September 2016 arts event magazine barbados by Corrie Scott

BARBADOS ARTS EVENTS

September 2016

Welcome to Barbados Monthly Arts Events This is a completely free and unsponsored 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 creative event or a new piece of work 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

Cover Annalee Davis

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. Updates as news of arts events comes in each month may be viewed on http://corriescott.net/page28.htm Published by Corrie Scott

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ANNALEE DAVIS

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ANNALEE DAVIS (bush) Tea Services Saturday 6 August, 3.00pm; Tuesday 9 – Saturday 13 August, 3.00pm Literally digging into the ground of her family property in Barbados, Annalee Davis mines family archives to unpack the plantation, and its multi-layered history. (bush) Tea Services incorporates found porcelain shards from tea sets and cheap crockery unearthed from around the yard and surrounding fields of the former plantation. Re-purposing these fragments, Davis has included them in a new set of tea cups, saucers and a teapot in the form of a traditional water carrier called a ‘monkey jar’. From the tea set, she serves (unsweetened) varieties of bush tea collected from the fields of the former sugarcane plantation and adjoining rab lands. Sugar-sweetened tea, a psycho-tropical sweet stimulant, provided not only a moment to pause and refresh, but a cheap tool to prolong the working capacity of the enslaved in the field. For the enslaved, many of the herbs in these bush teas also offered medical uses in bush baths, for healing, and to prevent or terminate unwanted pregnancies. The tea service was made in collaboration with master potter Hamilton Wiltshire, using local red clay from the Scotland District on the East Coast of Barbados. Davis’ (bush) tea, was harvested from former sugarcane fields and rab lands and includes cerasee bush and blue vervain amongst others. Afternoon (bush) Tea Services with Annalee are offered daily for visitors. http://empireremains.net/agenda/bush-tea-services/

ANNALEE DAVIS

“Just back from London where I was in residence at Delfina Foundation and working with Cooking Sections for the EMPIRE REMAINS SHOP. It was a great privilege to work with Alon Schwabe and Daniel Fernández Pascual and to have the opportunity to present (Bush) Tea Services to so many folks on Baker Street. Here are some highlights from the street level, shop front, gallery space; the opening of the ERS and (Bush) Tea Services over the past several weeks. The ERS runs till November 6th, so if you're passing through London or based there, be sure to take in some of the presentations, commissioned works, talks etc. It's a wonderfully ambitious project and one that I am very proud to be associated with. Gratitude to Hamilton Wiltshire for being willing to work with me on this project and to Nefertari Caddle for designing the lace dress.”

Annalee Davis, (Bush) Tea Services

In preparation for exhibiting my work later in the year in the US and the UK, I am making Cerasee Bush tea. The tea, known as a blood claenser, will be drunk out of a tea service made from local Barbadian clay embedded with 17th and 18th century ceramic and clay shards which I have found in the fields of Walkers Dairy where I live and work. Annalee Davis

Empire Shops were first developed in 1920s London to teach the British how to consume foodstuffs from the colonies and overseas territories. Though none of the stores ever opened, they were meant to make sultanas from Australia, oranges from Palestine, cloves from Zanzibar, and rum from Jamaica available and familiar in the British Isles. The Empire Remains Shop speculates on the possibility and implications of selling back the remains of the British Empire in London today. A public installation by London-based duo Cooking Sections, The Empire Remains Shop hosts a critical programme of discussions, performances, dinners, installations and screenings. The storefront and upper floor of 91-93 Baker Street features a range of new commissions and existing works that employ food as a tool to assemble new sites and geographies, while exploring origins, destinations and exchanges across the present and future of our postcolonial planet. Visitors to The Empire Remains Shop can taste, buy, or take part in the ongoing programme that will change over the project’s lifespan. The Empire Remains Shop traces the contemporary history of imperial fruit, sugar, rum, cocoa, spices, and condiments, as well as the economies and aesthetics that emerged from them. It attests the ways in which global food networks have evolved up until today. Through its wide range of contributors, The Empire Remains Shop is a platform to investigate and explore the invention of the “exotic” and the “tropical,” shrimp sandwiches, conflict geologies, the financialisation of ecosystems, “unnatural” behaviours, the ecological perception of “invasive” and “native” species, “culturally neutral” food aid, the banana that colonised the world, retiring to former colonies, the construction of the offshore and Special Economic Zones, and much, much more. Contributions by: Cohen Van Balen, Stella Bottai, Elisabetta Brighi, Forager Collective, Jesse Connuck, Blue Curry, Annalee Davis, FRAUD, Natasha Ginwala, Ros Gray, Raphaël Grisey, Ayesha Hameed, Nitasha Kaul, Laleh Khalili, Richie Maitland (Groundation Grenada), Asunción Molinos, Uriel Orlow, Anjalika Sagar (The Otolith Group), Jana Scholze, Cooking Sections, Shela Sheikh, Shahmen Suku/Radha La Bia, An Endless Supply, Joni Taylor (New Landscapes Institute), Bouba Touré and Nicole Wolf amongst many others. The Empire Remains is a long-term research project that began in 2013 to explore the infrastructure and cultural imaginaries established within the British Empire to promote gastronomic and agricultural exchange between home and overseas at the beginning of the 20th century. It takes as a starting the Empire Marketing Board—a British governmental agency that promoted colonial trade in the 1920–30s through fine art, film and graphic propaganda. Opening: August 4, 6pm The Empire Remains Shop, 91-93 Baker Street, London W1U 6QQ, UK www.empireremains.net info@empireremains.net http://www.contemporaryand.com/exhibition/cooking-sections-the-empire-remains-shop/

