Art Class — You Asked For It!

Asher Mains offers this first class in drawing.  Meeting once a week for six weeks, this is a perfect starter class for young people or adults. The three hour sessions give enough time to really delve into learning necessary skills.  Drawing is the foundation needed to explore many other areas of art–it is a starting…

Benoit Builds with Bricks of Identity

Oliver Benoit’s “Anima Externalised” Approaching Oliver Benoit’s solo show titled, “Anima Externalised”, viewers will see familiar elements of Benoit’s paintings but Grenada’s foremost abstractionist offers new and provoking material based on Grenada’s collective identity and heritage. “Anima” is a psychology term coined by Carl Jung that is an archetype of collective unconsciousness. The paintings, depicting…

Oliver Benoit “Anima Externalised”

OLIVER BENOIT “Anima Externalised” Art and Soul Gallery Spiceland Mall Invitation to the Opening Thursday 15th Oct 2015 6:00 pm Oliver Benoit has most recently represented Grenada at the Biennale di Venezia in Venice Italy for the 56th Biennale. His multi-faceted work explores ideas of identity, nationalism, and personal place. Collected internationally, this Grenada presentation…

Call to Artists — Contemporary Grenada 2015

Contemporary Grenada 2015 Open call for artist participation. The Contemporary Grenada Art Exhibition in September of 2014 was a historic moment in the lives of Grenadian artists; two curators from Cuba assessed the work, and had interviews with the participating artists. Several opportunities arose from this exhibition in 2015, including the Grenada National Pavilion at…

Sea Lungs

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Context As someone who has grown up in the island environment, particularly Grenada, it is apparent how crucial our connection to the sea is. Whether the sea is feeding us or attracting visitors, we are in constant dialogue with and our health and well-being is in constant relation to the…

Art and Chocolate–Great Connector of People

    Christina Cornier writes about her experience participating at the Art exhibition of the Grenada Chocolate Festival. My husband and I moved to Grenada, West Indies at the beginning of the year for him to attend medical school at St. George’s University. As the significant other of a medical student I was on my…