On Saturday December 18th and Sunday December 19th the Association of Jamaican Potters will be staging  their annual ART & CRAFT FAIR to be held on the grounds of the Forestry Department, 173 Constant Spring Road , Kingston 8 (just below the Tax Office and Constant Spring Post Office). Hours

Ok. So there’s some last minute Christmas shopping to do – here are some definite cool (and fun) shopping spots to check out this Christmas season… 1. ART AND CRAFT FAIRS: Coming up this weekend is Market on the Lawn (December 19 at Devon House) and the Potters Fair (December 18th

Jamagination is a website I stumbled upon recently that I thought I’d share for all those lovers of Jamaican art out there looking for an Xmas art splurge… According to the website, “Jamagination.com.jm is a one-stop shopping experience where visitors are exposed to the richness of Jamaican visual creativity”.

This past Saturday, I ventured out with a group of art enthusiasts on the inaugural Kingston Art Trek- our mission, to visit a cross-section of Kingston’s galleries. The creation of Jamaica Cultural Enterprises (JCE), a new tour company specializing in cultural tours of Jamaica, the Kingston Art Trek is designed to

The last exhibition for this year at Mutual Gallery will be “Into The Light” featuring paintings by Tina Spiro and photographs by Paul Stoppi. The guest speaker at the opening event on 18 November at 7.00 pm is Mr. Vivian Crawford, Executive Director of the Institute of Jamaica.

On November 12, Rocktowa opened a new gallery in the foyer of the Pan Jam building in New Kingston, 60 Knutsford Blvd. The ROKTOWA Gallery in New Kingston is an outlet for the fine and applied art produced in their downtown studios. They are open Monday to Friday 11am to 3pm.

Jamaica Cultural Enterprises (JCE) will be organizing their next ART TREK on Saturday, November 20, from 10am to 6pm. Stops will include visits to the following: Emancipation Park National Gallery of Jamaica Studio 174 Roktowa Gallery Revolution Gallery Bolivar Gallery Heather Sutherland-Wade’s Studio Cost: $4,500.00 includes lunch, transportation, entry fees

ROKTOWA Gallery presents “Lightning Bolt to the World” by Artist in Residence Julia Wilmott on Sunday, November 7. Curator, Melinda Brown has this to say about the upcoming exhibition, “Julia Wilmott commenced her six week residency at ROKTOWA after four months of wandering the Caribbean. Pairing down the psychedelic pigments

Here’s a post written by Brett Ashmeade-Hawkins from Jamaica Colonial Heritage Society on Jamaica’s disappearing colonial heritage: I am showcasing three rare and historic 19th century maritime paintings of British warships and merchant sailing ships at Port Royal, Jamaica. They range in date from 1810 to 1829. All three of these important

Jamaica Cultural Enterprises (JCE) will launch its cultural tours of Jamaica on Saturday, October 30 at Grosvenor Galleries at 7 pm. The programme for the evening will include, – Information on the tour product offerings