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Young Jamaican Artist Ebony G. Patterson Wins Rex Nettleford Fellowship
Young Jamaican mixed media visual artist, Ebony G Patterson, who graduated from the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts in 2004, and has won much acclaim for her work since then, was named recently are the 2011 winner of the Rex Nettleford Fellowship in Cultural Studies. The Fellowship is valued at £10,000, [...]
Continue reading...The Gallery At Studio 38 Opens Its Doors
21. August 2011
On Friday, August 12, The Gallery at Studio 38 opened its doors at Kingsley Cooper’s Pulse Centre (on Trafalgar Road in New Kingston). It features works from some of the great Jamaican master artists including Barrington Watson, Albert Huie, Carl Abrahams, George Rodney and Osmond Watson. For more information, please call 960-0049.
Continue reading...Popular Jamaican Art Collector & Art Dealer Guy McIntosh Passes Away
9. August 2011
Popoular Jamaican art collector and art dealer, Guy McIntosh, died yesterday. McIntosh had reportedly been battling cancer for some time now. McIntosh’s involvement in Jamaican art started in the 1960s, when he started framing art for local collectors and when he also started collecting. He set up a framing workshop at the Contemporary Art Gallery, [...]
Continue reading...Stolen Pottinger Painting
5. June 2011
The public is being warned to be on the look-out for a stolen Pottinger painting: Size – 27 in X 24 in (approx) Please call 942-2189 (8 a.m. to 12 noon) or the Stony Hill Police. A reward is being offered.
Continue reading...Art Therapy Coming To Jamaica
14. November 2010
Art therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of art making to enhance and improve the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. It is based on the belief that the creative process involved in artistic self-expression actually helps people to resolve conflicts and problems, manage behavior, reduce [...]
Continue reading...Master Painter Barrington Watson’s New Book Of Art
2. November 2010
Master Painter, Barrington Watson, recently published a book – Barrington: 50 Years of drawing 1958-2008 – which depicts more than 200 of his drawings dating back to 1958. This 160 page, full colour, hard cover, coffee table book showcases Watson’s full range – figure drawing, portraits, nudes and landscapes, which employ a variety of media [...]
Continue reading...Article – Stylishly Budgeting For Art
25. April 2010
Feature in today’s Jamaica Observer newspaper by Gianna Fakhourie … “I’m no economist, but common sense dictates that when money is tight, you cover the necessities and cut back your spending on luxury items. Art, no matter how inexpensive, is always considered a luxury. But what if you want to take advantage of the recession? [...]
Continue reading...Howard Campbell Remembers Albert Huie
14. February 2010
Gleaner writer, Howard Campbell, remembers Jamaican master painter Albert Huie in this feature in today’s Sunday Gleaner. “In late 2000, painter Albert Huie was enjoying the tranqui-lity of retirement at his home in Baltimore, Maryland, when a controversy from decades past returned to haunt him. ‘Miss Mahogany’, a 1960 nude painting that caused a furore [...]
Continue reading...Gleaner Editorial – We Owe A Debt Of Gratitude To Albert Huie
5. February 2010
Headline of today’s Editorial in the Gleaner newspaper – “We owe a debt of gratitude to Albert Huie” “Albert Huie, the master painter, has passed on at the age of 89. The contribution which he made in his lifetime remains, as does the example of a life which was lived to the fullest. Huie’s journey [...]
Continue reading...Accolades For The Late Albert Huie
3. February 2010
Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Opposition Spokesperson on Culture, Lisa Hanna, have issued statements regarding the recent death of Jamaican master painter Albert Huie. Prime Minister Golding described him as a cultural icon who has made an immense contribution to the development of Jamaican art. He extolled Huie as one of Jamaica’s greatest impressionist painters [...]
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11. September 2011
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