ANNALEE DAVIS

Annalee Davis is a visual artist, joining Cooking Sections for the EMPIRE REMAINS SHOP. Annalee's work unpacks the plantation from the ground up and is inspired by the concept of phytoremediation, a process in which some plants remove toxins through their root structure. http://delfinafoundation.com/in-residence/annalee-davis

ANNALEE DAVIS

In the groove this weekend working with the amazing fashion designer Nefertari Caddle, on the design of a Queens Anne's Lace dress to be part of a live action work at the Empire Remains Shop by Cooking Sections on Baker St., London (July/August)

ANNALEE DAVIS

Our first Shop Window is set around an overlay of boards that are cut following a controversy on standard measurements. In the name of efficiency, the British Empire spread a system to determine and communicate dimensions that still until today homogenise the way we look at things. After the UK joined the EU, the way of measuring length or volume had to be legally adjusted, except for measurements in pints. Pink plasterboard is cut in Ft and Inch. Green plasterboard is cut in M and Cm. #Power requires #conversion. #empireremains

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ANNALEE DAVIS

Annalee Davis Independent Visual Artist UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS - In Residence in the UK at the Delfina Residency, London, UK as part of the Empire Remains Shop curated by Cooking Sections. I will share (Bush) Tea Services and the Colloquy: Wild Plants as Active Agents in the Process of Decolonisation. July/August 2016 - Solo Exhibition | This Ground Beneath My Feet - A Chorus of Bush in Rab Lands, curated by Holly Bynoe. The Idea Lab, The Warfield Center, The University of Texas, Austin, USA. September - December 2016 www.annaleedavis.com

MARK KING https://www.facebook.com/markkingismarkings

HEATHER-DAWN SCOTT kinrarasutherland@gmail.com

WILLIAM ABBOTT “ODE TO BATTS ROCK”

WILLIAM ABBOTT

Frame & Art Gallery. Submissions are now open for the second annual 12 x 12 Anonymous Charity Art Show. Submissions up until December 2nd. Exhibition opens Friday Dec 9th - January 14. The 12 x 12 canvases are currently on sale for $13.00 each at The Frame & Co. Each artist can submit up to six paintings. The show was a great success and we can't wait to see this year's submissions! Curated by Kelly Hammack Gibson For more information call 271-6509 or email info@frameartco.com .

ROMMELL YEARWOOD

JULY 2 – SEPT 3

GALLERY NuEDGE FINE ARTS Ltd Limegrove Lifestyle Centre, Holetown, St. James, Barbados Mon –Sat 10am – 7pm. Sunday: 10 am – 5 pm Tel: (246) 621-0067

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Gallery NuEdge Fine Arts Ltd is pleased to present Quaternary: Four Barbadian Female Artists, an exhibition of contemporary works by local artists Llanor Alleyne, Versia Harris, Katherine Kennedy and Sheena Rose. In geology, the term Quaternary reflects the most recent periodical shift in the earth’s physical landscape. Quaternary: Four Barbadian Female Artists, draws on this meaning and highlights the works of four women artists as having the ability to represent real creative experiences, while shifting the typically accepted realm of visual imagery in the island of Barbados. Phonetically, ‘quaternary’ plays on the term ‘ordinary’ and Quaternary: Four Barbadian Female Artists contributes to the interrogation of what has been considered the ‘ordinary’ in pictorial expressions from women working in Barbadian contemporary arts. Working in sculpture, collage, and digital prints, each artist presents their own distinction in mediums and style. In this exhibition their artistic narratives weave together through explorations of belonging, Caribbean femininity, and shifting the prism through which their creative realities exist. Llanor Alleyne is a Barbados-born New York-raised mixed media artist currently living in St. Michael, Barbados. Exploring the transformation and transfiguration of female selfhood through the use of paint and photography, her work breaks away from the conventional demands of modern collage-making by using originally created abstract paintings on various materials. Versia Harris is a Barbadian artist, working in animation and new media. Her plethora of characters and the experiences they encounter reflect her explorations of distorted realities based on past experiences or fantasy. Barbadian Katherine Kennedy’s visual practice is heavily tied to a sense of place, and her sculptural, installation and video works often deal with interplay between found organic and inorganic objects, used as a way of asserting/questioning cultural identity in different Environments. Barbadian Sheena Rose’s art practice questions and shares her personal experiences of being a black Caribbean woman from Barbados. She examines everyday situations, pop culture, stereotypes, history, and urban spaces in her work across a variety of mediums.

