OAaSIS honours Jamaican masters of Art, Gonzalez first
Through its sensitisation creative workshop series, the OAaSIS International Foundation has been steadily creating a deft impact on Jamaica’s youth.
Slated for June and July are workshops to involve adults, both locally and in Florida. Added to that the series, which travel across the island, will also highlight selected artists who have made significant contribution to Jamaica’s culture.
Barrington Watson and Bernard Hoyes meet in Orange Park. ANTHEA McGIBBON PHOTO
On Tuesday, June 15, a tribute will be made to Christopher Gonzalez at the gallery home of the now deceased artist, where his wife and children secure his memories and his works. Christopher Gonzalez is known for the controversial statue of Bob Marley now erected in St Ann. He is also respected for his watercolour paintings and other sculpture.
Among the presenters will be patron to the Foundation, Jamaican master painter Bernard Hoyes, who is on the island, visting from California, to open a etching studio. He recently paid a courtesy call to master painter Barrington Watson, another patron..
He also visited Port Royal and Allman Town schools.
At Tuesday’s workshop to honour Christopher Gonzalez, he will speak on the importance of valued reproduction of one’s artwork, as opposed to giclees, which to some are nothing more than “glorified photocopies”.
The workshop themes include on “Painting”, “Living as a Jamaican artist in the USA climate,” “Etching”. Bernard Hoyes is established and known throughout the United States as a painter, sculptor and printmaker and etcher. (website) His latest exhibition was held in Singapore earlier this year, and he has been featured in magazines such as Afrikan Business and Cultural Quarterly based in London.
See his resume.
OAaSIS International Foundation exists to network members of the creative industry and relating fields to empower today’s youth. More at OAaSIS site.
Other presenters will include Howard Moo Young and young artist Dwayne Hamilton, with performing artists Jermaine Gordon and Peter Lloyd slated. Jap-Jamaican Reiko Nagase will also make special presentation of her captures of Jamaican lifestyle and people.
Patrick Beckford and other Jamaicans from abroad will represent the Diaspora in a discussion on Jamaican artists living overseas, and as Jamaican art relates to the diaspora.
Following this workshop, Trench Town will be visited by the OAaSIS network on July 17, and other locations seeking a visit will be confirmed.
CONTACT for further information or an interview:
Founder Anthea McGibbon, 797-7297; Leighton Levy, 561-4445; Melhanie Spence, 842-1496;
Paralegal Secretary Dwane Forbes, 443-9443; Patrick James, 790-1941
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