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THE Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport recently re-launched the Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition after a 20-year absence, with a number of new educational features added to cultivate and stimulate more interest. A public lecture and a master class for artists were among those activities added to the scope of the event. 
Wednesday evening, the ministry facilitated the public lecture at the Umana Yana, Kingston, and art critic, curator and researcher Therese Hadchity presented to Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, along with the country’s best and up-and-coming artists on the subject, “The Jury is Out: On the Challenges of Interpretation Caribbean Art.”
Hadchity’s talk revolved around the general focus and theme of Caribbean art and how the work of the artist has evolved over time. She also looked at how the concept of the meaning of the art and its lack of prominence, especially abroad, is lost because of art lovers’ inability to understand the concept and environment and meaning behind the art.
Hadchity, a native of Denmark, has lived in Barbados since 1990, and founded the Zemico gallery in Barbados in 2000. She has organised a number of exhibitions and presented a variety of topics in culture studies and in art.
In her lecture, Hadchity also addressed the attention given to promoting art in the Caribbean and chided the lack of art galleries and the collective exhibition of a group of artists. She said that the latter only resulted in all the works being classified as one.
The Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition is to be a biennial feature that gives recognition and support to, and as well, inspire the creative work of Guyanese artists. The public lecture was meant to stimulate discussion, create dialogue and exchange ideas that focus primarily on art development in Guyana. (GINA)
Wednesday evening, the ministry facilitated the public lecture at the Umana Yana, Kingston, and art critic, curator and researcher Therese Hadchity presented to Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, along with the country’s best and up-and-coming artists on the subject, “The Jury is Out: On the Challenges of Interpretation Caribbean Art.”Hadchity’s talk revolved around the general focus and theme of Caribbean art and how the work of the artist has evolved over time. She also looked at how the concept of the meaning of the art and its lack of prominence, especially abroad, is lost because of art lovers’ inability to understand the concept and environment and meaning behind the art.
Hadchity, a native of Denmark, has lived in Barbados since 1990, and founded the Zemico gallery in Barbados in 2000. She has organised a number of exhibitions and presented a variety of topics in culture studies and in art.
In her lecture, Hadchity also addressed the attention given to promoting art in the Caribbean and chided the lack of art galleries and the collective exhibition of a group of artists. She said that the latter only resulted in all the works being classified as one.
The Guyana Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition is to be a biennial feature that gives recognition and support to, and as well, inspire the creative work of Guyanese artists. The public lecture was meant to stimulate discussion, create dialogue and exchange ideas that focus primarily on art development in Guyana. (GINA)
