Akima McPherson

The New Year is fast approaching as I type these words.

(Cont’d from 15 December) Akima McPherson (AM): Charlotte and Mal, I have enjoyed sharing this space with you the past two weeks.

(Cont’d from 8 December) “Charlotte [Woolford] and Mal [Woolford] use the early photographic technique wet-plate collodion to make closely observed portraits not as photographer and model but as co-photographers.

“Archival research revealed that [Mal Woolford and Charlotte Woolford] are connected through historic transatlantic chattel slavery.

Guyanese-Jamaican artist, Keith Agard, is hosting ‘The Message of an Artist’, which opened November 16, 2024, at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.

From November 6 -16, the Ministry of Education (MoE) for the second consecutive year will host an art exhibition foregrounding the work of students and teachers of Visual Art at the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House.

Diwali is fast approaching. While sacred for Hindus, it offers visual delights for non-Hindus.

With the final bat to ball and wickets and overs to spare, CPL Cricket 2024 is over.

Although George Simon (d. 2020) has passed on to the realm of the ancestors, it is good to see that his Moving Circle of Artists persists, and judging from their current/recent exhibition, it has expanded to be more reflective of his original vision.

Born April 28, 1930, Stephanie Helena Correia was the third of nine children born to Umbelina and Stephen Campbell.

COVID closures came and left. With their departure, the doors to art exhibitions opened.

This week I share the Exhibition Overview for the University of Guyana’s Fine Art students’ exhibition Echoes of Resilience currently on at the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House.

Resistance. Fortitude. Resilience. Emancipation Day is around the corner. Without fail every year on the day and during that period, I catch myself doing a quick self-assessment.

What can be done to improve the environment for visual artists in Guyana?

The exhibition Converg-ing Ties, the brainchild of artist Kwesi Bovell opened with a wine and cheese affair on July 2 at the National Gallery of Art, Castellani House.

On June 14th the E R Burrowes School of Art (BSA) Tutors’ Exhibition closed.

Akima McPherson: How does it feel to be back in Guyana exhibiting again?

1966. 2024. History is beckoning. We are in a season for reflections.

From February 22 to March 24, 2024 Dennis de Caires’s collection of recently completed paintings showed at the Barbados Museum & Historical Society in the exhibition titled “Wuh Part You Is?”

A lot can be done with a little, and little done with a lot.