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Friday 30 March 2012
Thursday 29 March 2012
Information for Writers Seeking Promotion at the London Book Fair
Below is an invitation by Jay Cambell to promote your literature at the London Book Fair next Month.
This an opportunity for writers/lyricists who have work in print or in an audio format (music, spoken word etc). For £150 Your work will be featured at the Intelek "Poetpourri House" LBF stand. You will also benefit from at least one (possibly more) feature article showcasing your work and published on the American citizen journalism website Allvoices.com.
I recently concluded a deal with Allvoices that will create a distinct "Barbadian presence" - through Intelek's Domino Effect Associates programme on that popular website.
Time is limited so interested persons should act now. LBF is from April 16 to 18th.
http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/
http://www.intelek.net/
http://www.allvoices.com/users/Poeticjazztice
Jay can be reached at poeticjazztice04@yahoo.co.uk
Source:
Ayesha Gibson-Gill
Cultural Officer - Literary Arts
National Cultural Foundation
West Terrace
St. James
246) 417 6625
This an opportunity for writers/lyricists who have work in print or in an audio format (music, spoken word etc). For £150 Your work will be featured at the Intelek "Poetpourri House" LBF stand. You will also benefit from at least one (possibly more) feature article showcasing your work and published on the American citizen journalism website Allvoices.com.
I recently concluded a deal with Allvoices that will create a distinct "Barbadian presence" - through Intelek's Domino Effect Associates programme on that popular website.
Time is limited so interested persons should act now. LBF is from April 16 to 18th.
http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/
http://www.intelek.net/
http://www.allvoices.com/users/Poeticjazztice
Jay can be reached at poeticjazztice04@yahoo.co.uk
Source:
Ayesha Gibson-Gill
Cultural Officer - Literary Arts
National Cultural Foundation
West Terrace
St. James
246) 417 6625
Tuesday 27 March 2012
World Theatre Day
Today is World Theatre Day, March 27. It was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute.
In honour of World Theatre Day which was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute the following is the Message of the 50th anniversary.
"I'm honored to have been asked by the International Theatre Institute ITI at UNESCO to give this greeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day. I will address my brief remarks to my fellow theatre workers, peers and comrades.
May your work be compelling and original. May it be profound, touching, contemplative, and unique. May it help us to reflect on the question of what it means to be human, and may that reflection be blessed with heart, sincerity, candor, and grace. May you overcome adversity, censorship, poverty and nihilism, as many of you will most certainly be obliged to do. May you be blessed with the talent and rigor to teach us about the beating of the human heart in all its complexity, and the humility and curiosity to make it your life's work. And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, "how do we live?" Godspeed."
- John Malkovich
In honour of World Theatre Day which was created in 1961 by the International Theatre Institute the following is the Message of the 50th anniversary.
"I'm honored to have been asked by the International Theatre Institute ITI at UNESCO to give this greeting commemorating the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day. I will address my brief remarks to my fellow theatre workers, peers and comrades.
May your work be compelling and original. May it be profound, touching, contemplative, and unique. May it help us to reflect on the question of what it means to be human, and may that reflection be blessed with heart, sincerity, candor, and grace. May you overcome adversity, censorship, poverty and nihilism, as many of you will most certainly be obliged to do. May you be blessed with the talent and rigor to teach us about the beating of the human heart in all its complexity, and the humility and curiosity to make it your life's work. And may the best of you - for it will only be the best of you, and even then only in the rarest and briefest moments - succeed in framing that most basic of questions, "how do we live?" Godspeed."
- John Malkovich
Extra Screening - Bob Marley - The Making of a Legend
The response to the Musical Documentary "Bob Marley: The Making of A Legend" has been overwhelming and we decided to have an extra screening on Tuesday March 27, 2012 at Olympus VIP at 7:30 pm.
For reservations please call 234-8712 or 824-9609
For reservations please call 234-8712 or 824-9609
Monday 26 March 2012
Tom Clarke Workshop for Emerging Writers
Dear Writers,
Austin "Tom" Clarke will be conducting a workshop for emerging writers on Saturday, May 19, 2012, from 3:30-5:00 P.M. during the Bim Literary Festival and Book Fair.
If you are interested in attending this workshop, you should submit a sample of your work (2-5 pages) for Mr. Clarke's evaluation. Please send sample to Robert Edison Sandiford by Saturday, March 31, 2012.
Mr. Clarke is requiring you to read beforehand A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES by Dylan Thomas as well as his latest novel, MORE, since he will be making reference to both in his class. You are required to obtain your own copies.
I hope that you are able to take full advantage of this excellent opportunity to hone your writing skills under the tutelage of one of Barbados' most renowned authors.
Best regards,
Esther Phillips
N.B: Please note the workshop takes place in TWO sessions the same day, one in the morning and another in the evening, as listed immediately below. Thanks - Robert Edison Sandiford
Austin "Tom" Clarke will be conducting a workshop for emerging writers on Saturday, May 19, 2012, from 3:30-5:00 P.M. during the Bim Literary Festival and Book Fair.
If you are interested in attending this workshop, you should submit a sample of your work (2-5 pages) for Mr. Clarke's evaluation. Please send sample to Robert Edison Sandiford by Saturday, March 31, 2012.
Mr. Clarke is requiring you to read beforehand A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES by Dylan Thomas as well as his latest novel, MORE, since he will be making reference to both in his class. You are required to obtain your own copies.
I hope that you are able to take full advantage of this excellent opportunity to hone your writing skills under the tutelage of one of Barbados' most renowned authors.
Best regards,
Esther Phillips
N.B: Please note the workshop takes place in TWO sessions the same day, one in the morning and another in the evening, as listed immediately below. Thanks - Robert Edison Sandiford
Thursday 22 March 2012
AN INVITATION - BOOK LAUNCH
An Invitation to the launch of a major anthology of West Indian writing on West Indian Cricket
The Bowling was Superfine
With readings by several of the writers represented in the collection, including Mark McWatt, Sir Hilary Beckles, Philip Nanton and Stewart Brown
At 7.00 pm on Monday March 26th
In the pavilion of the 3Ws ground on the UWI campus at Cave Hill
Refreshments will be served.
(Copies of the book will be available for purchase at a special discounted price for the launch of $50)
Press Release
Stewart Brown and Ian McDonald (Eds.)
The Bowling was Superfine: West Indian Writing and West Indian Cricket
Stewart Brown and Ian McDonald present a multi-faceted portrait of the significance of cricket to the Caribbean and the attraction of Caribbean cricket to the world outside. With poems, calypsos, stories, extracts from novels, essays, speeches, cricket journalism and essays about cricket writing, the editors show cricket inhabiting all areas of the Caribbean imagination.
