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• Liguanea Art Festival 2012 Delights Jamaican Art Lovers

  1 May 2012 by Karin in Art [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_14713" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Gene Pearson (in white)"][/caption] Here are some of the sights from the Liguanea Art Festival 2012 held last Sunday in Liguanea, Kingston. This year things were a little different with some new artists present including well known Jamaican ...

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• Liguanea Art Festival on This Sunday

  25 April 2012 by Karin in Art,Happening on the Edge 2012 [ no comments ]

    Come check out the Liguanea Art Festival -The perfect way to spend Sunday! See images from Art Festival-2010 Date: Sunday, 29th April 2012. Time: 10am-8pm. Liguanea Plaza. 134 Old Hope Road, Kgn 6. FREE Admission, Parking and Shuttle Bus Service. Parking: Sts. Peter & Paul ...

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• Jamaican Artist Juliet Thorburn Exhibits New Works in Pennsylvania

  23 April 2012 by Karin in Art [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_14653" align="alignnone" width="570" caption="Artist Juliet Thorburn discussing her paintings with her friend and guest Paulette Terrels"][/caption] "Mystical Madonnas" by Jamaican artist Juliet Thorburn opened on Friday April 6th at the Willow On State Gallery in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA. Juliet's collection of ...

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• Louis Masai Michel and his Kingston Gazelle Prints

  28 March 2012 by Karin in Art [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_14458" align="aligncenter" width="525" caption="louismasaimichel.blogspot.co.uk"] [/caption] Check out this very cool blog by Louis Masai Michel to discover his 50 Gazelle print series which have been put up by the artist all over Kingston. From his blog...  THE HEARD OF 50-GAZELLES Just before i left london i ...

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• JCE is the Number One Kingston Tour Company on TripAdvisor

  22 March 2012 by Karin in Art [ no comments ]

    [caption id="attachment_14347" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="JCE Kingston Art Tour"][/caption] Looking for a company that does tours of Jamaica? JCE is the Jamaica tours company focusing on cultural tours of Jamaica.   Here's an update from Karen Hutchinson from Jamaica Cultural Enterprises  (JCE) on what's happening at ...

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• JCE Offers Barrington Watson Retrospective Tours

  13 March 2012 by Karin in Art [ no comments ]

    Jamaica Cultural Enterprises, in association with the National Gallery of Jamaica, is offering a series of tours on the works of Jamaican Master Painter, Barrington Watson. Learn the history, feel the art, visit Barrington Watson’s private residence, a national heritage site ...

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• The Mutual Gallery’s ART FRESH 2012 Presents a New Crop of Jamaican Artists

  7 March 2012 by Karin in Art,Happening on the Edge 2012 [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_14232" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Alicia Brown - The Colonial Self1"] [/caption]   The Mutual Gallery's first exhibition for 2012 is ART FRESH, an exhibition  featuring emerging artists. This year’s crop of participating artists include Alicia Brown, Kimani Beckford, Leon Dingwall, Raymond Graham, Andrae Green, Cavel ...

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• JAMAICA Turns 50: A Look at Some of our Great Jamaican Artists

  22 January 2012 by Karin in Art [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_13846" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Edna Manley's Negro Aroused"][/caption] This year, Jamaicans all over the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jamaica's independence from Britain.  The year promises to be full of myriad cultural events celebrating our 50 years of independence. Here's the ...

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