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…

Asher Mains getting ready.

Asher Mains Re \ Vision   Asher paints; inspired by the Shakespeare mas of Carriacou.  Just one of the faces that informs his work.  Show opens 12th July, 6 pm, Art and Soul Gallery, Spiceland Mall, Grenada.  

More Caribbean Dancing Girls, from Susan Mains

Recent cultural excursions to the small island of Carriacou, have resulted in big rewards.  The big drum dance, which harkens back to African cultural traditions, has many variations of dance which accompany.  Carriacou is a part of Grenada, as is Petit Martinique. Here are just a few of the recent paintings that have been inspired.…

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…

Mains and Mains to Exhibit in Barbados

Asher Mains and Susan Mains will unveil new work at the Gallery of Caribbean Art, opening February 15, 2014 in Speightstown, Barbados.   These some 40 works take the human form, and tell a story of flora being wound and twined into the life of human kind. Stemming from experience, Susan’s work is more personal,…