Art Jamaica http://www.artjamaica.com The Jamaican art portal Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:57:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Art From The Heart – February 5, 2012 http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/02/art-from-the-heart-february-5-2012/ http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/02/art-from-the-heart-february-5-2012/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:51:02 +0000 http://www.artjamaica.com/?p=495 DecorViii presents ‘Art from the Heart’, an exhibition on love, on February 5, 2012 at 8 Hillcrest Avenue, Kingston 6. For more information, please call 927-8111.

Art From The Heart Exhibition

]]> http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/02/art-from-the-heart-february-5-2012/feed/ 0 Clonmel Potters At Harmony Hall – February 5, 2012 http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/01/clonmel-potters-at-harmony-hall-february-5-2012/ http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/01/clonmel-potters-at-harmony-hall-february-5-2012/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:55:17 +0000 http://www.artjamaica.com/?p=490 Harmony Hall presents the Clonmel Potters, on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 12 noon. Opening remarks by Mr. Jason Sharp (Director, Coffee Traders Ltd.)

Clonmel Pottery

There will be complimentary cocktails, handicraft in the garden, and lunch will be available at Toscanini’s. For reservations, please cal (8766) 975 4785

Gallery hours: 10am – 6pm
The exhibition will continue until March 2nd
(Closed on Mondays)

Harmony Hall location – 4 miles east of Ocho Rios on the coast road

Clonmel Potters

]]> http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/01/clonmel-potters-at-harmony-hall-february-5-2012/feed/ 0 Jamaica Cultural-Enterprises’ Barrington Watson Retrospective Tours http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/01/jamaica-cultural-enterprises-barrington-watson-retrospective-tours/ http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/01/jamaica-cultural-enterprises-barrington-watson-retrospective-tours/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:57:37 +0000 http://www.artjamaica.com/?p=482 Jamaica Cultural-Enterprises in association with National Gallery of Jamaica presents Barrington Watson Retrospective Tours, a series of tours featuring the works of Jamaican Master Painter, Barrington Watson. Learn the history, the inspiration, feel the art. Visit Barrington Watson’s private residence, a national heritage site in St. Thomas that’s over 400 years old.

Prices
Half Day Tour – J$3,500 (approx. US$41)
Full Day Tour – J$5,000 (approx. US$59)

All tour packages include transportation, tour guide and entry fees. The Full Day tour package includes lunch.

Dates
Saturday, January 28, 2012 – Half Day Tour
Saturday, February 4, 2012 – Full Day Tour
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 – Half Day Tour
Sunday, February 26, 2012 – Half Day Tour
Saturday, March 31, 2012 – Half Day Tour
Saturday, April 7, 2012 – Full Day Tour
Saturday, April 14, 2012 – Full Day Tour

To learn more or to make a reservation, please contact Karen Hutchinson at (876)540-8570 or info@jaculture.com

Jamaica Cultural-Enterprises' Barrington Watson Retrospective Tours

]]> http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/01/jamaica-cultural-enterprises-barrington-watson-retrospective-tours/feed/ 0 Urban Heartbeat Is Coming To Jamaica http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/01/urban-heartbeat-is-coming-to-jamaica/ http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/01/urban-heartbeat-is-coming-to-jamaica/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:57:09 +0000 http://www.artjamaica.com/?p=477 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 to Jamaica – February/March 2012.

Organized by the German Embassy and the Jamaican-German Society, Urban Heartbeat seeks to identify Jamaican artists who are looking for a challenge and some international exposure. All urban artists, designers, muralists, illustrators, cartoonists are invited to participate by sending in their proposals. The winning designs will be stuck on walls in the streets of all the countries we visit, inspiring the imagination of local artists to blend their work with winning artists, giving rise to something new, a unique fusion of styles. Artists in Jamaica will create an art space within a neighbourhood using the designs made by artists from the other nations. More details here.

