Launching the National Gallery of Jamaica blog!
Installation view - National Biennial 2008
We’ve talked about it for some time and now we’re actually doing it, launching the National Gallery of Jamaica’s blog. Developed in tandem with our Facebook group, it will serve as a vehicle for gallery news and information on Jamaican art and artists. We will aim to post about twice per month and whenever circumstances call for it. And, since a blog is an interactive medium, we do look forward to your comments. Look out for our first major post soon!
About nationalgalleryofjamaica
The National Gallery of Jamaica is the oldest and largest public art gallery in the Anglophone Caribbean. It has a comprehensive collection of early, modern and contemporary art from Jamaica along with smaller Caribbean and international holdings. A significant part of its collections is on permanent view. The NGJ also has an active exhibition programme, which includes retrospectives of work by major Jamaican artists, thematic exhibitions, guest-curated exhibitions, touring exhibitions that originate outside of the island, and, its two recurrent national exhibitions, the National Biennial and the annual National Fine Arts Competition Exhibition. The latter is a collaboration with the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission and is part of the annual Independence festival. The NGJ offers a range of educational services, included guided tours, lectures and panel discussions, and children's art programmes and also operates a gift shop and coffee shop.
Good initiative for the Jamaican artists, looking forward to see more posts. I am a danish artist and appreciate all endeavors that promote art all over the world, the time of the personal expressions from the heart, is going to be more and more appreciated for its uniqueness all over the world, in the years to come.
Regards
Morten Bonnet