Visual Arts Barbados November 2022

VISUAL ARTS BARBADOS

Cover art by Rosemary Pilgrim

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 11 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 11 years of monthly issues here https://issuu.com/corriescott

Welcome to Barbados Monthly Arts Events

Twelve years of the publication

All issues https://issuu.com/corriescott

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.

Let’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

VISUAL ARTS EVENTS BARBADOS on Instagram.

@visualartsbarbadosevents

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The Barbados Arts Events page was created to promote the Visual Arts Events in Barbados and artists whether exhibiting here in island or overseas. The focus is on the events for the fine arts, encompassing art, photography, sculpture and installations, gallery receptions, exhibitions, talks, interviews, workshops, publications, studios, residencies.

I will also post visual art collaborations with writers, theatre, dance, videos, music and creatives but it has to encompass the visual arts/artists to be posted on this page.

I started this page because I felt that the visual arts were not getting much needed exposure to expose the talent in Barbados and around the world. I wish I could encompass all the creative arts as there is so much happening on this tiny wonderful island of ours but I am a one woman band doing this free. Over the years this page has become a support for all creative events in Barbados and I was happy for this but realised that it was diluting the fine arts section which it is meant to focus on.

I need to bring the focus back in these group pages to the visual arts.

Thank you for understanding.

Corrie Scott

Women have always been artists.

Prehistoric cave paintings were, until recently, thought to be ritualistic works by male hunters. But cave paintings, anywhere in the world, are accompanied by a multitude of handprints and when someone had the bright idea to measure those handprints, it was found, that the majority had been made by women. So, it is now believed that women, rather than hunting men, created those wonderful, lifelike records of prehistoric animals. Perhaps female hunters? Why not?

The ‘Bayeux Tapestries, which chronicle the Norman conquest of Britain were created by women. They are not woven tapestries , but intricate embroideries of traditional Nordic origin.

From pre-historic to classical times, through the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the Industrial age, women have continued to work as professional artists. They were often, but not always, banned from art academies and schools because of their gender. Many of the successful ones were daughters of renowned male artists, who taught them the crafts and the tricks of their trade, while gradually introducing them to their own clienteles and the wider art scene. But after that introduction, only hard work and talent counted, and many competed successfully with their male counterparts.

Katerina de Vigri was a nun who became famous for her Illuminated Manuscripts. As St Catherine of Bologna she became the Patron Saint of Artists and her un-embalmed, relatively un-corrupt body has been on show in the chapel of her order for 500 years. (She looks good for her age). So, the Patron Saint of all artists is a woman. Then there was Lavinia Fontana, an Italian Renaissance painter (1552-1614) with a brilliant and profitable career. As a leading member of several academies and a papal appointee (painter to the Vatican), she was much in demand and lavishly paid for her work. She married well, and her wealthy husband was totally supportive. He even assisted in her studio, mixing paints and doing some of the less technical work on her paintings. Lavinia gave birth to 11 children and lived to the ripe old age of 62 at a time when women often died birthing and ‘one score and ten’ was regarded as ‘old’. After her death many of her works were accredited to male painters, that’s why she was famous in her own time, but hardly known in ours. But, she is just one of many and thanks to the internet we can now learn about her and other women artists, past and present.

Women Artists, Rosemary Pilgrim-Richards and the Cultural Fabric of the Caribbean.

Millenia have passed, technology has advanced and societies have changed. Yet, as women artists, we are still faced with this dilemma: how do we juggle our different roles as professionals, wives , mothers and caregivers?

It is a balancing act which requires the steely nerves of tight-rope walkers combined with the stamina of long-distance runners and so we develop coping strategies, which vary with time, place and personality.

Rosemary Pilgrim-Richards has had to balance her duties as a mother, grandmother and art teacher with her responsibility to her goddess-given talent.

In practical terms this means finding time and space to work, and defending those against all onslaughts, whether these come in the form of urgent demands or meek supplications. The ‘Trojan Horse’ of a loving family can be a menace to creative discipline.

The “Coffee and Birdsong“ series was born out of this necessity.

In order to have time to work Rosemary habitually gets up at 4 a.m., makes her coffee and settles down to paint. There is a special magic about this time in the morning, the darkest time before the break of dawn. It is known as the ‘Witching Hour’ or the ‘Hour of the Wolf”, among restless souls with insomnia. For others it is a time of meditation and prayer, or the time to get up and cook the day’s meals, tend to livestock, till the soil or prepare for market. It is a universal time of transition: not-still-night-not-yet-day, and it is quiet. Until the birds wake.

