#sexypink/Trinidad and Tobago initiative

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Sexypink - CARNIcycle project that I am all for.

Do you have boxes of old costumes that you can no longer use? ⁠ What about costumes you can't take home after the road? ⁠Well shake off the dust off those boxes, and keep your costume after the Stage,  because you can now recycle them with us Make YOUR green impact today, in a super easy way. 

This carnival, choose to reduce your footprint and recycle your costume with us. You can "Fete Play Mas, Bubble and Wine, and Save the Earth, Same Time.  ⁠Trinidad and Tobago ! Carnicycle will be collecting costumes at the SOCADROME AND SAVANNAH on Carnival Tuesday. 

If you can't stop by there, drop off your costume pieces at the following locations!  Costume pieces will be stripped down, sanitized. The bras will be given to local women's charity, Barters for Babies. And if you are an upcoming designer, please lookout for our beads, rhinestones and metal frame give aways for your prototyping needs. ⁠Sustaining our mas, our island and our future starts with you! #EcoMasMovementInitiative by Carnicycle

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Sexypink - Leh we go!

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Sexypink - NEWS - Never give up.

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Douen | A Trinidad Folklore Short Horror FilmWhen Steven's little sister Emily mysteriously goes missing, no one can point any fingers, until the truth slowly starts to unfold, leading them to discover Emily's disappearance similarly follows the old Trinidad folklore tale of the Douen. 

This film is an official selection for the Film and Folklore Festival 2022.

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Sexypink - Incredibly excited to announce this call for submissions as part of a collaboration between The Cutlass Magazine and the Institute for Gender and Development Studies at The University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago alongside Senior Lecturer Dr. Gabrielle Hosein. This project is seeking photos and videos of the plants, fruits, and vegetables brought by indentured labourers in their jahajin and jahaji bandals (bundles) as they now are situated, nurtured, living, and growing in the Caribbean and Caribbean-descended people’s homes, backyards, agricultural gardens and travel routes in the region and its diaspora. We all know about the deep connection between our Indo-Caribbean community and the land that we were brought to nurture. The impact our people have had on the landscape and topography of the West Indies is incredible and this initiative will serve as a visual journal to illuminate these influences. Please use the provided links on the flyer for more technical information about the submissions and important deadlines. Also do not hesitate to reach out to me and/or Dr. Hosein with questions. It will be very much appreciated if you all could forward this to individuals you know who might be able to participate. This project is in honour of Professor Brinsley Samaroo, the prolific Indo-Trinidadian academic and historian who passed away this year and was fascinated by cultural landscapes.

Inquiries (please address to both Harrichan and Hosein):

info@cutlassmagazine.com

sta-postindenture@uwi.edu

Links (additional project details and submission forms):

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Sexypink - Sheena Rose Inc has sponsored ten young Creatives from Barbados since 2022. They have travelled around the Caribbean and have also made networks in London and New York.

Seen here are Ria Scott @riathereal, a Writer and Founder of @thebeingroom from Barbados and she experienced Dominica.

Miss Scott states that "The Sheena Rose Scholarship helped me to focus on my writing and meditation practice in one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean, Dominica, I am excited to see more Creatives and Artists use this opportunity to experience our region and perfect their craft! Thank you Sheena Rose!

Also seen here is Volney W Smith, @vws_studios, a Filmmaker from Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago who chose St.Vincent and the Grenadines. This is his thoughts on the experience and scholarship.

"I'm glad from our conversation it inspired you to pursue this venture. Travel essentially for Artist to not only grow but experience life outside of their comfort zone. it was truly heartfelt being given the opportunity and I hope others can really tap in & can also benefit from this kind of initiative by Sheena Rose Inc. Blessings.

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~Sexypink~ Excellent effort.

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~Sexypink~ Barbadian Artist Annalee Davis of Fresh Milk has a new venture. Do check it out and read her eloquent words on Sour Grass.

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This morning, as I share the new Sour Grass website with you all, so beautifully presented by the Trinidad-based master designer, Kriston Chen, I reflect on the many twists and turns in my art career over the past three decades. The decision to return to and remain in the Caribbean, while sometimes fraught with doubt, has always been the right one for me in spite of the endless challenges of working in one of the most debt-ridden regions in the world where cultural workers may feel like orphans given the still limiting infrastructural support for contemporary visual artists.

Many years of bonding with peers - fellow artists, tutors, students, curators, collectors, co-activists, institutions, and conspirators - of sharing values and believing in the notion and immense value of our Caribbean civilization, the bedrock from which our creative offerings emanate and which we choose to nurture and foster, has enlarged my understanding of who we are beyond imagination. One of the most generative and generous collaborations over the past ten years has been with my friend and fellow soldier in the trenches- Holly Bynoe. 

Since sharing ARC magazine's Issue III in August 2011 at the launch of the Fresh Milk Art Platform here in Barbados, we have continued to envision projects together including Caribbean Linked and Tilting Axis. Our love for this region and its extraordinarily talented artists has been both anchor and kite.As the layers of economic, health, and environmental crises continue to build in this profoundly challenging moment we may find ourselves languishing in, Holly and I cherish and are committed to the creativity and resiliencies that run throughout the archipelago. I believe that this is a time where flourishing can be mutual for us both and for all those whom we choose to work with. 

As we launch Sour Grass's website today, I'd like to mention our first two multi-year collaborations and to really feel joyful because of the beautiful human beings and institutions who want to walk this road with us. The way people reveal themselves through collaborations is telling and Holly and I have been fortunate to find some incredible souls who we respect and are excited to continue to work together with.(i) Shout out to Kunstinstituut Melly, especially Sofia Hernandez Chong Cuy and Rosa de Graaf who are trusting us to bring artists from the Caribbean to showcase at their Rotterdam-based contemporary space over the next few years, kicking off with Bathed in Sacred Fire! –a solo show of Trinidad-based Jamaican artist, Jasmine Thomas-Girvan!(ii) Sour Grass is one of nine Caribbean galleries and agencies presenting at the inaugural Atlantic World Art Fair initiated by the brave Lisa Howie of Black Pony Gallery (Bermuda) on Artsy. 

This annual partnership is dedicated to growing the cultural capital of the Caribbean with the goal of elevating the visual arts within our community to the wider world. We are thrilled to be showcasing the works of nine artists from across this region including Franz Caba (Dominican Republic) ° Ronald Cyrille (Dominica/Guadeloupe) ° Deborah Jack (St. Martin/USA) ° Abigail Hadeed (Trinidad & Tobago) ° Katherine Kennedy (Barbados) ° Lisandro Suriel (St. Martin) ° Joiri Minaya (Dominican Republic/USA) ° Eliazar Ortiz (Dominican Republic) ° Samuel Sarmiento (Venezuela/Aruba). We go live June 1st for three weeks so keep an eye out!Our work is an active gift of sisterhood, community, and love, rich with the fibre of collective imaginations and our ancestors. Check us out! https://sour-grass.com/