From its expression at the highest level on the global field of play, to the no less titanic struggles on the bumpier fields of the village or the sugar estate, this is a celebration of those who forged an art out of a game, those who transformed a colonial sport into the cutting edge of Caribbean nationalism, and, in the 1970s and 80s changed forever the nature of the game. Over both editors hovers the benign ghost of that great West Indian CLR James, and The Bowling Was Superfine is not least a worthy act of homage to the writer whose Beyond a Boundary first revealed the convergence of Caribbean being and cricket.
Writers represented in the anthology include Derek Walcott, Kamau Brathwaite, George Lamming, V.S. Naipaul, Earl Lovelace, Sam Selvon, C.L.R. James, Bruce St. John, Learie Constantine, Sylvia Wynter, Edgar Mittelholzer, Mark McWatt, Stanley Graves, Anthony Kellman, Paul Keens Douglas, Edward Baugh, Phillip Nanton and Michael Anthony
Stewart Brown is a poet and has edited of several major anthologies as well as critical studies of Derek Walcott, Kamau Brathwaite and Martin Carter.
Ian McDonald is Trinidadian by birth and Guyanese by long residence and adoption. He is the author of the recently filmed The Hummingbird Tree, four collections of poetry and a play. He edits Kyk-over-Al.
The book is 371 pp, regular price approx. Bdos $75. www.peepaltreepress.com
The Bowling was Superfine
With readings by several of the writers represented in the collection, including Mark McWatt, Sir Hilary Beckles, Philip Nanton and Stewart Brown
At 7.00 pm on Monday March 26th
In the pavilion of the 3Ws ground on the UWI campus at Cave Hill
Refreshments will be served.
(Copies of the book will be available for purchase at a special discounted price for the launch of $50)
Press Release
Stewart Brown and Ian McDonald (Eds.)
The Bowling was Superfine: West Indian Writing and West Indian Cricket
Stewart Brown and Ian McDonald present a multi-faceted portrait of the significance of cricket to the Caribbean and the attraction of Caribbean cricket to the world outside. With poems, calypsos, stories, extracts from novels, essays, speeches, cricket journalism and essays about cricket writing, the editors show cricket inhabiting all areas of the Caribbean imagination.
From its expression at the highest level on the global field of play, to the no less titanic struggles on the bumpier fields of the village or the sugar estate, this is a celebration of those who forged an art out of a game, those who transformed a colonial sport into the cutting edge of Caribbean nationalism, and, in the 1970s and 80s changed forever the nature of the game. Over both editors hovers the benign ghost of that great West Indian CLR James, and The Bowling Was Superfine is not least a worthy act of homage to the writer whose Beyond a Boundary first revealed the convergence of Caribbean being and cricket.
Writers represented in the anthology include Derek Walcott, Kamau Brathwaite, George Lamming, V.S. Naipaul, Earl Lovelace, Sam Selvon, C.L.R. James, Bruce St. John, Learie Constantine, Sylvia Wynter, Edgar Mittelholzer, Mark McWatt, Stanley Graves, Anthony Kellman, Paul Keens Douglas, Edward Baugh, Phillip Nanton and Michael Anthony
Stewart Brown is a poet and has edited of several major anthologies as well as critical studies of Derek Walcott, Kamau Brathwaite and Martin Carter.
Ian McDonald is Trinidadian by birth and Guyanese by long residence and adoption. He is the author of the recently filmed The Hummingbird Tree, four collections of poetry and a play. He edits Kyk-over-Al.
The book is 371 pp, regular price approx. Bdos $75. www.peepaltreepress.com
Wednesday 21 March 2012
March 21 - World Poetry Day
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco-courier/in-focus/poetry-in-the-unesco-courier/
The above link opens up to UNESCO's tribute on this year's World Poetry Day.
The above link opens up to UNESCO's tribute on this year's World Poetry Day.
BOB MARLEY - THE MAKING OF A LEGEND
Dear Friends,
This is to inform you about the screening of the Musical Documentary "BOB MARLEY: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND" on Monday 26th March 2012 at 6:30 PM am at the Olympus Theatres VIP Cinema to be presented by the Co-producer and Director Esther Anderson.
Esther Anderson met Bob Marley in New York at the end of 1972 shortly after starring in the film ”A Warm December” opposite Sidney Poitier at a time when Bob was still unknown. A minority shareholder and co-founder of Island Records, Esther helped to launch the international career of Jamaican artists like Millie Small and Jimmy Cliff from the early sixties in London. Growing up with The Beatles and The Stones in swinging London, and in Hollywood with Marlon Brando, Esther helped to transform the career of The Wailers. This entire journey was recorded by Esther with a prototype Sony video camera and a super-8 film camera for a blue print film on the Wailers, Reggae music and the Rastafarian culture, and a Nikon camera for the promotion of their new image.
Further screenings:
March March 24, 2012 at 11:00am -1:00 pm at Lime Grove Cinema, admission 25.00BDS$
March March 26, 2012 at 6:30pm at Olympus Theatres VIP Cinema, admission 16.00BDS$
March March 30, 2012 at 7:00pm at the EBCCI Cinema, admission 20.00 BDS$, 10.00BDS$
March March 31, 2012 at 7:00pm at the Israel Lovell Foundation, admission 10.00 BDS$
For fu For further information please call 824-9609 or 234-8712
This is to inform you about the screening of the Musical Documentary "BOB MARLEY: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND" on Monday 26th March 2012 at 6:30 PM am at the Olympus Theatres VIP Cinema to be presented by the Co-producer and Director Esther Anderson.
Esther Anderson met Bob Marley in New York at the end of 1972 shortly after starring in the film ”A Warm December” opposite Sidney Poitier at a time when Bob was still unknown. A minority shareholder and co-founder of Island Records, Esther helped to launch the international career of Jamaican artists like Millie Small and Jimmy Cliff from the early sixties in London. Growing up with The Beatles and The Stones in swinging London, and in Hollywood with Marlon Brando, Esther helped to transform the career of The Wailers. This entire journey was recorded by Esther with a prototype Sony video camera and a super-8 film camera for a blue print film on the Wailers, Reggae music and the Rastafarian culture, and a Nikon camera for the promotion of their new image.