Rosemary’s paintings capture both the peace and the transcendental energy of that time. You can follow her journey from the portrayal of physical reality to spiritual truth through the progression of works and in each individual piece. She is a Caribbean woman of the generation that was born to ‘West Indian’ parents, when the movement of people, through voluntary and forced migrations, created a Caribbean social fabric interwoven over generations, torn asunder by conflict and strife, stitched together by relationships and embroidered, overlayed and accented by historical and political narratives.

The Official Historical Narrative has always been constructed by the rulers. It consists of grids and straight lines, a pretence of orderly progression and it ignores, or misrepresents, the organic reality lived by all. And this organic reality, this ‘livity’, holds an infinite number of events and possibilities, a surging primeval soup of random occurrences with open-ended outcomes. Which means, that although it is important to know history, we must never allow its official narratives to define us.

In her paintings and prints Rosemary Pilgrim presents a very personal view of the Caribbean and its social fabric. She pays tribute to the strength, resilience and loving support, which spans generations and territories. She does so, not only with her choice of topics, but with her very methods and use of media.

‘Grannie Lyn’ was, among other things, a Milliner, so Rosemary paints her in the midst of her girl-children (her own and others that she had ‘raised up’), and as an added tribute she embroiders the canvas. In other works, she paints over tea-bags, dyed-in-the-cup during gatherings of friends and family. Opened, dried and stitched together they create wonderful, glowing earthy backgrounds, steeped in good memories and positive vibes. Many pieces include letters, documents and random notes, clearly visible or over-painted and half-erased, just hinting at thoughts and emotions, people and events.

What was interwoven over generations, then torn asunder by conflict and strife, Rosemary stiches together. She recreates her family narrative through painting, embroidery, overlays and accents. The result is this collection of works, “Home and Heart”, which she shares with us from the depth of her generous soul.

When you make your way around a gallery, I want you to remember this:

A work of art has four stages of life. The first is the ‘Concept’, the second is the ’Execution’ the third is the ‘Completion’. All of these belong to the artist and there is a time limit to each step. Sometimes a work takes minutes, sometimes years, but there is always a definite cut-off time. The fourth is when the work meets the viewer, when each one of us bring our own life experiences, emotions and preferences to the interpretation of the works of art. We may all have different opinions about the meaning of a work- and they are all correct. Your interpretation may differ from what the artist intended, but it is yours, and it is still correct, because the interaction between viewer and image is both a contemplative and a creative activity, one which has no time limit.

Lilian Sten-Nicholson. (Adapted from my opening speech of ‘Home and Heart” Rosemary Pilgrim-Richards. QPG. 2014)

Lilian Sten-Nicholson. AICA. Visual Artist.Writer. http://www.lilianstenartstudio.com

"At the heart of Sten's work is the recognition of a natural spiritual strength manifesting itself through rhythm and movement"

Opening Nov 30th on her 80th birthday. 5.30pm at ArtSplash Gallery, Hastings Main Road

Alison will be at the gallery daily, between 10am and 2pm, (not Sundays) painting a portrait.

Nov 30th to Dec 12th

10 DAYS ONLY

Alison Chapman-Andrews “The Centrality of Things" an exhibition of recent works

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Pages that add arts events, talks, lectures, workshops, opening receptions, exhibitions, shows and more on a regular/daily basis.

Barbados Visual Arts Page (updated daily)

On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/175529135827747/

On Instagram @visualartsbarbadosevents

Museum Facebook Page. Ask to be on their email listing. https://www.facebook.com/barbadosmuseum/

Barbados Photographic Society

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Barbadosphoto/

Gine On Magazine

https://www.facebook.com/gineonmagazine/

What's On In Barbados

https://www.facebook.com/WhatsOnInBarbados/

Errol Barrow Centre page https://www.facebook.com/ErrolBarrowCentre

Theatre Eyes https://www.facebook.com/groups/354529934596080/

NCF page https://www.facebook.com/BarbadosNCF/ and https://www.facebook.com/Barbados.Crop.Over.Festival/

ERIC BELGRAVE

WE NEED A NATIONAL ART GALLERY NOW

“More immediate problems clamber for our attention and it may seem that a National Art Gallery should be low on the nation's list of priorities. There may never be a right time to implement vital changes but 65 years has been an extraordinarily long time waiting with donors and too many of our most gifted artists making personal contributions in vain, our vibrant National Art Collection locked away and inaccessible. What purpose would a national art gallery serve? Those millions of dollars could be put to better use you might believe. What use is creativity? What's the purpose of art? ... thinking outside the box? Thought and emotion drive us all - and the arts in every manifestation, theatre, film, music, conceptual art, literature, sculpture, textile, photography architecture, food, spoken word, protest, performance, dance... on and on... are where we explore who and what we are.

