra Beach Monday - Friday Noon-4pm and 7pm-11pm . Please call for weekend hours. 246 234 9145 On The Wall Gallery At Earthworks. Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday 9am - 1pm

Closed Sunday

On The Wall/Grove Gallery Mon - Sat 10am - 2pm and 4pm - 6pm email limegroveartgallery@icloud.com Vanita Comissiong

tel 246 234 9145

www.onthewallartgallery.com

vanitacom@caribsurf.com

Specialising in art supplies for the professional to student level. Offering a wide range of products OILS ACRYLICS WATERCOLOURS Golden Paints and mediums, Gamblin, Cotman, Liquitex, Reeves, Galeria, Sargent. Plus a wide range of drawing and colouring equipment. Prisma, Derwent, Reeves, Sargent, Charcoal and Pastels. Easels, Canvases, Watercolour paper, Drawing and Pastel paper. Screen printing and lino block printing supplies.Fabric paint and dyes. Waxes, pottery tools, stencils and more. Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5pm Saturday 8.30am – 3pm. Sunday Closed. Telephone/Fax (246) 436 2950 James Fort Building, Hincks Street, Bridgetown arthub.barbados@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/ArtHubBarbados

BLACK ART STUDIOS Durants Village, Holder's Hill St. James www.facebook.com/oneka.small

Tides Gallery Tides Restaurant Balmore House, Holetown, St. James Tel : (246) 432-2084 Email: tidesart@caribsurf.com

Cell (246)230-1968

QUEENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PARK GALLERY

Queen's Park Gallery

Our Mission To fuel the development of culture through training, research and the creation of opportunities in cultural industries. The Role of the NCF The NCFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two major roles are: developmental and commercial. In its developmental role, the Foundation uses culture as a tool for national development fostering and supporting the various art forms and new cultural products. In its commercial role, the Foundation is responsible for the promotion, production and hosting of cultural festivals and associated events that are considered economically viable or socially acceptable. A key part of this function now includes the responsibility for the staging and execution of major governmental and national events. In addition, as culture becomes more pivotal to national and international policy, the National Cultural Foundation continues to re-assess its responsibilities in light of all its functions. FUNCTIONS of the NCF are: To stimulate and facilitate the development of culture generally To develop, maintain and manage theatres and other cultural facilities and equipment provided by Government To organize cultural festivals Assist persons interested in developing cultural expression. OBJECTIVES of the NCF are: To provide opportunities for Barbadian artists/artistes to showcase their talents with the end result being an increased demand for local work To educate Barbadians concerning their heritage To offer Barbadians and visitors alike a high quality product that informs, educates and entertains To equip our cultural workforce with technological skills and training to excel in their particular art forms To strengthen the local cultural product and in the process increase profits to the shareholders To create high quality products that will be competitive on the local, regional and international markets To maximize the role of the cultural sector in the tourism industry Rodney Ifill, Cultural Officer Visual Arts 424-0909 ext.234 rodney-ifill@ncf.bb www.ncf.bb Annette Nias Cultural Officer - Film and Photography 424-0909 Ext 238 annette-nias@ncf.bb

The Barbados Photographic Society held its AGM Sunday 20th January, 2018 at UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados. We would like to welcome the new Executive and officers (please see listing below). The new Executive looks forward to serving you, with the help of all our members. Do write to us and put your ideas for events, workshops, exhibitions and more. Please know that the BPS Executive gives of their time, expertise (in different fields and knowledge) for free so we ask that members be willing to step up to collaborate and work on their ideas. Write to us at membersinfo@barbadosphotographicsociety.com Within a few weeks we will have a draft for members of Field trips, events, monthly themes on our Facebook page for you to join into, exhibition ideas and much more. Members plus those who may like to join the BPS who could not make it to the meeting may contact our Treasurer, Sherlock Lord (231-5053) and make arrangements to pay. $65 for new members, $45 for annual renewal. Being a member gives you Open Wall with talks and workshops, Field Trips, exhibitions at galleries plus online exhibitions, competitions (with prizes), travel to countries with the BPS, percentages off at supporting businesses and more. BPS Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/Barbadosphoto / BPS Website https://barphotosoc.wixsite.com/home BPS email membersinfo@barbadosphotographicsociety.com