Sheena Rose is a contemporary Caribbean artist from Barbados. In 2008, Sheena graduated with a BFA degree with Honors at Barbados Community College, and in 2014, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and is currently pursuing her MFA in Studio Arts at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the United States of America. Sheena is known for her hand drawn animations "Town" and her collaborative project “Sweet Gossip,” and has been featured in numerous publications. Sheena has exhibited in the Caribbean, the USA, Europe, Africa and South America. In 2011, Sheena had her first solo show "Town to Town" at the Barbados Community College and then her second solo show at CMAC in Fort de France, Martinique in 2012. Sheena represented Barbados in the Havana Biennial, one of the largest art exhibitions in the Caribbean and participated in one of the biggest Contemporary Caribbean art shows in the USA, which was held in three museums, Studio Museum of Harlem, El Museo del Barrio and the Queens Museum in New York. Since 2009, Sheena has been awarded residencies at Alice Yard (Port of Spain, Trinidad), Greatmore Art Studio (Cape Town, South Africa), Tembe Art Studio (Moengo, Suriname), and OAZO-AIR (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Art Omi (Ghent, New York). Her work has also been included in the Jamaica Biennial and African Heritage Cultural Arts in Miami in 2014. Sheena Rose's work is also on the cover of three books, Small Axe 43. "See Me Here," Christopher and Roberts Publisher and in 2015 her work is on the cover of Naomi Jackson's book called "The Star Side of Birdhill" . In 2015 she exhibited at MoCada ( Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Art) in New York, RWUL Film Festival in Ghana and Moengo Festival in Moengo, Suriname and “Bienvenidos al Centro Historico del Asuncion,” Paraguay’s first Biennial. Sheena Rose also performed for the Venice Agendas at the Turner Contemporary through Waugh Office in the UK in 2015.

SHEENA ROSE

LLANOR ALLEYNE Llanor Alleyne is a Barbados-born New York-raised mixed media artist currently living in St. Michael, Barbados. Exploring the transformation and transfiguration of female selfhood through the use of paint and photography, her work breaks away from the conventional demands of modern collage-making by using originally created abstract paintings on various materials, including mylar and paper, to examine female figurative presentation and the empathetic rapport women are often assumed to have with the natural world. Her work has been exhibited at Casa Frela Gallery and the Leroi Neiman Art Center, both in Harlem, New York. She will have her first solo show in Barbados at The Frame & Art Co. in October 2016. Llanor Alleyne’s collages and illustrations explore metaphorical and physical inversion, often employing tearing, cutting, and layering of abstract, figurative, and floral shapes to interrogate empathetic feminine connections to nature while alluding to emotional disruptions that teem just beyond a first or second glance. Influenced by her surroundings as well as imagined landscapes, Llanor creates abstract paintings and drawings on mylar and paper that are the basis of her collages. The lines, colors, and curves of these impermanent abstract “first works” are the vernacular of her recent work— structuring figurative silhouettes and dictating their final emergence as whole, often lone female depictions, while sharing “first work” DNA across several portraits.

KATHERINE KENNEDY Katherine Kennedy is an artist and writer. She graduated from Lancaster University, UK with a degree in Creative Arts; her combined major of Fine Art and Creative Writing helped develop her keen interests in both visual and literary pursuits. She has won multiple awards for her artwork and writing in her home Barbados, and has exhibited locally, regionally and internationally. She works for ARC Magazine as a writer, editor and assistant to the Editor-In-Chief, and at the Fresh Milk Art Platform as the Communications & Operations Manager. Her visual practice is heavily tied to a sense of place, and often deals with interplay between found organic and inorganic objects, used as a way of asserting/questioning cultural identity in different environments. Katherine traveled to the Instituto Buena Bista (IBB), Curaรงao in November 2012 to take part in a two week collaborative project between the IBB and Fresh Milk, and undertook a residency at The Vermont Studio Center in May 2013. She took part in an intensive week- long mentorship programme at Casa Tomada, Sao Paulo, Brazil in September 2013. From September to November 2014, she represented Fresh Milk on a three-month fellowship to Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany awarded by ResArtis.

VERSIA HARRIS Artist Versia Harris lives and works in the country of her birth, Barbados. She received her BFA in Studio Art in 2012 and was awarded the Lesley’s Legacy Foundation Award. She has since participated in eight local, regional and international residencies. In 2014, Versia’s work was featured in the IV Moscow International Biennale for Young Art themed ‘A Time for Dreams’. She was also a part of the follow up exhibition ‘MOMENTUM_InsideOut screening of ‘A Time for Dreams’, Berlin. Her animation ‘They Say You Can Dream a Thing More Than Once’ was awarded ‘Best New Media Film’ at the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival, 2014 and Best Animation Short at the Barbados Film and Video Association Awards in 2015. Her first solo show in Barbados was titled “This Quagmire”. She volunteers for two artist led initiatives: Fresh Milk Art Platform Inc. and Punch Creative Arena and is currently an assistant tutor at the Barbados Community College. Versia tackles perceptions of fantasy in contrast to the reality of her invented characters.