Clearly a well structured Barbados National Art Gallery is fundamental to our future. This complacency, this lag, this opacity has been a destructive lead weight for much to long.”

-Heather-Dawn Scott

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“Heather-Dawn Scott’s temporary protest piece on Jemmots Lane uses the railings as prison bars with the hands of budding talent and seasoned artists and visiting public gripping tightly, waiting but securely locked out!”

“Art is not easy, both it's conception and it's realisation take a number of skills and disciplines. There are a multiplicity of forms for communicating and sharing our ideas and emotions. Increasingly enticing new tools and technologies beckon us. The results can be wondrous, thought provoking and humorous too. So we gather up our equipment make mock ups, go for trial runs, measure up then go for it. The government, the BNAG buy a piece; the artist feels humbled but validated and encouraged....only to find that the treasured piece of work is locked up, locked away in the dark and the public is locked out and the artist is locked off. Some of our students at BCC have never been to a National Art Gallery , some never even been to a gallery at all.

This is a destructive course, particularly on a small island. The work suffers. “

-Heather-Dawn Scott

Photography by Norma Springer and Heather-Dawn Scott

The Brighton Storeroom is delighted to announce that The National Cultural Foundation of Barbados has purchased “Warri” and “Making of The Drum” from Juliana Inniss' ‘Unearthing Identity’ exhibition for their permanent collection. Congratulations to both Juliana and the NCF!

“Unearthing Identity is Inniss’ second solo show, and features a unique body of hand coiled work - made with a variety of clays – created in her Christ Church studio in Barbados. This collection of work focuses on the physical form of a vessel and reimagines it as a container for both the tangible and the intangible: a home for shared heritage, stories and spirits.”

Congratulations to Sheena Rose for receiving an Award For Culture

The Bathsheba Virtual Arts Hub is Calling All East Coast Barbados Artists.

The Bathsheba Visual Arts Hub (BVAH) is inviting you to attend our next community meeting being held from 9-10:30am on Wednesday, November 7th Why attend?

✔️to learn more about the BVHA and how to get involved ✔️to tour the community space and discuss future possibilities for potential classes, events and art activities ✔️to brainstorm with like minded Artists and Community Partners who would like to grow artistic opportunities for adults, youth and children alike in the Bathsheba Community

We are located Andromeda Botanic Gardens and can answer any queries by simply sending us a DM https://m.facebook.com/bathshebavisualartshub/ See you soon, The BVAH Team

‘Thalassic’ an exhibition by Sadé Payne at Drift Ocean Terrace Lounge, Holetown. Opening September 27th Opening hours Tues-Sat from 5pm onwards.

“Sadé Payne is a young Barbadian artist whose work is largely inspired by the turbulence of the sea. The 25 year old impressionist whose primary medium is acrylics on canvas uses a combination of gestural brushstrokes and bold textural palette knife marks to depict breathtaking seascapes sceneries, fusing worlds of fantasy with elements of reality.

The artist although having an Associate Degree in Fine Arts from the Barbados Community College describes her artistic style as largely self-taught. Her most recent work not only dares to capture the motion of the sea but also explores the refraction of light above and below the ocean surface and its influence on colors.” Drift is open from 5 pm until late For more info Drift Barbados is on Facebook Tel: 4322808. www.driftbarbados.com

SITE HOARDING ART EXHIBIT ‘COLOURS OF BARBADOS’

on the boardwalk in Hastings.

“You are invited to exhibit your art in Hastings. Starting 1st November 2022. All you need to do is call 238 9014 to get all the details to enter.

This is a not for profit venture. The art will be for sale and artists will receive all sale proceeds The sole aim is to bring colour and creativity of a truly Bajan flavour to the South Coast boardwalk. All works submitted will be hung on the recently erected site hoardings alongside the Boardwalk, located on the old Caribbee/Ocean View property, just West of Blakey's Restaurant in Hastings.

