The Grosvenor Galleries Christmas Art and Craft Fair is on December 4th and 5th from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. There is no admission charge. The fair features a wide array of jewelery, pottery, orchids, woodcraft, art, photography, henna tattoos, aromatherapy products, handmade soaps, ceramics, candles, mosaics, driftwood furniture, ceramics, stained glass, hand painted glassware, calabash

Jamaican artist Berette Macaulay is part of the Annual International Group Show which opened on November 22 in Numberg, Germany – the Wintersalon 2009 – being held at Nord Galerie Haus. On Berette’s recent trip to Germany, curator Margit Mohr offered her the opportunity to show selected works from the

Susan Alexander’s work can almost be viewed as a documentation of her extended sojourn in Jamaica. Whether she paints in oil, pastel or charcoal, or renders her figures in poliform or bronze, her work has persistently been inspired by themes close to her heart – Jamaican culture, our people, our

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What is your definition of beauty? See what the women at the Shakti Love Fest had to say… Fore more on the Shakti Love Fest

The National Gallery of  Jamaica has recently launched a blog which they describe as a “blog about the National Gallery of Jamaica and Jamaican art”. The blog is reasonably well done and worth checking out. National Gallery of Jamaica Blog

“KAH-POH-AY-EE-RAH” or Capoeira  represents a vibrant and exciting cultural form invented by Brazilian maroons or “quilombolas” in the time of slavery in Brazil. It may seem even more difficult to perform than it is to pronounce to the first time onlooker who is invariably captivated by the enchanting rhythms and

Nouveau Americain opens at the Joyce Soho Theatre on November 19 to 22. Jamaican dancer Justin Lynch dances this season with Naganuma Dance, a multi ethnic modern dance company based in New York. Naganuma Dance makes its Joyce Soho Theatre debut with Nouveau Americain, a collection of vignettes by Darcy

Some positive press about Kingston for a change… Read more at the New York Times