tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13234648131451784312024-03-18T19:50:02.938-07:00Stage Right, Stage LeftA brilliant twist from ArtsEtcBarbados.comLinda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-77748218927176972922013-05-28T22:20:00.000-07:002013-05-28T23:53:57.432-07:00Writer Shakirah Bourne—Green Reader 2013Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-48166515683743730332013-05-28T22:15:00.001-07:002013-05-28T22:22:01.552-07:00Suspense novelist Ronald Williams—Green Reader 2013Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-56819734056381229582013-05-28T22:08:00.002-07:002013-05-28T22:15:29.963-07:00Actor Patrick Foster—Green Reader 2013Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-78476422370477475152013-01-02T09:01:00.001-08:002013-01-02T09:01:14.221-08:00The Bajan Invention—Part 1
ArtsEtc ushers in a brand New Year with a series of blogs by editor Robert Edison Sandiford on what he calls The Bajan Invention. A challenge to our ways of thinking and being, the four-part series will look at aspects of Barbadian society and culture. Following is Part 1 which takes a look at an issue from the latter half of 2012 that had parents, teachers and students divided…
TheLinda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-51336013983393823942012-11-29T17:37:00.001-08:002012-11-29T17:37:13.453-08:00ArtsEtc’s second annual Independence book list adds to Bajan landscape
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Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-39050644616400215652012-06-20T14:03:00.000-07:002012-06-20T14:06:45.777-07:00ArtsEtc's green publication launched
ON June 9, ArtsEtc launched its latest publication, Green Readings: Barbados, The First Five Years [2008-2012] on the Boardwalk at Hastings. It was a fun occasion and part of Green Readings 2012—the annual showcase of open-air environmental readings and performance.
The 48-page anthology features the work of roughly 24 literary and other artists who have participatedLinda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-90377163428574015182012-06-19T20:04:00.000-07:002012-06-19T20:16:04.454-07:00What Heritage also means... more GR12 Green StatementsJewels, progress, and the wind...
Every year, ArtsEtc asks its Green Readers for a statement, a snippet of work and a little about themselves—a sneaky preview of what to expect on the Green Readings stage. The responses are often unexpected, always fascinating. Sometimes the artists even stick to theme! This year’s theme is Heritage, and below are the responses from this year's readers, Keoma Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-46597562827106672672012-06-07T20:57:00.000-07:002012-06-08T19:30:03.338-07:00What heritage means to GR12 readers
Every year, ArtsEtc asks its Green Readers to make a statement about their art, their environment and the Green Readings theme for that year.
This year, the theme is Heritage.
Here are the "green statements" of the first set of GR12 readers—Arnold Ward, Dana Gilkes, and Carolle Bourne.
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Well-known Barbadian actor and writer Arnold F. Ward has won several prizes for hisLinda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-9737057257459235372012-06-06T22:30:00.000-07:002012-06-08T20:53:26.279-07:00Green Guide to make debut on the Boardwalk this Saturday
ArtsEtc marks the fifth anniversary
of its annual Green Readings Saturday, June 9, with an extra special event that
sees the official launch of its environmental anthology and a programme packed
with open-air readings and music.
The publication, entitled Green Readings: Barbados, The First Five
Years [2008-2012], is essentially a guide to the sessions that began back
in 2008 at the Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-42239848989754640452012-04-25T11:42:00.000-07:002013-04-01T20:47:17.158-07:00ArtsEtc shares the sweets—and the shirts—with Lodge School athletes
ARTSETC is known mainly for its involvement in the arts in
Barbados but we love it when we also get to explore the “et cetera” side of
what we do.
When the Lodge School announced it was sending two
teams to the Penn Relays 2012 in the United States as reward for their performance
at inter-school sports in Barbados, and for learning experience, we reckoned it was the perfect scope for suchLinda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-89514358290923858802012-02-29T19:38:00.004-08:002012-02-29T20:16:34.481-08:0010 Great Ways to Celebrate World Book DayTODAY, Thursday, March 1st, 2012 is World Book Day. Here are 10 great ways to celebrate where you are and to show words you love them, too!1. Curl up with that brand new book, the one you got for Christmas that you haven’t had time to read yet. 2. Read poetry to your loved one in an intimate setting. 3. Donate books to a school or reading programme. 4. Volunteer to read at a school, in your Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-37002816422854888812012-02-29T08:44:00.008-08:002012-02-29T20:41:54.330-08:00What are you doing for World Book Day?<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 163 934 7 1 1147 11.1287 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> Do you plan to curl up with a great book? The new one by Glenville Lovell, perhaps. Are you reading to a loved one or maybe others at a school, in your community or on a hospital ward? Or are you heading on over toLinda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-20445802240239281482011-11-30T06:13:00.000-08:002011-11-30T06:22:04.617-08:00ArtsEtc’s First Annual Independence Reading List Now Out <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 0 1 287 1641 13 3 2015 11.1287 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 0 0 <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> Read any good Barbadian books lately? At the launch of Karen Lord’s Redemption in Indigo last year at Ocean Spray Apartments, a woman Linda and I were chatting with was interested in reading more books by Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-29823797039863059652011-10-31T10:00:00.000-07:002011-10-31T10:01:39.065-07:00October Tea Reading—nicely brewed!THERE was such a great vibe at Pelican Village on Saturday.Writers Ink held its October Tea Reading there at the Barbados Arts Council gallery and you really do get a warm, fuzzy glow surrounded by all that art on the walls and the shared passion for writing. The gallery is proving an ideal space and the fast growing