There will be a small fee of Bds $50.00 to cover cost of one board. Artists can purchase one or more sheets of PVC

4ft × 4ft on which to apply their artwork.

and conditions will apply

-Mark Hiorns

RHOHAN BULLEN

Kenneth Blackman, Maria Stanford, Margaret Herbert, Yasmin Vizcarrondo, Cathy Alkins, Hilary Armstrong, Margaret Rodriguez, Martina Pile, Tracey Williams, Steve Winsborough, Chris Inniss, Nicole Batson, Christopher Chandler, Cathy Cummins, Maureen Tracey

Artists Studio Tours Barbados Facebook page.

Julian Forde, a student of Lodge School donated a visual art piece to Division Of Culture-Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday

The sculpture which details the TransAtlantic Slave Trade earned Forde a Grade 1 in CXC Art.

In the photos he presents John King the Special Advisor of Culture and Cultural Heritage, with the sculpture which is currently on display in The Division of CultureVideo link to the presentation https://www.facebook.com/creative economycultureheritage/videos/47

‘Our Land Exploring Responsibility and Self Reliance’ Exhibition 3 With thanks to John Webster for photography of the exhibition art

The Barbados Museum & Historical Society was thrilled to be contacted by the family of Aileen Hamilton, who expressed a desire to see her collection on their visit to the island. The Aileen Hamilton collection is the largest single collection cared for by the Museum with well over 2400 pieces of artwork, as well as notebooks, sketch pads and other miscellaneous articles (including some documentation of her husband Dr Bruce Hamilton).

From a very young age, she was a prolific and incredibly talented artist, never without paper and a pen/pencil. She is best known for her portraiture, but she was equally adept at landscapes, still life, lino prints, sketches and ceramics - anything that caught her eye.

Though her body of work and involvement in the development of the local and regional art was substantial, her legacy has greatly influenced art as we see it in Barbados today. For 40 years, every Saturday, she instructed art teachers at the Erdiston Teachers' Training College in technical aspects of art and also showed them how to encourage their students' abilities and foster self-expression. Mrs Hamilton's artwork was amongst those selected for the decolonisation of State House to herald Barbados' change to Republican status. The BMHS was given the honour of selecting works by both past and contemporary native artists to replace those symbols of the monarchy at what was previously known as Government House. The President of Barbados now greets dignitaries from all over the world and performs official ceremonies surrounded by a wide variety of local works of art.

The Director of the BMHS Alissandra Cummins has long been an avid researcher of Aileen Hamilton's work and was present to meet the niece of Mrs Hamilton, her husband and daughter at the Museum's off-site storage facility. The family was taken on a tour of the collection, viewed a selection of the works and was presented with a copy of "Art in Barbados - What Kind of Mirror Image" authored by Ms. Cummins in collaboration with Allison Thompson and Nick Whittle.

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Barbados Manufacturers' Association (BMA) Trade and Innovation Summit being held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. Sat 22 and Sun 23, 9am9pm President Dame Sandra Mason chats with Norma Springer (left) about some of the carvings on display in the Artists Alliance Barbados section. Works from Adrian Burnett, Ashanti Trotman, Cy Hutchinson, Jason Hope, Juliana Inniss, Kenneth ‘Black’ Blackman, Laura Ward, Martina Pile, Ras Ilix and Shane Eastmond are being exhibited.

Barbados Today News (front page )

Photography by Shamar Blunt

Artists Alliance Barbados is ‘Popping Up' at the Trade and Innovation Summit at Lloyd’s Erskine Sandiford Centre, 2 Mile Hill.

Saturday 22nd October and Sunday 23rd October 9am - 9pm Curated by Oneka Small

Artists Alliance Barbados responded to a late invitation from the Trade and Innovation Summit organizers (Barbados Manufacturers Association) and mounted an exhibition of 3-D work at the LESC from 20-23 October 2022.

Works from Adrian Burnett, Ashanti Trotman, Cy Hutchinson, Jason Hope, Juliana Inniss, Kenneth ‘Black’ Blackman, Laura Ward, Martina Pile, Ras Ilix and Shane Eastmond were displayed. On Friday 21st President Dame Sandra Mason, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology Davidson Ishmael viewed the display. Artist Heather-Dawn Scott gave an extensive interview with Barbados Today about the missing National Art Gallery and her protest art installations over the past two years. - Norma Springer

Photography Norma Springer and Oneka Small

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ANONYMOUS ART SHOW FOR CHARITY

The Frame & Art Co. is excited to announce the 8th annual Anonymous Charity Art Show opening on Friday, December 2, 2022.