Further screenings:
March March 24, 2012 at 11:00am -1:00 pm at Lime Grove Cinema, admission 25.00BDS$
March March 26, 2012 at 6:30pm at Olympus Theatres VIP Cinema, admission 16.00BDS$
March March 30, 2012 at 7:00pm at the EBCCI Cinema, admission 20.00 BDS$, 10.00BDS$
March March 31, 2012 at 7:00pm at the Israel Lovell Foundation, admission 10.00 BDS$
For fu For further information please call 824-9609 or 234-8712
Tuesday 20 March 2012
CARIBBEANTALES UNVEILS AN EXCITING PROGRAM OF SCREENINGS AND WORKSHOPS IN BARBADOS
Barbadians and visitors to the island will once again experience the glorious creativity of Caribbean films and filmmaking through screenings and innovative training opportunities when CaribbeanTales 2012 comes off from April 10 to 15 at Island Inn. This will be the third edition of the Barbados edition of the festival which is also held annually in Toronto and New York and is a highlight of the regional cultural calendar.
CEO of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution, Frances Anne Solomon, speaking at the Festival’s media launch in Bridgetown last week, revealed a full program to be rolled out at venues around the island including Island Inn Hotel, Frank Collymore Hall, George Washington House and Olympus Cinemas.
The festival kicks off with an Opening Gala on April 11 headlined by the Caribbean Premiere of “Sing Your Song: the Harry Belafonte Story”, an “inspiring and deeply beautiful” documentary about the famous actor/singer of Caribbean heritage, Harry Belafonte. The film, which had its world premiere as the Opening Film at the Sundance Film Festival last year, will be screened alongside two new Barbadian short films - “A Day in a Bajan Life”, produced by Penelope Hynam and “Panama Fever” by Alison Saunders.
The CaribbeanTales Film Festival has become an important annual film event in Barbados drawing industry stakeholders and the general public to a multi-faceted forum focused not just on screening the best Caribbean films, but also on developing industry skills, linking international and regional practitioners, creating networking opportunities, seeking solutions to challenges facing the sector, as well as facilitating the marketing and distribution of indigenous film products.
During her presentation, Solomon who is a film maker in her own right, and CEO of the only distribution company dedicated to Caribbean films, likened the festival to a tent with many different stalls which are the various activities taking place during the festival. In this regard, she expressed appreciation for the contributions of the Barbados Steering Committee which this year includes many distinguished and accomplished industry veterans.
Penelope Hynam, Programmer for the festival introduced the lineup of films to be screened, and credited CaribbeanTales with having a lasting impact on the development of the local and regional industry.
Another steering group member, Annette Nias, Film and Photography Officer for the National Cultural Foundation, reaffirmed the NCF’s commitment to the Festival through a major innovative collaboration between local filmmakers and composers, to be led by renowned Canadian composer John Welsman, assisted by local composer Andre Woodvine.
The NCF is also supporting another ground-breaking skills development initiative - the Script2Screen Screenwriting Clinic - that aims to help writers hone their screenwriting skills through the presentation and analysis of staged readings of their work. This program is co-ordinated by Douglas Newton (Bridgetown Film Academy), who urged writers to send their scripts in, as the deadline for submissions is March 21.
One of the more exciting opportunities for filmmakers during the festival is the "48 hr Film Challenge". Chris Cooke-Johnson, director/owner of Creative Junction and the project’s producer, outlined its aims. The Challenge is also being co-produced by Toronto-based filmmaker Rodney Smith (Flying Monkey Films) and filmmaker Akley Olton’s Irebel Films.
In an stirring closing address, steering group member Patrick Cozier, who is also the Secretary General of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, noted that ten years ago he had declared the cultural industries as “ the best economic Greenfield open to the region” and that he stood even firmer behind that statement today. Cozier pledged the support of regional broadcasters for the festival and urged the private sector to step up to the plate to provide financial support to ensure the sustainability of the burgeoning new sector.
Finally, Solomon reaffirmed CaribbeanTales partnership with the popular Island Inn Hotel, the headquarters for the 6-day event. The award-winning Trinidadian filmmaker emphasized the region’s premier film festival group is definitely on the move.
CaribbeanTales 2012 @ Island Inn, Barbados is sponsored by Andre Woodvine, The Barbados Film and Video Association, Benjamin Drakes Photography, Blue Waters Productions, Bridgetown Film Academy, Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Caribbean Media Corporation, Creative Junction, Frank Collymore Hall, Irebel Films, Island Inn, National Cultural Foundation, Seaweaver Productions, and SFa Communications.
For more information - Frances-Anne Solomon, Festival Director; Nancii Yearwood, Festival Co-ordinator: 266 7779 or CaribbeanTales@gmail.com
For the full Program of events and to buy tickets: http://CaribbeanTales-Events.com.
CEO of CaribbeanTales Worldwide Distribution, Frances Anne Solomon, speaking at the Festival’s media launch in Bridgetown last week, revealed a full program to be rolled out at venues around the island including Island Inn Hotel, Frank Collymore Hall, George Washington House and Olympus Cinemas.
The festival kicks off with an Opening Gala on April 11 headlined by the Caribbean Premiere of “Sing Your Song: the Harry Belafonte Story”, an “inspiring and deeply beautiful” documentary about the famous actor/singer of Caribbean heritage, Harry Belafonte. The film, which had its world premiere as the Opening Film at the Sundance Film Festival last year, will be screened alongside two new Barbadian short films - “A Day in a Bajan Life”, produced by Penelope Hynam and “Panama Fever” by Alison Saunders.
The CaribbeanTales Film Festival has become an important annual film event in Barbados drawing industry stakeholders and the general public to a multi-faceted forum focused not just on screening the best Caribbean films, but also on developing industry skills, linking international and regional practitioners, creating networking opportunities, seeking solutions to challenges facing the sector, as well as facilitating the marketing and distribution of indigenous film products.
During her presentation, Solomon who is a film maker in her own right, and CEO of the only distribution company dedicated to Caribbean films, likened the festival to a tent with many different stalls which are the various activities taking place during the festival. In this regard, she expressed appreciation for the contributions of the Barbados Steering Committee which this year includes many distinguished and accomplished industry veterans.
Penelope Hynam, Programmer for the festival introduced the lineup of films to be screened, and credited CaribbeanTales with having a lasting impact on the development of the local and regional industry.
Another steering group member, Annette Nias, Film and Photography Officer for the National Cultural Foundation, reaffirmed the NCF’s commitment to the Festival through a major innovative collaboration between local filmmakers and composers, to be led by renowned Canadian composer John Welsman, assisted by local composer Andre Woodvine.
The NCF is also supporting another ground-breaking skills development initiative - the Script2Screen Screenwriting Clinic - that aims to help writers hone their screenwriting skills through the presentation and analysis of staged readings of their work. This program is co-ordinated by Douglas Newton (Bridgetown Film Academy), who urged writers to send their scripts in, as the deadline for submissions is March 21.
