by WPnew | Jan 25, 2019 | Press Releases
“Modern Afro-Caribbean Art” Black History Month Art Exhibit February 1st – March 1st, 2019 For Immediate Release Fort-Lauderdale, FL – The City of Fort-Lauderdale, is pleased to present the Black History Month Art Exhibit an Exhibition of works By Artist...
by WPnew | Dec 6, 2018 | Art Shows
On Thursday, the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL) presents their latest exhibition, Moods and Expressions: A Caribbean Sensation. The exhibition includes paintings, mixed media works, and sculptures by eight different Caribbean artists, all living in New...
by WPnew | Dec 6, 2018 | Art News, Art Shows
Haiti connection At Art Beat Miami, a half-dozen Miami artists and artisans present work focusing on Haiti. In its fifth year, the fair is hosted by Little Haiti Optimist, Northeast Second Avenue Partnership and Haiti’s Ministry of Culture and Communications. Among...
by WPnew | Nov 28, 2018 | Profiles
Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla was born December 8, 1902, in Sagua la Grande, Cuba. In 1916, his family moved to Havana, where he attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes. During the early 1920s, he exhibited at the Salón de la Asociación de Pintores y...
by WPnew | Nov 27, 2018 | Schools and Museums
San Alejandro Academy was founded on January 11th, 1818 in the San Agustin Convent, in Havana. Its founder was the French painter Jean Baptiste Vermay and was called in 1832 “San Alejandro” in memory of Alejandro Ramírez, general superintendent and director of the...
by WPnew | Nov 27, 2018 | Profiles
(Ivory Coast, born 1983) : “My work is similar to that of a journalist writing an article: I was simply describing a situation, in order to create a record of my country’s recent history. But even before the crisis I worked on similar themes, childhood in the...
by WPnew | Nov 27, 2018 | Profiles
Vibrant. Bold. Soulful. These are all adjectives that capture the essence of Barbadian artist, Jeena Chatrani’s work. A talented Caribbean colourist and impressionist whose works are sought after by collectors around the world, Jeena often portrays Barbadian elements...
by WPnew | Nov 14, 2018 | Profiles
Fred Thomas was born in Fort-Liberté, Haiti, and grew up in Cap-Haitien. He started to draw at an early age, reproducing sketches created by his father. Pretty soon, Fred started to polish these drawings and to create his own, denoting this way his precocious...
by WPnew | Nov 14, 2018 | Profiles
“I begin with a formal sketch, I deconstruct it until it is destroyed….and then it appears…within the light.” Mario Benjamin was born in Port au Prince, Haiti in 1964 and is a self-taught artist. Recognized as an excellent draftsman, he became a well-known...
by WPnew | Nov 14, 2018 | Art News
In an age in which the term “post-” art is ubiquitous, Manuel Mathieu is an anomaly. The 29-year-old Haitian is influenced by veterans like Sol Lewitt or Teresa Margolles, rather than Internet memes. This is all a bit strange from a freshly-anointed graduate of...
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