With your help, we have raised over $54,000 for worthy charities in our community.

Please join us this year to support the amazing work of Dance4Life Barbados.

Canvases are available for $18Bds each at The Frame & Art Co.

Each artist may submit up to four paintings.

Click on the link for show guidelines: https://forms.gle/3e2azHwsYrF9N53t6

For more information call 271 6509 or email info@frameartco.com

The 8th Annual Anonymous Charity Art Show opens on Friday, December 2, 2022

- LIVE IN STORE this year!

Proceeds from this year’s show will go to @dance4lifebarbados. This charity exists to create a safe space for young people to generate healthy, positive relationships with their bodies, their sense of self and the community around them. They are a movement dedicated to the youth of Barbados.

We look forward to seeing your wonderful faces in store this year! For more information call 271-6509 or email info@frameartco.com

“As humans we live in our bodies. They chronicle our experiences through the passage of time. Lines, wrinkles, scars, moles, scratches. All changes are recorder on our divine vessel. Each distinct culture affords us culture specific experiences. These manifest not only in looks but in demeanour. What is that thing which makes a Bajan easily identifiable to another Bajan without one or the other even opening their mouths?

We are calling for work which explores how we wear our identity and what are the trademark values that make us Bajan.

Character has no age limit, so although we would wish to focus on our elders works in the show can be representations of all stages of life.”

IMPORTANT DATES:

Projected opening date: November 26th 2022.

Expected location: Embassy of Argentina

Expected delivery of work Monday November 21st

Submission of work to close Thursday November 17th.

Online registration: Saturday Nov 19 and Sunday November 20th

Please look out for links to register.

- Oneka Small, Artists Alliance Barbados

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SITE HOARDING ART EXHIBIT ‘COLOURS OF BARBADOS’ on the boardwalk in Hastings.

“You are invited to exhibit your art in Hastings. Starting 1st November 2022. All you need to do is call 238 9014 to get all the details to enter.

This is a not for profit venture. The art will be for sale and artists will receive all sale proceeds The sole aim is to bring colour and creativity of a truly Bajan flavour to the South Coast boardwalk. All works submitted will be hung on the recently erected site hoardings alongside the Boardwalk, located on the old Caribbee/Ocean View property, just West of Blakey's Restaurant in Hastings.

There will be a small fee of Bds $50.00 to cover cost of one board. Artists can purchase one or more sheets of PVC board 4ft × 4ft on which to apply their artwork.

Basic terms and conditions will apply

The hanging space has been provided courtesy of the property owners.” -Mark Hiorns

Artists:

Pile, Amanda Thompson, Heather-Dawn Scott, Margaret

Crawford, Karen Gilkes and Steve Winsborough.

Unveiling of wax image of Wilfredo Pérez Pérez, Captain of the Cubana Airways Flight 455, on the 46th Anniversary of the bombing on October 6th, 1976, of the Cubans flight from Barbados. Event held at the Barbados Museum and Historical Society on October 7th, 2022

Created by Art Edwards and Francis Edwards of the Caribbean Wax Museum

Captain Pérez’s uniform was donated by Cubana Airlines

LeatherCraft Masterclasses Training Opportunities

Unlock a new level of your creativity by registering for one of the NCF’s upcoming training opportunities. Leather artisans let your creativity run wild while being guided by international experts to make your new designs!

The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is offering leather artisans the opportunity to upgrade their skills in making leather-made fashion accessories by signing up for two (2) weeks of masterclasses with International experts with over 40 years of experience in quality leather design and production.

Workshops will be led by Master Tanner and Leather Craftsman Mr. Aliou Sylla from Senegal, Master Tanner & Leather Craftsman and Leather Craftsman & Stitcher Mr. Leslie Forde from California.

These Masters will help take your skills to the next level in: Planning and designing elegant fashion accessories. Selecting the best leather & creating accurate paper patterns

Using an industrial machine to sew your leather products Embellishing and personalising your products

Choosing a closure… adding zippers…skiving Adapting one pattern to create multiple looks

Setting rivets, attaching buckles, clasps and much more as you complete your custom leather design!!!

