An affair of the art at Liguanea

The annual Liguanea Art Festival, which celebrated its 8th staging on April 17 at its lifelong home at Liguanea Plaza, is a labour of love for its founders Tony and June Wong. It continues to be one the the premier calendar events on the local art scene, providing established and new painters, ceramists, sculptors, jewellers [...]

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Edna Manley’s Bogle: A Contest of Icons

One hundred years after the authorities of the day put an end to the life of Jamaican National Hero Paul Bogle for his role in the Morant Bay insurrection, the late sculptor Edna Manley shaped her artistic vision of the man and his struggle. However, the statue created in his memory and honour, which has [...]

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Feast of fine art

Patrons braved the oppressive heat and satisfied their thirst for eclectic photography, drawings, paintings, sculptural pieces, ceramics and jewellery at the seventh annual Liguanea Art Festival, which was staged on Sunday, April 25 at Liguanea Plaza. Connoisseurs of the fine arts, and even persons with only a passing interest, enjoyed the various art activities and exhibits [...]

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