It is difficult to truly put into words how fulfilling it was to witness Cayman do exactly what prompted me to start writing this column – celebrate local writers and writings – as the entire Island tuned into the Roy Bodden Symposium on June 24 and 25.
I am excited about the plans that are afoot for a true celebration of Cayman’s most prolific writer! In my humble estimation, this is a move in the right direction as we acknowledge that our local writers are putting our small society on the literary map.
Theatre should be “a process of deconstruction and reconstruction of self to continue to build society”, says Dr Frank McField.
Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF) has announced the opening of its 2021 Grants for the Arts Programme for the September Review.
When I first made enquiries about Caymanian writings many years ago, Time Longer Dan Rope was one of the first works of which I was told.
Artistic Blooms was a very special and unique kind of art exhibition, and it was Rhonda Edie’s very first one. She held it in the garden of her home, in Savannah Meadows, and lots of people came to see and wish her well, including Deputy Premier Hon Chris Saunders.
Tiffany Polloni is a bright talent who is about to showcase her artistic endeavours at her first solo show to be held at Mojo (otherwise known as Central Terrace), the gastropub located upstairs from Kirk Freeport in Bayshore Mall.
Spanning the length and breadth of all three Cayman Islands, the National Gallery’s second biennial exhibition, Reimagined Futures, encompasses artwork by 41 of Cayman’s artists, who have used the once in every two years forum to touch on important themes of the day.
We often hear the word associated with music, and art, and yes, with literary compositions. We have pronounced it in multiple ways as well, like “jonray”, “jawnra”, “jawn”. Having both French and Latin origins, “genre” comes from the French genre which means “kind, “sort”, or “style”.
From his vantage point as long-time bus driver of Cayman’s youth, Renford “Mr Rennie” Barnes, has heard many stories and has many stories to tell.