Cultural Voice

Cultural Voice visited the Liguanea Arts Festival 2013 and checked out works on display by various painters, photographers, sculptors, and jewelry makers. The Creative Industries continue to generate great buzz, and the Caribbean has a bounty of talent to offer. Here are a few snapshots from the event. More photos are available on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ culturalvoice  Nicole Brown Photography on Display CV sends a special “shout-out” to artists such as Rachel Wade-Moss, Kai Watson and Nicole Brown who have all been featured in Cultural Voice’s blog. Cultural Voice remains proud of your growth and achievements, and hope you had a fantastic festival!    

 Anushka Hayrapetyan Anushka Hayrapetyan a youth activist from Armenia spoke to Cultural Voice about her passion to mobilize and educate young people as well as her latest project 'Use Art,' a social enterprise geared towards increasing awareness about the Millenium Development Goals.   At age 20, Anushka joined the National Youth Council of Armenia adding to the conversations on a wide range of youth-related issues such as, active citizenship, leadership, human rights, and intercultural dialogue striving to promote youth opportunities.           Recently Anushka, alongside her sister Arevik, have set up a blog to further their aims of youth empowerment.   Anushka believes that young people have so much potential and face so many challenges.   Teaching them about global issues affecting the planet such as global warming, violence, peace building.   Young people use imagination to help add...

    Nicole Brown loves cats.   She finds them “lovely, opinionated and cute.” She also loves a trip to Portland where she can relax and snorkel by the “Blue Hole.” Nicole an emerging photographer in a crowded Jamaican scene is determined to stand out from the crowd and confesses that she is continuously “coming outside of her comfort zone and trying to push the envelope” on conventional photography. In doing this she ensures that she defines her individual style. Nicole specializes in fine art, portrait, wedding and architectural photography. For each subject area, Nicole tells CV that she aims to be both creative and experimental.   Nicole the Photo Activist Nicole views photo activism as “ the philosophy and history of how activists and social reformers have used the camera as a research tool and instrument for social reform.”   She believes that there are topical issues that need to be focused on in Jamaica such as gender and equality; child ...

The CV Team hopes you're having a fantastic 2013 thus far! 2012 was a great year for Cultural Voice. We take this opportunity to share some of our major successes with you! Blog In one year we've had close to 20,000 page views from over 60 countries on the Cultural Voice Blog and we've received lots of comments and positive feedback! eZine Find the links to the latest editions of our Cultural Voice eZine, our magazine that puts the spotlight on global trends and is your source for what is happening in the Creatice Industries. The magazine continues to grow from strength to strength.     Facebook We've also been keeping you up-to-date on Facebook and within one year our fan base has grown to over 1,700!!!!! Finals of the Ja Blog Awards To top it off we've also made it to the finals of the Jamaica Blog Awards for best Art/Photography Blog. If you like what we've been up to, show your support by voting for...

The cosy bookstore Bookophilia, located in Kingston, Jamaica provided the ideal location for the launch of the book 'Pictures From Paradise' on Saturday, June 9, 2012. The book features works of photographers from around the Caribbean and introduces inspiring emerging talent. The evening consisted of great discussion, the signing of books and mingling. 'Pictures From Paradise' captures everyday Caribbean life. Published by Robert & Christopher Publishers, a publishing house in Trinidad & Tobago, the art book is edited by Melaine Archerand Mariel Brown and features a critical essay by O’Neil Lawrence, assistant curator of the National Gallery of Jamaica, 230 images from 18 artists. The book artists are: Gerard Gaskin, Abigail Hadeed, Alex Smailes, Rodell Warner, EwanAtkinson, Marvin Bartley, Terry Boddie, Holly Bynoe, James Cooper, Renee Cox, Gerard Hanson, Nadia Huggins, Marlon James, Roshini Kempadoo, O’Neil Lawrence, Ebony Patterson, Radcliffe Roye an...

Rachel Wade-Moss, Jamaican Visual Artist Artistic Jamaica had the pleasure of interviewing a talented and promising artist, Rachel-Wade Moss, who is a professional illustrator and who sometimes, dabbles in graphic design. Rachel’s art collection, which included a lovely array of paintings and illustrations, is on display at the Cannonball Coffee Loshusan, Kingston, Jamaica to commemorate the movement of Jamaican art from the frozen corridors of museums to warmer, more intimate settings. The event was coordinated by Stefanie Thomas, creative director of Artistic Expressions Jamaica, an art entity dedicated to showcasing Jamaican art forms.   What is the range of your talent? Well, I do paintings with acrylic on canvas, illustrations for children books and sometimes, graphic designs—including computer graphics. I studied animation at The Surrey Institute of Art & Design in England, now called University of the Creative Arts.   What was it th...