One of the more exciting opportunities for filmmakers during the festival is the "48 hr Film Challenge". Chris Cooke-Johnson, director/owner of Creative Junction and the project’s producer, outlined its aims. The Challenge is also being co-produced by Toronto-based filmmaker Rodney Smith (Flying Monkey Films) and filmmaker Akley Olton’s Irebel Films.
In an stirring closing address, steering group member Patrick Cozier, who is also the Secretary General of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, noted that ten years ago he had declared the cultural industries as “ the best economic Greenfield open to the region” and that he stood even firmer behind that statement today. Cozier pledged the support of regional broadcasters for the festival and urged the private sector to step up to the plate to provide financial support to ensure the sustainability of the burgeoning new sector.
Finally, Solomon reaffirmed CaribbeanTales partnership with the popular Island Inn Hotel, the headquarters for the 6-day event. The award-winning Trinidadian filmmaker emphasized the region’s premier film festival group is definitely on the move.
CaribbeanTales 2012 @ Island Inn, Barbados is sponsored by Andre Woodvine, The Barbados Film and Video Association, Benjamin Drakes Photography, Blue Waters Productions, Bridgetown Film Academy, Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Caribbean Media Corporation, Creative Junction, Frank Collymore Hall, Irebel Films, Island Inn, National Cultural Foundation, Seaweaver Productions, and SFa Communications.
For more information - Frances-Anne Solomon, Festival Director; Nancii Yearwood, Festival Co-ordinator: 266 7779 or CaribbeanTales@gmail.com
For the full Program of events and to buy tickets: http://CaribbeanTales-Events.com.
The First Regional Gospel Singing Competition
Here is your opportunity to have your own EP recorded for you
Travel spreading the gospel through music
100% Support from a team that has the same goals as you
Enter now to participate in a competition where we all want to see each other win
Register, Practice, Practice, Audition, Practice.
Registration $50USD By May 11, 2012
Late Registration $65USD May 17, 18, 2012
You can register and audition in person, or record your video. Be sure to read the terms and conditions on http://www.thec2project.com/MusicMinister.html and complete your registration
To Register: complete the Registration Form and payment on n http://www.thec2project.com/MusicMinister.html. You will then receive your confirmation kit via e-mail. You can also complete and print the form, and make your payment in person. Please visit our website for more information
Travel spreading the gospel through music
100% Support from a team that has the same goals as you
Enter now to participate in a competition where we all want to see each other win
Register, Practice, Practice, Audition, Practice.
Registration $50USD By May 11, 2012
Late Registration $65USD May 17, 18, 2012
You can register and audition in person, or record your video. Be sure to read the terms and conditions on http://www.thec2project.com/MusicMinister.html and complete your registration
To Register: complete the Registration Form and payment on n http://www.thec2project.com/MusicMinister.html. You will then receive your confirmation kit via e-mail. You can also complete and print the form, and make your payment in person. Please visit our website for more information
Monday 19 March 2012
NCF Symposium TAKING YOUR ART TO THE MARKET
The National Cultural Foundation presents the Cultural Industries Symposium: Taking your art to the market; Culture's leap from Sector to Industry. March 30th & 31st. Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre. Fee: $50. To register, please call: 417-6650/51.
Thursday 15 March 2012
2012 Unique Bajan Blends & New BCC Designed 'Bajan Veg' Produce Label
Students of the College's Hospitality Institute are featured in this year's Banks Holdings Ltd (BHL) annual calender. The young mixologists are seen posing with their delicious unique Bajan Blends which utilize BHL's wide range of products including yoghurt, milk stout, beer, malt, milk, cream, juices and sodas.
Cheers to the 10 ladies and two gentlemen on a job well done.
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Kudos also to Miss Carissa Lee, final year Fine Arts student and designer of the winning "Bajan Veg" produce label brand for the SuperCentre supermarket chain whose concept From the Ground Up seeks to highlight "its wide selection of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables and to encourage their increased consumption."
Miss Shelly Mayers, Course Coordinator in the Graphics Department, Division of Fine Arts lauded Supercentre for being a staunch supporter of the Division and sees the competition as a way to heighten the public's awareness of our local produce through branding.
Source Daily Nation, Thursday, March 15, 2012 p.19
Cheers to the 10 ladies and two gentlemen on a job well done.
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Kudos also to Miss Carissa Lee, final year Fine Arts student and designer of the winning "Bajan Veg" produce label brand for the SuperCentre supermarket chain whose concept From the Ground Up seeks to highlight "its wide selection of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables and to encourage their increased consumption."
Miss Shelly Mayers, Course Coordinator in the Graphics Department, Division of Fine Arts lauded Supercentre for being a staunch supporter of the Division and sees the competition as a way to heighten the public's awareness of our local produce through branding.
Source Daily Nation, Thursday, March 15, 2012 p.19
BVTB Worldskills Results
When it was all over entrants from the Barbados Vocational Training Board topped the inaugural TVET Council Worldskills Competition held at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP)on Friday, March 9. BCC Students were entered in the disciplines of Culinary Arts and Fashion Technology and finished respectably in a keenly contested match of skills. Results are as follows:-
Automotive Technology
Gold - Tevin Callender (SJPP)
Silver - Shakir Cox (SJPP)
Bronze - Rosh Wilson (SJPP)
Beauty Therapy
Gold - Danika Haynes (SJPP)
Silver - Kadesha Bradshaw (SJPP)
Bronze - Deneil Trotman (SJPP)
Culinary Arts
Gold - Sade Atkins (BVTB)
Silver - Taurean Grannum (BCC)
Bronze - Stefon Barker (BCC)
Hair Dressing
Gold - Clesita Moore (BVTB)
Silver - Akeila Chapman (BVTB)
Bronze - Knisisia Burnett (SJPP)
Fashion Technology
Gold - Natasha Murrell (SJPP)
Silver - Latoya Grazette (SJPP)
Bronze - Gaynelder Grazette (BCC)
Top Worldskills Competitor - Clesita Moore (BVTB)
Automotive Technology
Gold - Tevin Callender (SJPP)
Silver - Shakir Cox (SJPP)
Bronze - Rosh Wilson (SJPP)
Beauty Therapy
Gold - Danika Haynes (SJPP)
Silver - Kadesha Bradshaw (SJPP)
Bronze - Deneil Trotman (SJPP)
Culinary Arts
Gold - Sade Atkins (BVTB)
Silver - Taurean Grannum (BCC)
Bronze - Stefon Barker (BCC)
Hair Dressing
Gold - Clesita Moore (BVTB)
Silver - Akeila Chapman (BVTB)
Bronze - Knisisia Burnett (SJPP)
Fashion Technology
Gold - Natasha Murrell (SJPP)
Silver - Latoya Grazette (SJPP)
Bronze - Gaynelder Grazette (BCC)
Top Worldskills Competitor - Clesita Moore (BVTB)
La Diablesse and Revivalism in Jamaica
Caribbean Films on Monday March 19, 2012 is dedicated to Caribbean folk tradition. Shamkoe Pile, an alumnus of BCC's Division of General and Continuing Education made a "Barbadian thriller" out of the Trinidadian folk tale of La Diablesse.
