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Esther Phillips, Barbados' First Poet Laureate, 2018

Esther Phillips: Vast Interiors

ESTHER PHILLIPS became the first ever Poet Laureate of Barbados in March 2018. The well-known poet and teacher became in 2007 the editor of…

Robert Edison Sandiford·November 18, 2018
Anthony Kellman, Barbadian poet, novelist, professor, 2018.

Anthony Kellman: Praising Jaja

Anthony Kellman is the author of three novels and five volumes of poetry; most recently, winner of the 2018 Casa de las Americas Literary…

Robert Edison Sandiford·November 14, 2018
Artist Interventions flyer (Llanor Alleyne version), Barbados Museum & Historical Society, May 2018

Barbados Museum & Historical Society: Hyping the Space

TURNS OUT I may like conceptual and contemporary art. Maybe it’s because I really, really love to read, and there’s so much narrative and…

Robert Edison Sandiford·October 31, 2018
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Sharon Milagro Marshall: Captured by Words

I CAME INTO THE WORLD on October 1, 1956; Bridgetown, Barbados, was my point of entry. It’s here that I grew up, until I left to join my…

Robert Edison Sandiford·July 24, 2018
Peter "Adonijah" Alleyne, Celebrating Kolij. Photo Copyright © by the Nation newspaper in Barbados.

Peter “Adonijah” Alleyne: Coming Again

I FELT IT coming, for quite a while. There’s no doubt about it, competition, for me at least, stifles appreciation of others’ work, and…

Robert Edison Sandiford·July 3, 2018
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Neil Sorhaindo: Artist’s Covenant

THERE ARE SOME ARTISTS who create based on what they see with their two eyes. There are others who create what they see with their third…

Robert Edison Sandiford·June 28, 2018
Ann Rudder, Grande Salle, Thomas Adams Financial Centre, Barbados, 2010.

Ann Rudder: “Before I’m Dead”

ANN RUDDER wants me to talk to her before she’s dead. I’m not so sure why. Anyone who knows Ann knows she’s a force of nature. “Call me,…

Robert Edison Sandiford·May 12, 2018
Mustardseed doing Zeno Obi Constance's Duelling Voices at Daphne Joseph-Hackett Theatre, January 2018.

Mustardseed Productions: Two for Two

IF YOU ASK ME how many times I’ve been in the Daphne Joseph-Hackett Theatre since it reopened in August 2017 and been blown away by a…

Robert Edison Sandiford·March 15, 2018
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The Barbados Arts Council: Our Very Own at 60

THE TIME HAS COME to tell the story of the Barbados Arts Council. The Barbados Arts Council (BAC) was established on December 6, 1957, as a…

Robert Edison Sandiford·December 22, 2017
Barbadian sculptor Onkphra Wells, the master woodsman.

WAYNE ONKPHRA WELLS: In the Woodsman’s Enchanted Forest

THE VIBE changes as you get older: as man, as artist, as human being on Planet Earth. Just ask Barbadian sculptor Wayne Onkphra Wells, who…

Robert Edison Sandiford·September 20, 2016
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Shane Leacock: Behind the Lens

As Told by Leekee: I have a love for photography and I’ve been doing it for about three years now. My work ranges from weddings, to shows…

January 29, 2016
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Rodney Aarons-Massiah: Never Fold

Who are you? My name is Rodney Deran Aarons-Massiah. I am a spiritually aware 24-year-old currently residing at 3rd Avenue, Long Gap,…

January 16, 2016