'Quaternary: Four Barbadian Female Artists', highlights the works of four local women artists as having the ability to represent real creative experiences, while shifting the typically accepted realm of visual imagery in the island of Barbados.

KENWYN CRICHLOW

ERIC BELGRAVE

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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/

RIVENIS BLACK

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BETHANY PILE

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Curated by Lois Crawford

MARTINA PILE

GLORIA CHUNG

SHERIDEAN TAYLOR-SKEETE

SALLY HENRY

ARLETTE ST HILL

LORNA WILSON

LOIS CRAWFORD

MARY GIBBS

GORDON ASHBY

CATHERINE FORTER-CHEE-A -TOW

JOANNA WHITTAKER

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JOANNA WHITTAKER

HEIDI BERGER www.heidiberger.com Studio visits welcome +1 (246) 843 5296

MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ BOWE

FRED ODLE

JASON WAITHE Artist Jason Waithe was commissioned by LOOP to paint this mural. May be seen at Eastern end of Hastings Rocks, opposite Regency Hotel. Video of the day by day creation may be seen in this link. http://www.loopnewsbarbados.com/…/loop-dedicates-mural-read…#.

CATHY CUMMINS

YASMIN VIZCARRONDO

FIELDING BABB

JULIANNE GILL

TANYA FOSTER

SIAN PAMPELLONNE https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sian-Pampellonne-Artist/856268574414449

ERROL BREWSTER

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KRAIG YEARWOOD kraigyearwood@gmail.com

ROSEMARY PARKINSON

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ONEKA SMALL oneka@coredesignsandconcepts.co m

VANITA COMMISSIONG

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JOHN WALCOTT https://www.facebook.com/john.walcott.96

MARKLEY CLARKE

MARIA STANFORD

AUDREY BRYAN

RODNEY IFILL

NEVILLE LEGALL

MARIA STANFORD

Barbados Bu'n-Bu'n has arrived! 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. Book Set Price (2 books): US$150 or Bds$300 plus shipping for those overseas. Payment via PayPal, Western Union or cash.

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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. Barbados Bu'n-Bu'n has been called "a national treasure" and is being used by our BTMI and BIDC as gifts for dignitaries. The book costs BDS$300 in Barbados, and is available at Cloister Bookstore, Relish Limegrove, Sandy Lane Golf Club, Cafe Coffee at Washington House, Barbados Golf Club (Durants), Holders Farmers Market (Sunday), Artsplash Gallery (Hastings), just to name a few. For wholesale enquiries (3 or more) call HILARY KNIGHT at 246 432-1169 OR MESSAGE ROSEMARY PARKINSON ON Facebook. BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLAND.

THE PERFECT COVERGIRL. How a painting ends up on a book cover. The story of how Barbadian artist Sheena Rose's painting " Too Much Makeup" became the cover of Naomi Jackson's book "The Star Side Of Bird Hill". Link here http://lithub.com/the-perfect-covergirl/

The Perfect Covergirl How a Painting Ends Up on a Book Cover I’d been watching the girl in the painting that hung above my desk for a few months before I became obsessed with the idea of her appearing on my book cover. “Too Much Makeup” by Barbadian artist Sheena Rose could be an illustration of one of the characters from my novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill; specifically, sixteen-year-old Dionne Braithwaite, who has been shuttled off by her ailing mother to Barbados with her ten-year-old sister Phaedra in tow. The second paragraph of the novel describes Dionne, and the way that makeup affords Dionne both a form of armor and a connection to the life she’s left behind in Brooklyn: Dionne Braithwaite was two weeks fresh from Brooklyn and Barbados’s fierce sun had already transformed her skin from its New York shade of caramel to brick red. She was wearing foundation that was too light for her skin now. It came off in smears on the white handkerchiefs she stole from her grandmother’s chest of drawers, but she wore it anyway, because makeup was her tether to the life she’d left back home. Hyacinth, while she didn’t like to see her granddaughter made up, couldn’t argue with the fact that Dionne’s years of practice meant that she could work tasteful wonders on her face, looking sun-kissed and dewy-lipped rather than the tart her grandmother thought face paint transformed women into. Beyond the makeup we see on the cover girl’s face, there is also suspicion brewing, a side eye on the lookout for trouble, her lips deeply pursed in anticipation of what might vex her next. I knew that I had found the right image when I sent an early mockup of the cover to my sister and she wrote, “she looks like she’s about to steups.” A “steups” is a vocalization of irritation, impatience, or disapproval made by drawing air and saliva through the teeth. This seemed like precisely the right posture for the angsty, defensive Caribbean-American teenager I’d dreamed up in Dionne Braithwaite. The work of Sheena Rose—a young visual artist born and raised in Barbados, currently on a Fulbright at UNC— forms part of a thrilling renaissance in Caribbean arts and letters. Rose is one of a cohort of Caribbean women artists whose elder members include visual artists Ebony G. Patterson, Simone Leigh, and Deborah Jack. My novel comes on the heels of the 2014 publications of four landmark books by Caribbean writers living and working in the United States–Marlon James’s A Brief History of Seven Killings, Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric, Lauren Francis Sharma’s ‘Til the Well Runs Dry, and Tiphanie Yanique’s Land of Love and Drowning.