Deebles Point Art Gallery & Cafe. Featuring artists Frank Cossey, Trudi Johnson, Hilary Armstrong, Clermont Mapp, Nancy Cole-O'Geest, Keisha Hinds, Joshua Simpson, Claire EvansonCeppi, Keren Evanson. Industry Hall. East Point, St Philip. Tel 423 7943

TANDEM "where function, form and meaning coexist ". This cooperative project and design store showcasing contemporary design by Barbados resident designers and artists continues at The Colonnade Mall, 1st Floor, East Wing, Broad Street, Bridgetown, Barbados. Monday ( by appointment). Tuesday - Saturday 10AM - 4PM. https://www.facebook.com/tandemovement/

THE FRAME & ART COMPANY & GALLERY Millhouse, Canewood • St. Michael, BB 11005 • Phone (246) 271-6509 • Cell (246) 266-9432

BARBADOS ARTS COUNCIL BAC Gallery, #2 Pelican Craft Centre, Bridgetown (246) 426 4385 thebarbadosartscouncilgallery@gmail.com

ICIL PHILLIPSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Theatre Eyes Very up to date on both local theatre and overseas happenings. Link here https://www.facebook.com/groups/354529934596080/964541386928262/

Museum of parliament The Museum is open on: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Guided tours are conducted subject to availability. Barbadian students with ID have free admission to the Museum. http://www.barbadosparliament.com/page.../show_conte nt/59

Purple Palm is a local business supplying homes and businesses with the highest quality Print and Mirror furnishings. Using the artwork of many local artists in Barbados and the Caribbean plus work from around the world. We have been supplying to the hotel and villa industry for ten years, including prestigious clients such as Sandy Lane, Coral Reef, The Crane Beach Resort, Sugar Cane Club and Sandridge among others. We have also supplied numerous private villas, and work closely with local interior designers. Being directly affiliated with a 40,000 sq ft framing factory our prices are very competitive. Appointments to view our gallery at Rockley Resort can be made through Paul Hoad or Karen McGuire. 246-2332173 paulhoad@caribsurf.com

THE ARTSPLASH CENTRE Paint * Draw * Create & Have Fun! artsplashbarbados@gmail.com www.artsplashbarbados.com

To boldly and brilliantly pursue the adventure in everything artistic and to be a vital and uncommon cultural force in Barbados. www.artsetcbarbados.com

FRANK COLLYMORE HALL AND GRAND SALLE www.fch.org.bb

A monthly programme is produced of all lectures, music and theatre events . To receive it by email or post please email fchmail.com or tel 436 9083 or 84

BARBADOS MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY www.barbmuse.org.bb

BARBADOS MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY SHOP www.barbmuse.org.bb

Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination Telephone: (246) 417-4776 | Fax: (246) 417-8903 E-mail: ebcci@cavehill.uwi.edu Website: http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/ebcci

FRAMING YOUR ART FINE ART FRAMING LTD, Pelican Industrial Park, Bridgetown, Barbados - (246) 426-5325 FAST FRAME FACTORY, Dayrell’s Road, St Michael (246) 426 9994 shaka@fastframefactory.biZ FRAMING STUDIO At the Best of Barbados Head Office, Welches Plantation, H’way 2A

573 6904

THE FRAME & ART COMPANY Millhouse, Canewood • St. Michael, BB 11005 • Phone (246) 271-6509 • Cell (246) 266-9432 ART SUPPLIES THE ART HUB James Fort Building, Hincks Street, Bridgetown, St. Michael. Tel: 436-2950Monday - Saturday 8.30am - 5.00pm (Easy access to parking by the old Heliport Pad) LAURIE DASH, Bay Street, Bridgetown.

SCAN ME

Published by Corrie Scott Barbados, West Indies www.corriescott.net

Visual Arts Barbados May 2020

Articles inside

Visual Arts Barbados May 2020