Studios
The makers, the spaces,
the practice.
A directory of the 36 studios profiled by ArtsEtc — visual artists, musicians, makers, and the rooms they work in.
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Adrian Green
WHY I DO WHAT I DO create lyrics 1) to reinforce patterns of thinking and behaviour in myself, 2) to effect changes in thinking and behaviour in listeners and…
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ALISON CHAPMAN-ANDREWS: DRY SEASON
DUST, HEAT and smells drift into every corner of the living room. Too many animals cross the yard: monkeys, cats, chickens. Today we watered with a sprinkler,…
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Amanda Haynes: Finding Balance
11 Views on How to Balance Writing with a Full-time Job 1. You don’t. You can’t. Whoever told you you can is lying. 2. If you try anyway, at least you’ll be…
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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,” she pleaded…
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Annalee Davis: Wild Tings
Racquel Griffith: How would you define your art? Annalee Davis: My work sits at the intersection of biography and history, focusing on post-plantation…
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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 Award for Anglophone…
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ArtsEtc’s 20th anniversary in 20 – more or less!
* * * ArtsEtc has provided an extraordinary creative space for Caribbean writers to see our work featured, interrogated and in conversation. — SHARMA TAYLOR,…
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EDWARD BAUGH
It isn’t easy to answer these questions, especially as to one book. As to one author, if I’m pushed to it, I guess I’d say Derek Walcott. I find his approach…
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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 the world-famous…
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MARK JASON WELCH
WHO OR WHAT ARE YOU? …a word/music/image slave—but I struggle with labels, they can be very damaging. I’d like to think of myself as a dressed up punk…kinda…
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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 Trinidadian play in that…
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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 that’s not healthy. And…
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PETER LAURIE
How do you know which are your favourite books? If you are honest, they are books you read and reread and reread. So my favourite books are Jane Austen’s Pride…
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Philip Nanton: Seeing Slantwise
THERE WAS FIRST a concern to please others, especially my colonial Caribbean primary school teacher. The context was the hard wooden school bench, head down,…
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Ras Ishi Butcher
WHO AM I? his is a complex question, since i think that at this moment, i am still evolving as a person. i think i am as complex as the question, because…
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Robert Edison Sandiford
Early life and education Robert Edison Sandiford was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1968 to Barbadian parents. His father, Marcus Evelyn Sandiford, was a high…
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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, Spooners Hill, St…
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RONALD A. WILLIAMS
D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers. It was the first book that transported me to a realistic interior psychological landscape where the protagonist’s struggles…
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Sharon Hurley Hall: Doing What Feels Right
Short story—who are you and what is it you do? I am Sharon, a writer, educator and anti-racism activist, informed by my experiences as a global citizen. And…
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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 mother and attend…
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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 non-governmental…
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The Bridgetown Literary Tours – 2025
Winston Farrell "IX" from Barefoot on Ice Linda M. Deane, The Summer Storyteller "We Tek He Down" (Essay version) Anthony "Mighty Gabby" Carter Elombe Mottley…
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THE NINES
LET ME CONFESS that i don’t have a cue about this object. i’m only strugglin to do what i can. because of my admiration for what ARTS ETC stands for. and w/v…
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WAVELINE FOR KAMAU
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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 has been busier than…
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WORDS, SOUNDS, IMAGES: A GALLERY of kamau
Calypso by Kamau Brathwaite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGmMJXmk1z4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGmMJXmk1z4 Addressing the Black Writers Conference…
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