Aside from cover art, “Too Much Makeup” also has a life as part of Sweet Gossip, a playful, provocative performance art series featuring women’s faces juxtaposed with colloquial expressions from Barbados, carried out into the streets of Bridgetown. Sheena Rose launched this series in collaboration with photographer Adrian Richards and writer Natalie McGuire. The type in the paintings, like the type that appears on the cover, is the kind you might expect to see on the awning of a hair salon or a rum shop in the Caribbean. The original text that accompanies “Too Much Makeup” is “Cheese on, you see that girl’s face?” Translation: “Oh my God, do you see that girl’s face?” Another painting in the series reads, “Look how she digging in she panty…She get me real sick.” The text that I imagine in a thought bubble above Dionne Braithwaite’s head is “When is my mother coming to collect me from this rubbish, ruined summer?” The best American referent for Sweet Gossip is the idea of “shade.” Writing about the resurgence of shade in her New York Times article, “The Art of the Underground Insult,” Anna Holmes tells us, “Shade is currently having another moment, in no small part because of the ascendancy of the African-American vernacular in both popular culture and digital media.” Sheena Rose’s work offers a decidedly Bajan take on shade, or “picong” as Trinidadians call it. The artist statement for Sweet Gossip asserts that the project is in direct opposition to the “fun in the sun” stereotypes that dog visual and narrative representations of the Caribbean. “This project wants to express more of the Barbadian culture than the familiar stereotypes of beaches and sun, and look at the way we Barbadians speak. In the paintings, Sheena Rose references some of the stereotypes and places them within everyday situations in the paintings.” As Rose’s career continues to ascend along with other Caribbean artists of her generation, they will be responsible for creating a new visual lexicon of the region. I met Rose when I traveled to Barbados to research and write a first draft of my novel during the summer between two years of graduate school. I wanted to experience the island as an adult for the first time. I’d spent time in Barbados, where my mother’s family is from, and in Antigua where my Dad’s family is from, and also traveled to Jamaica, the island from which my stepmother hails. But years of living in Flatbush, or as I like to call it “the West Indian section of Brooklyn,” had left my ear with a mangled pan-Caribbean accent that was far from distinctively Barbadian. I went to Barbados to hear the rhythm and sound of how people talked, to experience the landscape with fresh eyes, and to have some quiet time to write. I was also eager to extend my social network there beyond my family to include young, creative people.

While there, I met Sheena Rose for the first time at a Saturday afternoon arts salon at Folkestowne Marine Park where Sheena was presenting her work. I was immediately drawn to Rose’s vibrant imagery, her bold selfpresentation, and her unapologetically Bajan ways and work. Rose more than lived up to the expectations set by two Caribbean creatives and scholars who introduced me to Rose’s work, Barbadian filmmaker Lisa Harewood and Yale University professor Vanessa Agard-Jones. Her painting, “Too Much Makeup,” ended up above my desk as a graduation gift at the end of my MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. The two years I spent in Iowa City, while fruitful creatively and professionally, were a wasteland in terms of people of color, particularly Afro-Caribbean women, who were at the center of the life I’d left back in Brooklyn, and whom I consider my creative muses. The gift was a testament to the experiences I had growing up in Brooklyn, along with my Caribbean roots. It was also a symbol of victory, a reminder that I’d survived a strange time in a strange land and lived to tell the tale. In the fall, I arrived in Philadelphia, a city that turned out to be the perfect, soulful answer to two years of exile in Iowa. Looming over the fresh surroundings and the gift of a free university apartment was the insistent pressure to finish my novel. Just days after I graduated from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop that May, Penguin Press acquired The Star Side of Bird Hill. Buoyed by my West Indian work ethic and news reports that publishers were demanding advances returned on overdue books, I was determined to finish my book by the November deadline. As I got down to work, an unexpected idea grew stronger and stronger: “Too Much Makeup” needed to be the cover for my novel. People told me not to get attached to the idea of using Sheena Rose’s artwork on the cover of my book. Publishing companies have big art departments and are unlikely to use work by an artist of my choosing for the cover, they warned me. Still, I proceeded, hopeful as ever. And to my delighted surprise, my publisher was on board with this piece as the cover, a feeling of elation only surpassed by the moment, three months later, when Sheena graciously granted permission to use her piece on the cover. I shrieked with joy when I saw the galleys of The Star Side of Bird Hill earlier this year. Sure, I was excited to have an advance copy of my first book in my hands. But more importantly, there was a thrill of recognition upon seeing a black girl on the cover of my book. It was not unlike the joy I felt when I first saw the girl lazing about in her school uniform on the cover of Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John or an impossibly young June Jordan on the cover of her memoir Soldier: A Poet’s Childhood. I felt it when I saw the protagonist of Paule Marshall’s Brown Girl, Brownstones, Selina Boyce on that book’s cover, and more recently when I read Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreamin.

