NGJ Welcomes His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie & Delegation

From Left to Right: His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, The Hon. Olivia Grange, C.D., M.P., Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport; Ms Roxanne Silent, Senior Director, NGJ.

Friday, October 14, 2022 NGJ’s Senior Director, Roxanne Silent, Chief Curator, O’Neil Lawrence & Senior Curator, Monique Barnett of National Gallery of Jamaica welcomed and provided a guided tour of the Kingston Biennial 2022: Pressure exhibition to His Imperial Highness, Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie.

Along for the tour were The Honourable Olivia Grange, C.D., M.P. and members of His Imperial Highness’ delegation.

NGJ Welcomes The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, O.N., P.C., M.P.

From Left to Right: The Hon. Olivia Grange, C.D., M.P., Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport; The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, O.N., P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Jamaica; Ms Roxanne Silent, Senior Director, NGJ; Mr. O’Neil Lawrence, Chief Curator, NGJ.

Thursday, September 8, 2022, NGJ’s Senior Director, Roxanne Silent, and Chief Curator, O’Neil Lawrence welcomed and provided a guided tour of the Kingston Biennial 2022: Pressure exhibition to The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, O.N., P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Jamaica.

Along with the Kingston Biennial exhibition tour, the day’s proceedings also included presentations to The Honourable Olivia Grange, C.D., M.P. and The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, O.N., P.C., M.P., by the David Boxer Estate through the Onyx Foundation.

NGJ Hosts Members of the Caribbean Court of Justice

From left to Right: O’Neil Lawrence, Chief Curator, NGJ, Roxanne Silent, Senior Director (Acting), The Hon. Mrs. Justice Marva McDonald- Bishop; The Hon. Mr. Justice Adrian Saunders – President, Caribbean Court of Justice; The Hon. Miss  Justice Carol Edwards; The Hon. Mr. Justice Bryan Sykes, Chief Justice of Jamaica; The Hon. Mr. Justice Patrick Brooks, President, Jamaica  Court of Appeal & Senator the Honourable Thomas Tavares-Finson, O.J., C.D., Q.C., J.P., President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Gallery of Jamaica.

Wednesday, August 3, 2022, NGJ’s Senior Director (Acting), Roxanne Silent, and Chief Curator, O’Neil Lawrence welcomed and provided a guided tour of the Kingston Biennial 2022: Pressure exhibition to The Honourable Mrs. Justice Marva McDonald- Bishop, The Honourable Mr. Justice Adrian Saunders – President, Caribbean Court of Justice, The Honourable Miss  Justice Carol Edwards, The Honourable Mr. Justice Bryan Sykes, Chief Justice of Jamaica, The Honourable Mr. Justice Patrick Brooks, President, Jamaica  Court of Appeal, who were all guests of Senator the Honourable Thomas Tavares-Finson, O.J., C.D., Q.C., J.P., President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Gallery of Jamaica.

NGJ Welcomes Ministers of Republic of Namibia on Official Visit

From left to Right: Roxanne Silent, Senior Director (Acting), NGJ, Hon. Dr. Itah Kandjii-Murangi, Minister of Higher Education, Innovation & Training, Republic of Namibia, Hon. Christine //Hoebes, Minister in the Presidency, Republic of Namibia, O’Neil Lawrence, Chief Curator, NGJ & Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade, Jamaica.

Tuesday, August 2, 2022, NGJ’s Senior Director (Acting), Roxanne Silent, and Chief Curator, O’Neil Lawrence welcomed and provided a guided tour of the Kingston Biennial 2022: Pressure exhibition to Namibian Ministers the Honourable, Christine //Hoebes, Minister in the Presidency (representing the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation) and the Honourable Dr. Itah Kandjii-Murangi, Minister of Higher Education, Innovation & Training, both of the Republic of Namibia. The Ministers were also greeted and accompanied by Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Foreign Trade and Senator the Honourable Thomas Tavares-Finson, O.J., C.D., Q.C., J.P., President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Gallery of Jamaica.

“I am delighted to welcome Ministers //Hoebes and Kandjii-Murangi who are here to participate in the Inaugural Meeting of the Jamaica-Namibia Joint Committee as well as our Jamaica60 celebrations. Since one of the focal areas of their visit is culture, we intend to immerse our special guests in Jamaica’s vibrant spirit, through our performing arts, including music and dance, which they will experience at the Grand Gala. Today, I’m particularly pleased to accompany our Namibian sisters on their tour of our National Gallery to experience some of Jamaica’s visual arts treasures, including the Pressure exhibition which is part of our Diamond Jubilee celebrations.”