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Artist Wendell McShine Part of Liverpool Artist in Residence Project

Holly Bynoe — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:00:59 +0000

The Bluecoat has appointed Trinidadian based international artist, Wendell McShine as part of the Liverpool Primary Care Trust’s artist-in-residence project.

Wendell McShine’s project ” Art Connect Liverpool ” brings together two distinct groups within the community of Liverpool, working with Blue Room, our group of adults with learning disabilities and a group of young people out in Norris Green’s the Pad project. Wendell’s project focuses on a series of dynamic art workshops; Animation Documentation, Mask Making, Drawing and Graffiti all aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of participants, with a strong emphasis on raising the aspirations of young people.

Wendell McShine Studio work in Liverpool

This enriching exploration into the personal stories of the youth and the adults will be guided by the topic of self-awareness in an attempt to bridge the generational gap and promote self discovery and community togetherness.

McShine will be developing an in studio body work that takes us into his never ending world of fantasy and the dark silence of the human condition. Ghostly animations, moving sketchbooks and charcoal drawings fills the studio spaces at the Bluecoat as a religious exercise to his finds from working within communities. Three days out of the week McShine will work within the neighborhoods on a focused series of dynamic art workshops on Animation and drawing to name a few. There will a grand group exhibition in the city of Liverpool in the month of March.

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More to come from McShine’s residency in Liverpool exclusively through ARC.

About the Artist:

Raw, transcendental and overly mystifying it is no surprise that International artist Wendell Mc Shine is from the island of “the Carnival” Trinidad and Tobago. Currently based and producing work in Mexico City there’s a lucid cross pollination expressed through stunning iconography. When one moves full heartedly into the doorway of Wendell’s, A.K.A. Shine’s work, a multi level narrative, which constructs upon itself is discovered. Bandidos, Jewel Stars, King Crows, Nahuales, Humming Birds, mezcal bottles, plantation houses, skulls, towering coconut trees, hibiscus flowers, rubber ‘slippers’, etc., coexist in a world of wooden panels, canvases, organic animations and paper mache masks.

Shine’s murals, paintings and video installations have been showcased, reviewed and in-cooperated widely in the urban art market: Adidas Originals, Absolute Vodka, Harper’s Bazaar, Juxtapose Online Magazine, Canvas Magazine, INDI Rocks Magazine, Elaboratorio Urban Art Gallery/ Upper Playground, Artrio Art Space, Art Auction “Mexico Vivo” (along with Mexican artist Javier Marin, Francisco Toledo, Jose Luis Cuevas to name a few), London Print Studios, Fahrenheit Contemporary Art Magazine.

Pan African Film Fest ’12 Winners Include Better Mus’ Come and Toussaint L’Ouverture

Holly Bynoe — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:40:44 +0000

The Pan African Film and Arts Festival Filmmakers Awards Brunch prizes were handed out for Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, Best Narrative Short, Best Narrative Feature, Best First Feature Film, as well as Audience Favorite Award, on Monday, February 20th,2012. The Filmmakers Awards Brunch was hosted by Ayuko Babu, PAFF Executive Director, Wyllisa Bennett, PAFF Publicist and Venus Bernardo, PAFF Juror Co-ordinator.

The 20th Annual Pan African Film and Arts Festival(PAFF),featured a total of 160 films,representing over 30 countries,91 featured length films(narrative and documentaties)and 67 short films. The eagerly anticipated French TV film/miniseries Toussaint L’Ouverture, which was ultimately the festival’s big winner. L’Ouverture and Jimmy Jean-Louis were awarded top honors for Best Narrative Feature and Best Actor, respectively.

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Other notable winners in select categories include Better Mus’ Come director Storm Saulter, the short films Of Mary and Elza, and the documentaries African Election and Dark Girls.

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Original Source: Indiewire and Eurweb

Trinidad & Tobago High Commission in London presents I AM A CARIBBEAN

Holly Bynoe — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:00:18 +0000

This exhibition at the T&T High Commission is part of the International Fashion Showcase designed by the British Council & British Fashion Council as part of London Fashion Week celebrating talent from around the world in this Olympic year. The work and style of Caribbean Creatives from Trinidad, Tobago, Jamaica, St, Lucia, Carriacou, US and UK captured on canvas and some designs, are the main focus of this exhibition.

2012-13 Artist-in-Residence Application Open at the Studio Museum in Harlem

Holly Bynoe — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:00:51 +0000

Every year, the Museum offers an eleven-month studio residency for three local, national, or international emerging artists working in any media. Each artist is granted a free non-living studio space and a stipend. Artists have 24-hour-access to the Museum’s third-floor studios and are expected to work in the studio a minimum of twenty hours per week and participate in open studios and public programs. At the end of the residency, an exhibition of the artists’ work is presented in the Museum’s galleries.

I Am A Caribbean

Caribbean Fashion Style Journal — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:28:33 +0000

Caribbean Calling in association with Caribbean Fashion Style and the Tobago House of Assembly prsents “I am a Caribbean” – Celebrating our unique Caribbean Fashion Aesthetic. 20-24 Feburary, 2012.

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Caribbean Fine Art Fair to Open on March 7th in Barbados

Holly Bynoe — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:00:54 +0000

Following on the heels of its popularly and critically acclaimed inaugural staging, the second edition of the Caribbean Fine Art (“CaFA”) Fair with over 35 exhibitors of paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, original limited edition prints and new media exploring the cultural traditions of the Caribbean, will be staged at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile Hill, Barbados, West Indies. The CaFA Fair opens Wednesday, March 7, 2012 with a Gala Reception and the presentation of the Caribbean Luminary of the Arts Award to internationally recognized, Barbadian-born, Ras Akyem I Ramsay, and runs through Sunday, March 11, 2012.

Grenada Arts Council call for Artists to be part of Database

Holly Bynoe — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:53 +0000

Grenadian Art is defined as art that is produced relevant to Grenada, and/or by Grenadian and non-Grenadian artists. In spite of the GAC’s small size, the main focus of council over the past 48 years has been and remains, the promotion and development of Grenadian visual art. In 2011, the GAC joined IFACCA, the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies www.ifacca.org. IFACCA created in December 2000, has members in over 70 countries, and is the global network of national arts funding agencies dedicated to improving best practice in arts and cultural policy development, arts funding, audience development and public access to the arts.

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Statistics are necessary for the GAC to put together proposals to access both local and international donor funding for our proposed developmental programmes. This information will also provide them with an up to date list of the number of artists producing Grenadian art, and the type of work they create. With this in mind, the GAC is putting together a database of all artists resident in Grenada, and Grenadian artists living abroad, and invite all artists at this time to provide the following information, via email to gac.asp@gmail.com before 31st March 2012.

Artist Full Name (First, Last) Sex Year of Birth Place of Birth (City, Country) Current resident Parish in Grenada Contact Numbers (cell and landline with area code) Email address Studio/Business/Mailing Address Website or Blog (if applicable) General Statement about your work Technique and Medium Three Samples of Work Photo of Artist

Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this project. Please forward this infrormation to any other artists that you may know who should be included in the GAC’s database. For more information please contact Suelin Low Chew Tung, who is Project Officer at Cell 473 456-1953 – outside business hours and Cell 473 418-4224 – during business hours (10am-6pm weekdays, and 10am-2pm Saturdays).