The National Gallery’s Explorations Series

              Lately we’ve been walking through a tour (of sorts) of The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank exhibition: "Dancehall Male Fashion." We can’t take you physically to 12 Ocean Boulevard, but we’ve dug deep into the conversations at the opening of the exhibit earlier this year. The voices invited to the space...

                      Art is not always defined as something that hangs in an exclusive gallery. On any Jamaican street you will see the power of artistry expressed in our speech…in how wi dress!   The African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB) celebrates our innate artistry and its impact on...

              “Dancehall is bold. Dancehall is rebellious and of course dancehall is undeniably Jamaican and one of its most striking elements is its fashion…”   These strong statements are not my words. They are those of Dr Kirt Henry, Director of the African Caribbean Institute and he made the statement, regarding which most of...