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This & every #EmancipationDay, we celebrate the enslaved Africans who fought for our freedom.

Kay Sullivan’s sculpture of Sam Sharpe stands in a square in Mobay that bears his name. His rebellion marked the beginning of slavery’s end in Jamaica.

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Many of Jamaica’s exciting art pieces aren’t in our museums or galleries!

Image: Sound System Wall of Fame, painted by Nurse Signs for Puschart Restaurant in Negril’s West End. His work is also available on clothing and merchandise.

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@UWImona is home to much unique art. This stylized bird sculpture, “Savacou,” was created in 1969 by artist Ronald Moody of aluminum. It was commissioned by the university’s epidemiology department.

Image: George W. Hales

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As serious as art is, it can be also be very fun!

Repost from Jamaican artist, Nakazzi Tafari!

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#JamaicanArtist Alicia Lisa Brown mixes modern & historical fashion in “Queen Anmarie of Old Harbour”. The ruff is often seen in 16th & 17th century Western European art.

Visit her site to see more from this unique series:

https://t.co/sw3CBdZ8tQ

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Tragedy often sparks inspiration for artists. The pandemic is no different.

Frontline workers have been using art to document their experiences in the last year: https://t.co/wLOHbkVKKW

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Driven on Lady Musgrave Road recently? Chances are you’ve passed Basil Clayton. The former soldier now paints and sells his artwork on this major thoroughfare!

Watch his interview with Buzz Caribbean:
https://t.co/ggGACIA5n8

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Loving this artistic rendering of one of Jamaica’s favourite board games on the walls of @islandcoffeeslt in Ocho Rios by #JamaicanArtist Simone Raquel Williams. #Loodi #Ludo

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Isaac Mendes Belisario was one the earliest artists to depict Jamaican culture in his work.

This character sketch, “Koo-Koo, or Actor Boy”, is of a junkanoo dancer after Emancipation. It was in his collection of lithographs released in 1837-38.

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Hurricanes have impacted Jamaica for centuries. So it’s no surprise to see them depicted in historical artwork.

This 1812 watercolour by English painter Catherine Street is said to have been painted here. It is now housed at Brown University.

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Happy birthday to sculptor Laura Facey Cooper, creator of the famous Redemption Song Monument in #EmancipationPark!

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“When one acquires a Barrington [Watson] he becomes wealthy.” That may have been the legendary artist’s tongue-in-cheek. But for many collectors art really is a financial investment: https://t.co/dUeBLV8Voa

Image from https://t.co/LVCEe5kUbw.

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"I'm really interested in beauty & the grotesque, how people were using the grotesque act to achieve what they thought was beauty."- Ebony Patterson on featuring bleaching in her art, as in "Untitled Species I, 2010-2011". (https://t.co/R5GUrBnwyA)

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We have a long history of art in Jamaica, starting with the Taino. Their “zemí” figures – carvings of their gods – were made from bone, clay, wood, shell and sandstone.

This one is in a cave at the Woodside Ancestral Gardens in St. Mary, a project funded by @caribcementja.

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#ChristmasinJuly is coming up! Visual artists are invited to register by May 21st to participate in this year’s trade show.

Get your applications in now for the chance to join this showcase of Jamaican artisans and local manufacturers.

https://t.co/Ps7YJppHbt

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“I know that one day the paintbrush will drop out of my hand but if I had never sold a painting, I would still have done it because it helped me to appreciate the extraordinary gift of life & life’s beauty."- Judy Ann MacMillan, 'Born Ya: The Life and Loves of a Jamaican Painter'

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Can art save the planet? Since art has always been a form of expression, it may be a great medium to promote our survival:
https://t.co/lfKjDEOvlV

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Albert Huie, once assistant to Edna Manley, was one of the first tutors at the Jamaica School of Art and Craft that became Edna’s namesake. He too was an accomplished artist: https://t.co/5aRG3YdRbI

Image: @natgalleryja

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Vincent Van Gogh painted over 35 self-portraits.

#ArtTip: Self-portraits are hard to do, but you can capture your own image through the use of a mirror, a few simple steps and some patience: https://t.co/lxLUjSxdZX

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#ArtHistoryFact Renowned Spanish surrealist #SalvadorDalí used his drawings to pay for meals believing restaurants would never cash such valuable pieces of art…& they never did. That’s a creative way to pay it forward!

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