turnout means Writers Ink is going to need more chairs.Featured readers Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-58807802317950411532011-07-06T14:05:00.000-07:002011-07-06T16:45:26.863-07:00Wor(l)dbuilding at Barbados’ AnimeKon 2011Fans of AnimeKon are very serious about their science fiction. This dude with the huge and heavy sword is based on the character "Cloud" from the animated feature/video game Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children.From left: Robert Sandiford, Karen Lord and Tobias Buckell shared their experiences of creating Fantasy in a Caribbean setting with a large audience and moderator Andre Harewood (extreme Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-90400322225300304542011-06-17T19:51:00.000-07:002011-06-17T20:18:37.389-07:00Yvonne Weekes - Green Reader, bridging worldsYvonne's poem doubles as her Green Statement, doubles as a prayer...Untitled If the life-giving gullies of Barbados were to run bloodAnd Broad Street sank under the weight of sanguine watersAnd there was no Bop or Baygon to blow upeither the mosquito or fill our lungs- Fool: everyone knows a mosquito has no lungsWould we then regret the casual discard of plastic lipstick butts into empty cane Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-80565047735609563302011-06-17T19:00:00.000-07:002011-06-17T19:30:56.377-07:00Margaret D. Gill - Green Reader......The Poem Says It AllThe poem extract below is both my green statement and impact statement. In essence, we all got responsibility, but some more than others.“Across from Victoria Harbour Hong Kong” IVictoria HarbourSo much beautyAnd so much blue.How many dreamsOf a technic tomorrow touch?So the silver runningOf cool of air coOr the camera’ s true monstrosity.Cool images you cell fromCell to Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-77353982413870701662011-06-14T18:27:00.000-07:002011-06-14T19:19:40.788-07:00Allison Cadogan - Green Reader, in pursuit of happinessGreen StatementAn emphasis on the role that the environment plays on attitudes is a common thread throughout my work. Even though “ green” is an environmentalist concept, based on healthy, sustainable practices for physically preserving the earth, I believe that our everyday happiness has roots in our physical surroundings, and I communicate this in all of my work. A healthy environment means a Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-11684405518221505532011-06-09T19:07:00.000-07:002011-06-09T19:24:40.525-07:00Martina Pilé - Green Reader, Calabash WomanArtist's StatementThis event definitely gives me a chance to step out of my comfort zone but still talk about calabashes, the things we use in our everyday life that represent our cultural identity. My love for calabashes is something that is tightly intertwined with my Caribbean experience... Every year, I catch "calabash fever" which translates in an urge to work with them.About the Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-91241768520298254862011-06-09T15:36:00.000-07:002011-06-09T16:03:38.349-07:00Adrian...Green Reader, Green GiantAdrian Green - Artist's Statement:The artist goes green not only championing environmental causes and sustainable practices, but by producing work intended to stimulate his audience to sustainable modes of thought, attitudes and values.excerpt from “We the Dirt” We are the dirtDivine earthWe are the trampled uponSampled and drawn from the direction of the dawnTo build empires on which the sun wasLinda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-15343968982683676292011-06-08T15:37:00.000-07:002011-06-08T16:14:00.899-07:00Winston Farrell: Green Reader, Earth SpiritArtist's Green Statement"Green is not only my favourite colour -- it also represents a coded consciousness of my environment...my world. This is a relationship that started with a visit to Canada back in the early 90s, when I was introduced to the idea of recycling, the concept of conservation and the need to take greater care of our planet. It further inspired my second album of dub poetry, S."Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-51975842076055440802011-06-02T13:52:00.000-07:002011-06-07T10:25:47.350-07:00Green Readings 2011...Just lighting up our corner of the worldSometimes, as an artist, it can be easy to get bogged down in what we do. Forgetting why we do what we do. Those reasons can be myriad and complex, but for those of us inspired by our environment (and all it embraces) and try to impact positively upon it through art, it can be good to take a deep examining breath. That's why this year, ArtsEtc has chosen the theme: "Light up your corner of the Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-22895562446856601812011-03-02T08:32:00.000-08:002011-03-02T08:37:39.182-08:00Frank Birbalsingh's review of Thomas Armstrong's Of Water and RockThomas Armstrong, Of Water and Rock, Montreal, DC Books, 2010, pp.330. ISBN 978-1-897190-60-9. / Reviewer: Frank Birbalsingh, Indo-Caribbean World (2011)Whatever his attraction to Barbados, it seems strange that a bright, sun-filled Caribbean island should provide the setting for distinctly Gothic undertones in Armstrong’s story of a young Canadian, Edward Hamblin who, without any previous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-31730678896173209222011-03-02T08:22:00.000-08:002011-03-02T08:58:37.723-08:00Of Water and Rock: The launch, Tuesday March 8 at the UniversityArtsEtc will be hosting the Barbados launch of Thomas Armstrong’s award-winning novel, Of Water and Rock. The launch is part of a busy 2011 season for ArtsEtc which sees it hosting Green Readings for the fourth consecutive year (stay tuned for more news of that), and pursuing a range of independent publishing and creative projects.We are particularly proud and excited to be associated with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1323464813145178431.post-63364571967941274252010-09-20T08:18:00.000-07:002010-09-20T09:44:24.995-07:00Booklovers walk the talk on October 2THE Barbados Association of Reading (BAR) is staging a WALK FOR LITERACY on Saturday, October 2. The start time is 7:30 a.m. outside the National Library in Independence Square, Bridgetown, and the walk route takes participants through Nelson Street, Bayville and Beckles Road, ending with breakfast, readings and games on Browne's Beach. The association has come up with the fun idea of inviting Linda M. Deanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12876692686121544012noreply@blogger.com0