Workshops will be held on 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. from November 14th to18th & November 21st to 25th at Bagnall Point Gallery, Pelican Village.

Registration deadline closes Friday, November 4.

To sign up, please contact Zeathea Archer at zeathea-archer@ncf.bb or call (246) 417-6638 or contact Coordinator Nyzinga Onifa at onifan@hotmail.com or (246) 248-5168.

Participants must have intermediate to an advanced working knowledge of Leather Crafting.

Contemporary Crochet Masterclass

(Wonderful for visual artists who create 3d pieces and wall hangings etc)

The National Cultural Foundation is offering intermediate to advanced creatives working with crotchet to enhance their skills with a two (2) week Crochet – Masterclass.

Find your style by exploring new crochet techniques and improve your skills! Build your prototype, create eye-catching garments.

Learn from an expert Master Crochet Designer Ms. Adama Diouf from Senegal, with over 30 years’ experience. Diouf reinvents crochet for modern application by designing new patterns and garments.

You will learn how to:

● Create new techniques or refresh existing techniques.

● Create projects using a variety of techniques including mid-level shaping and finishing.

● Create accurate patterns.

● Learn how to increase or decrease stitches

● Practice shells, clusters rounds & squares

The Crochet Masterclass workshops will be held 10:00 a.m. to 2:00p.m. from November 14th to 18th & November 21-25, 2022.

Location: Building #2, Harbour Industrial Estate.

Registration deadline closes Friday, November 4.

space is available.

To sign up please contact Zeathea Archer at zeathea-archer@ncf.bb or call 417-6638 OR contact Coordinator Nyzinga Onifa at onifan@hotmail.com or (246) 248-5168

Participants must have Intermediate to Advanced working knowledge of Crochet

The Frame & Art Co

We're super pleased to announce that we have now started printing in house! We offer photo printing, canvas printing, fine art printing & much more.

us your beautiful photos and we can print & frame all in one location.

we also

custom framing for your art pieces.

CaFA Fair Barbados will return live and in person from March 8 - 12, 2023 at the Musson Building, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Applications for are now available for artists and galleries here: https://cafafair.com/index.php/exhibitorinfo

Helping the young talent where we can. This pandemic has created financial difficulties for so many in the arts and they lose any chance to make a career of art.

I just received a donation of art supplies being kindly given by artist Jeena Chatrani, curator of Antillean Gallery of Art online gallery. Thank you Jeena.

These will go to a very talented 17 year old to help her keep drawing and painting.

Would you consider looking around your painting/studio space and see if there are any art supplies that you may not want or need and help the future talents of Barbados.

Either give directly to artists whom you feel may need the help or contact me via private message here and drop off the arts supplies and I will happily disburse them to those in need.

Please be aware of the dignity and pride of those receiving.

Please don’t add their names here. Private message me.

Allow them to decide if they want their names added to art supplies being given to them.

Thank you

Corrie

YOUNG TALENT IN NEED OF SUPPORT

Would you consider looking around your painting/studio space and see if there are any art supplies that you may not want or need and help the future talents of Barbados.

Either give directly to artists whom you feel may need the help or contact me via private message here and drop off the arts supplies and I will happily disburse them to those in need.

Please be aware of the dignity and pride of those receiving.

Please don’t add their names if posting. Private message me or email me at corriescott@gmail.com

Allow them to decide if they want their names added to art supplies being given to them.

Thank you Corrie

Art supplies kindly donated to go to a young aspiring artist in need. Thank you Heidi Berger. Helping the young talent where we can.

This pandemic has created financial difficulties for so many in the arts and they lose any chance to make a career of art.

Would you consider looking around your painting/studio space and see if there are any art supplies that you may not want or need and help the future talents of Barbados. Either give directly to artists whom you feel may need the help or contact me via private message here and drop off the arts supplies and I will happily disburse them to those in need.

Please be aware of the dignity and pride of those receiving. Please don’t add their names here. Private message me. Allow them to decide if they want their names added to art supplies being given to them.

Books kindly donated to go to a young aspiring artist in need. Thank you Heidi Berger Art.

Helping the young talent where we can. This pandemic has created financial difficulties for so many in the arts and they lose any chance to make a career of art.

