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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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• ARC Magazine Internship Program Now Open

  11 January 2012 by Karin in Art [ no comments ]

  ARC Magazine’s 2012 internship program is now open and seeking to appoint new candidates, preferably university students and recent graduates who have a vested interest in Visual art, Art History, Media & Cultural Studies and Journalism. While at ARC interns will ...

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• Urban Heartbeat Street Art Contest Coming to Jamaica

  10 January 2012 by Karin in Art [ no comments ]

  Urban Heartbeat is a regional project featuring artists from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Together with German painter Jim Avignon they create a mural in a public space in each participating country, followed by an after party. Urban Heartbeat is coming ...

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• Top 10 Most Popular YardEdge Posts of 2011 (Part 1 of 2)

  26 December 2011 by Karin in Art [ 1 comment ]

   1. The Top Dub Albums of All Time (Part 1 of 2) After reading this great article here about Jamaican album covers, I thought I would add my bit to the classic reggae discussion. Although I am not going to dive too deeply into an ...

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• The Grosvenor Galleries 2011 Christmas Art & Craft Fair Dec 3 & 4

  21 November 2011 by Karin in Art,Happening on the Edge 2010 [ 6 comments ]

  Collette Garrick from the Wanderer showing off her wares...always something cool at the Wanderer. The Grosvenor Galleries 2011 Christmas Art and Craft Fair is happening December 3 and 4 (Saturday and Sunday) at 1 Grosvenor Terrace.  10a.m. - 5 p.m., No admission ...

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• Upcoming Kingston Art Trek – November 26

  16 November 2011 by Karin in Art,Happenings On The Edge [ no comments ]

  [caption id="attachment_13422" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Rocktowa Gallery, Downtown Kingston"][/caption]   Jamaica Cultural Enterprises (JCE)'s  next Kingston Art Trek is scheduled for Saturday, November 26. Explore the creative side of Jamaica with JCE as they visit Kingston's many art galleries and converse with artists, gallery owners ...

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• Jamrock Walk, Jamrock Talk – Community Art Projects in Jamaica

  5 October 2011 by Karin in Art [ 1 comment ]

  Studio174 - Artist Errol Farquharson     Check out this blog post from SeBiArt about some cool educational art projects/community workshops going on in Jamaica... "As some of you know for the past few years - and stemming out of my public school teaching experience ...

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• Super Plus Under 40 Artist of the Year Competition 2011 Now On

  22 August 2011 by Karin in Art [ 1 comment ]

  [caption id="attachment_13007" align="aligncenter" width="570" caption="Duane Bennett - Tutus"] [/caption] This year again the demonstration of talent amongst the younger generation of artists is on display at The Mutual Gallery with the staging of the 2011 Super Plus Under 40 Artist of the ...

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