The film was made when there was still the enthusiasm about film making in Barbados and a lot of people chipped in. It was such a fun experience to make the film and I am really happy to show it. Shamkoe then went to Jamaica to study and made a documentary about Revivalism in Jamaica.
Date: March 19, 2012
Location: Olympus VIP Cinema
Price per ticket: BDS $16.00
Screening: 7:00 pm
For reservations please call 824-9609
The film was made when there was still the enthusiasm about film making in Barbados and a lot of people chipped in. It was such a fun experience to make the film and I am really happy to show it. Shamkoe then went to Jamaica to study and made a documentary about Revivalism in Jamaica.
Date: March 19, 2012
Location: Olympus VIP Cinema
Price per ticket: BDS $16.00
Screening: 7:00 pm
For reservations please call 824-9609
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Pass the bucks; hold the oil
Thomas L. Friedman
I’ve always had the same answer: Taiwan. “Taiwan? Why Taiwan?” people ask.
Very simple: Because Taiwan is a barren rock in a typhoon-laden sea with no natural resources to live off of — it even has to import sand and gravel from China for construction — yet it has the fourth-largest financial reserves in the world. Because rather than digging in the ground and mining whatever comes up, Taiwan has mined its 23 million people, their talent, energy and intelligence — men and women. I always tell my friends in Taiwan: “You’re the luckiest people in the world. How did you get so lucky? You have no oil, no iron ore, no forests, no diamonds, no gold, just a few small deposits of coal and natural gas — and because of that you developed the habits and culture of honing your people’s skills, which turns out to be the most valuable and only truly renewable resource in the world today. How did you get so lucky?”
That, at least, was my gut instinct. But now we have proof.
A team from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or O.E.C.D., has just come out with a fascinating little study mapping the correlation between performance on the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, exam — which every two years tests math, science and reading comprehension skills of 15-year-olds in 65 countries — and the total earnings on natural resources as a percentage of G.D.P. for each participating country. In short, how well do your high school kids do on math compared with how much oil you pump or how many diamonds you dig?
The results indicated that there was a “a significant negative relationship between the money countries extract from national resources and the knowledge and skills of their high school population,” said Andreas Schleicher, who oversees the PISA exams for the O.E.C.D. “This is a global pattern that holds across 65 countries that took part in the latest PISA assessment.” Oil and PISA don’t mix. (See the data map at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/9/49881940.pdf.)
As the Bible notes, added Schleicher, “Moses arduously led the Jews for 40 years through the desert — just to bring them to the only country in the Middle East that had no oil. But Moses may have gotten it right, after all. Today, Israel has one of the most innovative economies, and its population enjoys a standard of living most of the oil-rich countries in the region are not able to offer.”
So hold the oil, and pass the books. According to Schleicher, in the latest PISA results, students in Singapore, Finland, South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan stand out as having high PISA scores and few natural resources, while Qatar and Kazakhstan stand out as having the highest oil rents and the lowest PISA scores. (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Bahrain, Iran and Syria stood out the same way in a similar 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or Timss, test, while, interestingly, students from Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey — also Middle East states with few natural resources — scored better.) Also lagging in recent PISA scores, though, were students in many of the resource-rich countries of Latin America, like Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. Africa was not tested. Canada, Australia and Norway, also countries with high levels of natural resources, still score well on PISA, in large part, argues Schleicher, because all three countries have established deliberate policies of saving and investing these resource rents, and not just consuming them.
Add it all up and the numbers say that if you really want to know how a country is going to do in the 21st century, don’t count its oil reserves or gold mines, count its highly effective teachers, involved parents and committed students. "Today’s learning outcomes at school,” says Schleicher, “are a powerful predictor for the wealth and social outcomes that countries will reap in the long run."
Economists have long known about “Dutch disease,” which happens when a country becomes so dependent on exporting natural resources that its currency soars in value and, as a result, its domestic manufacturing gets crushed as cheap imports flood in and exports become too expensive. What the PISA team is revealing is a related disease: societies that get addicted to their natural resources seem to develop parents and young people who lose some of the instincts, habits and incentives for doing homework and honing skills.
By, contrast, says Schleicher, “in countries with little in the way of natural resources — Finland, Singapore or Japan — education has strong outcomes and a high status, at least in part because the public at large has understood that the country must live by its knowledge and skills and that these depend on the quality of education. ... Every parent and child in these countries knows that skills will decide the life chances of the child and nothing else is going to rescue them, so they build a whole culture and education system around it.”
Or as my Indian-American friend K. R. Sridhar, the founder of the Silicon Valley fuel-cell company Bloom Energy, likes to say, “When you don’t have resources, you become resourceful.”
That’s why the foreign countries with the most companies listed on the Nasdaq are Israel, China/Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, South Korea and Singapore — none of which can live off natural resources.
But there is an important message for the industrialized world in this study, too. In these difficult economic times, it is tempting to buttress our own standards of living today by incurring even greater financial liabilities for the future. To be sure, there is a role for stimulus in a prolonged recession, but “the only sustainable way is to grow our way out by giving more people the knowledge and skills to compete, collaborate and connect in a way that drives our countries forward,” argues Schleicher.
In sum, says Schleicher, “knowledge and skills have become the global currency of 21st-century economies, but there is no central bank that prints this currency. Everyone has to decide on their own how much they will print.” Sure, it’s great to have oil, gas and diamonds; they can buy jobs. But they’ll weaken your society in the long run unless they’re used to build schools and a culture of lifelong learning. “The thing that will keep you moving forward,” says Schleicher, is always “what you bring to the table yourself.”
A version of this op-ed appeared in print on March 11, 2012, on page SR1 of the New York edition with the headline: Pass the Books. Hold the Oil..
I’ve always had the same answer: Taiwan. “Taiwan? Why Taiwan?” people ask.
Very simple: Because Taiwan is a barren rock in a typhoon-laden sea with no natural resources to live off of — it even has to import sand and gravel from China for construction — yet it has the fourth-largest financial reserves in the world. Because rather than digging in the ground and mining whatever comes up, Taiwan has mined its 23 million people, their talent, energy and intelligence — men and women. I always tell my friends in Taiwan: “You’re the luckiest people in the world. How did you get so lucky? You have no oil, no iron ore, no forests, no diamonds, no gold, just a few small deposits of coal and natural gas — and because of that you developed the habits and culture of honing your people’s skills, which turns out to be the most valuable and only truly renewable resource in the world today. How did you get so lucky?”