Urban Heartbeat Jamaica

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This vivacious young woman is living her dream as she unmasks her soul and sculpts her own path to art lovers across the world, earning comparisons with her highly critical Barbados-born dad, Dr Ikael Tafari, and mother, renowned Jamaican artist Dawn Scott. Hutchinson’s art is exemplary of logistical triumph. Comprising a large collection of ceramic masks of various shapes and sizes, her pieces (if we could call them that) include life-size sculptures suspended from metal beams which come face to face with the viewer or, at other times, resemble towering figures … more here

]]> http://www.artjamaica.com/2012/01/feature-nakazzi-hutchinson/feed/ 0 Intuitives XXXI – 31st Annual Tribute To Jamaica’s Self-Taught Artists http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/intuitives-xxxi-31st-annual-tribute-to-jamaica%e2%80%99s-self-taught-artists/ http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/intuitives-xxxi-31st-annual-tribute-to-jamaica%e2%80%99s-self-taught-artists/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:43:52 +0000 http://www.artjamaica.com/?p=463 Harmony Hall’s Intuitives XXXI, their 31st annual tribute to Jamaica’s self-taught artists, is set to open on Sunday, January 1st, 2012 at 12 noon. There will be complimentary cocktails, handicraft in the garden, and Lunch will be available at Toscanini’s (reservations please: 975 4785). Gallery hours: 10 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.

Intuitives XXXI - 31st Annual Tribute To Jamaica’s Self-Taught Artists

]]> http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/intuitives-xxxi-31st-annual-tribute-to-jamaica%e2%80%99s-self-taught-artists/feed/ 0 Rare Jamaican Painting For Sale http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/rare-jamaican-painting-for-sale/ http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/rare-jamaican-painting-for-sale/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:43:52 +0000 http://www.artjamaica.com/?p=458 “Riverscape” (see below) by Carl Abrahams is a rare 20″x24″ circa 1950 painting that is now available for sale. For more information, or to make an offer, please email digital.designja@gmail.com or call +1(876) 999-0240. Offer ends December 21, 2011.

Rare Carl Abrahams Jamaican Painting For Sale

]]> http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/rare-jamaican-painting-for-sale/feed/ 0 Island Art & Framing Colour My Christmas http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/island-art-framing-colour-my-christmas/ http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/island-art-framing-colour-my-christmas/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:28:52 +0000 http://www.artjamaica.com/?p=453 Island Art & Framing’s “Colour My Christmas” will feature new art from a plethora of artists, as well as furniture and international craft options. The event happens from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, December 9, at 26 Earls Court (Kingston 8).

Island Art & Framing Colour My Christmas

Island Art & Framing Colour My Christmas

]]> http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/island-art-framing-colour-my-christmas/feed/ 0 Healing Power Of Art Exhibition – December 8 to 9 http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/healing-power-of-art-exhibition-december-8-to-9/ http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/healing-power-of-art-exhibition-december-8-to-9/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:34:39 +0000 http://www.artjamaica.com/?p=448 The Healing Power Of Art Exhibition opens on December 8 (5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.) at Eden Gardens, 39 Lady Musgrave Road, Kingston 5. It will continue on Friday, December 9 (2 p.m. to 7 p.m.), and will feature work by E. McAnuff, Carol Watson and others.

Healing Power Of Art Exhibition - December 8 to 9

 

]]> http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/healing-power-of-art-exhibition-december-8-to-9/feed/ 0 Introducing Conversation Piece – An Art Experience With A Difference http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/introducing-conversation-piece-an-art-experience-with-a-difference/ http://www.artjamaica.com/2011/12/introducing-conversation-piece-an-art-experience-with-a-difference/#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:19:39 +0000 http://www.artjamaica.com/?p=443 emerging & classic. handpicked. jamaican inspired. hidden gem.uncommon experience.
These are some of the words used by its curators to describe Conversation Piece, a Jamaican art experience with a difference. Curated by Aiesha Panton of Pussbackfoot, and Stephanie Campbell of HalfWayTree Roots, Conversation Piece is a curated retail experience series that highlights select emerging & classic artists and designers whose work is considered to be fresh, beautiful, objects of desire.

Conversation Piece Jamaica

The curators’ island wide hunt for Jamaican-made or Jamaica-inspired objects & experiences that fit the description above, led them to beloved art & photography, delicious eats, unusual home accents, handmade bags, statement jewelery & much more. These will be revealed soon, as, on December 11 & 12, the Christmas 2011 edition of the Conversation Piece retail experience will be hosted at the Spanish Court Hotel in New Kingston.

If you’re interested in attending this event, you may sign up for the Look Book here, or follow the Conversation Piece updates on Facebook.

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