The cover of my book features one face, but also many: there’s mine, and the face of my sister, and my cousins, and my mothers and my aunties, and all the women who I’ve yet to discover and put on the page. It is the image a girl who is fierce and opinionated and ready to tell a story, throw shade, give a joke, or all of the above. The girl on the cover is who I wanted to write about, the kind of girl I once was. Main image: “She feels she’s all that,” Photo by Adrian Richards. From Sweet Gossip, a collaboration by Sheena Rose, artist, Adrian Richards, photographer and Natalie McGuire, writer.

WAYNE ONKPHRA WELLS

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Enter submissions for the Barbados Photographic Society's online exhibition " 50th Anniversary of Independence" . For paying members of the BPS only ( another reason to join up!). Please see flyer for details. BPS Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/Barbadosphoto/

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ANIYA LEGNARO

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WINSTON EDGHILL

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ANDRE DONAWA http://www.andredonawaphotography.com

ROGER HANNANT rogerhannant45@gmail.com

JANE SHATTUCK-HOYOS

JULIAN BERESFORD

NIAZ DOKRAT

www.facebook.com/PhotosByNiaz

GAVIN HINKSON ghinkson@hotmail.com

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RAYMOND MAUGHAN RAYMOND MAUGHAN

CLEMENT FARIA

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CHERYL HUTCHINSON

J E MOORE https://www.facebook.com/A-Touch-of-Nature-by-JE-Moore-1588152978063002/

JENNY GONSALVES mammy_apple@hotmail.com

ANDRE WILLIAMS

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RYAN RODRIGUEZ

PATRICK RICHARDSON

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DON JORDAN

donjordan.bb@live.com

HUGH WALKER

‘Images by Hugh’

A Selection of Premium Fine Art Prints on Metal, Canvas, Acrylic, Glass & Fine Art Papers http://1-hugh-walker.artistwebsites.com/index.html Hughwalk@gmail.com

JASON HOWARD Info@chefjasonhoward.com

The Frame & Art Co. is pleased to announce an open call for local artists and photographers to submit photographs and images created on mobile phones for the second production of our annual #onlyinbarbados exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a showcase of mobile creativity. The square format images ( all 8" by 8") should capture the unique personality of Barbados, from its fun loving people to its island charm. We are looking for images that showcase the extraordinary within the ordinary. For more information call 271-6509 or email info@frameartco.com

ADRIAN RICHARDS

PETER MARSHALL

SUSAN MAINS www.susanmains.com

ASHER MAINS www.ashermains.com https://www.amazon.com/Empathy-Place-Asher-Mains/dp/153502707X

Fresh Milk is excited to welcome our next two local residents for 2016, Barbadian artists Leann Edghill and Raquel Marshall, who will be on the platform between September 5 – 30, 2016. Their residency is generously supported by the Central Bank of Barbados. During the one-month residency, Leann will continue her series of work which explores the naivety of ‘Barbie and her friends’, whose perfect fantasy world she has previously collided with historical, real-world events, this time using a more local Barbadian context. Raquel’s work will be exploring the effects of alcoholism and addictive behaviours, particularly the denial that is often encountered in relation to these issues, which are sometimes accepted or even celebrated.

TIYI BY DESIGN www.tiyibydesign.com

ABOVE BARBADOS Have a look at the higher resolution image (and zoom around) at http://www.abovebarbados.com/sites/default/files/batts_rock_panorama.jpg Would you believe this is a reduced/resized image - the original is double the width/height! Above Barbados offer high-definition aerial photography and video, packages available from $500BDS. Contact Above Barbados today on 231-9583 to discuss your requirements and let us get those stunning shots from a new perspective! Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AboveBarbados Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AboveBarbados Join us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/+AbovebarbadosPhotography

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/

Congratulations to the visual artists who were awarded prizes in the Central Bank of Barbados Visual Arts Exhibition at Grand Salle & Queen's Park Gallery. June 27th - Sat August 6th. 10am-6pm daily. FREE admission. Exhibition of painting, Photography and Two Dimensional Work: TOP AWARDS Special Award for Best Depiction of the Theme: “Celebrating 50 Years of Independence: “Strict Guardians of Our Heritage; Firm Craftsmen of our Fate.” Prize Valued at Barbados $ 1200 “Indomitable, Indelible” by Omowale Stewart The Governor’s Award – Ms. Simone Asia Padmore for her piece entitled “Independence Square” The Central Bank Award of Excellence – Prize Valued at Barbados $ 10000 Not Awarded Best in Show Awards – Prize Valued at Barbados $ 1000 each “Hustle Hard” by Natasia Rollock “Caribbean Artist” by Alanis Forde “Companions” by Cathy Alkins