Would you consider looking around your painting/studio space and see if there are any art supplies that you may not want or need and help the future talents of Barbados. Either give directly to artists whom you feel may need the help or contact me via private message here and drop off the arts supplies and I will happily disburse them to those in need.

Please be aware of the dignity and pride of those receiving. Please don’t add their names here. Private message me. Allow them to decide if they want their names added to art supplies being given to them.

Thank you

HENDERSON REECE

Henderson Reece is well-known among art lovers for his fresh, vibrant and cheery batik creations and excels at capturing familiar local scenes and iconic elements in this globally treasured medium

He offers workshops for BB$400 for an entire day under his tutelage, which includes all materials and lunch. His protégés-for-aday leave with a batik of their own design which they can proudly mount and frame in their homes.

Thank to Ins and Outs Barbados https://www.insandoutsb arbados.com/listing/h-p-b atik-studio

Jeena Chatrani Antilles Gallery.

https://m.facebook.com/AntilleanGalleryofArt/

“

Hi! Welcome To Antillean Gallery of Art!

My name is Jeena Chatrani and I recently started Antillean Gallery with the intention of promoting and selling art from Caribbean artists online.

I'm an artist myself and I've found that the art scene in Barbados could greatly benefit from some online presence. For the last 6 years I've been a full time artist and have had to learn a lot about the business behind selling art. It's not easy to make it as an artist but it is so fulfilling.

With Antillean Gallery of Art I hope to help raise the standard of art and artists in Barbados, and eventually across the Caribbean.”

-Jeena Chatrani

The artists of Antillean Gallery of Art online gallery:

Catherine Forter Chee a Tow, Cathy Cummins, Chris Richards, Dana Sikkens, Jeena Chatrani, Julia Seymour, Julianne Gill, Lorna Wilson, Mario Holder, Maurice Forde, Sian Pampellonne, Tracey Williams, Trevor Desilvia Curator Jeena Chatrani

to paint with Plein Air Barbados arts group?

them a message to find out when their next outdoor session will be.

click on this Plein Air Barbados link to send them a message.

Books: Barbados Bu'n-Bu'n - Nyam JamaicaCulinaria: 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 –Best Photography, Best Design, Best Historical Recipes, Best Self-published Book –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.

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NASTASIA ROLLOCK

Artist Natasia Rollock at Artsplash in Hastings. Barbadian scenes available at ‘Barbados On Canvas’ Saturdays and Sundays and Wednesdays, 8am-1pm Covid protocols will be in effect.

PAINT AND GROOVE

Yasmin Vizcarrondo is opening back up Paint & Grove. From Monday June 15th, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY PLEASE) from 10am - 12pm noon, or 2pm- 4 pm. Please call 262 5500

”If you are looking for a place to re-enter slowly into society, please come and visit my studio. You can sign up for my sessions or just pass through to look at art. It will relax you; it will give you joy. I promise it will be fun; let's do this together! by appointment only, from 10 AM to 12 PM, or 2 PM to 4 PM. For those of you who have been procrastinating having the Paint & Groove experience at the Studio, I would recommend doing it in June. What this pandemic has shown me is that it is best not to leave things for later.

We offer 2 hours of guided instructions for a Paint & Groove painting session. You can choose your theme from within our gallery of paintings.

Private parties:- 5 people maximum who are from the same household. Public sessions:- 4 people maximum - socialize and make art while physical distancing.$60 -$80 per person depending on canvas size. (All materials included). Extra hour $15 per person. Art Journals with Yasmin - 2 hoursStarting pack includes Sketch book, art bundle and instructions:-$80Regular sessions where you bring your own materials:- $35 .

If you have any queries, please feel free to call me at 1-246-2625500 Before entering the studio please MASKUP and use hand sanitizer at the side door!!

I hope to see you soon, painting or not, it's always nice to have you over!CheersYasminPS: !!!Virtual classes available soon !!! : Zoom, WhatsApp, Houseparty, Messenger or Facetime”

-Yasmin Vizcarrondo

BARBADOS NATIONAL ART GALLERY

To provide dynamic, creative leadership in bringing the visual arts to the people, in order to facilitate their discovery, understanding and enjoyment of the visual culture of Barbados and the wider Caribbean.

barbadosnationalartgallery@gmail.com

BNAG FACEBOOK PAGE https://www.facebook.com/barbadosnationalartgallery

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?

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 NCF’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

“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.”

Dan Rather

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

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

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!

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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

SCAN ME

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