Memories of 1939 By: Brenda Quin
The month was August, a few weeks into summer vacation. I was 11 years old that month, and the best part of the holiday was time at my Great Uncle Sterling Fisher’s property ‘Mount Pleasant’, a few miles above Runaway…
Ogier Art Award 2012 Winners Announced
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) and Ogier joined forces once again this year to host the annual Ogier Art Award. Now in its third year, the competition was created as part of the Ogier Corporate Giving Philosophy…
Children’s Art Day Camp at the Brac sure to excite
The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands will host, for the fifth year running, an Art Day Camp on Cayman Brac on 28 July. The camp, to be held at the Heritage House, is open to children of all ages…
e-flux could increase future funding for the arts through .art
I doubt anyone in the US is happy with our current funding system for the arts. Artists don’t get paid. Museums rely on increasingly scant funds from the government and shrinking donations from wealthy benefactors and corporations to run their…
Simon says ‘It Rocks!!”
The First Baptist Church’s Kids’ Choir put on a concert at the church near the Crew Road roundabout, George Town on Sunday evening (10). The concert was titled “Simon Says: The Rockin’ Trial of Simon Peter” and the performance really…
Children and the Arts on Display
Children from Sir John A Cumber Primary School performed at the Red Bay Holiness Church in the pre-trial’s for the National Children’s Festival of the Arts (NCFA) Annual Competition. (See photo) An artistic collaboration by…
Paul Colley wins two awards for Cayman Islands Kittiwake picture
Paul Colley, whose photo of the USS Kittiwake wreck in the Cayman Islands won the latest round of UK’s The Telegraph’s Big Picture Competition also took an award in UnderwarterPhotography.com’s competition. Under the title “Stunning images of the ocean floor…
Duo featured in latest VAS “Artist of the Season” exhibition
The latest Visual Arts Society of Cayman (VAS) “Artist of the Season” exhibition opening on Friday, June 8th at Watler House, Pedro Castle, features two distinct and different styles and genres of art. On display will be a collection of…
Cayman Islands Museum celebrates Mr. Ed
There was a new art exhibit at the Cayman Islands National Museum at the weekend, celebrating the work of well known artist Ed Oliver. Ed Oliver is known affectionately as Mr. Ed. He was an inspiration for many on the…
Conversation with contemporary artist Bendel Hydes
On Tues May 29th May at the National gallery of the Cayman Islands on Esterley Tibbetts Highway (The Harquail Bypass) is presenting an artist’s talk with Bendel Hydes. Hydes was born in the Cayman Islands and attended Liverpool and Canterbury…