Exhibition of Three Dimensional Work/ Sculpture: Best in Show Awards – Prize Valued at Barbados $ 1000 each “Nubian Woman” by Kenneth Blackman “Swag” by Hamilton Griffith “Umm… I am Thinking” by Hamilton Griffith Exhibition of Textiles, Bags, Jewellery, Baskets and Gourds: Best in Show Awards – Prize Valued at Barbados $ 1000 each “Trident 50” by Ryan Cummins “Landship Captain” by Deanne Kennedy “My Heart is Yours to Keep” by Douglas Blackburn Incentive Awards – Prize Valued at Barbados $ 500 each “Mill Clock” by Brandon Harding “Small Wooden Vase” by Roger Prescod “The Rainbow” by Alanis Forde Incentive Awards – Prize Valued at Barbados $ 500 each “Pride and Industry” by Akilah Watts “Deep Roots Spring Hope: Freedom” by Allison Bohne “On History’s Page” by Simone Asia Padmore Honourable Mentions “Beauty” by Anna Gibson “Celebrating 50 Years” by Alanis Forde “We Hills We Fields” by Ryan Cummins Honourable Mentions “Royalty” by Meesha Brathwaite “Barbados at 50” by Sylvester Clarke “Homage to our Money” by Ryan Cummins

THE FESTIVAL ART GALLERY At Hastings Farmers Market, Artsplash, Hastings, Ch Ch

EVERY Saturday The Festival Art Gallery is a mobile art gallery showing in excess of 50 local Barbadian artists who are painters, ceramic artists, sculptors and photographers. Bringing Art To The People kathymyearwood@gmail.c om

NIKOLAS SEALY nsdesigns74@gmail.com www.facebook.com/pages/NS-Desig ns/446661088688420?ref=hl

FINE ART PORTRAITS & DRAWINGS BY KHARY DARBY

kharydarby@gmail.com 572-0579 or 282-3302 https://www.facebook.com/kharydarbyartist

'The Coral Stone Village Meeting' by Philip King Each piece which has been positioned and topped with other pieces of coral stone. In rows. The front row close to the sea appear to be 'the elders' as they have a little more space between themselves and the 'people'. Created by an Philip King who lives up by Cave Hill. who comes during the week to Batts Rock Bay to build these 'meetings' of coral. It is ever evolving as some are vandalised or the sea knocks them down.

ON THE WALL ART GALLERY On The Wall Gallery at Champers A charming gallery and throughout the restaurant at Champers Restaurant, located on Accra Beach, Rockley, Christ Church has been fully renovated. Monday - Friday Noon-4pm and 7pm-11pm . Please call for weekend hours. 246 234 9145 Champers gallery is accessible during Restaurant hours. Actual gallery operations are 12noon to 4pm and 7 pm to 11 pm all year November to April On The Wall Gallery At Earthworks. Earthwork continues to be the mainstay of our operations as we continue to add new lines to our already eclectic mix of hand made crafts, jewellery and fine art. Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday 9am - 1pm Closed Sunday Vanita Comissiong

tel 246 234 9145

www.onthewallartgallery.com

vanitacom@caribsurf.com

FRANGIPANI ART GALLERIES 1. Sugar Cane Club, Maynards, St Peter,Tel. 422 5026, Ext.5037 2. Savannah Hotel, The Garrison, St M.Tel. 228 3800, Ext. 3823 3. Almond Beach Resort. Heywoods, St. Peter.Tel. 422 4900, Ext. 5864 All galleries open every day except Sundays from 9am to 5pm, closed for lunch 1 to 1.30 pm., with the exemption of Almond which is open on Sundays also. marilda@bernmar.com www.frangipani-art.com

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

In an effort to cultivate discussions about the arts starting at a young age while engaging with the community, Fresh Milk will implement an outreach programme using the resources available in The Colleen Lewis Reading Room (CLRR). One of the many challenges faced by young creatives is, despite their artistic gifts, they often struggle when it comes to speaking and writing comprehensively about their work. This is a skill that would benefit immensely from reading, whether specifically arts oriented texts or even well written fiction; gaining an appreciation for articulate material is imperative to mastering oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own practice. Fresh Milk proposes to be the go-to point for refining these skills, beginning at CSEC level when children are expected to take their research and written abilities to a higher standard, all the way up to providing MA or PhD candidates with a deep pool of knowledge and unique material which they can draw upon. The Fresh Milk team will work with secondary school teachers in this area to construct a programme which will bring the students to Fresh Milk to show them the studio and reading room, letting them know that there is an environment available which can cater to their academic and creative needs. To keep up to date with our other activities, visit: http://www.freshmilkbarbados.com and like our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/FreshMilkBarbados

THE CRANE GALLERY The Crane Gallery is the centre piece of the historic Crane Resort and hosts the work of an eclectic mix of established and up-and-coming Barbadian artists. For more information call 423-6220 or email gallery@thecrane.com.

