The Beach

Susan Mains Gallery was the organizer and Art House 473 was the host. Grenada was the beneficiary. It was an incredible gathering of 31 artists, with works in video, painting, installations, photography, and soundscape. The theme was “The Beach” and each interpretation was different. But take a look for yourself! Essay for the 5th Grenada…

Amy Cannestra’s closer look.

The lively and appreciative crowd who came for the opening  of Amy Cannestra‘s “Horizon”  Friday evening was intrigued by art that demands a closer look. Entering the gallery on the far wall is a line of objects—upon closer inspection, conch shell shards.  The shiny metallic bases appear to be aligned so that there is a…

Horizon: Amy Cannestra

The measure of an artist residency cannot be made in dollars.  It is the invaluable input into the life of an artist  of an experience that is totally outside of their own frame of reference.  The value to Grenada is being able to see the work of a world-class artist right here.  It inspires and…

Grenada Contemporary 2017 Set to Open

The doors will open 27th October, 5.30 pm at Susan Mains Gallery. A relatively young annual art exhibit, the Grenada Contemporary, hosted at Susan Mains Gallery has been growing rapidly; this year showing the work of 30 artists from 11 countries. In the exhibit’s inaugural year, 2014, 8 artists work were shown and since then,…

Contemporary Art — Big Ideas Well Expressed

The Susan Mains Gallery at Spiceland Mall pulsed with Energy last Thursday evening as the exhibition of Grenada Contemporary 2015 was opened to the public. The work of the thirteen artists was found to be intriguing by the young, engaged minds of the many who came out to show support. The call to participate that…

Grenada Contemporary 2015– We invite you

  Artists: Christina Cornier, Oliver Benoit, Asher Mains, Andrea McCloud, Malaika Brooks-Smith-Lowe, Suelin Low Chew Tung, Jason Cambell, Frederika Adam, Tony LaHee, Rene Froehlich, Targhyl Thomas, John Henry Thursday, 10th December, 5:30 pm  Susan Mains Gallery at Spiceland Mall

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…

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…

Mains and Mains to Exhibit in Barbados

If you’ve ever felt like there wasn’t a word for something you were trying to describe, perhaps you should have asked the plants.  Susan Mains and Asher Mains have done just that. Bringing a veritable garden of new paintings and installations from Grenada, Susan and Asher Mains will be divulging the plants’ secrets at the…