That, at least, was my gut instinct. But now we have proof.
A team from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or O.E.C.D., has just come out with a fascinating little study mapping the correlation between performance on the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, exam — which every two years tests math, science and reading comprehension skills of 15-year-olds in 65 countries — and the total earnings on natural resources as a percentage of G.D.P. for each participating country. In short, how well do your high school kids do on math compared with how much oil you pump or how many diamonds you dig?
The results indicated that there was a “a significant negative relationship between the money countries extract from national resources and the knowledge and skills of their high school population,” said Andreas Schleicher, who oversees the PISA exams for the O.E.C.D. “This is a global pattern that holds across 65 countries that took part in the latest PISA assessment.” Oil and PISA don’t mix. (See the data map at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/43/9/49881940.pdf.)
As the Bible notes, added Schleicher, “Moses arduously led the Jews for 40 years through the desert — just to bring them to the only country in the Middle East that had no oil. But Moses may have gotten it right, after all. Today, Israel has one of the most innovative economies, and its population enjoys a standard of living most of the oil-rich countries in the region are not able to offer.”
So hold the oil, and pass the books. According to Schleicher, in the latest PISA results, students in Singapore, Finland, South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan stand out as having high PISA scores and few natural resources, while Qatar and Kazakhstan stand out as having the highest oil rents and the lowest PISA scores. (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Bahrain, Iran and Syria stood out the same way in a similar 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, or Timss, test, while, interestingly, students from Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey — also Middle East states with few natural resources — scored better.) Also lagging in recent PISA scores, though, were students in many of the resource-rich countries of Latin America, like Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. Africa was not tested. Canada, Australia and Norway, also countries with high levels of natural resources, still score well on PISA, in large part, argues Schleicher, because all three countries have established deliberate policies of saving and investing these resource rents, and not just consuming them.
Add it all up and the numbers say that if you really want to know how a country is going to do in the 21st century, don’t count its oil reserves or gold mines, count its highly effective teachers, involved parents and committed students. "Today’s learning outcomes at school,” says Schleicher, “are a powerful predictor for the wealth and social outcomes that countries will reap in the long run."
Economists have long known about “Dutch disease,” which happens when a country becomes so dependent on exporting natural resources that its currency soars in value and, as a result, its domestic manufacturing gets crushed as cheap imports flood in and exports become too expensive. What the PISA team is revealing is a related disease: societies that get addicted to their natural resources seem to develop parents and young people who lose some of the instincts, habits and incentives for doing homework and honing skills.
By, contrast, says Schleicher, “in countries with little in the way of natural resources — Finland, Singapore or Japan — education has strong outcomes and a high status, at least in part because the public at large has understood that the country must live by its knowledge and skills and that these depend on the quality of education. ... Every parent and child in these countries knows that skills will decide the life chances of the child and nothing else is going to rescue them, so they build a whole culture and education system around it.”
Or as my Indian-American friend K. R. Sridhar, the founder of the Silicon Valley fuel-cell company Bloom Energy, likes to say, “When you don’t have resources, you become resourceful.”
That’s why the foreign countries with the most companies listed on the Nasdaq are Israel, China/Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, South Korea and Singapore — none of which can live off natural resources.
But there is an important message for the industrialized world in this study, too. In these difficult economic times, it is tempting to buttress our own standards of living today by incurring even greater financial liabilities for the future. To be sure, there is a role for stimulus in a prolonged recession, but “the only sustainable way is to grow our way out by giving more people the knowledge and skills to compete, collaborate and connect in a way that drives our countries forward,” argues Schleicher.
In sum, says Schleicher, “knowledge and skills have become the global currency of 21st-century economies, but there is no central bank that prints this currency. Everyone has to decide on their own how much they will print.” Sure, it’s great to have oil, gas and diamonds; they can buy jobs. But they’ll weaken your society in the long run unless they’re used to build schools and a culture of lifelong learning. “The thing that will keep you moving forward,” says Schleicher, is always “what you bring to the table yourself.”
A version of this op-ed appeared in print on March 11, 2012, on page SR1 of the New York edition with the headline: Pass the Books. Hold the Oil..
Tuesday 13 March 2012
How to Apply for Your Student Visa
Your 5 Steps to U.S. Study Step 4: Apply for Your Student Visa
March & April 2012
Did you know the U.S. Department of State issued 781,719 student and exchange visitor visas in fiscal year 2011? This translates to a worldwide acceptance rate of almost 86%.
Want to learn more about U.S. student visas?
Join us online in March and April when experts will offer invaluable insight on the following topics:
Maintaining Your U.S. Student Visa Status - March 21, 12:00 PM
Special guest Catherine Lockwood, Robert Morris University.
Applying for a U.S. Student Visa - March 29, 10:00 AM
Special guest Nancy McCarthy, U.S. State Department
Preparing for the U.S. Student Visa Interview - March 30, 12:00PM
Special guest Michelle Lewis, Carroll College.
Applying for a U.S. Student Visa - April 6, 10:00 AM
Special guest Nancy McCarthy, U.S. State Department.
Maintaining Your U.S. Student Visa Status - April 18, 12:00 PM
Special guest Catherine Lockwood, Robert Morris University.
Maintaining Your U.S. Student Visa Status - April 25, 9:00 AM
Special guest Franny Henkel, University of Kentucky.
Visa Considerations - Students with Disabilities - April 25, 12:00 PM
Special guest Cerise Roth-Vinson, Mobility International USA.
http://www.educationusa.info/5_steps_to_study/
March & April 2012
Did you know the U.S. Department of State issued 781,719 student and exchange visitor visas in fiscal year 2011? This translates to a worldwide acceptance rate of almost 86%.
Want to learn more about U.S. student visas?
Join us online in March and April when experts will offer invaluable insight on the following topics:
Maintaining Your U.S. Student Visa Status - March 21, 12:00 PM
Special guest Catherine Lockwood, Robert Morris University.
Applying for a U.S. Student Visa - March 29, 10:00 AM
Special guest Nancy McCarthy, U.S. State Department
Preparing for the U.S. Student Visa Interview - March 30, 12:00PM
Special guest Michelle Lewis, Carroll College.
Applying for a U.S. Student Visa - April 6, 10:00 AM
Special guest Nancy McCarthy, U.S. State Department.
Maintaining Your U.S. Student Visa Status - April 18, 12:00 PM
Special guest Catherine Lockwood, Robert Morris University.
Maintaining Your U.S. Student Visa Status - April 25, 9:00 AM
Special guest Franny Henkel, University of Kentucky.