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 GCA at Tides, Tides Restaurant, Holetown, St James, 432 2084 www.artgallerycaribbean.com

Tel: (246) 419-0858

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

Cell (246)230-1968

Sept 5 - Sep 24

Little Gems

Sep 26 - Oct 8

Raymond Maughan

Oct 10 - Oct 22

Group show

Oct

Group show

24 - Oct 31

Nov 2 - Dec 3

Barbados at ‘”50” Independence Group Show

Dec 5 - Dec 31 Christmas Group Show (The opening will be on December 12th.)

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

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

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

FRANK COLLYMORE HALL

Celebrate Culture... Celebrate Life! The Frank Collymore Hall is the premier venue for cultural performances, conferences, lectures and more, in Barbados. The multi-purpose facilities are perfect for your dance, drama, music or exhibitions. The Hall comes fully equipped with State of the art equipment, 500 seating capacity, High-quality acoustics, Multiuse Grande Salle 9-foot Orchestral Steinway Concert Grand piano FRAN WICKHAM MANAGER | Tom Adams Financial Centre| Spry Street | Bridgetown | BB 11126 ď&#x20AC;¨246-436-9083 francine.wickham-jacobs@centralbank.org.bb

Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination, UWI For further information, contact De Carla Applewhaite at 417-4776 decarla.applewhaite@cavehill.uwi.edu www.cavehill.uwi.edu/ebcci

THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY POETS www.lxpbarbados.org

MISSION The Mission of the League of Extraordinary Poets (LXP) is threefold; 1. To nurture those involved in the arts, with a special emphasis on poets and spoken word artists; 2. To edutain the public through exposure to our art, and 3. To use the voices of the artists to bring awareness to, and to actively work towards addressing issues of importance in our society. VISION The LXP was founded on the principle that no art form exists in a vacuum. It is inexplicably tied to society, culture and time in which it is created, and that artists can improve their skills, and inspire one another when they operate in a close knit community of other like-minded artists, committed to positive feedback and professionalism in pursuing their art to its highest and best potential. The LXP sees spoken word and other forms of poetry and lyrical commentary as art forms which are not only able to express the personal vision, emotions and stories of the individual artist, but also as vehicles to speak to social issues not addressed in other forums and to educate the public in the hopes of bringing positive change to the society in which we live.

D ARTS LIME - BY D ARTISTS, 4 THE ARTISTS & ABOUT D ARTS! Come share your work be it physical pieces or performance pieces, from fashion to poetry to music to artwork. We host the lime EVERY LAST SUNDAY of the month at Jago's Bar and Grill, located in Chapel Gap #1, Paynes Bay St. James. Feel free to sell your art work as well. For more information, like D ARTS LIME on Facebook. www.facebook.com/chameleon.arts.lime Admission is FREE. Please tell a friend! Join us as weSupport Creative Growth in Barbados and Beyond chameleonartsbarbados@gmail.com

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

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

Beyond Publishing Caribbean is a group of artists, illustrators, graphic novels,graphic artists from Barbados and you can contact them or liking their page by click on the link, Matthew Clarke Tristan Roach Rivenis Black Julian Moseley https://www.facebook.com/pages/Beyond-Publishing-Caribbean/218731298152892?ref=ts&fref=ts

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

QUEENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PARK GALLERY

Queen's Park Gallery is temporarily(?) located at Pelican Craft Centre #12 on Harbour Rd, Bridgetown

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 AA FRAMING & DECORATION. #4, 1st Avenue Belleville, St. Michael, Tel: (1-246)-435-0513 Fax: (1-246)-426-6004 | E-mail: aaframing@caribsurf.com www.aaframingartonglass.com FRAMING STUDIO At the Best of Barbados Head Office, Welches Plantation, H’way 2A421-6900 ext 29 THE FRAME & ART COMPANY Millhouse, Canewood • St. Michael, BB 11005 • Phone (246) 271-6509 • Cell (246) 266-9432 ART SUPPLIES THE ART HUB ( 2 locations) 1. James Forte Building Hincks Street Bridgetown, Tel: 436 2950 cell 231 6847 2. Sunset Crest # 163 Amaryllis Row,Sunset Crest, St. James. THE ART DEN

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RAMELTON ESTATE A place to create or just to be www.rameltondominica.net

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THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY COMMITTEE

Visit www.nagc.bb - website for the National Art Gallery Committee in Barbados for NEWS on current happenings. The site includes ArtistNet, the database of Barbadian visual artists; a click on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; will take you there. Visual artists are invited to post their profile and images on ArtistNet. Artists already on ArtistNet are reminded to send in their profile updates and new images. ArtistNet is a FREE NAGC service for artists. For further information contact the NAGC at +1 (246) 310 2700 or e-mail contact@nagc.bb

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