The National Gallery of Jamaica’s upcoming virtual Last Sundays on October 25, 2020 will be featuring a musical performance by vocalist Courtni as well as interviews with The Hon. Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture Entertainment Gender & Sports and Barbara Blake Hannah, Cultural Advisor at the MCGES regarding the ‘Jamaica Jamaica!’ exhibition. The video performance will premiere on the YouTube...

State Minister in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Alando Terrelonge, will have direct oversight for the Poet Laureate Programme. Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, made the announcement at a Poet Laureate of Jamaica appreciation ceremony, held on October 9, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in New Kingston. The event, attended by...

The National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) is the island’s 2020 recipient of the United States Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) Award, receiving approximately J$6 million in grant funding. This award was made possible through the AFCP’s Cultural Antiquities Task Force and will support the NGJ’s Conservation Redevelopment & Storage Rationalization Project. The project is designed to redevelop the Gallery’s...

The National Gallery of Jamaica’s (NGJ) virtual ‘Last Sundays’ continues on  September 27 with an exhibition, titled ‘Jamaica, Jamaica: How Jamaican Music conquered the World’. The online event will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will feature performances by musical artiste and student of the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts, Victoria “Tori Love” Taffe. The public can...

A virtual function to celebrate the 205th Anniversary of the ‘The Jamaica Letter’, published by Venezuelan liberator, Simón Bolívar, will be held on Wednesday, September 16, beginning at 10:30 a.m. The public can view the event, titled ‘Simón Bolívar’s history: through the lens of The Jamaica Letter’, on the Facebook page of the Simón Bolívar Cultural Centre (SBCC). Simón Bolívar,...

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has expressed saddness at the death of Reggae icon Freddrick 'Toots' Hibbert. Freddrick 'Toots' Hibbert died last night (Friday September 11) in hospital. He was 77 years old. Prime Minister Holness said: "The passing of our very own legendary Reggae singer Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert represents a loss to the musical landscape. Only last year he paid...

The Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education (CHASE) Fund, in 2019, approved 65 projects relating to art and culture, totalling $209.6 million. The majority of the support went to Heritage and Craft, with 19 projects valued at $129.3 million; Performing Arts, with 13 projects valued at $51.9 million; and Scholarships and Education Grants, with 25 projects at $21.3 million. A...