Visa Considerations - Students with Disabilities - April 25, 12:00 PM
Special guest Cerise Roth-Vinson, Mobility International USA.
http://www.educationusa.info/5_steps_to_study/
Calling all Screenwriters!
"Script2Screen 2012 - Screenwriting Clinic."
Are you a screenwriter?
Do you have a script for a short film of about 15 minutes?
We are looking for submissions for the Script2Screen - Screenwriting Clinic. This year Script2Screen will take the form of a Screenwriting Clinic, aimed at improving the skills of emerging screen writers. Three short scripts will be selected and directors assigned to each one. Scripts will be performed by local actors. Following the readings the scripts will be critiqued by a panel of experts, and benefit from rigorous and constructive feedback from the audience.
The Script2Screen 2012: Screenwriting Clinic will take place on Friday April 13, 2012 at the Island Inn Hotel from 7.00pm, and aims to help emerging writers to develop an understanding their writing skills and to offer new insights into the craft of screenwriting.
You are required to submit your script for a short film, of not more than 15 minutes, to bridgetownfilmacademy@gmail.com. Deadline for submissions is 21st March.
Join us for a more in depth look at the art of writing for film in Script2Screen 2012 Screenwriting Clinic.
In 2011, CaribbeanTales and Caribbean Island Film hosted readings of 3 short original scripts from the GROWING UP CARIBBEAN series of films produced by Penny Hynam and Beatrice Hallenbarter, and directed by filmmakers Alison Saunders, Penny Hynam and Maharaki.
CaribbeanTales 2012 @ Island Inn, in collaboration with the National Cultural Foundation and the Bridgetown Film Academy, announces the 3rd annual “Script2Screen" Screenplay reading series.
In 2010 Script2Screenhosted a workshop reading of acclaimed novellist Oonya Kempadoo's screenplay TIDE RUNNING based on her award winning novel of the same name, and directed by US-based Jamaican film director Karen Williams.
Best Regards
Douglas Newton
Co-ordinator
Script2Screen 2012
Screenwriting Clinic.
Are you a screenwriter?
Do you have a script for a short film of about 15 minutes?
We are looking for submissions for the Script2Screen - Screenwriting Clinic. This year Script2Screen will take the form of a Screenwriting Clinic, aimed at improving the skills of emerging screen writers. Three short scripts will be selected and directors assigned to each one. Scripts will be performed by local actors. Following the readings the scripts will be critiqued by a panel of experts, and benefit from rigorous and constructive feedback from the audience.
The Script2Screen 2012: Screenwriting Clinic will take place on Friday April 13, 2012 at the Island Inn Hotel from 7.00pm, and aims to help emerging writers to develop an understanding their writing skills and to offer new insights into the craft of screenwriting.
You are required to submit your script for a short film, of not more than 15 minutes, to bridgetownfilmacademy@gmail.com. Deadline for submissions is 21st March.
Join us for a more in depth look at the art of writing for film in Script2Screen 2012 Screenwriting Clinic.
In 2011, CaribbeanTales and Caribbean Island Film hosted readings of 3 short original scripts from the GROWING UP CARIBBEAN series of films produced by Penny Hynam and Beatrice Hallenbarter, and directed by filmmakers Alison Saunders, Penny Hynam and Maharaki.
CaribbeanTales 2012 @ Island Inn, in collaboration with the National Cultural Foundation and the Bridgetown Film Academy, announces the 3rd annual “Script2Screen" Screenplay reading series.
In 2010 Script2Screenhosted a workshop reading of acclaimed novellist Oonya Kempadoo's screenplay TIDE RUNNING based on her award winning novel of the same name, and directed by US-based Jamaican film director Karen Williams.
Best Regards
Douglas Newton
Co-ordinator
Script2Screen 2012
Screenwriting Clinic.
Monday 12 March 2012
Cultural Industries Bill
Come out to the discussion on March 13th at Combermere School to discuss the Cultural Industries Bill. Have your voice be heard before this becomes law - participate in the conversation and shape the bill to best suit the sector you're involved in.
Panellists include:
Sean Paul's (former) Business Manager - Jeremy Harding (Jamaica)
Cultural Industries Expert - Dr Jo-Anne Tull (Trinidad)
Krosfyah's (former) Manager - Phil Phillips (Barbados)
President, Association of Music Entrepreneurs - George Thomas(Barbados)
Contact Info:
BCSI Secretariat - 429-5357 - areid@bcsi.org.bb /// mclarke@bcsi.org.bb
Panellists include:
Sean Paul's (former) Business Manager - Jeremy Harding (Jamaica)
Cultural Industries Expert - Dr Jo-Anne Tull (Trinidad)
Krosfyah's (former) Manager - Phil Phillips (Barbados)
President, Association of Music Entrepreneurs - George Thomas(Barbados)
Contact Info:
BCSI Secretariat - 429-5357 - areid@bcsi.org.bb /// mclarke@bcsi.org.bb
Friday 9 March 2012
Casting Call
For budding thespians an opportunity awaits. AUDITIONS are scheduled for a play written and directed by Matthew ‘Kupakwashe’ Murrell. Needed are:
7 MALES =
6 MALES (20-30)
1 MALE (40 +)
SATURDAY, MARCH 10TH 11AM – 2PM
PERFORMING STUDIO, EBCCI
MONDAY. MARCH 12TH, 7PM – 10:30PM
PERFORMING STUDIO, EBCCI
N.B.
*UWI/EBCCI STUDENTS PREFERABLY, BUT OTHERS CAN AUDITIONS STILL
**HARSH LANGUAGE AND CONTENT
7 MALES =
6 MALES (20-30)
1 MALE (40 +)
SATURDAY, MARCH 10TH 11AM – 2PM
PERFORMING STUDIO, EBCCI
MONDAY. MARCH 12TH, 7PM – 10:30PM
PERFORMING STUDIO, EBCCI
N.B.
*UWI/EBCCI STUDENTS PREFERABLY, BUT OTHERS CAN AUDITIONS STILL
**HARSH LANGUAGE AND CONTENT
Wednesday 7 March 2012
Open Call for participants to the Youth-IN Visions Webisodes Project
ARC Magazine announces a partnership with the Youth-IN Visions Webisodes project, which will culminate in the production of 30 webisodes highlighting the lives and stories of exceptional youth who are changing the course of their region.
Are you motivated to tell your story and do you want to engage in a wider conversation with other youth about key issues that affect your daily life? If you are doing something empowering in your community and country, why not share it with the rest of the world and inspire others!
Youth-IN Visions Webisodes and ARC Magazine present an open call to all youth ages 15-29 who want to participate in the development of their life-stories while sharing their views on the current conditions that may persist in their respective nations.
