Category: Art

Creative Hack JA – a team effort for the New Year from Kingston Creative

January 7, 2022

The New Year brings new projects, and last month Kingston Creative launched a really interesting one for 2022. However, this is a reminder that the deadline for applications – January 14 – is just around the corner! Here’s more… Creative Hack JA is a hackathon that brings together entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts, creatives and other problem-solvers … More Creative Hack JA – a team effort for the New Year from Kingston Creative

CATAPULT Arts Grant for Caribbean creatives is up for a second year

December 29, 2021

The CATAPULT Arts Grant is back for a second year with small grants for hundreds of creatives across the Caribbean. It is a partnership of Kingston Creative and The American Friends of Jamaica, with partial funding support from the Open Society Foundations. This grant also enrolls 300 artists into an existing Kingston Creative programme, funded … More CATAPULT Arts Grant for Caribbean creatives is up for a second year

A bright bird for a Jamaican Christmas card – by artist Richard Nattoo

December 21, 2021

Richard Nattoo is one of those enquiring young artists, who can turn, with a flourish, from a delicate miniature of marine life in bright pinks and purples to a dark, deep forest or an austere, melancholy face emerging from an ocean. I met him recently (at a posh tea room at Devon House in Kingston … More A bright bird for a Jamaican Christmas card – by artist Richard Nattoo

Human rights in Jamaica and beyond – past and present

December 11, 2021

It’s International Human Rights Day, and it’s not just a hashtag. A lot has been going through my mind today. These are stormy times, with the wind blowing first one way and then the other. A sudden rogue wave appears and nearly knocks you off your feet. 2021 has been strangely – and perhaps surprisingly … More Human rights in Jamaica and beyond – past and present

Kingston Creative offers free social media management course for creatives

December 1, 2021

Kingston Creative continues to forge ahead, always looking for and developing new opportunities for Jamaican creatives. There’s not much time to register for this FREE opportunity, but here’s more from KC: Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, many artists and creatives have pivoted to digital markets to stand out from the … More Kingston Creative offers free social media management course for creatives

The Reimagining Nanny Project: An open call for artists to participate

November 7, 2021

Nanny is the only woman among Jamaica’s National Heroes, and in many ways the most mysterious. When I think of Nanny, Queen of the Maroons, I think of mountain mists and waterfalls and dark hiding places and ambushes in the rain. Now there is an open call for artists to “reimagine” and interpret her spirit, … More The Reimagining Nanny Project: An open call for artists to participate

Shall we go for optimism? A young Jamaican woman is inspired by…Walt Disney

November 2, 2021

When I read the local headlines I am often filled with gloom. We are all tired of reading about gangs and corruption, COVID-19, and the terrible abuse of our women and children. It is depressing. I think some of my pessimism has carried over into the Climate Change Conference (known as COP26) which will be … More Shall we go for optimism? A young Jamaican woman is inspired by…Walt Disney

A strong statement from AOSIS: “The goalpost has been moved even further to the continued detriment of Small Island Developing States”

October 27, 2021

The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), of which Jamaica is a member, tweeted its concerns on the US$100 billion climate finance goal, expressing deep disappointment, and indeed, impatience, noting: The delay in meeting the US$100 billion #climatefinance goal is a major blow to #SIDS and the developing world. Devastating #climatechange impacts are not waiting, this is about survival. Ambition must … More A strong statement from AOSIS: “The goalpost has been moved even further to the continued detriment of Small Island Developing States”