Bryan McFarlane, a Maroon At Large in the World of Art

Bryan McFarlane exemplifies a new generation of Maroons who claim ancestral origins and, simultaneously, explore new worlds of possibility.

Norma Rodney Harrack’s Healing Art

Norma is not only a practising artist. She’s an academic who has written extensively about ceramic art.

Cecil Cooper Foundation Presents ‘Art Talk’

Proceeds of the auction and the sale of select pieces from the exhibition will go to the Cecil Cooper Scholarship Fund for students at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts.

Big Up PREE an Laura Facey!

Govament better stop form fool an start protect Jamaica future. Govament beta stap faam fuul an staat protek Jamieka fyuucha. The government had better stop forming the fool and start protecting Jamaica’s future. 

Taking Liberties With Marcus Garvey

The bust should be replaced with an image that inspires unequivocal admiration of Garvey's accomplishments as an illustrious pan-Africanist rallying the black world to affirm pride in race.

What’s up at the National Gallery?

In email correspondence with me, Dr Poupeye confirmed that one of the criteria used to select entries in the juried section is "practical feasibility, for instance with regards to size". Why is this criterion selectively applied to the juried section and not to invited artists?

Alpha Boys’ School Get New Logo

Michael ‘Freestylee’ Thompson, one top-a-top Jamaican graphic artist, im draw one beautiful picture fi represent Alpha: one lickle yute a blow im horn. An yu can see seh di pikni feel im owna strength an know im power di way im a hold di horn. / Michael ‘Freestylee’ Thompson, wan tap-a-tap Jamiekan grafik aatis, im jraa wan byuutiful pikcha fi riprizent Alpha: wan likl yuut a bluo im aan. An yu kyahn si se di pikni fiil im uona chrent an nuo im powa di wie im a uol di aan. / Michael ‘Freestylee’ Thompson, a first-class Jamaican graphic artist, drew a beautiful picture to represent Alpha: a young man blowing his horn. You see pride and passion in his posture.

Michael ‘Freestylee’ Thompson to speak at UWI

"My designs are quite varied, depending on the poster type and whether it is political or cultural, regional or international. I tend to lend a voice to issues which I feel passionate about, such as injustice against indigenous people, environmental exploitation and poverty."

Michael ‘Freestylee’ Thompson Exhibits at the University of the West Indies Museum

I went searching on the Internet for a funky image to put on the cover of the Global Reggae book. There I found the work of 'Freestylee' who describes himself as an "artist without borders".

Israeli Artist Wins First International Reggae Poster Contest

Who would have thought that out of Kingston’s concrete jungle would have come a ‘riddim’ of resistance that now reverberates across the world? Reggae music and its wild child, dancehall, symbolize the unlimited potential of the creative industries that enable hard-working, talented people to make ‘nuff’ money out of brainpower.