Ideal subjects will be involved in various activities including, but not limited to, the arts, literature, culture, sciences, politics, tourism heritage, gender & equality, entrepreneurship, environmental protection, and energy conservation.
'Out of School' Youth who are nationals and residents from the following countries are eligible to apply:
The Bahamas | Barbados | St. Lucia | Suriname | St. Vincent | Trinidad | Jamaica | Dominica
Apply today to be a part of the Youth-IN Visions Webisodes, by sending an email to visions@arcthemagazine.com with your application which must include:
• A word document telling us who you are and why you are the most suitable candidate in 300 words or less. Download document here.
• Email subject must contain: Youth-IN Visions Webisodes Application- Country of applicant., for eg. Youth-IN Visions Webisodes Application- The Bahamas.
• Applications can be submitted with a supplemental video telling us about yourself and your passions, as all successful candidates will be on camera. Do this by uploading your video to youtube or vimeo and sending us your links. All videos should be under 2 minutes.
Deadline for Applicants:
The Bahamas: March 20th | Barbados: March 25th | St. Lucia- April 5th | Suriname: April 31st | St. Vincent: May 8th | Trinidad: May 15th | Jamaica: May 25th | Dominica- June 10th
The collection will then become a grouping of videos that will act as a guide to understand how youth are empowering themselves; while presenting overlaps in thinking and experiences. Finally, the collection will ensure that there can be a way to locate the prime individuals in our Caribbean space who are trying to enforce change, positivity and integration.
Be a part of Youth-IN Visions Webisodes! Let your voice be heard today! For more information on Youth-IN, join their network on Facebook.
info@arcthemagazine.com
www.arcthemagazine.com
Are you motivated to tell your story and do you want to engage in a wider conversation with other youth about key issues that affect your daily life? If you are doing something empowering in your community and country, why not share it with the rest of the world and inspire others!
Youth-IN Visions Webisodes and ARC Magazine present an open call to all youth ages 15-29 who want to participate in the development of their life-stories while sharing their views on the current conditions that may persist in their respective nations.
Ideal subjects will be involved in various activities including, but not limited to, the arts, literature, culture, sciences, politics, tourism heritage, gender & equality, entrepreneurship, environmental protection, and energy conservation.
'Out of School' Youth who are nationals and residents from the following countries are eligible to apply:
The Bahamas | Barbados | St. Lucia | Suriname | St. Vincent | Trinidad | Jamaica | Dominica
Apply today to be a part of the Youth-IN Visions Webisodes, by sending an email to visions@arcthemagazine.com with your application which must include:
• A word document telling us who you are and why you are the most suitable candidate in 300 words or less. Download document here.
• Email subject must contain: Youth-IN Visions Webisodes Application- Country of applicant., for eg. Youth-IN Visions Webisodes Application- The Bahamas.
• Applications can be submitted with a supplemental video telling us about yourself and your passions, as all successful candidates will be on camera. Do this by uploading your video to youtube or vimeo and sending us your links. All videos should be under 2 minutes.
Deadline for Applicants:
The Bahamas: March 20th | Barbados: March 25th | St. Lucia- April 5th | Suriname: April 31st | St. Vincent: May 8th | Trinidad: May 15th | Jamaica: May 25th | Dominica- June 10th
The collection will then become a grouping of videos that will act as a guide to understand how youth are empowering themselves; while presenting overlaps in thinking and experiences. Finally, the collection will ensure that there can be a way to locate the prime individuals in our Caribbean space who are trying to enforce change, positivity and integration.
Be a part of Youth-IN Visions Webisodes! Let your voice be heard today! For more information on Youth-IN, join their network on Facebook.
info@arcthemagazine.com
www.arcthemagazine.com
Monday 5 March 2012
Tourist, Traveller, Troublemaker
Dr. Stewart Brown of the Centre for West African Studies, Birmingham Universty, UK will talk about his collection "Tourist, Traveller, Troublemaker" at the 2nd Departmental Seminar series on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. in the Bruce St John Conference Room. ALL ARE INVITED.
Born 1951 in Southampton, Stewart Brown studied art and literature at Falmouth School of Art, the University of Sussex and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He spent periods teaching in schools and universities in Jamaica, Nigeria, Wales and Barbados. Since 1988 he has taught in The Centre of West African Studies at the University of Birmingham, where he is now Reader in Caribbean Literature and was for some years the Director of the Centre. He has travelled widely through West Africa and the Caribbean in relation to both his research and creative writing, and lectured for the British Council in both regions.
Art, Artists & Artistic Expression
Here is a list of artists, self taught and formally trained, who are inspired by Barbadiana.
http://issuu.com/corriescott/docs/march_2012_arts_event_magazine_barbados
http://issuu.com/corriescott/docs/march_2012_arts_event_magazine_barbados
Friday 2 March 2012
International Diaspora Arts Festival
Check out the the International Diaspora Arts Festival a production of theatre, dance, music, film from those students who studied those disciplines at the EBCCI, UWI, Cave Hill. The festival will be held from March 22 - May 2, 2012.
You can get fuether information from these sites
EMAIL: DiasporaArtsFestival@gmail.com
FACEBOOK: INTERNATIAONAL DIASPORA ARTS FESTIVAL
TWITTER: @DiasporaArts
YOUTUBE: IDAF2012
You can get fuether information from these sites
EMAIL: DiasporaArtsFestival@gmail.com
FACEBOOK: INTERNATIAONAL DIASPORA ARTS FESTIVAL
TWITTER: @DiasporaArts
YOUTUBE: IDAF2012
For the writer in you
Finished Your Novel?
The National Cultural Foundation has a Literary Arts workshop coming up at the Speightstown Community Centre - March 31st - 10 am to 4pm. This workshop is geared towards those authors who have a manuscript near in completion. Facilitators are Wayne Jordan, Austin Yearwood and Nailah Imoja. Register now...
Ayesha Gibson-Gill
Cultural Officer - Literary Arts
National Cultural Foundation
West Terrace
St. James
(246) 417 6625
The National Cultural Foundation has a Literary Arts workshop coming up at the Speightstown Community Centre - March 31st - 10 am to 4pm. This workshop is geared towards those authors who have a manuscript near in completion. Facilitators are Wayne Jordan, Austin Yearwood and Nailah Imoja. Register now...
Ayesha Gibson-Gill
Cultural Officer - Literary Arts
National Cultural Foundation
West Terrace
St. James
(246) 417 6625
FILM FESTIVAL - FREE @ EBCCI
For all you film buffs out there check out the following information on the Africa World documentary film festival, March 8-11, 2012 at the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination
http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/fhe/SpecialEvents/AfricaWorld.htm
http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/fhe/SpecialEvents/AfricaWorld.htm
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