Arts and Culture
The Arts industry post Covid
Arts entities in the Cayman Islands have been hit hard by lockdown and the subsequent closing of Cayman’s borders.
Arts entities in the Cayman Islands have been hit hard by lockdown and the subsequent closing of Cayman’s borders.
A brilliant showcase of two years of hard work, Yonier Powery’s ‘Innovate’ exhibition is currently being held at a pop-up Awardart gallery site where the Mac store used to be, opposite Books and Books, and it is well worth a viewing.
A new art exhibition is opening on Friday 31st July that will give viewers the welcome chance to refocus on something other than the coronavirus for a while.
Art Under Lockdown is an online exhibition intended to spotlight the creativity of artists and members of the public who have turned to making art as a means of expression during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Artists and musicians are free spirits, and they don’t like restrictions, such as those brought by the COVID-19 rules. Painters of landscapes and seascapes, or photographers who like to catch the hustle of town scenes, are naturally going to feel restricted.
The opening night of a new art show at The Ritz-Carlton Art Gallery was well attended last week, a collaboration of 61 local artists featuring around 300 pieces including paintings, photographs, sculpture, mixed-media artwork and more, all celebrated under the collective theme of ‘Whimsical Cayman’.
Eleven local artists have all put their own inimitable stamp on a blank canvas for a new show launched last Sunday at the ArtNest collective.
It was a night to celebrate all things Caymanian at the Harquail Theatre, as the Cayman National Cultural Foundation held their National Arts And Culture Awards evening, and those artists, craftspeople, historians and recorders of Cayman’s past, as well as those who interpret Cayman’s culture....
The Cayman Arts Festival never fails to deliver exciting talent to the Cayman Islands throughout the year and the main festival for 2020 was no exception, with jazz, classical and even Big Brass on the musical menu during the fortnight-long celebration of music.
A new National Gallery will examine the vital role women played in Caymanian society from the 1800s through to the mid-20th century, as told through the work of local artists.